The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $189,985 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY), which operates on behalf of LaGuardia Community College. The grant will support two identical week-long workshops for 40 higher education faculty and humanities professionals to explore the histories, cultures, and geographies of New York as a port city. The...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) for the project "Enriching the Humanities Curriculum to Embrace Cultural Relevance". The project objectives are to: (1) develop five new culturally relevant courses to support a new Hispanic Studies minor; (2) provide...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded York County Community College $135,854.46 under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) from April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2019. The funding supported the development of a new American Studies concentration at the community college to enhance the teaching and study of the humanities. Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development programs funded through this...
The Research Foundation of the City University of New York received a $149,431 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop a digital humanities minor at the City College of New York. The grant was awarded on February 1, 2021 under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162), with work expected to be completed by January 31, 2024. This NEH program aims to enhance the teaching and study of...
This three-year, $149,696 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support the "Inclusive Public History" initiative at Montclair State University. The initiative aims to develop faculty expertise in public history through training programs, create new public and digital history courses, and establish opportunities for place-based student learning at cultural institutions. These activities align with the federal program's goal of promoting humanities teaching...
This two-year project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will fund the Research Foundation of the City University of New York to conduct two institutes at LaGuardia Community College focused on terrestrial and maritime borders. With total funding of $149,780, the institutes aim to contribute to global learning course development and curriculum design at CUNY community colleges through interdisciplinary faculty and student debates on political and territorial borders in year one...
This $150,000 Project Grant was awarded on January 1, 2024 by the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant funds a 2.5-year initiative titled "BUILDING COMMUNITY AND BELONGING FOR HISPANIC STUDENTS THROUGH THE HUMANITIES" (BCBHS) at The Research Foundation for The State University of New York. The BCBHS program will create an advanced Spanish language...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $500,000 under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York on behalf of John Jay College. The project grant will support the expansion and continuation of the Humanities and Justice Transfer Pathway program, which aims to increase the number of Black and Latinx associate's degree holders who earn bachelor's degrees in...
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 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $118,772 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) to Rock Valley College, a two-year community college in Rockford, Illinois. The grant funds a project titled "CHRONICLES OF CHANGE: ARCHIVING STORIES OF DESEGREGATION IN ROCKFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 1989-2002." The project will create a collection of oral histories and primary source documents...