Public Humanities Projects
NEH grant supports public humanities projects that analyze significant themes through in-person, hybrid, or virtual programming for general audiences.
Funder: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Due Dates: January 8, 2025 (Next Application Deadline)
Funding Amounts: Planning awards up to $60,000; Implementation awards up to $400,000 (+$100,000 optional for Positions in the Public Humanities); Chair’s Special Awards up to $1,000,000
Summary: Supports projects that bring humanities ideas and scholarship to life for general audiences through in-person, hybrid, or virtual public programming.
Key Information: Projects must engage humanities scholarship on significant themes in history, literature, ethics, art history, etc., and reach broad, diverse audiences in non-classroom settings.
Description
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Public Programs offers the Public Humanities Projects grant to support projects that bring the ideas and insights of the humanities to life for general audiences. These projects must engage humanities scholarship to analyze significant themes across disciplines such as history, literature, ethics, and art history.
The program funds public programming delivered in-person, hybrid, or virtually, aiming to reach broad and diverse audiences outside of classroom settings within the United States. Projects should present ideas accessible to the general public using appealing interpretive formats.
Supported project categories include:
- Exhibitions (single site, traveling, temporary, or permanent)
- Historic Places (interpretive planning and implementation)
- Humanities Discussions (discussion series and programs)
Projects may be local, regional, national, or international in scope and can include complementary components such as websites or mobile apps. The program encourages projects tailored to specific groups like families, youth (including K-12 in informal settings), underserved communities, and veterans.
Small and mid-sized organizations are encouraged to apply if their projects address topics of regional or national relevance by connecting to broad themes or historical questions. Projects with a narrower local focus should consider other NEH programs or state humanities councils.
