Grants for Individuals - Humanities

This grant provides financial support for the preservation and appreciation of Oregon's historic cemeteries, encouraging projects that protect and restore these significant burial sites while promoting inclusive historical narratives.

This grant provides funding for researchers and organizations to conduct original studies on American numismatics, with a focus on digital publication and accessible scholarship.

This funding opportunity supports scholarly publications and conservation projects related to the art, architecture, and material culture of the Islamic world prior to 1920 CE, aimed at individuals and institutions dedicated to preserving and promoting Islamic heritage.

This grant provides financial support to local school districts, churches, and non-profit organizations for educational and cultural events held at the Granum Theatre in Alpena, Michigan.

This program provides funding for faculty and staff at Historically Black Colleges and Universities to conduct research in the humanities, focusing on American history and culture or Western civilization.

This grant provides funding for authors to create nonfiction books about American history and culture or Western civilization, aimed at engaging a broad public audience.

This fellowship provides $10,000 and a residency for early-career humanities researchers focused on the history, art, and culture of plants, gardens, and landscapes, allowing them to access unique archival resources for their scholarly work.

This grant provides funding to nonprofit organizations in Arkansas for projects that preserve and promote African American history and heritage.

This grant provides financial support to U.S. and eligible foreign scholars for advanced research on Japan's society, economy, and international relations, fostering academic exchange and the development of new knowledge in the field.

This funding opportunity supports California libraries in developing innovative programs and services that address local community needs and enhance engagement.

This program provides funding to faculty and staff at Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Tribal Colleges to support their humanities research and scholarship, enhancing education and benefiting their communities.

This funding opportunity is for individual U.S. citizens to design and create lifelike statues honoring notable Americans, celebrating the nation's heritage in preparation for its 250th anniversary.

This funding opportunity supports individual authors, including academics and journalists, in creating well-researched nonfiction books for a general audience, particularly those exploring themes related to American history and culture.

The Illinois Humanities Microgrants program supports individuals and small organizations that engage the public with local and regional history collections. This initiative aligns with the foundation's mission to foster an appreciation for the humanities and historical understanding within communities. By providing financial assistance, Illinois Humanities empowers stewards of history to educate and enlighten their communities, emphasizing the value of archives, texts, stories, and photography. The target beneficiaries include individuals, nonprofit organizations, and public institutions such as schools, government institutions, libraries, museums, and churches. The program prioritizes applicants, historical content, or audiences focused within Illinois, with a particular emphasis on organizations having annual budgets less than $400,000. The impact goal is to strengthen historical engagement and education at the local level, ensuring that diverse communities have opportunities to connect with and learn from their past. The program's priorities and focuses revolve around supporting grassroots efforts to bring history to the public. It provides grants of $750, with optional additional stipends: up to $250 for accessibility services like ASL interpretation or captioning, and up to $100 for media services such as documentation and photography. These optional funds highlight the program's commitment to inclusive access and effective dissemination of historical knowledge, reflecting a strategic priority to make history broadly available and engaging. Expected outcomes include an increase in public programs and events that utilize local and regional history collections, enhanced community engagement with historical narratives, and greater accessibility for diverse audiences. Measurable results could include the number of events supported, audience attendance, and the adoption of accessibility and media documentation practices. This program serves as a practical application of Illinois Humanities' strategic goal to support community-driven humanities projects and their theory of change, which posits that by empowering local actors, historical understanding and civic engagement will flourish.

This funding opportunity supports a variety of arts and cultural projects in Dutchess, Orange, and Ulster Counties, benefiting nonprofit organizations, individuals, libraries, municipalities, and collaborative groups.

This funding opportunity provides $4,000 to assist non-traditional researchers, students, and others with financial challenges in conducting research at Penn State’s Eberly Family Special Collections Library, focusing on various topics such as women writers and African American history.

This funding opportunity supports projects that foster educational, cultural, and technological collaborations between the U.S. and Qatar, targeting nonprofits, educational institutions, and individuals focused on youth leadership, entrepreneurship, and innovation.

This grant provides funding to artists, cultural organizations, and community groups in Kentucky to create artistic projects that celebrate and reflect on the state's diverse history and narratives as part of the national 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for Kuwaiti non-profits, educational institutions, and individuals to create projects that strengthen cultural and educational ties between the United States and Kuwait.

This grant provides financial support for U.S. scholars and researchers to conduct advanced social science research on Japan, encouraging engagement with Japanese-language sources and fostering scholarly exchange between the U.S. and Japan.