Deadline: 28-Sep-22
The Florida Humanities has announced the Greater Good: Humanities in Academia Grant Program that provides funding to humanities-related 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.
This funding opportunity supports engaging humanities programming that allows these critical dialogues to flourish both within and beyond the campus community, for the greater good.
Funding Information
Applicants may request up to $5,000 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.
Eligible Programs
- Public humanities programming actively engages the public in the humanities and fosters constructive dialogues grounded in humanities disciplines, typically in conversation or consultation with a humanities scholar.
- While they know great humanities research and 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.
- Eligible programs may include, but are not limited to town halls, reading and discussion groups, exhibits (in-person and virtual) with public programing, community conversations, lecture and speaker series, or another engaging public humanities programming.
Eligibility Criteria
- Humanities-related 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.
- While an overarching institution may have multiple applications, only one application per Department or Program is accepted 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.
- 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.
- 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.
For more information, visit https://floridahumanities.org/funding-opportunities/greater-good-humanities-in-academia-grants/