Project Grant RA27817121
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $294,750 Project Grant to the New York Public Library (NYPL) to support the Scholars-in-Residence program at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem. The funding will provide stipends and cover selection expenses for fellows to conduct long-term research at the Schomburg Center, which houses an extensive 11 million item collection chronicling Black history and culture in America and abroad. Notable research collections at...
- The New York Public Library received a $484,134 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the federal Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to support long-term research fellowships at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture from January 1, 2016 through June 30, 2019. The award advanced the Center's mission of supporting humanities research through fellowships allowing scholars dedicated time and access to the Center's resources to...
- The New York Public Library (NYPL) received a $309,996 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to support long-term research fellowships at the library's Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. The grant funding will cover stipend and selection expenses for fellows who will have access to NYPL's 4.3 million volume humanities collection, including rare and unique materials, to conduct their research projects. During...
- This $500,000 National Endowment for the Humanities project grant funds the creation of a new digital imaging studio and staff positions at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The studio and staff will expand the Library's digitized collections of African American, African, and African Diasporic materials. Specifically, the grant supports the establishment of a satellite digital imaging unit and the hiring of two full-time positions to increase the...
- The New York Public Library, in partnership with Teachers College, Columbia University, will deliver a two-week combined summer institute titled "Harlem's Education Movements: Changing the Civil Rights Narrative" through a $378,290 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Through scholarly presentations, dialogue with movement veterans, place-based pedagogy, and guided exploration of the Schomburg Center's archival collections, the institute will provide 25...
- 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 National Humanities Center was awarded a $390,000 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support three nine-month long-term research fellowships from January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. The fellowship program is part of the Promotion of the Humanities Research program, which aims to advance knowledge and understanding of the humanities through collaborative research and scholarly editions and translations projects. As the grant description indicates, the fellowships...
- 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 National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $366,000 Project Grant to the National Humanities Center in Durham, North Carolina for the "Promotion of the Humanities Research" program (CFDA 45.161). The grant will provide long-term research fellowships from January 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028 to support advanced humanities scholarship and public engagement. As an independent, nonprofit institute, the National Humanities Center is devoted to furthering understanding of the human...
- The Library Company of Philadelphia received a $220,500 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to support their Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program. This program fosters collections-based research in American history and culture from the 17th through the 19th centuries, with a focus on the Atlantic world context. The grant funds 14-month residential fellowships for 2-3 postdoctoral scholars annually, enabling...
The New York Public Library was awarded a $286,143 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program. The grant will support the Scholars-in-Residence program at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture located in Harlem, New York through June 2025. Fellows will conduct humanities research using the Center's extensive collection of over 11 million rare and unique items chronicling the Black experience in America and abroad. Notable collections that will be made available to fellows include the archives of James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, and Malcolm X as well as records of the Civil Rights Congress and writings in 60 African languages. The funding will cover stipends and selection expenses for fellows, who will benefit from dedicated research space and intellectual exchange with other scholars during their residency at the Center.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $286.1k | 5/24/21 |