What We Fund
We support innovative, humanities-based projects that connect Arkansans to the past, to one another, to the community, and to all areas of the humanities we share across our state.
Eligible projects include, but are not limited to:
- Public programs (in-person or virtual)
- Lecture series and discussions (in-person or virtual)
- Exhibits (in-person or virtual)
- Publications (must be peer-reviewed and must be published by traditional means through a contract, providing
- editing, publishing, and distributing of the author’s book)
- Podcasts
- Film documentaries
- Historical signage or markers
- Historical research
What We Don’t Fund
Ineligible projects include:
- Social, religious, or political action programs that advocate a specific point of view
- Projects primarily intended to promote an organization or its programs
- Fundraising for a particular organization or cause
- Construction, preservation, or renovation of buildings, bridges, or roads
- International travel or to attend professional meetings
- Creative or performing arts, unless interpretation by humanities scholars is central
- Entertainment, including receptions at public or private events
- Murals
- Scholarly conference that does not have a strong public outreach component
- College and university courses, courses to fulfill an undergraduate, master’s, or doctorate program
- STEM projects
- Gifts, t-shirts, cash prizes, or awards to anyone
- Meals for applicant’s staff, guests, presenters, schools, or general public
- Ingredients for meals or food demonstrations
- Rent for event spaces owned or operated by the applicant organization
- Salaries, honoraria, and/or fringe benefits for staff of federal or state agencies
- Grants awarded to individuals
- Grant writer fees and salaries
- Fiscal agent grants administration fee or salary
- Restoration or conservation work
- Fellowships or scholarships
- Foreign, non-economy, or extensive airline travel
- For profit activities or events