Humanities Centers Initiative (HCI) Grants
Funding Amount
$4,000 per student (15 students awarded $60,000 total in 2024)
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
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Geography
- Based in New York, in partnership with nine state universities (including Cornell University, University at Buffalo, Ne
Overview
Annual grants supporting humanities graduate students pursuing projects with public impact and community engagement.
Geographic Scope: New York State
Eligible Applicants: Humanities graduate students based in New York, in partnership with nine state universities (including Cornell University, University at Buffalo, New York University, Columbia University, Syracuse University, Stony Brook University, Binghamton University, CUNY Graduate Center, and others)
Award Amount: Approximately $4,000 per student (2024: 15 students awarded $60,000 total)
Program Focus: Projects that engage with public humanities themes and community-based inquiry
2024 Award Examples: Projects included ecopoetics workshops, intergenerational research and dialogue, climate justice, food sovereignty, music literacy, and documentary podcasts.
What New York Council for the Humanities actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 73
- Total given
- $941K
- Median grant
- $9,975
- Range
- $5,475–$26K
- By dollars: New York 100%. Top recipient cities: New York, NY; Brooklyn, NY; Buffalo, NY.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 66% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Society of Fellows & Heyman Center Columbia University · New York, NY
Post-incarceration humanities partnerhip (pihp) grant for program support
$26K
Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY
Reading & discussion grant and post-incarceration humanities partnerhip (pihp) grant…
$26K
Art Start Incorporated · New York, NY
Post-incarceration humanities partnerhip (pihp) grant for program support
$25K
Center for Community Alternatives · Syracuse, NY
Post-incarceration humanities partnerhip (pihp) grant for program support
$25K
Civic Ensemble · Ithaca, NY
Post-incarceration humanities partnerhip (pihp) grant for program support
$25K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Humanities
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