Closed · 20240814-BP-BR-GE-GG-GI · CFDA 45.164 · Discretionary
Public Humanities Projects
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Endowment for the Humanities, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $1-$1M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- January 8, 2025
- Close date
- 20
- Expected awards
The verdict
Public Humanities Projects is a closed discretionary listing from National Endowment for the Humanities that offered $1 -- $1,000,000 across 20 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-$1M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 20
- expected awards
- 45.164
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Public Humanities Projects is closed (last close January 8, 2025). The parent program page for CFDA 45.164 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 January 8, 2025
Est. Total Funding
$2,735,000
Expected Awards
20
Instrument
Grant
Description
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Public Programs is accepting applications for the Public Humanities Projects program. This program supports projects that bring the ideas and insights of the humanities to life for general audiences through in-person, hybrid, or virtual programming. Projects must engage humanities scholarship to analyze significant themes in disciplines such as history, literature, ethics, and art history.
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 8 doors
Public Humanities Projects 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. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. 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
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Parent Grant Program
Promotion of the Humanities — Preservation and Access
National Endowment for the Humanities
Agency Contact
Division of Public Programs National Endowment for the Humanities 400 Seventh Street, SW Washington, DC 20506 publicpgms@neh.gov
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What to do next
Public Humanities Projects is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Parent CFDA 45.164 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
- Promotion of the Humanities — Preservation an… 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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