The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded a $535,376 Project Grant to Mars Hill University under the Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA 23.002) to support entrepreneurship education and training. The grant, awarded on August 1, 2023, will fund the delivery of entrepreneurial skills programming to foster business development in the Appalachian region. This project aligns with the ARC's strategic goals to invest in entrepreneurial and business development strategies that strengthen...
This three-year, $448,911 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program will support the University of North Carolina at Asheville in creating a Digital Humanities Undergraduate Research track within its Undergraduate Research Program. Through experiential learning opportunities and faculty development efforts, the university will adapt and pilot courses incorporating digital...
This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) provides $149,700 to Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. over a 2-year period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026. The funding supports the continued development, assessment, and scaling of a general education course for entering freshmen focused on metro Atlanta content, including memoirs,...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Juniata College in Huntingdon, PA a $149,989 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant will fund Juniata's "Explorations of Rural Experience: Fostering Narrative Imagination and Civic Curiosity" minor program from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026. This interdisciplinary program will provide faculty with opportunities to develop...
This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will fund a summer bridge program at Helena College in Montana called "A Bridge to Humanities Pathways in College: Using Film Production to Explore Local Culture and History." Over a two-year period ending in September 2023, the $144,719 in funding will support three summer programs where high school and at-risk college students research and produce documentary films on topics representing under-explored aspects of the...
This National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) will provide $148,716 over two years to Whitman College to develop new components for its interdisciplinary academic concentration in Human-Centered Design (HCD). The grant will fund the creation of an upper-level capstone course, a community-engaged collaborative practice experience, and a designer-in-residence...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded East Tennessee State University a $225,266 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access federal grant program (CFDA 45.149). The grant will provide online access to over 30,000 artifacts, photographs, audio recordings, and manuscripts from the university's Reece Museum and Archives of Appalachia. Three staff will be hired and undergraduates employed to process and digitize collections, apply metadata...
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 (NEH) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Pace University under the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130). The grant will support and showcase the humanities at Pace University's flagship building in Lower Manhattan. Key products and services to be delivered include: Establishing a Storytelling Studio to serve as an updated seminar room for humanities courses, featuring discussion, collaborative student projects, and...
This Project Grant award of $146,645 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (CFDA 45.162 - Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development) supports a three-year initiative by Monmouth College, a private liberal arts college in Illinois, to develop new pedagogical approaches for exploring the ethical, historical, and cultural impacts of "place" and "displacement" in West Central Illinois. The project, titled "Resituating the...