# Promotion of the Humanities Fellowships and Stipends (45.160)

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Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Promotion of the Humanities Fellowships and Stipends is run by National Endowment for the Humanities. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $46.7 million in 1,126 grants, about $41,482 per award.

## Objectives

Fellowships and Other Awards to Individuals provide support for individual scholars to produce humanities scholarship, including books, articles, and digital projects. Fellowships are competitive awards granted to individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $15.1 million | 241 |
| 2022 | $8.1 million | 252 |
| 2023 | $8.5 million | 244 |
| 2024 | $8.4 million | 239 |
| 2025 | $6.7 million | 150 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Firelight Media Inc | New York | $2.0 million |
| Independent Television Service Inc | California | $1.7 million |
| Sundance Institute | Utah | $1.5 million |
| Association for Asian Studies, Inc | Michigan | $1.0 million |
| Oral History Association | Tennessee | $824,359 |
| Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture | Virginia | $304,405 |