The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF) received a $140,570.70 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) for the period of October 1, 2016 through December 31, 2018. The grant funding supported RF in delivering a project titled "Emmanuel Levinas on Morality, Justice, and the Political." As the awardee and sub-awardee organizations, RF and...
This $184,534 Project Grant award was provided by the National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966) to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP). The funding will support the development of an online story map to document and preserve historic places associated with the history of the African American struggle for equal rights. This grant is part of the NPS's African American...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (CFDA 15.945 - Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System) provides $761,400.00 in funding to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), a minority-owned non-profit organization. The award supports research, interpretation, and preservation projects related to the Underground Railroad, as well as assistance for communities and organizations to develop...
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...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $100,000 project grant to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (operating as State University College) for the "Virtual Aquapolis" project. The grant, funded through the agency's Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164), will support the development of an immersive virtual reality (VR) and interactive web experience that examines over 400 years of environmental history and human...
The Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) was awarded a $499,998 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities Promotion of the Humanities program (CFDA 45.169) for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. Under this award, RFCUNY will support the CUNY Graduate Center's efforts to strengthen communities through digital research and publication initiatives. Specifically, the funding will restore staffing...
This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities, under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161), provides $499,998 to the University of Florida from October 2021 through September 2024. The funding supports a collaborative effort by six scholars to produce the first book-length study examining architecture of the African diaspora in and from the United States. The publication will include histories of buildings, cities, landscapes, and interiors...
This $172,692 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) will fund the recruitment of 21 interns at the Geneseo Center for Local and Municipal History. The interns will assist local historians in research and presentation of history content. They will also help organize three new initiatives and community events. The goal is to attract more students to...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $249,991 Project Grant to New York University under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161). The grant will fund "The Antefixa Project," a scholarly digital initiative to document and explain the contributions of diverse artistic communities in ancient Italy between 500-75 BCE. The project applies humanistic, digital, computational, and scientific methods to archaeological remains of sacred sculpture to...
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...