The Humanities Department is offering the Enduring Questions Grant Program to encourage faculty and undergraduate students to explore fundamental humanities concerns together. These grants support the development, teaching, and assessment of new humanities courses that delve into enduring questions such as the good life, justice, freedom, human nature, and more. The program aims to foster an intellectual community among faculty and students and facilitate engaging dialogues across generations. Applications from diverse disciplinary backgrounds within and outside the humanities are welcome. Closing date for applications: Nov 13, 2008.
Opportunity ID: 42830
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 20081113-AQ |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Enduring Questions: Pilot Course Grants |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Humanities |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 45.163 — Promotion of the Humanities_Professional Development |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Sep 11, 2008 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Nov 13, 2008 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Nov 13, 2008 |
| Archive Date: | Dec 13, 2008 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $25,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Private institutions of higher education State governments City or township governments |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Endowment for the Humanities |
| Description: | The purpose of the Enduring Questions grant program is to encourage faculty and students at the undergraduate level to grapple with the most fundamental concerns of the humanities, and to join together in deep, sustained programs of reading in order to encounter influential thinkers over the centuries and into the present day. Enduring questions are, to an overarching degree, pre-disciplinary. They are questions to which no discipline or field or profession can lay an exclusive claim. Enduring questions can be tackled by reflective individuals regardless of their chosen vocations, areas of expertise, or personal backgrounds. They are questions that have more than one plausible or interesting answer. They have long held interest for young people, and they allow for a special, intense dialogue across generations. The Enduring Questions grant program will help promote such dialogue in todays undergraduate environment. What are these enduring questions? The following list is neither prescriptive nor exhaustive but serves to illustrate. What is the good life? What is justice? Mercy? What is freedom? Happiness? What is friendship? What is dignity? Is there a human nature, and, if so, what is it? What are the limits of scientific understanding? What is the relationship between humans and the natural world? Is there such a thing as right and wrong? Good and evil? What is good government? What are the origins of the modern world? What is liberal education? The Enduring Questions grant program will support new humanities courses at the undergraduate level: their design and preparation, teaching, and assessment, as well as ancillary activities that enhance faculty-student intellectual community. Courses may be taught by faculty from any department or discipline in the humanities or by faculty outside the humanities (e.g., astronomy, biology, economics, law, mathematics, medicine, psychology), provided humanities sources are central to the course. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/EnduringQuestions.html |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Division of Education Programs
National Endowment for the Humanities Room 302 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20506 202-606-8380 Email:education@neh.gov |
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Division of Education Programs National Endowment for the Humanities Room 302 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20506 202-606-8380 Email: education@neh.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45.163 | PKG00008305 | Sep 11, 2008 | Nov 13, 2008 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
42830 SF424_Short-1.0.pdf
42830 SupplementaryCoverSheetforNEHGrantPrograms-1.0.pdf
42830 Attachments-1.0.pdf
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