Project Grant 19051753223

The Trustees of Amherst College, operating as the Folger Shakespeare Library, received a $174,921 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to host a two-week, on-site summer institute in July 2024 for 25 middle and high school teachers. The institute, titled "Shakespeare: Othello and The Taming of the Shrew in Conversation," will provide professional development focused on...

WNET received a $1.2 million Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164) to produce a two-hour PBS documentary titled "The First Folio: The Making of Shakespeare." The documentary will mark the 400th anniversary of the first published collection of William Shakespeare's plays, known as the First Folio, by recounting the process of locating, correcting and printing...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163), provides $161,194 to Weber State University to organize and offer a new Level I hybrid summer institute on using adaptations of Shakespeare's tragedies to teach the plays with an emphasis on engagement and diversity. The institute will demonstrate high-impact pedagogical practices for teaching Shakespeare at the high school level and...

The Three Of US Corporation, doing business as The NY Conservatory For Dramatic Arts, was awarded a $201,488 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Education Stabilization Fund program. The April 15, 2021 award provides funding through April 14, 2022 to support student assistance through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund II (HEERF II) program. HEERF II aims to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus pandemic at...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Texas State University $123,268.68 under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development grant program (CFDA 45.163) from October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018. The university utilized the funding to deliver a project titled "Teaching Shakespeare's Plays" that promoted better teaching of Shakespeare in higher education. As part of the Institutes program, the project supported professional development opportunities for faculty...

The Theatre Development Fund, Inc. received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals federal grant program (CFDA 45.024). The funding will support the Introduction to Theatre Initiative, the Young Playwrights Residency, and the Wendy Wasserstein Project. The Introduction to Theatre Initiative and Young Playwrights Residency will provide opportunities for people to participate in arts education....

The American Film Institute (AFI) received a $132,708 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Education under the Education Stabilization Fund program. The grant period runs from July 31, 2021 through July 31, 2022. The Education Stabilization Fund program provides funding to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. AFI will use the grant funds to deliver services that address the impacts of the pandemic on the education sector in Los Angeles, California. While details...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to Lincoln Center For The Performing Arts, Inc. under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215). This grant will support comprehensive arts programming and education initiatives for youth in New York City, with a...

The federal Project Grant award of $100,000.00 was provided by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, supports the Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc., a non-profit organization based in New York City, to develop and deliver the Theatrical Workforce Development Program. The program aims to provide professional development opportunities and support workforce...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $100,000 under its Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to Texas A&M University-San Antonio for a project titled "Adapting, Translating, and Performing Shakespeare in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands." The funding will support hosting a conference in May 2024 in San Antonio, TX co-sponsored by the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. The conference will generate essays exploring Shakespearean...