The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $186,147 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to the University of Utah to host a 3-week summer institute titled "Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence." The institute, scheduled for July 14 to August 1, 2025, will provide 30 higher education faculty from across the humanities disciplines with a deeper understanding of the technological workings and...
The U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $216,218 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities (CFDA 45.169) program to the University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. The grant, titled "AI & Digital Literacy: Toward an Inclusive and Empowering Teaching Practice," will fund a 12-month institute designed for secondary school, community college, and college humanities educators. The institute will explore how to teach writing,...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded Western Michigan University a $149,952 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant, awarded on February 1, 2024, will fund a 3-year project to (1) expand an interdisciplinary working group on higher education for justice-involved individuals, (2) revise and adapt an existing first-year experience course for the prison context, (3) revise...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded the West Virginia Humanities Council Inc. (WVHC) $675,470 under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129) from June 15, 2021 through April 30, 2023. The funding will support WVHC's delivery of local, statewide, and regional public humanities programming for West Virginia residents. As the state humanities council for West Virginia, WVHC will utilize the NEH funding to promote public engagement with...
This federal 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) provides $119,266 to Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering to integrate humanities content related to artificial intelligence and climate change into STEM courses. The project aims to: (A) create and pilot humanities modules in STEM classes, (B) increase STEM faculty's comfort and...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $149,996 Project Grant to New York University (NYU) under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The funding will support NYU's "Applied Humanities in Professional Education" project, which will integrate the humanities into NYU Steinhardt's professional education programs through first-year seminars. These courses will focus on the role of history, literature,...
The U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $149,995 Project Grant to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant, effective from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, will support the development of a new Health Humanities minor program at VCU. The program will create 10 new and revised interdisciplinary courses that bridge humanities and health professional...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $137,522 Project Grant to Old Dominion University (ODU) under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, will be used to establish two new academic programs exploring the relationship between the humanities and data science. Specifically, ODU will create a concentration in the data...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $149,500 Project Grant to the University of California Santa Cruz to develop a new certificate program in the humanities for engineering students. The grant funding will support the Humanizing Technology initiative under the NEH's Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). Through this three-year project ending in February 2025, UC Santa Cruz aims to establish a rigorous...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161). The grant will fund a 2-year project titled "Democracy, AI and Big Tech: Assessing Corporate Activities in the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence." This interdisciplinary, transnational study will examine how the role of big tech corporations shapes the development and deployment of AI, and...