Special Notice: The next deadline for project grant drafts is April 1, 2008.
The next deadline for mini-grants is March 1, 2008.

How We Work

The Humanities Council awards three different types of grants on a competitive basis to qualified applicants.

To facilitate the process, we encourage interested individuals and organizations to request our participation in developing program concepts and proposals. For more information, contact Grants Officer Rick Agran at 224-4071 x14.

Who is Eligible for Council Funding?

If you are a member of a not-for-profit organization (or want to develop an ad hoc group), please contact us with your ideas for a public program in the humanities. The most important condition of project eligibility is that one or more of the disciplines of the humanities be central to your project. We also require that the project be designed to encourage free inquiry and discussion among New Hampshire residents. All Council-funded programs should be free and open to the general public.

The following outline describes the grant categories.

Humanities To Go! Grants, which support lecture discussions, reading discussions, and National Gallery of Art videos are located in our Humanities To Go! online catalog and below:

Download Forms
Humanities To Go! Non-profit Application
Humanities To Go! For-profit Application
Reading Discussion Application

Mini Grants
Download the guidelines and application as a PDF
Download the grant budget guidelines in Excel

Each month the Council considers applications for up to $1,500 to support small projects.

Examples:

• Pre-performance lectures on music and drama
• Community oral history projects
• "Living History" presentations
• A series of workshops exploring ethnicity, diversity, and world cultures
• New reading discussion series focusing on various humanities topics

Mini-Grant Application Deadlines

Mini-grant applications are due the first of each month (no applications are accepted in July). Applications must be submitted at least 8 weeks priort to the start of your program. 

Major Grants
Download the guidelines and application form as a PDF
Download the grant budget guidelines in Excel

The Council awards grants of over $1,500 to support major projects and programs of particular humanities value and impact.

Examples:

• Portable exhibits and lecture series
• Film viewing and discussion series
• Scripts development for documentary films
• Residential institutes for teachers on humanities topics
• Lecture series on topical issues such as medical ethics and the environment
• Conferences, workshops, seminars for public audiences

Major Grant Application Deadlines

Grants for Professional Development for Teachers

The New Hampshire Humanities Council supports excellence in the teaching of the humanities in New Hampshire's schools, K-12. One way in which we advance this goal is to fund professional development projects – residential summer institutes, in-service workshops, job-embedded professional development, or other formats. Learn more...