Project Grant AB5010912

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $691,618 Block Grant to the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) under the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (CFDA 84.021) program. The grant, covering the period from August 1, 2024 to August 1, 2026, supports the Institute's Advanced Intensive Language Programs located at multiple sites in India. These programs aim to enhance modern foreign language and area studies education in the United States by...

Saint Mary's College in Indiana was awarded a $447,003 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program. Through this funding, the college will launch a 15-credit Digital and Public Humanities minor integrating two required courses, six electives, and four elective modules. The minor will provide students hands-on, project-based and experiential learning opportunities through...

This federal Project Grant award of $150,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (CFDA 45.162 - Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development) supports a 3-year initiative by the College of Staten Island's Division of Humanities and Social Sciences to revise and redesign the curriculum for its required "Contemporary World" global humanities courses. The goal is to reconceptualize and strengthen the teaching and learning of global...

The American Institute of Indian Studies will receive $675,750 in funding under a Block Grant award from the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education. The grant is part of the Overseas Programs - Group Projects Abroad federal program (CFDA 84.021), which aims to support overseas projects in modern foreign language training, research, and curriculum development. Specifically, the Institute will use the funds to deliver Advanced Intensive Immersion Language Programs in India...

The Rubin Museum of Art was awarded a $117,725 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to develop a virtual, one-week summer institute for 30-35 higher education faculty. The institute, titled "Virtual Gateway to Himalayan Art and Cultures," will introduce participants to Himalayan art, cultural traditions, and connections to East Asian, South, and Inner-Asian humanities subjects....

The College of the Holy Cross received a $142,995 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support a two-week summer institute focused on the ritual arts of Hinduism and Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia. Funded through the NEH's Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program, the institute will provide an overview of distinctive rituals and associated ritual arts within these religious traditions. Participants will observe practices that express...

The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire will implement an Integrative Health Humanities Certificate Program through a $150,000 three-year Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The program will engage humanities and health science departments to develop new and revised courses focused on health and wellbeing. A core Health Humanities course and experiential learning opportunities including research and internships will be offered. An interdisciplinary advisory board will...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the University of Illinois at Chicago to develop a humanities curriculum and discussion forum program titled "Visualizing Parallels Between the US 'Indian Wars' and the 'Global War on Terror'." Through this award made under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162), UIC will partner with the Emerging Veteran Art Movement to prepare a...

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...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support the development and implementation of Native American and Indigenous Studies curriculum modules and professional development workshops at St. Bonaventure University. Funded under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program, the $147,389 award will create six curriculum modules for required first-year courses reaching all incoming students annually from...