julia nguyen senior program officer division of education programs 202-606-8213 [email protected]
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Humanities Magazine
Organization of the NEH
National Endowment
for the Humanities
Division of Education Division of
Public Programs
Division of Research
Division of Preservation
& AccessOffice of
Challenge Grants
(Matching)
Federal/State Partnership
Office of Digital
Humanities
Special Initiatives
• Expand scholarly and public discussion of diverse countries, peoples, and cultural and intellectual traditions worldwide.
• Gain a deeper understanding of our own rich and varied cultural heritage, as well as the history and culture of other nations
• Investigate how Americans have approached and attempted to surmount cultural divides; examine the ideals of civility and civic discourse that have informed this quest.
How can I find NEH grant opportunities?
Division of Education Programs
Grants to strengthen teaching and learning in the humanities in schools and colleges across the nation
TITLE DEADLINE DIVISION/OFFICE
Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges
August 27, 2013
Division of Education Programs
Enduring Questions September 12, 2013
Division of Education Programs
Humanities Initiatives June 26, 2014
Division of Education Programs
Landmarks of American History and Culture: Workshops for School Teachers
March 4, 2014
Division of Education Programs
Summer Seminars and Institutes March 4, 2014
Division of Education Programs
Division of Education Programs grants
• Intensive two-to-five week programs that reach a national audience of college and university faculty or school teachers
• Collegial study of significant texts and topics in the humanities• Use the academic resources of libraries, museums, and cultural
sites
NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes
March 4, 2014:• Apply to attend a
summer 2014 project
• Apply to direct a summer 2015 project
Summer Seminars and Institutes
• Can be held in the US or abroad• Can require language proficiency• Areas of special emphasis:
• foreign language projects designed to strengthen instruction at the advanced level through the use of humanistic sources
• projects intended primarily for community-college faculty• projects that respond to NEH's Bridging Cultures initiative
http://www.neh.gov/divisions/education/summer-programs
Encountering Brazil through its Contemporary Urban Literature (Brazil)
Italy in the Age of the Risorgimento - New Perspectives (Italy)
India’s Past and the Making of the Present (India)
Examples of NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes
Searching the funded projects databasehttps://securegrants.neh.gov/publicquery/main.aspx
• Deadline: June 2014
• Grant Amount: Up to $100,000
• Duration: 12 to 36 months
• Designed to improve humanities instruction
Humanities Initiatives at HSIs, TCUs, HBCUs
Some types of supported activities• Faculty development study series• Curriculum development• Summer bridge programs• Creation of curricular materials• Collaborations with other
institutions (museums, etc.)
Areas of emphasis• Humanities connections to
professional fields• Foreign languages• Bridging Cultures
Sample Grant: Creating a New Minor in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at CSU-Northridge
• Workshop with language experts and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies faculty/program directors from Southern California.
• Second workshop brings representatives from local Muslim and Middle Eastern organizations to campus to offer their perspectives.
• Faculty create new courses on topics such as Arabic, Sufism, and women in Islamic literature.
Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges RFP
• Grants of up to $120,000 to improve humanities education at community colleges
• Community colleges partner with other orgs.
• August 2014 deadline
NEH THINKING THROUGH CULTURAL DIVERSITY SUMMER SYMPOSIUM
Thinking Through Cultural Diversity: Bridging Cultural Differences in Asian Traditions Dates: July 12-20, 2012Location: East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
NEH Challenge Grants• Support long-term or
permanent endeavors• May be invested in
endowments or spend-down funds
• Challenge grants are all matching funds
• Next deadline: May 2014
What can challenge grants be used for?
• Direct acquisitions of equipment, computer hardware and software, bibliographic collections
• Endowments for faculty and staff positions, fellowships, research funds, library acquisitions funds, computer upgrades and maintenance funds
• Development and fundraising costs• Renovation or construction
Digital Humanities • New methods of conducting humanities
research, conceptualizing relationships, presenting scholarship
• Focus on use of digital technologies to explore humanities subjects; impact of digital technologies on the humanities; digitization of important materials.
TITLE DEADLINE DIVISION/OFFICE
Digging Into Data Challenge May 15, 2013 Office of Digital Humanities
Digital Humanities Implementation Grants
February 19, 2014 Office of Digital Humanities
Digital Humanities Start-Up GrantsSeptember 12, 2013
Office of Digital Humanities
Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities
March 11, 2014 Office of Digital Humanities
The NEH Grant Review Process
Peer Review Panels:
Invited scholars and experts review applications and identify exemplary proposals
National Council for the Humanities:
Review and Recommend
Chairman:
Funding decisions based on recommendations of panelists, staff, and Council
Remember …
Outstanding humanities subjects, texts, scholars, and scholarship are at the center of all successful NEH grants