Abigail Adams Institute Awarded $2 Million Grant to Expand Humanities Education Programs
CAMBRIDGE, MA – January 15, 2026 — The Abigail Adams Institute is honored to announce that it has been awarded a $2 million grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the agency’s recent awarding of $75.1 million to 84 humanities projects nationwide. The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency that supports research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
The multi-year grant will fund three key initiatives expanding opportunities for students and scholars to engage deeply with the humanities and contribute to public life.
Under this award, the Abigail Adams Institute will significantly expand its undergraduate seminar series, fellowships, and faculty development programs focused especially on political philosophy, classical texts, and civic thought. Beginning July 2026, the funding will support:
Undergraduate seminars for students at Harvard University and other Boston-area campuses exploring key works in the Western intellectual tradition.
Student fellowships in the humanities, providing financial support for rigorous study, mentorship, and student-faculty relations.
Harvard faculty sabbatical fellowships encouraging pedagogical innovation in the Arts & Humanities division.
Founded to support free and open humanistic inquiry outside the classroom, the Abigail Adams Institute serves the Harvard Square intellectual community through fellowships, seminars, lectures, workshops, and publications that engage enduring questions and bring timeless texts into conversation with modern life.
Contact:
Maura Ronayne, Director of Marketing & Communications
maura@abigailadamsinstitute.org