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Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs is a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) that supports projects bringing humanities scholarship to life for broad public audiences outside the classroom. The Public Humanities Projects program funds exhibitions, public programming, and interpretation plans that engage general audiences with themes from history, literature, ethics, art history, and related disciplines.
Projects must be designed for non-specialist audiences in the United States and demonstrate engagement with substantive humanities ideas. Planning grants of up to 24 months and implementation grants of 12 to 48 months are available.
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Public Humanities Projects 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 Public Humanities Projects Exhibitions; Interpretation Plans Planning: Up to 24 months Implementation: 12 to 48 months Expected notification date The deadline for this cycle has passed.
Updated guidelines will be posted in advance of the next deadline. In the meantime, please use these guidelines to get a sense of what is involved in assembling an application. The Public Humanities Projects program supports projects that bring the ideas of the humanities to life for general audiences through public programming.
Projects must engage humanities scholarship to analyze significant themes in disciplines such as history, literature, ethics, and art history. Awards support projects that are intended to reach broad and diverse public audiences in non-classroom settings in the United States. Projects should engage with ideas that are accessible to the general public and employ appealing interpretive formats.
All projects must focus on one of the following topic areas: The 250 th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence The American Dream and Economic Freedom America’s Role on a Global Scale Public Humanities Projects supports two categories, Historic Places and Exhibitions, at two funding levels (Planning and Implementation).
Proposed projects may include complementary components: for example, a museum exhibition might be accompanied by a website or mobile app. Projects may be international (but must include audiences in the US and grant funds may not be used to support presentation of content to audiences outside the US), national, regional, or local in focus and should reach a broad public audience.
We welcome projects tailored to particular groups, such as families, youth (including K-12 students in informal educational settings), underserved communities, and veterans. Small and mid-sized organizations are encouraged to apply if their projects address topics of regional or national relevance by drawing connections to broad themes or historical questions.
Award amounts offered to successful applicants will reflect the project’s scope and the size of its expected audiences. Which level of funding is right for your project? Division of Lifelong Learning If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services.
NEH received an average of Review your application package Read the Notice of Funding Opportunity to ensure you understand the expectations and restrictions for projects delivered under this grant and are prepared to write the most effective application. Notice of Funding Opportunity, 2025 (PDF) Grants.
gov application package List of recent Exhibitions: Planning awards List of recent Exhibitions: Implementation awards List of recent Historic Places: Planning awards List of recent Historic Places: Implementation awards List of recent Humanities Discussions awards Policy on the Use of Artificial Intelligence for NEH Grant Proposals Sample Application Narratives Historic Places Planning Project: Emily Dickinson Museum, Comprehensive Interpretive Planning Historic Places Implementation Project: The Owens-Thomas House, Interpreting the Dynamics of Urban Slavery in the South Historic Places Implementation Project: Lower East Side Tenement Museum, The Joseph and Rachel Moore Tenement Home Exhibitions Planning Project (single site, temporary): National Museum of American Jewish History, Leonard Bernstein Exhibitions Planning Project (traveling): University of California Los Angeles, The Art of African Blacksmiths Exhibitions Implementation Project (traveling): Walters Art Museum, Ethiopia at the Crossroads Exhibitions Implementation Project (single site, temporary): LACMA, Beyond Line Exhibitions Implementation Project (permanent): Heard Museum, The American Indian Boarding School Experience Discussion Programs (small): Maine Humanities Council, Afrofuturism Discussion Programs (large): Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, Revisiting the Founding Era Register for a SAM number and an account on Grants.
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Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Eligible applicants include U. S. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates Recent federal obligations suggest $454,999 (2026). Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
The current target date is October 15, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, attachments, and final submission checks.
Federal grant success rates typically range from 10-30%, varying by agency and program. Build a strong proposal with clear objectives, measurable outcomes, and a well-justified budget to improve your chances.
Requirements vary by sponsor, but typically include a project narrative, budget justification, organizational capability statement, and key personnel CVs. Check the official notice for the complete list of required attachments.
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Public Scholars is a fellowship grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Division of Research that funds individual authors conducting research and writing for nonfiction books in the humanities aimed at the broad public. The 2026 competition is limited to projects focused on American history and culture, or Western civilization from antiquity to the present. Writers with or without academic affiliation may apply; no advanced degree is required, though applicants must have at least one nonfiction book published by a university or trade press as sole author. Awards are $60,000 ($5,000 per month) paid directly to the applicant. The 2026 application deadline was April 22, 2026.
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