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NEH offers grants in the following categories:

  • Challenge Grants
  • Education Programs
  • Public Programs
  • Federal/State Partnership
  • Office of Digital Humanities
  • Preservation and Access
  • Research Programs
  • We the People
  • An alphabetical listing of grant programs and deadlines is also available.

    Guidelines: To obtain application materials, click on the name of the grant program.

    Forms: Links to the forms you will need to complete an application are noted at the beginning of each guideline. In order to download all of the necessary materials, you will need to have the free Adobe Reader installed.


    Challenge Grants

    Program

    Receipt Deadline
    Projects Beginning
    Challenge Grants ** May 1, 2008
    Digital Humanities
    Challenge Grants
    **
    May 1, 2008
    We the People Challenge Grants in United States History, Institutions and Culture February 5, 2008
    Rediscovering Afghanistan    

    ** - Effective May 2008, the Challenge Grants program, including Digital Humanities Challenge Grants, will have only one application deadline a year in May. We the People Challenge Grants, a separate program, will continue to have an annual application deadline in February.


    Office of Digital Humanities

    Program

    Receipt Deadline
    Projects Beginning
    Advancing Knowledge:
    The IMLS/NEH Digital Partnership
    March 18, 2008 October 2008
    DFG/NEH Bilateral Symposia and Workshops November 4, 2008 May 2009

    DFG/NEH Joint Digitization Projects October 15, 2008 July 2009

    Digital Humanities
    Challenge Grants
    **
    May 1, 2008
    Digital Humanities
    Start-Up Grants
    April 2, 2008

    October 8, 2008

    September 2008

    May 2009

    Digital Humanities Workshops
    (Requests for Proposals)
    January 17, 2008 July 2008

    Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities April 9, 2008 September 2008

    JISC/NEH Transatlantic Digitization Collaboration Grants November 29, 2007 April 2008
    NEH/DOE Humanities
    High Performance Computing Program
    July 15, 2008 January 2009

    ** - Effective May 2008, the Challenge Grants program, including Digital Humanities Challenge Grants, will have only one application deadline a year in May. We the People Challenge Grants, a separate program, will continue to have an annual application deadline in February.


    Education Programs

    Program

    Receipt Deadline
    Projects Beginning
    Digital Humanities Workshops
    (Requests for Proposals)
    January 17, 2008 July 2008

    Enduring Questions:
    Pilot Course Grants
    November 13, 2008 July 2009
    Humanities Initiatives for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Colleges and Universities January 15, 2009 July 2009
    Humanities Initiatives for Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities January 15, 2009 July 2009
    Humanities Initiatives for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and Universities January 15, 2009 July 2009
    Landmarks of American History and Culture: Workshops for Community College Faculty March 17, 2008 Summer 2009
    Landmarks of American History and Culture: Workshops for School Teachers March 17, 2008 Summer 2009
    Picturing America School Collaboration Projects October 1, 2008 April 2009
    Summer Seminars and Institutes March 3, 2008 Summer 2009
    Rediscovering Afghanistan    
    Teaching Development Fellowships October 1, 2008 June 2009


    Preservation and Access

    Program

    Receipt Deadline
    Projects Beginning
    Advancing Knowledge:
    The IMLS/NEH Digital Partnership
    March 18, 2008 October 2008
    Documenting Endangered Languages September 15, 2008 May 2009
    JISC/NEH Transatlantic Digitization Collaboration Grants November 29, 2007 April 2008
    National Digital Newspaper Program: Request for Proposals November 4, 2008 July 2009
    Preservation and Access Education and Training Grants July 1, 2008 January 2009
    Preservation and Access Grants for Stabilizing Humanities Collections ***
    Preservation and Access: Humanities Collections and Resources July 31, 2008 May 2009
    Preservation and Access Research and Development Projects Grants *
    Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions May 15, 2008 January 2009
    Rediscovering Afghanistan    
    Save America's Treasures (administered by the National Park Service) May 20, 2008 Early 2009

    * - The Research and Development Grant program is now part of the Humanities Collections and Resources program. For preservation and access projects that focus on research and development, please consult the new guidelines for Humanities Collections and Resources that will become available in spring of 2008.

    *** - The program for Preservation and Access Grants for Stabilizing Humanities Collections has been suspended; the October 1, 2008, deadline is canceled.



    Public Programs

    Program

    Receipt Deadline
    Projects Beginning
    America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Implementation Grants January 23, 2008

    August 27, 2008
    September 2008

    April 2009
    America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Planning Grants January 23, 2008

    August 27, 2008
    September 2008

    April 2009

    America's Media Makers: Development Grants

    January 23, 2008

    August 27, 2008

    September 2008

    April 2009

    America's Media Makers: Production Grants

    January 23, 2008

    August 27, 2008

    September 2008

    April 2009

    Interpreting America's Historic Places: Implementation Grants January 23, 2008

    August 27, 2008
    September 2008

    April 2009
    Interpreting America's Historic Places: Planning Grants January 23, 2008

    August 27, 2008
    September 2008

    April 2009
    Small Grants to Libraries: John Adams Unbound April 4, 2008 September 2008
    Small Grants to Libraries: Pride and Passion: The African American Baseball Experience April 4, 2008 September 2008
    Small Grants to Libraries: Soul of a People: Voices from the Writers’ Project July 11, 2008 January 2009

    We the People: Family and Youth Programs

    All deadlines for America's Historical and Cultural Organizations grants


     
     


    Research Programs

    Program

    Receipt Deadline
    Projects Beginning

    Collaborative Research Grants

    November 1, 2007

    November 5, 2008

    July 2008

    July 2009

    Faculty Research Awards for Historically Black and Tribal Colleges and Universities and Institutions with High Hispanic Enrollment May 1, 2008 January 2009
    Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions August 19, 2008 May 2009
    Fellowships May 1, 2008 January 2009
    Fellowships at Digital Humanities Centers September 15, 2008 June 2009
    Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan May 1, 2008 January 2009
    NEH/CNR Fellowships for Research on Italian Cultural Heritage May 15, 2008 January 2009

    Scholarly Editions Grants

    November 1, 2007

    November 5, 2008

    July 2008

    July 2009

    Summer Stipends October 1, 2008 May 2009
    Rediscovering Afghanistan    
    Teaching Development Fellowships October 1, 2008  


    Federal/State Partnership


    Program

    Receipt Deadline
    Projects Beginning
    We the People Project Grants for State Humanities Councils March 18, 2008

    May 1, 2008

    July 2008

    September 2008



    We the People

    Program

    Receipt Deadline
    Projects Beginning
    Interpreting America's Historic Places: Implementation Grants January 23, 2008

    August 27, 2008
    September 2008

    April 2009
    Interpreting America's Historic Places: Planning Grants January 23, 2008

    August 27, 2008
    September 2008

    April 2009
    Picturing America April 15, 2008 September 2008
    Picturing America School Collaboration Projects October 1, 2008 April 2009
    We the People Bookshelf on "Created Equal" January 25, 2008 May 1, 2008
    We the People Challenge Grants in United States History, Institutions and Culture

    February 5, 2008
    We the People: Family and Youth Programs All deadlines for Public Programs grants for museums, libraries, and special projects