Landmarks NOFO 2022 - 20220222-BH.pdf

NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

Funding Opportunity Title:

Landmarks of American History and Culture

Funding Opportunity Number: 20220222-BH

Funding Opportunity Type: New

Federal Assistance Listing Number: 45.163

Application Deadline: February 22, 2022

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Division of Education Programs Email: landmarks@neh.gov Federal Relay: 800-877-8399

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Executive Summary The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Education Programs is accepting applications for the Landmarks of American History and Culture program. The purpose of this program is to support a series of one-week workshops for K-12 educators across the nation to enhance and strengthen humanities teaching at the K-12 level.

Funding Opportunity Title Landmarks of American History and Culture Funding Opportunity Number 20220222-BH Federal Assistance Listing Number 45.163 Optional Draft Deadline January 19, 2022, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time Application Deadline February 22, 2022, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time Anticipated Announcement August 2022 Anticipated FY 22 Funding Approximately $2,500,000 Estimated Number and Type of Awards Approximately 13 grants Award Amounts Up to $190,000 Cost Sharing/Match Required No, unless federal matching funds are requested.

Period of Performance 24 months starting October 1, 2022 and ending

September 30, 2024.

Eligible Applicants U.S. nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, public and 501(c)(3) accredited institutions of higher education, state and local governmental agencies, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments.

See C. Eligibility Information for additional information.

Program Resource Page https://www.neh.gov/grants/education/landmarks-american-history-and-culture-workshops-school-teachers

Pre-Application Webinar A pre-recorded webinar will be posted to the program resource page by December 7, 2021.

Pre-Application Q&A session January 11, 2022, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time Click here to join the meeting Audio: +1 202-600-8430 Phone Conference ID: 228 533 361#

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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 Landmarks of American History and Culture program from the NEH Division of Education Programs.

Landmarks of American History and Culture projects (Landmarks projects) situate the study of topics and themes in K-12 humanities within sites, areas, or regions of historic and cultural significance in order to expand participants’ knowledge of and approaches to teaching about diverse histories, cultures, traditions, languages, and perspectives in the United States and its jurisdictions.

Landmarks supports a series of one-week residential, virtual, and combined format projects across the nation to enhance and strengthen how K-12 educators incorporate place-based teaching and learning in the humanities. Landmarks projects offer participants:

• enhanced knowledge of content through humanistic inquiry, experiential learning, discussions, readings, lectures, and multimedia presentations

• a variety of place-based learning activities, including, but not limited to, visits to museums, libraries, archives, monuments, memorials, national parks, historic homes and buildings, walking tours, and public performances

• access to essential source materials, including primary texts, documents, oral histories, artifacts, archival resources, and digital media materials

• a community of inquiry that encourages dialogue and the exchange of ideas

• opportunities to examine and design implementation strategies; work with digital resources and tools that emphasize place-based teaching, learning, and research in the humanities; and collaborate on the creation of K-12 curricular materials

• a team of humanities scholars, including faculty with significant K-12 experience, who contribute to all phases of the program

Landmarks projects examine a range of topics, include multiple place types, and take a variety of forms. They may support activities such as, but not limited to:

• interpreting monuments, markers, and memorials erected across the country to consider how events, eras, individuals, and/or groups are commemorated, remembered, and engaged with at national, regional, and local levels

• in-person and/or virtual exploration of physical, natural, and/or cultural landscapes while studying art history, literature, environmental humanities, anthropology, archaeology, architecture, and other related fields

• engagement with materials and presenters at archives, museums, and historic sites when studying the events and legacies of America’s conflicts

• in-person and/or virtual site visits combined with presentations by invited speakers and work with interactive digital resources to study the places, perspectives, and legacies of American history and culture

Project Design Each Landmarks project must include two separate sessions and accommodate thirty-six participants per session (for a total of seventy-two participants). At least three spaces per Landmarks session or six spaces total for the entire program must be reserved for teachers who are new to the profession (five or fewer years teaching experience).

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Each session must be scheduled for five to seven days and projects with virtual meetings spread out over multiple days should account for five to seven days of structured study. The content, presenters, site visits, activities, and readings should be substantially the same for each session.

All projects regardless of schedule and/or format—residential, virtual, or combined format— should involve guided, well-planned activities that engage all participants in substantive collegial study in the same format simultaneously.

• Residential: All participants attend for the duration of the project at the host site.

• Virtual: All participants attend for the duration of the project using an online platform.

This can include synchronous and asynchronous sessions.

• Combined Format: All participants attend a portion of the project online and a portion of the project at the host site. Online and residential sessions occur at different times, but participants attend the same format simultaneously.

Program Scheduling Given the importance of immersive study to the purpose of the Landmarks program, projects should take into account the variety of academic-year calendars and capacity of participants’ commitments when scheduling project activities. Summer activities are typically offered between the third week of June through the second week of August. Applicants proposing activities outside the summer season can consider asynchronous and synchronous sessions before and/or after summer program activities.

Host Institutions Landmarks projects may be hosted by and/or include institutions such as, but not limited to:

• community colleges, universities, and four-year colleges

• museums, historic preservation sites and societies, and libraries or other repositories

• centers for advanced study, cultural organizations, and professional associations

• schools or school systems

Host institutions provide facilities and arrange for accommodations for participants, who receive a stipend. NEH expects host institutions to furnish facilities conducive to scholarly engagement with topics and sites that are accessible to a diverse group of participants in alignment with the requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Project Directors Landmarks project directors typically work across a range of disciplines, including, but not limited to, history, literature, anthropology, art history, public history, museum studies, and other related fields.

Applicants do not need to possess a terminal degree or be affiliated with an institution of higher education to serve as a project director or co-project director. Projects with a single director must provide for an appropriately qualified replacement should the designated director become unable to lead the project. The replacement director(s) may be a co-director or project team member who is already familiar with the project.

K-12 Education Specialist The project leadership team must include at least one person with significant experience in K-12 education, such as a teacher educator, curriculum developer, museum educator, or an experienced educator.

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The education specialist’s role during the project is to contribute to the planning of the sessions and facilitate the incorporation of content and experiential learning strategies into classroom teaching in relevant and creative ways. Projects offering an online component are encouraged to include a staff member with online teaching experience and/or familiarity working with online platforms for the purpose of instruction.

Project Website Recipients must create a project website that supports participant recruitment; provides intellectual and practical resources for participants; and extends the reach of the project through a specific plan for dissemination that reaches beyond the participants. Project websites must be ready to accept applications in November 2022.

2. Background This program is authorized by 20 U.S.C. §956, et seq. 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 December 26, 2014 or later).

According to 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.”

Examples of NEH-funded projects may be found using the Funded Projects Query Form.

Learn more about NEH.

NEH Areas of Interest NEH is especially interested in supporting projects that advance humanities-related work in the following areas:

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. Projects that strengthen Americans’ knowledge of our principles of constitutional governance and democracy are strongly encouraged, as are projects that address the experiences of Native Americans and other under-represented communities. In addition, 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.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=236bb02f01d2e050f7a5b60c88a67066&mc=true&node=pt2.1.200&rgn=div5 https://www.neh.gov/grants/manage/general-terms-and-conditions-awards-organizations-grants-and-cooperative-agreements-issued-december https://www.neh.gov/grants/manage/general-terms-and-conditions-awards-organizations-grants-and-cooperative-agreements-issued-december 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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NEH welcomes projects that develop innovative approaches to sustaining the nation’s humanities infrastructure and preserving its historical record.

Standing Together 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, NEH has launched a special initiative titled Standing Together: The Humanities and the Experience of War. This special initiative draws on the power of the humanities 1) to support advanced research in the humanities that explores war and its aftermath; 2) to promote discussion and deepened understanding of the experiences of those Americans affiliated with the armed services, whether active duty or veterans; and 3) to support returning veterans and their families.

Protecting our Cultural Heritage In response to the destruction of cultural heritage materials worldwide, NEH encourages applications for projects that study, document, or create digital representations of lost or imperiled cultural heritage materials. Proposed projects should be based on scholarly work and follow standards and best practices. Projects must demonstrate the capacity to be sustained and must be widely accessible to the public. Learn more about Protecting our Cultural Heritage.

In addition, NEH especially encourages projects that include Native American organizations and communities as lead applicants and project partners.

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 You may request up to $190,000. NEH estimates funding 13 recipients, a total of corresponding to approximately $2,500,000 in FY 2022.

NEH will not determine the amount available until Congress enacts the final FY 2022 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, applications can be processed and funds awarded in a timely manner.

The period of performance is 24 months, with a start date of October 1, 2022, and an end date of September 30, 2024.

C. Eligibility Information

1. Eligible Applicants Eligible applicants include U.S. nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, public and 501(c)(3) accredited institutions of higher education, state and local governmental agencies, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments.

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An eligible entity may apply on behalf of a consortium of collaborating organizations. The lead applicant would be programmatically, legally, and fiscally responsible for the award.

Eligible applicants acting as fiscal agents or fiscal sponsors may not apply on behalf of ineligible applicants.

Individuals, foreign, and for-profit entities are not eligible to apply.

See C3. Other Eligibility Information for participant eligibility.

2. Cost Sharing Cost sharing is not required in this program unless federal matching funds are requested. 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. Learn about types of funds offered by NEH.

Required cost sharing includes third-party non-federal gift money that must be raised to release federal matching funds. Applicants requesting federal matching funds must raise dollar-for-dollar cash contributions from nonfederal third parties and have them certified by NEH before the funds are released (see the NEH Federal Matching Funds Guidelines). The full amount of federal matching funds may not be available for release in the first year of a multi-year period of performance. Federal matching funds are typically distributed on an annual basis over the life of the award.

Applicants may use voluntary cost sharing for projects in which the total costs exceed the amount awarded by NEH. Voluntary cost sharing consists of the cash contributions made to a project by the applicant, including unrecovered indirect costs, and by third parties as well as third-party in-kind contributions. Third-party in-kind contributions are non-cash contributions (such as property or services) that benefit the funded project, and are contributed by non-federal third parties, without charge, to the recipient of the federal award.

Recipients are responsible for maintaining auditable records of the source and use of cost sharing contributions. See 2 CFR §200.306.

3. Other Eligibility Information Eligible applicants may submit multiple applications for separate and distinct projects under this announcement.

As a matter of programmatic policy, NEH will not make awards in the Landmarks program for the same project (that is, a project with essentially the same humanities topic, focus theme, and faculty team) in consecutive years, but will consider projects that are substantially different. An applicant may propose a subsequent project using the same sites, but must explore different humanities themes. For example, an applicant that led a Landmarks project during summer 2022 on “Emily Dickinson and the U.S. Civil War” would be eligible to apply for the 2023 Landmarks program with a project that instead focuses on “Emily Dickinson and Romanticism.”

Project directors who are unsure about the applicability of this policy should consult with program staff.

As a matter of programmatic policy, directors who have postponed an NEH professional development project to 2023 may not apply during this funding cycle for what would be a second project in 2023. Project directors who are unsure about the applicability of this policy should consult with program staff.

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Two or more applications for federal funding and/or approved federal award budgets are not permitted to include overlapping project costs. However, applicants may seek funding from other NEH programs for complementary aspects of the same overall project.

NEH does not make awards to other federal entities or to applicants whose projects are so closely intertwined with a federal entity that the project takes on characteristics of the federal entity’s own authorized activities. This does not preclude applicants from using funds from, or sites and materials controlled by, other federal entities in their projects. Such resources may not be used as gifts to release NEH matching funds.

NEH does not provide financial assistance to foreign institutions or organizations. Nevertheless, otherwise eligible American institutions may apply for collaborative projects involving U.S. and foreign organizations provided they do not use NEH funds for the purpose of issuing subawards to any foreign organization, as defined in 2 CFR §200.1 and 2 CFR §200.331(a). This limitation does not preclude American institutions from obtaining the services of foreign individuals and consultants to carry out various programmatic activities on a fee-for-service basis, as specified in 2 CFR §200.459; it also does not preclude vendor contracts such as in-country transportation services. If you are interested in submitting an application for a project involving international collaboration, consult with program staff.

Proposed projects that do not include the required number of participants or that take place outside of the U.S. and its jurisdictions will not be reviewed.

Applications must be received by the deadline, except for the limited reasons covered by NEH’s late submission policy. Incomplete, nonresponsive, or ineligible applications will not be considered for funding under this notice. Applications that exceed specified page limits will not be reviewed. See the Application Components Table.

Participant Eligibility Landmarks projects are designed for a national audience of full- or part-time K-12 educators who teach in public, charter, independent, and religiously affiliated schools, or as home schooling educators. Museum educators and other K-12 school system personnel—such as, but not limited to, administrators, substitute teachers, and curriculum supervisors—are also eligible to participate.

Participants must be United States citizens, residents of U.S. jurisdictions, or foreign nationals who have been residing in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the three years immediately preceding the application deadline. U.S. citizens teaching abroad at U.S. chartered institutions are also eligible to participate. Foreign nationals teaching abroad are not eligible to participate. Individuals may not apply to participate in a Landmarks project whose director is a family member, who is affiliated with the same institution, who has served as an instructor or academic advisor to the applicant, or who has led a previous NEH-funded Landmarks project attended by the applicant.

Participants may not be delinquent in the repayment of federal debt (e.g., taxes, student loans, child support payments, and delinquent payroll taxes for household or other employees).

Individuals may not apply to participate in a Landmarks program if they have been debarred or suspended by any federal department or agency. The OMB Guidelines to Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) contained in 2 CFR Parts 180 and 3369 apply to this award. The recipient must comply, and must require subrecipients to comply, with Subpart C of these regulations.

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D. Application and Submission Information

1. Application Package This funding opportunity is available in Grants.gov under number 20220222-BH. You can also find a link to the funding opportunity on the program resource page.

The application package for this funding opportunity can be found under the “Package” tab. It includes a series of required and conditionally required forms. You will upload additional application components into the Attachments Form.

You must apply electronically using Grants.gov Workspace or a Grants.gov system-to-system solution. A multistep registration process is required to submit your application. See D3. Unique Entity Identifier and System for Award Management.

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

Applicants who are deaf or hard of hearing can contact NEH via Federal Relay at 800-877-8399.

2. Content and Form of Application Submission Your application will include a narrative, budget, and other forms and attachments. As indicated in the Application Components Table, forms will be completed within Grants.gov Workspace and other components will be uploaded into the Attachments Form.

You must submit all required attachments and conditionally required attachments relevant to your proposal. Applications missing any required documents or relevant conditionally required documents will be considered incomplete and will be rejected from further consideration.

Take note of the page limits and formatting instructions for each attachment. Applications that exceed page limits or violate formatting instructions will be considered nonresponsive and will be rejected from further consideration.

Unless otherwise stipulated in specific instructions, attachments should conform to the following formatting requirements:

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

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

• a font size no smaller than 12-point

• single-spacing

• recommended fonts: Arial, Georgia, Helvetica, or Times New Roman

• any standard citation style is acceptable but the choice must remain consistent throughout the application. Citations are included in page counts.

Grants.gov form/Attachment

Naming convention Page limits Notes

SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance - Short Organizational

Grants.gov form Required

Supplementary Cover Sheet for NEH Grant Programs

Grants.gov form Required https://www.neh.gov/grants/education/landmarks-american-history-and-culture-workshops-school-teachers mailto:landmarks@neh.gov

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Project/Performance Site(s) Location Form

Grants.gov form Required

Research and Related Budget Grants.gov form Required Attachments Form Grants.gov form Required Certification Regarding Lobbying

Grants.gov form Conditionally required

Standard Form-LLL “Disclosure of Lobbying Activities”

Grants.gov form Conditionally required

40TAttachment 1: Narrative40T narrative.pdf 15/17 (see narrative instructions)

Required

40TAttachment 2: Work plan 40T workplan.pdf Required 40TAttachment 3: Program schedule and detailed reading list40T programschedule.pdf Required

40TAttachment 4: Biographies and résumés40T resumes.pdf 2 pages per résumé (suggested length)

Required

40TAttachment 5: Letters of commitment40T letters.pdf Required

40TAttachment 6: Workshop evaluations40T evaluations.pdf Conditionally required

40TAttachment 7: Federally negotiated indirect cost rate agreement40T agreement.pdf Conditionally required

40TAttachment 8; Explanation of delinquent federal debt40T federaldebt.pdf Conditionally required

Narrative Compose a narrative that provides 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.

Applicants that have not been previously funded in this program must limit the narrative to fifteen pages and prior Landmarks award recipients must limit the narrative to seventeen pages.

Use the following section headings for your narrative. NEH has aligned each section of the narrative with a corresponding review criterion. Refer to E1. Review Criteria.

Nature of the request

• Provide a one-paragraph summary of the purpose, site-based focus, program format, duration, and intended audience for the proposed Landmarks program.

• Indicate if this is a new project or how many times it has been offered previously.

• While projects must be open to K-12 educators, applicants can indicate if the project would appeal to educators in more specific grade-level bands such as K-5, 6-8, 9-12, or a combination thereof.

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Intellectual content and significance (corresponds to review criterion 1)

• Describe the chosen landmarks, sites, areas, and/or regions and how they constitute a compelling opportunity for engaging with topics and themes in the humanities.

• Explain how the combination of scholarship, presenters, primary sources, and experiences during the Landmarks project will address diverse viewpoints in the related fields.

• Describe the archival, material, and digital resources available for use at or in relation to the sites and the ways in which the structure and context of the sites will support the project’s objectives.

• Previously offered projects: explain how the project will use new or additional tools, resources, or approaches to deepen participants’ humanistic engagement with the topic(s) and landmark(s).

Relevance and applicability for the K-12 curricula (corresponds to review criterion 2)

• Describe the anticipated audience for the project, including the desired combination of subjects and disciplines, grade levels, and the Landmarks requirement regarding veteran

vs. new teachers (those serving five or fewer years).

• Identify specific links between the proposed topic(s) and current treatment in K-12 curricula or subject areas.

• Include examples of how the materials and sites presented in the project would enhance participants’ understanding of topics and themes in the humanities.

• Explain how project content and experiences would translate into experiential learning or site-specific practices, including through the use of virtual platforms where appropriate, in a K-12 learning environment.

• Provide details if continuing education units (CEUs) or in-service credit will be offered through the project.

• Previously offered projects: discuss any new or revised plans, such as changes informed by past participant feedback, that will maximize the project’s impact when transferred to a classroom setting.

Program of study (corresponds to review criterion 3)

• Articulate the sequencing of the project with attention to the relationship between specific sites and humanities content, themes, concepts, and skills to be engaged with by participants.

• Explain the relationship between the place-based experiences and the scholarship, speakers, archives, digital media, and/or other materials participants would work with during the project.

• Describe how project activities and materials would inform how participants analyze and create place-based methods for K-12 teaching and learning.

• As applicable, address:

core themes and concepts to be engaged with through scholarship, site visits, and presentations discussion of the historic and cultural importance of key sites and places essential questions to be addressed by project faculty and participants how and why participants will work with particular readings and materials to address multiple points of view examples of technological tools and digital resources other methodologies and pedagogical approaches to be engaged with during the project

• Previously offered projects: explain how proposed changes would strengthen the project’s structure and coherence and/or improve thematic presentation

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Project team and participation (corresponds to review criterion 4)

• Identify and describe the roles and responsibilities of principal humanities and education faculty (including the replacement project director), presenters, and other project staff, in compliance with the requirements set forth in A1. Purpose.

• Describe how invited presenters would address a variety of themes and perspectives in relation to project topics, sites, and other materials.

• Where relevant, explain how project staff members with online teaching experience and/or familiarity working with online platforms for the purpose of instruction will contribute to the sessions.

• Include résumés of the project faculty and the replacement project director and their letters of commitment in Attachment 4 and Attachment 5.

• Previously offered projects: explain any appropriate revisions to the project’s faculty and staff that will strengthen the project’s intellectual quality and program of study.

Project recruitment and dissemination (corresponds to review criterion 5)

• Describe the key components of your project website and the personnel and activities required to create and maintain it.

• Articulate your plans to recruit a robust applicant pool, including, but not limited to, how the project team would use digital, print, and social media to advertise to a wide audience.

• Discuss how you would communicate with participants before and after the sessions conclude.

• Describe a specific plan for disseminating, sustaining, and expanding access to materials beyond the project and its participants (for example, offering additional professional development opportunities, organizing public lectures and discussions, delivering conference presentations, initiating a curricular development project, creating digital media projects, etc.)

• Previously offered projects: detail how the dissemination of project outcomes would extend beyond previously engaged approaches and draw upon new outlets to reach new audiences.

Institutional context (corresponds to review criterion 6)

• Discuss the institution’s capacity for hosting a Landmarks project that would be accessible to a diverse group of participants.

• Identify the relevant material and digital assets of the host institution and the reasonable accommodations that could be made to ensure equitable participant access and use.

• Describe the availability, quality, and costs of accessible housing, as well as meal and transportation options, including considerations for special dietary and travel needs.

• Identify other relevant facilities or optional experiences participants would have access to during the project.

Narrative Guidance

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

Narrative Section Review Criteria

40TNature of the request 40T Not applicable

40TIntellectual content and significance40T 40T1. Intellectual significance of the proposed topic and landmark(s) 40T

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40TRelevance and applicability for the K-

12 curricula40T

40T2. Impact on teaching and classroom application 40T

40TProgram of study40T 40T3. Program of study40T

40TProject team and participation 40T 40T4. Project team40T

40TAudience40T 40T2. Impact on teaching and classroom application40T

40TProject recruitment and dissemination40T 40T5. Project recruitment and dissemination40T

40TInstitutional context40T 40T6. Institutional context 40T

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.

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

If you are exclusively requesting outright funds, your budget should reflect 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. The total federal matching funds and cost share should be equal to 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 offered by NEH.

Required fields are indicated in yellow. Round to the nearest whole dollar amount in all dollar fields. The inclusion of a cost category on the Research and Related Budget does not automatically indicate that an expense is allowable in this program. See D6. Funding Restrictions for a list of unallowable costs. Carefully review these instructions to ensure that costs are not disallowed.

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.

If you charge indirect costs to the project, ensure that expenses included in your organization's indirect cost pool are not charged to the project as direct costs. See H. Indirect Costs.

Introductory Fields If not pre-populated, indicate your organization’s unique entity identifier, the name of your organization, and the period of performance start and end dates. This should be the same as the information provided on your SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance - Short Organizational.

Check “project” for budget type.

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project team members should be included under B. Other Personnel. Depending on their role on the project, costs for other project team members who are not employed by the applicant institution may be included on the budget under F3. Consultant Services or F5.

Subawards/Consortium/Contractual Costs.

Enter the base salary (annual compensation) and identify the number of months each senior/key person will devote to the project in the applicable box (i.e., calendar, academic, summer). Use either calendar months or a combination of academic and summer months.

Failure to include base salaries can result in a delay of the issuance of awards.

If level of effort will not change throughout the year, you may use only the calendar months column. If effort remains constant, but your institutional business process requires noting academic and summer months separately, you may use both columns. If effort varies between academic and summer months, leave the calendar months column blank and use only the academic and summer months columns. If your institution does not use a nine-month academic year or 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 provided by employers to their employees as compensation in addition to regular 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. The sum of requested salary and fringe benefits will be automatically calculated for each senior/key person.

Salaries and wages claimed must be in compliance with 2 CFR §§200.430 and .466. Fringe benefits claimed must be in compliance with 2 CFR §200.431.

The form can accommodate up to eight senior/key persons. If you are requesting funds for additional senior/key persons, 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 personnel listed in the attachment in the "Total Funds requested for all Senior/Key Persons in the attached file" field.

B. Other Personnel For each project role described below, 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. Totals will be automatically calculated.

Post-doctoral associates, graduate students, and undergraduate students In your budget justification, list names, roles, associated months, and requested salary and fringe benefits for post-doctoral associates, graduate students, and undergraduate students.

As a matter of programmatic policy, tuition remission is not allowable.

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

1. Administrative or clerical services are integral to a project or activity.

2. Individuals involved can be specifically identified with the project or activity.

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3. Such costs are explicitly included in the budget or have prior written approval of the federal awarding agency.

4. The costs are not also recovered as indirect costs.

In your budget justification, document how direct charging for secretarial/clerical personnel (i.e., administrative and clerical staff) meets all four conditions. NEH may request additional information for these positions in order to assess allowability.

Additional Other Personnel List any additional project role(s). The form can accommodate up to six named roles. If you have more than six, combine project roles here and explain in your budget justification.

Salaries and wages claimed must be in compliance with 2 CFR §§200.430 and .466. Fringe benefits claimed must be in compliance with 2 CFR §200.431.

Do not list details of collaborators at other institutions or consultants here, as they will be included in F. Other Direct Costs.

C. Equipment Description List each item of equipment to be purchased and its estimated cost, including shipping and maintenance. Justify each in your budget justification.

You may purchase equipment if an analysis demonstrates that it is more economical and practical than leasing (equipment rental/user fees should be included in F. Other Direct Costs).

Equipment is defined as nonexpendable personal property costing $5,000 or more 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 charge depreciation in compliance with 2 CFR §200.436.

Per 2 CFR §200.322, as appropriate and to the extent consistent with law, applicants should, to the greatest extent practicable under a federal award, provide a preference for the purchase, acquisition, or use of goods, products, or materials produced in the United States. The requirements of this section must be included in all subawards including all contracts and purchase orders for work or products under this award.

The form can accommodate up to ten equipment 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.

Total equipment costs will be automatically calculated.

D. Travel Enter the total funds requested for both domestic (local and long-distance) and foreign travel (travel to Canada and Mexico is considered foreign travel). In your budget justification, include the names of travelers, purpose, destination, and travel dates (if known), for each trip. If dates are not known, specify the estimated length of trip (e.g., 3 days). If travelers are unknown, provide a count. All trips—both foreign and domestic—must be justified individually.

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refundable basis are at the risk of the recipient if the services must be cancelled for any reason.

Travel costs must comply with 2 CFR §200.475 and foreign travel must comply with article 10 of the General Terms and Conditions for Awards to Organizations. NEH will use 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 at NEH’s offices in Washington, D.C., in October 2022. If this meeting does not occur, NEH may allow you to rebudget these funds for other allowable activities.

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

Total travel costs will be automatically calculated.

E. Participant/Trainee Support Costs As defined in 2 CFR §200.1, participant support costs are 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 a meeting, retreat, seminar, symposium, workshop, or event, the primary purpose of which is the dissemination of technical information beyond the non-federal entity, that is necessary and reasonable for successful performance under the federal award.

NEH expects recipients to make provision for suitable housing for participants at reasonable rates. Reservations for housing, travel, and services arranged either by the applicant organization or by participants must be made on a refundable basis.