Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to support the continuation and expansion of summer institutes to encourage underrepresented students in the field of philosophy, including students of color and women, to pursue doctoral study and consider a career as a scholar

Undergraduate Summer Initiatives to Address Diversity in Philosophy

to create a new summer institute and expand an existing one to encourage students currently underrepresented in the field of philosophy, including students of color and women, to pursue doctoral study and consider a career as a scholar

Undergraduate Summer Institutes to Address Diversity in Philosophy

in renewed support of a Congressional Fellowship Program for scholars in philosophy

Congressional Fellowship Program

in support of a Congressional Fellowship Program for scholars in philosophy

to establish the Native American Scholars Initiative

Native American Scholars Initiative

to continue support for the Native American Scholars Initiative

Native American Scholars Initiative Phase II

to support both the preservation of rare recordings of Native American languages and engagement with tribal communities to help revitalize the use of these languages

Preserving and Revitalizing Endangered Native American Languages

to support the preservation of rare recordings of endangered Native American languages

Preserving Indigenous Languages

in support of projects to increase the scholarly use of its collections and those of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the Library Company of Philadelphia

Joint Scholarly Projects

to establish "The Andrew W. Mellon Fund," the income to be used to facilitate use of the Library's collections by qualified scholars

Andrew W. Mellon Fund

matching grant for projects to promote access to and use of the collections in its library

Cataloguing

in support of a program of fellowships for college and university faculty members in the humanities and social sciences which will supplement sabbatical salaries and permit them to spend a full year on research

Sabbatical Fellowships

to support sabbatical fellowships for faculty members in the humanities and social sciences

matching endowment in support of core functions

Library Endowment

to support a fellowship program in bibliography linked to the Society's collections, and for staff development

Bibliography Fellowships

to support plans to reconfigure the space in its library

Library Reconfiguration

to support a program of fellowships for mid-career college and university faculty members in the humanities and social sciences that would supplement their sabbatical salaries and permit them to spend a full year on research

for archiving activities related to 20th-century science, technology, and medicine

Science and Society

to support four postdoctoral fellowships with an emphasis on curatorship of historical collections

Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowships

to support small research grants for junior scholars

Small Research Grants

in support of costs of improving the care and management of library collections

Specialized Research Centers/Libraries

to support the archiving of documents in twentieth century science and a program of training of archivists and graduate students in the history of recent science and technology

Science and Society - Archiving

to continue support for a postdoctoral fellowship program with an emphasis on curatorship of historical collections

Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowships - Phase II

to support staff training and development initiatives

Professional Development and Training Program

to support specific initiatives to strengthen the care of, and improve access to, research collections

Strengthening Care and Access to Research Collections

to support Research Grants in the Humanities and Social Sciences (formerly sabbatical fellowships)

Research Grants in the Humanities and Social Sciences

to assist a delegation of American university presidents to attend the sixth quinquennial general conference of the International Association in Moscow in 1975

International Association Conference

to support costs associated with the American Economic Association Summer Program

American Economic Association Summer Program

for use by the Association of College and Research Libraries toward costs of a project to collect data on libraries in historically black colleges and universities

Association of College and Research Libraries - Black College Library Data

towards the costs of the AAU/ARL Research Libraries Project

Association of American Universities/American Research Libraries Project

to support the AAU/ARL Research Libraries Project

toward the costs of planning, in cooperation with the American Political Science Association, a Bicentennial Era Project

Project 87

to support American Revolutions:  The United States History Cycle as follows:  $400,000 payable immediately and $200,000 to be matched one-to-one

American Revolutions

to support American Revolutions: The United States History Cycle

American Revolutions Project

to support the continuation of the annual Association of North American Graduate Programs in the Conservation of Cultural Property student conference

Association of North American Graduate Programs in the Conservation of Cultural Property (ANAGPIC)

to support the commissioning of up to 37 new plays through American Revolutions:The United States History Cycle

to disseminate the recommendations of the American Eoonomic Association's Commission on Graduate Education

American Economic Association Commission on Graduate Education 

to support research on the evolving role of regional economic associations

Regional Economic Associations 

to support the Beatrix Farrand's American Landscapes documentary film initiative

Beatrix Farrand’s American Landscapes Educational Initiative

to support the development and production of new American works

Development and Production of New American Works

to support the completion of two public television series on the last half-century of African American history and on the great civilizations of Africa from its ancient history to the late 19th century

African American History Projects

to enable Latin American scholars to attend its annual Congress and to extend the Lecturing Fellowship program

Traveling Grants

to support Making Black America:  African American Social Networks

Making Black America: African American Social Networks

to support diversification efforts focused on boards and executive leadership at American museums, in collaboration with the Ford and Walton Family Foundations

Advancing Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion among Museum Leadership

toward transitional costs in the restructuring of the Association

One-Time Transitional Costs and Expansion of Washington-Based Staff

for use by the A CLS to plan a program of assistance to librarians in historically black colleges and universities

Association of College and Research Libraries - Black Colleges

to support the PBS NewsHour's American Creators series coverage of arts and culture in rural and small-town United States

American Creators:  The Arts and Culture of Rural America

to support the participation of scholars, program directors, and journal editors from abroad at the Association’s annual meetings, and subsequent visits to American studies programs at US campuses

International Initiatives

to enable the Association to co-sponsor a national commission to analyze the processes by which the federal government supports academic research

National Commission to Analyze Academic Research Support by Federal Government

Artists as Catalysts

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Beyond Incarceration

A side profile of a Black poet who is wearing glasses and a hat with a feather hat pin.

Borderlands Cultures

In portrait orientation, an aerial view of a major highway running parallel to a large border wall set on a hilly landscape

Civic Engagement

A man in a brown jacket stands in front of blue bulletin board that is covered with papers and advertisements  

Evolving Higher Education

A vertical image of an Indigenous person who is sitting on a chair in front of a backdrop.

Expanding Public Knowledge

An interior room filled with audio and video equipment 

Monuments and Memory

A multicolored painted totem pole set in front of a foggy forest landscape

Multivocality

Five people stand together in a group photo. They are laughing and smiling.

Power of the Word

Five colorful neon signs hang on the wall with messages that include, "Freedom cannot wait," "Brown owned," and "America is for Dreamers."

Public Places‚ Public Stories

A group of Indigenous Maskoke people stand and sit in the wooden frame of a structure in a woods

Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

In a vertical image, a black leather vest is adorned with colorful pins across the front of it. Embroidery on the vest reads: "Felícitas "La Prieta" Méndez" 