This $149,957 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) will fund the implementation of a humanities-informed environmental studies major at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). The program aims to integrate humanities perspectives, such as social, cultural, and historical knowledge, into environmental studies to help translate scientific and...
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 (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 U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $149,926 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside (UC Riverside) under the NEH's Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The funding will support UC Riverside in establishing two new undergraduate degree programs: a B.A. in Environmental Studies and a B.A. in Global and Community Health. These interdisciplinary majors will provide...
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, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163), provides $189,999.00 to the American Society of Landscape Architects Library & Education Advocacy Fund, Inc. to develop and pilot a framework for K-12 educators nationwide to explore local and national landscapes through a design-centered lens. The project, titled "Teaching Environmental Humanities Through...
Morningside University will use a $142,797 National Endowment for the Humanities Project Grant to implement the Rooted: Integrated Humanities and Agriculture program. This program will establish an Agricultural Humanities minor focusing on the interrelation of humanistic inquiry with agriculture and food studies. As part of a new Agricultural and Humanities pathway, the minor will explore rurality through a humanities-based lens, relevant to students in the rural Siouxland region where...
The 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) is funding a three-year initiative by the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) - College of Staten Island to revise and redesign their undergraduate global humanities curriculum, known as the "Contemporary World (CW)" program. The project aims to reconceptualize...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $186,587 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to Tulane University. The "BVLBANCHA RISING: LOUISIANA LANDMARKS AND CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGES" project will encompass two week-long workshops in June 2025, each inviting 20 higher education and humanities practitioners to explore coastal Louisiana cultural landmarks imperiled by climate change, biodiversity threats, and...
This $197,304.00 Project Grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) supports a two-year humanities institute for higher education faculty and K-12 educators. The institute will allow participants to develop plans for engaging with museum and archival collections that contain potentially traumatic content related to historical events and human-ecology interactions. The goal is for...