Project Grant SIS70023GR0041

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $327,000 project grant to the United States Israel Educational Foundation to support public education, scholarly analysis and research, and academic visits between Israeli and U.S. scholars. This award falls under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program (CFDA 19.021), which supports cultural, educational, alumni, information and media efforts in the region. Specifically, the Foundation will...

This three-year, $149,696 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support the "Inclusive Public History" initiative at Montclair State University. The initiative aims to develop faculty expertise in public history through training programs, create new public and digital history courses, and establish opportunities for place-based student learning at cultural institutions. These activities align with the federal program's goal of promoting humanities teaching...

This three-year project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program, provides $450,000 to support long-term research fellowships at the William Foxwell Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem. The funding will support up to three fellows annually from 2023 to 2026, with each fellow receiving a $5,000 monthly stipend for 4 to 6 months of continuous residence at the Institute. During their tenures, fellows will...

The New York Historical Society received a $194,648 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163). The funding will support the "American Women, American Citizens: 1920-1948" institute, a hybrid learning experience that will convene 30 schoolteachers, 2 teacher advisors, 6 scholar guests, and several educational partners/field trip sites over several months. The institute will...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), through its Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163), awarded a $152,382 Project Grant to the Fort Ticonderoga Association to offer two one-week workshops in the summer of 2025 for teachers across the country. The workshops, titled "The American Revolution: Subjects, Citizens, and Soldiers," will use the association's archival and object collections to explore five key themes related to the American...

The Center for Jewish History in New York was awarded a $153,292 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the agency's Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) for the period of January 1, 2022 through August 31, 2024. The funding will support LONG-TERM RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AT THE CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY IN NEW YORK, enabling the Center to provide fellowships for scholars to conduct humanities research using its resources. As indicated in the program...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $191,619 project grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to the American Historical Association (AHA). The grant will fund a three-week, fully virtual institute in June-July 2025 for 30 K-12 educators on the theme of "Africa in World History." The institute aims to enhance the content knowledge of participating teachers, allowing them to expand beyond the limited engagement with...

The New York Historical Society was awarded a $205,897 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to conduct the "Rethinking American Feminism, 1948-1977" institute. The institute aims to empower 30 K-12 teachers to incorporate a more diverse range of women's voices and contributions into their instruction on 20th century U.S. history. Over several months from October 2021 to September 2023, the institute will convene teachers and 19 guest scholars, filmmakers, and...

The New York Historical Society received a $350,948 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to conduct a hybrid professional development institute for K-12 educators titled "Preparing for America at 250: Women and the American Revolution." The institute will convene 30 teachers over several months from July to November 2023, including two in-person weeks at the Historical Society in July and virtual evening sessions in June, August, September, October, and...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) provides $186,928 to Gettysburg College to engage K-12 educators in two week-long workshops on the history and construction of collective memory related to the Gettysburg Battlefield. The workshops will examine the relationship between history and memory, explore how perceptions of the past shape documentation and recollection, and...