Project Grant FV27245820

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $164,712.64 Project Grant to Carroll College for its "RE-ENCHANTING NATURE: HUMANITIES PERSPECTIVES" program. The grant was awarded under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) and ran from October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. The funding supported Carroll College's efforts to promote better teaching and research in the humanities for higher education faculty and K-12 educators through...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $154,354.75 Project Grant to Carroll College for its "RE-ENCHANTING NATURE: HUMANITIES PERSPECTIVES" program. The grant was awarded under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) and ran from October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. The funding supported Carroll College's efforts to promote better teaching and research in the humanities for higher education faculty and K-12 educators through...

This Project Grant award of $189,258 from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will fund an educational workshop series titled "FOREVER WILD: THE ADIRONDACKS IN THE GILDED AGE AND PROGRESSIVE ERA." The project, led by history professors from SUNY Cortland, will use the historic Camp Huntington site in the Adirondacks as a resource to explore how ideas of wilderness shaped America during the Gilded...

This Project Grant award of $163,906.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will fund two one-week workshops hosted by the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) in July 2025. The workshops, titled "LAND AS ARCHIVE: NATURAL AND HUMAN HISTORIES OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN," will convene 20 participants from the humanities fields each session to develop analytical and practical skills in...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $187,100 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to the Regents of the University of Idaho. The grant will support the development of a new book titled "Fire Humanities: Theory and Practice" that aims to launch an emergent interdisciplinary field exploring the theoretical contributions of the humanities to understanding wildfire. The book will bring together 14 contributors who will...

This federal Project Grant award of $174,986 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) supports a summer institute that will investigate Buddhist perspectives and practices concerning the natural world, especially in relation to climate change and ecological challenges. The institute will provide an overview of how Buddhists have considered the natural world over time, and outline how contemporary Buddhists...

The federal Project Grant award of $150,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) supports the "Transmission Regained: Recalling Traditional Lifeways through Intergenerational Oral History in the 'World's Borough' Queens" project. This initiative invites young people in the diverse student body of LaGuardia Community College, part of the Research Foundation of the City University of New...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Bard College under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to develop indigenous protocols to guide the creation and refinement of AI wearable and digital technologies. The project, titled "The Wihanble S'a Center at Bard College," aims to imagine, design, test, and prototype a series of research and technological development activities that build AI-driven systems grounded in both...

This federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161). The $126,265 grant, awarded on August 1, 2024, supports a 3-year project titled "OF WATER, CROCODILES, AND KINGS: CO-PRODUCING KUY HISTORY IN THE PREY LANG FOREST, CAMBODIA." The project is led by the University of Hawaii at Manoa and engages with Kuy citizens to co-produce knowledge about the pre-Angkorian history and...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) will provide $140,795 to fund a 2-year initiative titled "Our Changing Climate: Cultural Resiliency in Oregon's High Desert." The project will document and preserve the unique experiences and cultures of diverse communities in Central and Eastern Oregon impacted by climate change, with a focus on disadvantaged populations....