Closed · 20250506-AA-AB-AC-AD-AE · CFDA 45.162 · Discretionary

Humanities Initiatives

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

$1-$150K
Award range
Closed
Status
May 6, 2025
Close date
25
Expected awards

The verdict

Humanities Initiatives is a closed discretionary listing from National Endowment for the Humanities that offered $1 -- $150,000 across 25 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-$150K
award range
Closed
application status
25
expected awards
45.162
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Humanities Initiatives is closed (last close May 6, 2025). The parent program page for CFDA 45.162 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 May 6, 2025

Posted Jan 21 Closes May 6

Est. Total Funding

$3,750,000

Expected Awards

25

Instrument

Grant

Description

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Education Programs is accepting applications for the five Humanities Initiatives programs. These programs strengthen the teaching and study of the humanities at institutions of higher education by developing new or improving existing humanities programs, educational resources, or coursework.

Multi-door applicant board · 2 Grants.gov types

Grants.gov prints 2 distinct applicant types for Humanities Initiatives (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Private institutions of higher education). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Humanities (HU). Only 23 other National Endowment for the Humanities listings share this exact eligibility-code string (4% of 618).

Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
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

Division of Education Programs National Endowment for the Humanities 400 Seventh Street, SW Washington, DC 20506 202-606-2324 hi@neh.gov

What to do next

Humanities Initiatives is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 45.162 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • NEH Seminars and Institutes for School Teache… 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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