Project Grant PG5093510

Manchester Community College will create an academic art history reader focused on traditionally marginalized communities, titled "Not Your Grandfather's Art History." Funded through a $145,258 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under its Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program, the reader aims to provide increased representation of voices and images in the classroom. It will feature analytical...

Mitchell Community College was awarded a $222,770 Formula Grant from the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education's Education Stabilization Fund program (CFDA 84.425). The grant period is from March 7, 2022 through March 6, 2023 and will provide help to the institution for coronavirus related expenses. As part of the Education Stabilization Fund program, this Formula Grant award will allow Mitchell Community College to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus...

Grant Award Summary: Black Photojournalism Exhibition Carnegie Institute, doing business as Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, received a $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to develop and execute "Black Photojournalism," a comprehensive traveling museum exhibition. The grant was awarded on September 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2027. The exhibition will be...

The Withers Collection, Inc., a non-profit organization, received a $100,000 federal Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program (CFDA 45.309). The grant will fund the enhancement of the museum's stewardship of its collection by archivally storing and digitizing approximately 4,000 photographs from its collection that document civil rights history and African American life and culture....

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) received a $392,230 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to complete the digitization, preservation, and dissemination of its entire photography collection. This includes the newly acquired collection of 4,062 photographs by American photographer Aaron Siskind. VMFA will create verbal descriptions for 1,000 images to enhance accessibility for visually impaired...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Mitchell Co Board Of Education received a $343,098 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the School Safety National Activities program (CFDA 84.184), awarded on May 5, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2026. The grant supports improvements in student mental health services and emergency preparedness within the Mitchell County school district in Bakersville, North Carolina. The School...

The Museum of Contemporary Photography received a $519,181 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program to digitize and catalog approximately 6,000 artworks from its permanent collection. The grant will support hiring and training two curatorial assistants who will research and update artist biographies and catalog content based on surveys with artists, their agents, and families. This project will result in increased public...

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded McDowell Technical Community College a $268,244 project grant under the Education Stabilization Fund program. The grant provides supplemental assistance to low-income students located in the rural community of Marion, North Carolina from July 31, 2021 through July 31, 2022. The Education Stabilization Fund program aims to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Under this award, McDowell...

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Mitchell College $569,950 under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program (CFDA 84.116) for the project "Digital Innovation Hub for Educational Excellence" from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. This Project Grant will support Mitchell College's efforts to establish a digital innovation hub to improve postsecondary instruction and expand educational opportunities. As authorized under...

The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $578,780 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) federal grant program (CFDA 45.309). The grant will fund a three-year project to increase accessibility of three archival collections from African American artists: the papers of artist Alonzo Davis, interviews and field notes of artist and scholar Michael D. Harris, and documents of artist...