Project Grant SSO29727323

The Vermont Historical Society, Inc. received a $199,889 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant will fund nine staff positions to conduct collection description, preservation, and digitization activities from October 2021 through June 2022. Specifically, staff will inventory and maintain collections, create catalog records, and write collection descriptions to be added to...

This $145,159 Project Grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) will support the research project "BUILDING RESILIENCE: ARCHAEOLOGICAL LANDSCAPES, CLIMATE ANOMALIES, AND RISK MITIGATION ON THE NORTH COAST OF PERU, 1100 BCE-PRESENT." The project aims to investigate how archaeological dams, diversion canals, and reservoirs on the North Coast of Peru create refugia on the landscape during flood events...

This federal Project Grant award of $149,960 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) supports a community-based, collaborative oral history and archival project led by the Vermont Folklife Center. The project will explore the experiences of climate change among resettled refugee communities in Vermont through the lens of food access and cultural practices. The project will also identify relevant content in the Vermont...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $596,263 Project Grant to the Vermont Humanities Council under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129). The grant will support local, statewide, and regional public humanities programming in Vermont from June 2021 through April 2023. As the state humanities council for Vermont, the awardee will use the funds to promote humanities-focused events and activities that are available to citizens across the...

The Vermont Humanities Council received a $3.3 million project grant award 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 through October 31, 2021. The grant funds will support the Council's STATE HUMANITIES PROGRAM to promote local, statewide, and regional public humanities programming through annual grants. As the state humanities council for Vermont, the Council will...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003) provides $209,045 to the Vermont Historical Society, Inc. (Act 11) to support a range of historical preservation, digitization, and educational services. The grant will enable the Society to collect oral histories on Vermonters' COVID-19 experiences, develop standards-aligned K-12 educational materials, and improve...

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 Vermont Historical Society received a $350,081 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.032 - 21st Century Museum Professionals Program) to provide workforce development training and resources to approximately 300 staff and volunteers at historical societies and museums across Vermont. The project aims to engage these participants in using an "active collections framework" to encourage smaller and more focused museum collections. Key project...

This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) provides $211,776 to the University of California, Berkeley to conduct an ethnographic study examining how narratives and images of climate change shape place-making efforts by the insurance industry in Bermuda. Specifically, the award supports Phase I analysis of work operations at RenaisssanceRe, a leading risk modeling firm, to study effects of...

This $341,949 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) to the Foundation For Advancement In Conservation (FAIC). The award period runs from March 1, 2025 to February 28, 2027. The grant project seeks to embed climate resilience planning into the professional development of field service providers and other instructors, while also improving usability and access to...