Grants Alert

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.30132
• Date: 22 June 2017
• Published date: 22 June 2017

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Call to shutter NEH leaves

grantseekers uneasy

President Trump’s repeated calls to shutter the

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

have left the arts community anxious about the

future of federal support of the arts.

In late May, NEH Deputy Chair Margaret

Plympton released a statement regarding the

agency’s budget: “The White House has requested

that Congress appropriate approximately $42

million to NEH [in FY2018] for the orderly closure

of the agency…. as NEH awaits Congressional

action on the President’s proposed budget, the

agency is continuing normal operations and will be

making the next round of FY2017 awards following

the meeting of the National Council in July.”

NEH has designed a list of frequently asked

questions to address growing concerns of

organizations seeking funding or currently in the

middle of a grant cycle:

• Is NEH closed? No. NEH is not closed. NEH

is not in the process of shutting down. Using funds

appropriated for the current scal year, NEH is

continuing its normal operations and intends to

award additional grants following the meeting of

the National Council on the Humanities in July

2017.

• Is NEH closed to new applications? NEH

will continue to accept grant applications for

FY2018 according to its established deadlines and

will continue to operate as usual unless and until

the President and Congress require otherwise.

• What if I have already received an NEH

grant award, or an offer for a grant award?

NEH has set aside the full funding amount for

grants awarded, as is reected in the Notice

of Action and other grant documents you have

received.

According to the NEH, the agency has issued

more than 63,000 grants, totaling more than

$5.3 billion since its inception in 1965. To see

the complete list of questions, including how to

advocate for NEH, visit http://kingshort.com/

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Grants alert

Public Humanities Projects (NEH)

Scope: The National Endowment for the Humanities

seeks applications for the Public Humanities Projects

announcement to support projects that bring the ideas and

insights of the humanities to life for general audiences.

Deadline: Aug. 9, 2017.

Funds: Awards vary by category and length, and can

range from $40,000 to $400,000.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; nonprofit

organizations; and state, local and Native American

tribal governments.

Areas: NEH said projects must engage humanities

scholarship to analyze significant themes in disciplines

such as history, literature, ethics and art history, or to

address challenging issues in contemporary life. Forms

of engagement include community conversations,

exhibitions and historic places. Both Planning and

Implementation awards are being accepted.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# 20170809-GW

Media Projects: Production Grants (NEH)

Scope: The National Endowment for the Humanities

seeks applications for the Media Projects: Production

Grants announcement to support film, television and

radio projects that engage general audiences with

humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways.

Deadline: Aug. 9, 2017.

Funds: Awards last for one to three years and may

range from $100,000 to $650,000.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; nonprofit

organizations; and state, local and Native American

tribal governments.

Areas: NEH said Production grants support the

production and distribution of films, television

programs, radio programs or podcasts that promise to

engage a broad public audience.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# 20170809-TD

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