The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced the winners of its latest round of grants.

Several philosophy faculty are among them.

The philosophers and their projects include:

Ashley Atkins (Western Michigan University)
A Philosophical Exploration of Grief Through the Lens of Contemporary Memoir
Research and writing leading to a book about the philosophical insights found in memoirs that explore the personal experience of grief. ($60,000 / Fellowships)

Katalin Balog (Rutgers University)
What is Left of the Mind
Research and writing leading to a book on why philosophy still needs the concept of consciousness against claims to the contrary. ($60,000 / Fellowships)

Shane Duarte (University of Notre Dame)
Francisco Suárez’s Natural Theology: An Edition & Translation of Metaphysical Disputation
Research, editing, and writing leading to a translation of Spanish philosopher and theologian, Francisco Suárez’s (1548–1617) Metaphysical Disputations 30 on arguments for God’s existence from natural reason. ($60,000 / Fellowships)

Colin Koopman (University of Oregon)
Data Equals: Pragmatist Pursuits of Equality in Technology 
Research and writing leading to a book on how current technological structures that collect data create inequalities of political and social outcomes. ($60,000 / Fellowships)

Stephen Ogden (University of Notre Dame)
Avicenna on Intellect    
Research and writing leading to a book on human intellect and the concept of the Active Intellect in the writing of Muslim philosopher Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā, 980–1037). ($60,000 / Fellowships)

Daniel Sutherland (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Immanuel Kant on Human Experience and Its Mathematical Character
Research and writing leading to a book about German philosopher Immanuel Kant’s philosophy of mathematics as grounded in ordinary human experience. ($60,000 / Awards for Faculty)

Kathryn Tabb (Bard College)
Irrationality in the Philosophy of John Locke 
Research and writing leading to a book on how John Locke’s (1634-1704) training as a medical doctor influenced his philosophy and political thought. ($40,000 / Fellowships)

The NEH awarded a total of $33.8 million in grants to 260 projects. Philosopher’s received $400,000 in grants for 7 projects, which is roughly 1% of of the awarded funds and 2.7% of the funded projects.

The full list of awardees can be found here.