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Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants

Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities

Assistance Listings
  • 45.130 -- Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants

Closed opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

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Description

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Challenge Grants is accepting applications for the Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants program. Capital Projects support the design, purchase, construction, restoration, or renovation of facilities for humanities activities. Digital Infrastructure projects support the maintenance, modernization, and sustainability of existing digital scholarly projects and platforms. For both Capital Projects and Digital Infrastructure, expenditures must be shown to bring long-term benefits to the institution and to the humanities more broadly.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Nonprofit

  • Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)

Government

  • Special district governments
  • Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
  • State governments
  • County governments
  • City or township governments

Education

  • Private institutions of higher education
  • Public and state institutions of higher education

Additional information

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Grantor contact information

Description

Office of Challenge Programs National Endowment for the Humanities 400 Seventh Street, SW Washington, DC 20506 202-606-8309 challenge@neh.gov

Email

challenge@neh.gov

challenge@neh.gov

Documents

No documents are currently available.

Link to additional information

https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/infrastructure-and-capacity-building-challenge-grants

Closed: October 5, 2022

Application process

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Award

$6,500,000

Program Funding

15

Expected awards

$1

Award Minimum

$1,000,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

20220517-CHA

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Yes

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

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Category of Funding Activity:

Humanities

Category Explanation:

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History

Version:

6

Posted date:

March 14, 2022

Archive date:

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