Project Grant TA30993926
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $1,295,514 Project Grant to the National History Day Inc. under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The four-year cooperative agreement will support educational programming from 2023 to 2026 focusing on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and continued efforts toward a more just and inclusive society. National History Day Inc. will produce...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The American Philosophical Society received a $200,210 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to develop and deliver "These Truths: The Declarations of Independence," a major temporary exhibition scheduled for April 2026 through January 2027. The award supports the complete development, installation, and public interpretation of the exhibition, which will showcase...
- The Museum of the American Revolution received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to support the creation of "The Declaration's Journey" exhibition commemorating the 250th anniversary of the United States. The exhibition, on view from October 18, 2025 through January 3, 2027, will explore the impact of the Declaration of Independence within the U.S. and globally, as well...
- Grant Award Summary Ohio University received a $196,632 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) on April 1, 2026. The project, titled "250 Years: The Promises and Legacy of the Declaration of Independence," will deliver an academic conference and concurrent exhibitions exploring the historical significance and contemporary legacy of the Declaration of Independence with a regional focus on...
- The National Liberty Museum received a $100,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) program, awarded on April 1, 2026, with a completion date of June 30, 2027. The grant funds the development and production of the Voices of Liberty Podcast, a limited-series public humanities initiative that features scholars, museum professionals, politicians, artists, comedians, and community members discussing the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded the University of Virginia a $10 million Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) on January 1, 2026, to support a collaborative initiative celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States through the creation and dissemination of Founding Era and Early Republic primary sources. The project, which extends through December 31, 2030, will deliver four primary...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded $179,005 to the Newberry Library under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) on January 1, 2026, to develop and deliver a three-week residential professional development institute titled "250 Years of Teaching with Maps: Maps in the Making of US Education." The primary deliverable is an immersive educational program convening 25 K-12 educators in July 2026 to...
- The American Library Association (ALA) received a $2,221,576 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) program. Through this funding, ALA will administer a $2 million subaward program to provide 200 public, academic, school, tribal, prison and special libraries with $10,000 each to develop humanities programming. The subawards will deliver immediate short-term relief to libraries as they recover from the...
- This $149,779 federal Project Grant was awarded on February 1, 2025 by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities (CFDA 45.169) program. The grant will enhance the contributions of the Living New Deal (LND) project to the digital humanities by: 1) auditing and upgrading the existing LND data on the locations of New Deal public works projects, 2) incorporating U.S. Census spatial and population data to expand the scope of the...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the "Promotion of the Humanities Research" (CFDA 45.161) program to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Illinois. This grant supports efforts to identify, image, transcribe, annotate, and publish online all documents written by or to Abraham Lincoln during his lifetime (1809-1865). The goal is to replace the existing Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln publication with a new...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded $100,000 to The Library of America (The Literary Classics of the United States Inc.) on April 1, 2026, under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to develop and deliver "The Living Declaration: Rediscovering America's Founding Text." This public humanities initiative will produce a five-part public program series and a multimedia online resource that interprets the origins, historical development, and ongoing significance of the Declaration of Independence. The project will leverage scholarly research and historical source materials from the Library of America's forthcoming publication, "The Living Declaration: A Biography of America's Founding Text" (May 2026), to demonstrate how the Declaration was created in 1776 and its enduring importance as a cultural and political reference point. The initiative will be presented in partnership with major cultural organizations and public libraries across the country, with performance activities based in New York. The project is scheduled for completion by January 31, 2027. This award supports the program's mission to engage general audiences with humanities scholarship through accessible, in-person programming and digital resources, consistent with NEH's focus on public humanities engagement across the United States.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $100.0k | 3/24/26 |