Opportunity Information: Apply for 20181017 AKA
Humanities Connections is a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant program designed to strengthen and expand the place of the humanities within undergraduate education at both two-year and four-year colleges and universities. The central idea is to support curriculum-focused projects that bring humanities faculty into sustained, productive partnership with faculty in disciplines outside the humanities, including the social sciences, natural sciences, and professional or pre-professional programs such as business, engineering, health sciences, law, computer science, and other technology-oriented fields. The aim is to create new integrative learning opportunities where students can connect humanistic questions, methods, and perspectives to the kinds of problems and practices they encounter across the wider curriculum.
Competitive proposals are expected to do three things well. First, they should tackle a significant, clearly defined issue or opportunity in undergraduate education that matters at the applicant institution or across partner institutions. Second, they should intentionally cultivate the intellectual skills and habits of mind associated with the humanities, such as critical interpretation, ethical reasoning, historical and cultural awareness, argumentation, and careful analysis of texts, artifacts, and human experience. Third, they should show that meaningful cross-disciplinary collaboration will benefit both faculty and students, improving teaching and learning through shared design, shared instruction, and shared educational goals rather than one-off cooperation.
Projects funded under Humanities Connections are expected to include four core features. They must integrate content and pedagogy from at least two disciplines, with at least one discipline in the humanities and at least one outside the humanities. They must be built on collaboration among faculty from at least two separate departments or schools, and that collaboration can occur within a single institution or across multiple institutions. They must include experiential learning as a built-in element of the curricular plan, meaning students learn through applied, hands-on, or real-world engagement tied directly to the curriculum rather than only through traditional classroom work. Finally, the proposed curricular innovations need evidence of long-term institutional support, signaling that the program is intended to be sustainable and embedded in the institution beyond the grant period.
NEH offers funding at two levels: Planning Grants and Implementation Grants. Planning Grants last up to twelve months and are meant for institutions that need time and structured support to design a new, coherent curricular program or initiative. These grants focus on organizing an interdisciplinary planning process, forming a planning committee, clarifying the rationale for the program, developing the design and structure needed for an institutionally sustainable effort, and mapping out realistic scenarios for curriculum development. Institutions can build from existing short-term efforts or departmental initiatives, but the planning period should culminate in a project that is prepared to move directly into implementation or is already in an implementation-ready stage.
Implementation Grants last up to three years and support putting a sustainable curricular program or initiative into practice. Applications for implementation funding must show clear evidence that substantive planning has already occurred. They also must present a well-defined rationale, along with specific intellectual and logistical objectives, backed by institutional commitment. Implementation funding is intended to help institutions deepen and refine partnerships, develop and strengthen the curriculum, and expand the project in a way that is durable. Strong implementation proposals typically document partner commitments, explain concrete approaches to curriculum building or consolidation, and lay out outreach strategies for recruiting and retaining students in the new learning opportunity.
This opportunity is a discretionary grant program (CFDA 45.162) offered by NEH. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education. The funding opportunity listed an award ceiling of $100,000. The opportunity referenced had an original closing date of October 17, 2018 (Funding Opportunity Number 20181017), indicating this summary reflects that specific posted cycle and its stated parameters.Apply for 20181017 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 2018-08-23.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-10-17. (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: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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Humanities Connections (NEH) Grant Program FAQs
What is the Humanities Connections grant program?
Humanities Connections is a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant program that aims to strengthen and expand the role of the humanities in undergraduate education at both two-year and four-year colleges and universities. It supports curriculum-focused projects that integrate humanities approaches with disciplines outside the humanities.
What is the main goal of Humanities Connections?
The program aims to create new integrative learning opportunities where students connect humanistic questions, methods, and perspectives to the kinds of problems and practices they encounter across the broader undergraduate curriculum.
What kinds of partnerships does the program encourage?
The program is designed to bring humanities faculty into sustained, productive partnership with faculty in disciplines outside the humanities, including the social sciences, natural sciences, and professional or pre-professional programs such as business, engineering, health sciences, law, computer science, and other technology-oriented fields.
What types of projects does Humanities Connections fund?
Humanities Connections funds curriculum-focused projects intended to create or strengthen integrative undergraduate learning opportunities through cross-disciplinary collaboration, experiential learning, and long-term institutional support.
What are the three major expectations for competitive proposals?
Competitive proposals are expected to do three things well: (1) address a significant, clearly defined issue or opportunity in undergraduate education relevant to the institution or partner institutions; (2) intentionally cultivate humanities-related skills and habits of mind such as critical interpretation, ethical reasoning, historical and cultural awareness, argumentation, and careful analysis; and (3) demonstrate meaningful cross-disciplinary collaboration that benefits both faculty and students through shared design, shared instruction, and shared educational goals (not one-off cooperation).
What humanities skills and habits of mind should projects cultivate?
The opportunity emphasizes intellectual skills and habits associated with the humanities, including critical interpretation, ethical reasoning, historical and cultural awareness, argumentation, and careful analysis of texts, artifacts, and human experience.
How many disciplines must be involved in a funded project?
Projects are expected to integrate content and pedagogy from at least two disciplines, with at least one discipline in the humanities and at least one outside the humanities.
Does the collaboration have to be within one institution?
No. The required collaboration among faculty from at least two separate departments or schools can occur within a single institution or across multiple institutions.
What are the four core features projects are expected to include?
Funded projects are expected to include: (1) integration of content and pedagogy from at least two disciplines (one humanities and one non-humanities); (2) collaboration among faculty from at least two separate departments or schools (within or across institutions); (3) experiential learning as a built-in element of the curricular plan; and (4) evidence of long-term institutional support indicating sustainability beyond the grant period.
What does NEH mean by experiential learning in this program?
Experiential learning is described as applied, hands-on, or real-world engagement tied directly to the curriculum. The expectation is that students learn through experiences built into the curricular plan, rather than only through traditional classroom work.
What does “long-term institutional support” mean in this context?
The program expects evidence that the curricular innovation will be sustainable and embedded in the institution beyond the grant period, signaling that the institution supports the effort for the long run rather than treating it as a temporary project.
What funding levels are available under Humanities Connections?
NEH offers two funding levels: Planning Grants and Implementation Grants.
What is a Planning Grant under Humanities Connections?
Planning Grants last up to twelve months and are intended for institutions that need time and structured support to design a new, coherent curricular program or initiative.
What kinds of activities are supported during the Planning Grant period?
Planning Grants focus on organizing an interdisciplinary planning process, forming a planning committee, clarifying the rationale for the program, developing the design and structure needed for an institutionally sustainable effort, and mapping out realistic scenarios for curriculum development.
Can a Planning Grant build on existing efforts?
Yes. Institutions can build from existing short-term efforts or departmental initiatives. However, the planning period is expected to culminate in a project that is prepared to move directly into implementation or is already in an implementation-ready stage.
What is an Implementation Grant under Humanities Connections?
Implementation Grants last up to three years and support putting a sustainable curricular program or initiative into practice.
What must an Implementation Grant application demonstrate?
Applications for implementation funding must show clear evidence that substantive planning has already occurred. They must also present a well-defined rationale and specific intellectual and logistical objectives, backed by institutional commitment.
What does NEH expect implementation funding to support?
Implementation funding is intended to help institutions deepen and refine partnerships, develop and strengthen the curriculum, and expand the project in a way that is durable and sustainable.
What elements are typical of strong Implementation Grant proposals?
Strong implementation proposals typically document partner commitments, explain concrete approaches to curriculum building or consolidation, and lay out outreach strategies for recruiting and retaining students in the new learning opportunity.
What is the maximum award amount listed for this opportunity?
The funding opportunity listed an award ceiling of $100,000.
Who is the awarding agency for this grant program?
The awarding agency is the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
Is this a discretionary grant program?
Yes. The opportunity is described as a discretionary grant program.
What is the CFDA number associated with this program?
The program is identified as CFDA 45.162.
Which institutions are eligible to apply?
Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education.
Is this program limited to four-year institutions?
No. The program is designed for both two-year and four-year colleges and universities.
Does the program require cross-disciplinary collaboration to go beyond one-time cooperation?
Yes. The opportunity emphasizes that collaboration should improve teaching and learning through shared design, shared instruction, and shared educational goals, rather than one-off cooperation.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number mentioned for this cycle?
The summary references Funding Opportunity Number 20181017.
What was the original closing date for the referenced opportunity cycle?
The opportunity referenced had an original closing date of October 17, 2018.
Does this information reflect a specific posted cycle?
Yes. The description indicates the summary reflects that specific posted cycle and its stated parameters, based on the referenced closing date and funding opportunity number.
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