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NEH Cancels $120K Grants; Judge Halts Cancellations

3/11/2026

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  • National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) canceled two grants totaling $120,000 during U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration.
  • The grants supported University of Florida professor Margaret Alice Galvan and San Jose State University professor Maite Urcaregui.
  • Galvan's project focused on LGBTQ+ cartoonists from the 1980s–1990s.
  • Urcaregui's work examined race and citizenship in graphic literature.
  • A federal judge paused cancellations over First Amendment concerns, and NEH had previously terminated over 1,200 grants.