Grants

 




 


A Modest Proposal: How Real People Get Grant Proposals Funded
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Grants Awarded

2009 Grant Awards
2008 Grant Awards
2007 Grant Awards
2006 Grant Awards
2005 Grant Awards
2004 Grant Awards

 

 

 

The necessary forms for submitting a grant proposal can be found here. 

IMPORTANT: You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open and use most of the grant forms. The FREE Acrobat Reader for Windows or Macintosh is available here. If you would like to be able to save the form to work on later, you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader 8 or later.

— To read in the browser, click on the form below that you want to open.
— To save to your hard drive, right-click on the form you want to save (Windows) or Option-click(Mac) and choose Save.

The forms may be filled out in Acrobat Reader, then printed and mailed to the West Virginia Humanities Council. In order to save the forms with your information filled in you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader version 8 or later. After saving you may go back into your form and make changes or save for future reference.

Applications and Guidelines

Applicants should allow ten weeks between the grant deadline and the start of the project.


General Guidelines
For all categories, including MAJOR and MINI grants

Major Grant application

Mini Grant application

Fellowship application

Media Grant application
**For media grant applications priority will be given to West Virginia organizations and West Virginia related topics

Teacher Institute application

Publication Grant application
**Publication Grant applicants please note: The goal of the Council is to increase the quality and quantity of books published on West Virginia topics in the humanities. Book prices should reflect greater affordability due to Council subsidy. The manuscript must be complete as only the production is eligible. The project schedule is limited to one year. Only established nonprofit presses and recognized academic presses are eligible.

Travel Assistance Program Grants

The West Virginia Humanities Council Travel Assistance Program category is open to individuals associated with West Virginia museums, historical societies, institutions of higher and secondary education, and other nonprofit groups. Grant awards will fund conference registration fees, transportation, lodging, and food at professional meetings and conferences.

Travel Assistance Program application

Travel Assistance Program final report

Forms and Other

Grant Project Report Forms

West Virginia Humanities Council logos

Audience Evaluation Form

Citizen Nomination for Program Committee Form

 

Contact the Grants Administrator


 

 

1310 Kanawha Boulevard, East
Charleston, WV 25301

Phone (304) 346-8500
Fax (304) 346-8504


Grant Deadlines

•Major Grants: September 1 and February 1
•Mini Grants: October 1, December 1, February 1, April 1, *June 1, and August 1
•Fellowships: February 1
•Media Grants: September 1
•Publication Grants: September 1
•Teacher Institutes: September 1

For more information on our grants program or to request an application, contact the Grants Administrator by phone at (304)346-8500 or via
e-mail.