We the People projects contribute to more than $15 million in total grants and offers of matching funds announced today. A total of 260 projects received support to advance our nation’s understanding of the humanities. These projects encourage new scholarly research, support high-quality programs in under-funded educational institutions, preserve collections in America’s cultural heritage, help institutions support their long-term humanities projects, and enhance citizens’ understanding of history and culture through exhibitions, films, and other public programming.

(Read the full text of the Dec. 20, 2007, press release.)

The NEH awards announced today will fund programs in 42 states, the District of Columbia, as well as the work of one researcher and two institutions located outside of the United States. A complete state-by-state listing of grants and offers is available in four Adobe PDF files: Alabama to Illinois (11-page PDF), Indiana to Mississippi (12-page PDF), Missouri to Oregon (12-page PDF), and Pennsylvania to Wyoming (10-page PDF).

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Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports learning in history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities. NEH grants enrich classroom learning, create and preserve knowledge, and bring ideas to life through public television, radio, new technologies, museum exhibitions, and programs in libraries and other community places.