Grants for World War II History
- Research grants support scholarly research projects, including World War II topics. The Richter Scholars Program is available to scholars in 11 different universities across the nation. This represents just one example of how an undergraduate or graduate history major can win grant funding for an independent research project to be supervised by her faculty mentor. In addition to detailing your proposed research project, you will need a faculty sponsor's support letter, a proposed research budget and your official transcripts to complete the application.
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has numerous grant funding projects which you may obtain from any of nine categories. For example, you can find grants in the Division of Education Programs, the Division of Preservation and Access or the Division of Public Programs. Any of these would include the history of World War II within their scope. All 11 categories offer numerous grant options -- some funding hundreds of thousands of dollars over a several-year time span.
- In 2010, the Teaching American History Grant program awarded 124 grants totaling $115.3 million to improve the way American history is taught. Some but not all aspects of this grant program address World War II. With a Teaching American History grant award, your community can provide teachers with study trips to historic sites and mentoring by professional historians who aim to enhance the teachers' understanding of and ability to teach American history. This intensive professional development aims to raise student achievement levels. The program typically funds up to $1 million per year for three consecutive years once approved.
- Organizations striving to preserve historic Japanese-American confinement sites which were used during World War II are eligible to apply for the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program. There are 10 War Relocation Authority internment camps covered by this grant program. According to Grants.gov, "Grant funds may be used for identifying, researching, evaluating, interpreting, protecting, restoring, repairing, and acquiring historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II."
