Project Grant HC27811821

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $105,736 project grant to Cyark under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program (CFDA 19.022) to produce and disseminate three web-based interactive 3D experiences in conjunction with local partners in Ecuador and Peru. The project aims to foster greater protection of cultural heritage sites found along the Andean road system through developing the digital experiences. Work...

The Canton Museum of Art in Canton, Ohio will continue and expand its Museum to Go program, which provides virtual visual arts education to fourth and sixth grade students. Funded by a $110,524 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the program aims to improve academic achievement and wellbeing through arts immersion. Each lesson includes a 360-degree virtual tour of a current exhibit, aligned activities on key artworks, and hands-on art making. The program...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) provides $211,000.00 to support the conservation of ancient stone sculptures at the pre-Columbian site of Tiwanaku in La Paz Department, Bolivia. The award, with a performance period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025, is made to the for-profit organization Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, which specializes in delivering a range of goods and services to U.S....

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the University of Illinois under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164) to implement the reinstallation of its internationally renowned collection of ancient and colonial Andean art at the Krannert Art Museum. The grant period runs from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024 and will support reorganizing and rehousing the collection, developing new interpretive materials,...

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop an interactive digital exhibition guide. The guide will accompany LACMA's upcoming temporary exhibition "The World Made Wondrous: The Dutch Collector's Cabinet and the Politics of Possession" scheduled for June 2023 to January 2024. It will invite visitors to reconsider how and why museums collect objects through multiple voices and...

This $138,559 National Science Foundation Project Grant supports the development of machine learning methods to automatically detect archaeological features of varying sizes as well as anthropogenic landscape modifications in light detection and ranging (LIDAR) data from tropical regions. Awarded on August 1, 2022 to the University of Nebraska with a completion date of July 31, 2024, this grant falls under the NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075). An...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $274,510 Project Grant to the women-led Collagua indigenous association Artesanos Asociados Sumac Pallay Sibayo (AASUPASI) to strengthen the productive capacity of smallholder alpaca farmers and artisans in the highlands of Arequipa, Peru. The 3-year grant, which runs from August 11, 2023 to August 11, 2026, aims to further sustainable agriculture and natural resource management, share indigenous culture, generate income through textiles and...

The federal Project Grant award, provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the American Latino Museum Internship and Fellowship Initiative (CFDA 45.031), will support an undergraduate internship program implemented through a partnership between the Arte Americas: The Mexican Art Center, the State Center Community College District, the University of California Merced, and California State University Fresno. The $555,195 award, with a performance period from August 1,...

The National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation, University of Minnesota, and University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will collaborate on a three-year, $700,000 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize and provide open access to Mexican American art and archival materials. Funded under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program, which supports preserving and providing intellectual access to humanities resources, approximately...

This $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) supports a multi-method, interdisciplinary, and transnational study to explore the role of big tech companies in the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and the implications for democracy, governance, and public trust. The research team from the University of Pennsylvania will assess corporate influence over AI strategies through a combination of...