Deadlines

Update 7/29/20: The Spring Project Grant round and the Summer Discussion Grant rounds are both cancelled. Mass Humanities is offering operating support grants to organizations that primarily serve marginalized communities, engaging them with humanities programs. Learn more about 2020 Support Grants.

Project Grants (Three Grant Rounds Per Year)
	Inquiry Form (LOI) Deadline	Draft Deadline	Application Deadline	Approximate Notification	Earliest Funded Event Date
Fall Round	September 9, 2019	September 30, 2019	October 28, 2019	December 16, 2019	Mid-January 2020
Winter Round	December 16, 2019	January 13, 2020	February 3, 2020	March 16, 2020	Mid-April 2020
Spring Round	cancelled

Discussion Grants (Two Rounds Per Year) Note: Discussion Grant Rounds no longer include Reading Frederick Douglass Together grants.
	Inquiry Form (LOI) Deadline	Application Deadline	Approximate Notification	Earliest Funded Event Date
Winter Round	November 6, 2019	December 4, 2019	January 8, 2020	Early February 2020
Summer Round	cancelled

Monthly Grants (Monthly, except November & December) Local History Grants (Research Inventory and Scholar in Residence) Reading Frederick Douglass Together (APRIL 1 DEADLINE CANCELLED, APPLY FOR MAY & JUNE)
	Application Deadline	Approximate Notification	Earliest Program Start Date
October	October 1, 2019	October 31, 2019	End of November 2019
January	January 1, 2020	January 31, 2020	End of February 2020
February	February 1, 2020	February 28, 2020	End of March 2020
March	March 1, 2020	March 31, 2020	End of April 2020
April	April 1, 2020	April 30, 2020	End of May 2020
May	May 1, 2020	May 31, 2020	End of June 2020
June	June 1, 2020*	June 30, 2020*	End of July 2020
*Note that Reading Frederick Douglass applicants who submit on June 1 will be notified by June 8 and can host their event on July 4, 2020, or thereafter.

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