NEH Announces $2.2 Million in Grants to Humanities Projects. The funding will be allocated to 224 humanities projects nationwide.

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced that it has awarded $22.2 million in grants to 224 humanities projects around the U.S. relating to preservation of historical collections, the creation humanities exhibitions and documentaries, scholarly research, and various curriculum projects, according to an NEH press release. The recipients of this funding cycle also included several projects involving architecture and the built environment, such as a $151,586 grant to the University of California, Berkeley to organize archives on Cathy Simon, FAIA, and Karen Alschuler, founding principal and principal, respectively, of the San Francisco–based firm SMWM, which was acquired by Perkins and Will in 2008.

“In these somber times, when every individual, community, and organization in America is feeling the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, it is a joy to be able to announce new projects that will produce vibrant humanities programs and resources for the reopening of our cultural centers and educational institutions,” said NEH chairman Jon Parrish Peede in the same release. “These 224 projects exemplify the spirit of the humanities and their power to educate, enrich, and enlighten.”