ACLS Sustaining Public Engagement Grants

Repairing the damage done to publicly engaged humanities projects and programs by the COVID-19 pandemic

ACLS Sustaining Public Engagement Grants were designed to repair the damage done to publicly engaged humanities projects and programs by the social and economic disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic. These grants supported publicly engaged humanities programs based at accredited American colleges and universities that experienced programming setbacks and/or staffing reductions related to pandemic conditions. The program supported 24 humanities projects and programs that engage with issues of urgent public interest in one or more of six key areas: racial equity; climate change; US-global relations; public health and pandemic recovery; strengthening democracy; and exploring America’s diverse history. 

ACLS Sustaining Public Engagement Grants were made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) initiative. 

2022 ACLS Sustaining Public Engagement Grantees
Meet the Awardees