Project Grant MD25322317

This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Fellowships and Stipends program (CFDA 45.160) provides $60,000 to support the completion of an individual book project examining the material, political, and environmental history of papermaking in post-colonial Mexico from independence to the contemporary era. The grant recipient, based in Statesboro, Georgia, will produce a manuscript analyzing how paper became an essential...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded the National Book Foundation, Inc. a $100,000 Project Grant effective June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2026, under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). This award supports literary programming activities designed to advance the literary arts sector and increase American participation in literature-based cultural engagement. The funding covers core operational...

This $133,276 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (CFDA 45.313) provides funding and centralized support for state and territorial libraries and Centers for the Book to participate in the 2022 National Book Festival Pavilion of States. The Pavilion serves as a hub at the major literary event, allowing state and territory representatives to interact with attendees throughout the day-long festival showcasing...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Northern Michigan University a $300,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The grant funds the completion of The Complete Works of George Herbert, a comprehensive scholarly edition comprising three print volumes with extensive textual and critical apparatus, as well as original verse and prose translations of Herbert's Latin and Greek...

The National Building Museum was awarded a $400,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164) to implement the "Building Stories" exhibition from May 1, 2023 through April 30, 2024. The exhibition will explore the built environment as experienced through children's books, activating these stories and their settings to investigate how the built world influences lives and communities. By...

A $37,500 Project Grant was awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities to support the book project "Encounter and Identity: Christians and Muslims in Early Medieval Italy." The grant was awarded under the Promotion of the Humanities Fellowships and Stipends program (CFDA 45.160) to fund individual scholarship, including books and articles. The grant will support the author's book reconstructing the history of early medieval southern Italy through interpersonal encounters...

BOOKSHARE+: SCALING ACCESSIBLE AI TO IMPROVE READING OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES Benetech (Beneficent Technology, Inc.) received a $397,453 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) under the Special Education Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.327). The award, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, supports the BOOKSHARE+ initiative,...

The Maine Humanities Council Corp received a $123,181 project grant award 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 award period was from September 1, 2016 through December 31, 2017 to support the "Telling the Story: A Book Group for Veterans" project located in Maine. The project aimed to enhance the teaching and study of the humanities by creating new...

Federal Grant Award Summary Project Grant Award: Catharine Maria Sedgwick Online Letters Project Stockton University received a $299,998 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to develop an open-access digital edition of the complete letters written by early American author Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1789–1867). The award, effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028, supports publication of...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $142,765 Project Grant to the Trustees of Indiana University (Indiana University) under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The funding will support the development of a new cross-disciplinary, undergraduate minor in Book Studies at Indiana University. The proposed minor will provide rigorous training in book history, manuscript studies, text and page design,...