Humanities Initiatives: Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Post Date

April 10th 2012

Application Due Date

June 27th 2012

Funding Opportunity Number

20120627-AC

CFDA Number(s)

45.162

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Humanities

Eligibility Categories

Other

This program accepts applications from Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Any U.S. nonprofit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt college or university that is a Hispanic-Serving Institution is eligible to apply. If you are uncertain about the status of your institution, begin by consulting this list: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/idues/t3t5-eligibles-2011.pdf (PDF), compiled by the Department of Education, which includes both Title III institutions and Title V (Hispanic-serving) institutions. Your institution is eligible a) if it appears on the list; AND b) at least 25 percent of its undergraduate full-time equivalent enrollment consists of Hispanic students, as determined by the College Navigator tool at the website of the National Center for Education Statistics. (To use this tool, type in the name of your institution and then click on рShow Results.с A clickable version of the institutionуs name will appear to the right of where you typed it in. Click on it, which will yield a series of items on which you can click. Click on рEnrollment,с the fifth choice in the column, and then examine the data for рStudent Race/Ethnicity.с If the figure for рHispanic/Latinoс enrollment is 25 percent or more, your institution meets this requirement.)

Funding

• Award Range:

  $0 - $75000

Grant Description

NEH Humanities Initiatives are intended to strengthen and enrich humanities education and scholarship at Hispanic-Serving Institutions. These grants may be used to enhance the humanities content of existing programs, develop new programs, or lay the foundation for more extensive endeavors in the future. Each project must be organized around a core topic or set of themes.

Contact Information

• Agency

  National Endowment for the Humanities

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Division of Education Programs
  National Endowment for the Humanities
  Room 302
  1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC 20506
  202-606-8463

• Agency Mailing Address:

  hi@neh.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  hi@neh.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.neh.gov/grants/education/humanities-initiatives-hispanic-serving-institutions