The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $944,736 Project Grant to the Minnesota Humanities Center, doing business as the Humanities Education Center, to support programming under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129). This program provides annual grants to state humanities councils to promote local, statewide, and regional public humanities programming. Funding will support the Minnesota Humanities Center's work organizing public events,...
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...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) for the project "Enriching the Humanities Curriculum to Embrace Cultural Relevance". The project objectives are to: (1) develop five new culturally relevant courses to support a new Hispanic Studies minor; (2) provide...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $336,288 project grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to the Newberry Library in Chicago, IL. The grant funding will support the digitization and online publication of 2,400 rare and historical books from the library's Edward E. Ayer North and Middle American Indian Linguistics Collection, which represents over 300 indigenous languages of North and Central America. This...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Atlantic City Free Public Library a $123,000 project grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to create "The Atlantic City Experience Research Library Digital Repository" from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The library will use the funding to digitize and provide online access to its cultural heritage collections documenting the contributions of the African...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) provides $180,256.00 to support two identical week-long workshops for 70 grades 5-12 educators, librarians, curriculum consultants/supervisors, museum educators, and administrators. The workshops, jointly delivered by Rutgers University, the Ramapough Culture and Land Foundation, and Liberty State Park, will explore the histories,...
The New York Public Library received a $484,134 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the federal Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to support long-term research fellowships at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture from January 1, 2016 through June 30, 2019. The award advanced the Center's mission of supporting humanities research through fellowships allowing scholars dedicated time and access to the Center's resources to...
This $150,000 Project Grant was awarded on January 1, 2024 by the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant funds a 2.5-year initiative titled "BUILDING COMMUNITY AND BELONGING FOR HISPANIC STUDENTS THROUGH THE HUMANITIES" (BCBHS) at The Research Foundation for The State University of New York. The BCBHS program will create an advanced Spanish language...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $505,813 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129) to Colorado Humanities. This 5-year grant, effective from November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2029, enables Colorado Humanities to deliver a range of public humanities programming across the state. The funding supports Colorado Humanities' efforts to inspire Colorado residents to explore ideas and appreciate the state's diverse...
The Carnegie Library of Homestead received a $135,313 Project Grant award 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 support continued access to humanities-related collections and programs at the library from January 2022 through December 2022. Key activities to be funded include digitizing 232 reels of historic local newspapers from Western Pennsylvania and holding community...