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
Education
- Public and state institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
Government
- Special district governments
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
Nonprofit
- Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
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
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: September 28, 2021
Award
$6,500,000
Program Funding
15
Expected awards
$1
Award Minimum
$750,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
20210518-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:
3
Posted date:
March 4, 2021
Archive date:
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