The federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129) provides $474,871.00 in funding to the Oklahoma Humanities Council, Inc. (doing business as Oklahoma Humanities Inc.) to deliver humanities-focused programming and subawards across the state of Oklahoma. The award period runs from November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2029. Through this grant, the Oklahoma Humanities Council will...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $824,624 to the Oklahoma Humanities Council, Inc. dba Oklahoma Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129) for the period of June 15, 2021 through April 30, 2023. The funding will support the Oklahoma Humanities Council's local, statewide, and regional public humanities programming. As the state humanities council for Oklahoma, the organization will use the funds to promote humanities...
The University of Central Oklahoma received a $360,029 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program. The grant will support several initiatives through December 2023 aimed at advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion through humanities education and outreach. Activities include publishing English department journals and hosting lecture series; digitizing the Herland...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $498,129 Project Grant to the University of Oklahoma to establish the OU Center for Creativity and Authenticity in AI Cultural Production. The 3-year grant, running from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028, will support research and programming that explores the implications of generative AI technologies for artistic and cultural expression, with a focus on issues of trust, authenticity, and cultural sovereignty, particularly as they relate to Native...
The University of Oklahoma, through its Office of Research Administration, has been awarded a $349,887 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant will enable the Coptic Scriptorium Project to expand its digital database of richly annotated Coptic texts, which are crucial for academic disciplines and the heritage community of Coptic Orthodox Christians. This 3-year project,...
The University of Oklahoma was awarded a $219,407 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to host the "VISUAL WESTS" four-week summer institute in 2025. The institute will reexamine the visual imagery and material culture that shaped ideas about the American West since the 19th century, with a focus on the complexities of indigeneity, race, gender, sexuality, and nature. The...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $149,999 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149) program to the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. This 2-year grant, which began on October 1, 2023, will support the "VSSVNOCHI ANUMPULI (ELDERS SPEAK): THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE IN CHOCTAW" project. This initiative will collect, transcribe, translate, and publish conversations in the Choctaw language from Choctaw elders...
This federal Project Grant award of $250,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities program (CFDA 45.169) will fund the "Open Education Publishing Institute: Collaborative Knowledge and Social Justice" (OEPI) summer institute. The institute will help digital humanities scholars create open educational resources (OER) publications and classroom assignments that reflect the community-based concerns of their students and...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $302,017 Project Grant to the Community College Humanities Association to support the ON NATIVE GROUNDS: STUDIES OF NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORIES AND THE LAND project from October 1, 2016 to December 31, 2017. The grant was awarded under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163), which promotes better teaching and research in the humanities for higher education faculty and K-12 educators through activities...
The Project Grant award of $333,333 from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) supports Oregon State University in creating a 6,400 square-foot facility for digital 3D scanning and artifact analysis, as well as collections facilities for the university's growing Indigenous Studies program. This infrastructure will enhance student coursework, faculty research, and public engagement through the development of a virtual...