| ALL PROJECTS MUST:
1) Be sponsored by a nonprofit organization, such as a museum,
library, school, college, historical society, church, community
service group, governmental agency or an ad hoc group formed to
carry out a specific project. Out-of-state organizations with projects
of special interest to Maine people are usually required to have
a Maine sponsor.
2) Have an interpretive focus, by drawing topics and themes
directly from one or more disciplines of the humanities, and doing
something to help the audience put the topic into context.
For example,
A performance of multicultural music is an arts project.
It becomes a humanities project if something is done to help the
audience understand the history or the cultural significance of
the music. This could be accomplished through narration between
program items, or a pre-concert lecture by a humanities scholar.
The goal is to give the audience a chance to understand the art
and its context.
3) Involve a humanities consultant/scholar in the research,
planning and implementation stages (except in the case of some special
grant programs).
4) Include a public program, or planning for a public program,
designed to engage either the general public or specifically targeted
audiences, such as professional, ethnic or community groups.
5) Provide balanced viewpoints to be consistent with the
Council's educational, non-partisan mission. All projects must evidence
a spirit of inquiry, a balance between critical and celebratory
perspectives, and provide, to the extent possible, a range of viewpoints
and informed opinions. This is especially true when projects treat
highly charged issues.
6) Provide a one-to-one match. The grant award must be matched
by either cash or in-kind support, or a combination of both, which
may come from a third-party or directly from the applicant. In other
words, 50% of the total project costs must come from sources other
than the Council award. In-kind contributions may include time and
materials, office space and equipment, travel, donated services
and other non-cash donations.
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