The 2022-2024 FAO Schwarz Fellowships are two-year, paid positions that develop the leadership skills of recent college graduates interested in pursuing careers related to social change. From cultural education to education in conservation, from food insecurity to college access, the diversity of organizations selected as hosts will provide the next cohort with a comprehensive view of the social impact landscape. ...continue reading "Fellowship Opportunity: FAO Schwarz Fellowship"
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Scholarship Opportunity: Boren Awards
The Boren Scholarships for Study Abroad provides up to $25,000 to support students planning long-term study abroad in order to study a less commonly taught language and who are interested in issues of vital interest to the US. Boren scholars are expected to provide one year of service in the federal government, but the program especially favors those applicants who are planning to devote more time to government service.
Nashman Center Faculty Development Mini-Grants
Due February 15. More Information.
The annual call for proposals for the Nashman Center's Faculty Development Mini-grants is upon us. Contact Wendy Wagner if you would like to talk through your ideas, including:
- shifting a course to engage students in projects with local community organizations
- piloting a community based participatory research study
- conducting evaluation or assessment of the outcomes of your community engaged scholarship
- professional development for yourself or your department around community engagement and civic learning outcomes
Call for Proposals: DC Oral History Collaborative Partnership Grants Are Open
The DC Oral History Collaborative’s Partnership Grants are open until Friday, January 28th. The Collaborative offers three grant programs:
Oral History Project Grants – $8,000 award for collecting oral history interviews around a particular topic, theme or research question related to Washington, DC.
Extension Grants – $6,000 award for extending projects previously conducted with an Oral History Project Grant.
Public Programming Grants – $12,000 maximum award for projects that use existing collections to create accessible public humanities projects in Washington, DC.
Additional funding opportunities for humanities-based projects will be available in the coming weeks! For more information on each of the grant opportunities, click here.
Funding for Student Projects: Big November 15th Deadline
Students consistently tell us that faculty encouragement matters. Please reach out to your top students and encourage them to propose their community engagement ideas for funding. Major upcoming deadline: November 15. Learn more about GW Upstart
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Call for Proposals: IARSLCE Awards and Recognitions Deadline Extension
The IARSLCE deadline for nominations and applications has been extended until October 1st. ...continue reading "Call for Proposals: IARSLCE Awards and Recognitions Deadline Extension"
Call for Proposals: Sustaining the Humanities Through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP)
HumanitiesDC is accepting grant applications up until Monday, October 3 for the Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant program. The funding from SHARP will go towards humanities-based organizations and programs that have suffered economic losses due to COVID-19.
"Priorities for awarding the funds will be:
- helping organizations continue their existing or planned public humanities programs by retaining staff and maintaining their financial obligations
- special projects that increase an organization’s ability to provide equitable access to its public humanities programs and products during this difficult period.”
Click here for more information about SHARP funding.
Humanities DC Funding: Soul of the City Partnership Grant
Applications are accepted in June and awardees are announced in August. Applicants may request up to $30,000 and must complete their project by February 2022.
Soul of the City provides young people, ages 11 to 19, an opportunity to explore the role of the humanities in asking and answering critical questions about the world. The Soul of the City grant encourages the development and delivery of a high-quality humanities-driven youth engagement program.
Applications must identify a scholar and how s/he will advise the project through the grant cycle. Each funded project will result in a lasting digital final product that will be added to the DC Digital Museum.
Learn more and submit proposal
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Humanities DC Funding: DC Community Heritage Project
The application deadline is July 19, 2021. View the Request for Proposals: REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
From Humanities DC:
The DC Community Heritage Project (DCCHP) Grant supports residents at the grassroots level who are working to preserve their own communities and community stories. This opportunity is part of the Humanities Grant Program supported with funding from the District of Columbia Government through the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
Individual applicants may request $7,500 and organizations may request $10,000. Applications must identify a scholar and how s/he will advise the project through the grant cycle. Each funded project will result in a lasting digital final product that will be added to the DC Digital Museum.
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Nashman Spotlights: Dr. Michael Long Receives Nashman Center Faculty Development Grant
Dr. Michael Long, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Prevention and Community Health, received a faculty development grant to use Community Based Systems Dynamics (CBSD) work with the first cohort of the DC Youth Health Equity And Leadership (DC Youth HEAL). ...continue reading "Nashman Spotlights: Dr. Michael Long Receives Nashman Center Faculty Development Grant"
Nashman Spotlights: Dr. Maranda Ward Receives Nashman Center Faculty Development Grant
Dr. Maranda Ward, an assistant professor at the George Washington University with a background in Sociology/Anthropology, Maternal and Child Health, as well as Education, is a recent winner of the Faculty Development Grant for Racial Justice in Health Training. ...continue reading "Nashman Spotlights: Dr. Maranda Ward Receives Nashman Center Faculty Development Grant"
Funding opportunity: Covid-19 testing
Community organizations can apply for up to $50,000 in funds to support increased testing for Covid-19. The application is due April 16th.
Funding: HumanitiesDC
HumanitiesDC is now accepting proposals for the DC Community Heritage Project Grant (DCCHP) and the DC Documentary Partnership Grant (DCDP). ...continue reading "Funding: HumanitiesDC"
Funding: HumanitiesDC
DC Oral History Collaborative (DCOHC) Partnership Grants. "Created in 2016 in response to a growing need to capture unrecorded Washington history, the DC Oral History Collaborative documents and preserves the stories and memories of DC residents as communities experience change and as residents age. ...continue reading "Funding: HumanitiesDC"
Fit for Life Foundation Grants
Every year, the Fit for Life Foundation awards grants of $100,000 to three nonprofit organizations or social enterprises that are pioneering projects aimed at promoting lifelong fitness and health. Applications are due by November 23, and the FFL award winners will be announced in early 2021. For more information and to apply.
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