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Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence (NEH Fellowships, Awards for Faculty at HBCUs, Public Scholars) is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This NEH initiative encompasses several funding opportunities for individual scholars and teams to research and write about topics in AI and the humanities, focusing on the ethical, legal, or societal implications of artificial intelligence.
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Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence | National Endowment for the Humanities Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the most powerful technologies of our time and will have profound consequences for civil rights and civil liberties, safety and security, and human flourishing.
Questions about the impact of AI on American society and culture are fundamentally rooted in such humanities fields as ethics, law, history, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, media studies, and cultural studies.
Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence This NEH grant program provides up to $750,000 to universities and independent research organizations to support the creation of humanities research centers focusing on the ethical, legal, or societal implications of artificial intelligence. This NEH funding opportunity advances humanistic knowledge by supporting teams of scholars working on a joint endeavor.
Since its launch, NEH has awarded over $6 million in funding to support individual scholars and teams of researchers on a range of AI-related humanities projects. Examples include: NEH awarded a total of $2.
72 million to Bard College, North Carolina State University, the University of Oklahoma, Norman, the University of California, Davis, and the University of Richmond to establish the first AI research centers and pilot collaborative research projects that examine AI through a multidisciplinary humanities lens.
NEH awarded $25,000 to researchers at Eastern Connecticut State University to develop an AI-related humanities curriculum across liberal arts colleges. NEH awarded $216,218 to researchers at the University of Kansas to conduct a weeklong institute to teach AI literacy to secondary school, community college, and college-level humanities instructors.
NEH awarded $200,000 to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania to work as part of a multinational team studying the role of large corporations in developing, deploying, and regulating AI in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. For information on NEH’s policy related to AI usage, please read the National Endowment for the Humanities AI usage notice .
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Independent scholars or those affiliated with an institution may apply. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows not specified (varies by program, NEH Fellowships up to $60,000, Public Scholars up to $60,000). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence (NEH Fellowships, Awards for Faculty at HBCUs, Public Scholars) is funded by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Yes — this listing is flagged as national in scope, so applicants across the U.S. may apply, subject to the sponsor's other eligibility criteria.
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