Landmarks of American History and Culture 2024 NOFO 20240214-BH-BG updated.pdf

Notice of Funding Opportunity

Landmarks of American History and Culture

Funding Opportunity Number: 20240214-BH-BG

Funding Opportunity Type: New

Federal Assistance Listing Number: 45.163

Application Deadline: February 14, 2024

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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 program supports a series of one-week residential, virtual, and combined format workshops across the nation to enhance how K-12 educators and higher education faculty and humanities professionals incorporate place-based approaches to humanities teaching and scholarship.

Funding Opportunity Title Landmarks of American History and Culture

Funding Opportunity Number 20240214-BH-BG

Federal Assistance Listing Number 45.163

Deadline for Optional Draft January 5, 2024,11:59 p.m. Eastern Time

Application Deadline February 14, 2024, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time

Anticipated Award Announcements August 2024

Anticipated FY 2024 Funding Approximately $2,500,000

Estimated Number and Type of

Awards

Approximately 14 grants

Award Amounts Up to $190,000

Cost Sharing/Match Required No

Period of Performance The period of performance is 15 months starting October 1, 2024, and ending December 31, 2025.

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

• accredited institutions of higher education (public or nonprofit)

• state and local governments and their agencies

• federally recognized Native American Tribal governments

See C. Eligibility Information for additional information.

Program Resource Page K-12 Educators:

https://www.neh.gov/grants/education/landmarks/k-12-educators

Higher Education:

https://www.neh.gov/grants/education/landmarks/highered

Pre-Application Webinar A pre-recorded webinar will be posted to the program resource page by November 13, 2023.

Live Q&A December 6, 2023, at 12:00pm Eastern Time

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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 (Landmarks) program for K-12 Educators and Landmarks for Higher Education that will take place in 2025. The program supports a series of one-week residential, virtual, and combined format workshops across the nation that enhance how K-12 educators and higher education faculty and humanities professionals incorporate place-based approaches to humanities teaching and scholarship.

Landmarks workshops situate the study of topics and themes in the humanities within sites, areas, or regions of historic and cultural significance to expand participants’ knowledge of and approaches to teaching diverse histories, cultures, and perspectives in the United States and its jurisdictions.

Landmarks workshops:

• offer participants enhanced knowledge of content through humanistic inquiry, experiential learning, discussions, readings, lectures, meetings with community members, and multimedia presentations

• include place-based learning activities, such as visits to museums, libraries, archives, markers, sites, monuments, memorials, national parks, cultural organizations, historic homes and buildings, walking tours, and public performances

• consider how monuments, markers, and memorials interpret events, eras, individuals, and/or groups at national, regional, and local levels

• examine the significance of memory, unmarked sites of cultural and historical significance, and change over time in a place or region

• explore physical, natural, and/or cultural landscapes while studying art history, literature, environmental humanities, geohumanities, public history, architecture, and related fields

• engage in the design of public humanities and experiential learning activities such as collecting oral histories, working with digital mapping resources, and developing collaborations with community members or local organizations

Project Design

Each Landmarks workshop must include two separate sessions of five to seven days each for two different groups of participants (week one and week two). The content, presenters, site visits, activities, and readings should be substantively the same for each session.

You must select one of the following formats:

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

• Virtual: All participants attend for the duration of the workshop using an online platform. This can include synchronous and asynchronous sessions.

• Combined Format: All participants attend a portion of the workshop virtually and a portion of the workshop at the host site. Virtual and residential portions occur at different times, but all participants must attend the same format simultaneously.

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Given the importance of immersive study to Landmarks workshops, you should consider the variety of academic-year calendars when you schedule your workshops. Landmarks workshops are typically offered between the last week of June through the second week of August. If you propose activities outside the summer season, you may consider asynchronous and synchronous sessions before and/or after the summer program.

NEH has scheduled required meetings, participant application deadlines, and reporting dates.

See Attachment 3: Work plan for specific dates you should consider when designing the project schedule and work plan.

Institutional Resources The following types of institutions may host and/or be involved in Landmarks workshops:

• institutions of higher education and non-profit organizations

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

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

• schools or school systems

Federal regulations require that all NEH-funded projects be accessible to a diverse group of participants in alignment with the requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Host institutions are expected to provide reasonable accommodations for project team members, participants, presenters, and institution staff when facilitating program activities and visiting sites during the workshop.

Landmarks workshops with a virtual component should include suitable digital resources, such as online meeting spaces, access to research collections, databases, technical capacity, and content management systems.

Project Audience You must design your Landmarks workshops and recruitment plan for a national audience of participants from across humanities disciplines and professions who work in K-12 education, post-secondary education, and/or at humanities organizations. You must identify a primary audience for your workshop of either K-12 educators or higher education faculty and/or humanities professionals.

Workshops for K-12 educators

• include full- or part-time educators who work in public, charter, independent, and/or religiously affiliated schools, or as home schooling educators.

• host 30-36 participants per session for a total of 60-72 participants per workshop.

• reserve 20% of the available spots for educators who are new to the profession (five years or fewer of teaching experience).

Workshops for K-12 Educators may also admit individuals whose work lies outside classroom teaching but is directly related to humanities education (e.g., librarians, curriculum consultants, museum educators).

See C3. Participant eligibility for additional information.

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Workshops for higher education faculty and/or humanities professionals

• include:

o full- or part-time faculty who teach undergraduate students at two and four-year public or private institutions of higher education and/or whose work lies outside of undergraduate teaching but is directly related to the humanities (e.g., librarians, archivists, etc.); and/or o full- or part-time humanities professionals associated with museums, historical societies, historic and cultural sites, libraries, archives, or who work as independent scholars.

• host 20-24 participants per session for a total of 40-48 participants per workshop.

• reserve 20% of the available workshop spots for early career faculty (three or fewer years as higher education faculty), humanities professionals, and/or non-tenure track faculty.

• reserve 10% of the available workshop spots for advanced graduate students (individuals who have reached candidacy in a doctoral program or are in the final year of a terminal degree program).

See C3. Participant eligibility for additional information.

Project Team The project team includes the following roles:

Project director or co-directors (required)

• Landmarks project directors typically work across a range of disciplines, such as history, literature, anthropology, art history, teacher education, public history, and museum studies.

• Project directors and co-directors do not need to possess a terminal degree or be affiliated with an institution of higher education.

• Project directors must be present and cannot assume any other commitments during each week of the workshop.

Replacement director(s) (required)

• The replacement director(s) must be qualified and capable of assuming leadership of the project should a project director become unable to fulfill their role.

• The replacement director(s) must be a co-director or project team member who is already familiar with the project. Your application must identify who will serve as the replacement project director(s) and include a letter of commitment noting acceptance of this responsibility.

Institutional grant administrator (required)

• This person is the designated representative of the applicant institution with authority to act on the organization’s behalf in matters related to the administration of NEH awards.

Responsibilities include accountability for both the appropriate use of funds and the performance of the NEH-supported project or activities as specified in the approved application and in compliance with 2 CFR Part 200 and the terms and conditions of the award. The project director(s) may not serve as the institutional grant administrator.

K-12 education specialist(s) (required for K-12 workshops)

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developer, museum educator, or an educator with experience facilitating professional development.

• K-12 education specialists 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 during the workshop.

Project faculty and academic staff (recommended)

• Library or museum personnel, tour guides, independent scholars, and academic faculty from institutions other than the host institution may be invited to present or co-facilitate sessions.

• experts in specific pedagogical approaches, archival research, field research, digital mapping, or other learning activities appropriate to the project

• members of cultural or community organizations, professional societies, or other external collaborators relevant to the project

• if you are proposing an online component, a member of the project team should have online teaching experience and/or familiarity working with online instructional platforms

Project Website

If NEH selects your project for funding, you must create a project website that supports participant recruitment and the application process, provides intellectual and practical resources for participants, and serves as a resource for participants beyond the conclusion of the workshop. Project websites must be ready to accept participant applications by November 2024.

Program Outputs

In Attachment 3: Work Plan you will describe what the results of your project will be by identifying the project output.

The output of a Landmarks award must be two sessions of one-week workshops for 60-72 K-12 educators or 40-48 higher education faculty or humanities professionals.

See D6. Funding Restrictions for unallowable activities.

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

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

Under 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;

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attention to reflecting our diverse heritage, traditions, and history and to the relevance of the humanities to the current conditions of national life.”

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

Learn more about NEH.

NEH Areas of Interest NEH is especially interested in supporting projects that advance humanities-related work in the following areas. NEH will give all applications equal consideration in accordance with the program’s review criteria.

NEH encourages projects that include Native American organizations and communities as applicants and project partners.

American Tapestry: Weaving Together Past, Present, and Future American Tapestry: Weaving Together Past, Present, and Future is a wide-ranging special initiative at NEH that leverages the humanities to tackle some of the most pressing challenges of our time: strengthening our democracy, advancing equity for all, and addressing our changing climate. The initiative encourages humanities projects that elevate the role of civics in schools and public programs, advance knowledge of the country’s history and political institutions, and examine threats to its democratic principles. The initiative also encourages projects that explore the untold stories of historically underrepresented groups and build capacity at cultural and educational institutions to benefit underserved communities. Finally, the initiative welcomes projects that promote research into the historical roots and cultural effects of climate change and support the cultural and educational sectors in building climate resilience. By supporting humanities projects that align with these three themes – strengthening our democracy, advancing equity for all, and addressing our changing climate – the American Tapestry initiative seeks to tell our country’s history in all its complexity and diversity.

United We Stand: Connecting Through Culture Hate must have no safe harbor in America – especially when that hate fuels the kind of violence we’ve seen from Oak Creek to Pittsburgh, from El Paso to Poway, and from Atlanta to Buffalo.

When ordinary Americans cannot participate in the basic activities of everyday life – such as shopping at the grocery store or praying at their house of worship – without the fear of being targeted and killed for who they are, our security as well as democracy are at risk. In coordination with the White House “United We Stand” Summit in September 2022, NEH launched a new initiative titled United We Stand: Connecting Through Culture that uses the humanities to combat hate-motivated violence and promote civic engagement, social cohesion, and cross-cultural understanding. As a part of this initiative, NEH encourages humanities projects that further our understanding of the nation’s racial, ethnic, gender, and religious diversity; examine the sources of hate and intolerance in the United States; and explore progress towards greater inclusiveness.

NEH’s Support for the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative As a part of NEH’s partnership with the Department of the Interior on the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, NEH encourages projects that further public understanding and knowledge of the Federal Indian boarding school system. From 1819 through the 1970s the government of the United States operated a system of schools for Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children premised on a policy of coerced cultural assimilation.

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Native children were forcibly separated from their families and sent to attend federal Indian boarding schools, where they were frequently subject to harsh treatment and abuse. A number of these students died, and others never returned to their families and communities. Many were also deprived of their cultural inheritance. NEH encourages projects that document and explore the history of the federal Indian boarding schools as well as projects that contribute to Native and Indigenous cultural and language revitalization.

B. Federal Award Information

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

NEH will provide funding in the form of grants.

2. Summary of Funding

Award amounts You may request up to $190,000. This includes the sum of direct and indirect costs.

NEH anticipates awarding approximately $2,500,000 among an estimated 14 recipients.

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

NEH will not determine the exact amount available for funding until Congress makes appropriations official for FY 2024. NEH will issue awards subject to the availability of appropriated funds. NEH is publishing this notice as a contingency to ensure that NEH can process applications and issue awards in a timely manner, should sufficient funds become available.

Period of performance The period of performance is 15 months, with a start date of October 1, 2024, and an end date of December 31, 2025.

The period of performance is the span of time during which you may incur expenses to carry out the work under the award.

C. Eligibility Information

1. Eligible Applicants To be eligible to apply, your organization must be established in the United States or its jurisdictions as one of the following:

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

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

• a state or local government or one of their agencies https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/search-for-tax-exempt-organizations https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/search-for-tax-exempt-organizations https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/home

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• a federally recognized Native American Tribal government

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

If your organization is eligible, you may apply on behalf of a consortium of collaborating organizations. If NEH selects your proposal for funding, you will be programmatically, legally, and fiscally responsible for the award.

The recipient may not function solely as a fiscal agent but should make substantive contributions to the success of the project.

See C3. Other Eligibility Information for participant eligibility.

2. Cost Sharing NEH does not require cost sharing in this program.

Cost sharing or matching is the portion of the project costs you pay for with non-NEH funds.

Peer reviewers will not consider cost sharing in their evaluation of applications.

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

• cash contributions made to the project by you or a third party

• your unrecovered indirect costs

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

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

You must maintain auditable records of the source and use of cost share. See 2 CFR § 200.306.

Learn about types of funds NEH offers.

3. Other Eligibility Information You may submit multiple applications for separate and distinct projects under this notice. An individual may not serve as project director for multiple proposed projects under this notice.

If you previously received an NEH Institutes, Landmarks, or Seminar award, you must address additional questions included in Attachment 1: Narrative and you must include unedited participant evaluations from your most recent Institutes, Landmarks, or Seminar project in Attachment 6: Program Evaluations. You are considered a returning applicant if the project director and co-project directors have been previously awarded under the Institutes, Landmarks, or Seminar program.

You may revise and resubmit previously rejected applications. Submissions are subject to the application requirements and review criteria of the current competition.

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pending, a second application for the same project costs, even if to a different program, will be ruled ineligible. However, you may submit multiple proposals for complementary aspects of the same overall project. If you are submitting complementary proposals to other NEH programs or government agencies, specify when and to whom in the Supplementary Cover Sheet for NEH Grant Programs. NEH may disallow costs or reject applications that include overlapping project costs. An individual’s level of effort cannot exceed 100% across multiple active federally funded awards.

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.

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

NEH will not review proposed projects that take place outside of the U.S. and its jurisdictions.

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 for funding.

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

Participant eligibility Landmarks workshop participants must be:

• United States citizens, including those teaching abroad at U.S. chartered institutions and schools operated by the federal government;

• 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.

The following are not eligible to participate in NEH funded workshops:

• foreign nationals teaching abroad

• individuals who are related to the project director(s)

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• individuals who have been taught or advised in an academic capacity by the project director(s)

• individuals who have attended a previous NEH professional development project (Institutes, Landmarks, or Seminar) led by the project director(s)

• individuals who are 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 who have been debarred or suspended by any federal department or agency

NEH does not require participants to have an advanced degree.

The OMB Guidelines to Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR Parts 180 and 3369 apply to this award. Recipients must comply, and must require subrecipients to comply, with Subpart C of these regulations.

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 20240214-BH-BG. There are also links on the program resource pages for Landmarks for K-12 Educators and Landmarks for Higher Education and Humanities Professionals.

This funding opportunity includes two application packages, which you can find under the “Package” tab. Select the appropriate one based upon your project type. Each package includes a series of required and conditionally required forms. You will upload additional application components using the Attachments Form.

BH2024 – Landmarks for K-12 Educators BG2024 – Landmarks for Higher Education and Humanities Professionals

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

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

If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services.

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

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

• Required: You must submit this component.

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

• Required for recipients: You are encouraged but not required to submit this component when you apply. You must submit it if you receive an award.

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

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

• Mandatory: You must not exceed the page limit.

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

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

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

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

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

• a font no smaller than 11 points

In addition, NEH encourages you to format your components consistent with the following:

• single-spacing

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

• any standard citation style (include citations in page counts)

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Application Component Table Application Component File Name Designation Page limit

Attachments

1: Narrative narrative.pdf Required 10/12 See narrative instructions

(mandatory)

2: Program schedule and resource list schedule.pdf Required

3: Work plan workplan.pdf Required

4: Biographies and résumés resumes.pdf Required 2 pages per résumé

(suggested)

Error! Reference source n ot found.5: Letters of commitment letters.pdf Required

6: Program evaluations evaluations.pdf Required for prior recipients

7: Subrecipient budget(s) subrecipient.pdf Conditionally required

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

9: Explanation of delinquent federal debt delinquentdebt.pdf Conditionally

Grants.gov forms

SF-424 Application for

Federal Assistance - Short

Organizational

Required

Supplementary Cover Sheet for NEH Grant Programs

Required

Project/Performance Site(s)

Location Form

Required

Research and Related Budget and Budget Justification

Required

Attachments Form Required

Certification Regarding

Lobbying

Required for recipients

Standard Form-LLL

“Disclosure of Lobbying

Activities”

Required for recipients

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.

• If you have not been previously funded in this program, you must limit your narrative to ten pages.

• If you have previously received a Landmarks award, you must limit your narrative to twelve pages.

Do not include an executive summary, cover page, or table of contents. You may include images, charts, diagrams, bibliographies, footnotes, or 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.

Nature of the request

Provide a one-paragraph summary at the start of your application that includes:

• the project title, its thematic or topical focus, the place-based focus, the workshop format (residential, virtual, or combined), specific dates for each session of the workshop (week one and week two), and the total number of participants.

• if this is a new project or, if applicable, how many times you have offered it previously.

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

• For higher education and/or humanities professionals: While projects must be open to all eligible applicants, you can indicate if the workshop would appeal to participants in more specific areas of study and/or professions.

Intellectual content and place-based significance (aligns with review criterion 1)

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

• Explain how the combination of scholarship and place-based experiences would address diverse viewpoints in the related humanities fields.

• Prior recipients only: Describe revisions to scholarship and site-based experiences based on the most recent iteration of the project.

Program of study (aligns with review criterion 2)

• Articulate the sequencing of the workshop sessions with attention to examples that illustrate the relationship between place-based experiences and the humanities content, themes, concepts, questions, and/or skills that participants would engage with during the workshop.

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

• Describe how participants would have opportunity throughout the workshop to reflect on their learning and work collaboratively to develop place-based materials, methods, and/or activities to be applied to humanities teaching and scholarship.

• Prior recipients only: Describe revisions to the project’s structure and coherence based on the most recent iteration of the project.

Project team and participation (aligns with review criterion 3)

• Identify and describe the roles and responsibilities of principal project team members (including the education specialist for K-12 projects), replacement 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 relevance to humanities teaching and scholarship.

• 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.

• You will include résumés of the project faculty and the replacement project director(s) in Attachment 4. You will also include letters of commitment from project faculty, host site administrators, participating community members and/or organizations, site-related staff scheduled to participate in the project, and any other individuals or organizations scheduled to participate in the workshop in Attachment 5.

• Prior recipients only: Describe revisions to the responsibilities of project faculty, staff, and/or presenters based on the most recent iteration of the project.

Project recruitment and communication (aligns with review criterion 4)

• Articulate how you will attract a robust and diverse applicant pool from across the nation, including how the project team would use digital, print, and/or social media to advertise to a wide audience.

• Identify the project team members responsible for reviewing applications.

• Discuss how you would use the project website and/or other platforms to communicate with participants before, during, and after the workshop sessions conclude.

• Prior recipients only: Describe revisions to the recruitment and communication plans based on the most recent iteration of the project.

Institutional context (aligns with review criterion 5)

• Discuss the institution’s capacity to host a Landmarks project and provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equitable participant access and involvement.

• Identify relevant material and digital assets available at the host institution, partner organizations, and related project sites.

• Where relevant, describe the availability, accessibility, quality, and costs of lodging, meals, and transportation options, including considerations for special dietary and travel needs.

• Prior recipients only: Describe revisions to accessibility and resource availability based on the most recent iteration of the project.

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Narrative Guidance

Each section of the narrative aligns with corresponding review criteria. Use the crosswalk to ensure you address all criteria.

Narrative Section Review Criteria

Nature of the request Not applicable

Intellectual content and place-based significance

1. Intellectual content and place-based significance

Program of study 2. Program of study

Project team and participation 3. Project team

Project recruitment and communication

4. Project recruitment and communication

Institutional context 5. Institutional context

Attachment 2: Program schedule and resource list (required)

Each Landmarks workshop must include two separate sessions of five to seven days each for two different groups of participants. The content, presenters, site visits, activities, and readings should be substantively the same for each session.

Provide a detailed schedule for the sessions that includes:

• a daily sequence for activities including when and how each day will begin and end, and meals and breaks.

• the places participants will visit (including anticipated travel time for residential programs)

• the resources, readings, and other materials that participants are likely to use

• the speakers that participants will work with and the topic(s) for their presentations

• questions to frame sessions and organize discussion activities

• opportunities for participants to reflect on their experiences

• sessions for participants to develop materials or plan activities for their own teaching and scholarship

Provide a resource list that:

• includes texts and other materials participants would work with before and/or during their workshop. The list may include books, articles, primary sources, films, videos, worksheets, and other materials.

• aligns with the materials identified in the schedule, including if you would require participants to complete any readings before the start of their workshop.

Name the file schedule.pdf.

Attachment 3: Work plan (required)

An output of a Landmarks award must be two sessions of one-week workshops for 60-72 K-12 educators or 40-48 higher education faculty or humanities professionals.

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Describe the activities or steps that your project team will use during the period of performance to achieve each of the proposed project objectives and NEH requirements. Provide a detailed timeline that addresses:

• planning and design meetings

• the distribution of responsibilities across the project team

• advertising and recruitment

• planning with staff at sites (i.e., memorial sites, museums, etc.)

• communication with presenters

• arrangements for lodging, meals, and transportation

• communication with participants

• reporting requirements

• other key components of running the project

• If you will issue funds as subawards or contracts, describe how your organization will ensure that third parties properly document use of funds.

Your work plan should reflect major activities described in your narrative, including the NEH required project dates provided below, SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance - Short Organizational and the Research and Related Budget.

Your work plan should include the following NEH required dates:

October 2024: Notice of Action issued, mandatory virtual project team meeting with NEH

December 2024: project websites go live, participant applications open

February 2025: mandatory virtual project team meeting with NEH

March 2025: participant application deadline, review of applications, and selection of participants

April 2025: selected applicants are notified; participants have two weeks to accept or decline

June 2025: Participant Selection Report submitted to NEH

April 2026: final reports submitted to NEH

Name the file workplan.pdf.

Attachment 4: Biographies and résumés (required)

Include a curriculum vitae, résumé, or professional biography (suggested length of two pages per person) for the following members of the project team:

• project director

• co-director(s), if relevant

• replacement director

• education specialist, if relevant

• key presenters

• community partners and site-based collaborators

• other project personnel (e.g., faculty, staff, technological experts), if relevant

Name the file biographies.pdf.

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Attachment 5: Letters of commitment (required)

Include letters or email messages from:

• the project team faculty (other than the project director)

• co-project director(s) not employed by the applicant institution

• the potential replacement director(s)

• the education specialist(s), where required.

• relevant leadership at the host institution (i.e., president, provost, dean, executive director, etc.), confirming the institution’s commitment to the project and ensuring that relevant offices will provide timely and effective support.

• invited presenters, site-based collaborators, and other consultants scheduled to participate in the workshop.

Elected government officials, NEH staff, and current members of NEH’s National Council on the Humanities may not serve as letter writers. Tribal leaders writing in their capacity as institutional leaders of a Tribal college or university are exempt from this restriction.

Name the file letters.pdf.

Attachment 6: Program evaluations (required for prior recipients)

Include all participant evaluations from the most recent iteration of your NEH Institutes, Landmarks, or Seminar workshop. Evaluations cannot be edited or submitted in a format that replaces the original evaluations received from past participants.

Name the file evaluations.pdf.

Attachment 7: Subrecipient budget(s) (conditionally required)

If your project includes subawards, you must provide a separate Research and Related Budget and budget justification for each subrecipient.

Download a fillable PDF of the Research and Related Budget form from the NEH website for each subrecipient. You must open and complete this form in Adobe Reader 8.0 or higher rather than in your web browser.

Prepare a budget and budget justification for each subrecipient using the same instructions in this notice, with a few exceptions:

• Enter the subrecipient’s Unique Entity Identifier, organization name, and period of performance start and end date (these fields will not prepopulate).

• For “budget type,” check “Subaward/Consortium.”

If your subrecipients have a federally negotiated indirect cost rate, you must honor it. If they do not have a federally negotiated indirect cost rate, they may negotiate a rate with you consistent with 2 CFR § 200.414 or use the de minimis rate.

Rather than attaching related documents (budget justification, additional personnel, additional equipment) to the form itself, you will separately convert each document into a PDF and combine all subrecipients’ budget forms and related documents into a single document. Do not attach portfolios containing multiple PDFs.

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NEH cannot accept security-enhanced PDFs (e.g., XFA files, PDFs that include password-protection, encryption, digital signatures). Remove these features (or “flatten” these files) before merging them into a single PDF and uploading it to the Attachments Form.

Name the file subrecipient.pdf.

Attachment 8: Federally negotiated indirect cost rate agreement (conditionally required)

If your organization is claiming indirect costs and has a current federally negotiated indirect cost rate agreement, provide a copy of the agreement. If applicable, provide the indirect cost rate agreements for subrecipients claiming indirect costs. If you and your subrecipients are requesting the de minimis rate, you do not need to submit this attachment.

Name the file agreement.pdf.

Attachment 9: Explanation of delinquent federal debt (conditionally required)

If your organization is delinquent in the repayment of any federal debt, explain why. Provide evidence that you have entered into a repayment agreement with the Internal Revenue Service, if applicable, and that you are current on all payments due. Examples of relevant debt include delinquent payroll or other taxes, audit disallowances, and benefit overpayments. See OMB Circular A-129.

Name the file delinquentdebt.pdf.

Application Components: Grants.gov Forms

SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance – Short Organizational

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