Humanities Initiatives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities | 20190712 AB

Opportunity Information: Apply for 20190712 AB

The Humanities Initiatives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities grant opportunity is a discretionary grant program offered by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support projects that strengthen humanities teaching and learning at HBCUs. The focus is on building new capacity or improving what already exists, with the goal of deepening humanities education through thoughtfully designed academic activities and materials. In practice, the program funds efforts to develop new humanities programs, create or expand educational resources, design new courses, or enhance current curricula and instructional approaches.

A central expectation of the program is that each proposed project is anchored by a clear intellectual framework. Projects must be organized around a core topic or a coherent set of themes grounded in humanities disciplines such as history, philosophy, religion, literature, and composition and writing. Rather than supporting disconnected activities, the grant is meant to fund initiatives that are unified by a strong humanities question, subject area, or interpretive theme that can guide course development, resource creation, faculty and student engagement, or broader program improvements.

The opportunity also encourages applicants to incorporate perspectives beyond their own campus by drawing on outside scholars. These external experts can contribute specialized knowledge, newer scholarship, and fresh interpretive approaches that strengthen the academic quality of the initiative. The intent is to help institutions enrich their humanities offerings by combining internal strengths with well-chosen external contributions, whether through consultations, curriculum workshops, guest teaching, or other structured scholarly involvement that directly supports project goals.

Administrative details in the source information identify this as an NEH grant (Funding Opportunity Number 20190712 AB) categorized under Humanities funding activity (CFDA 45.162). The award ceiling listed is $100,000, with an expectation of approximately three awards. The opportunity was created on April 25, 2019, and the original application closing date was July 12, 2019. Eligibility is indicated as "Others" with further clarification typically provided in the full announcement under an additional eligibility section, but the title and program design make clear that the intended applicants are Historically Black Colleges and Universities seeking to advance humanities education through structured, theme-based initiatives.

• The National Endowment for the Humanities in the humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Humanities Initiatives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities" 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 Apr 25, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 12, 2019. (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.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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