Challenge Grants for Two-year Colleges

 

The National Endowment for the Humanities invites two-year colleges to apply in a special Challenge Grant competition to strengthen their long-term humanities programs and resources. Two-year colleges are major educational assets that have too often been overlooked, even though over half of students in post-secondary education attend two-year institutions. The humanities can and should play a vital role in community colleges. The perspectives of history, philosophy, and literature can enrich the educational experience of students attending two-year colleges, deepening their understanding of questions related to differences among cultures, as manifested in diverse understandings of citizenship, politics, and ethics. NEH seeks to encourage two-year colleges to develop models of excellence that enhance the role of the humanities on their campuses. The goals of this initiative are • to enable two-year colleges to strengthen programs in the humanities, especially the study of the world’s many cultures and civilizations; • to support model humanities curricula at two-year colleges that may be replicated at other institutions; and • to encourage two-year colleges to broaden the base of financial support for the humanities.

Deleted 03/22/2013 (Archived.) 20130220-CZ Agency: NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Office: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant The only eligible applicants are accredited U.S. two-year colleges and community colleges that predominantly award associate degrees that can be earned in two years of study. Both private, independent colleges and government-supported colleges are eligible. Community-college districts and two-year-college consortia may also apply, in collaboration with at least one two-year college. 02/20/2013 This program has cost sharing or matching requirements. Office of Challenge Grants
National Endowment for the Humanities
Room 420
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20506
202-606-8309
challenge@neh.gov
http://www.neh.gov/grants/challenge/challenge-grants-two-year-colleges challenge@neh.gov $0.00 Awards up to $500,000.00