Project Grant SP27928820

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Idaho Humanities Council Inc. $678,657 under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129) from June 15, 2021 through April 30, 2023. The Idaho Humanities Council, doing business as Humanities In Idaho, will use these funds to support local, statewide, and regional public humanities programming. As the state humanities council for Idaho, the organization promotes public engagement with history, literature,...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Delaware Humanities Council Incorporated $620,153 under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129) from June 15, 2021 to April 30, 2023. The funding will support the Council's local, statewide, and regional public humanities programming through annual operating grants. As the designated state humanities council for Delaware, the Council will utilize the American Rescue Plan funding to provide Delaware...

The Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator (DVCAI), a woman-owned, Black American-owned non-profit organization, received a $498,730 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program on July 1, 2024. The grant will enable DVCAI to enhance its organizational sustainability and programming focused on the Latin and Caribbean diaspora. Key project activities include hiring a part-time graduate...

The Illinois Humanities Council received a $1,433,992 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129). The Council will use the funding to support local, statewide, and regional public humanities programming in Illinois from June 2021 through April 2023. As the state's leader for advancing the humanities, the Council partners with nonprofits, libraries, museums, and community organizations to...

The Indiana Humanities Council, Inc. was awarded a $4.6 million project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129) for the period of November 1, 2016 to October 31, 2021. The grant funds local, statewide, and regional public humanities programming through the Indiana Humanities Council that promotes the humanities at the community level. As the state's leader for advancing civic and cultural programs,...

This Project Grant award of $189,258 from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will fund an educational workshop series titled "FOREVER WILD: THE ADIRONDACKS IN THE GILDED AGE AND PROGRESSIVE ERA." The project, led by history professors from SUNY Cortland, will use the historic Camp Huntington site in the Adirondacks as a resource to explore how ideas of wilderness shaped America during the Gilded...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $197,846 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to The Interfaith Center of New York, Inc. The grant will fund a three-week institute that provides K-12 teachers with an advanced introduction to the religious diversity of the United States. The institute will include classroom-based workshops, meetings with religious leaders, visits to local houses of worship, and field research in a...

The Columbia University History Lab will receive $494,798 from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities program to host an Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities from September 2022 through August 2025. The Institute will offer training to archivists and historians through in-person summer workshops on processing and making text data accessible for digital humanities research. Each workshop cohort of...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded Iona University a $150,000 Project Grant through the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant funds the "Iona Black Humanities Initiative (IBHI) Project" which aims to build out Iona's existing Black Studies (BST) minor into a full major and integrate more diverse humanities content across the university's curricula. Key activities include: Convening...

This $246,320 federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities (CFDA 45.169) will fund the "Illuminating the Past: A Summer Institute on Multispectral Imaging and Cultural Heritage Preservation" initiative. This transformative program is designed to cultivate the next generation of experts in digital humanities, focusing on cultural heritage recovery through advanced imaging technologies. The initiative...