Minigrants

In early April, Kentucky Humanities received notice from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that our federal funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) was terminated effective immediately. As of April 2nd, we are not able to offer minigrants at this time. We hope to offer minigrants again in the future and will post new opportunities here and via social media when they are available.
 
We urge you to contact your Congress members and show your support for Kentucky Humanities’ work throughout the Commonwealth. Let them know how important Kentucky Humanities programs and minigrants are in your community and urge them to support the NEH and state humanities councils.

Since its creation in 1972, Kentucky Humanities, with the assistance of the National Endowment for the Humanities and private contributions, has supported public programs in the humanities throughout the Commonwealth.

Public humanities programs include, but are not limited to: conferences, lectures, radio and video productions, exhibits, teacher training and development of curricular materials, interpretive programs for festivals, book discussions, and planning for future projects. These humanities programs should be directed at adults and families, not to the classroom.

The humanities are fields of study primarily concerned with values, ideas, and language, including, but not limited to: history, literature; philosophy; language; linguistics; jurisprudence; archaeology; history and philosophy of art, medicine or science; folklore; religious studies; and those aspects of the social sciences (political science, sociology, anthropology, economics, psychology) which employ a philosophical or historical approach.

TO DISCUSS PROPOSAL IDEAS, CONTACT:

Zoe Kaylor, zoe.kaylor@uky.edu or (859) 257-5482