Just got word that a "$500,000 NEH Challenge Grant for the construction of a new #Humanities Center and humanities hub in Bachelor Hall was terminated last night by #NEH Acting Chairman Michael McDonald" here at Miami University. It's not just the sciences being decimated by this administration. 🤬
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That is horrible. So much rests on a grant that size, including attracting all the other funding.
They need to fight this.
Higher Ed will come out of this period changed, even with the best possible scenario outcomes.
I'm just commiserating.
I was awarded an NEH grant once. Super hard to get. It took 2 tries and I changed the level ($ amount) at the last minute, and got, uh, mediocre advice, so asked for less than we could have. Nerve-wracking process.
This will have cascading FX.
Small $ vs. what STEM gets. $67K. But, there were only 7 other grants awarded in that category.
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