Museums, Libraries, and Cultural Organizations Grants

Post Date

November 12th 2015

Application Due Date

January 13th 2016

Funding Opportunity Number

20160113-GE

CFDA Number(s)

45.164

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Humanities

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Special District Governments
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Non-Profits Without 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Private Institutions of Higher Education

Funding

• Award Range:

  $1 - $1000000

Grant Description

This grant program supports projects for general audiences that encourage active engagement with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. Many different formats are supported, including permanent and traveling exhibitions, book or film discussion programs, historic site or district interpretations, living history presentations, and other face-to-face programs in public venues. All projects must be grounded in humanities scholarship in disciplines such as history, art history, film studies, literature, religious studies, philosophy, or anthropology. Projects must also demonstrate an approach that is thoughtful, balanced, and analytical (rather than celebratory). The approach to the subject matter must go beyond the mere presentation of factual information to explore its larger significance and stimulate critical thinking. NEH is a national funding agency, so the projects we support must demonstrate the potential to attract a broad general audience. We welcome humanities projects tailored to particular groups, such as families, youth (including K-12 students), teachers, seniors, at-risk communities, and veterans, but they should also strive to cultivate a more inclusive public audience. NEH encourages projects that explore humanities ideas through multiple formats. Proposed projects might include complementary components that deepen an audienceмs understanding of a subject: for example, a museum exhibition might be accompanied by a website, mobile app, or discussion programs. Planning grants are used to refine the content, format, and interpretive approach of a humanities project; develop the projectмs preliminary design; test project components; and conduct audience evaluation. Implementation grants are used to support final scholarly research and consultation, design development, production, and installation of a project for presentation to the public.

Contact Information

• Agency

  National Endowment for the Humanities

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Division of Public Programs
  National Endowment for the Humanities
  400 Seventh Street, SW
  Washington, DC 20506
  202-606-8269
  publicpgms@neh.gov
  
  
  publicpgms@neh.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  publicpgms@neh.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  publicpgms@neh.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.neh.gov/grants/mlco