Closed · 20260625-ECD · CFDA 45.038 · Discretionary

Curriculum Development: Western Civilization

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

$1-$750K
Award range
Closed
Status
June 25, 2026
Close date
10
Expected awards

The verdict

Curriculum Development: Western Civilization is a closed discretionary listing from National Endowment for the Humanities that offered $1 -- $750,000 across 10 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
10
expected awards
45.038
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on June 25, 2026. CFDA 45.038 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was $1 -- $750,000.

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

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed June 25, 2026

Posted Apr 16 Closes Jun 25

Est. Total Funding

$7,000,000

Expected Awards

10

Instrument

Grant

Description

The purpose of this program is to support formal education by strengthening the teaching and study of the humanities at institutions of higher education. For 2026, projects must be focused on Western civilization, American history, American government and civics, and/or the Great Books tradition.

Multi-door applicant board · 2 Grants.gov types

Grants.gov prints 2 distinct applicant types for Curriculum Development: Western Civilization (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

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Agency Contact

Division of Lifelong Learning National Endowment for the Humanities 400 Seventh Street, SW Washington, DC 20506 learning@neh.gov

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What to do next

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