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Humanities Magazine

Organization of the NEH

National Endowment

for the Humanities

Division of Education Division of

Public Programs

Division of Research

Division of Preservation

& AccessOffice of

Challenge Grants

(Matching)

Federal/State Partnership

Office of Digital

Humanities

Special Initiatives

• Expand scholarly and public discussion of diverse countries, peoples, and cultural and intellectual traditions worldwide.

• Gain a deeper understanding of our own rich and varied cultural heritage, as well as the history and culture of other nations

• Investigate how Americans have approached and attempted to surmount cultural divides; examine the ideals of civility and civic discourse that have informed this quest.

How can I find NEH grant opportunities?

Division of Education Programs

Grants to strengthen teaching and learning in the humanities in schools and colleges across the nation

TITLE DEADLINE DIVISION/OFFICE

Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges

August 27, 2013

Division of Education Programs

Enduring Questions September 12, 2013

Division of Education Programs

Humanities Initiatives June 26, 2014

Division of Education Programs

Landmarks of American History and Culture: Workshops for School Teachers

March 4, 2014

Division of Education Programs

Summer Seminars and Institutes March 4, 2014

Division of Education Programs

Division of Education Programs grants

• Intensive two-to-five week programs that reach a national audience of college and university faculty or school teachers

• Collegial study of significant texts and topics in the humanities• Use the academic resources of libraries, museums, and cultural

sites

NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes

March 4, 2014:• Apply to attend a

summer 2014 project

• Apply to direct a summer 2015 project

Summer Seminars and Institutes

• Can be held in the US or abroad• Can require language proficiency• Areas of special emphasis:

• foreign language projects designed to strengthen instruction at the advanced level through the use of humanistic sources

• projects intended primarily for community-college faculty• projects that respond to NEH's Bridging Cultures initiative

http://www.neh.gov/divisions/education/summer-programs

Encountering Brazil through its Contemporary Urban Literature (Brazil)

Italy in the Age of the Risorgimento - New Perspectives (Italy)

India’s Past and the Making of the Present (India)

Examples of NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes

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• Deadline: June 2014

• Grant Amount: Up to $100,000

• Duration: 12 to 36 months

• Designed to improve humanities instruction

Humanities Initiatives at HSIs, TCUs, HBCUs

Some types of supported activities• Faculty development study series• Curriculum development• Summer bridge programs• Creation of curricular materials• Collaborations with other

institutions (museums, etc.)

Areas of emphasis• Humanities connections to

professional fields• Foreign languages• Bridging Cultures

Sample Grant: Creating a New Minor in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at CSU-Northridge

• Workshop with language experts and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies faculty/program directors from Southern California.

• Second workshop brings representatives from local Muslim and Middle Eastern organizations to campus to offer their perspectives.

• Faculty create new courses on topics such as Arabic, Sufism, and women in Islamic literature.

Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges RFP

• Grants of up to $120,000 to improve humanities education at community colleges

• Community colleges partner with other orgs.

• August 2014 deadline

 NEH THINKING THROUGH CULTURAL DIVERSITY SUMMER SYMPOSIUM

Thinking Through Cultural Diversity:  Bridging Cultural Differences in Asian Traditions Dates: July 12-20, 2012Location:  East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii  

NEH Challenge Grants• Support long-term or

permanent endeavors• May be invested in

endowments or spend-down funds

• Challenge grants are all matching funds

• Next deadline: May 2014

What can challenge grants be used for?

• Direct acquisitions of equipment, computer hardware and software, bibliographic collections

• Endowments for faculty and staff positions, fellowships, research funds, library acquisitions funds, computer upgrades and maintenance funds

• Development and fundraising costs• Renovation or construction

Digital Humanities • New methods of conducting humanities

research, conceptualizing relationships, presenting scholarship

• Focus on use of digital technologies to explore humanities subjects; impact of digital technologies on the humanities; digitization of important materials.

TITLE DEADLINE DIVISION/OFFICE

Digging Into Data Challenge May 15, 2013 Office of Digital Humanities

Digital Humanities Implementation Grants

February 19, 2014 Office of Digital Humanities

Digital Humanities Start-Up GrantsSeptember 12, 2013

Office of Digital Humanities

Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities

March 11, 2014 Office of Digital Humanities

The NEH Grant Review Process

Peer Review Panels:

Invited scholars and experts review applications and identify exemplary proposals

National Council for the Humanities:

Review and Recommend

Chairman:

Funding decisions based on recommendations of panelists, staff, and Council

Remember …

Outstanding humanities subjects, texts, scholars, and scholarship are at the center of all successful NEH grants