NEH Grant Programs and Deadlines

The table below provides an alphabetical listing of the grants NEH offers. A list of grant programs and deadlines organized by division 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.

Grant Programs



Program

Receipt Deadline
Projects Beginning
Advancing Knowledge: The IMLS/NEH Digital Partnership March 18, 2008 October 2008
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 200

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

Challenge Grants ** May 1, 2008
Collaborative Research Grants November 1, 2007

November 5, 2008

July 2008

July 2009

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

Documenting Endangered Languages September 15, 2008 May 2009
Enduring Questions:
Pilot Course Grants
November 13, 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
Family and Youth Programs All deadlines for Public Programs for America's Historical and Cultural Organizations
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
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
Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities April 9, 2008 September 2008
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

JISC/NEH Transatlantic Digitization Collaboration Grants November 29, 2007 April 2008
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
National Digital Newspaper Program: Request for Proposals November 4, 2008 July 2009
NEH/CNR Fellowships for Research on Italian Cultural Heritage May 15, 2008 January 2009
NEH/DOE Humanities High Performance Computing Program July 15, 2008 January 2009
Picturing America April 15, 2008 September 2008
Picturing America School Collaboration Projects October 1, 2008 April 2009
Preservation and Access Education and Training Grants July 1, 2008 January 2009
Preservation and Access: Humanities Collections and Resources July 31, 2008 May 2009
Preservation and Access Research and Development Projects Grants *

Preservation and Access Grants for Stabilizing Humanities Collections ***    
Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions May 15, 2008 January 2009
Rediscovering Afghanistan All deadlines
Save America's Treasures (administered by the National Park Service) May 20, 2008 Early 2009
Scholarly Editions Grants November 1, 2007

November 5, 2008

July 2008

July 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
Summer Seminars and Institutes March 3, 2008 Summer 2009
Summer Stipends October 1, 2008 May 2009
Teaching Development Fellowships October 1, 2008 July 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 Project Grants for State Humanities Councils March 18, 2008

May 1, 2008

July 2008

September 2008

We the People Program All program deadlines  

* - The Preservation and Access Research and Development Grants 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.

** - 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.

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