Project Grant GA31057326
- This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) program, provides $3,131,435 to support emergency relief and educational programming for humanities organizations recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic. The awardee, National Writing Project, will administer approximately 50 subawards of $50,000 each to local, regional, and cross-regional cultural organizations between October 1, 2021 and September 30,...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded $10 million to the University of Virginia on January 1, 2026, under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to support "Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America: Creating and Sustaining Access to Founding Era/Early Republic Primary Sources." This collaborative initiative, extending through December 31, 2030, will research, edit, publish, and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded $100,000 to The Library of America (The Literary Classics of the United States Inc.) on April 1, 2026, under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to develop "The Living Declaration: Rediscovering America's Founding Text." This public humanities initiative comprises a five-part public program series and multimedia online resource that interprets the origins, historical...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at El Paso received a $174,648 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163), effective January 1, 2026 through February 28, 2027. The award supports an institute examining K-12 educators' and school reformers' evolving conceptions of what constitutes a "good reader" throughout the twentieth century. The institute will trace two...
- The University of Texas at Austin received a two-year, $149,841 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Office of Digital Humanities Promotion of the Humanities program. The grant funded the "Classical Intertextuality and Computation" project from September 1, 2016 through August 31, 2018. The project utilized digital technology to study connections between classical works of literature. Consistent with the program's focus on innovative digital...
- Summary: Connecting Stories: Texas in 1776 The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded Mexic-Arte Museum $100,000 under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to develop "Connecting Stories: Texas in 1776," a public humanities initiative examining Texas's historical experience during the American Revolutionary era. The project, which commenced April 1, 2026, and concludes March 31, 2027, will deliver a comprehensive exhibition presented in both...
- Federal Grant Award Summary: Restoring Civic Thought The University of Texas at Austin received a $1,807,815 Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the American History and Civics Education program (CFDA 84.422), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. The "Restoring Civic Thought" project will be performed in Austin, Texas, and is designed to support the development and implementation of evidence-based...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded Texas A&M University $174,566 under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to develop and deliver a two-week, fully residential Summer Institute on Aristotle and Contemporary Philosophy of Mind. The award, effective January 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, supports the creation and implementation of a new professional development program designed for 25 higher...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Princeton University received a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161), effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028. The grant supports the Library of Babylonian Literature (LBL) project, which aims to make major works of Akkadian literature more accessible to students, scholars, and general audiences. Each volume produced under this initiative will...
- The University of North Texas Libraries received a $203,140 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149) program. The award will fund a two-year project to digitize and make available 100,000 pages of Texas newspaper content through the National Digital Newspaper Program. The selected newspaper titles will reflect the political and economic history of the state, provide coverage for...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded the University of Texas at Austin a $10 million Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) on July 1, 2026, for the Great Books and Civic Renewal Initiative. The award period extends through June 30, 2028, with performance activities conducted in Texas. This initiative aligns with NEH's mandate to engage general audiences with humanities scholarship through publicly accessible programming and interpretive activities. The Great Books and Civic Renewal Initiative will deliver public humanities programming designed to promote civic engagement through humanities scholarship, consistent with the program's focus on in-person exhibitions, historic site interpretations, and public programs. As a major public research university, UT Austin will leverage its institutional capacity to develop and present educational content that connects humanities learning to broader civic participation and renewal efforts. The project represents a substantial investment in public humanities work and falls within the typical scope of NEH funding for institutional initiatives that combine scholarship with accessible public engagement across multiple venues and formats.Great Books and Civic Renewal Initiative – Federal Project Grant Summary
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| Not listed | ($10m) | 2/24/26 | ||
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| Not listed | $10.0m | 2/23/26 |