Humanities Initiatives at Hispanic-Serving Institutions

The Humanities Initiatives at HSIs funding opportunity is cancelled for FY2026 and is not accepting applications.

Hispanic-Serving Institutions are rapidly expanding part of the American education system, and they serve students with rich and varied backgrounds and identities. Humanities Initiatives grants can help strengthen the teaching and study of the humanities at Hispanic-Serving Institutions by supporting the development of new or improvement of existing humanities programs, educational resources, or coursework. Projects must address a core topic or focused set of themes drawn from humanities areas such as history, philosophy, religion, languages and literature, or humanities-informed composition and writing skills. 

Past recipients have developed instructional modules to integrate local history and culture into the humanities curriculum; laid the groundwork for a minor in interdisciplinary Latino and Latin American Studies; explored border culture through curriculum development, writing skills, and a public dialogue program; and created a humanities-based certificate program for early-career engineering students. 

By supporting projects like these, Humanities Initiatives at Hispanic-Serving Institutions grants can help institutions better serve current students and position themselves to build on success for the future. 

NEH welcomes applications for projects that would take between one and three years to complete, and projects of varying scope and duration are judged equally. 

Recorded Webinar

Live Q&A: The Live Q&A has been cancelled, but please feel free to send your questions to hi@neh.gov. 

Optional Draft Review: Submit your materials as attachments to hi@neh.gov by 11:59 pm Eastern on March 25, 2025 to receive feedback from NEH staff.