Project Grant ES28127221
- The New York Historical Society received a $194,648 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163). The funding will support the "American Women, American Citizens: 1920-1948" institute, a hybrid learning experience that will convene 30 schoolteachers, 2 teacher advisors, 6 scholar guests, and several educational partners/field trip sites over several months. The institute will...
- The New York Historical Society received a $350,948 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to conduct a hybrid professional development institute for K-12 educators titled "Preparing for America at 250: Women and the American Revolution." The institute will convene 30 teachers over several months from July to November 2023, including two in-person weeks at the Historical Society in July and virtual evening sessions in June, August, September, October, and...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Historic Hudson Valley $269,800 under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development federal grant program (CFDA 45.163) to support a virtual teacher training institute from July 16-22, 2023. The institute will provide professional development to 36 K-12 educators on teaching about slavery in the northern colonial era. The NEH Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program aims to improve teaching of American history and...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $119,504 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to Historic Hudson Valley, a non-profit organization in Tarrytown, New York. The grant will fund a one-week residential institute for 30 K-12 teachers entitled "Slavery in the Colonial North" from July 13-19, 2025. The institute will present slavery as a central element of American economic and political development in the...
- The New York Public Library, in partnership with Teachers College, Columbia University, will deliver a two-week combined summer institute titled "Harlem's Education Movements: Changing the Civil Rights Narrative" through a $378,290 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Through scholarly presentations, dialogue with movement veterans, place-based pedagogy, and guided exploration of the Schomburg Center's archival collections, the institute will provide 25...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $197,846 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to The Interfaith Center of New York, Inc. The grant will fund a three-week institute that provides K-12 teachers with an advanced introduction to the religious diversity of the United States. The institute will include classroom-based workshops, meetings with religious leaders, visits to local houses of worship, and field research in a...
- The New York Historical Society will receive $267,269 over three years from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to support its Fellowship Program. Through this Project Grant award, starting in 2023 the Society will provide one fellowship annually through 2026 for promising scholars in American history. Fellows will conduct interdisciplinary research in history, art history, and material culture using the Society's...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $199,797 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to the Chicago History Museum, doing business as the Chicago Historical Society, for the period of October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025. The grant will support the museum's "Rethinking the Gilded Age and Progressivisms: Race, Capitalism, and Democracy, 1877-1920" program, a three-week summer institute for 30 resident...
- The Chicago History Museum will receive $429,190 over two years from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development federal grant program to conduct its sixth iteration of "Rethinking the Gilded Age and Progressivisms: Race, Capitalism, Democracy, 1877 to 1920." Key deliverables include a three-week summer institute in Chicago from July 9-29, 2023 for 30 K-12 teachers across grades 6-12 to deepen their understanding of the...
- This $175,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) supports a two-year institute for high school English teachers (grades 9-12) to examine the portrayal of friendship in literature, film, and adolescent social experiences. Teachers will explore evolving conceptions of friendship through collaborative seminars, expert presentations, and the development of curricular materials. The...
The New York Historical Society was awarded a $205,897 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to conduct the "Rethinking American Feminism, 1948-1977" institute. The institute aims to empower 30 K-12 teachers to incorporate a more diverse range of women's voices and contributions into their instruction on 20th century U.S. history. Over several months from October 2021 to September 2023, the institute will convene teachers and 19 guest scholars, filmmakers, and activists for workshops exploring feminism's history in America. Two weeks of in-person sessions will be held at NYHS over the summer of 2022, followed by virtual evening sessions in the fall and a culminating virtual weekend in January 2023. The grant funding supports professional development for teachers under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program, which aims to promote better teaching of American history and culture through institutes and seminars.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $205.9k | 9/23/21 |