This grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is for two-year colleges seeking to enhance their humanities programs and resources. Recognizing two-year institutions as vital educational assets, NEH aims to integrate history, philosophy, and literature more deeply into their curricula. The initiative encourages colleges to develop models of excellence that enrich students’ understanding of diverse cultures, citizenship, and ethics. Key objectives include strengthening humanities programs, particularly in world cultures and civilizations, supporting replicable model curricula, and expanding financial backing for the humanities on these campuses. This effort seeks to elevate the humanities’ role in two-year college education.
Opportunity ID: 204616
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 20130220-CZ |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Challenge Grants for Two-year Colleges |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Humanities |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 45.130 — Promotion of the Humanities_Challenge Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Oct 23, 2012 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 20, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 20, 2013 |
| Archive Date: | Mar 22, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $500,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | The only eligible applicants are accredited U.S. two-year colleges and community colleges that predominantly award associate degrees that can be earned in two years of study. Both private, independent colleges and government-supported colleges are eligible. Community-college districts and two-year-college consortia may also apply, in collaboration with at least one two-year college. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Endowment for the Humanities |
| Description: | The National Endowment for the Humanities invites two-year colleges to apply in a special Challenge Grant competition to strengthen their long-term humanities programs and resources. Two-year colleges are major educational assets that have too often been overlooked, even though over half of students in post-secondary education attend two-year institutions. The humanities can and should play a vital role in community colleges. The perspectives of history, philosophy, and literature can enrich the educational experience of students attending two-year colleges, deepening their understanding of questions related to differences among cultures, as manifested in diverse understandings of citizenship, politics, and ethics. NEH seeks to encourage two-year colleges to develop models of excellence that enhance the role of the humanities on their campuses. The goals of this initiative are to enable two-year colleges to strengthen programs in the humanities, especially the study of the worlds many cultures and civilizations; to support model humanities curricula at two-year colleges that may be replicated at other institutions; and to encourage two-year colleges to broaden the base of financial support for the humanities. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.neh.gov/grants/challenge/challenge-grants-two-year-colleges |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Office of Challenge Grants
National Endowment for the Humanities Room 420 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20506 202-606-8309 challenge@neh.gov Email:challenge@neh.gov |
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Related Documents
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Office of Challenge Grants National Endowment for the Humanities Room 420 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20506 202-606-8309 challenge@neh.gov Email: challenge@neh.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45.130 | PKG00149953 | Oct 23, 2012 | Feb 20, 2013 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
204616 SF424_Short_1_1-1.1.pdf
204616 SupplementaryCoverSheetforNEHGrantPrograms-1.0.pdf
204616 PerformanceSite_1_4-1.4.pdf
204616 Attachments-1.0.pdf
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