To promote better teaching and research in the
humanities through faculty development.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE:
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USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS:
Grants support summer seminars and national institutes. Awards support direct
costs, including salaries, participant stipends, selection costs, travel, and
supplies.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant Eligibility: Distinguished
scholar/teachers in the humanities may apply through a sponsoring institution
to direct a seminar or institute for college teachers or school teachers.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Primarily teachers K-12,
or college teachers, depending on the particular seminar or institute, as well
as their colleagues and students.
Credentials/Documentation: For educational
institutions, costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No.
A-21 and Circular No. A-122 for nonprofit organizations. This program is
excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87.
Pre-application Coordination: Informal inquiry is
encouraged for prospective directors. The standard application forms as
furnished by the Federal agency and required by OMB Circular No. A-102 must be
used for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O.
12372.
Application Procedure: Proposal instructions are
available on line (http://www.neh.gov/grants/grants.html) or from the
headquarters office. This program is subject to the provisions of OMB Circular
No. A-110.
Award Procedure: Applications are reviewed by
subject area specialists, 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: March 1, to direct a seminar or
institute during the summer of the following year. March 1, to participate in
a seminar or institute held during the summer of the same year.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Approximately
5 months for prospective directors; approximately 6 weeks for prospective
participants.
Appeals: None, but director/applicant may request
a critique of the proposal and reapply.
Renewals: Reapplication by director/applicant is
permitted.
ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:
Formula and Matching Requirements: This program has
no statutory formula. Source: Program Guidelines. Contact: See Headquarters
Office below.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Funds must
be expended during the grant period. Funds are released as required.
POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Reports: Cash reports are due quarterly. A final
narrative report and a final expenditures report are required within 90 days
after completion or termination of the grant period. In addition, reports are
required from the scholars participating in the seminar assessing the value of
the seminar for their professional development.
Audits: In accordance with the provisions of OMB
Circular No. A- 133 (Revised, June 24, 1997), "Audits of States, Local
Governments, and Nonprofit Organizations," nonfederal entities that
expend financial assistance of $300,000 or more in Federal awards will have a
single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal
entities that expend less than $300,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt
from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No.
A-133. For nongovernmental recipients, audits are to be carried out in
accordance with the provisions set forth in OMB Circular No. A-110,
"Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals,
and Other Nonprofit Organizations Uniform Administrative Requirements"
and with OMB Circular No. A-133. In addition, grants are subject to inspection
and audits by NEH and other Federal officials.
Records: Documentation of expenditures and other
fiscal records must be retained for three years following the submission of
the final expenditure report.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION:
Account Identification: 59-0200-0-1-503.
Obligations: (Grants) FY 01 $6,526,609; FY 02 est
$7,574,000 FY 03 est Not yet available.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Grants
range from $60,000 to $120,000 for seminars and from $100,000 to
$180,000 for
institutes.
In fiscal year 2001, 113 applications were received and 52 made. In fiscal
year 2002, 125 applications and 53 awards are anticipated.
REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE:
45 CFR 1100 and 1105. Guidelines are available online at http://www.neh.gov/grants.html
or upon request from the National Endowment for the Humanities, 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: Seminars and Institutes,
Division of Education Programs, National Endowment for the Humanities,
Washington, DC 20506. Telephone: (202) 606-8463. Use the same number for FTS.
Web Site Address: http://www.neh.gov.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS:
(1) Literature and the Visual Arts (summer seminar for college teachers); (2)
Famine Irish Immigrants and their Children: A Case Study in Family and Local
History (summer seminar for school teachers); (3) Modernity, Early Modernity
and Post- Modernity in Japan (summer institute for college teachers); (4)
Opera, Giving Voice to Culture: Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin (summer institute
for school teachers).
CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS:
In the evaluation of proposals to direct summer seminars and institutes, the
following criteria are considered: (1) Intellectual quality and significance;
(2) Impact; (3) Feasibility. Applicants selected to receive stipends to attend
summer seminars and institutes are those who can derive the greatest benefit
from and make the greatest contribution to the seminar or institute.
