Project Grant SSO29624123

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $175,000 project grant to Upstander Project, Inc., a non-profit organization, to fund the "Upstander Academy: Rethreading the Needle of Native American History through Land and Water-Based Learning" program. This two-week residential institute, scheduled for July 2025, will provide 25 participants, including 3rd to 12th grade humanities teachers and museum educators, with an immersive and experiential understanding of Native...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149) program awarded a $148,054 project grant to the San Jose State University Research Foundation to implement the "Resisting Erasure and Asserting Afghan Cultural and Community Resilience" initiative. This community-engaged humanities project seeks to collect and publicly preserve the stories, cultural heritage, and resilience of first- and second-generation Afghan...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $223,800 Project Grant to the Florida Humanities Council, Incorporated through the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129). The grant supports 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 interactive exhibition, a...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Office of Digital Humanities (CFDA 45.169) provides $149,999 to the University of Wisconsin System to conduct the collaborative research project "Transnational Disinformation Networks and Asian Diasporic Politics". The project, led by Dr. Rachel Kuo and Mark Calaguas, combines archival research and community oral histories to examine how experiences of trauma, war, colonialism, and political suppression have...

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 voices...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), through its Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129), awarded a $519,514 five-year Project Grant to the Arizona Humanities Council Inc. The grant, effective November 1, 2024, will support the Council's delivery of educational public humanities programs to cultural organizations statewide. These programs promote understanding of the human experience, with a focus on cultural understanding, community history, and...

This $147,371 federal Project Grant was awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant aims to collaborate with residents of East St. Louis, Illinois to build an archive documenting their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The project has two key components: conducting oral histories with community elders and first responders, and organizing community-based archiving events...

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...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $175,045 Project Grant to National History Day Inc. under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant will fund the "Moving Freedom Forward: Teaching a More Inclusive History" initiative, which combines teacher training and curriculum development to enhance classroom teaching and student learning about the histories of marginalized communities. The...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program awarded a $149,445 Project Grant to The Anderson Center For Interdisciplinary Studies, Inc. for the "MISSISSIPPI DIALOGUES: A COMMUNITY COLLECTING INITIATIVE" project. The 17-month project aims to document local community histories related to flooding and river living in order to foster climate resilience and public dialogue. Key activities include: Documenting...