Grant Opportunity: Up to $1 Million for Humanities Based Programs

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WASHINGTON---The National Endowment for the Humanities has announced its America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations (AHCO) grants which provide support for museums, libraries, historic places, and other organizations that produce public programs in the humanities. Applications are due by August 14, and requests may not exceed $1,000,000. Grants support the following formats:

• exhibitions at museums, libraries, and other venues; 
• interpretations of historic places, sites, or regions; 
• book/film discussion programs; living history presentations; other face-to-face programs at libraries, community centers, and other public venues; and 
• interpretive websites and other digital formats. 

Types of America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations awards including Planning grants to support the early stages of project development; consultation with scholars; refinement of humanities themes; as well as preliminary design, testing, and audience evaluation. Implementation grants support final scholarly research and consultation, design development, production, and installation of a project for presentation to the public.

For more informaiton, contact:

Division of Public Programs
National Endowment for the Humanities
Room 426
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20506
202-606-8269
publicpgms@neh.gov