NEH Awards $17.6 Million for 86 Humanities Projects

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently announced that 86 successful applicants will receive $17,879,985 million in awards and offers. This funding will support the production and development of media projects, the planning and implementation of museum exhibitions and library-based projects, educators’ professional development, collaborative research, and the preparation of texts and documents that are currently inaccessible or available in inadequate editions.

This award cycle, institutions and individuals in 39 states received support from the NEH. A complete state-by-state listing of total grants and offers of matching funds is available below:

The NEH grants announced today come from all of the Endowment’s major program areas—Education (in cooperation with the Office of Digital Humanities), Preservation and Access, Public, Research, and Challenge Grants. Also awarded today are the We the People Project Grants for State Humanities Councils offered through the NEH’s Federal/State Partnership. These grants, which are a part of the We the People program, encourage and strengthen the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture.

Information about these program areas as well as the specific grant categories awarded this cycle is available by clicking here.