Assistance Listing 45.169
Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities
National Endowment for the Humanities
Assistance Listing 45.169, “Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities,” is a federal program administered by National Endowment for the Humanities. It provides grant assistance. GrantsJunction currently tracks 0 open, 0 forecasted and 43 closed opportunities under this listing. The agency reported $2.61M in obligations for fiscal year 2025.
Program objective
The Office of Digital Humanities supports innovative humanities projects that utilize or study the impact of digital technology. The Digital Humanities Advancement Grants program (DHAG) supports innovative, experimental, and/or computationally challenging digital projects, leading to work that can scale to enhance scholarly research, teaching, and public programming in the humanities. The Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities (IATDH) program supports national or regional (multistate) training programs for scholars, humanities professionals, and advanced graduate students. The Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities (DOT) program supports humanistic research that examines the relationship between technology and society. The Fellowships Open Book Program makes humanities books digitally available to a wide audience.
As published in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing.
Current opportunities under 45.169
No open or forecasted opportunities are currently posted under this listing. Programs often post notices on an annual cycle — see recently closed opportunities below for timing.
Eligible applicants (program level)
- U.S. Territory (or Possession) Government (including freely-associated states)
- U.S. State Government (including the District of Columbia)
- Federally Recognized Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government
- Municipality or Township government (inclusive of cities, towns, boroughs (except in Alaska), and villages)
- County Government (inclusive of boroughs in Alaska, parishes and other governmental entities with geographic regional control and authority)
- Other Local Government Consortium, Regional Organization (Intrastate), or Other Local Government Combination
- Not-for-Profit Organization
Eligible applicants include U.S. nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, public and 501(c)(3) accredited institutions of higher education, state and local governmental agencies, and federally recognized Native American Tribal governments.
Intended beneficiaries: Public nonprofit institution/organization and Private nonprofit institution/organization.
Program-level eligibility from SAM.gov. Each funding notice sets its own requirements.
Reported obligations by fiscal year
Historical data · not a predictionRange and average of financial assistance (from the listing): In FY 2021, awards ranged from $5,500 to $359,355 with an average award of $96,774.
Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 45.169. Hatched bars are agency estimates. These totals do not indicate approval rates.Recently closed under 45.169
| Opportunity | Status | Award range | Closes | ALN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital HumanitiesNational Endowment for the Humanities | Closed | $1 – $250K | Feb 13, 2025 | 45.169 |
Fellowships Open Book ProgramNational Endowment for the Humanities | Closed | $6.6K | Nov 13, 2024 | 45.169 |
Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the HumanitiesNational Endowment for the Humanities | Closed | $1 – $150K | Sep 12, 2024 | 45.169 |
Digital Humanities Advancement GrantsNational Endowment for the Humanities | Closed | $1 – $350K | Jun 13, 2024 | 45.169 |
Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital HumanitiesNational Endowment for the Humanities | Closed | $1 – $250K | Feb 15, 2024 | 45.169 |
Fellowships Open Book ProgramNational Endowment for the Humanities | Closed | $5.5K | Nov 15, 2023 | 45.169 |
Digital Humanities Advancement GrantsNational Endowment for the Humanities | Closed | $1 – $400K | Jun 15, 2023 | 45.169 |
Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the HumanitiesNational Endowment for the Humanities | Closed | $1 – $150K | Feb 2, 2023 | 45.169 |
Fellowships Open Book ProgramNational Endowment for the Humanities | Closed | $5.5K | Nov 15, 2022 | 45.169 |
Digital Humanities Advancement GrantsNational Endowment for the Humanities | Closed | $1 – $350K | Jun 24, 2022 | 45.169 |
Frequently asked questions
What is ALN 45.169?
45.169 is the Assistance Listing Number for “Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities.” Assistance Listing Numbers (formerly CFDA numbers) identify federal assistance programs; individual grant opportunities reference the listing they are funded under.
Who can apply under ALN 45.169?
The SAM.gov listing names these applicant types: U.S. Territory (or Possession) Government (including freely-associated states), U.S. State Government (including the District of Columbia), Federally Recognized Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government, Municipality or Township government (inclusive of cities, towns, boroughs (except in Alaska), and villages), County Government (inclusive of boroughs in Alaska, parishes and other governmental entities with geographic regional control and authority), Other Local Government Consortium, Regional Organization (Intrastate), or Other Local Government Combination and Not-for-Profit Organization. Each funding notice under the program sets its own eligibility, so check the specific opportunity.
How much funding does 45.169 provide?
The agency reported $2,614,548 in obligations for FY2025 in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing. These are program-wide totals reported by the agency, not a prediction of future awards.