The University of Montana received a $499,023 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164). The funding will support a coordinated set of public humanities programming from December 2021 through May 2023 focused on racial justice, death during the COVID-19 pandemic, Native American scholarship, and the history of pandemics. University of Montana staff will conduct a range of activities...
This $1.7 million Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Fellowships and Stipends program (CFDA 45.160) will provide emergency relief and support the advancement of independent documentary filmmakers working in the humanities who have been unemployed or underemployed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, Independent Television Service Inc. will administer a grantmaking program awarding 20 stipends of $68,000 each over 12 months to...
The University of Montana received a $41,341.86 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities on October 1, 2018 to complete a planning project by October 31, 2019. The award was made under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149), which aims to ensure long-term availability and access to humanities resources held in libraries, museums, archives and other collections. Specifically, the University of Montana used the NEH...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $164,712.64 Project Grant to Carroll College for its "RE-ENCHANTING NATURE: HUMANITIES PERSPECTIVES" program. The grant was awarded under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) and ran from October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. The funding supported Carroll College's efforts to promote better teaching and research in the humanities for higher education faculty and K-12 educators through...
This federal Project Grant award of $150,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) will be used by Loyola Marymount University to run a summer institute for rising high school seniors from historically marginalized and under-served populations in Los Angeles. The institute will introduce students to the concepts of public history and how to grapple with "difficult...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $12,627,300 Project Grant to the California Humanities organization under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129). The grant funded 20 documentary films, podcasts, and digital projects created by 19 independent producers and organizations in California between November 1, 2016 and October 31, 2021. The projects explored diverse topics from the history of Asian and LGBTQ communities to agricultural...
The federal Project Grant award of $149,638.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) supports the "Hudson Oral History Project" at Hudson County Community College (HCCC) in New Jersey. The project employs humanities practices and tools in the field of oral history to engage students and the surrounding community by capturing stories as the city undergoes radical...
This federal Project Grant award of $140,795 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) will support a 2-year initiative by the High Desert Museum to document, preserve, and share the stories of diverse communities in central and eastern Oregon impacted by climate change. The project will conduct 30 long-form video interviews with Native knowledge holders, ranchers, farmers, and other rural...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to the Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The funding will support the development and expansion of a robust experiential, project-based learning program focused on identity and place-making at the six diverse campuses of Perimeter College, a two-year degree-granting college of...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $944,736 Project Grant to the Minnesota Humanities Center, doing business as the Humanities Education Center, to support programming under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129). This program provides annual grants to state humanities councils to promote local, statewide, and regional public humanities programming. Funding will support the Minnesota Humanities Center's work organizing public events,...