Date posted: September 27, 2006

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 45.164

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Implementation Grants support public humanities programs that interpret and use collections in libraries and archives. Public humanities programs promote lifelong learning in history, literature, comparative religion, philosophy, and other fields for broad public audiences.

The topics and interpretive themes should appeal to a wide range of people or directly to a target audience. Support is available for various activities that use a range of formats, including:

• Book and film discussion programs. Programs should be thematically organized, encourage multiple viewpoints, and be led by qualified scholars. Training is supported when scholars or the organization's own staff may need special preparation.
• Exhibitions (major or traveling). Exhibitions based primarily on major library or archival collections should provide visitors with a visually appealing and interactive experience. They usually include companion public programs, publicity materials for all venues, and related curricular materials. Applicants proposing a major exhibition are encouraged to create smaller, more portable versions, such as panel exhibitions for use in small libraries and other non-traditional venues. Up to $150,000 in additional funding may be requested (for a maximum total request of up to $450,000) to support a smaller, portable version of a larger exhibition that would travel to at least 15 additional venues across the country. These smaller exhibitions do not have to include original artifacts, but poster exhibits are not eligible. A temporary exhibition at one site is not eligible for support, unless there is also a smaller traveling version submitted as part of the same application.
• Public conferences, forums, and symposia. Programs should be aimed at public, not scholarly, audiences and relate to library or archival resources of the sponsoring institution.
• Web sites. Web sites should present material in creative ways, provide users with an interactive experience, and have a clear plan for identifying and reaching their intended audiences.

Projects should:

• be based on sound scholarship;
• involve humanities scholars in all phases of development and implementation;
• be of interest to broad audiences;
• deepen public understanding of significant humanities questions;
• approach the subject thematically, analytically, and interpretively through an appropriate variety of perspectives;
• employ appealing and accessible program formats that will actively engage the general public in learning; and
• expand the numbers of people reached by taking place at multiple venues, featuring creative collaborations, promoting outreach to new or underserved audiences, or serving as models that can be emulated.

Each project should be guided by a team of advisers whose expertise complements that of the staff of the applicant institution. The team should have helped to refine the project's themes, incorporate a variety of perspectives, draw on relevant scholarship, and develop interpretive approaches. While scholars must be part of the project team, librarians, archivists, educators, and others with experience and knowledge of the humanities, or of the project's technical aspects, should also be included. Most competitive proposals have a range of consultants.

Applicants are encouraged to collaborate with programming partners such as cultural, community, professional, business, or social organizations; state humanities councils; or other institutions as a means of increasing project resources and recruiting new audiences.

Projects using oral histories should discuss how the project will adhere to the guidelines of the Oral History Association. The discussion must include: an outline of proposed topics for the interviews; a list of the people to be interviewed or a description of the criteria for their selection, and the plans for their recruitment; a description of the qualifications of the interviewers; a discussion of how the interviews will complement the project’s other resources; and a copy of the permission or release form.

Digital products, such as Web sites, DVDs, or CD-ROMs, may be components of a larger project or be projects in their own right. Projects relying heavily or solely on a digital format should have strong humanities content, be based on sound scholarship, and offer users an interactive and engaging experience. Although the core content might be collections of digitized documents, images, video or audio recordings, objects and/or other materials, these products should feature additional content or activities that provide a context and an interpretive framework. Web sites should be coded in accordance with generally accepted standards and should be designed so as to maximize their accessibility to the general public. Applications should identify prospective audiences and describe plans for publicity and marketing. If appropriate, digital projects may also include complementary public humanities programs.

Implementation grants can be used to support:

• final consultation with scholars or other advisers,
• final design and presentation of the programs,
• staff training for the implementation of the project,
• final design and fabrication of exhibition panels (both major and traveling),
• development of the companion Web site,
• crating and shipping,
• completion of interactive components,
• publication costs,
• publicity and promotion expenses,
• presentation and distribution of materials and programs,
• audience evaluation, and
• development of curriculum materials.

Implementation grants cannot be used to support:

• single-site programs;
• collection development or acquisitions;
• professional development (except for staff training directly related to the project);
• programs primarily for students in formal learning environments;
• general operations, renovation, restoration, rehabilitation, or construction;
• projects whose purpose is preservation, cataloguing, or archiving rather than public programming;
• projects that seek to persuade participants of a particular political, philosophical, religious, or ideological point of view; or
• projects that advocate a particular program of social action.

We the People Grant Program

To help Americans make sense of their history and of the world around them, NEH has launched a special program: We the People. NEH encourages applications that explore significant events and themes in our nation’s history and culture and that advance knowledge of the principles that define America.

As part of this initiative, NEH especially invites proposals for public programs in the following areas:

• Interpreting America's Historic Places: projects that use one or more historic sites to address themes and issues central to American history. The historic place may be a single site or series of sites, whole neighborhoods, communities or towns, or larger geographical regions. The place taken as a whole must be significant to American history and the project must convey its importance.
• Family and Youth Programs in American History: public programs that encourage intergenerational learning about American history and culture. Grants will support programming tailored to youth and/or family audiences at museums, libraries, historical societies and sites, parks, and other places in the community.
• Significant Anniversaries: NEH especially seeks projects that use anniversaries of key events as opportunities to encourage public reflection on American history. Examples of upcoming anniversaries include the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown (1607), the 150th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt's birth (1858), the 150th anniversary of the Lincoln-Douglas debates (1858), the 150th anniversary of the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision of the Supreme Court (1857), the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth (1809), the 150th anniversary of the 1860 election, the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War (1861), and the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812.

Proposals will be evaluated through NEH's established review process and will not receive special consideration. To learn more about We the People, visit the program's Web site.

Rediscovering Afghanistan

NEH invites applications for projects that focus on Afghanistan's history and culture. The special initiative is designed to promote research, education, and public programs about Afghanistan and to encourage United States institutions to assist Afghanistan in efforts to preserve and document its cultural resources. Learn more about the initiative.

Digital Humanities Initiative

Successful applicants will be awarded a grant in outright funds, matching funds, or a combination of the two, depending on the applicant's preference and the availability of NEH funds.

Awards of up to $300,000 are usually made for a period of 18 to 36 months. Applicants may also request up to an additional $150,000 for a traveling exhibition component, for a maximum total request of $450,000.

Cost Sharing

Cost sharing is not required. NEH, however, is rarely able to support the full costs of projects approved for funding. In most cases, NEH grants cover no more than 50-60% of project costs. (Learn more about different types of grant funding.)

Any U.S. nonprofit organization with 501(c)3 tax exempt status is eligible, as are state and local governmental agencies and tribal governments. Individuals are not eligible to apply.

NEH generally does not award grants to other federal entities or to applicants whose projects are so closely intertwined with a federal entity that the project takes on characteristics of the federal entity’s own authorized activities. This does not preclude applicants from using grant funds from, or sites and materials controlled by, other federal entities in their projects.

New applications for projects that would use the same topics and formats from a current implementation project to reach new venues and audiences will not be accepted until the current project has been completed and an evaluation submitted. (The evaluation can be included with the new application.) Only one such application will be accepted for any given project.

If an application for a project is already under review, another application for the same project cannot be accepted.

Ineligible applications will not be reviewed.

Application advice and proposal drafts

Prior to submitting a proposal, you are encouraged to contact program officers who can offer advice about preparing the proposal and supply samples of funded applications, and review preliminary proposal drafts if they are submitted well before the deadline (usually at least six weeks). These staff comments are not part of the formal review process and have no bearing on the final outcome of the proposal, but previous applicants have found them helpful in strengthening their applications.

REGISTER OR VERIFY REGISTRATION WITH GRANTS.GOV

Applications for this program must be submitted via Grants.Gov. Before using Grants.gov for the first time, each organization must register with the Web site to create an institutional profile. Once registered, your organization can then apply for any government grant on the Grants.gov Web site.

If your organization has already registered, you may skip this step. If not, please see our handy checklist to guide you through the registration process. We recommend you complete your registration at least two weeks before the application deadline, as it takes time for your registration to be processed. If you have problems registering with Grants.gov, call the Grants.gov help desk at 1-800-518-4726.

DOWNLOAD THE FREE PUREEDGE VIEWER SOFTWARE

In order to fill out a Grants.gov application package, you will need to download and install the free PureEdge Viewer software. This software is available at no charge from the Grants.Gov Web site at: http://www.grants.gov/resources/download_software.jsp#pureedge. Once installed, this software will allow you to view and fill out Grants.Gov application packages for any federal agency.

If you have a problem installing PureEdge Viewer, it may be because you do not have permission to install a new program on your computer. Many organizations have rules about installing new programs. If you encounter a problem, contact your system administrator.

DOWNLOAD APPLICATION PACKAGE

Save the application package to your computer's hard drive. To open the application package, select the file and double click. You do not have to be online to work on it.

You can save your application package at any time by clicking the "Save" button at the top of your screen. Tip: If you choose to save your application package before you have completed it, you may receive an error message indicating that your application is not valid if all of the forms have not been completed. Click "OK" to save your work and complete the package another time. You can also use e-mail to share the application package with members of your organization or project team.

The application package contains three forms that you must complete in order to submit your application:

1. Application for Federal Domestic Assistance - Short Organizational (SF-424 Short) -- this form asks for basic information about the project, the project director, and the institution.

2. Supplementary Cover Sheet for NEH Grant Programs -- this form asks for additional information about the project director, the institution, and the budget.
3. NEH Attachment Form -- this form allows you to attach your narrative, budget, and the other parts of your application.

HOW TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE SF-424 SHORT FORM

Select the form from the menu and double click to open it. Please provide the following information:

1. Name of Federal Agency: This will be filled in automatically with "National Endowment for the Humanities."

2. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: This will be filled in automatically with the CFDA number and title of the NEH program to which you are applying.

3. Date Received: Please leave blank.

4. Funding Opportunity Number: This will be filled in automatically.

5. Applicant Information: In this section, please supply the name, address, employer/taxpayer identification number (EIN/TIN), DUNS number, Web site address, and congressional district of the institution. Also choose the "type" that best describes your institution (you only need to select one).

   If your institution is located in the 5th Congressional District of California, put a "5." If your institution doesn't have a congressional district (e.g. it is in a state or U.S. territory that doesn't have districts or is in a foreign country), put a "0" (zero).

   All institutions applying to federal grant programs are required to provide a DUNS number, issued by Dun & Bradstreet, as part of their application. Project directors should contact their institution’s grant administrator or chief financial officer to obtain their institution’s DUNS number. Federal grant applicants can obtain a DUNS number free of charge by calling 1-866-705-5711. (Learn more about the requirement.

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6. Project Information: Provide the title of your project. Your title should be brief, descriptive, and substantive. It should also be informative to a non-specialist audience. Provide a brief description of your project. The description should be written for a non-specialist audience and clearly state the importance of the proposed work and its relation to larger issues in the humanities. List the starting and ending dates for your project.

7. Project Director: Provide the Social Security Number, name, title, mailing address, e-mail address, and telephone and fax numbers for the project director.

   Disclosure of Social Security Numbers is optional. NEH uses them for internal application processing only.

8. Primary Contact/Grants Administrator: Provide the contact information for the official responsible for the administration of the grant (e.g., negotiating the project budget and ensuring compliance with the terms and conditions of the award). This person is often a grants or research officer, or a sponsored programs official. Normally, the Institutional Grants Administrator is not the same person as the Project Director. If the project director and the grant administrator are the same person, skip to item 9.

9. Authorized Representative: Provide the contact information for the Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) who is submitting the application on behalf of the institution. This person, often called an "Authorizing Official," is typically the president, vice president, executive director, provost, or chancellor. In order to become an AOR, the person must be designated by the institution's E-Business Point of Contact. For more information, please consult the Grants.Gov user guide, which is available at: http://www.grants.gov/applicants/applicant_help.jsp.

HOW TO FILL OUT THE SUPPLEMENTARY COVER SHEET FOR NEH GRANT PROGRAMS

Select the form from the menu and double click to open it. Please provide the following information:

1. Project Director: Use the pull down menu to select the major field of study for the project director.

2. Institution Information: Use the pull down menu to select your type of institution.

3. Project Funding: Enter your project funding information. Note that applicants for Challenge Grants should use the right column only; applicants to all other programs should use the left column only.

4. Application Information: Indicate whether the proposal will be submitted to other NEH grant programs, government agencies, or private entities for funding. If so, please indicate where and when. NEH frequently cosponsors projects with other funding sources. Providing this information will not prejudice the review of your application.

   For Type of Application, check "new" if the application requests a new period of funding, whether for a new project or the next phase of a project previously funded by NEH. Check "supplement" if the application requests additional funding for a current NEH grant. If requesting a supplement, provide the current grant number (applicants should discuss their request with a NEH program officer before submitting such an application).

   For Project Field Code, use the pull down menu to select the humanities field of the project. If the project is multidisciplinary, choose the field that corresponds to the project's predominant discipline.

HOW TO PREPARE YOUR APPLICATION

You will prepare your application for submission via Grants.gov just as you would a paper application. Your application should consist on the following parts:

1. Table of contents

   List all parts of the application and page numbers.

2. Budget

   Using the instructions, complete the budget form (PDF). If you wish, you may attach separate pages with notes to explain any of the budget items in more detail.

Applicants are advised to retain a copy of the PDF containing their budget form.
3. Narrative

   The narrative should not exceed fifteen single-spaced pages with one-inch margins and at least 11-point type. It should contain the following information, in this order:

   • The request

     Provide a one- or two-paragraph abstract of the project and its interpretive goals. Describe the format(s), the subject, and main themes, and state the amount of money requested from NEH and the total project budget. Describe any related public programs. Explain why the project is appropriate for your organization. Also explain the project’s timeline, including the opening date, and discuss the number and location of the sites where programs will take place.

   • Introduction

     Describe the subject, and discuss the project's interpretive approach and its use of significant humanities themes. Explain why the project will engage the public and what you expect people to learn.

   • Description

     Describe the components of the project and the material resources it will use (e.g., objects, images, documents, audio and/or video materials, web-based information, etc.). Explain how they will effectively convey the project's themes. If possible, describe the public programs that will accompany the project at all its venues. Explain why the particular programs have been chosen and how they will complement the project.

     Give a brief history of the project to date (e.g., previous funding from other sources, development activities, research already completed, consultation with scholars or other advisers, contacts with partner organizations, and other related activities). If appropriate, relate the project to others on the same topic.

   • Audience

     Describe how the project will broaden public engagement in the humanities. Describe, to the extent possible, the expected participants or audiences for each venue, including any targeted groups. Describe any outreach efforts for underserved groups. Discuss frankly any difficulties that may be encountered in reaching certain audiences and the strategies for overcoming them. Explain the plans for publicizing the project.

   • Project team

     Provide a comprehensive overview of the project team, including staff members, scholars, and other program experts (i.e., librarians or other specialists). Using short paragraphs, describe the qualifications and contributions of each project team member. Organize the paragraphs into two sections: one for staff from your institution and one for outside consultants. Include specific details on the responsibilities of each collaborating organization when appropriate. Résumés (two pages or less) for each person listed and letters of commitment from consultants should be included in an appendix.

   • Work plan

     Provide a detailed month-by-month schedule of the specific tasks to be accomplished and the individuals responsible for them. Clearly indicate the dates of major project team meetings and the expected results of each meeting.

   • Fund-raising plan

     Explain how your organization will meet its cost share and outline your fund-raising plans.

4. Special requirements
   • Resources

     Describe the particular collections that will be used or works that will be examined. Explain the interpretive strategies and the themes that will guide the project. If appropriate, provide an annotated bibliography, filmography or exhibit walk-through. Include an outline of the essays, lectures, or symposia topics that will guide the thinking of participants during programs.

   • Exhibitions

     For major exhibitions, include a complete exhibition floor plan and a design rendering of at least one section. Travel schedule or selection criteria for venues should also be included. Explain the interpretive strategies and the design philosophy for the exhibition and provide a “walk-through," a descriptive tour of the exhibition showing how a typical visitor would experience the exhibition section by section. Explain how the takeaway messages will be conveyed. Include sample illustrations of object or images, sample text for several labels, and panel texts as part of the walk-through. This section should be no more than eight single-spaced pages in length, excluding graphics or samples.

     Applications for smaller, more portable, panel versions of larger exhibitions or applications for traveling panel exhibitions should also provide a separate description of the visitor experience. This walk-through should not exceed six pages, again excluding graphics and samples, and should include a description of the exhibition's key interpretive messages, approximate size, and number and types of images. Design sketches and samples of interpretive text should also be included.

     For traveling exhibitions, provide a list of all proposed exhibition venues or the criteria for selecting the venues. Describe the publicity and program materials that will accompany the exhibition, such as program guides, lists of potential speakers, educational materials, and exhibition brochures.

   • Publications

     Describe the content (including brief abstracts of essays), format, estimated print run, distribution plans, and sale price for any publications for which funding is requested, and identify the author(s). Explain how the publication will complement the project.

   • Audiovisual and/or multimedia components

     Provide a description of each video or multimedia section of the project, including Web sites. If possible, include a script or story line and a description of the images that will be used. Explain how the multimedia components will enhance the exhibition.

     If a Web site, CD-ROM, or other digital multimedia product will be a critical interpretive component of a project and will represent a large portion of the funds requested from NEH, applicants should provide the following information:

     • Describe the user experience. Outline the proposed pathways that would guide a user through the material. Explain how the images, audio, text, and interactivity would enhance and contextualize the user's understanding of the subject. Include screen shots.
     • Describe the front-end evaluation and field-testing, whether planned or completed.
     • Describe the technical plan and outline the specific material, both audio and visual, which will be used. Explain how this material will be formatted and processed.
     • Describe the hardware and software to be used and the reasons for the choices.
     • Include evidence that appropriate permissions have been or can be secured for the materials that will be included.
     • Describe the distribution or marketing plan, explaining how the product will be publicized and made available to audiences.
     • Provide plans for regular site management for Web sites, including updating the humanities content, server maintenance and security, monitoring of traffic, and collecting user feedback.
     • Provide a working prototype. For Web sites, include a working prototype on a disk or via a functioning URL; for a CD-ROM or DVD, provide a working prototype on disk. The prototype should provide working links to all major sections of the proposed product and should present one representative section in detail.
     • Include samples of previous related work.

   If you have questions about the appropriate amount of information that needs to be included in this section of the proposal, contact a program officer for specific guidance.

5. Appendices

   The following information should appear in the application's appendices:

   • Provide a short profile of your organization and, where appropriate, other major partner organizations collaborating on the project. Include the following information: institutional mission, origin, and size; annual operating budget; annual visitation; and special characteristics, current activities, and humanities resources (e.g., collections or staff).

     Limit this profile to one page for your organization, and a half page each for collaborating organizations;

   • résumés (no longer than two pages each) of all key project staff and consultants;
   • letters of commitment from consultants and participating organizations;
   • bibliography of sources; and
   • description of the collections or archives upon which the project is based, if appropriate, and not already covered in the narrative.

HOW TO USE THE NEH ATTACHMENT FORM

You will use this form to attach the various files that make up your application.

Your attachments must be in Portable Document Format (.pdf). We cannot accept attachments in their original word processing or spreadsheet formats. If you don't already have software to convert your files into PDFs, there are many low-cost and free software packages available. To learn more, go to http://www.neh.gov/grants/grantsgov/pdf.html.

When you open the NEH Attachment Form, you will find 15 attachment buttons, labeled "Attachment 1" through "Attachment 15." By clicking on a button, you will be able to choose the file from your computer that you wish to attach. You must name and attach your files in the proper order so that we can identify them. Please attach the proper file to the proper button as listed below:

ATTACHMENT 1: To this button, please attach your table of contents. Please name the file "contents.pdf"

ATTACHMENT 2: To this button, please attach your budget. Please name the file "budget.pdf"

ATTACHMENT 3: To this button, please attach your narrative. Please name the file "narrative.pdf"

ATTACHMENT 4: To this button, please attach your special requirements. Please name the file "requirements.pdf"

ATTACHMENT 5: To this button, please attach your organizational profile. Please name the file "profile.pdf"

ATTACHMENT 6: To this button, please attach your résumés. Please name the file "resumes.pdf"

ATTACHMENT 7: To this button, please attach your letters of commitment. Please name the file "letters.pdf"

ATTACHMENT 8: To this button, please attach your bibliography. Please name the file "bibliography.pdf"

ATTACHMENT 9: To this button, please attach your description of collections or archives. Please name the file "description.pdf"

You may include links via URL in these files, but do not embed any additional PDF files within any of the attachment PDF files.

Use the remaining buttons to attach any additional materials (if appropriate). Please give these attachments meaningful file names and ensure that they are PDFs.

UPLOADING YOUR APPLICATION TO GRANTS.GOV

When you have completed all three forms, use the right-facing arrow to move each of them to the "Mandatory Documents for Submission" column. Once they have been moved over, the "Submit" button will activate. You are now ready to upload your application package to Grants.gov.

During the registration process, your institution designated one or more AORs (Authorized Organization Representatives). These AORs typically work in your institution's Sponsored Research Office or Grants Office. When you have completed your application, you must ask your AOR to submit the application, using the special username and password that was assigned to him or her during the registration process.

To submit your application, your computer must have an active connection to the Internet. To begin the submission process, click the "submit" button. A page will appear asking you to sign and submit your application. At this point, your AOR will enter his or her username and password. When you click the "sign and submit application" button, your application package will be uploaded to Grants.gov. Please note that it may take some time to upload your application package depending on the size of your files and the speed of your Internet connection.

After the upload is complete, a confirmation page, which includes a tracking number, will appear indicating that you have submitted your application to Grants.gov. Please print this page for your records. The AOR will also receive a confirmation e-mail.

NEH suggests that you submit your application no later than 5:00 p.m. EST on the day of the deadline. That way, should you encounter a technical problem of some kind, you will still have time to contact the Grants.Gov helpdesk for support. The Grants.gov Help Desk is open Monday to Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. EST at 1-800-518-4726. You can also send an e-mail to support@grants.gov.

HOW TO SUBMIT SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS

Applicants may include supplementary materials, such as slides (up to ten, with brief captions), photographs, catalogs, CD-ROMs or sample work for presentation at the panel meeting. Please provide 7 copies of each item. If you are sending supplementary materials, please include a list of the materials to be mailed separately in your Grants.gov submission. Mail the materials to:

Implementation Grants for Libraries and Archives
Division of Public Programs
National Endowment for the Humanities
Room 426
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20506
202-606-8269

NEH continues to experience lengthy delays in the delivery of mail by the U.S. Postal Service, and in some cases materials are damaged by the irradiation process. We recommend that supplementary materials be sent by a commercial delivery service to ensure that they arrive intact by the receipt deadline.

If you wish to have the materials returned to you, please include a self-addressed, pre-paid mailer.

DEADLINES

Applications: Must be received by Grants.gov by January 23, 2007. Grants.gov will date/time stamp your application after it is fully uploaded. Applications submitted after that date will not be accepted. Supplementary materials must also arrive at NEH by January 23, 2007, to be considered as part of the application.

Applications will be evaluated by the following criteria:

1. Intellectual Content: How well does the project deal with significant humanities themes? Is it broadly conceived, based on sound scholarship, and appropriately analytical?
2. Audience Interest and Reach: Does the applicant demonstrate that the topic would have broad public appeal and would expand the public's understanding of the humanities? Will the project draw in and engage audiences effectively?
3. Format: Are the program formats appropriate to the ideas, themes, and audience?
4. Resources: Have the appropriate materials and resources been clearly identified? Are they the right ones for the project and are they available?
5. Project Team: Does the team have the necessary expertise, interpretive experience, and technical skills? Has a team of humanities scholars been effectively involved?
6. Work plan: Is the plan of work realistic and efficient?
7. Budget: Are the project's costs realistic, appropriate, and reasonable?

Late applications will not be reviewed.

Review and Selection Process

Knowledgeable persons outside NEH will read each application and advise the agency about its merits. The Endowment’s staff comments on matters of fact or on significant issues that otherwise would be missing from these reviews, then makes recommendations to the National Council on the Humanities. The National Council meets at various times during the year to advise the NEH chairman on grants. The chairman takes into account the advice provided by the review process and, by law, makes all funding decisions.

Award notices

Applicants will be notified by mail in September 2007 of the decision. Institutional grants administrators and project directors of successful applications will also receive at that time award documents by mail. Applicants may obtain the reasons for funding decisions on their applications by sending a letter or e-mail to NEH, Division of Public Programs, Room 426, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20506 or publicpgms@neh.gov.

Administrative requirements

Before submitting an application, applicants should review their responsibilities as an award recipient and the lobbying certification requirement.

Award conditions

The requirements for awards are contained in the General Terms and Conditions for Awards to Organizations, any specific terms and conditions contained in the award document, and the applicable OMB circulars governing federal grants management.

Reporting requirements

A schedule of report due dates will be included with the award document.

Interim and final performance reports will be required. Further details can be found in Enclosure 2, Performance Reporting Requirements.

A Federal Cash Transactions Report (2-page PDF) will be due within 30 days of the end of each calendar quarter. A final Financial Status Report (2-page PDF) will be due within 90 days after the completion date of the award period. Further details can be found in Financial Reporting Requirements (formerly Enclosure 1).

If you have questions about the program, contact:

Implementation Grants
Division of Public Programs
National Endowment for the Humanities
Room 426
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20506
202-606-8269

If you need help using Grants.gov, contact:

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Privacy Policy

Information in these guidelines is solicited under the authority of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 20 U.S.C. 956. The principal purpose for which the information will be used is to process the grant application. The information may also be used for statistical research, analysis of trends, and Congressional oversight. Failure to provide the information may result in the delay or rejection of the application.

Application Completion Time

The Office of Management and Budget requires federal agencies to supply information on the time needed to complete forms and also to invite comments on the paperwork burden. NEH estimates the average time to complete this application is fifteen hours per response. This estimate includes time for reviewing instructions, researching, gathering, and maintaining the information needed, and completing and reviewing the application. Please send any comments regarding the estimated completion time or any other aspect of this application, including suggestions for reducing the completion time, to the Director of the Office of Publications, National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, D.C. 20506; and to the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (3136-0134), Washington, D.C. 20503. According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB number.