Andrew W Mellon Foundation
Overview
Core Programmes
Higher Learning
The Foundation's grants to research universities and institutes for advanced study seek to help institutions train the next generation of faculty in the humanities, strengthen humanities research, and renew and broaden disciplines, research areas, and curricula. Although some grants support projects that are specific to individual institutions, many are ranged within broader initiatives that encourage participating universities to exchange information about research outcomes and institutional practices. Through its grantmaking, the program aims to strengthen the entire system of higher education in the humanities, and enable lesser-resourced institutions to participate fully in it. For more information click here
Public Knowledge
The Public Knowledge program supports the development of digital reference resources, editions, journals, and book-length works. The program does not provide subventions for individual publications. Rather, it makes grants that build capacities of not-for-profit academic presses and other organizations that act as publishers to produce high-quality, broadly accessible, digital products. For more information click here
Arts and Culture
The Foundation extends the reach of its grantmaking through grants to service organizations that make grants in turn to a wide variety of smaller arts organizations. The Foundation funds regranting programs in the areas of; Creation and Production, Travel and Cultural Exchange, Professional Development and other funding opportunities. For more information click here
Humanities in Place
Humanities in Place supports a fuller, more complex telling of American histories and lived experiences by deepening the range of how and where our stories are told and by bringing a wider variety of voices into the public dialogue. For more information click here
Recent Grants
A grants database can be found here