Opportunity Information: Apply for 20170809 GW
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Public Humanities Projects grant program supports humanities-based projects designed for general audiences, with the goal of making humanities ideas concrete, accessible, and meaningful in public settings. Funded projects are expected to draw on credible humanities scholarship to explore significant themes in fields such as history, literature, ethics, and art history, or to help communities think through complex issues that matter in contemporary life. A central expectation of the program is that public engagement is not an afterthought: NEH explicitly values projects that actively involve community members in collaboration with humanities scholars, or that invite the public to contribute to shaping the project content and how it is delivered.
This opportunity is structured around three distinct project formats, and applicants must pick one primary format and follow the specific application instructions tied to that choice. The first format, Community Conversations, funds one- to two-year series of public, community-wide discussions that bring together a broad and diverse mix of residents to consider topics important to a town or city through a humanities lens. These are meant to be substantive, nonpartisan dialogues grounded in humanities perspectives rather than advocacy, and applicants are required to show they already have experience organizing and facilitating public discussions of this kind. The second format, Exhibitions, supports the creation or installation of public-facing exhibitions, either as permanent exhibitions that will remain on view for at least three years or as traveling exhibitions that will reach audiences at a minimum of two U.S. venues (counting the originating site as one of the venues). The third format, Historic Places, supports interpretation and programming for historic sites and places, including houses, neighborhoods, and broader regions, and can include approaches such as guided tours, living history, exhibitions, and public programs that help audiences understand the humanities significance of the place.
While each application must clearly identify one primary format, NEH also encourages projects that use multiple engagement methods to deepen impact. For example, an exhibition proposal can be strengthened by pairing the physical experience with related components such as a website, a mobile app, or a series of public discussion programs that invite visitors and residents into deeper reflection. Overall, the program is designed to support projects that connect scholarship with public life, emphasize inclusive participation, and deliver humanities content in ways that are engaging, rigorous, and relevant.
Administratively, this is a discretionary federal grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number 20170809 GW) under CFDA 45.164, offered by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Eligible applicants include state, county, and local governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions under that nonprofit category). The listed award ceiling is up to $1,000,000. The original closing date for the opportunity was August 9, 2017, and the program description emphasizes alignment with one of the three formats, meaningful public engagement, and humanities-driven interpretive framing as core elements of competitiveness.Apply for 20170809 GW
- The National Endowment for the Humanities in the humanities sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Public Humanities Projects" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 45.164.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2017-06-08.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-08-09. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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