Mellon Foundation Grants $14 Million for Humanities Research and Programs.

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has announced grants totaling more than $14 million to support 30 colleges and universities across the United States in developing humanities-grounded research and curricular projects. The funding was awarded through an open call under Mellon’s Higher Learning program area, which aims to increase access to humanities funding for higher education institutions.

The recipient programs for research and curricular projects fell into three categories: cultures of U.S. democracy, environmental justice studies, and social justice and disciplinary knowledge. Among the institutions receiving grants are Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Boston University, and Connecticut College.

Phillip Brian Harper, director of the Higher Learning program at the Mellon Foundation, emphasized the significance of the humanities and the impact of the funded projects. “We at Mellon know that the significance of the humanities is not merely academic. We also know that humanities scholars at institutions across the country are doing phenomenal work that is making a real impact in the areas targeted by our call,” Harper said. “Our objective with this call was to identify and support some of the strongest instances of that work, and the incredibly high quality of the selected grantees shows that we succeeded spectacularly.”

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