The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $213,238 Project Grant to The Center for Jewish History, Inc. under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161). The grant will fund three 12-month NEH Scholar in Residence Fellowships over a three-year period from January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027. The NEH Scholar in Residence Fellowship supports high-level original research utilizing the Center's extensive collections on Jewish culture and history, the largest...
The Center for Jewish History, Inc. was awarded a $199,791 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support preservation and access activities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access federal grant program. Through this funding, the Center will retain 14 core staff positions and hire one intern to sustain public-facing and preservation services. Key deliverables include preserving physical collections, increasing access through continued...
The Center for Jewish History, Inc. will receive $700,000 through a three-year Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program. The Center will arrange, describe, and provide intellectual access to the records of the Council of Jewish Federations for the first time. Totaling 1,475 linear feet, the Council's records document 20th century American Jewish philanthropy and public service at the national...
The Center for Jewish History, Inc. has received a $350,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to reconstruct the building envelope of its collection storage stacks. This project, which is part of the Center's broader sustainability initiative, will improve the preservation of its irreplaceable Jewish historical collections and reduce energy costs and emissions. The grant will cover 90% of the cost to...
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...
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...
The Jewish Museum in New York, New York received a $100,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164) to present the temporary exhibition "Revisiting New York: 1962-64" from July 22, 2022 to January 8, 2023. The exhibition will provide a comprehensive overview of the radical shift that occurred in American art, history, and global culture from 1962 to 1964 through critically...
The National Yiddish Book Center, Inc. was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant, awarded on August 1, 2025, will fund a project titled "NAYE FARBINDUNGEN (NEW CONNECTIONS): ONLINE YIDDISH STUDY AND COMMUNITY DURING COVID" that will document the surge in online Yiddish language study and community building that occurred during the COVID-19...
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...