Project Grant ES30804826
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $174,950 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to Theatre For A New Audience, Inc. for a two-week Summer Institute entitled "Scholarship and Performance: A Combined Approach to Teaching Shakespeare's Plays." The institute will be held from July 13-24, 2026 at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn, New York and is offered to 25 middle and high school teachers...
- The Folger Shakespeare Library will use a $199,211 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to host a three-week residential institute for 25 middle and high school teachers from June 28 to July 17, 2026. The institute, titled "Shakespeare: Love and Infamy: Romeo and Juliet and Antony and Cleopatra in Conversation," will provide professional development to deepen the teachers' expertise...
- 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...
- 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...
- This $209,645 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will fund a four-week institute entitled "Teaching Ancient in a Digital Age: Emerging Methods and Literacies in the Ancient Mediterranean Classroom." The institute, co-directed by Christine Johnston and Leigh Anne Lieberman of Western Washington University, will train 30 higher education faculty and advanced graduate...
- This $200,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will support a three-week summer institute for higher education faculty from June 29 to July 18, 2026. The institute will build on a previous NEH-funded program focused on the Federal Writers' Project (FWP) from the Great Depression era, and will provide training on teaching and researching the FWP's archival materials, as...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $446,542 under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development federal grant program (CFDA 45.163) to Boston College for their project "The Performance of Roman Comedy." The project will train college faculty and graduate students over four weeks in summer 2023 on the latest scholarship and performance techniques for plays by Plautus and Terence. Experts will instruct trainees on evidence for ancient performances and modern...
- 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...
- 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...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $171,776 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to San Jose State University Research Foundation to host a two-week summer institute titled "The Immigrant Experience in California through Literature and History" from July 13 to July 27, 2025. The institute will provide professional development for 25 K-12 teachers, with a focus on middle and high school educators of...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $173,696 Project Grant to Agnes Scott College under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to host a two-week residential summer institute on "Shakespeare and Digital Storytelling". The institute, scheduled for June 14-26, 2026, will provide 25 English teachers of grades 9-12 with an in-depth exploration of Shakespeare's works, including A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, and Hamlet, while also examining 21st-century approaches to teaching Shakespeare through digital storytelling. The interdisciplinary faculty team will include a Shakespearean scholar, professors of English education, art, and history, as well as a digital curator, theater educator, and experienced K-12 teachers. The institute aims to enhance humanities teaching and research by providing an immersive learning experience for educators to deepen their understanding of Shakespeare and develop innovative pedagogical techniques using digital tools.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $173.7k | 12/4/25 |