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Public Humanities Projects

Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities

Assistance Listings
  • 45.164 -- Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs

Closed opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Public Programs is accepting applications for the Public Humanities Projects program. The purpose of this program is to support projects that bring the ideas and insights of the humanities to life for general audiences through in-person, hybrid, or virtual programming. Projects must engage humanities scholarship to analyze significant themes in disciplines such as history, literature, ethics, and art history.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Government

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

Nonprofit

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

Education

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

Additional information

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Grantor contact information

Description

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

Email

publicpgms@neh.gov

publicpgms@neh.gov

Documents

File nameDescriptionLast updated
Public_Humanities_Projects_NOFO_2022_and_2023.pdf
Public Humanities Projects Notice of Funidng Opportunity 2022 and 2023
Jul 15, 2022 06:30 PM UTC

Link to additional information

https://www.neh.gov/grants/public/public-humanities-projects

Closed: January 11, 2023

Application process

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Award

$2,735,000

Program Funding

20

Expected awards

$1

Award Minimum

$1,000,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

20220810-BP-BR-GE-GG-GI

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

No

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:

5

Posted date:

May 6, 2022

Archive date:

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