North Carolina Humanities: Project Planning Grants

The North Carolina Humanities Council offers Project Planning Grants, providing up to $2,000 to support public humanities initiatives. These grants, available on a rolling basis, aim to foster community engagement and dialogue, deepen human connections, and encourage critical thinking. Eligible projects should begin at least eight weeks after submission and can address various humanities topics. The council welcomes diverse proposals that reflect the rich cultural landscape of North Carolina.

NOTE: NC Humanities is offers Project Planning Grants on a rolling basis. To be eligible for consideration, the activities for which you are requesting funding must not begin sooner than eight weeks from the date of submission.
NC Humanities distributes grants to projects across the state that address fundamental humanities questions and create conversations about who we are and how we live together in North Carolina and the world. If you have such a program proposal, our team would love to hear more about it and see if we might help!
What We Fund
We welcome diverse projects from across North Carolina that address different topics and use a variety of public humanities disciplines. We are interested in funding projects that advance one or more of the following:

• Deepen human connections by broadening perspectives
• Equip communities with empathy, understanding, and respect
• Connect North Carolinians across difference
• Respond to community interests
• Encourage dialogue, critical thinking, and the exchange of ideas
• Ask fundamental questions about identity and culture
• Contextualize experiences, both historical and current
• Foster a more informed and engaged citizens

NC Humanities’ Project Planning Grants provide up to $2,000 to support the incubation or development of a public humanities project.