Have NEH Grant Cuts Affected You?

The recent abrupt termination of millions of dollars in active, duly awarded individual and organizational grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has had adverse effects on humanities programming across the country. The loss of this funding, including the loss of operating grants that provide core funding to America’s 56 state humanities councils, has had a devestating affect on humanities professionals, students, audiences, and programs.

The American Musicological Society (AMS), for example, had four grants (totalling $363,000 in anticipated funding over next two years) cancelled without warning and $1.3 million in pending grant proposals frozen, with little hope of future funding.

The National Endowment for the Humanities was founded in 1965 by an act of Congress with the specific goal of supporting the humanities in America. Thus, the AMS is actively lobbying members of Congress to help restore this much-needed funding. And as part of that effort, we are collecting stories of impact and need.

So, we have a question: How have NEH grant cuts affected you?

As it works to appeal the cancellation of its own grants, the AMS is trying to advocate for constituents and sister organizations that have also lost NEH funding or been otherwise adversely affected. To help do this more effectively, we created an “NEH Impact Reporting Form” linked below.

If you lost funding recently, are dismayed about the disappearance of prospective funding, or even if you received NEH funding in the past that enabled you to do vital humanities work, we want to hear from you. So, please take a few moments to tell us how the NEH has supported you and what losing current NEH grants and the prospect of future ones will mean for you, your colleagues, and your community.

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