Closed · 20190812-AH · CFDA 45.163 · Discretionary

American History and Civics Education: National Convenings

Federal grant opportunity posted by National Endowment for the Humanities, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1-$650K
Award range
Closed
Status
August 12, 2019
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

American History and Civics Education: National Convenings is a closed discretionary listing from National Endowment for the Humanities that offered $1 -- $650,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 617 other opportunities from National Endowment for the Humanities.

$1-$650K
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
45.163
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

American History and Civics Education: Nation… is closed (last close August 12, 2019). The parent program page for CFDA 45.163 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. National Endowment for the Humanities still indexes 617 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed August 12, 2019

Posted Jul 12 Closes Aug 12

Est. Total Funding

$650,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)’s Division of Education Programs is offering a fifteen-month cooperative agreement to a qualified organization to 1)to host two national convenings with the goal of assessing the state of, and best practices in, the teaching of American history, civics, and government in K-12 education; 2) publish a report to disseminate the convenings’ findings, including a national forum in Washington D.C. to launch the report and 3.) implement a robust national publicity strategy to the education community and general public. This opportunity is offered in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education’s American History and Civics Education—National Activities program.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 3 doors

American History and Civics Education: Nation… bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (3 doors: Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Private institutions of higher education). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Humanities (HU). Only 15 other National Endowment for the Humanities listings share this exact eligibility-code string (2% of 618).

Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 45.163

Promotion of the Humanities — Education Programs

National Endowment for the Humanities

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Agency Contact

Division of Education Programs National Endowment for the Humanities 400 Seventh Street, SW Washington, DC 20506 202-606-8337 education@neh.gov

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What to do next

American History and Civics Education: Nation… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 45.163 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
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