Dialogues on the Experiences of War 2022 .pdf

Notice of Funding Opportunity

Funding Opportunity Title:

Dialogues on the Experiences of War

Funding Opportunity Number: 20220901-AV

Funding Opportunity Type: New

Federal Assistance Listing Number: 45.163

Application Deadline:

September 1, 2022

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Executive Summary The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Education Programs is accepting applications for the Dialogues on the Experience of War program, as part of its Standing Together:

The Humanities and the Experience of War initiative. The purpose of the program is to support the study and discussion of important humanities sources about war and military service, in the belief that these sources can help U.S. military veterans and others think more deeply about the issues that they raise. Dialogues discussion groups may include exclusively veterans (including a subset of veterans such as students or residents of a group facility); civilians; military-affiliated persons;

or any mix of these groups.

Funding Opportunity Title Dialogues on the Experiences of War Funding Opportunity Number 20220901-AV Federal Assistance Listing Number 45.163 Optional Draft Deadline July 21, 2022, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time Application Deadline September 1, 2022, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time Anticipated Award Announcements April 2023 Anticipated FY 2023 Approximately $1,000,000 Estimated Number and Type of Awards Approximately 10 grants per deadline Award Amounts Up to $100,000 per deadline Cost Sharing/Match Required No Period of Performance 12 to 24 months

Projects submitted to the 2022 deadline must start between May 1 and September 1, 2023.

Eligible Applicants • nonprofit organizations recognized as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code

• accredited institutions of higher education (public or nonprofit)

• state and local governments and their agencies

• federally recognized Native American tribal governments

See C. Eligibility Information for additional information.

Program Resource Page https://www.neh.gov/grants/education/dialogues-the-experience-war

Pre-Application Webinar There will be a prerecorded webinar posted on the program resource page by June 22, 2022.

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary .................................................................................... i

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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. Unique Entity Identifier and System for Award Management

4. Submission Dates and Times

5. Intergovernmental Review

6. Funding Restrictions

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 Dialogues on the Experience of War program, which supports the study and discussion of humanities sources that address diverse experiences of military service and war through projects that draw on the humanities to connect veterans and civilians. The program 3Tis part of NEH’s Standing Together: The Humanities and the Experience of War, an Endowment-wide initiative designed to promote a deeper understanding of war and military service.

Active-duty military, reservists, and veterans comprise close to seven percent of the population of the United States. The service and the experiences of this portion of the U.S. population have affected the lives of their fellow Americans, and people around the world in ways not widely understood or examined. The Dialogues on the Experience of War program supports projects that use humanities approaches and resources to explore the human experiences of war and military service and their repercussions for those directly and indirectly involved. While the forms and technologies of war and military engagement may change over time, deeper questions and connections persist across generations and places and often find expression through the humanities. Dialogues projects enable veterans and civilians to consider their own experiences within the broader context and perspectives such resources provide.

Dialogues projects build a community of inquiry by engaging participants in recurring, in-depth group discussions of meaningful themes, sources, and issues. All projects first build a cohort of discussion leaders and prepare them to facilitate these discussions. Dialogues projects thus offer uniquely transformative learning experiences for all who participate.

Awards of up to $100,000 must support:

• Discussion programs: The convening of at least two sustained discussion series focused on humanities resources and themes that address the experiences of war and military service. Each series should convene approximately fifteen participants who will attend all sessions. Sessions may be in person, virtual, or in both formats, but they must provide enough time to build intellectual community among the participants.

• Preparatory programs: The creation of an in-person or virtual preparatory program to recruit, train, select, and mentor individuals to serve as discussion leaders for the series.

NEH does not prescribe a particular format or schedule for either the preparatory or discussion programs; you may tailor your design to the needs of your audience, project team (including discussion leaders), partners, and host sites. Dialogues projects may offer academic course credit for the preparatory and/or discussion programs or may integrate these programs into existing courses. For projects focused primarily on curricular development, see the Humanities Initiatives or Humanities Connections programs.

Best practices show that surveying discussion leaders after they have led their discussion series serves the evaluation of the preparatory programs particularly well. At a minimum, each project must include at least two basic survey evaluations:

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• The first will be completed by discussion leaders at the end of their preparatory program.

• The second will survey participants in the discussion groups.

Discussion programs Discussion programs should allow for deep engagement with the humanities sources and for dialogues that involve each member of the group. Discussions should engage participants in shared explorations of open-ended questions about war and military service, such as the nature of service, the place of veterans and the military in society, the meaning of heroism, the ethics of war, or what defines patriotism. You should select humanities sources that address wars or military conflicts across time and place, so that discussion participants may consider their own experiences in relation to human experiences and perspectives distant from their own, including those that predate living memory. You must also describe how you will recruit the discussion participants and support their engagement in thorough and sustained discussion.

Discussion programs must:

• treat at least two recognizably different conflicts in depth

• focus on the close study of humanities sources drawn from at least two genres (such as oral histories, visual artworks, memoirs, military biographies, speeches and letters, philosophical writings, documentary films, and fiction) from a diverse range of perspectives

• engage participants in deep discussion of the selected humanities sources and the issues that they raise

• convene participants in person, virtually, or in combined format for recurring sessions and enough time to build trust and intellectual community and foster sustained and inclusive dialogue

Preparatory training programs You must develop a preparatory program to train discussion leaders. The format, length, and methodology of the preparatory program may vary, but you must tailor the recruitment, training, selection, and guidance of the discussion leaders to their needs and strengths and to the goals of the discussion program.

Preparatory programs should include:

• close study of the humanities sources at the heart of the discussions

• modeling and practice in leading humanities discussions (for example, posing questions designed to explore texts and elicit discussion of the texts’ contemporary relevance;

articulating rules of civil discourse; encouraging group inquiry; moderating disagreements)

• development of discussion leaders’ knowledge and awareness of the diverse backgrounds and perspectives of military veterans and service members

• well-defined criteria for the selection of preparatory program participants, and plans to mentor, support, and evaluate discussion leaders throughout the period of performance

• formation of a virtual or actual network of discussion leaders and resources for future versions of the program and/or new programs

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Indicators of Success A successful Dialogues on the Experience of War project:

• shows how writers, artists, historians, philosophers, and others have portrayed military service and war from diverse points of view

• draws on humanities scholarship and understanding of military service in its approach to the selection and interpretation of humanities sources and themes

• considers universal as well as particular experiences of military service and war

• enables participants to consider their own perspectives in a broad and comparative context, guided by open-ended questions about the subject matter and the themes

• fosters participants’ intellectual growth and self-understanding through sustained and interactive discussions

• involves humanities scholars and others with relevant experience or expertise in the core project team

• encourages the respectful exchange of ideas and builds a community of inquiry, trust, and shared learning

Special guidance for prior recipients If you previously received a Dialogues award, you must indicate how the current proposal draws on insights gained and lessons learned from your prior project(s). Your new proposal may involve any of the following objectives:

• to deepen or refine thematic approaches, humanities sources, or conceptualization of the programs

• to revise or expand audiences for the preparatory and discussion programs

• to build capacity for smaller organizations or remote communities to offer Dialogues programs

• to develop or extend a local, regional, or national network of Dialogues programs

• to create and disseminate project resources for preparatory and discussion programs, such as training videos, facilitator resources, reading and resource lists, source materials, and evaluation forms and guidance

To these ends, you may use award funds to support activities that enable you to revise and enhance your project, such as: evaluation of program components; meetings and workshops;

travel and convening expenses; or other means of sharing resources and best practices with project partners or across a wider programming community.

Prior recipients of Dialogues awards must respond to additional 27Treview criteria and must provide the evaluations conducted for their previous project in Attachment 7: Other Supporting Materials.

Dialogues projects may take a wide variety of forms. For examples of different types, see the program resource page.

See D6. Funding Restrictions for unallowable activities.

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

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2. Background NEH offers this funding opportunity under the authority of 20 U.S.C. § 956. Awards are subject to 2 CFR Part 200 Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, and the General Terms and Conditions for Awards to Organizations (for grants and cooperative agreements issued January 1, 2022 or later).

Under the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, “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.

NEH Initiatives NEH seeks to support projects that respond to the following initiatives. NEH will give all applications equal consideration in accordance with the program’s review criteria.

In addition to these special initiatives, NEH encourages projects that include Native American organizations and communities as applicants and project partners.

A More Perfect Union: Exploring America's Story and Commemorating its 250th Anniversary The task of building a more perfect Union, rooted in the ideal of human equality, falls to every generation of Americans, ours no less than our predecessors’. The basic goals of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness endure over time, even as the challenges change: from founding a nation out of colonies; to dismantling the institution of slavery; to prevailing through times of economic depression and war; to advancing civil rights for all; to strengthening our democratic institutions; to building a more inclusive and sustainable society.

NEH’s A More Perfect Union initiative encourages projects that explore, reflect on, and tell the stories of our quest for a more just, inclusive, and sustainable society throughout our history.

NEH especially welcomes projects that bring the perspective of the humanities to questions of racial justice, gender equality, the evolution of the American landscape, as well as America’s place in the world. The agency strongly encourages projects that strengthen Americans’ knowledge of our principles of constitutional governance and democracy, as well as projects that address the experiences of Native Americans and other under-represented communities. In addition, NEH welcomes projects that develop innovative approaches to sustaining the nation’s humanities infrastructure and preserving its historical record.

Standing Together: The Humanities and the Experience of War In recognition of the importance of the humanities both in helping Americans to understand the experiences of service members and in assisting veterans as they return to civilian life, this special initiative draws on the power of the humanities to support advanced research in the https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?hl=false&edition=prelim&req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title20-section956&num=0&saved=%7CKHRpdGxlOjIwIHNlY3Rpb246OTU2YSBlZGl0aW9uOnByZWxpbSk%3D%7C%7C%7C0%7Cfalse%7Cprelim https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=236bb02f01d2e050f7a5b60c88a67066&mc=true&node=pt2.1.200&rgn=div5 https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=236bb02f01d2e050f7a5b60c88a67066&mc=true&node=pt2.1.200&rgn=div5 https://www.neh.gov/general-terms-and-conditions-awards-organizations-grants-and-cooperative-agreements-issued-january-2022 https://www.neh.gov/general-terms-and-conditions-awards-organizations-grants-and-cooperative-agreements-issued-january-2022 https://www.neh.gov/about/history/national-foundation-arts-and-humanities-act-1965-pl-89-209 https://securegrants.neh.gov/publicquery/main.aspx https://www.neh.gov/about https://www.neh.gov/250

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humanities that explores war and its aftermath; to promote discussion and deepen understanding of the experiences of those Americans affiliated with the armed services, whether active duty or veterans; and to support returning veterans and their families. Learn more about Standing Together.

B. Federal Award Information

1. Type of Application and Award NEH seeks new, applications in response to this notice.

NEH will provide funding in the form of grants.

2. Summary of Funding

Award amounts You may request up to $100,000.

Successful applicants will be awarded outright funds, which are not contingent on additional funding from other sources.

NEH anticipates approximately $1,000,000 to fund an estimated 10 recipients per deadline.

NEH will not determine the amount available until Congress enacts the final FY 2023 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 You may request a period of performance of 12 to 24 months.

If you apply for the 2022 deadline, you must request a period of performance start date between May 1, 2023 and September 1, 2023.

The period of performance is the span of time during which you may incur new obligations to carry out the work under the NEH award. 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 To be eligible to apply, you must be established in the United States or its jurisdictions as one of the following organization types:

• a nonprofit organization recognized as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code

• an accredited institution of higher education (public or nonprofit)

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• a federally recognized Native American tribal government

To be eligible, you must not function solely as a fiscal agent for another entity and must make substantive contributions to the success of the project.

Individuals and other organizations, including foreign and for-profit entities, are ineligible.

2. Cost Sharing NEH does not require cost sharing in this program unless you request federal matching funds.

Cost sharing or matching is the portion of the project costs not paid by NEH funds. Cost sharing will not be considered in the evaluation of applications.

If you request federal matching funds, you must raise third-party non-federal gifts dollar-for-dollar. NEH will certify the allowability of these gifts before releasing federal matching funds.

Typically, NEH will distribute federal matching funds on an annual basis over the period of performance. See the NEH Federal Matching Funds Guidelines.

Include required third-party non-federal gifts on your Research and Related Budget and identify them in your budget justification.

Voluntary cost sharing You may contribute voluntary cost share to your project if the total costs exceed the amount awarded by NEH. Voluntary cost share includes:

• cash contributions made to the project by the applicant

• unrecovered indirect costs

• third party cash contributions made to the project

• third-party in-kind contributions (non-cash contributions, such as property or services, that benefit the project and are contributed by non-federal third parties, without charge, to the recipient)

While you may describe voluntary cost share in your budget justification, you should not include it on your Research and Related Budget.

If NEH issues you an award, you must maintain auditable records of the source and use of contributed cost share. See 2 CFR § 200.306.

Learn about types of funds NEH offers.

3. Other Eligibility Information You may submit multiple applications for separate and distinct projects under this notice, however, an individual may only be named as project director on one application.

You may revise and resubmit previously rejected applications, which NEH will assess using the same criteria as others in the current competition.

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submit multiple proposals for complementary aspects of the same overall project. NEH may disallow costs or reject applications with overlapping project costs. An individual’s level of effort cannot exceed 100% across all active federally funded awards.

NEH does not make 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, but you may not use them as gifts to release NEH matching funds.

NEH does not provide financial assistance to foreign institutions or organizations. If you are an eligible domestic entity, you may apply for collaborative projects involving foreign organizations provided you do not use NEH funds for the purpose of issuing subawards to any foreign organization, as defined in 2 CFR §§ 200.1 and .331(a). You may obtain the services of foreign individuals and consultants to carry out programmatic activities on a fee-for-service basis, as specified in 2 CFR § 200.459. You may obtain goods and services from foreign vendors, such as in-country transportation services, in accordance with 2 CFR § 200.331(b). If you plan to submit an application involving international collaboration, contact program staff at dew@neh.gov.

Except for the rare cases covered by its late submission policy, NEH must receive your application by the deadline.

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

NEH will not review applications that exceed page limits or violate formatting instructions. See the Application Components Table.

D. Application and Submission Information

1. Application Package You must apply using Grants.gov Workspace or a Grants.gov system-to-system solution. You can find this funding opportunity in Grants.gov under number 20220901-AV. There is also a link on the program resource page.

Once you have located the funding opportunity in Grants.gov, you will find the application package under the “Package” tab. It includes a series of required and conditionally required forms. You will upload additional application components using the Attachments Form.

You must complete a multistep registration process to submit your application. See D3. Unique Entity Identifier and System for Award Management.

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

If you are deaf or hard of hearing, you can contact NEH using Federal Relay at 800-877-8399.

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2. Content and Form of Application Submission Your application will include a narrative, budget, and other forms and attachments. You will complete the forms within Grants.gov Workspace and upload other components into the Attachments Form. See the Application Component Table.

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 they meet the specified conditions.

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

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

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.

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

Your application components must conform to the following formatting requirements, unless otherwise indicated:

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

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

• a font no smaller than 11-point

In addition, you are encouraged to format your components consistent with the following:

• single-spacing

• a readable font such as Arial, Georgia, Helvetica, or Times New Roman

• any standard citation style (citations are included in page counts)

Application Component Table Application Component File Name Designation Page limits Grants.gov forms SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance - Short Organizational

Required

Supplementary Cover Sheet for NEH Grant Programs

Required

Project/Performance Site(s) Location Form

Required

Research and Related Budget Required Attachments Form Required

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Attachments 1.Narrative narrative.pdf Required 10 (mandatory) 2: Discussion program schedule and syllabus discussion.pdf Required 2 (suggested)

3: Preparatory program schedule and syllabus preparatory.pdf Required 2 (suggested)

4: Work plan workplan.pdf Required 5: Resume(s) of key project personnel resumes.pdf Required 2 pages per resume (suggested)

6: Letters of commitment commitment.pdf Recommended 7: Other supporting materials materials.pdf Recommended 50

(mandatory)

8. Subrecipient budget(s) subrecipient.pdf Conditionally required

9: Federally negotiated indirect cost rate agreement agreement.pdf Conditionally

10: Explanation of delinquent federal debt delinquentdebt.pdf Conditionally

Narrative 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 ten single-spaced pages with one-inch margins and a font no smaller than 11-point.

Do not include an executive summary 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 NEH will use to evaluate your proposal.

a. Summary of the project (aligns with all review criteria) Provide a one-paragraph summary of the scope, structure, and setting of the proposed preparatory and discussion programs. Briefly describe the wars you will cover, the topics and themes you will address, and the genres of humanities sources you will consider (such as historical writings, memoirs, military biographies, speeches and letters, philosophical writings, documentaries, fiction, and artworks). If you have previously received a Dialogues award, state that here.

b. Project development (aligns with all review criteria) 34TIf you have previously received a Dialogues award, you must include this section in your narrative. Provide copies of the evaluations conducted of your previous project in 34TAttachment 7: Other Supporting Materials27T34T. All other applicants should enter N/A and skip this section.

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34TDescribe the ways the proposed project builds on past Dialogues work in its design and scope, including 34Tlessons learned in earlier implementation of the project, and revisions based on discussion leader and participant evaluations34T. Explain these elements more fully in the subsequent sections of the narrative. These ways may include:

• deepening or refining of the thematic approaches, humanities sources, or conceptualization of the programs

• revision or expansion of the audiences for the preparatory and discussion programs

• building capacity for smaller organizations or remote communities to offer Dialogues programs

• developing or extending a local, regional, or national network of Dialogues programs

• creating and disseminating project resources for preparatory and discussion programs, such as training videos, facilitator resources, reading and resource lists, source materials, and evaluation forms and guidance

c. Intellectual approach and content, design, and implementation (aligns with review criteria Intellectual quality, Design quality, and Impact)

1. Intellectual rationale (aligns with review criteria Intellectual quality and Design quality)

State the project’s goals and intended outcomes. Explain the rationale for selecting the conflicts, themes, and humanities sources, and how they form a coherent program of study.

Identify the intended audiences and describe how the project’s format conveys the central humanities ideas/themes.

2. Discussion programs for military veterans and others (aligns with review criteria Intellectual quality, Design quality, and Impact)

Discuss the specific humanities content of the programs. Elaborate on the topics, themes, conflicts, and sources at the heart of the discussions. Identify the humanities sources and other resources you will provide the participants. Specify how you will use the humanities sources to address the central themes of the discussion programs. Indicate how multiple viewpoints, dialogic methods, and selected themes will enrich the discussions. Include examples of how you will use open-ended questions and sources.

Describe the intended participants of the discussion groups. The discussion groups could include solely veterans (including a subset of veterans such as students or residents of a group facility); civilians; military-affiliated persons; or any mix of these groups.

Describe the discussion program format, including the frequency and length of the sessions and the number of participants (per group and in total). Describe how you will publicize the discussion groups and how you will recruit the participants. Describe the facilities for either in-person or virtual discussion programs, and any accommodations to address participants’ needs (such as mobility or child-care) for in-person convenings.

In Attachment 2: Discussion program schedule and syllabus, provide a schedule and syllabus for the discussion groups.

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3. Preparatory program for discussion leaders (aligns with review criteria Design quality and Impact)

Describe the specific goals, organization, and content of the preparatory program, and who will participate in it. Explain how you will recruit, select, train, and mentor or guide them throughout the preparatory and discussion programs. You may include more participants in your preparatory program than you ultimately select to lead your discussion programs.

Include specific selection criteria, activities, and sufficient time and resources to ensure discussion leaders are well-prepared to guide deep and sustained discussion of the proposed themes and sources. Explain plans for the mentoring and guidance of discussion leaders, including how the project team would provide oversight and support to the selected discussion leaders during the discussion programs.

Outline the resources and preparation that would enhance discussion leaders’ understanding of the diversity of veteran and military experience. Discuss how you will model the practice of facilitating discussion and what methods and sources (including proposed sources for the discussion programs) you would use. Identify study guides or other resources you will make available to preparatory program participants. In Attachment 3:

Preparatory program schedule and syllabus, provide a detailed schedule and syllabus for the preparatory program.

4. Project team (aligns with review criteria Intellectual quality and Design quality)

Identify the roles and the expertise or experiential qualifications of the members of the project team, including the project director, scholars, consultants, and staff providing logistical or administrative support. If the project has an advisory board, identify the humanities scholars, veterans, and other individuals who will serve and describe how they would support the project.

You are required to submit résumés in Attachment 5: Resumes of key personnel.

Letters of commitment from leaders of the preparatory program and any key individual collaborators on the project are conditionally required as Attachment 6: Letters of commitment.

5. Institutional context (aligns with review criteria Design quality and Impact) Describe your mission, resources, and capacity to support the proposed activities. You may provide a letter of support from your institution in Attachment 6: Letters of commitment, but it is not required. If the project involves an academic course or the offering of course credit, NEH recommends you include a letter of support from the institution.

If the project involves collaboration or partnership with organizations, describe how their mission and resources would support the project. Provide a letter of commitment from any individual consultant(s) or collaborating organization(s) in Attachment 6: Letters of commitment.

6. Evaluation (aligns with review criteria Intellectual quality, Design quality and Impact)

Describe your plans for formative and summative evaluation of the preparatory and discussion programs, and the methods you intend to use. Your evaluation plan should address the thematic approach and humanities content as well as the other key elements of

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the program such as the structure, the host facilities, etc. Discuss how your formative evaluation will inform the project. For instance, you might alter repeated discussion sessions based on feedback from participant surveys or other evaluative methods.

NARRATIVE GUIDANCE

NEH has aligned each section of the narrative with its corresponding review criteria. Use the crosswalk to ensure you address all criteria.

Narrative Section Review Criteria

Summary of the project Intellectual quality

Design quality

Impact

Additional criteria for prior Dialogues recipients

Project development (prior Dialogues recipients only)

Intellectual quality

Design quality

Impact

Additional criteria for prior Dialogues recipients

Design, intellectual approach and content, and implementation

Intellectual quality

Design quality

Impact

Intellectual rationale Intellectual quality

Design quality

Discussion program for military veterans and other participants

Intellectual quality

Design quality

Impact

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Research and Related Budget You must submit a project budget using the Research and Related Budget form included in the Grants.gov application package and attach a budget justification.

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Complete a single detailed budget for the period of performance. The form will generate a cumulative budget.

The form indicates required fields in yellow. Round all costs to the nearest whole dollar. The inclusion of a cost category on the Research and Related Budget does not necessarily mean that an expense is allowable. See D6. Funding Restrictions to ensure that proposed costs are allowable.

If you are exclusively requesting outright funds, your budget should include only funding requested from NEH. If you are requesting federal matching funds, your budget must equal total funding requested from NEH (outright and federal matching funds) and the one-to-one required third party cost share for the federal matching funds. Refer to the NEH Federal Matching Funds Guidelines regarding the eligibility of gifts for matching purposes. Total federal matching funds and cost share should equal the amounts indicated on the Supplementary Cover Sheet for NEH Grant Programs in the “Federal Matching” and “Cost Sharing” fields. Learn about types of funds NEH offers.

If you will provide voluntary cost share, do not include it on the Research and Related Budget form. You may describe it in your budget justification.

All costs, whether supported by NEH funds or required cost sharing contributions (if applicable), must be reasonable, necessary to accomplish project objectives, allowable in terms of 2 CFR 200 Subpart E - Cost Principles, auditable, and incurred during the period of performance. All costs are subject to audit, record retention, and other requirements set forth in 2 CFR 200 Subpart F - Audit Requirements.

Only personnel employed by the applicant should be included under A. Senior/Key Person and B. Other Personnel. Include team members in leadership roles in the project under A.

Senior/Key Person. Include other team members under B. Other Personnel. Include costs for team members not employed by the applicant under F3. Consultant Services or F5.

Subawards/Consortium/Contractual Costs, as appropriate.

If you charge indirect costs to the project, you must not charge those same costs to the project as direct costs. See H. Indirect Costs.

Introductory Fields If not pre-populated, indicate your organization’s Unique Entity Identifier, name, and the period of performance. This should be the same as the information you provide on your SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance - Short Organizational. You may need to complete the SF-424 prior to completing your Research and Related Budget. Your period of performance must start on the first day of the month and end on the last day of the month. For budget type, check “project.”

A. Senior/Key Person Include personnel who are employed by the applicant institution in leadership roles on the project. Do not include collaborators at other institutions or consultants, as you will include them in F. Other Direct Costs.

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Enter the base salary (annual compensation) for each senior/key person and identify the number of months they will devote to the project. If you do not include base salaries, your award may be delayed.

Many non-academic institutions organize their budgets using calendar months. If your organization does not differentiate between academic and summer months, use only the calendar months column.

If your organization follows an academic calendar, you may differentiate levels of effort by using the academic and summer months columns. You may also use both columns if your institutional policy requires accounting for academic and summer months separately. If your institution does not use a nine-month academic year and a three-month summer period, include your institution's definition of these terms in your budget justification.

Enter the requested salary and fringe benefits for each senior/key person. Per 2 CFR § 200.431, fringe benefits are allowances and services you provide in addition to salaries and wages. Fringe benefits include, but are not limited to, the costs of leave (vacation, family-related, sick, or military), employee insurance, pensions, and unemployment benefit plans.

Requested salaries and wages must comply with 2 CFR §§ 200.430 and .466 and fringe benefits must comply with 2 CFR § 200.431.

The form will calculate the requested salary and fringe benefits for each key person.

The form has space for up to eight people. If you request funds for additional key personnel, list them in a separate document using the same format as the Research and Related Budget. Save the document as a PDF named additionalpersonnel.pdf and attach it under “Additional/Senior Key Persons.” If applicable, enter the total funds requested for additional senior/key persons in the "Total Funds requested for all Senior/Key Persons in the attached file" field.

B. Other Personnel Include personnel employed by the applicant institution who will play a supporting role on the project. For each project role, identify the number of personnel proposed, the total number of months, total salary, and total fringe benefits requested as described in A. Senior/Key Person.

The form will calculate the requested salary and fringe benefits for each group.

Post-doctoral associates, graduate students, and undergraduate students If applicable, include charges for tuition remission and other forms of compensation paid to students as, or in lieu of, salaries and wages. You must report such costs in accordance with 2 CFR § 200.466(b), and must be treated as direct or indirect costs in accordance with the actual work performed. Tuition remission may be charged on an average rate basis.

Secretarial/Clerical In most circumstances, you should include the salaries of administrative, secretarial, or clerical staff as indirect costs (see H. Indirect Costs). Per 2 CFR § 200.413(c), you may charge salaries for administrative or clerical staff as direct costs only if the following conditions are met:

• The administrative or clerical services are integral to a project or activity.

• The individuals involved can be specifically identified with the project or activity.

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• You explicitly include these costs in your budget or have prior written approval from

NEH.

• You do not also recover the costs as indirect costs.

If you include administrative or clerical salaries in your budget as direct costs, document how direct charging meets all four conditions in your budget justification. NEH may request additional information to assess allowability.

Additional Other Personnel List additional project roles, if applicable. The form has space for six named roles. If you have more, combine project roles on the form and explain in your budget justification.

Salaries and wages must comply with 2 CFR §§ 200.430 and .466 and fringe benefits must comply with 2 CFR § 200.431.

Do not list collaborators at other institutions or consultants here, as you will include them in F.

Other Direct Costs.

C. Equipment Description Equipment is defined as nonexpendable personal property costing $5,000 or more per item and having a service life of more than one year (unless your organization has established a lower level). See 2 CFR §§ 200.313 and .439.

You may purchase equipment if analysis demonstrates that it is more economical and practical than leasing (equipment rental/user fees should be included in F. Other Direct Costs). You may charge depreciation in compliance with 2 CFR § 200.436.

Per 2 CFR § 200.322, you should preference goods, products, and materials produced in the United States purchased or acquired under a federal award. If selected for funding, you must include the requirements of this section in all subawards, contracts, and purchase orders for work or products.

List each item of equipment you plan to purchase and its estimated cost, including shipping and maintenance. Include supporting information, such as a price quote, in your budget justification.

The form has space for ten items. If you request funds for additional equipment, list them in a separate document. Save the document as a PDF named additionalequipment.pdf and attach it under “Additional Equipment.” Enter the total funds requested for the additional equipment in the “Total funds requested for all equipment listed in the attached file” field.

The form will calculate total equipment costs.

D. Travel Enter the total funds you are requesting for both domestic travel (local and long-distance) and foreign travel (including travel to Canada and Mexico). Provide a detailed breakdown of costs for each trip in your budget justification. Arrangements made on a non-refundable basis are at the risk of the recipient if the services must be cancelled for any reason.

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Travel costs must comply with 2 CFR § 200.475 and the General Terms and Conditions for Awards to Organizations. NEH uses the General Services Administration's published per diem rates to assess if proposed travel costs are reasonable.

Include funds for the project director(s) to attend a two-day meeting in Washington, D.C. in June 2023.

You may not use NEH funds to attend regularly occurring professional meetings unless the purpose of attending is to disseminate project-related findings.

Include travel costs for participants in E3 and travel costs for consultants in F3.

The form will calculate total travel costs.

E. Participant/Trainee Support Costs Participants are the beneficiaries, not the providers, of a service or training opportunity (such as a workshop, conference, seminar, or symposium) funded by a federal award.

2 CFR § 200.1 defines participant support costs as direct costs for expenses such as stipends, travel allowances, subsistence allowances, and registration fees paid to or on behalf of participants (but not employees) in connection with conferences or training projects.

Per 2 CFR § 200.432, a conference is defined as a meeting, retreat, seminar, symposium, workshop, or event, the primary purpose of which is the dissemination of technical information beyond the non-federal entity, and which is necessary and reasonable for successful performance under the federal award.

Include supporting information in your budget justification. Arrangements made on a non-refundable basis are at the risk of the recipient or participant if the services must be cancelled for any reason.

The form will calculate total participant support costs.

1. Tuition/Fees/Health Insurance Leave this field blank.

2. Stipends Enter the total funds you are requesting for participant stipends. Participants in the preparatory program and discussion leaders may receive stipends based on the time and work the project requires of them.

3. Travel Enter the total funds you are requesting for participant travel. In your budget justification, name the travelers (if known) and itemize their travel expenses (e.g., roundtrip airfare, mileage, public transportation fares, parking fees).

4. Subsistence Enter the total funds you are requesting for participant subsistence. Subsistence expenses include lodging and service charges; meals, including taxes and tips; and incidental expenses (e.g., fees and tips).

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