National Endowment for the Humanities

American  

noun

U.S. Government.

1. an independent agency that stimulates the growth and development of the humanities in the U.S. by awarding grants to individuals and organizations.

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Example Sentences

Take the National Endowment for the Humanities, which canceled over $10.2 million in humanities and arts funding to already-awarded projects in California.

From Los Angeles Times

District Judge Rita F. Lin of the Northern District of California added UCLA’s major National Institutes of Health grants to an ongoing class-action lawsuit that had already led to the reversal of tens of millions of dollars in grants from the National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, National Endowment for the Humanities and other federal agencies to UC campuses.

From Los Angeles Times

Lin, a judge in the Northern District of California, said she was prepared to add UCLA’s National Institutes of Health grant recipients to an ongoing class-action lawsuit that has already led to the reversal of tens of millions of dollars in grants from the National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, National Endowment for the Humanities and other federal agencies to UC campuses.

From Los Angeles Times

There were millions of dollars in grants from the EPA and National Endowment for the Humanities.

From Los Angeles Times

A request to the National Endowment for the Humanities was not returned.

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