Project Grant ASB30643825

The Dyckman Discussions: A More Perfect Union in Inwood project received a $320,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164). The two-year project at the New York City of Dyckman Farmhouse Museum will deliver a series of in-person panel discussions and community dialogues exploring topics in New York history and their relevance to today's social and political climate. In the first year,...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Duke University a $349,991 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to fund "SNCC and Grassroots Organizing: Building a More Perfect Union." This 2-year program will feature a public discussion series examining central themes in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) grassroots organizing efforts, including the organizing tradition, voting rights, Black Power, women and gender,...

This $400,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs will support the development of Supreme Justice: Student Controversies, Debates & Decisions, an interactive classroom experience designed by Icivics in partnership with Gigantic Mechanic. The experience aims to promote civil dialogue and engagement with civics and history among 12- to 18-year-old students. Students will participate in a multiplayer simulation that...

The University of Southern California received a $499,999 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to support a Humanities Discussions Project titled "LA2026". The project will bring together members of the public and humanities scholars for 18 discussions about museum and cultural exhibitions at 6 partner institutions in the Los Angeles region. These discussions will reframe conversations about...

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,...

This Project Grant award of $149,923.00 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 a three-year initiative at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) to design and implement a professional ethics curriculum for engineering and computer science students. The program, titled "Philosophy as a Way of Life: A Humanities Approach to Becoming a 'Good'...

The Center received a $162,500 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program (CFDA 45.164). The award will support the project "THE DEMOCRATIC LENS: PHOTOGRAPHY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT" from September 1, 2021 through April 30, 2024. Under this award, the Center will use photography and civic engagement programs to explore human history and culture. Specifically, the Center will provide public programs...

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 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will support Tufts University in developing and delivering civic humanities curriculum through its Civic Studies Program and Tufts University Prison Initiative of Tisch College (TUPIT). Totaling $133,437, the award began on February 1, 2021 and will conclude on January 31, 2024. Under the NEH's Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program, Tufts University faculty will create...

The Regents of the University of Colorado received a $299,998 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop eight courses combining humanities and data science as part of the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program. Over a three-year period from August 2022 to July 2025, key staff at the University of Colorado Boulder will design experiential learning courses that promote engagement with humanistic questions...