August 20, 2021

Oral History Interview Projects – Due October 4

Grants of up to $5,000 to Kentucky institutions, organizations, and individuals to help record local oral history interviews through cataloging or documentation. Qualified interviews should be related to a topic that the funding source considers to be a priority research topic. Grant funds are available to support the indexing or transcription of existing oral history interviews located in Kentucky repositories.

Funding Priorities – Although the Commission will consider transcription and/or indexing requests for interviews on any subject of significance to Kentucky, the following are designated priorities:

  • Print journalism
  • Women veterans
  • The COVID-19 pandemic
  • Food traditions and foodways
  • Women in government and politics
  • Summer of 2020 protests and other social movements
  • Mental Health and other healthcare concerns

Learn more here.