The following funding opportunities are available to support humanities research and scholarly activity. Sign into Pivot, Appalachian State's subscription funding database, to see additional details about any of the opportunities listed here, or contact grs@appstate.edu for more information.
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| Landmarks of American History and Culture Division of Education Programs | 01 Feb 2023 | $190,000USD |
The Landmarks of American History and Culture program supports a series of one-week residential, virtual, and combined format workshops across the nation that enhance and strengthen how K-12 educators, higher education faculty, and humanities professionals study sites, areas, or regions of historic… | ||
| Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | 02 Feb 2023 | $150,000USD |
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities is accepting applications for the Dangers & Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities program. This program supports research that examines technology and its relationship to society through the lens of… | ||
| Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | 15 Feb 2023 | $250,000USD |
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities is accepting applications for the Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities program. The program supports national or regional (multistate) training programs for scholars, humanities professionals, and… | ||
| Major Collaborative Archival Initiatives National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) | 15 Feb 2023 | $350,000USD |
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks projects that will significantly improve public discovery and use of major historical records collections. All types of historical records are eligible, including documents, photographs, born-digital records, and analog audio and… | ||
| LIMITED NCPC Preservation Grants North Carolina Preservation Consortium (NCPC) | 15 Mar 2023 | $2,000USD |
Preservation grants from the North Carolina Preservation Consortium (NCPC) promote the preservation of collections in libraries, museums, archives, and historic sites; monuments, memorials, and outdoor art; archaeological sites and collections; and historic and cultural architecture. | ||
| NHPRC-Mellon Planning Grants for Collaborative Digital Editions in African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and Native American History and Ethnic Studies National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) | 01 Apr 2023 | $120,000USD |
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) of the National Archives supports projects that promote access to America's historical records to encourage understanding of our democracy, history, and culture. The following grant application information is for NHPRC-Mellon… | ||
| LIMITED Higher Learning Program - Call for Concepts Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | 20 Apr 2023 | $500,000USD |
| In the interest of maintaining a grantmaking portfolio that supports inquiry into issues of vital social, cultural, and historical import, the Higher Learning program at the Mellon Foundation invites ideas for research and/or curricular projects focused on any of the following three areas:... | ||
| Berry Fund on Public Philosophy American Philosophical Association (APA) | 30 Apr 2023 | see record |
The American Philosophical Association invites applications for the Berry fund. This supports the work of the APA committee on public philosophy, whose goal is to find and create opportunities to demonstrate the personal value and social usefulness of philosophy. | ||
| Journalism Grants Scripps Howard Foundation | 30 Apr 2023 | $7,500USD |
Foundation grants support journalism education that gives students hands-on experience as well as training to help professional journalists refresh their skill sets. | ||
| Partners in Training Program Historic Preservation Education Foundation (HPEF) | 01 Jun 2023 | $20,000USD |
HPEF’s Partners in Training program furthers its mission of providing training opportunities on technical topics associated with preservation technology. Partners in Training seeks to replicate the success HPEF has enjoyed working with other educational institutions and organizations based in the… | ||
| Diversity and Inclusiveness Funding American Philosophical Association (APA) | 30 Jun 2023 | $20,000USD |
The American Philosophical Association, in keeping with its mission and goals and the association’s longstanding commitment to addressing philosophy’s serious lack of demographic diversity, will make available funds to fund one or two projects aiming to increase the presence and participation of… | ||
| Small Grant Fund American Philosophical Association (APA) | 30 Jun 2023 | $25,000USD |
The APA board of officers will consider members' requests to fund projects that benefit the field of philosophy. | ||
| Interfaith Leadership & Religious Literacy Arthur Vining Davis Foundations | 26 Aug 2023 | $300,000USD |
The Interfaith Leadership and Religious Literacy Program Area seeks to support organizations that promote religious literacy and create opportunities for courageous multi-faith conversations and collaborations. As one of the most religiously diverse nations in human history, the United States faces… | ||
| Craft Research Fund - Exhibition Grant Center for Craft, Creativity and Design (CCCD) | 08 Sep 2023 | $15,000USD |
| The Craft Research Fund was created to encourage, expand and support scholarly craft research in the United States. Examples of exhibition research might include:... | ||
| Craft Research Fund - Project Grant Center for Craft, Creativity and Design (CCCD) | 09 Sep 2023 | $15,000USD |
| The Craft Research Fund - Project Grant is one of the categories that make up the Craft Research Fund, a visionary program dedicated to supporting scholarly craft research in United States. Examples of scholarly craft research might include:... | ||