Author: Oryx Press Staff

Publisher: Greenwood

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 756

ISBN-13: 9781573560320

For nearly two decades, the Oryx Press GRANTS Database has provided the most up-to-date and accurate information regarding funding for research and performance-related programs. The Directory of Grants in the Humanities is a specialized directory created from the database, focusing on funding programs in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. The only directory of its kind to include all 50 states' and several Canadian provinces' arts/humanities councils' programs, this comprehensive 11th edition contains updates on over 3,400 current funding programs and features 200 new grant programs. Also debuting are descriptions of recently awarded grants; a list of World Wide Web sites for sponsoring organizations; and an enhanced subject index with cross-references to aid searching by subject area. The vast scope of programs listed in the Directory of Grants in the Humanities 1997/98 fund cultural outreach programs, research, travel, internships, fellowships, dissertation support, performances, exhibitions, publishing awards, and performance prizes. Funding programs are provided for such humanities disciplines as literature, language, history, anthropology, architecture, philosophy, and psychology. Fine and performing arts programs include painting, dance, photography, sculpture, and music.