The Greater Good: Humanities in Academia Grant provides funding to Higher Education Departments, Humanities Centers, Institutes, and Programs associated with Florida colleges and universities to support community programming (either in-person or virtual) that seeks to broaden the public’s awareness of what it means to be human.
Donor Name: Florida Humanities
State: Florida
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/31/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Programming must be designed for a broad public audience and not just their campus community. Public humanities programming actively engages the public and fosters constructive dialogues grounded in humanities disciplines, in conversation or consultation with a humanities scholar. While they know great humanities research work is being conducted at institutions across the state, this critical information not always accessible to the public. This funding opportunity was designed to promote a way for all audiences to actively engage with current humanities work being done at the higher education level. A key component of this grant is engaging the community by partnering with non-academic organizations and/or bringing programs off-campus and into the community. Eligible programs may include, but are not limited to town halls, reading and discussion groups, exhibits with public programing, community conversations, lecture and speaker series, or other engaging public humanities programming.
All Projects Must:
- Inspire constructive dialogue with the public.
- Involve humanities scholars and other subject-area experts.
- Be free and widely available to the public (even virtually).
- Actively engage a diverse audience, within and beyond the campus community.
- Demonstrate the relevance of the humanities topic for a Florida audience.
Funding Information
Applicants may request up to $10,000 to be disbursed in two installments:
- 90% at start of project
- 10% on a reimbursement basis contingent upon receipt and approval of all required final reports.
Project Period
July 5, 2023 – July 5, 2024
Eligibility Criteria
Higher Education departments (i.e. Department of History), Humanities Centers, Institutes, and Programs associated with Florida colleges and universities are eligible to apply. Proposals are evaluated on their own merits and will not be compared with other submissions to determine eligibility or suitability for funding.
Priority will be given to applicants whose community programming raises up the voices of historically excluded and/or currently underserved communities, actively partnering with those communities in the creation of program content and promotion of the events and programming. Underserved audiences can be defined as those whose access to the humanities is limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability.
Can multiple departments/programs from one institution apply for this grant?
- Only one application per Department or Program is accepted to apply per round. For example, while there might be two open applications from a university, they must not be from the same department (i.e. Department of History). One key element to consider is the structure of your operational budget. Florida Humanities expects the applicant to have a unique operational budget for their Department or Program, and
- Only three applications per institution will be accepted to apply and/or evaluated per round.
Applicants must not have a prior Greater Good: Humanities in Academia grant still open, and the Project Director must not be a Project Director on any other open Florida Humanities grant.
For more information, visit Greater Good: Humanities in Academia Grant.