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NEH Research Labs in the Humanities is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Funds long-term research agendas with multiple empirical studies examining culture, society, and technology. Can support interdisciplinary teams studying AI's impact on arts and culture with partnership from working artists or arts organizations.
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NEH Grants | National Endowment for the Humanities National Endowment for the Humanities Application Review Process Grantee Communications Toolkit NEH International Opportunities Workshops, Resources, & Tools Emergency and Disaster Relief Featured NEH-Funded Projects Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence HUMANITIES: The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities HUMANITIES, Summer 2021, Volume 42, Number 3 Archaeological research continues at Teotihuacan. —Teotihuacan fresco, housed at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, agefotostock, Alamy stock photo This past April, NEH awarded $24 million in grants to 225 humanities projects across the country. These NEH-supported projects are fostering a deeper know-ledge of our communities and the world through the digitization of gospel songbooks published in the South beginning in the late nineteenth century, an exhibition and walking tour in San Antonio, Texas, on the history of the city’s immigrants and multiracial working class, and many other worthy endeavors. “NEH is proud to support these 225 new projects, which embody excellence, intellectual rigor, and a dedication to the pursuit of knowledge,” said NEH Acting Chairman Adam Wolfson. “We look forward to the contributions these projects will make to our understanding of ourselves and our society through exemplary humanities research, publications, documentary films, exhibitions, and undergraduate programs.” The New York Times noted the grant cycle, mentioning support for several projects in the Empire State, including “the production of a 15-episode ‘Radio Diaries’ documentary podcast series, which uses archival audio recordings to tell forgotten stories of twentieth-century America, like that of the last surviving Watergate burglar.” This class of grants includes the first awarded through NEH’s new Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research program. Among the supported projects are an excavation of the ancient city of Teotihuacan in central Mexico to determine the presence and influence of Mayan residents; an archaeological investigation of settlement and migration patterns on the Micronesian islands of Pohnpei and Kosrae; and an excavation of Egypt’s first industrial-scale brewery, located at the ancient site of Abydos. Closer to home, new grants are helping preserve and make accessible important historical and cultural collections, such as audiovisual archives on the coal-mining industry in Appalachia at Kentucky’s Appalshop. Another grant is supporting a cooperative effort of Northern Arizona University, the Hopi Tribe, Hualapai Tribe, and Diné College on the Navajo Nation to digitize 400 rare films documenting the Colorado Plateau and the American Southwest from the 1930s to the 1960s. Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade, an online repository that documents the lives of individuals who were enslaved, owned slaves, or participated in
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NEH Grants | National Endowment for the Humanities National Endowment for the Humanities Application Review Process Grantee Communications Toolkit NEH International Opportunities Workshops, Resources, & Tools Emergency and Disaster Relief Featured NEH-Funded Projects Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence HUMANITIES: The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities HUMANITIES, Summer 2021, Volume 42, Number 3 Archaeological research continues at Teotihuacan.
—Teotihuacan fresco, housed at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, agefotostock, Alamy stock photo This past April, NEH awarded $24 million in grants to 225 humanities projects across the country.
These NEH-supported projects are fostering a deeper know-ledge of our communities and the world through the digitization of gospel songbooks published in the South beginning in the late nineteenth century, an exhibition and walking tour in San Antonio, Texas, on the history of the city’s immigrants and multiracial working class, and many other worthy endeavors.
“NEH is proud to support these 225 new projects, which embody excellence, intellectual rigor, and a dedication to the pursuit of knowledge,” said NEH Acting Chairman Adam Wolfson. “We look forward to the contributions these projects will make to our understanding of ourselves and our society through exemplary humanities research, publications, documentary films, exhibitions, and undergraduate programs.
” The New York Times noted the grant cycle, mentioning support for several projects in the Empire State, including “the production of a 15-episode ‘Radio Diaries’ documentary podcast series, which uses archival audio recordings to tell forgotten stories of twentieth-century America, like that of the last surviving Watergate burglar.
” This class of grants includes the first awarded through NEH’s new Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research program.
Among the supported projects are an excavation of the ancient city of Teotihuacan in central Mexico to determine the presence and influence of Mayan residents; an archaeological investigation of settlement and migration patterns on the Micronesian islands of Pohnpei and Kosrae; and an excavation of Egypt’s first industrial-scale brewery, located at the ancient site of Abydos.
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Interdisciplinary teams; must include partnership with arts organization or working artist. Universities, research institutions, nonprofits. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates $100,000 - $300,000 Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
The current target date is March 23, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, attachments, and final submission checks.
NEA FY27 Research Labs in Arts and Health is sponsored by National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Supports interdisciplinary research on arts benefits for health, including creative arts therapies relevant to performing arts in military/veteran, pediatric, and older adult contexts. Application snapshot: target deadline March 13, 2026; published funding information $150,000 - $400,000; eligibility guidance Universities, research institutions, nonprofits with interdisciplinary teams Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying.
NEA Research Labs is sponsored by National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Funds long-term research agendas investigating value/impact of arts in American life, including arts education. Requires interdisciplinary team and partnership with arts organization or working artist. Official opportunity description and requirements excerpt: Opportunity Listing - NEA Research Labs, FY 2026 An official website of the United States government Official websites use .gov A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. Secure .gov websites use HTTPS A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. You've been logged out. Please sign in again. NEA Research Labs, FY 2026: 2025NEA01ORALABS NEA Research Labs, FY 2026 Agency: National Endowment for the Arts Assistance Listings: 45.024 -- Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals Last Updated: January 27, 2025 View version history on Grants.gov The NEA Research Labs program funds projects that support transdisciplinary research teams to build public knowledge about the arts and their contributions to individuals, communities, and society at large. Each Lab will conduct multiple research studies and develop a suite of products or services. Public and state institutions of higher education Independent school districts Private institutions of higher education City or township governments Special district governments Federally recognized Native American tribal governments Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3) Grantor contact information No documents are currently available. Link to additional information Program Guidelines and Application Instructions Funding opportunity number : Cost sharing or matching requirement : Funding instrument type : Opportunity Category Explanation : Category of Funding Activity : To give feedback, contact: simpler@grants.gov Grants.gov Support Center For technical support, contact: support@grants.gov Grants.gov Program Management Office Grantors, contact the PMO through your Agency Point of Contact . An official website of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General Looking for U.S. government information and services? Visit USA.gov Application snapshot: target deadline March 23, 2026; published funding information $100,000 - $300,000 (cost share grants); eligibility guidance Research teams with arts partnerships; universities and research organizations; requires interdisciplinary approach Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying.
Application snapshot: target deadline March 23, 2026; published funding information $100,000 - $300,000; eligibility guidance Interdisciplinary teams; must include partnership with arts organization or working artist. Universities, research institutions, nonprofits.
Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying.
Closer to home, new grants are helping preserve and make accessible important historical and cultural collections, such as audiovisual archives on the coal-mining industry in Appalachia at Kentucky’s Appalshop.
Another grant is supporting a cooperative effort of Northern Arizona University, the Hopi Tribe, Hualapai Tribe, and Diné College on the Navajo Nation to digitize 400 rare films documenting the Colorado Plateau and the American Southwest from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade, an online repository that documents the lives of individuals who were enslaved, owned slaves, or participated in the slave trade, was another project to gain NEH support. The Freedom of Information Archive, a digital resource of 4.
6 million declassified documents, also received a grant to include materials related to post-WWII diplomacy and international development from the archives of NATO, the United Nations, the World Bank, and the Wilson Center. Materials from the archives of the United Nations will be digitized for public access.
—A United Nations propaganda poster from World War II, Hi-Story, Alamy Stock Photo Materials from the archives of the United Nations will be digitized for public access. —A United Nations propaganda poster from World War II, Hi-Story, Alamy Stock Photo NEH funding assists in the creation of media, exhibitions, and public programs that bring the humanities to wide audiences.
These include grants to produce The Bigger Picture , a series of short documentaries examining iconic photographs that have shaped American culture, and the Lost Highways podcast series on the history of Colorado and the American West.
NEH Public Humanities Projects grants are funding the Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibition “Dining with the Sultan,” featuring art depicting Islamic courtly dining culture and culinary traditions from the eighth through the nineteenth centuries; a national traveling exhibition about the role of religious pluralism in shaping nineteenth-century westward expansion in the United States; and site interpretation and programming at Granada National Historic Landmark in Colorado, known as Amache, to introduce visitors to the place where 10,331 people of Japanese descent were imprisoned during World War II.
Education grants for curriculum innovation in the humanities will enable a new interdisciplinary minor in medical and health humanities at Johnson and Wales University; the integration of the study of history into undergraduate professional programs in homeland security, informatics, and public health at SUNY-Albany; and interdisciplinary courses and civic-engagement activities at Texas Woman’s University focused on the history of the African-American community of Quakertown, a historic freedmen’s settlement.
New NEH Dialogues on the Experience of War grants will support a discussion program at the USS Constitution Museum for Navy veterans and their families, focusing on historical documents and material culture from the War of 1812 and the global war on terror. Also, medical residents from the Uniformed Services University will be trained to lead groups of patients at the Washington D. C.
VA Medical Center in discussions of literary works about the Civil War, World War I, and the Vietnam War. George Ochikubo photographed this memorial service for Amache servicemen killed in action in World War II, held at the Japanese-American internment camp in Granada, Colorado.
—Courtesy of the Denshō Digital Repository, the George Ochikubo Collection, part of Denshō: The Japanese American Legacy Project George Ochikubo photographed this memorial service for Amache servicemen killed in action in World War II, held at the Japanese-American internment camp in Granada, Colorado.
—Courtesy of the Denshō Digital Repository, the George Ochikubo Collection, part of Denshō: The Japanese American Legacy Project Summer Stipends for scholars will support research for more than ninety publications, including a book on signed music for the Deaf community, a study of ancient Mesopotamian medical knowledge and its influence on Greco-Roman scholars, a biography of congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis, and a comparative account of how Tolstoy’s works were interpreted within the Soviet Union and by émigrés who fled Russia after the 1917 revolution.
Nine new NEH Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions grants will fund humanities scholars at libraries, museums, and research centers such as the American Philosophical Society, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the Center for Jewish History, and the Hagley Museum and Library.
NEH Documenting Endangered Languages grants, administered in partnership with the National Science Foundation, will fund documentation of Coeur d’Alene Salish, a Native American language of the Pacific Northwest, and Eyak, a dormant Native Alaskan language, and support an interdisciplinary project at the New York Botanical Garden to create a database and handbook of Wixárika, an endangered Uto-Aztecan language of West-Central Mexico, with a focus on the ethnobotanical knowledge embedded in the language.
The full list of recent grants can be found on the NEH website. This article is available for unedited republication, free of charge, using the following credit: “Originally published as “NEH Grants” in the Summer 2021 issue of Humanities magazine, a publication of the National Endowment for the Humanities. ” Please notify us at publications@neh.
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