Humanities Initiatives

Funding Opportunity Number: 20150625-AB Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)CFDA Number: 45.162Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: NEHClosing Date: Jun 25, 2015Award Ceiling: $100,000Expected Number of Awards: Creation Date: Mar 27, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: NEH Humanities Initiatives at Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Tribal Colleges and Universities are intended to strengthen the teaching and study of the humanities in subjects such as history, philosophy, and literature. These grants may be used to enhance existing humanities programs, resources, or courses, or to develop new ones. NEH Humanities Initiatives may • create opportunities for faculty members to study together, in order to improve their capacity to teach the humanities; • support new humanities programs (which may include but are not limited to new humanities minors, first-year seminars, and capstone courses), and enhance existing ones; • support humanities contributions to professional training (in such fields as business, law, economics, technology, and nursing and medicine); • develop bridge programs for at-risk and nontraditional students; • help institutions take advantage of humanities resources, especiall...
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Humanities (see Cultural Affairs in CFDA) Source Type: funding