| Cumberland College | Faculty/Curricular Renewal | 06/05/86 | $100,000 | Williamsburg, KY, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Humanities Center | Summer Institutes | 06/05/86 | $240,000 | Research Triangle Park, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Association of Research Libraries | National Register of Microform Masters | 06/05/86 | $290,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Core Curriculum | 06/05/86 | $450,000 | Pittsburgh, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Rochester | Fresh Combinations | 06/05/86 | $675,000 | Rochester, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Northeast Document Conservation Center, Inc. | Preservation Microfilming | 06/05/86 | $32,000 | Andover, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Duke University | Fresh Combinations | 06/05/86 | $650,000 | Durham, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Education Commission of the States | At Risk Youth | 06/05/86 | $315,000 | Denver, CO, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Center for Hellenic Studies | 06/05/86 | $245,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Social Science Research Council | Joint SSRC/ACLS - Latin American Studies Committee | 06/05/86 | $600,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Wisconsin at Madison | Immigration History Atlas | 06/05/86 | $35,000 | Madison, WI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Johns Hopkins University | Library Preservation Training & Services | 06/05/86 | $204,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Chinese Studies | 06/05/86 | $825,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Brandeis University | Fresh Combinations | 06/05/86 | $675,000 | Waltham, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Five Colleges, Incorporated | Foreign Language Resource Center | 06/05/86 | $425,000 | Amherst, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| National Humanities Center | Fellowship Program | 06/05/86 | $425,000 | Research Triangle Park, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York Public Library | Cataloguing Project | 06/05/86 | $1,500,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| New York University | Fresh Combinations | 06/05/86 | $700,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Association for State and Local History | Local Gov't Records | 03/27/86 | $92,000 | Nashville, TN, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council on Education | Minority Recruitment | 03/27/86 | $105,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cornell University | Asian Studies | 03/27/86 | $750,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| DePaul University | High School Project | 03/27/86 | $150,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| St. Olaf College | Fresh Combinations | 03/27/86 | $250,000 | Northfield, MN, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | National Writing Project | 03/27/86 | $350,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Wisconsin at Madison | Dictionary of American Regional English | 03/27/86 | $600,000 | Madison, WI, United States | Higher Learning |
