Funds from cancelled National Endowment for the Humanities grants will help realise one of the US president’s pet projects

State humanities councils and other grantees received notices from the NEH and Doge this week that their grants were being cancelled immediately

Shelly C. Lowe, the first Native American to lead the federal agency, was nominated by Joe Biden and held the role for just over three years

The US president dissolved the committee in an executive order reversing Joe Biden’s own executive order reviving it

Authors of a new report from the the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation and the National Endowment for the Humanities say climate change is the most significant threat in conservation

The agency's grants will support a range of arts and heritage initiatives, including major exhibition projects at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, National Building Museum and elsewhere

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded 208 grants for projects in most states, Washington, DC, Guam and Canada

Latest allocations include $32.8m from the National Endowment for the Humanities and $47.1m from New York’s Department of Cultural Affairs