Project Grant ES26718019

WNET received a $1.2 million Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164) to produce a two-hour PBS documentary titled "The First Folio: The Making of Shakespeare." The documentary will mark the 400th anniversary of the first published collection of William Shakespeare's plays, known as the First Folio, by recounting the process of locating, correcting and printing...

The Trustees of Amherst College, operating as the Folger Shakespeare Library, received a $174,921 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to host a two-week, on-site summer institute in July 2024 for 25 middle and high school teachers. The institute, titled "Shakespeare: Othello and The Taming of the Shrew in Conversation," will provide professional development focused on...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Folger Shakespeare Library (operating as a program of the Trustees of Amherst College) received a $199,211 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163), awarded January 1, 2026. The grant funds a three-week residential professional development institute scheduled for June 28–July 17, 2026, serving 25 middle and high school teachers. The institute,...

Federal Grant Award Summary Theatre For A New Audience, Inc. received a $174,950 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163), effective January 1, 2026. The award supports a two-week Summer Institute scheduled for July 13-24, 2026, at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn, New York. The institute will serve 25 middle and high school teachers from across the nation through an...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $100,000 under its Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to Texas A&M University-San Antonio for a project titled "Adapting, Translating, and Performing Shakespeare in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands." The funding will support hosting a conference in May 2024 in San Antonio, TX co-sponsored by the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. The conference will generate essays exploring Shakespearean...

Carnegie Mellon University received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164) to develop the SHAKESPEARE-VR interactive virtual reality experience. The experience will allow users to perform Shakespearean plays onstage in an Elizabethan theater alongside professional actors or other users. Upon completion, the experience will be made freely available for download...

Agnes Scott College received a $173,696 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163), awarded January 1, 2026, with completion by February 28, 2027. The grant supports "Shakespeare and Digital Storytelling," a two-week residential summer institute scheduled for June 14-26, 2026, serving 25 secondary English teachers (grades 9-12) on the college's campus in Decatur, Georgia. The...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $552,888.88 Project Grant to the Folger Shakespeare Library to catalog, digitize, and provide access to 17th-century British book illustrations from May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2018. This funding supported the Library's efforts under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program, which aims to preserve and provide intellectual access to humanities resources held in libraries, museums, and archives. Specifically, the...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Texas State University $123,268.68 under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development grant program (CFDA 45.163) from October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018. The university utilized the funding to deliver a project titled "Teaching Shakespeare's Plays" that promoted better teaching of Shakespeare in higher education. As part of the Institutes program, the project supported professional development opportunities for faculty...

Federal Grant Award Summary Arts Midwest, Incorporated received a $1.557 million Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), awarded July 1, 2025, with completion targeted for November 30, 2027. The award supports the Shakespeare in American Communities initiative, a nationwide program that delivers professional theater performances and accompanying educational activities to students...