By offering diverse and competitive grant opportunities to a variety of scholars, K-12 and post-secondary educators, technology experts, and institutions such as libraries, archives, and museums, the NEH strives to promote excellence in the humanities and increase the nation's awareness of them.

“The mission of the Endowment is to bring the wisdom offered by the humanities to every American citizen,” said NEH Chairman Bruce Cole. “By supporting high-quality humanities projects across the nation, the NEH helps inspire engaged and thoughtful citizens. These projects examine the ideas, events, and experiences that make us human.”

This award cycle, institutions and individuals in 35 states and the District of Columbia received support from the NEH. Projects undertaken by American scholars in five international cities also received support. A complete state-by-state listing of total grants and offers of matching funds is available in three Adobe PDF files: Alaska-Indiana, Kansas-Ohio, and Oklahoma-Wisconsin and American scholars abroad.

The NEH grants announced today come from four of the Endowment's major program areas—public, education, research, and preservation and access—as well as one special grant program in the digital humanities. Additional information about these program areas, as well as the specific grant categories awarded this cycle, is available in a one-page document.

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Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports learning in history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities. NEH grants enrich classroom learning, create and preserve knowledge, and bring ideas to life through public television, radio, new technologies, museum exhibitions, and programs in libraries and other community places. Additional information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its grant programs is available on the Internet at www.neh.gov.