An Initiative Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities

On Constitution Day 2002, President George W. Bush announced We The People, a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) initiative to explore significant events and themes in our nation's history, and to share these lessons with all Americans.

NEH has approved two major grants to the Utah Humanities Council for WTP programs in Utah:

• Oral and Community History Grants— Organizations may apply for funds to conduct an oral history project or write the history of a Utah community.  There is no deadline for funding requests up to the maximum of $2,000 and awards are made on a rolling basis.

• UHC's Public Square —Presentations on American and Utah History are partially funded using We The People funds.

• Other Grant Programs—Occasionally, We The People funds are used to fund significant Quick Grant and Competitive Grant projects in American History.

• Utah Humanities Book Festival—Each year, the Utah Humanities Book Festival features an American historian with a recent book as a keynote speaker.

• Utah History Fair—UHC also provides annual financial support to the Utah History Fair, administered by the Mountain West Center for Regional Studies at Utah State University.

• Beehive Archive—Tune in to KCPW radio (88.3 FM and 105.3 FM) Friday mornings between 8:30 and 8:45 am and Utah Public Radio (91.5 and 89.5 in Cache Valley and at other frequencies around the state) Friday mornings at 9:30 am and Monday mornings at 7:30 and 8:30 am for the Beehive Archive, a two-minute look at some of the most pivotal—and peculiar—events in Utah history.

For more information on the National Endowment for the Humanities We The People initiative, click here.