This $200,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to support the editorial work of the Papers of U.S. President George Washington 1732-1799 project. This scholarly documentary editing initiative plays a crucial role in preserving and disseminating the historical record of one of America's most important figures, providing valuable insights into the early history and development of the United...
The Trustees of Princeton University will receive $565,000 through September 2025 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to continue work on The Papers of Thomas Jefferson Editorial Project. This Project Grant funding supports the ongoing editorial work of the authoritative scholarly edition of papers written by and to Thomas Jefferson, the third U.S. President, under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161). The Project furthers the program's goals of advancing...
The University of Virginia will receive $159,967.20 under a Project Grant award from the National Archives and Records Administration to support the publication of volumes 12 through 14 of The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series. The University will also complete manuscript work for volume 4 and continue editorial work on volume 5 of The Papers of James Madison: Retirement Series. This work furthers the goals of the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program...
The University of Virginia received a $273,160 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to support the project "THOMAS JEFFERSON: THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WORLDS OF MONTICELLO AND THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA" from October 1, 2018 through May 31, 2021. The project aims to promote better teaching and research in the humanities for higher education faculty and K-12 educators through...
James Madison University received a $99,325.65 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities program (CFDA 45.169) for the period of October 1, 2017 through October 31, 2020. The grant funding supports making historical circulation data from the Audit Bureau of Circulations publicly available in digital format. Specifically, the University will digitize and publish online circulation records for American...
This Project Grant award of $300,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program will support the ongoing work of The Papers of Andrew Jackson: A Documentary Edition scholarly editing project through September 2024. The University of Tennessee is producing a seventeen volume bound series and two electronic formats collecting, editing, and publishing the existing records of Andrew Jackson's presidency. To date, eleven volumes have been...
The University of Virginia received a $376,150 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities on July 1, 2014 for the production of a public radio series titled "Backstory with the American History Guys: Finding the American Way." The three-year grant was funded under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164), which provides support for public humanities programs presented in non-museum settings. The grant enabled the production of a...
The Montpelier Foundation received a $182,710 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164). The award will support reopening and revising interpretive approaches for African American historic sites and exhibitions at James Madison's Montpelier property in Virginia between December 2021 and May 2023. Specifically, the Foundation will reopen award-winning exhibitions like "The...
The University of Virginia will receive $159,993.21 under a one-year Project Grant award from the National Archives and Records Administration to support the Papers of George Washington project. Funded activities will include publishing volumes 29 and 30 of the Revolutionary War series, advancing editorial work on volumes 31 through 34, and adding content from volumes 28 and 29 totaling over 40 newly discovered documents to the University of Virginia Press/Rotunda online edition and Founders...
The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $325,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026. The grant funds the Freedmen and Southern Society Project to edit and publish the ninth and final volume of Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867, a nine-volume documentary history of the transition from slavery to freedom in the...