Project Grant AV28676222
- The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater was awarded a $281,923 Project Grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration under the Veterans Legacy Grants Program (CFDA 64.204) on June 6, 2024. The grant will fund the "CIM CIA PROJECT: SHARING THE LIVES OF HMONG AMERICAN VETERANS," an educational outreach initiative focused on collecting and sharing oral histories of Hmong American veterans interred in 14 cemeteries across 10 states. The project will be...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the University of Illinois at Chicago to develop a humanities curriculum and discussion forum program titled "Visualizing Parallels Between the US 'Indian Wars' and the 'Global War on Terror'." Through this award made under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162), UIC will partner with the Emerging Veteran Art Movement to prepare a...
- The Chinese Historical Society of America (CHSA) was awarded a $150,000 project grant from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003). The grant will support CHSA's efforts to undertake activities related to the preservation, publication, and use of documentary sources relating to United States history from August 1, 2022 through July 31, 2025 in San Francisco, California. Specifically, the funding...
- The Minnesota Humanities Center received a $196,556 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program. Through this funding, the Center will organize a series of public forums from June 2023 to May 2025 to examine the experiences of underrepresented military service members. Specifically, the Complicated Service Discussion Series will bring together veterans and community...
- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration awarded $325K to the Us-Korea Global Strategy Foundation Inc. through the Veterans Legacy Grants Program (CFDA 64.204) on September 1, 2025, for a 12-month project period concluding August 31, 2026. The awardee will develop ten new secondary social studies instructional modules that educate students about Korean War veterans and the significance of national cemeteries. The modules will include guided student research...
- The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco will implement a youth arts fellowship program called "Generation Chinatown" under a $117,020 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301). The fellowship will deepen 7-10 multiethnic high school students' creative skills and civic leadership abilities through workshops, public art projects, and engagement with Chinatown residents to explore issues of place,...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $149,851 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to the Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley. The "COMMUNITY ARCHIVAL RESILIENCE AND ENGAGEMENT (CARE): VOICES OF AA ELDERS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA" project will preserve and provide access to oral histories and community archival materials...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to the University of Southern California (USC) for the Chinatown History Project. The project aims to create an augmented reality experience that allows users to virtually explore the historic Chinatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, which was demolished in the 1930s to make way for Union Station. Based on a collection of historic photographs, the...
- This $199,950 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will support Full Spectrum Features NFP, a Chicago-based non-profit organization, to host a three-week institute for educators on the history of Japanese American resettlement after World War II. The institute will take place both virtually and in-person in Chicago, the largest non-West Coast resettlement site for Japanese Americans....
- This federal Project Grant award of $172,260 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will support a two-week hybrid institute for 25 K-5 teachers to visit Angel Island and develop content knowledge and critical perspectives on Asian American immigration. The "Bridging Histories: Angel Island and Asian American Immigration" institute will allow teachers to engage in lectures, workshops, and site...
WAR HEROES: CHINESE AMERICAN EXPERIENCES [THE CHINESE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA AND THE WWII CHINESE AMERICAN GI PROJECT WILL COLLABORATE TO HOST A SERIES OF DISCUSSIONS TITLED, WAR HEROES: CHINESE AMERICAN EXPERIENCES. THIS SERIES OF PROGRAMS WILL UPLIFT CHINESE AMERICAN VETERAN EXPERIENCES IN WWII, THE KOREAN WAR, THE VIETNAM WAR, GULF AND AFGHANISTAN WARS WHILE DISCUSSING HUMANITIES SOURCES SUCH AS DOCUMENTARIES, MEMOIRS, AND HISTORICAL WRITINGS THAT DOCUMENTED ASIAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCES. DISCUSSIONS WILL COVER THEMES FROM TRAINING, GOING OVERSEAS AND THEIR RETURN HOME. THESE PERSPECTIVES ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED IN HISTORY BUT THIS PROGRAM WILL UPLIFT AND RECOGNIZE THEIR SERVICE AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICA. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL RECRUIT DISCUSSION FACILITATORS AND PARTICIPANTS FROM SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY, BURDICK MEMORIAL MILITARY HISTORY PROJECT; CIVILIAN LIAISON TO THE ARMY; CHINESE AMERICAN CITIZENS ALLIANCE; AMERICAN LEGION CATHAY POST 384; VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS; NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM AMONG OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.]
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 4/1/25 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 2/14/24 | ||
| Not listed | $100.0k | 5/8/22 |