COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM

COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM

The Northern Marianas Humanities Council supports innovative, community-based projects that align with a humanities discipline. We welcome proposals from a wide range of nonprofit, educational, private and governmental organizations, ad hoc committees, and individuals. The Community Grant Program encourages projects that cultivate thoughtful community engagement, build new audiences for the humanities, innovate new methods in the humanities, and advocate for the importance of the humanities in maintaining a robust democracy. The Council encourages projects to reach diverse audiences through a variety of methods – exhibitions and installations, discussion programs, oral history projects, and interpretive tours – that enable audiences to engage in critical reflection and preservation of human histories, cultures, values, and beliefs.

application deadlines:

March 15, 2024 and SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Planning Grant

Planning Grants are awards of up to $1,500 and are for planning and developing a project.  

Regular Grant

Regular grants are awards of up to $15,000, however, award amounts will be contingent on available funding and the number and quality of other applications being considered. 

Key Requirements

  • Must have a humanities discipline central to the project;
  • Must involve a humanities scholar in project planning, execution, and evaluation;
  • Must have a humanities discipline central to the project;
  • Whenever possible, they should be in a format that provides opportunities for active public public participation;
  • The applicant must provide at least one half of the total project cost. Detailed application instructions, application forms, and submission deadlines are set  forth in the Community Grants Guidelines and Application Package.

Humanities projects that are eligible for the 2024 Community Grant include, but are not limited to: lectures, seminars, conferences, workshops, film or book discussion series, panel discussions, interpretive exhibits, permanent and traveling fairs, festivals and tours, and media productions including publications, radio and television programming, and film and video. The Northern Marianas Humanities Council encourages applicants to design innovative program formats and programs that stimulate discussion between diverse groups. 

The humanities include but are not limited to the study of history, modern and classical language, literature, law, philosophy, comparative religion, ethics, and the history, criticism and theory of the arts. 

COMMUNITY GRANT TIMELINE

MARCH 15CYCLE I APPLICATION DEADLINE
JUNEPRE APPLICATION ORIENTATION SAIPAN
JUNE PRE APPLICATION ORIENTATION ROTA
JUNE PRE APPLICATION ORIENTATION TINIAN
JULY PROJECT DESIGN WORKSHOP SAIPAN
JULY PROJECT DESIGN WORKSHOP ROTA
JULY PROJECT DESIGN WORKSHOP TINIAN
SEPTEMBER 15APPLICATION DEADLINE
OCTOBERAPPLICATION REVIEW
OCTOBER APPLICATION REVIEW AND ACTION
NOV 1- NOV 15NOTICE OF AWARDS

PAST GRANTS AWARDED

NameStart DateEnd DateAmount from CouncilAmount of Grantee Cost ShareHumanities Scholar
Domestic Violence & CNMI Culture05-01-21ongoing$1,824.00$2,068.00Catherine Perry
Legends of Rota07-24-21ongoing$6,900.00$18,888.00Crispin Ogo
Inafa’Maolek Manhoben Marianas05-01-2108-31-21$19,142.00$56,794.00Eva Aguon Cruz
Exploring Latte in the Marianas: Alamagan04-01-21ongoing$8,724.45$17,261.00Dr. Ignacia Demapan
Perpetuating Refaluwasch (Carolinian) Beading Custom11-02-21ongoing$12,126.12$12,121.12Cinta Kaipat
Adibina Adibina11-01-20ongoing$5,000.00$22,000.00Ray Barcinas
Memoirs Pasifika11-01-20ongoing$20,000.00$36,200.00Anne Perez Hattori, PhD
The Origins and Evolution of Racism in America09-01-2101-31-21$10,775.00$15,875.00Ambrose M. Bennett
Early Resettlement of the Marianas07-30-2011-30-20$6,100.00$6,350.00Father Francis X. Hezel
500 Sails Canoe Building Instructional Videos08-01-20ongoing$13,247.00$13,270.00Peter Perez
Documentary of the Ada Gym05-01-2002-28-21$4,350.00$7,850.00Shayne Villanueva
Na’lala i Taotao Tano!06-01-20ongoing$3,246.00$9,380.00Andrew Gumataotao
Multicultural Music Mini Unit05-01-2011-01-20$3,926.41$7,072.41Melanie Hangca
Young Author’s Book Publishing02-01-2012-30-20$6,600.00$6,600.00Diann Torres
Ketungu Chamorro Season 201-30-2004-18-20$5,775.00$15,400.00Jennie Magofna
Sacrificing Sovereignty for Citizenship01-01-2009-05-22$3,130.00$3,542.42Anita Hofschneider
Rekindling Marianas Narratives: Write Your Novel10-01-1912-31-19$175.00$175.00Jane Mack
Sharing the KPV Collection with the Northern Mariana Islands05-04-1912-01-19$12,288.00$21,770.00Kit Porter Van Meter
Journalism to Empower Communities05-24-1905-31-19$850.00$2,310.00Thomas Manglona
Tip of the Spear05-04-1906-30-20$2,104.00$3,850.00Cinta Kaipat
Let’s Learn Refaluwasch09-28-1812-29-18$5,775.05$15,400.00Gloria Rasiang
Tinian and the Turning Point10-13-1811-15-21$9,460.00$10,000.00Don Farrell
Preserverence and Grit: The Contributions of Agnes Manglona McPhetres to Education in Micronesia08-01-1812-01-18$2,869.00$5,100.00Ivan Probst
Chief Judge Gustavo Gelpi on US Constitutional Rights in the Territories of the CNMI05-07-1807-07-18$1,555.00$1,800.00Chief Judge Gustavo Gelpi
Exploring the Indigenous Experience in Saipan during World War II05-04-1812-31-18$6,641.00$9,085.00Dr. Jennifer McKinnon
Latte in the Marianas07-30-1807-30-19$9,470.00$96,750.00Multiple
500 Sails – Training the Trainers of Traditional Sailing01-25-1801-24-19$11,942.00$10,305.00Cecilio Raiukiulipiy
E-Publishing Doctora Thesis + New Media Workshop01-25-1801-24-19$14,423.00$36,900.00Dr. Sylvia Frain
Rota: Conversations across Generations08-01-1711-01-18$17,056.00$22,055.00Lynn Michael
Ketungu Chamorro07-20-1712-20-17$5,775.00$15,400.00Ana A. Lizama
A Community of Believers: Specialties of Healers and Testimonials of Patients05-01-1705-01-18$17,790.00$18,000.00Dr. Trisha Lizama
Rota: Conversations across Generations08-01-201711-01-18$17,056.00$22,755.00Lynne Michael
Five Pillars (Utt) of the Carolinian Community12-23-1608-01-18$1,200.00$16,820.00n/a
Rota Conversations across Generations12-23-1603-15-17$420.00$920.00Lynne Michael
Before We Began Counting Years08-20-1604-01-18$11,000.00$28,600Multiple
500 Sails – Restoring Indigenous Maritime Traditions in Saipan08-11-1607-31-17$12,000.00211,040Pete Perez
The Hayi Hit, Ghiisch Iyo Project08-10-1610-15-16$1,100.001,142Multiple
Documenting the Saipan Beach Pathway05-18-1602-18-17$10,415.00$20,830Evelyn J. Tenorio
CNMI ABC (Anti-Bullying Comic)05-18-1605-17-17$1,500.00$1,500.00Merced A. Ada
Where is the Village Blacksmith?05-18-1605-17-17$8,500.00$7,000.00Dr. Michael Bavacqua
Ta Ketungo Chamorro11-16-1504-16-16900.00900.00Jenny P. Megofna
A History of Coca Cola in the NMI11-01-1503-15-16$1,900.00$1,950.00Samuel F. McPhetres
Preservation of KPV Mariana Islands Collection11-16-1505-27-16$11,800.00$30,197.00Kit Porter Van Meter
What do you think Wednesday09-01-1511-30-15$3,000.00$3,000.00Jose Limes
Researching and visually documenting the community’s response to the Military buildup09-01-1502-29-16$1,500.00$1,800.00Dr. Michael Bevacqua
Illuminating the Essentials for Bridging the Island Global Divide12-01-1401-15-15$11,328.00$16,802.00Dr. Laura T. Souder
Examining the History and Role of the Suruhanu12-01-1406-01-16$12,500.00$30,650.00Dr. Tricia Lizama
I Sunidon CNMI: The Sound of the CNMI08-16-1404-15-16$7,724.00$14,246.00Dr. Michael R. Clement Jr.
The Peace Corps Goes to Paradise08-16-1402-15-15$500.00$1,000.00Brooke Nevitt
The Archaeology of WWII Karst Defenses08-16-1412-31-16$5,659.00$13,096.00Julie Mushynsky
33rd PIBBA Conference05-16-1408-26-14$2,000.00$22,100.00Multiple
Kiosku Presentations05-20-1308-31-13$1,500.00$5,000.00Multiple
Pagan Island Website05-01-1304-30-14$280.00$955.00Jessica Jordan
Micronesian Youth Services Network04-13-1304-22-13$2,400.00$13,600.00Melvin Borja
McPhetres’  History Collection02-11-1307-31-13$6,950.00$10,080.00Jessica Jordan
Slings and Slingstones Lecture08-27-1210-31-12$600.00$4,273.00Robert York
Saipan Southern HS Pacific Collection12-01-1108-31-13$2,000.00$2,156.00Florence Calvo
Sports Legends of Micronesia10-19-1110-18-13$5,000.00$11,373.00Dr. Kurt Barnes

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