Opportunity Information: Apply for 20171017 AKA
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Connections grant program is designed to strengthen and broaden the place of the humanities in undergraduate education at both two-year and four-year colleges and universities in the United States. The central idea is to encourage colleges to rethink curriculum in ways that connect humanities methods and questions with fields that students often see as separate, including the social and natural sciences as well as pre-professional and professional programs such as business, engineering, health sciences, law, computer science, and other technology-focused areas. Projects are expected to show why the proposed curricular change matters for the institution and its students, how it draws on core humanities skills (like interpretation, ethical reasoning, historical and cultural analysis, critical reading and writing, and argumentation), and how cross-disciplinary teaching and learning will meaningfully benefit both faculty and students.
A competitive Humanities Connections project is built around four required features. First, it must integrate the subject matter, perspectives, and goals of at least two disciplines, with at least one discipline located in the humanities and at least one outside the humanities. Second, the work must be genuinely collaborative, involving faculty from at least two separate departments or schools, and this can occur within one institution or across multiple institutions. Third, experiential learning needs to be an intrinsic element of the curriculum rather than an optional add-on; in practice, this could include community-engaged learning, project-based work, hands-on research, field experiences, internships tied directly to course objectives, public humanities activities, digital projects, or other forms of learning that connect classroom inquiry to real contexts. Fourth, the proposal must demonstrate long-term institutional support, meaning the institution should be prepared to sustain the curricular innovation beyond the grant period through commitments such as staffing, administrative backing, curricular approvals, resource allocation, and incorporation into ongoing academic structures. If a project is aimed at meeting core/general education requirements or requirements within a particular pathway or pre-professional program, it must still offer a fresh approach rather than simply repackaging existing requirements.
The program offers two funding tracks: Planning Grants and Implementation Grants. Planning Grants last up to twelve months and are intended for institutions that need time and resources to build an interdisciplinary faculty team and design a coherent, sustainable curricular program or initiative. During the planning period, applicants are expected to form and organize a planning committee, clarify the intellectual rationale for the new curriculum, develop its structure and logistical framework, and map realistic scenarios for curriculum development and institutional adoption. The planning phase can build from smaller pilot efforts or short-term initiatives that already exist in individual departments, but the expectation is that the planning work leads to a well-defined project that is ready to move into implementation.
Implementation Grants last up to three years and support the actual rollout and refinement of a sustainable curricular program or initiative. Applications for implementation must clearly show that substantive planning has already occurred and must present a defined rationale along with clear intellectual goals and practical objectives. NEH is looking for strong evidence that the institution is committed to making the program work and last, including concrete partnerships among faculty and administrators, clear approaches to building or consolidating curriculum (such as new courses, revised sequences, certificates, minors, or integrated pathways), and strategies for recruiting and engaging students. Applicants are also expected to describe commitments from collaborators or partners where relevant and to explain how the program will be delivered, assessed, and embedded into institutional structures over time.
Eligibility is limited to U.S. two- or four-year colleges and universities that have 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. The opportunity is a discretionary grant under CFDA 45.162, administered by the NEH. The funding opportunity number is 20171017, with an award ceiling listed as $100,000, and the original closing date provided in the source information is October 17, 2017.Apply for 20171017 AKA
- The National Endowment for the Humanities in the humanities sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Humanities Connections" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 45.162.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2017-08-17.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-10-17. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $100,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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