Project Grant 19209665224

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) will provide $120,000.00 to Le Moyne College to support the creation of a course called "Publishing Today." The course will reinvigorate interest in English Literature majors by educating students on the current publishing industry landscape. It will feature guest speakers and experts from...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $188,125 to the Kentucky Humanities Council, Inc. dba Kentucky Humanities through the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) from May 2017 through September 2020. The funding supported the Prime Time Family Reading Time Kentucky Expansion into Public Schools project to strengthen Kentucky Humanities' institutional capacity and work in the humanities. As part of the project, Kentucky Humanities expanded its Prime Time...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $862,168 to the Kentucky Humanities Council, Inc. dba Kentucky Humanities through the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129) for the period of June 15, 2021 through April 30, 2023. The funding will support the Kentucky Humanities Council's local, statewide, and regional public humanities programming. As the state humanities council for Kentucky, the organization will utilize the funds to promote public...

This Project Grant award of $300,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program will support the ongoing work of The Papers of Andrew Jackson: A Documentary Edition scholarly editing project through September 2024. The University of Tennessee is producing a seventeen volume bound series and two electronic formats collecting, editing, and publishing the existing records of Andrew Jackson's presidency. To date, eleven volumes have been...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $500,000 Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grant to Literary Arts Inc., doing business as Portland Arts & Lectures, to renovate their new building located at 716 SE Grand in Portland, Oregon. The renovations will create additional classroom, event, community, and staff workspace, allowing Literary Arts to expand its literary and humanities programming. Planned improvements include a new bookstore, coffee bar, multi-purpose area...

Summary The Jamaica Bay Rockaway Parks Conservancy received an $800,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 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). The award, effective June 1, 2026, through June 1, 2029, supports education and community engagement...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $140,000 Project Grant to the Academy of American Poets Inc. under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) for the period of July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The grant funds will support activities designed to showcase American poets and foster interest in poetry, consistent with the program's goal of supporting opportunities for public participation in the arts. Key services will include...

The Pen American Center, Inc. received a two-year, $149,700 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program (CFDA 45.164). The award will support the FLASHPOINTS: FREE SPEECH IN AMERICAN HISTORY, CULTURE & SOCIETY event series, which will examine the complex history of free speech in American democracy through public presentations in multiple cities from 2021 through 2023. The series will illuminate past...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Humanities Kansas Inc. received a $736,322 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129), effective June 1, 2026 through April 30, 2031. This five-year general operating support award funds Humanities Kansas to develop and deliver comprehensive public humanities programming and educational initiatives across Kansas. The organization serves as the...

Summary The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded Princeton University $300,000 under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) on January 1, 2026, for continued editorial work on The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. The award supports an implementation grant through December 31, 2028, enabling the editorial team at Princeton University's Office of Research and Project Administration to prepare and publish scholarly documents from Jefferson's second term as...