Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given that the National Council on the Humanities will meet to advise the Chairman of the National Endowment for...
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
National Endowment for the Humanities
AGENCY:
National Endowment for the Humanities; National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION:
Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY:
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given that the National Council on the Humanities will meet to advise the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) with respect to policies, programs and procedures for carrying out his functions; to review applications for financial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 and make recommendations thereon to the Chairman; and to consider gifts offered to NEH and make recommendations thereon to the Chairman.
DATES:
The meeting will be held on Thursday, November 19, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. ET until adjourned.
ADDRESSES:
The meeting will be held by videoconference originating at Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20506.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Voyatzis, Committee Management Officer, 400 7th Street SW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20506; (202) 606-8322;
evoyatzis@neh.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The National Council on the Humanities is meeting pursuant to the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 951-960, as amended). The National Council on the Humanities will convene by videoconference on November 19, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. ET until adjourned, to discuss specific grant applications and programs before the Council. The agenda for the meeting will be as follows:
I. Call to Order
II. Quorum and Minutes of Previous Meeting
III. Reports
a. Chairman's Remarks
b. Budget Report
c. Special Assistant to the Chairman Remarks
d. Deputy Director for Special Projects Remarks
e. Actions on Requests for Chairman's Grants and Supplemental Funding
f. Actions on Previously Considered Applications
IV. Division of Collections and Infrastructure
V. Division of Federal/State Partnership
VI. Division of Lifelong Learning
VII. Division of Research
This meeting of the National Council on the Humanities will be closed to the public pursuant to sections 552b(c)(4), 552b(c)(6), and 552b(c)(9)(B) of Title 5 U.S.C., as amended, because it will include review of personal and/or proprietary financial and commercial information given in confidence to the agency by grant applicants, and discussion of certain information, the premature disclosure of which could significantly frustrate implementation of proposed agency action. I have made this determination pursuant to the authority granted to me by the Chair's Delegation of Authority to Close Advisory Committee Meetings dated April 15, 2016.
Dated: October 30, 2026.
Elizabeth Voyatzis,
Acting General Counsel, National Endowment for the Humanities.
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91 FR 69276
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“Meeting of National Council on the Humanities,” thefederalregister.org (November 3, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-22428/meeting-of-national-council-on-the-humanities.
20 U.S.C. 951-960