Grants and Awards

About Grants and Awards

The Grants and Awards program includes support for general, community-generated humanities projects, the Awards of Recognition for Outstanding Teaching in the Humanities, and the Southern Humanities Media Fund. Read more ...

About Teacher Awards

Awards of Recognition for Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities are available each year for up to six full-time 3rd–12th grade Tennessee teachers who have demonstrated excellence in teaching the humanities, thus making the humanities an important part of their students' lives. Read more...

Apply for a Grant

Humanities Tennessee's general grant round occurs annually in the spring, and a small grant project round occurs each summer, providing there are unallocated funds remaining from the general grant round. Read more..

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Recently Funded Projects

An American Pilgrimage will be a six-part series of one-hour films that tell the story of religion in America from pre-contact native American to the present. Humanities Tennessee provided funds in support of pre-production and scripting in 2009; this grant supports the filming of interviews for the parts one through three.