Project Grant SSO29624023

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $175,000 project grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to Upstander Project, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Massachusetts. The grant will fund the "Upstander Academy: Rethreading the Needle of Native American History through Land and Water-Based Learning," a two-week residential institute in July 2025 for 25 participants consisting of 3rd to 12th grade humanities...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $223,800 project grant through the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129) to the Florida Humanities Council, Inc. The grant will fund the "Racial Awareness Project," a multiplatform, interactive initiative focused on educating the public on white supremacy in the wake of a racially motivated shooting in Jacksonville, Florida. The project will include an exhibition, a collection of oral...

This Project Grant award of $147,371.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) supports a community-based research project to document the experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic in East St. Louis, Illinois. The project, led by the University of Illinois, aims to collaborate with East St. Louis residents to build an archive of oral histories from elders and first responders, as well as create...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $132,760 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149) program to The Museum At Bethel Woods, a non-profit organization. The grant, titled "1960S ORAL HISTORIES – NEW YORK COMMUNITY CONNECTORS", will fund a project to organize, connect, and collect stories of the 1960s counterculture experience in New York City, with a focus on gathering stories from underrepresented...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities (CFDA 45.169) provides $149,999 to the University of Wisconsin System for the collaborative research project "Transnational Disinformation Networks and Asian Diasporic Politics." The project, led by Dr. Rachel Kuo and Mark Calaguas, examines how lived experiences of trauma, war, colonialism, and power dynamics contribute to the spread of misinformation and disinformation across...

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...

This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) program, provides $3,131,435 to support emergency relief and educational programming for humanities organizations recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic. The awardee, National Writing Project, will administer approximately 50 subawards of $50,000 each to local, regional, and cross-regional cultural organizations between October 1, 2021 and September 30,...

The Atlanta Historical Society, Inc. dba Atlanta History Center received a $249,650 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program. The grant will support expansion of the Made by Us civic education and engagement initiative's Civic Season program between Juneteenth and July 4th. The Atlanta History Center will collaborate with up to 300 leading U.S. history and civics organizations,...

The federal Project Grant award of $136,528 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) supports the "Blank Spaces in the Library Archives" community-based learning and digitization project at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). The project aims to document and publicize the underrepresented lived experiences of people of color from the 18th to...

This federal Project Grant award 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) provides $175,045 to National History Day Inc. to develop instructional resources and curriculum focused on Jewish and Jewish American history. The grant will support the creation of a series of scholarly essays and lesson plans that address the histories of marginalized communities, with...