The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to Colorado State University (CSU) to support the renovation of space for the university's new Center for Engaged Humanities. The Center will engage members of the public and community organizations as critical collaborators in humanities scholarship and programming designed to strengthen local, state, and regional democratic institutions...
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 $119,872 Project Grant to Saint John's University under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant will fund a 2-year project to conduct research and develop five humanities learning modules on racial covenants and segregation in central Minnesota. The project will create educational resources using property deeds and other primary sources for integration...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to Miami University. The grant will support the construction of a new state-of-the-art Humanities Center at the university's Oxford, Ohio campus. The center will consolidate Miami's humanities departments and provide new seminar rooms, office space, and a large event venue. The $62M renovation of Bachelor Hall will create a new Humanities...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) provides $120,926 to support a three-week academic institute at Saint Joseph's College of Maine. The institute examines the influence of the Puritans on New England Gothic literature, exploring this topic through the lenses of place, race, and gender. The institute aims to demonstrate for participants how considering these...
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 from the National Endowment for the Humanities will provide $149,532 to St. Francis College to implement Digital Humanities Across the Curriculum. Funded under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program, the award will support course redesign for at least eight courses, professional development for over 50 faculty, and the creation of a Digital Humanities Lab. These efforts will expose nearly all 2,700 students to digital...
The Washington University in St. Louis received a $142,800 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The 3-year grant, effective August 1, 2024, will support an internship program to place 15 humanities graduate students with mission-driven local organizations. The program aims to reimagine doctoral training in the humanities and support the...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development (CFDA 45.162) program to the University of Notre Dame DU Lac's Notre Dame Research Division. The grant supports the development of a website that provides tutorials on reading and interpreting medieval Roman Catholic liturgical practices, targeting faculty, undergraduate, and graduate students at Notre Dame, as well as...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Pace University a $150,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant supports Pace University's "The Ground Beneath Our Feet" project, which centers place-based, experiential humanities in the university's undergraduate core curriculum and humanities degree programs. The project will engage students and the local community in...