Closed · 20210518-CHA · CFDA 45.130 · Discretionary

Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants

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

$1-$750K
Award range
Closed
Status
September 28, 2021
Close date
15
Expected awards

The verdict

Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants is a closed discretionary listing from National Endowment for the Humanities that offered $1 -- $750,000 across 15 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 617 other opportunities from National Endowment for the Humanities.

$1-$750K
award range
Closed
application status
15
expected awards
45.130
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challeng… is closed (last close September 28, 2021). The parent program page for CFDA 45.130 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 September 28, 2021

Posted Mar 4 Closes Sep 28

Est. Total Funding

$6,500,000

Expected Awards

15

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Challenge Grants is accepting applications for the Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants program. Capital Projects support the design, purchase, construction, restoration, or renovation of facilities for humanities activities. Digital Infrastructure projects support the maintenance, modernization, and sustainability of existing digital scholarly projects and platforms. For both Capital Projects and Digital Infrastructure, expenditures must be shown to bring long-term benefits to the institution and to the humanities more broadly.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 8 doors

Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challeng… bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (8 doors: State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +4 more). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Humanities (HU). This eligibility-code string dominates the National Endowment for the Humanities book (234 peers, 38% of 618).

Code 00
State governments
Code 01
County governments
Code 02
City or township governments
Code 04
Special district governments
Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 07
Federally recognized tribal governments
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.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.

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Agency Contact

Office of Challenge Programs National Endowment for the Humanities 400 Seventh Street, SW Washington, DC 20506 202-606-8309 challenge@neh.gov

What to do next

Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challeng… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 45.130 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Promotion of the Humanities — Digital Humanit… indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • National Endowment for the Humanities lists 617 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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