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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 5, 2009
    Digital Humanities
    Challenge Grants
    May 5, 2009
    We the People Challenge Grants in United States History, Institutions and Culture February 3, 2009
    Rediscovering Afghanistan    

    Office of Digital Humanities

    Program

    Receipt Deadline
    Projects Beginning
    DFG/NEH Bilateral Symposia and Workshops November 4, 2008 May 2009

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

    Digging into Data Challenge: Request for Proposals March 15, 2009
    (Letter of intent)
    July 15, 2009
    (Application deadline)
    December 2009
    Digital Humanities
    Challenge Grants
    May 5, 2009
    Digital Humanities
    Start-Up Grants
    April 8, 2009 September 2009
    Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities February 18, 2009 July 2009

    JISC/NEH Transatlantic Digitization Collaboration Grants March 26, 2009 September 2009
    NEH/DOE Humanities
    High Performance Computing Program
    July 15, 2008 January 2009

    Education Programs

    Program

    Receipt Deadline
    Projects Beginning
    Enduring Questions:
    Pilot Course Grants
    November 13, 2008 July 2009
    Humanities Initiatives at Institutions with High Hispanic Enrollment January 15, 2009 July 2009
    Humanities Initiatives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities January 15, 2009 July 2009
    Humanities Initiatives at Tribal Colleges and Universities January 15, 2009 July 2009
    Landmarks of American History and Culture: Workshops for Community College Faculty March 17, 2009 Summer 2010
    Landmarks of American History and Culture: Workshops for School Teachers March 17, 2009 Summer 2010
    Picturing America School Collaboration Projects October 1, 2008 April 2009
    Summer Seminars and Institutes March 3, 2009 Summer 2010
    Rediscovering Afghanistan    
    Teaching Development Fellowships October 1, 2008 June 2009


    Preservation and Access

    Program

    Receipt Deadline
    Projects Beginning
    Documenting Endangered Languages September 15, 2008 May 2009
    JISC/NEH Transatlantic Digitization Collaboration Grants March 26, 2009 September 2009
    National Digital Newspaper Program: Request for Proposals November 4, 2008 July 2009
    Preservation and Access Education and Training Grants July 1, 2009 January 2010
    Preservation and Access: Humanities Collections and Resources July 15, 2009 May 2010
    Preservation and Access Research and Development Projects Grants July 1, 2009
    May 2010
    Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions May 14, 2009 January 2010
    Rediscovering Afghanistan    
    Save America's Treasures (administered by the National Park Service) May 20, 2008 Early 2009


    Public Programs

    Program

    Receipt Deadline
    Projects Beginning
    America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Implementation Grants January 28, 2009

    August 26, 2009
    September 2009

    April 2010
    America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Planning Grants January 28, 2009

    August 26, 2009
    September 2009

    April 2010

    America's Media Makers: Development Grants

    January 28, 2009

    August 26, 2009

    September 2009

    April 2010

    America's Media Makers: Production Grants

    January 28, 2009

    August 26, 2009

    September 2009

    April 2010

    Family and Youth Programs January 28, 2009

    August 26, 2009
    September 2009

    April 2010
    Interpreting America's Historic Places: Implementation Grants January 28, 2009

    August 26, 2009
    September 2009

    April 2010
    Interpreting America's Historic Places: Planning Grants January 28, 2009

    August 26, 2009
    September 2009

    April 2010
    Small Grants to Libraries: Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War January 30, 2009 July 2009
     
     


    Research Programs

    Program

    Receipt Deadline
    Projects Beginning
    Collaborative Research Grants

    November 5, 2008

    July 2009

    Faculty Research Awards for Historically Black and Tribal Colleges and Universities and Institutions with High Hispanic Enrollment May 5, 2009 January 2010
    Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions August 18, 2009 July 2010
    Fellowships May 5, 2009 January 2010
    Fellowships at Digital Humanities Centers September 15, 2008 June 2009
    Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan May 5, 2009 January 2010
    NEH/CNR Fellowships for Research on Italian Cultural Heritage May 5, 2009 January 2010

    Scholarly Editions Grants

    November 5, 2008

    July 2009

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


    Federal/State Partnership


    Program

    Receipt Deadline
    Projects Beginning
    We the People Project Grants for State Humanities Councils March 17, 2009

    May 5, 2009

    July 2009

    September 2009



    We the People

    Program

    Receipt Deadline
    Projects Beginning
    Interpreting America's Historic Places: Implementation Grants January 28, 2009

    August 26, 2009
    September 2009

    April 2010
    Interpreting America's Historic Places: Planning Grants January 28, 2009

    August 26, 2009
    September 2009

    April 2010
    Picturing America November 14, 2008 March 2009
    Picturing America School Collaboration Projects October 1, 2008 April 2009
    We the People Bookshelf on "Picturing America" January 30, 2009 May 2009
    We the People Challenge Grants in United States History, Institutions and Culture February 3, 2009
    We the People: Family and Youth Programs January 28, 2009

    August 26, 2009
    September 2009

    April 2010