Take Action: Share Your Message on the Hill in Support of Federal Funding for Our Discipline

Each year, there are two opportunities for MPSA members to meet with their elected officials to help underscore the importance of Federal funding to our discipline. To support participation, MPSA funds two grant programs for MPSA members to participate in the following events in Washington, D.C.

In 2024, both the National Humanities Alliance (NHA) Annual Meeting and Humanities Advocacy Day  and COSSA’s Social Science Advocacy Day were held in-person. Please check back later for more information on 2025 advocacy days and the available MPSA grants to support participation.

Consortium of Social Science Association (COSSA) Social Science Advocacy Day (March 24-25, 2025)

MPSA’s COSSA Social Science Advocacy Day Grant 

Please check back later for event information about the 2025 COSSA Advocacy Day. This event brings together COSSA members and other stakeholders for a day of discussion about federal policy impacting our science followed by the only annual, coordinated advocacy day in support of all of the social and behavioral sciences. Learn more about the event here. 

 

National Humanities Alliance (NHA) Annual Meeting and Humanities Advocacy Day (March 9-11, 2025)

MPSA’s NHA Annual Meeting and Humanities Advocacy Day Grant 

Please check back later for event information about the 2025 NHA Annual Meeting and Humanities Day. During the annual event participants receive detailed issues briefs and background material on the current status of federal humanities funding in preparation for Congressional Hill visits coordinated by the NHA staff. Each year in the spring, advocates travel to Capitol Hill as part of state delegations to urge Congress to increase funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and other key humanities programs. Learn more about the event here.