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**Regina Kammer** @kammerotica@mastodon.world · 12h

Regina Kammer @kammerotica@mastodon.world

If you were affected by a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant termination and have not yet seen this document for advice about how to file an appeal, here it is:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lHGciRYjETxum-4JPpMyRfb7yJJQJOKxTyVyiD24anE/edit?tab=t.0
#NationalEndowmentForTheHumanities #NEH #StopFascism #GrantFunding

Google DocsNEH Appeal - PublicAppeal Strategies for NEH Terminated Grants NEH Grantees with Terminated Grants -- the 30 day window for appeal is almost here. If your DOGE termination letter is dated April 2, then it is recommended to submit via eGMS by May 1. Here are suggestions for the appeal process based on the best inf...

**Michael Magras** @michaelmagras@mstdn.social · 23h

23h

Michael Magras @michaelmagras@mstdn.social

Excellent news: The Mellon Foundation has announced $15 million in emergency funding to the Federation of State Humanities Councils in response to the funding cuts that have affected the nation's 56 humanities councils. #Politics #DOGE #Humanities #NEH #US #USpol https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/in-response-to-recent-cuts-to-national-endowment-for-the-humanities-mellon-foundation-announces-15-million-emergency-funding-to-federation-of-state-humanities-councils-to-preserve-cultural-infrastructure-in-states-and-territorie-302441610.html

Cision PR Newswire · 23hIn Response to Recent Cuts to National Endowment for the Humanities, Mellon Foundation Announces $15 Million Emergency Funding to Federation of State Humanities Councils to Preserve Cultural Infrastructure in States and Territories Across the Country/PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Mellon Foundation announced a $15 million emergency funding commitment to the Federation of State Humanities Councils (Federation)...

**Knowledge Commons** @hello@hcommons.social · 1d

Knowledge Commons @hello@hcommons.social

"It’s particularly devastating for us, not just because of the loss of funding, and loss of funding is important, but the loss of the impact that we’re going to be able to have" @kfitz #NEH #humanities

https://statenews.com/article/2025/04/wholesale-slaughter-msu-loses-10-grants-amid-national-endowment-for-the-humanities-cuts

The State News'Wholesale slaughter': MSU loses 10 grants amid National Endowment for the Humanities cutsThe National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) terminated 10 grants and one fellowship at Michigan State University. The terminations reflect another agency's response to the Trump administration’s orders to restrict federal funding for research in higher education.

**Alice Dubiel** @odaraia@mastodon.green · 2d

Alice Dubiel @odaraia@mastodon.green

Ought to revive the bullets into bronze movement.
$30 million directly to the construction of statues

“It is absurd to think that grant dollars that were being used to do things like publish President George Washington’s writings, restore Mark Twain’s artifacts, and support civics education are instead being directed to commission statues,” A spokesperson for the American Federation of Government Employees Local (AFGE) 3403, union representing NEH employees.

#NEH #NEA
https://hyperallergic.com/1006550/neh-calls-for-proposals-for-trump-bizarre-sculpture-garden/

Hyperallergic · 5dNEH Calls for Proposals for Trump’s Bizarre Sculpture GardenBy Isa Farfan

**Regina Kammer** @kammerotica@mastodon.world · 4d

Regina Kammer @kammerotica@mastodon.world

This database includes National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants that were canceled by DOGE as of Tuesday, April 8th. ...around 40 projects remain funded, including some that have been reinstated
Terminated Awards: 1,435
Total Value: $427,666,781
https://impact.ach.org/
#NationalEndowmentForTheHumanities #NEH #GrantFunding #Humanities #DOGE #CutsToEducation #Education

impact.ach.orgNEH Grants 2025NEH Grants 2025

**Dan Carkner** @carkner@klezmor.im · Apr 22

Apr 22

Dan Carkner @carkner@klezmor.im

https://www.washingtonjewishweek.com/dc-artists-fundraise-after-klezmer-institute-loses-federal-grant/

Washington Jewish Week · Apr 22DC Artists Fundraise After Klezmer Institute Loses Federal GrantChristina Crowder was about to give a presentation on the Klezmer Archive Project when her phone began buzzing and ringing incessantly.

#klezmer #neh

**Joyce Bell** @joycebell@mas.to · Apr 22

Apr 22

Joyce Bell @joycebell@mas.to

Artnet is “tracking the impact of President Donald Trump's recent executive orders and policy changes on the arts.” IOW the gutting of US art and culture. Long read but important. #arts #NEA #nationalgallery #NEH #IMLS #DOGE #smithsonian #artnet https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-executive-orders-arts-2605142

Artnet News · Feb 20A Running List of How the Trump Administration Is Impacting the ArtsFollow this ongoing list to stay updated on how President Trump's executive orders and policy changes are impacting the arts.

**Lisa Schiff** @lschiff@mastodon.sdf.org · Apr 21

Apr 21

Lisa Schiff @lschiff@mastodon.sdf.org

Researchers who have had grants terminated--tell your story! The #DefendResearch team is collecting testimonials about this impact of #censorship on research that we will use as part of a toolkit for contacting elected officials. #NSF, #NEH, #NIH
https://www.defendresearch.org/testimonials

www.defendresearch.orgTestimonialsIn support of protecting free and open scientific inquiry and publication, we are collecting short testimonials from researchers on the impact of censorship on their work and the broader community. These testimonials are intended to briefly and concretely illustrate the impact of censorship on

**Paria sans portefeuille** @PariaSansPortefeuille@jasette.facil.services · Apr 19

Apr 19

Paria sans portefeuille @PariaSansPortefeuille@jasette.facil.services

"At least $1.6 million in federal funds for projects meant to capture and digitize stories of the systemic abuse of generations of #IndigenousChildren in boarding schools at the hands of the U.S. government have been slashed due to federal funding cuts under President Donald #Trump’s administration."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-makes-major-cuts-093504202.html
#Indigenous #NativeAmericans #NativeBoardingSchools #NativeAmericanBoardingSchools #ColonialViolence #USpol #USpolitics #NEH

Yahoo News · Apr 19Trump administration makes major cuts to Native American boarding school research projectsBy Associated Press

**Kathy Harris** @triproftri@hcommons.social · Apr 18

Apr 18

Kathy Harris @triproftri@hcommons.social

SAVE THE DATE! (Another one bc we're on )
May 16: We are hosting an incredible duo for a book launch on their new #AI book - attend in person at San Jose State University in our new #dh Center or virtually. More details coming soon!

We lost our #NEH grant for this Center, but we're not stopping!
#digitalhumanities #sjsu

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**petersuber** @petersuber@fediscience.org · Apr 18

Apr 18

petersuber @petersuber@fediscience.org

Update. Bad news from the #NEH for #KnowledgeCommons (and the rest of us).
https://about.hcommons.org/2025/04/17/on-the-neh-and-our-path-forward/

"On April 2, 2025, we received notification that our NEH Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant, awarded in 2020, was terminated effective immediately…On April 10, 2025, we received further…notification that our contract to provide the NEH’s Designated Public-Access #Repository was also being terminated…This loss is devastating…both for the financial impact it represents…but also for the unceremonious end to a goal we’d set for ourselves years ago…Not to mention the bigger picture here: that designated public-access repository is no longer needed, because it is assumed that the NEH will no longer be funding research, and thus there will be no results of research to make publicly accessible."

PS: All the agencies covered by the #OSTP #NelsonMemo must designate #OpenAccess repositories for their OA content. NEH was the only agency to designate a repo not hosted by the govt. All the other agency repos will be hosted by the govt, where they will be subject to political censorship or takedowns.

#Censorship #DefendResearch #GreenOA

**Registrar Trek** @registrartrek@glammr.us · Apr 17

Apr 17

Registrar Trek @registrartrek@glammr.us

Our WiP guideline/resource list "Focus on what you CAN do, not what you CAN’T" was updated with a paragraph on community engagement.
https://world.museumsprojekte.de/focus-on-what-you-can-do-not-what-you-cant/

world.museumsprojekte.deFocus on what you CAN do, not what you CAN’T | Registrar Trek: The Next Generation

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#museums #museum #fundingCuts

**Richard** @richard@scholar.social · Apr 16

Apr 16

Richard @richard@scholar.social

"The NEH funds support fellowships for faculty members at UNC in the humanities, providing money for professors to write books and conduct research. But the impact of the NEH extends past the university level, funding data and evaluation, teacher workshops, community history projects, public lectures, exhibit films and state humanities and arts councils."

'It is so embedded': UNC humanities programs impacted amid federal funding cuts
https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2025/04/university-neh-funding-cuts

'It is so embedded': UNC humanities programs impacted amid federal funding cuts - 'It is so embedded': UNC humanities programs impacted amid federal funding cutsDecreased funding would impact research, community projects and local arts councils.

#NEH #Humanities #academia

**Diane Magras (she/her)** @dianemagras@mstdn.social · Apr 16 *

Apr 16 *

Diane Magras (she/her) @dianemagras@mstdn.social

I work for a humanities council, and DOGE has attacked our biggest funder, the NEH. Though this funding comes from Congress, DOGE has taken it over, and humanities councils nationwide, not to mention any org with a NEH grant, is suddenly in enormous danger. If you care about history, civic discussion, and the public humanities, please contact your Congress members. Here's more: https://www.statehumanities.org/action-alert-neh-targeted-by-doge/

Federation of State Humanities Councils · Apr 2Action Alert: NEH Targeted by DOGE - Federation of State Humanities CouncilsSave Our Humanities Councils: DOGE Cuts to NEH will Damage Cultural Organizations in Every State April 3, 2025 – UPDATE Late last night, Wednesday, April 2, all humanities councils received … Read more

#NEH #humanities #DOGE

**Stakeholders SGV** @stakeholdersSGV · Apr 14

Apr 14

Stakeholders SGV @stakeholdersSGV

https://apnews.com/article/federal-cuts-humanities-america250-anniversary-doge-572cf095773c66856a1da94030ffd5a9
Plans to celebrate America's 250th anniversary were underway. Then came the federal funding cuts.
#America250 #Heritage #Humanities #preservation #DOGE #Smithsonian #NEH

A massive sculpture carved into Mount Rushmore depicts U.S. presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in, Keystone, S.D. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

AP News · Apr 14Plans to celebrate America's 250th anniversary were underway. Then came the federal funding cutsBy Claire Rush

**Dan Carkner** @carkner@klezmor.im · Apr 13

Apr 13

Dan Carkner @carkner@klezmor.im

The Klezmer Institute's now-canceled NEH grant is mentioned here; I agree with Sasha Senderovich's comments here that trying to find some kind of coherent explanation or bargaining is fruitless.
https://forward.com/culture/711925/neh-grant-termination-jewish-yiddish/

The Forward · Apr 12Jews thought Trump wanted to fight antisemitism. Why did he cut all of their grants?When DOGE routed the National Endowment for the Humanities, hundreds of grants for Jewish history and Yiddish culture were terminated

#NEH

**Emmanuel Chateau-Dutier** @emchateau@mamot.fr · Apr 12

Apr 12

Emmanuel Chateau-Dutier @emchateau@mamot.fr

Au États-Unis, c’est maintenant réel, le National Endowment for the Humanities (#NEH) a été démantelé. 80% de son personnel a été viré et les bourses ont été annulées. Au #Canada nous avons un candidat en position d’être élu qui promeut les mêmes mensonges sur l’#Université et la #recherche qu’aux US. Comment expliquer que nos #Universités et nos collègues restent si silencieux ? #voteScience https://www.statehumanities.org/action-alert-neh-targeted-by-doge/

**Daniel Carkner** @carkner@historians.social · Apr 11

Apr 11

Daniel Carkner @carkner@historians.social

"...the likeliest reason that the Trump regime came for the agency funding public humanities, in its first hundred days in power, is that the promotion of humanistic thinking expands the public’s critical engagement. No autocrat or wanna-be autocrat in history was ever interested in allowing the latter to compete with them for attention."
https://forward.com/opinion/711685/trump-neh-grants-canceled-antisemitism/

The Forward · Apr 11Trump wants to fight antisemitism. So why did he kill funding for my Holocaust translation project?The NEH killed funding for one professor's Holocaust translation project — is this what protecting Jews really looks like?

#NEH