The West Virginia Humanities Council is offering grants ranging from $1,500 or less up to $20,000.
The council is especially interested in projects that address civic engagement and civics education, it said in a news release.
The deadline is Feb. 1. The categories are major grants, up to $20,000 awarded twice a year; fellowships of $3,000 awarded annually for scholarly research projects; and minigrants, $1,500 or less awarded four times a year.
Major grants are for public programs that may include lectures, school projects, symposia, panel discussions and other events.
Eligible fellowship projects include history, theory and criticism of the arts; ethics; history; and other topics.
Minigrants support small projects, single events, lectures, small museum exhibits and other work. Minigrant deadlines are Feb. 1, April 1, June 1 and Oct. 1.
More information is available at www.wvhumanities.org.