Aug 31, 2011: National Humanities Alliance to Hold 2012 Annual Meeting & Humanities Advocacy Day March 19-20 Save the date for this important event
 

Aug 31, 2011: Congress to Return from August Recess after Labor Day FY 2012 begins on October 1
 

Aug 31, 2011: IMLS Launches New Blog and Announces Changes to Website UpNext blog to provide space for libraries, museums, and partners to collaborate
 

Aug 31, 2011: Opportunities for Humanities Funding Announced Grant application guidelines opened in August
 

Aug 25, 2011: American Institute for Conservation Offers Emergency Assistance to Cultural Organizations 24-hour assistance number available for advice following a disaster
 

Aug 25, 2011: 2011-2012 Kluge Fellows Announced 12 post-doctoral fellows to begin 5-11 month residential fellowships
 

Aug 25, 2011: IMLS Announces New Deputy Director for Museum Programs Claudia French begins work at the agency
 

Aug 25, 2011: NEH and NSF Announce Documenting Endangered Languages Awards 10 Fellowships and 24 Institutional Grants awarded
 

Aug 1, 2011: Debate on NEH Funding/FY 2012 Interior Spending Bill Suspended Amendment to cut NEH still pending in the House
 

Aug 1, 2011: 105 Business Leaders send letter to Appropriators Regarding Title VI/Fulbright-Hays Funding Signers urge restoration of FY 2012 funding
 

Aug 1, 2011: Institute of International Education Announces New Fellowships for International Study with Mellon Foundation Funding Assistance follows elimination of funding for Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad