Incubation Grants

Incubation Grants encourage you to set out a bold vision, explore new ideas, and see where the process takes you.

It might help you forge a new partnership or deepen an existing one, research a new topic or widen perspective on a current topic, talk to community stakeholders, or learn more about your audience. You might be planning a new program or taking a fresh approach to an existing one.

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Incubation Grants

Incubation Grants support the planning and development of public humanities programs for audiences in New Jersey.

  • Awards between $3,000-$15,000
  • Project period: Up to 12 months
ROUND 1 (Projects beginning January-March 2025)

LOI Period for Grant Applicants
September 1 - October 3
Grant Application Draft Review Deadline
October 4
Grant Application Deadline
October 15

Grant Award Notifications
January 10, 2025

Questions?
Email us at grants@njhumanities.org

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Preserve Shady Rest

Scotch Plains, (Incubation / $15,000)

To support the development of an inclusive master plan for the historic interpretation and public experience of Shady Rest Golf & Country Club (1921), a National Historic Landmark. Read more

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RCSG Support Group welcome guests, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and US Congressman Donald Payne.

Returning Citizens Support Group Inc.

Newark, (Action / $15,000)
Incarceration is a phenomenon that touches on so many aspects of what it means to be human, yet few ever grapple with the questions and themes that surround it. Read more

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