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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...

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 U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $131,584,643 Formula Grant under the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program (CFDA 84.424) to the Texas Education Agency. This comprehensive grant program aims to improve academic achievement and educational opportunities for students across Texas by providing access to a well-rounded education, improving school conditions for student learning, and enhancing the use of technology. Through this...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded the Alabama Shakespeare Festival a $150,000 project grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support personnel expenses from January 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022. The grant funding will allow the Alabama Shakespeare Festival to cover staffing costs as it responds to and recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, maintaining its ability to provide opportunities for public participation in the...

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...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $2,427,000 Project Grant to the Texas Commission on the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements program (CFDA 45.025) for the period of September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023. The grant will support arts programs, services, and activities associated with carrying out the agency's NEA-approved strategic plan. This includes conducting the statewide Folk Arts Apprenticeships program and related events and documentation. A...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded $1,127,600 to the Texas Commission on the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements program (CFDA 45.025) for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022. The funding will support arts programs, services, and activities carried out under the Commission's NEA-approved strategic plan, including conducting a statewide folk arts apprenticeships program and related events and documentation. A sub-award of $1,127,600 was...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $1,372,000 Project Grant to the Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) under the Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements program (CFDA 45.025). The grant supports arts programs, services, and activities associated with carrying out TCA's NEA-approved strategic plan from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. As a sub-award under this grant, TCA provided $X to Texas Folklife Resources, a nonprofit organization, to conduct a statewide Folk Arts...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $1,541,559.00 Project Grant to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) on December 18, 2024 under the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program (CFDA 84.424). This comprehensive grant program aims to improve academic achievement and educational opportunities for students across the United States by providing access to a well-rounded education, improving school conditions for student learning, and enhancing...