Project Grant GG28755222
- This federal Project Grant award of $200,000.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will support a series of programming titled "Harlem as an Incubator" from October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. The programming will present the history of Harlem as an incubator of arts, culture, and activism for people of the African diaspora through lectures, public discussions, and readings. The goal is to construct...
- The Museum Association of New York (Museumwise Museum Association Of NY), a non-profit organization, received a $494,284 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (CFDA 45.164 Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs) to support a series of public programs exploring the role of museums in American democracy. The project, titled "A New Agora for New York: Museums as Spaces for Democracy," included exhibitions, lectures, oral history projects, virtual programs,...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $1,295,514 Project Grant to the National History Day Inc. under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The four-year cooperative agreement will support educational programming from 2023 to 2026 focusing on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and continued efforts toward a more just and inclusive society. National History Day Inc. will produce...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $132,760 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149) program to The Museum At Bethel Woods, a non-profit organization. The grant, titled "1960S ORAL HISTORIES – NEW YORK COMMUNITY CONNECTORS", will fund a project to organize, connect, and collect stories of the 1960s counterculture experience in New York City, with a focus on gathering stories from underrepresented voices...
- The Mechanics Institute was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164). The funding will support staffing, presenters, and audiovisual infrastructure to deliver a hybrid online and in-person civil rights programming series from October 2021 through September 2022. Key products include planning discussions on prison reform, immigration, and reparations issues. The...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Duke University a $349,991 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to fund "SNCC and Grassroots Organizing: Building a More Perfect Union." This 2-year program will feature a public discussion series examining central themes in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) grassroots organizing efforts, including the organizing tradition, voting rights, Black Power, women and gender,...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $249,991 Project Grant to New York University under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161). The grant will fund "The Antefixa Project," a scholarly digital initiative to document and explain the contributions of diverse artistic communities in ancient Italy between 500-75 BCE. The project applies humanistic, digital, computational, and scientific methods to archaeological remains of sacred sculpture to...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $181,039 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to the Lower East Side Tenement Museum Inc. The grant will support "Under One Roof: Teaching Immigration and Black History Through the NYC Tenements," a new series of two one-week, residential workshops for 60 middle and high school educators. These workshops, to be held at the Tenement Museum in New York City in July...
- The University of Southern California received a $499,999 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to support a Humanities Discussions Project titled "LA2026". The project will bring together members of the public and humanities scholars for 18 discussions about museum and cultural exhibitions at 6 partner institutions in the Los Angeles region. These discussions will reframe conversations about...
- 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 Dyckman Discussions: A More Perfect Union in Inwood project received a $320,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164). The two-year project at the New York City of Dyckman Farmhouse Museum will deliver a series of in-person panel discussions and community dialogues exploring topics in New York history and their relevance to today's social and political climate. In the first year, discussions will focus on forced removal of indigenous people, Dutch colonization, enslaved labor, and immigration to lay the foundation for a three-part community dialogue series in the second year. The project aims to inspire the Inwood neighborhood to find commonalities and create a more unified community by centering the discussions around local history.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $160.0k | 9/13/22 | ||
| Not listed | $160.0k | 9/13/22 |