Project Grant JUSFC1729

The Association for Asian Studies received a $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Fellowships and Stipends program (CFDA 45.160). The award will fund a grantmaking program from September 2021 through August 2023 to provide emergency relief for scholars and humanities professionals working in the field of Asian Studies. The program will comprise 12 twelve-month fellowships of $60,000 each and 16-18 grants and...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $174,862 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to Arizona State University's Division, doing business as Orspa. The two-week institute focuses on literary and cultural contact between China, Japan, and Korea from the 17th century to the present, using the lens of translation to examine issues in East Asian literary studies. Participants will discuss scholarship on translation...

This $180,567 federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will enable the Japanese American National Museum to host a program that invites educators from across the country to Los Angeles to examine the history and ongoing impacts on the Little Tokyo neighborhood. The project will study how events and issues like restrictive covenants, World War II incarceration, eminent domain,...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $177,735 project grant to the Japanese American Citizens League Washington DC Office to support the project "CIVIL LIBERTIES IN TIMES OF CRISIS: THE JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION" from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. This funding falls under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163), which aims to promote better teaching and research in the humanities for higher education faculty...

Azusa Pacific University was awarded a three-year, $149,910 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant will support APU's initiative to enhance its existing Ethnic Studies program by planning and piloting three new certificate programs in Africana Studies, Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies, and Latinx Studies. In year three of the...

The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) will receive $399,000 through June 2030 under a Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161). AAS, an independent research library focused on pre-20th century American history and culture, will use the funding to support 26 months of long-term fellowships annually. The fellowships, first funded by NEH in 1976, enable scholars from various backgrounds and career stages...

This three-year project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program, provides $450,000 to support long-term research fellowships at the William Foxwell Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem. The funding will support up to three fellows annually from 2023 to 2026, with each fellow receiving a $5,000 monthly stipend for 4 to 6 months of continuous residence at the Institute. During their tenures, fellows will...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded Asian American Arts Alliance, Inc. a $100,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support personnel expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The NEA grant will allow Asian American Arts Alliance to retain staff and maintain operations as it continues providing arts programming to communities impacted by the ongoing public health crisis from...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded $105,299 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant to support the creation of a U.S.-Japan Young Scholars' Training on Nuclear Policy. The Maureen And Mike Mansfield Foundation will organize a bilateral exchange bringing Masters and PhD students from the U.S. and Japan together from September 2022 to January 2024 to deepen their understanding of nuclear policy and security issues. The exchange is intended to advance...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $358,486 project grant to the Center For Cultural And Technical Interchange Between East And West, Inc. doing business as the East-West Center located in Hawaii, USA. The grant period ran from October 1, 2016 through December 31, 2017 under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163). The grant funded the "Islam in Asia: Traditions and Transformations" project. The project aimed to promote better...