• A detailed line-by-line explanation of the budget.
• A detailed outline of the format and schedule of events for each program in the project. Include names, dates, locations, topics, and presentation and discussion techniques.
• A brief biographical sketch of each humanities scholar. Each sketch should be limited to two paragraphs, emphasize the appropriateness of the scholar's qualifications to the proposed project, and indicate whether the scholar has agreed to serve in the manner described in the proposal.

• A detailed line-by-line explanation of the budget.
• One-paragraph biographical summaries of the humanities scholars and a description of the scholars’ roles in the project. The biographical summaries should explain how the scholars’ qualifications are relevant to the project, and should indicate whether the scholars have agreed to serve in the manner described in the proposal.

Purpose. Research projects involve individual or collaborative humanities research on topics in Arkansas prehistory, history, and culture. The results of research supported by the council must be of interest or of value to Arkansas audiences outside the academic community as well as within it. The proposal should indicate how the results of the research will be presented to appropriate audiences during or after the grant period. Research grant funds may not be used for book publication (see "Publications"). Be sure to explain how research materials will be preserved and made available to potential users.

The maximum grant for individual research is $2,000. There is no specified maximum for collaborative research projects, such as a countywide oral history project involving the members of a local historical society and directed by a scholar or team of scholars.

Applications for major grants for research projects are accepted at the February 15 and September 15 deadlines. The application includes the completed application form and a narrative containing the items listed below. Please submit the original and twenty-five copies of the entire application.  It is not necessary to copy pages 4 and 5 of the application form, but the original of page 5 must be included with the original of the application.

Attachments:

• A detailed line-by-line explanation of the budget.
• A detailed explanation of the rationale, plan, and timetable for conducting and presenting the research. The applicant should include a description of source materials to be investigated and the research methods to be employed.
• The resume (including bibliography) of each principal researcher. This resume should be pertinent to the project and may not exceed three pages. Brief biographical sketches of other humanities scholars involved should also be included. Each sketch should be limited to two paragraphs and should emphasize the appropriateness of the scholar's qualifications to the proposed project. You should indicate whether the scholars have agreed to participate in the manner described in the proposal.

Purpose. These subvention grants of up to $3,500 are intended to support publication of scholarly books on topics in Arkansas prehistory, history, and culture. The council expects that books supported through this category will be of interest to audiences outside the academic community as well as within it. Preference will be given to manuscripts selected by presses that make publication decisions based on refereed reviews.

Applications for major grants for publication projects are accepted at the February 15 and September 15 deadlines. The application includes the completed application form and a narrative containing the items listed below. Please submit the original and twenty-five copies of the entire application.   It is not necessary to copy pages 4 and 5 of the application form, but the original of page 5 must be included with the original of the application.  In addition, the applicant should submit one copy of the completed manuscript with the application.

Attachments:

• A detailed line-by-line explanation of the budget.
• A detailed explanation of how the manuscript was developed, including the nature and extent of the research that was involved. The applicant should also identify existing treatments of the subject matter and explain the need for the proposed publication.
• The author's or editor's resume (including bibliography). This resume should be pertinent to the project and may not exceed three pages. Brief biographical sketches of other humanities scholars involved should also be provided. Each sketch should be limited to two paragraphs and should emphasize the appropriateness of the person's qualifications to the proposed project.
• A summary of the plans for publication, including a timetable and a physical description of the proposed volume(s).
• A letter from the publisher indicating a commitment to publish the manuscript and outlining the plans for promotion and distribution.

Purpose. Media projects result in the development of humanities audiovisual resources, including film and video productions, exhibits, audio productions, slide-tape programs, and websites. Preference will be given to media projects that focus on Arkansas prehistory, history and culture. To be eligible, projects must involve collaboration between humanities scholars and experienced media specialists to produce high-quality resources based on texts or research in the humanities. During review of proposals, attention will be given to the appropriateness of proposed film or video productions for use in classrooms and community programs.

Applications for major grants of up to $5,000 for film and video preproduction, including development of scripts and production treatments, are accepted at the February 15 and September 15 deadlines. Applications for major grants of up to $25,000 for film and video production are accepted only at the September 15 deadline. Applications for major grants for other media projects are accepted at the February 15 and September 15 deadlines.

The application includes the completed application form and attachments listed below. Please submit the original and twenty-five copies of the entire application.   It is not necessary to copy pages 4 and 5 of the application form, but the original of page 5 must be included with the original of the application.

Attachments for Film and Video Preproduction Projects:

• A detailed line-by-line explanation of the budget.
• A detailed description of the proposed collaboration between media specialists and humanities scholars during preproduction.
• Brief biographical sketches of humanities scholars and key production personnel. Each sketch should be limited to two paragraphs and should emphasize the appropriateness of the person’s qualifications to the proposed project. You should indicate whether scholars and other personnel have agreed to participate in the manner described in the proposal.
• A description of tentative plans for production, including information about production facilities and equipment.

Attachments for Film and Video Production Projects:

• A detailed line-item budget for each phase of the project, including specific information on the kind, proposed use, size, and/or amount of each budgeted line item.
• A detailed schedule for each phase of the project. The four phases are preproduction, production, post-production, and distribution. Production grant applications may request funds for post-production and distribution.
• A detailed description of the equipment and facilities to be used in the project.
• An explanation of the plans for presenting the production (including live programs, cablecast, or broadcast) and making it available through rental, sale, or donation.
• Resumes of key production personnel and principal humanities scholars. Each resume should be pertinent to the project and may not exceed three pages. Brief biographical sketches of other humanities scholars and production personnel involved should also be provided. Each sketch should be limited to two paragraphs and should emphasize the appropriateness of the person’s qualifications to the proposed project.
• One copy of the complete script or production treatment, along with a detailed explanation of how scholars and the director(s) or scriptwriter(s) collaborated in the development of the script or production treatment.

In addition, the applicant for a film and video production grant is required to submit one copy of a work sample on one-half-inch VHS videotape that illustrates the capabilities of the production team. The applicant is advised to cue the tape to a representative five-minute segment. Please summarize the content of the work sample and indicate the name of the producer, when and where the full production was completed, the cost of the entire production, and the length of the full work.

Attachments for Other Media Projects:

• A detailed line-by-line explanation of the budget.
• A detailed plan for the development of the proposed media product, including an explanation of the involvement of humanities scholars in project activities.
• Brief biographical sketches of humanities scholars and key production personnel. Each sketch should be limited to two paragraphs and should emphasize the appropriateness of the person's qualifications to the proposed project.

Application Guidelines for Minigrant Categories

Purpose. The council believes in the value of good planning, and wants to assist groups that are collaborating with humanities scholars to develop humanities projects. Since there are sometimes expenses for planning, we offer minigrants of up to $1,000 for planning activities. A planning process supported by a council planning grant must result in a written plan.   After the planning is completed, a recipient of a planning minigrant is normally expected to submit an application for a major grant to conduct the proposed project.

Applications for minigrants for planning are due on the first day of any month, except December 1. The proposed project may not begin any earlier than the 15th of the month following the month in which the proposal is reviewed. For example, if a proposal is submitted at the January 1 deadline, no expenses to be paid with grant funds may be incurred before February 15. Applicants are advised to submit minigrant applications for planning at a deadline at least two months prior to scheduled activities.

Applications for planning minigrants must be submitted on the Arkansas Humanities Council minigrant application form. The application for a planning minigrant includes a completed minigrant application form and attachments as described in the application instructions below. Please submit the original and seven copies of the planning minigrant application.

Instructions for completing Planning minigrant applications:

• Proposed projects must meet all the criteria for eligibility and other requirements outlined in the "How to Apply for a Grant for a Humanities Project" section of this website. Section 11 on the minigrant application form should describe the general concept of the project to be planned; explain the objectives of the planning process, with emphasis on how planning will ensure the centrality of the humanities to the project; and outline proposed planning activities, with a timetable that includes plans for applying for a major grant.
• Attach a detailed line-by-line explanation of the budget.
• Attach one-paragraph biographical summaries of the humanities scholars involved in planning. The biographical summaries should explain how the scholars’ qualifications are relevant to the project and indicate whether they have agreed to participate in the manner described in the application.

Public program minigrants are intended to support activities that require a small amount of money and that involve time constraints that make it impossible for sponsoring organizations to apply for public program major grants.  Public program minigrants should involve interaction between humanities scholars and local or statewide audiences.  Formats for public program minigrant projects include lecture/discussion series, reading/discussion programs, workshops, film showings and discussions, or any other imaginative means of bringing together humanities scholars and specific audiences to examine and discuss ideas, texts, or objects from the perspectives of the humanities.

Instructions for completing Public Program minigrant applications:

• Proposed projects must meet all the criteria for eligibility and other requirements outlined in the "How to Apply for a Grant for a Humanities Project" section of this website. Section 11 on the minigrant application form should describe  how the project was planned, explain the humanities content and how humanities scholars will be involved, identify the audience to be served and explain how the audience will benefit , and describe publicity plans.  Section 12 should describe your plans for evaluating the project.
• Attach a detailed line-by-line explanation of the budget.
• Attach one-paragraph biographical summaries for each humanities scholar and a description of the scholar’s role in the project.  The biographical summary for each scholar should explain how the scholar’s qualifications are relevant to the project, and should indicate whether the scholar has agreed to serve in the manner described in the application.
  
  

The Arkansas Humanities Council invites applications for major grants of up to $10,000 to support local efforts to document African American cemeteries in Arkansas.  Local groups who have successfully completed documentation and preservation minigrant projects or who have developed detailed project plans, with the involvement of a humanities scholar, are eligible to apply for these grants.

A project must be a humanities based project involving one or all of the following:

• Historical documentation of a cemetery
• Archeological documentation of a cemetery
• Interpretation of a cemetery’s history
• Cemetery Preservation
  

Applications must be postmarked or delivered by January 29, 2010.  Projects should begin no earlier than March 15, 2010.  Grantees will be selected by the end of February 2010.

If you have questions, please call Program Officer, Lasuandra Williams, at 501-320-5761; write her at the Arkansas Humanities Council, 407 President Clinton Avenue, Suite 201, Little Rock, AR  72201; or email her at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  We strongly encourage prospective applicants to consult with our program staff before submitting applications.

This special initiative is supported by funds from the Arkansas Archeological Survey through an Arkansas General Assembly appropriation. The Arkansas Humanities Council is an Arkansas nonprofit corporation determined by the United States Internal Revenue Service to be a public charity under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

The Arkansas Humanities Council invites minigrant applications for up to $1000 from local organizations that are working to document and preserve African American cemeteries. Funds may be used to cover the costs associated with cemetery documentation and preservation. 

Grant applications are due the first day of any month except December, and must be submitted on the council’s minigrant application form.  The application must be prepared according to the requirements on pages 1-6 and 14-16 in the council’s publication Guidelines for Grant Applications (pages 7-13 and 17-18 do not apply) and on the application form itself, except as modified by the following special instructions:

1. Please state in the application that you are applying for a Cemetery Documentation and Preservation minigrant.
2. It is a requirement that your group be willing to submit information regarding the location and features of the cemetery you are documenting or preserving to the Arkansas Archeological Survey registry.
3. Complete the AHC grant funds requested” column in the budget summary on page 3 of the application form and attach an explanation of costs. 
4. Discuss ownership of the cemetery that will be documented or preserved as a part of your project?  Please provide proof of ownership and/or permission from the landowner to document and/or preserve the cemetery during the project period.
5. Attach a letter from your humanities scholar that acknowledges a review of your application and a willingness to serve as humanities scholar for your project.
   

If you have questions or would like application guidelines, please call Program Officer Lasuandra Williams at the Arkansas Humanities Council, 501-320-5761; write to her at the Arkansas Humanities Council, 407 President Clinton Avenue, Suite 201, Little Rock AR 72201; or email her at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We strongly encourage prospective applicants to consult with AHC program staff before submitting proposals.

This initiative is supported by funds from the Arkansas Archeological Survey through an Arkansas General Assembly appropriation.

Purpose:  Education minigrants are intended to support imaginative, content-based K-12 projects in social studies, English language arts, foreign languages, and English as a Second Language (content-based activities in ESL classes and in subject-area classes with concentrations of Limited-English-Proficiency students).  Education minigrant projects should have the following characteristics:

• Humanities subject-area content.
• A direct relationship to student learning.
• A clear instructional focus.
• A demonstrated relationship to the Arkansas Department of Education curriculum frameworks.
• Activities at building level or classroom level.
• New and unique to the school district.
  

The deadline for applications for education minigrants will be the first day of every month except December, depending on availability of funds.  We encourage you to check with the council before applying to be sure that grant funds are available.

If you have questions or would like application guidelines, please call Senior Program Officer Jama Best at the Arkansas Humanities Council, 501-320-5761; write to her at the Arkansas Humanities Council, 407 President Clinton Avenue, Suite 201, Little Rock AR 72201; or email her at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We strongly encourage prospective applicants to consult with AHC program staff before submitting proposals.

This initiative is supported by a generous grant from the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation.