We are a proud supporter of local communities, grassroots activities, tradition, and innovation. Our grant catagories provide invaluable financial support to help bring educational programs, lectures, publications, festivals, interpretive exhibits and activities, local history projects, oral history projects, media projects, and more around the state. In the past three years, the Utah Humanities Council has provided close to $500,000 in grants to 230 organizations located in 57 cities.
What are the Humanities?
The study of what we are, what we have been, and what we can become. They are concerned with values and choices, and with making intellectual, moral, and spiritual sense of the world. The humanities help us to analyze our complex society, and to make thoughtful, reasoned decisions. The humanities help us to make connections. They connect small questions to large issues, our neighborhoods to the world, and our own experiences to other times and places.
The humanities include the study of the following: language, both modern and classical; linguistics; literature; history; jurisprudence; philosophy; archaeology; comparative religion; ethics; the history, criticism and theory of the arts; those aspects of social sciences which have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods; and the study and application of the humanities to the human environment with particular attention to reflecting our diverse heritage, traditions, and history and to the relevance of the humanities to the current conditions of national life.
Grants We Offer:
The grid below showcases the types of grants we offer. Click on the "Guidelines and Application" button found within each grant category to better determine if your project/activity is eligible. It is highly recommended that you speak with UHC staff about your project before submitting an application.
An organization is eligible for no more than two (2) grants during UHC's fiscal year (November 1 - October 31). However, an organization cannot apply for additional grants in new fiscal years until at least one (1) grant has satisfied its obligations, reports have been submitted, and the grant is officially closed out by UHC staff.
| UHC Grant Opportunities | Purpose | Funding Limit |
Application Deadline | Project Dates | Questions? |
General Competitive Grants
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Support projects designed to increase public understanding and appreciation of the humanities | $5,000 Maximum |
Required First Draft Deadlines: February 1 Required Final Application Deadlines: March 1 |
Proposed project/activities must begin on or after May 1 | Jodi Graham 801-359-9670 x 105 |
Museum Interpretation Grants
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Aid Utah's small museums (with annual operating budget of $200,000 and under) in telling the stories of their collections and communities | $2,000 Maximum |
Rolling Deadline | Proposal must be submitted 6-8 weeks prior to project start date | Megan van Frank 801-359-9670 x110 |
Oral History Grants
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Support for oral history research, transcription, and recording | $2,000 Maximum |
Rolling Deadline | Proposal must be submitted 6-8 weeks prior to project start date | Jodi Graham 801-359-9670 x 105 |
Quick Grants
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Support direct program costs of smaller projects, with a simplified and expedited process |
$1,500 Maximum |
Rolling Deadline | Proposal must be submitted 6-8 weeks prior to project/activities start date.
|
Jodi Graham |
Research Fellowships |
Albert J. Colton Fellowship: Supports a research project on a topic of national or international significance Delmont R. Oswald Fellowship: Supports a research project in Utah studies | $3,500 Stipend |
Required First Draft Deadline: February 1 Required Final Application Deadlines: March 1 |
Proposed project/activities must begin on or after May 1 | Cynthia Buckingham 801-359-9670 x 101 |
Student Research Fellowships
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Graduate and Undergraduate Student Fellowship: Supports direct costs for student research in the humanities that is not routine requirements for a course or degree program | $2,000 Stipend |
Required First Draft Deadlines: February 1 Required Final Application Deadline: March 1 |
Proposed project/activities must begin on or after May 1 | Cynthia Buckingham 801-359-9670 x 101 |
