Arizona Humanities is inviting applicants for its Hands on Humanities Awards.
Donor Name: Arizona Humanities
State: Arizona
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Awards and Prizes
Deadline: 04/05/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Every year Arizona Humanities honors and celebrates outstanding contributions to the humanities in state. Since the inaugural awards in 1990, Arizona Humanities has recognized individuals who have advanced the humanities in Arizona through their scholarship, leadership, support, and advocacy. They encourage you to nominate an individual or organization who is advancing the humanities in your community!
Funding Information
$2,000 cash award.
Award Categories and Criteria
Humanities Public Scholar Award
This award recognizes a distinguished humanities scholar who enhances public understanding of the humanities, transforms lives, and strengthens communities through civil discourse and community engagement. The award recognizes the dedication and contribution of former executive director Dan Shilling’s 19 years of service to Arizona Humanities.
Criteria
Letters of support should address how the nominee meets the following criteria:
- Sustained research (3-5 years), publications, creative activity, and humanities service in Arizona.
- Consistently serves as a humanities scholar, or public advocate for humanities.
- Actively and consistently engages the Arizona public in one or more humanities disciplines.
- Actively and consistently promotes opportunities for people to learn, experience, and explore diverse issues through public programs that foster civil discourse and community engagement.
Friend of the Humanities Award
This award recognizes a public individual who makes a lasting contribution to the cultural life of Arizona communities through active support of, and involvement in, promoting the humanities.
Criteria
Letters of support should address how the nominee meets the following criteria:
- Actively promotes understanding and appreciation of the humanities in the community through their work, volunteerism, or leadership at cultural, civic, educational, or other organizations.
- Exemplary outreach and/or advocacy supporting the humanities and access to the humanities.
- Significant contribution to the community by promoting civil discourse and/or community engagement.
Humanities Rising Star Award
The award recognizes the dedication and contribution of Juliana Yoder during her 21 years of service to Arizona Humanities.
Criteria
Letters of support should address how the nominee meets the following criteria:
Nominees must be 18-35 years of age.
- Actively promotes awareness and understanding of the humanities in the community through scholarship, creativity, leadership, or volunteerism, and actively advocates for others to support the humanities.
- Evidence of impact on diverse issues/communities.
- Actively and consistently promotes opportunities for people to learn, experience, and explore diverse issues through public programs and creative activities that foster civil discourse and community engagement.
K-12 Humanities Educator Award
This award recognizes an outstanding K-12 educator who engages students with the humanities through teaching in the classroom or leading humanities-based school programs.
Criteria
Letter(s) of support and/or example of teaching should address how the nominee meets the following criteria:
- Nominees must be a teacher, school librarian, or administrator at a K-12 school.
- Fosters an understanding of the humanities through innovative classroom teaching and/or implementing creative, humanities-based school programs.
- Encourages active student engagement
- Evidence of impact on students and school community
For more information, visit Arizona Humanities.
