Awards for Faculty 2025 NOFO 030625.pdf

Notice of Funding Opportunity

Awards for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions Awards for Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Awards for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and Universities

Funding Opportunity Number: 20250409-HB

Funding Opportunity Type: New

Federal Assistance Listing Number: 45.160

Application Deadline: April 9, 2025

Ensure your Grants.gov registration and password are current.

NEH will not grant deadline extensions for lack of registration.

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Executive Summary The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Research Programs is accepting applications for the Awards for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) programs. These programs strengthen the humanities at HBCUs, HSIs, and TCUs by encouraging and expanding humanities research opportunities for individual faculty and staff members. Awards support individuals pursuing scholarly research that is of value to humanities scholars, students, and/or general audiences.

Funding Opportunity Title Awards for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Awards for Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities Awards for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and Universities

Funding Opportunity Number 20250409-HB Federal Assistance Listing Number 45.160 Optional Draft Deadline February 14, 2025, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time Application Deadline April 9, 2025, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time Anticipated Award Announcement December 2025 Anticipated FY 2026 Funding Approximately $1,500,000 across the three Awards for

Faculty programs.

Estimated Number and Type of Awards Approximately 22 grants across the three Awards for

Faculty programs.

Award Amounts Up to $60,000 Cost Sharing/Match Required No Period of Performance 2 to 12 months, full-time equivalent. Recipients may work between half time and full time on a project, or in combination.

Projects must start between January 1, 2026, and September 1, 2027.

Eligible Applicants Individuals; see C. Eligibility Information.

Program Resource Page Awards for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Awards for Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities Awards for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and Universities

Pre-Application Webinar A pre-recorded webinar will be posted to the program resource page by February 5, 2025, 11:59 pm Eastern Time.

Consult the program resource pages for information about live Q&A sessions.

Published Modified Modified

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary .................................................................................................................... i Table of Contents ....................................................................................................................... ii A. Program Description

1. Purpose

2. Background

B. Federal Award Information

1. Type of Application and Award

2. Summary of Funding

C. Eligibility Information

1. Eligible Applicants

2. Cost Sharing

3. Other Eligibility Information

D. Application and Submission Information

1. Application Package

2. Content and Form of Application Submission

3. Grants.gov Registration Process

4. Submission Dates and Times

5. Intergovernmental Review

6. Funding Restrictions

7. Other Submission Requirements

E. Application Review Information

1. Review Criteria

2. Review and Selection Process

3. Assessment of Risk and Other Pre-Award Activities

4. Anticipated Announcement and Award Dates

F. Federal Award Administration Information

1. Federal Award Notices

2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements

3. Reporting

G. Agency Contacts H. Other Information

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A. Program Description

1. Purpose This notice solicits applications for the three Awards for Faculty programs:

• Awards for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (neh.gov)

• Awards for Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (neh.gov)

• Awards for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and Universities (neh.gov)

The Awards for Faculty programs strengthen the humanities at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) by encouraging and expanding humanities research opportunities for individual faculty and staff members. Awards provide the individual recipient with time to write, conduct research, and other project-related activities.

These programs offer applicants flexibility in project outcomes and award periods. NEH welcomes proposals in all fields of the humanities, such as literature, history, philosophy, religion, and history, criticism and theory of the arts. Awards support individuals pursuing scholarly research that is of value to humanities scholars, students, and/or general audiences.

Eligible projects include:

• research in primary and secondary materials leading to the development of books, monographs, peer-reviewed articles, e-books, digital projects and resources, translations with annotations or a critical apparatus, critical editions, or other scholarly resources

• research related to institutional or community goals or interests, such as projects that draw on archival collections, collection and interpretation of oral histories, or the development of materials in support of culture or language preservation and revitalization

• research leading to the improvement of a single existing undergraduate course, including the development of humanities resources (for example, oral histories, identification and preparation of archival sources, or newly compiled historical or literary collections)

In addition, projects funded by the Tribal Colleges and Universities program may include research that sustains and strengthens tribal languages and/or cultural traditions and supports students and the community, such as:

• research leading to the improvement of an existing graduate course

• research related to tribal or institutional interests, identities, and priorities, such as projects that draw on cultural or institutional archival collections

• the development of materials in support of sustaining, preserving, and revitalizing culture or language

• research and preparation leading to the development of a humanities workshop series for students at the affiliated institution and/or members of the local community.

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methods, and/or archival research. Indicate how many workshops you plan to develop, and around what theme or themes. (Projects must plan for at least three workshops as part of a series.)

• travel to and research in archival or cultural collections with significant holdings in the researcher’s area of expertise or in an area of tribal or institutional priority or interest

The Awards for Faculty program at all three types of institutions is open to individual faculty and staff members, including full-time, part-time, adjunct, and retired faculty and staff at HBCUs, TCUs, and HSIs. If retired, applicants must not be affiliated with or employed by another institution at the time of application. Awards support individuals who work between half time and full time on their projects. Projects may be at any stage of development. You may propose to complete your project by the end of the period of performance or you may propose to do so by a later date.

Examples of previously funded Awards for Faculty may be viewed here.

See D6. Funding Restrictions for unallowable activities.

See E1. Review Criteria for the standards NEH will use to evaluate applications under this notice.

Program Outputs and Outcomes The outputs of a successful Awards for Faculty fellowship may include, but are not limited to:

• books, monographs, peer-reviewed articles, e-books, digital products and resources, translations with annotations or a critical apparatus, critical editions, or other scholarly resources

• curriculum improvement of a single existing undergraduate course

• research and preparation of materials in support of a community or institutional goal or interest

For applicants at Tribal Colleges and Universities, additional outputs could include:

• curriculum improvement for a single existing graduate course

• development of materials for a humanities workshop series for students or the local community

The outcome of an Awards for Faculty fellowship will be the strengthening of the humanities, and humanities research, at HBCUs, HSIs, and TCUs.

You will describe your project outputs, and how they would support the overall purpose of the program, in Attachment 1: Narrative. If you receive an award, NEH will assess your performance based on the outputs you identify in the proposal. See F3. Reporting.

2. Background NEH offers this funding opportunity under the authority of 20 U.S.C. § 956. Awards are subject to the NEH Fellowships and Awards for Faculty Terms and Conditions.

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Under Section 3(a) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, “The term ‘humanities’ includes, but is not limited to, the study of the following:

language, both modern and classical; linguistics; literature; history; jurisprudence; philosophy;

archaeology; comparative religion; ethics; the history, criticism and theory of the arts; those aspects of the social sciences which have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods;

and the study and application of the humanities to the human environment with particular attention to reflecting our diverse heritage, traditions, and history and to the relevance of the humanities to the current conditions of national life.”

Use the Funded Projects Query Form to find examples of NEH-supported projects.

Learn more about NEH.

B. Federal Award Information

1. Type of Application and Award NEH seeks new applications in response to this notice. You may revise and resubmit previously rejected applications.

NEH will provide funding in the form of grants.

2. Summary of Funding Award amounts The amount of the monthly stipend is $5,000 per full-time month (or part-time equivalent). The maximum award is $60,000 for the equivalent of twelve full-time months. The minimum award is $10,000, corresponding to the equivalent of two months of full-time work. Thus, an award to support 14 months of half-time work would be $35,000 (equivalent to 7 months of full-time work.)

NEH will award outright funds to successful applicants. Outright funds are not contingent on additional funding from other sources.

NEH anticipates approximately $1,500,000 to fund approximately 22 recipients across the three Award for Faculty programs.

NEH will not determine the amount available until Congress enacts the final FY 2026 budget.

This notice is subject to the availability of appropriated funds and is a contingency action taken to ensure that, should funds become available for this purpose, NEH can process applications and issue awards in a timely manner.

Period of performance The period of performance is the span of time during which you are committed to working on your NEH-supported project. You should request a period of performance that suits your schedule, the needs of your project, and the commitment of your institution to your project.

Requesting a shorter period of performance will not affect your chances of receiving an award.

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and the period of performance must be continuous. If you work full time on your project, you must forgo teaching and other major activities. If you combine a part-time award with teaching, you must carry a reduced class load during the period of performance and devote at least 50% of your time to the NEH project. You must not have course overloads or work over-time during the NEH period of performance. Awards will be reduced to reflect the smaller time commitment when you work part-time or for fewer than the equivalent of 12 full-time months on the NEH project.

The minimum period of performance is the equivalent of two months of full-time work; the maximum is the equivalent of twelve months of full-time work.

Your period of performance must start between January 1, 2026, and September 1, 2027. It must start on the first day of the month and end on the last day of the month.

C. Eligibility Information

1. Eligible Applicants You must be one of the following to be eligible:

• A U.S. citizen residing domestically or abroad

• A foreign national who has lived in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the three years prior to the application deadline

Foreign nationals who take up permanent residence outside the United States any time between the application deadline and the end of the period of performance will forfeit their eligibility. Leaving the U.S. on a temporary basis is permitted.

Organizations are ineligible.

In addition to the above requirements, you must be affiliated with one of the following types of institutions.

Hispanic-Serving Institutions Individuals who are full-time, part-time, adjunct, and retired faculty and staff members affiliated with a Hispanic-Serving Institution are eligible to apply. If retired, you must not be affiliated with another institution at the time of application. Potential applicants to the Awards for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions program should check with staff at their institution to determine institutional status. Institutions must apply annually to the U.S. Department of Education for Title III and Title V eligibility designations. Institutional designations therefore can change from year to year.

Individuals may verify that their affiliated college or university is a Hispanic-Serving Institution and that they are eligible to apply to the Awards for Faculty at HSIs program at the April 9, 2025, program deadline by visiting the U.S. Department of Education website and consulting the Eligibility Matrix 2024. The Eligibility Matrix is a read-only Excel worksheet that lists data for postsecondary institutions, and it is updated annually. To verify your institution, select “HSI” from the options at the bottom of the screen. Find your institution and then look at column J https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/grants-higher-education/eligibility-designations-higher-education-programs

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(“Meets the [year] Title V HSI Definition”). If the column states “yes,” you are eligible on an institutional basis to apply to the NEH Awards for Faculty at HSIs program.

If your institution is not listed as a Hispanic-Serving Institution on the Eligibility Matrix 2024 but your institution has applied to the U.S. Department of Education and anticipates that it will appear as a Hispanic-Serving Institution on the Eligibility Matrix 2025, you must include with your application materials a letter or other document from the U.S. Department of Education, or a statement from an administrator at your institution, certifying Title III and Title V eligibility in fiscal year 2025. Submit this as Attachment 10: Institutional eligibility. In addition, your institution must also meet the U.S. Department of Education’s definition of a Hispanic-Serving Institution.

You may determine your institution’s eligibility by verifying that your institution meets the 25% Hispanic student enrollment threshold using the National Center for Education Statistics’ College Navigator, https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/ (search for your institution, then click on “Enrollment”). NEH staff will confirm your institution’s eligibility pending the publication of the Department of Education’s Eligibility Matrix 2025.

Applicants affiliated with institutions that do not appear on the Eligibility Matrix 2024 and have not submitted the requested documentation at the time of application in Attachment 10 showing institutional eligibility in fiscal year 2025 will be declared ineligible.

Historically Black Colleges and Universities:

Individual full-time, part-time, adjunct, and retired faculty and staff members affiliated with Historically Black Colleges and Universities, as designated by the U.S. Department of Education at the time of application, are eligible to apply. If retired, you must not be affiliated with another institution at the time of application. Confirm your institution’s status with the U.S. Department of Education (click on “Accredited HBCU listing”).

Tribal Colleges and Universities Individuals who are full-time, part-time, adjunct, and retired faculty and staff members affiliated with a Tribal College or University are eligible to apply. If retired, you must not be affiliated with another institution at the time of application. Eligible institutions are those recognized by the Department of Education and listed on the American Indian Higher Education Consortium website.

2. Cost Sharing Cost sharing is not required in this program.

3. Other Eligibility Information Resubmissions and Multiple Submissions You may revise and resubmit previously rejected applications. Submissions are subject to the application requirements and review criteria of the current competition.

You may submit only one application under this notice. If you submit multiple applications (including submitting to the wrong funding opportunity or making corrections/updates), NEH will accept only your last validated submission prior to the deadline under the correct Grants.gov funding opportunity.

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Currently enrolled students Currently enrolled students are ineligible to apply to this program. You are, however, eligible if you have satisfied the requirements for a degree and are awaiting its conferral. In this case, you must include a letter from the dean of the conferring school or your department chair attesting to your status as of the application deadline in Attachment 11: Degree conferral.

Dissertation revisions You may seek funding for a project based on your completed dissertation. You must state in your narrative that you intend to revise your dissertation and explain how the proposed project moves beyond the original.

Concurrent NEH applications You may apply to only one of the following programs in a given federal fiscal year:

• Fellowships

• Awards for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and

Universities, or Tribal Colleges and Universities

• Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan

Previously funded NEH applications You may apply for Awards for Faculty funding for a project previously supported by a two-month NEH Summer Stipend. In such a case, NEH will review the accomplishments from the previous award to determine whether the project warrants additional funding. If the current application includes work proposed in the previously funded Summer Stipend, you must address this overlap in the work plan. NEH will not provide additional support for work that has already been completed.

You may not apply for funding for a project previously funded by any of the following programs:

• Fellowships

• Awards for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and

Universities, or Tribal Colleges and Universities

• Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan

• Public Scholars

• Dynamic Language Infrastructure - Documenting Endangered Languages Fellowships

Multiple Awards You may not hold two or more NEH individual awards with overlapping periods of performance (for example, an Awards for Faculty fellowship and a Summer Stipend; or an Awards for Faculty fellowship and a Public Scholars award).

NEH will not delay the period of performance beyond the stated timelines of this NOFO to accommodate overlapping individual awards. See B2. Summary of Funding.

If you accept an NEH Awards for Faculty fellowship, any pending Summer Stipends, Public Scholars, or DLI-Documenting Endangered Languages program application you have submitted for the same project will be automatically withdrawn.

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You may not serve as the project director or key personnel on an NEH institutional award while working full time on an NEH individual award. If you plan to work part-time on an NEH individual award, and you also work on a project supported by an NEH institutional award as either a project director or participant, your activities must not exceed your regular, full-time load, across all projects and activities (including non-NEH work activities).

Concurrent grants from other organizations You may simultaneously hold fellowships or grants from institutions other than NEH — including sabbaticals and grants from your own institution — in support of the same project during your period of performance.

Collaborative projects This program is designed for individual researchers; awards may not be divided. If you are seeking funding for more than one scholar in a collaborative project, each individual must:

• submit a separate application specifying their individual contribution (Peer reviewers will evaluate each application on its own merits.)

• independently meet the eligibility requirements

• clearly explain how the work will be divided and the extent to which each collaborator’s contribution depends on that of the other(s)

You are eligible to apply if you are working as part of a collaborative team but seeking funding only for yourself. Collaborating scholars affiliated with an eligible institution may apply to the Collaborative Research program. If more than one member of a collaborative project applies for this individual award, NEH will consider each application separately.

Other restrictions NEH does not issue awards to other federal entities. If your project is so closely intertwined with a federal entity that the project takes on characteristics of the federal entity’s own authorized activities, it is ineligible. You may use funds from, or sites and materials controlled by other federal entities in your project.

Except for the rare cases covered by its late submission policy, NEH will not consider applications submitted after the deadline.

NEH will not consider incomplete, nonresponsive, or ineligible applications.

NEH will not consider applications that exceed page limits or deviate from formatting instructions. See the Application Components Table.

D. Application and Submission Information

1. Application Package You must apply using Grants.gov Workspace. You can find this funding opportunity in Grants.gov under number 20250409-HB. There is also a link on the program resource pages:

Awards for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Awards for Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Awards for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and Universities.

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This funding opportunity includes three application packages under the “Package” tab. Select the appropriate one based upon your university’s eligibility (HSI, HBCU, or TCU). Each package includes a series of required and conditionally required forms. You will upload additional application components using the Attachments Form.

Hispanic-Serving Institutions HSI2025 Historically Black Colleges and Universities HBCU2025 Tribal Colleges and Universities TCU2025

You must complete a multistep registration process to submit your application. See D3.

Grants.gov Registration Process.

Contact FacultyAwards@neh.gov to request a paper copy of this notice.

2. Content and Form of Application Submission Your application will consist of a series of forms included in Grants.gov Workspace and other components that you will prepare and upload to the Attachments Form. The Application Components Table below will help you prepare a complete application. You are not required to and should not submit a budget.

You must submit all required and relevant conditionally required components. NEH will not review applications missing any required documents or relevant conditionally required documents.

Take note of the page limits and formatting instructions in this notice. NEH will not review applications that exceed mandatory page limits or deviate from formatting instructions.

Do not include attachments other than those requested in this notice. If you do, NEH will reject your application.

Unless the instructions specify otherwise, your attachments must be PDFs and conform to the following formatting requirements:

• pages no larger than standard letter size (8 ½" x 11”)

• at least one-inch margins on all sides for all pages

• a font size no smaller than 11-point

• single-spacing

• a standard Roman font: (e.g., Arial, Georgia, Helvetica, or Times New Roman)

• any standard citation style is acceptable; citations are included in page counts

NEH has assigned each application component one of the following designations:

• Required: You must submit this component.

• Conditionally Required: You must submit this component if your proposal meets the specified conditions.

• Recommended: NEH encourages, but does not require, you to submit this component.

• Conditionally required for recipients: You are encouraged but not required to submit this component when you apply. You must submit it if you receive an award if your proposal meets the specified conditions.

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In addition, NEH has established page limits for some application components:

• Mandatory: You must not exceed the page limit.

• Suggested: NEH encourages, but does not require, you to abide by the page limit.

Application Component Table Application Component File Name Designation Page limits Attachments 1: Narrative narrative.pdf Required 3 (mandatory) 2: Work plan workplan.pdf Required 1 (mandatory) 3: Bibliography bibliography.pdf Required 1 (mandatory) 4: Résumé resume.pdf Required 2 (mandatory) 5: Confirmation of institutional support confirmation.pdf Recommended at the time of application.

Required in order to receive funding.

6: Undergraduate course revisions (all institutions), graduate course revisions (TCUs only), or humanities workshop series (TCUs only) course.pdf Recommended for course revision projects (all institutions) and projects proposing a humanities workshop series (TCUs only)

See instructions (suggested)

7: Editions and translations translation.pdf Recommended for projects that propose an edition or translation

See instructions

8: Visual materials visual.pdf Recommended for projects that use visual materials

See instructions (suggested)

9: Data sample and data management and sharing plan data.pdf Recommended for projects that develop digital materials

See instructions

10: Institutional eligibility institution.pdf Conditionally required of applicants at Hispanic-Serving Institutions

See instructions

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11: Degree Conferral degree.pdf Conditionally required

12: Explanation of delinquent federal debt delinquentdebt.pdf Conditionally required for recipients

Grants.gov forms SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance - Individual

Required

NEH Supplemental Information for Individuals Form

Required

Project/Performance Site(s) Location Form

Required

Attachments Form Required

Application Components: Attachments Each attachment must be a single PDF file. See the Attachments Form instructions for further guidance about file requirements. Read those instructions carefully, as Grants.gov will not accept files that do not meet the requirements.

Attachment 1: Narrative (Required) Compose a comprehensive description of your proposed project. Your narrative should be succinct, well organized, and free of technical terms and jargon so that peer reviewers can understand the proposed project.

You must limit the narrative to three single-spaced pages. Do not include an executive summary, cover page, or a table of contents. You may include images, charts, diagrams, footnotes, and endnotes if they fit within the page limit.

Organize your narrative using the following section headings. Each section aligns with one or more review criteria that NEH will use to evaluate your proposal.

Significance and contribution (aligns primarily with Review Criterion 1) Describe your research and state your project thesis. Provide an overview of the project, explaining the basic ideas, problems, questions, texts, people, and/or events you will examine.

Describe the intellectual significance of the proposed project to the intended audience or audiences, including its value to humanities scholars, students, or general audiences. Explain how it will complement, challenge, or expand on relevant scholarship in the field. If appropriate, describe the contribution that the research will make to your students, institution, or broader community. Explain how your scholarship will be presented to benefit the identified audiences.

For humanities research projects in support of a community or institutional goal or interest, explain the expected outcome of the project, and how it will be presented in order to reach the identified audience. If relevant, discuss collaboration and other arrangements made with the institution or community, keeping in mind that this program provides funding only to the individual researcher. If applicable, explain how the project may have a broader impact beyond the community or institution.

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If you plan to travel to cultural or archival collections to pursue research, explain what specific texts or objects you will consult.

If you plan to develop materials in support of sustaining, preserving, and revitalizing culture or language, explain how you will present your findings to reach the identified audience(s).

For humanities research projects leading to the revision of an undergraduate course (or, for TCU applicants only, a graduate course), explain how the research relates to revising the course, the course readings, and the course methodologies. Discuss the importance of the course within your teaching portfolio and within your institution’s overall curriculum. Include relevant information such as the number of times it has been offered, whether the course is currently taught, and the number of students enrolled when the course was most recently offered. Explain how the project may have a broader impact beyond the individual course, whether at your institution or beyond your institution.

For TCU applicants only:

For projects leading to the development of a humanities workshop series for students and/or the local community, explain how the workshops will engage participants with primary sources and develop participants’ knowledge and skills with humanities research methodologies. Explain any anticipated project outcomes, such as the collecting of oral histories or the development of cultural or language materials.

Organization and methods (aligns primarily with review criterion 2) Describe your research, explaining how it will help you resolve the problems or questions you will examine. Explain your concepts and your terminology. Describe your method(s) and discuss your sources. Provide the scholarly context.

• For projects designed to produce published scholarship, explain how the final project will be organized.

• For book projects, provide a chapter outline with brief explanations of each chapter’s contents, if possible.

• For article projects, provide an overview of the article, including details about the argument, sources, and word count.

• For a dissertation revision, you must state that your project is to revise a dissertation.

Explain how you plan to move beyond the original dissertation, including the specific changes, revisions, and expansions that you plan, and how they will improve the original work.

• For digital projects, describe the technologies and platforms that you will use. Explain, where possible, the project’s organization. Address the sustainability of the project and any permissions you need to obtain.

• For a course revision project, explain the specific ways in which the proposed research will enhance the course. Explain how your course revision research contributes to your institution’s curriculum and to your students.

• For a translation or edition, indicate your plans for including an introduction, annotations, or other scholarly apparatus. If you are applying to translate a work into English and other English translations already exist, provide a rationale for a new translation. Explain any necessary permissions you need to obtain.

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• For humanities workshop series projects, describe the specific primary sources, humanities activities, and methodologies that you plan to present to participants.

You must provide a rationale for projects that will be written in a language other than English.

Competencies, skills, and access (aligns primarily with review criterion 4) Explain your competence in the area of your project. If the topic is new to you, explain your reasons for working on it and your qualifications. Specify your level of competence in any languages, technologies, skills, or methods needed for the project. Describe where you will conduct the project and the research materials (primary and/or secondary) you will use. If relevant, specify the arrangements for access to archives, collections, or institutions that contain the necessary resources.

Final product and dissemination (aligns primarily with review criteria 4 and 5) Describe the audience(s) you plan to reach and the intended results of the project. Explain how the results will be disseminated and why these means are appropriate to the subject matter and audience.

• For book projects, indicate possible publishers.

• For article projects, indicate potential journals for publication.

• If the project has a website, provide the URL.

• For course revision projects, indicate your plans (if any) to expand the number of sections offered, replicate the course on other campuses, or otherwise disseminate the results more broadly.

For TCU applicants only:

• For a humanities workshop series, describe anticipated outputs (e.g., course syllabi, creation of primary source material collections or digital resources).

If the final product will appear in a language other than English, explain how access and dissemination will be affected.

If the project involves publishing materials (whether in print or online) that are under copyright, indicate your plans for securing the necessary permission.

NEH expects that recipients will maintain digital publications resulting from its awards to ensure their long-term availability. To that end, describe how you will sustain and support your project’s digital publication beyond the period of performance, including for how long and by whom.

Your narrative must not exceed three pages. It will be considered primarily under review criteria 1, 2, 4, and 5.

Name the file narrative.pdf.

Attachment 2: Work plan (required) Present a schedule for the period of performance.

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You may present information in a table, chart, list, or prose format. Explain the tasks you expect to accomplish and your timeline for completing them. Consider breaking the work you plan to undertake during the award period into smaller increments of time, such as two- or three-month increments.

• Clearly indicate how many months of support you are requesting and whether you propose full- or part-time work, or a combination of the two. You must work at least half-time on the NEH project, and the period of performance must be continuous. NEH does not allow you to work an overload. If you are proposing part-time work, specify the fraction of time you will devote to the project (e.g., half-time or three-quarters time). For part-time work plans, indicate how many course releases you will seek.

• Describe the part or stage of the project that the award will support. Indicate if any parts are complete. If you will not finish the project during the period of performance, state when you expect to complete it. For example, if you are proposing a publication (e.g., book or article), indicate when you plan to submit it for publication and when you expect it to appear. If you are proposing a course revision, specify when you plan to offer the revised course and how you will present the research results (e.g., website or other digital resource, course packet).

• Indicate where you will work and, if more than one location is involved, how long you will spend in each place.

• If you received an NEH Summer Stipend award for the same project, indicate what was accomplished during that award period and how the proposed work plan builds on your previous support.

• If you are seeking funds as part of a larger collaborative project, clearly explain how the work will be divided and the extent to which each collaborator’s contribution depends on that of the other(s).

Humanities workshop series (TCU applicants only):

• If you are proposing to develop a humanities workshop series, specify how many workshops you will offer, topics each workshop will address, and when you plan to offer them. Explain how the research results will be presented to students, community members, and/or more broadly (e.g., website or other digital resource, course packet).

Your work plan should not depend on factors outside your control, such as the receipt of outside readers’ reports from a publisher. If you plan to submit your manuscript to an editor or publisher before the end of the period of performance, explain what additional work the project will require after you submit the manuscript and why it merits support.

The work plan must not exceed one page. Your work plan will be considered primarily under Review Criterion 3.

Name the file workplan.pdf.

Attachment 3: Bibliography (required) Your bibliography should consist of primary and secondary sources that relate directly to the project. If you are proposing work with archival materials, indicate which archive(s) hold them.

Include works that pertain to both the project’s substance and its theoretical or methodological approaches. Peer reviewers will use the bibliography to assess your knowledge of the subject area.

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Any standard bibliographic format is acceptable. Items referenced in the narrative need not appear in the bibliography if the citation in the narrative enables readers to identify the work.

The bibliography must not exceed one page. Your bibliography will be considered primarily under Review Criterion 2.

Name the file bibliography.pdf.

Attachment 4: Résumé (required) Submit your information in a résumé or CV format. Provide the information listed below. Do not submit a narrative biographical statement. Include the following information:

• Name

• Current and past positions

• Education: list degrees, dates awarded, and titles of theses or dissertations

• Awards and honors: include dates. If you have received prior support from NEH, indicate the dates of these awards and the products that resulted from them

• Publications: include full citations for publications and presentations

• Other relevant professional activities and accomplishments: include your level of competence in any relevant foreign languages and your level of competence in relevant digital tools

Your résumé must not exceed two pages. Your résumé will be considered primarily under Review Criterion 4.

Name the file resume.pdf.

Attachment 5: Confirmation of institutional support (recommended at the time of application; required if funded) Include a document on letterhead, signed by an institutional representative, such as staff in the office of sponsored research, a vice president, or dean, confirming institutional support. The individual should be in a position to authorize a research leave, in the event that your application is successful. It should state that the institution will allow you to accept an Award for Faculty if you are offered one, even though it might reduce your teaching load.

NEH encourages you to submit this document at the time of application, but you must submit it if you are recommended for funding. NEH will not issue your award without a letter of confirmation.

Your confirmation of institutional support will be considered primarily under Review Criterion 4.

Name the file confirmation.pdf.

Attachment 6: Undergraduate course revisions (all institutions), graduate course revisions (TCUs only), or Humanities Workshop

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Series (TCUs only) (recommended for projects that propose course revisions or workshop series) Course revision projects: This program is intended to support a single course revision. For applicants proposing a course revision, NEH strongly recommends that you include the following materials so that reviewers can more readily assess your project:

• Provide the existing course syllabus—including a listing of the current course readings— in PDF format. NEH suggests not exceeding ten pages.

• Provide a list of courses that you have taught within the last three years including the number of students taught, the number of courses offered, and the number of different preparations. NEH suggests not to exceed three pages.

For TCU applicants only:

Humanities Workshop Series: For applicants proposing a humanities workshop series, NEH strongly recommends that you include the following materials so that reviewers can more readily assess your project:

• Provide an outline of the workshop series, indicating how many workshops would be offered and potential topics for each workshop. If possible, describe the primary sources and methodologies that would be the focus of each workshop. Indicate where the workshops would be offered (e.g., university space, community center). NEH suggests not exceeding two pages.

• If relevant, provide a list of courses that you have taught within the last three years including the number of students taught, the number of courses offered, and the number of different preparations. NEH suggests not to exceed three pages.

Attachment 6 will be considered primarily under Review Criteria 1, 2, and 4.

Name the file course.pdf.

Attachment 7: Editions and translations (recommended for projects that propose an edition or translation) If you are creating an edition or translation, NEH strongly recommends that you provide a sample of the original text (one page) and the edited or translated version (one page) so that reviewers can more readily assess your project. If you plan to include annotations, your sample of the edited or translated version should include examples. NEH suggests that you do not exceed two pages total (original and translation).

Your translation or edition sample will be considered primarily under Review Criterion 2.

Name the attachment translation.pdf.

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Attachment 8: Visual materials (recommended for projects that use visual materials) If your project uses visual materials, NEH recommends that you provide a sample. Your sample must be saved as a PDF (do not use .jpg or other common graphic formats). NEH suggests that you do not exceed one page.

Your visual materials will be considered primarily under Review Criterion 2.

Name the attachment visual.pdf.

Attachment 9: Data sample and data management and sharing plan (recommended for projects that develop digital materials) If you are pursuing a project involving digital materials or methods, NEH strongly recommends that you provide the following information so that reviewers can more readily assess your project.

If you are developing a dataset, provide a representative sample of your data (NEH suggests one page).

In addition, since NEH expects that any materials in digital form as a result of its awards will be maintained and preserved to ensure their long-term availability, provide information about the following (NEH suggests one page):

• Describe your plan for hosting, maintaining, and preserving your digital products. While you do not need to have a publication contract or formal hosting plan in place at the time of application, mention if you plan to seek institutional hosting (including with a press).

• Explain who will be responsible for maintaining the project during the period of active maintenance.

• Include any standards for data and metadata format and content your project will use, if applicable.

• Explain any data security precautions you are taking and how you will protect the confidentiality of sensitive or private data, if applicable.

• Describe plans for preservation after the period of active maintenance is over, including listing what elements of the project will be preserved.

Your data materials will be considered primarily under Review Criteria 2 and 5.

Name the attachment data.pdf.

Attachment 10: Institutional eligibility (conditionally required of applicants at Hispanic-Serving Institutions) If your institution is not listed as a Hispanic-Serving Institution on the Eligibility Matrix 2024 but has applied to the U.S. Department of Education and anticipates that it will appear as a Hispanic-Serving Institution on the Eligibility Matrix 2025, you must include with your application materials a letter or other document from the U.S. Department of Education, or a statement from an administrator at your institution, certifying Title III and Title V eligibility in fiscal year 2025.

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In addition to submitting documentation of Title III and Title V eligibility, your institution must also meet the U.S. Department of Education’s definition of a Hispanic-Serving Institution. You may determine your institution’s eligibility by verifying that your institution meets the 25% Hispanic student enrollment threshold using the National Center for Education Statistics’ College Navigator (search for your institution, then click on “Enrollment”). NEH staff will confirm your institution’s eligibility pending the publication of the Department of Education’s Eligibility Matrix 2025. Applicants affiliated with institutions that do not appear on the Eligibility Matrix 2024 and have not submitted evidence of institutional eligibility at the time of application in fiscal year 2025 will be declared ineligible and the associated application removed from the competition.

Name the file institution.pdf

Attachment 11: Degree conferral (conditionally required) If you have satisfied all…