Call for NEH Humanities Connections Grant Applications – Deadline: September 14, 2021

NEH Humanities Connections Grants

The Humanities Connection program supports innovative curricular approaches that foster productive partnerships among humanities faculty and their counterparts in the social and natural sciences and in pre-service or professional programs (such as business, engineering, health sciences, law, computer science, and other technology-driven fields), in order to encourage and develop new integrative learning opportunities for students.

Join us for a webinar to learn more about Humanities Connections grants

Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. ET

Webinar

Planning Grants

Faculty from two or more separate departments or schools (a minimum of one in and one outside of the humanities) can collaborate to design a new curricular program or initiative with Planning Grants. Funded projects have supported plans for interdisciplinary courses and experiential activities that explore the changing landscape of suburban Philadelphia; examine the life and legacy of African American writer Paul Laurence Dunbar; integrate language and cultural training with engineering curriculum; and bring together humanities and public health disciplines in a health humanities certificate program.

Funding available: up to $35,000

Grant Period: 12 months

Learn more about and access program resources for Planning grants here:

Planning Grants

Implementation Grants

Implementation Grants support interdisciplinary collaboration by faculty to implement a sustainable curricular program or initiative. Creating a curriculum teaching business and labor history to art and design students, and developing a three-course sequence in  focused on Boston Harbor for pre-professional undergraduate students are among this grant’s funded projects.

Funding Available: up to $150,000

Grant period: 18-36 months

Implementation Grants

Send us a draft of your proposal 

Send your proposal drafts or summaries to the email below. We’re happy to review them.

Optional drafts deadline: August 3, 2021

Application deadline: September 14, 2021

Questions? Contact the Division of Education Programs Team

humanitiesconnections@neh.gov