National Endowment for the Humanities
 

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
is an independent federal agency created in 1965. It is one of the largest funders of humanities programs in the United States. Because democracy demands wisdom, NEH serves and strengthens our republic by promoting excellence in the humanities and conveying the lessons of history to all Americans.
The Endowment accomplishes this mission by awarding grants for top-rated proposals examined by panels of independent, external reviewers throughout the United States.

It supports projects that:

• Preserve America’s cultural legacy and provide access to historically significant materials and artifacts in museums, libraries and historical organizations;

• Engage the public in lifelong learning programs;

• Improve education and strengthen the professional development of America’s teachers;

• Strengthen cultural and educational institutions through matching and challenge grants; and

• Employ cutting-edge technology to enhance research and provide free, public access to the humanities.

For more information, please go to: www.neh.gov

What are the humanities?

The humanities give us tools to imagine endless possibilities 
through the written & spoken word.

The term “humanities” includes, but is not limited to, the study and interpretation of the following: language, both modern and classical; linguistics; literature; history; jurisprudence; philosophy; archaeology; comparative religion; ethics; the history, criticism and theory of the arts; those aspects of social sciences which have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods; and the study and application of the humanities to the human environment with particular attention to reflecting our diverse heritage, traditions, and history and to the relevance of the humanities to the current conditions of national life.
– National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act, 1965, as amended