Japan Fellowships 2024 NOFO.pdf

Notice of Funding Opportunity

Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan

Funding Opportunity Number: 20240424-FO

Funding Opportunity Type(s): New

Federal Assistance Listing Number: 45.160

Application Deadline: April 24, 2024

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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 Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan program. The goals of the program are to promote Japan studies in the United States, encourage U.S.- Japanese scholarly exchange, and foster the next generation of Japan scholars in the U.S.

Awards support research and writing on modern Japanese society and political economy, Japan's international relations, and U.S.-Japan relations. These fellowships are for individual researchers with advanced Japanese language skills whose research will require using data, sources, documents, onsite interviews, or other direct contact in Japanese. Fellows may undertake their projects in Japan, the United States, or both, and may include work in other countries for comparative purposes. The program is a joint activity of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission (JUSFC) and NEH.

Funding Opportunity Title Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan

Funding Opportunity Number 20240424-FO Federal Assistance Listing Number 45.160 Application Deadline April 24, 2024, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time Anticipated Award Announcement December 2024 Anticipated FY 2025 Funding Approximately $120,000 to $180,000 Estimated Number and Type of Award Approximately 3 grant(s) Award Amounts Up to $60,000 Cost Sharing/Match Required No Period of Performance 6 to 12 months.

Projects must start between January 1, 2025, and September 1, 2026.

Eligible Applicants Individuals; see C. Eligibility Information.

Program Resource Page https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/fellowships-advanced-social-science-research-japan Pre-Application Webinar March 6, 2024, 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time

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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 The Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan program is a joint activity of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission (JUSFC) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The goals of the program are to promote Japan studies in the United States, to encourage U.S.-Japanese scholarly exchange, and to foster the next generation of Japan scholars in the United States.

Awards support research and writing on modern Japanese society and political economy, Japan's international relations, and U.S.-Japan relations. The program encourages innovative research that puts these subjects in wider regional and global contexts, is comparative and contemporary in nature, and contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the general public’s understanding. Appropriate disciplines include anthropology, economics, geography, history, international relations, linguistics, political science, psychology, and sociology. Awards must result in a product, such as an article, monograph, book, e-book, digital material, translation, edition, or other scholarly resource.

You should have advanced Japanese language skills and plan to conduct research that will require using data, sources, documents, onsite interviews, or other direct contact in Japanese.

You may undertake your project in Japan, the United States, or both, and may include work in other countries for comparative purposes. Projects may be at any stage of development.

In keeping with JUSFC’s commitment to foster the next generation of leaders in developing and maintaining the Japan-U.S. relationship, NEH encourages applications from junior scholars (that is, scholars who have earned their terminal degree within the last seven years). NEH also encourages applications from independent scholars and faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs).

If your project is focused primarily on pre-modern Japan (i.e., pre-1868) or on the interpretation of literary or artistic works, it is not eligible for support in this program. It may be eligible for support in the NEH Fellowships program. For a full list of prohibited project types, activities, and products, see section D6. Funding Restrictions.

Program Outcomes and Outputs The outcomes (or products) of awards in the Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan program may include, but are not limited to articles, monographs, books, e-books, digital materials, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources.

You will describe your expected product (or products) and how it would contribute to Japan studies in Attachment 1: Narrative.

See D6. Funding Restrictions for unallowable activities.

See E1. Review Criteria for the standards 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 the NEH Fellowships and Awards for Faculty Terms and Conditions.

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.

Learn more about JUSFC.

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, made on behalf of JUSFC, which is the primary funder. Awards are governed by NEH grant policies and conditions.

2. Summary of Funding

Award amounts Successful applicants will receive a stipend of $5,000 per month for full-time work. The maximum award is $60,000 for a twelve-month period of performance. The minimum award is $30,000 for a six-month period of performance.

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

NEH anticipates awarding approximately $120,000 to $180,000 among an estimated three recipients.

Awards are contingent on the availability of funds from JUSFC.

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 and the needs of your project. Requesting a shorter period of performance will not improve your chances of receiving an award.

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Your period of performance must be between six and twelve months, and it must have a start date between January 1, 2025, and September 1, 2026. It must start on the first day of the month and end on the last day of a month.

Your period of performance must be continuous.

During the period of performance you must work full time on your project and forego teaching, administrative assignments, and other major activities.

C. Eligibility Information

1. Eligible Applicants

Citizenship 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.

Currently enrolled students If you have satisfied the requirements for a degree and are awaiting its conferral, you are eligible, but 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 8: Degree conferral.

All other individuals currently enrolled in a degree program are ineligible to apply.

Organizations Organizations are ineligible to apply.

If you, as an individual recipient, elect to have the stipend paid through your institution, your institution must remit all NEH funds to you. Your institution may not take an institutional allowance or claim indirect costs.

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. All submissions are subject to the application requirements and review criteria of the current competition.

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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 only accept your last validated submission prior to the deadline under the correct Grants.gov funding opportunity.

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 Digital Publication (previously NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital

Publication)

• Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan

However, you may apply to the Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan program and compete concurrently in the following programs for individuals:

• Public Scholars

• Summer Stipends

• Dynamic Language Infrastructure - Documenting Endangered Languages Fellowships

• NEH-funded Fellowships at Independent Research Institutions

Previously funded NEH applications You may apply for 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 already completed.

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

• Fellowships

• Fellowships for Digital Publication (previously NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital

Publication)

• 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 NEH awards in support of the same activities.

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You may not hold two or more NEH individual awards with overlapping periods of performance (for example, a Fellowship and a Summer Stipend).

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 a Fellowship for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan, any pending Summer Stipends, Public Scholars, or DLI-Documenting Endangered Languages program application you have submitted for the same project will be automatically withdrawn.

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.

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, NEH will consider each application separately. 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.

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.

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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 20240424-FO. 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.

Grants.gov Registration Process.

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

If you are deaf or hard of hearing, you can contact NEH using telecommunications relay at 7-1-1.

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 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 required or conditionally required in this notice. If you do, NEH will reject your application.

Unless the instructions specify otherwise, your attachments must 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.

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

• Optional: You may submit this component, but it is not required.

Application Components Table Application Component

File Name Designation Page limits

Attachments 1: Narrative narrative.pdf Required 3 pages

(mandatory) 2: Work plan workplan.pdf Required 1 page

(mandatory) 3: Bibliography bibliography.pdf Required 1 page

(mandatory) 4: Résumé resume.pdf Required 2 pages

(mandatory) 5: Visual materials visual.pdf Optional 1 page

(mandatory) 6: Text to be edited or translated sampletext.pdf Conditionally required

2 pages (mandatory)

7: Database sample database.pdf Conditionally required

1 page (mandatory)

8: Degree conferral degreeconferral.pdf Conditionally required

9: Explanation of delinquent federal debt delinquentdebt.pdf Conditionally required

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.

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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 a 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 headings. Each section aligns with one or more review criteria NEH will use to evaluate your proposal.

Significance and contribution (aligns with review criteria 1 and 2) Describe the intellectual significance of the proposed project, including its value to social science scholars, general audiences, or both. Provide an overview of the project, explaining the basic ideas, problems, or questions examined by the study. Describe your research and state the project’s thesis or claim(s). Explain how the project will complement, challenge, or expand relevant studies in the field. Discuss how the project furthers scholarly knowledge or public understanding of contemporary Japanese society or political economy, Japan’s contemporary international relations, and/or U.S.-Japan relations.

If you are applying to translate a work into English and other English translations already exist, provide a rationale for a new translation. You must also provide a rationale for any proposed grant products that will be written in a language other than English.

Methods and organization (aligns with review criteria 1 and 4) Explain how your proposed research will help you resolve the problems or questions you are examining. Describe and discuss your method(s) and sources. As necessary, explain unfamiliar concepts or terminology for the non-specialist reader.

For book proposals, explain how you will organize the final product. If possible, provide a chapter outline. Explanations of each chapter’s contents are particularly important when a chapter title does not clearly indicate its contents.

If your project is an expansion or revision of a completed dissertation, state this. Explain the expansion or revision you are proposing, and how the resulting product will be strengthened by the work for which you seek support.

For digital projects, describe the technologies you will use or develop, and explain how you will present the scholarship to benefit audiences in the social sciences.

For editions and translations, describe your plans for any included scholarly apparatus such as an introduction or annotations.

Competencies, skills, and access (aligns with review criterion 3) Explain your competence or background in the area of your project. If the area of inquiry is new to you, explain your reasons for working in it and your qualifications to do so. Specify the level of competence in any language or digital technology needed for the study. Describe where you will conduct the study and what research materials you will use. If relevant, specify the arrangements for access to archives, collections, or institutions that contain the necessary

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resources, and name any Japanese sponsors or collaborators. Indicate your plans for securing any necessary permission to publish materials under copyright.

Final product and dissemination (aligns with review criteria 5 and 6) Describe the intended outcomes and products of the project. Explain how you will disseminate the results and why these means are appropriate to the subject matter and audience. If the project has a website, provide the URL. If the final product will appear in a language other than English, explain how this will affect access and dissemination.

NEH and JUSFC expect that any materials produced in digital form as a result of its awards will be maintained so as to ensure their long-term availability. To that end, describe how the project’s digital results, if any, will be sustained and supported beyond the period of performance.

Name the file narrative.pdf.

Attachment 2: Work plan (required) Your work plan should reflect the major activities you described in your narrative and the project dates on your SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance - Individual.

Describe the activities you will undertake during the period of performance. Indicate when and where you will undertake them, how much time you will spend on each one, and how they will advance your project. Describe the current state of the project and the part or stage of it that the fellowship will support. Indicate how many months of support you are requesting. If you do not anticipate finishing the entire project during the fellowship period, discuss your plan for doing so.

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

Your work plan for the period of performance should not depend heavily on factors beyond your control, such as the receipt of outside readers’ reports from a publisher. If you plan to submit your manuscript 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.

Your work plan should not include a detailed chapter outline. (If you are providing a chapter outline, it should appear in the narrative attachment.)

The work plan must not exceed one page. Use one-inch margins and a font size no smaller than 11-point. You may present information in table form.

Name the file workplan.pdf.

Your work plan will be considered primarily under review criteria 5 and 6.

Attachment 3: Bibliography (required) Your bibliography should consist of primary and secondary sources that relate directly to the proposal. 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

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of the subject area, including relevant materials in Japanese. Provide English translations for any non-English titles that you list. If you are proposing work with archival materials, indicate the archive(s) in which they are held.

The bibliography must not exceed one single-spaced page. 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.

Name the file bibliography.pdf.

Your bibliography will be considered primarily under review criteria 1, 2, and 4.

Attachment 4: Résumé (required) You must submit a CV or résumé. The document must not exceed two pages. Do not submit a biographical statement instead of a CV or résumé. 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 or

JUSFC, 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

• level of competence in any relevant foreign languages, including Japanese

Name the file resume.pdf.

Your résumé will be considered primarily under review criterion 3.

Appendices If you are proposing an edition, translation, database project, or a project involving visual materials, follow the instructions for Attachments 5-7.

NEH will not review applications that include any other appendices.

If applicable, your appendices will be considered primarily under review criterion 4.

Attachment 5: Visual materials (optional) If your project involves visual materials, you may include a sample or samples. Visual materials must be submitted as a PDF (do not use .jpg or other common graphic formats). Do not exceed one page of visual materials.

Name the attachment visual.pdf

Attachment 6: Text to be edited or translated (conditionally required) If you are creating an edition or translation, you must provide a sample of the original text (one page) and the edited or translated version (one page). If you plan to include annotations, your sample of the edited or translated version should include examples.

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Do not exceed two pages total.

Name the attachment sampletext.pdf

Attachment 7: Database sample (conditionally required) If you are developing a database project, provide a sample entry. Do not exceed one page.

Name the attachment database.pdf

Attachment 8: Degree conferral (conditionally required) If you have satisfied all the requirements for a degree and are awaiting its conferral, you must include a letter from the dean of the conferring school or the department chair attesting that you have satisfied all the requirements for the degree by the application deadline.

Name the file degreeconferral.pdf.

Attachment 9: Explanation of delinquent federal debt (conditionally required) If you are delinquent in the repayment of any federal debt, provide explanatory information including evidence that you have entered into a repayment agreement with the Internal Revenue Service, and that you are current on all payments due. Examples of relevant debt include delinquent student loans, taxes, child support payments, and payroll taxes for household or other employees. See OMB Circular A-129.

Name the file delinquentdebt.pdf.

Each attachment aligns with one or more review criteria panelists will use to evaluate your proposal. Use the chart below as a reference point.

Narrative Section Review Criteria

Significance and contribution 1 and 2

Methods and organization 1 and 4

Competencies, skills, and access 3

Final product and dissemination 5 and 6

Other Attachments Review Criteria

Work plan 5 and 6

Bibliography 1, 2, and 4

Résumé 3

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Application Components: Grants.gov Forms

SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance – Individual This form requests basic information about you and your proposed project. Items 1, 2, and 4 will be automatically filled in; leave item 3 blank.

5a-d. Applicant Information a.-c. Provide your name, telephone number, email address, and mailing address. You must include an email address in the “Email” field, even though it is not highlighted as a required field. NEH will use this address to notify you of the outcome of your application.

Provide your mailing address. Note: Your ZIP code must include the four-digit extension preceded by a hyphen. If you do not know your four-digit extension, use “-0000” (four zeros).

Indicate your citizenship status with an “X.”

Individual residence:

d. Indicate your congressional district with your two-character state abbreviation followed by your three-character district number. For example, if you reside in the 5th congressional district of Alabama, enter “AL-005.” If you reside in a state or U.S. jurisdiction that does not have districts, enter “000” in place of the district number. If your residence is outside the U.S., enter “00-000.”

6. Project Information

a. Project Title: Provide your project’s title. It should be brief (no more than 125 characters, including spaces), descriptive of the project, and easily understood by the general public. Avoid using a title that requires clarification by the subtitle. When possible, include places and dates indicating a project’s scope. NEH reserves the right to retitle funded projects for clarity when announcing its funding decisions and in its own reports and communications, but you may use your preferred title for any award products.

b. Project Description: Provide a brief description of your project. Write the description for a non-specialist audience and clearly state the importance of the proposed work to the social sciences. This description will appear on your application cover sheet and will serve as a project abstract during the review process. Do not exceed one thousand characters, including spaces. If you exceed one thousand characters, including spaces, Grants.gov may reject your application or cut off your project description at the thousand-character limit.

c. Proposed Project: List the start and end dates for your project. Your period of performance must start on the first day of the month and end on the last day of the month. Because award amounts depend on the number of months of work that you specify, the dates that you enter here will determine the maximum amount of your award. For more information about allowable time periods and how NEH calculates awards, see B2. Summary of Funding. You may change your start and end dates if you receive an award, but the change must not increase the approved amount.

7. Signature By clicking on the “I Agree” box, you certify the following:

1) You are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in covered transactions by any federal department or https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

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agency, and have not—within the three years preceding the submission of this application— been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against you for commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with a public (federal, state, or local) transaction or a contract under a public transaction; for violation of federal or state antitrust statutes; for commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, or receiving stolen property; had any public transactions terminated for cause or default; and are not presently indicted for or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity with any of the preceding offenses. See 2 CFR 180 and 3369.

2) You are not delinquent in the repayment of any federal debt or you are providing explanatory information about any delinquency. Examples of relevant debt include delinquent student loans, delinquent taxes, delinquent child support payments, and delinquent payroll taxes for household or other employees. See OMB Circular A-129.

3) You will comply with the NEH Fellowships and Awards for Faculty Terms and Conditions .

Click the “Save” button at the top of the form to save your work and return to the main menu.

NEH Supplemental Information for Individuals Form This form requests additional information about you, your institution (if affiliated), and your references.

Field of Project Using the drop-down menu, indicate the field(s) of your project. You may select one, two, or three fields. If you select more than one, list the primary field first. Program staff will consider this information when assigning your application to a review panel.

Project Director Field of Study Using the drop-down menu, choose the field of study that best describes your area of expertise.

Address Information Indicate whether the address that you provided on the Application for Federal Assistance SF 424

– Individual form is your home or work address.

Institutional Affiliation If you are not affiliated with an institution of higher education, click “No” and continue to the Status section.

If you are affiliated with an institution of higher education, provide the information for that institution. Include your institution’s Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), omitting hyphens. You can request this number from your institution’s sponsored research office. NEH uses it to identify your institution to peer reviewers.

Status NEH does not require applicants in this program to be professional scholars. Even so, NEH categorizes all applicants as “junior scholars” or “senior scholars.” Please indicate your category as follows:

• You are considered a junior scholar if you received your highest formal degree fewer than seven years ago.

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• You are considered a senior scholar if you are more than seven years beyond the day you received your highest degree.

Reference Letters Provide the names, email addresses, and affiliations of your two letter writers. Enter only one email address for each. If you provide two email addresses for a letter writer, NEH will be unable to contact them. You are responsible for providing accurate email addresses. NEH’s grants management system will use the addresses exactly as you enter them.

See D7. Other Submission Requirements for instructions and deadlines for submitting reference letters and confirming NEH has received them.

Nominating Official Leave this section blank.

Project/Performance Site Location(s) Form Provide the primary location and any other locations where you will conduct project activities during the period of performance. Include only sites where you are reasonably certain at the time of application that you will conduct project activities. It is possible to add sites later. For “Organization,” you may substitute a brief description of locations that do not have a formal organizational name (e.g., "Residence of applicant” or “Interview site in Tokyo to be determined”). You may omit the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) for sites that do not have one.

Enter congressional districts using the two letter state abbreviation followed by your three-character district number. For example, if your work site is in the 5th congressional district of Alabama, enter “AL-005.” If it is in a state or U.S. jurisdiction that does not have districts, enter “000” in place of the district number. If it is outside the U.S., enter “00-000.”

Attachments Form You will upload your Attachments to Grants.gov using this form. This form accommodates up to fifteen attachments. Attachments must be in Portable Document Format (.pdf).

Convert all non-PDF files (e.g., Word, Excel, images) to PDFs. If an attachment contains multiple documents, merge them into a single file. Occasionally, converting a document to PDF may alter its length. View all files after conversion to ensure that they are within the mandatory page limits, if applicable. Do not attach files that have been password-protected, encrypted, or digitally signed. You must remove all such security features before attaching your files. Failure to do so may result in your application being rejected.

Do not attach portfolios containing multiple PDFs. Do not include any attachments beyond those listed in the Application Components Table.

Consult the Application Components Table to name and sequence your attachments so that NEH can easily identify them. Grants.gov may reject your application if:

• file names exceed 50 characters

• multiple files have the same name

• file names include characters other than the following: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, underscore, hyphen, space, period, parentheses, curly braces, square brackets, ampersand, tilde, https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

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exclamation point, comma, semicolon, apostrophe, at sign, number sign, dollar sign, percent sign, plus sign, and equal sign

Grants.gov may accept and validate your application even if you are missing required components or have formatted them incorrectly. You must ensure that you have formatted, attached, and submitted all required components correctly. If you have not, NEH may reject your application as incomplete or nonresponsive.

Learn about Adobe software compatibility with Grants.gov.

3. Grants.gov Registration Process

Login.gov You must create a Login.gov user account to register and log in to Grants.gov. Login.gov is a secure sign-in service used by the public to sign in to participating government agencies. Create and link your account now.

Grants.gov Registration and Creation of Applicant Profiles You must submit your application via Grants.gov Workspace. Register with Grants.gov.

After registering, you must add an “individual applicant” profile to apply to programs for individuals. Click on the “My Account” link, then on “Manage Profiles” and “Add Profile.” Refer to Grants.gov’s instructions for adding a profile.

Grants.gov may assign a number for the Unique Entity Identifier. Do not change this number.

You will not be able to apply until you have added an individual profile. The “Apply” button on the Grants.gov opportunity page will be red after you have completed this step.

If you previously registered with Grants.gov and created an “individual applicant” profile, you will not need to re-register. However, NEH encourages you to confirm that your account is active and that your password is current.

NEH strongly recommends that you complete your registration at least two weeks before the application deadline. If you fail to allow sufficient time to register with Grants.gov, NEH will not extend the deadline or waive the online submission requirement.

If you have problems registering with Grants.gov or adding an “individual applicant” profile, contact Grants.gov Applicant Support at 1-800-518-4726 or support@grants.gov.

4. Submission Dates and Times

Applications The deadline for applications under this notice is April 24, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.

Applications must be complete, follow length and formatting requirements, and be validated by Grants.gov under the correct funding opportunity prior to the deadline to be considered under this notice.

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It is your responsibility to confirm that Grants.gov and subsequently NEH have received your application. Check your Grants.gov application status.

When NEH receives your application, the agency will assign it a tracking number beginning with FO-. A tracking number does not guarantee that your application is free of technical problems (such as missing attachments or failure to convert attachments to PDFs). If your files are not correctly formatted, NEH’s electronic grants management system (eGMS), will reject your application and notify you by email. eGMS cannot detect other errors such as missing components or excess pages. NEH recommends you submit your application 48 hours prior to the deadline so that you have time to correct any technical errors. It is your responsibility to correct any errors prior to the deadline.

NEH will not comment on the status of your application except regarding matters of eligibility, completeness, and responsiveness.

Letters of reference To ensure full consideration, letters of reference must be submitted online no later than May 22, 2024. For additional information on letters of reference, see D7. Other Submission Requirements.

5. Intergovernmental Review This funding opportunity is not subject to intergovernmental review under Executive Order 12372.

6. Funding Restrictions You may not use awards made under this notice for the following purposes:

• projects focused primarily on pre-modern Japan (i.e., pre-1868)

• projects focused primarily on the interpretation of artistic or literary works

• research by students enrolled in a degree program, including research for doctoral dissertations or theses

• the preparation or revision of textbooks

• curriculum development

• the development of teaching methods or theories

• the writing of books for children or young adults

• the creation of graphic novels, graphic fiction, or graphic nonfiction

• educational impact, language impact, or technical impact assessments

• the creation or enhancement of databases, unless part of a larger interpretive project

• inventories of collections

• the writing of guidebooks, how-to books, or self-help books

• projects that fall outside the social sciences

• promotion of a particular political, religious, or ideological point of view

• advocacy of a particular program of social or political action

• support of specific public policies or legislation

• lobbying

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Awards in this program are made to individuals; indirect costs are unallowable. If an individual recipient elects to have the fellowship paid through their institution, all NEH funds must be remitted to the individual. Institutions may not take an allowance.

7. Other Submission Requirements

Letters of Reference NEH asks you to solicit two letters of reference. Provide the names, email addresses, and, if applicable, affiliations for your letter writers on the NEH Supplemental Information for Individuals Form. Include only one email address for each letter writer in the relevant field.

Ideally, the letter writers should come from different institutions. Letters of reference should address the review criteria with reference to the specific project you are proposing.

If you are proposing a translation, one of your letters should be from an expert in the language(s) of your project and should assess the one-page sample translation that you are submitting with your application. Ask this letter writer to address the quality of the translation sample in the letter.

Approximately two weeks after the deadline, NEH will email your letter writers, asking them to submit their letters online. To ensure full consideration, they must submit their letters online no later than May 22, 2024.

You are responsible for ensuring that your letter writers receive and respond to the NEH requests for their letters by the deadline. NEH will notify you by email when it receives each of your letters of reference. You are also responsible for providing the letter writers with relevant materials (such as a draft of the application).

Once NEH has confirmed receipt your application, you may check the status of your letters by logging in to the secure area of NEH’s website. Enter your NEH application number and your Grants.gov tracking number. You will be able to see the names and email addresses of your letter writers and whether their letters have arrived. If necessary, you may send reminders to your letter writers (including the upload link) from this site.

NEH accepts letters after the deadline, and late letters will be added to your application.

However, it is possible that reviewers will not take them into account. If you must change one or both of your letter writers after the application deadline, contact program staff at fellowships@neh.gov.

Elected government officials, NEH staff, and current members of NEH’S National Council on the Humanities may not serve as letter writers.

Missing reference letters will not disqualify an application from review.

E. Application Review Information

1. Review Criteria Peer reviewers will use the following criteria to review applications under this notice:

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1. The intellectual significance of the proposed project, including its value to social science scholars, general audiences, or both.

2. The degree to which the proposed project furthers scholarly knowledge or public understanding of contemporary Japanese society or political economy, Japan’s contemporary international relations,…