Public Humanities Projects
NEH grant supports public humanities projects that analyze significant themes through in-person, hybrid, or virtual programming for general audiences.
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Funder: National Endowment for the Humanities
Due Dates: December 9, 2026 (Next Application Deadline)
Funding Amounts: Planning: up to $75,000 (up to 24 months) | Implementation: up to $750,000 (12–48 months) | Award ceiling: $1,000,000 | Total program funding: $2,735,000
Summary: Supports projects that bring humanities scholarship to general audiences through in-person, hybrid, or virtual public programming.
Description
This program, offered by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Public Programs, funds projects that make the ideas and insights of the humanities accessible to general audiences. Supported activities include in-person, hybrid, or virtual programming that engages humanities scholarship to analyze significant themes in fields such as history, literature, ethics, and art history. Projects should use engaging interpretive formats and be intended for broad and diverse public audiences in non-classroom settings across the United States.
Funded projects may include exhibitions, interpretation plans, and related public programming. The program is open to a wide range of organizations and encourages proposals that address topics of regional or national relevance, including those tailored to families, youth, underserved communities, and veterans.
