Fellowships and Summer Stipends provide support for
scholars to undertake full-time independent research and writing in the
humanities. Grants are available for 6 to 12-month fellowships and 2 months of
summer study.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE:
Project Grants. Place Cursor Here for Definition
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS:
Fellowships and Summer Stipends: Projects may contribute to scholarly
knowledge or to the general public's understanding of the humanities. The
proposed study or research may be completed during the grant period or it may
be part of a longer project. Applications for planning institutional
curricula, for educational research projects, for work in the creative or
performing arts, and for studies that lack humanities content or methodology
are not eligible.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant Eligibility: All applicants must be U.S.
citizens, native residents of U.S. jurisdictions, or foreign nationals who
have been legal residents in the U.S. or its jurisdictions for at least the
three years immediately preceding the application deadline. Fellowships:
Faculty members at colleges and universities, individuals affiliated with
other institutions, independent scholars, and others who work in the
humanities are eligible. Applicants need not have advanced degrees, but they
must have completed their formal academic training. Active candidates for
degrees and persons seeking support for work leading to degrees are not
eligible. Summer Stipends: University and college faculty members must be
nominated by their academic institutions. Faculty members with terminating
appointments, independent scholars, and non-faculty college and university
staff members are exempt from nomination and may apply directly.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Fellowships and
Stipends: College and university faculty and staff, individuals affiliated
with institutions other than colleges and universities, and scholars and
writers working independently.
Credentials/Documentation: This program is
excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87.
Pre-application Coordination: This program is
excluded from coverage under OMB Circular Nos. A-102 and E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure: Application materials are
available online at http://www.neh.gov/grants/grants.html and from the
headquarters office. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular
No. A- 110.
Award Procedure: Applications are reviewed by
panels of scholars and other appropriate individuals. Awards are made by the
Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities after advice from the
National Council on the Humanities.
Deadlines: Fellowships: Annual receipt deadline
of May 1, for projects beginning after January 1 of the following year. Summer
Stipends: annual receipt deadline of October 1, for projects beginning after
May 1 of the following year.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Six to seven
months.
Appeals: None, but applicant may reapply.
Renewals: None.
ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:
Formula and Matching Requirements: This program has
no statutory formula or matching requirements. Source: Program Guidelines.
Contact: See Headquarters Office below.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance:
Fellowships are held from 6 to 12 months, with payment in quarterly
installments. Summer Stipends are held for 2 consecutive months, with stipends
disbursed in one payment.
POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Reports: A final report is required within 90 days
after the end of the tenure period describing the results of the work done
during the period of the award.
Audits: Subject to audit by Endowment auditors or
their representatives.
Records: Not applicable.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION:
Account Identification: 59-0200-0-1-503.
Obligations: (Grants) FY 01 $6,909,000; FY 02 est
$7,000,000; and FY 03 est Not available.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance:
Fellowships: An award up to $40,000 for a grant period of from 9 to 12 months;
an award of $24,000 for a grant period of from 6 to 8 months. Summer Stipends:
All awards are $5,000 for a grant period of 8 weeks.
In fiscal year 2001, 2,016 applications were received and 309 awards were
made. In fiscal year 2002, it is estimated that 2,010 applications will be
received and 293 awards will be made. In fiscal year 2003, it is estimated
that 2,200 applications will be received and 300 awards will be made.
REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE:
45 CFR 1100 and 1105. Program guidelines and forms are available online at
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fellowships-stipends.html and also upon
request from the National Endowment for the Humanities, 1100 Pennsylvania
Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20506. Available from the Superintendent of
Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, is the
Endowment's official publication, "Humanities" by subscription (6
issues annually, $24.00 domestic, $30.00 foreign).
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: None.
Headquarters Office: Fellowships and Stipends,
Division of Research, National Endowment for the Humanities, Room 318, 1100
Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20506. Telephone: (202) 606- 8200.
Web Site Address: http://www.neh.gov.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS:
(1) Fellowships for University Teachers: Art History and Hegemony in Latin
America: Afro-Brazil; (2) Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent
Scholars: Studies in Aristotle's Scientific Thinking; (3) Summer Stipends:
Citizen Activism for Nuclear Disarmament and Its Impact, 1971 to present.
CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS:
For Fellowships and Summer Stipends: The significance of the contribution to
knowledge in the specific field and to the humanities generally; the quality
or promise of quality of the applicant's work; the quality of the conception,
definition, organization, and description of the proposed project; and the
likelihood that the applicant will complete the project.
