Grant Program: Public Humanities Projects | The National Endowment for the Humanities (neh.gov)
Supported Projects: Exhibitions, Historic Site Interpretation, Humanities Discussions (series of at least 6 public discussion programs)
Funding Amount: Planning Level Grants (Exhibitions and Historic Site Interpretations ONLY) – up to $75,000
Implementation Level Grants – up to $400,000
Optional Draft Review Deadline: December 8, 2021
Deadline: January, 12, 2022
The Public Humanities Projects program supports projects that bring the ideas of the humanities to life for general audiences through public programming. Projects must engage humanities scholarship to analyze significant themes in disciplines such as history, literature, ethics, and art history. Awards support projects that are intended to reach broad and diverse public audiences in non-classroom settings in the United States. Projects should engage with ideas that are accessible to the general public and employ appealing interpretive formats.
Three categories of projects are supported in this grant program (Exhibitions, Historic Places, and Humanities Discussions), at two funding levels (Planning and Implementation). Proposed projects may include complementary components: for example, a museum exhibition might be accompanied by a website or mobile app.
Project topics may be international, national, regional, or local in focus, but locally focused projects should address topics that are of regional or national relevance by drawing connections to broad themes or historical questions. Award amounts offered to successful applicants will reflect the project’s scope and the size of its expected audiences.
Small and mid-sized organizations are especially encouraged to apply. We likewise welcome humanities projects tailored to particular groups, such as families, youth (including K-12 students in informal educational settings), underserved communities, and veterans.
For additional information please visit our website at https://www.neh.gov/grants/public/public-humanities-projects or contact us at publicpgms@neh.gov or 202-606-8269