Project Grant GA31057526
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ten million one hundred thousand dollars on June 1, 2026, under the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to fund faculty recruitment and endowed chairs at the School of Civic Life and Leadership (SCILL). The award supports the establishment of endowed faculty chairs in the American Political Tradition, Great Books and Leadership, and the Classical Tradition. These...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the University of South Carolina $324,979 on September 1, 2026, to digitize and deliver 100,000 pages of historical South Carolina newspapers published prior to 1963 to the Library of Congress through the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a program under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149). Over the two-year period ending August 31, 2028, the University of South Carolina Libraries Digital...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $320,863 Project Grant to the University of South Carolina under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The two-year grant (Sep 2024 - Aug 2026) will fund the South Carolina Digital Newspaper Program (SCDNP), a collaboration between the USC Libraries Digital Collections Department and the South Caroliniana Library. The SCDNP will scan and deliver 100,000 pages of historical South...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded the South Dakota Humanities Council $613,064 under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129) from June 15, 2021 through April 30, 2023. The funding will support local, statewide, and regional public humanities programming through the Council, which serves as South Dakota's primary partner for the NEH in promoting public engagement with the humanities. As the state's leader for such initiatives, the...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $1,271,060 to the North Carolina Humanities Council through the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129) from June 15, 2021 through April 30, 2023. This Project Grant funding will support local, statewide, and regional public humanities programming through the Council to promote the humanities in North Carolina. The Federal/State Partnerships program provides annual grants to humanities councils in each state...
- The University of South Carolina received a $171,855.05 two-year Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities program (CFDA 45.169). The grant funded the development of a computational tool to identify patterns of language change in social media over time. The Office of Digital Humanities program supports innovative digital humanities projects utilizing or studying the impact of digital technologies. This...
- South Carolina State University, a historically Black college and university (HBCU) in South Carolina, was awarded a $145,877 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant will support the development of an online, asynchronous Master of Arts in English program with a focus on intersectional studies, which examines how aspects of individual...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the University of Texas at Austin ten million dollars on July 1, 2026, under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) for the Great Books and Civic Renewal Initiative. The award funds projects that engage general audiences with ideas from humanities scholarship through in-person exhibitions, historic site interpretations, and public programs. The period of performance runs through June 30, 2028, with work performed in...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $687,045 to the Nebraska Humanities Council through the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129) from June 15, 2021 to April 30, 2023. The funding will support local, statewide, and regional public humanities programming delivered by the Nebraska Humanities Council division of Humanities Nebraska. The Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program provides annual grants to humanities councils in...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the New York Council For The Humanities $1,274,366 on June 1, 2026, under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129). The award provides general operating support for Humanities New York to deliver public humanities programming across New York State, including civic discussions, living history presentations, reading and discussion series, and community-centered events. The organization also distributes...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the University of South Carolina $1.543210 million on September 1, 2026, under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to establish a three-year Civics and Humanities Program. The program delivers small "Great Books" seminars and public humanities activities including lectures, debates, and summer programs designed to counter declines in book reading, knowledge of foundational Western and American texts, and civic literacy. The initiative serves as a pilot for a permanent, self-sustaining program integrating classical humanities education with civic formation at the university and in the wider South Carolina community. Performance extends through August 31, 2029, with all work conducted in South Carolina.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $1.5m | 8/21/26 |