Project Grant BH30794826
- The University of Pittsburgh received a $186,511 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to support a project titled "THE HOMESTEAD STEEL STRIKE AND THE GROWTH OF AMERICA AS AN INDUSTRIAL POWER." This two-year project, running from October 1, 2023 to December 31, 2024, will provide educational workshops for participants to explore the historical significance of the 1892 Homestead...
- This federal Project Grant award of $189,792.00 was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163). The award will fund a residential workshop in 2025 for 72 K-12 educators titled "From the Fragments: Places and People in Colonized New England." The workshop will be hosted at the University of New Hampshire and focus on examining the experiences of Native American, African American, and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Pittsburgh received a $116,890 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028. This collaborative research project delivers an innovative game-based educational intervention combined with advanced data analytics to enhance ethical judgment education and assessment for engineering students. The primary products...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded $200,000 under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to the Research Foundation of The City University of New York on January 1, 2026, for completion by February 28, 2027. The award funds a three-week summer faculty institute scheduled for June 29 to July 18, 2026, focused on the Federal Writers' Project (FWP), the New Deal-era initiative that deployed thousands of writers...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh $400,000 through the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to develop and execute "Black Photojournalism," a comprehensive traveling museum exhibition. The project, funded on September 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for August 31, 2027, will showcase the work of approximately 40 Black photojournalists active in the United States from the...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) provides $180,256.00 to support two identical week-long workshops for 70 grades 5-12 educators, librarians, curriculum consultants/supervisors, museum educators, and administrators. The workshops, jointly delivered by Rutgers University, the Ramapough Culture and Land Foundation, and Liberty State Park, will explore the histories,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded T of L Inc. $500,000 on July 1, 2025, under the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to support the transformation of the Tree of Life Synagogue into an educational institution focused on antisemitism awareness. The award funds the purchase of exhibition materials, furnishings, lighting, and audiovisual equipment for a new museum facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The project,...
- The University of Pittsburgh was awarded $349,797 under a Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities program. The grant will support the development of Version 3.0 of the World Historical Gazetteer platform, which links knowledge about the past through place-based data. Key products and services include doubling the size of the gazetteer's multi-lingual and multi-valent records, enhancing features to support teaching and...
- 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...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), through its Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163), awarded a $152,382 Project Grant to the Fort Ticonderoga Association to offer two one-week workshops in the summer of 2025 for teachers across the country. The workshops, titled "The American Revolution: Subjects, Citizens, and Soldiers," will use the association's archival and object collections to explore five key themes related to the American...
The University of Pittsburgh received a $154,901 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163), awarded October 1, 2025, with completion by December 31, 2026. The grant funds a Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop titled "The Homestead Steel Strike and the Growth of America as an Industrial Power," delivered in partnership with the Archives & Special Collections Department at the University of Pittsburgh Library System and Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area. The award represents the third iteration of this professional development initiative. The funded project delivers a residential workshop program serving two cohorts of 26 K-12 teachers each during consecutive weeks in July 2026 (July 5-11 and July 12-18). The workshop employs a place-based approach to enhance humanities teaching by utilizing historic sites to explore central themes in American history and industrial development. Through critical interpretation of the Homestead Steel Strike, the program deepens educators' understanding of pivotal events in American industrial expansion, enabling them to strengthen humanities instruction at the K-12 level through scholarly engagement with primary source materials and regional historical resources.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $154.9k | 12/9/25 |