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NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

Funding Opportunity Title: Public Humanities Projects

Funding Opportunity Number: 20200907-BP-BR-GE-GG-GI

Funding Opportunity Type: New

Federal Assistance Listing Number: 45.164

Application Due Dates:

September 8, 2020

January 6, 2021

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Executive Summary The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Public Programs is accepting applications for the Public Humanities Projects program. The purpose of this program is to support projects that bring the ideas and insights of the humanities to life for general audiences through in-person programming. Projects must engage humanities scholarship to analyze significant themes in disciplines such as history, literature, ethics, and art history.

Funding Opportunity Title: Public Humanities Projects Funding Opportunity Number:

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Federal Assistance Listing Number (CFDA):

45.164

Application Due Dates: September 8, 2020, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (for projects beginning as early as May 1, 2021) January 6, 2021, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (for projects beginning as early as September 1, 2021)

Anticipated Announcements: April 2021 (for applications submitted September 8, 2020) August 2021 (for application submitted January 6, 2021)

Anticipated Total Annual Available FY 21 Funding:

Approximately $2,735,000 per deadline

Estimated Number and Type of Awards:

Approximately 19 grants per deadline

Funding Range: Planning: up to $75,000 Implementation: $50,000 to $400,000 Chairman’s Special Awards: up to $1,000,000

Implementation applicants in Exhibitions and Historic Places may also request up to $100,000 above the ceiling amount for a Position in Public Humanities to create a two-year, full-time staff position (or, alternately, $50,000 for a one-year period of performance, and a one-year full-time staff position) to work on the proposed project.

See Section B for additional information.

Cost Sharing/Match Required:

No

Period of Performance: Planning: up to 24 months Implementation: 12 to 48 months

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.

See Section C of this Notice of Funding Opportunity for additional information.

Program Resource Page: https://www.neh.gov/grants/public/public-humanities-projects Pre-Application Webinar August 11, 2020, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/646493454399552015 https://www.neh.gov/grants/public/public-humanities-projects https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/646493454399552015

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Table of Contents

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 Public Humanities Projects program. This program supports projects that bring the ideas and insights of the humanities to life for general audiences through in-person programming. Projects must engage humanities scholarship to analyze significant themes in disciplines such as history, literature, ethics, and art history. Public Humanities Projects supports projects in three program categories and at two funding levels.

Regardless of proposed activity, NEH encourages applicants to explore humanities ideas through multiple formats. Proposed projects may include complementary components: for example, a museum exhibition might be accompanied by a website or mobile app.

Small and mid-sized organizations are especially encouraged to apply. We likewise welcome humanities projects tailored to particular groups, such as families, youth (including K-12 students in informal educational settings), underserved communities, and veterans.

To be competitive for funding, locally focused projects should address topics that are of regional or national relevance by drawing connections to broad themes or historical questions. Projects that don’t address issues of concern to wider regional or national audiences might consider local sources of funding, such as their state humanities councils. The size of an award offered to a successful applicant will reflect the project’s scope and the size of its expected audiences.

Applicants are advised to consider developing partnerships with other institutions, particularly organizations such as cultural alliances, broadcast media stations, cultural heritage centers, state humanities councils, veterans’ centers, and libraries.

Public Humanities Projects must:

• be grounded in sound humanities scholarship

• offer an analytical perspective on the themes and ideas that underlie it in order to deepen public understanding of the humanities

• involve humanities scholars who contribute to all phases of the project

• attract a broad public audience or target a particular group underserved by the humanities

• offer engaging content approached through an appropriate variety of perspectives

• encourage dialogue and the exchange of ideas

Public Humanities Projects awards may support activities such as:

• meetings with scholars and other content advisers, program partners, and audience representatives

• research into the topic

• travel to archives, collections, sites, or other resources

• development and production of program or discussion guides, exhibition labels, brochures, digital assets, publications, or other interpretive material

• design of any of the interpretive formats to be used

• planning and presentation of public programs and publicity materials

• evaluation of the project’s impact

• planning and conducting project-specific training for docents, discussion coordinators, or other interpretive leaders https://www.neh.gov/about/state-humanities-councils

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• development and production of curriculum guides and other materials for teachers and students

• exhibition design and fabrication, as well as crating and shipping

• conservation treatments of objects, not exceeding 15 percent of the request to NEH

• development and construction of interactive program components

• publication costs for complementary materials, including catalogs and curriculum guides

• publicity expenses

Unallowable activities are described in section D6. Funding Restrictions.

Program categories This program supports projects in three categories: Exhibitions (permanent, temporary, or traveling); interpretive programs at Historic Places; and Humanities Discussions.

Exhibitions The Exhibitions category supports the creation of permanent exhibitions (on view for at least three years) and single-site temporary exhibitions (open to the public for a minimum of two months), as well as traveling exhibitions that will be available to public audiences in at least two venues in the United States (including the originating location).

NEH expects applicants for Exhibitions awards to provide at least twenty hours of free admission each month to NEH-supported exhibitions.

Historic Places The Historic Places category supports long-term interpretive programs for historic sites, houses, neighborhoods, and regions that are intended to be presented to the public for at least three years. Such programs might include living history presentations, guided tours, exhibitions, and public programs.

Humanities Discussions The Humanities Discussions category supports series of at least six in-person public programs related to “A More Perfect Union”: NEH Special Initiative Advancing Civic Education and Commemorating the Nation’s 250th Anniversary. These programs should engage diverse public audiences with humanities resources such as historic artifacts, artwork, or documents, and should be anchored in perspectives presented by humanities experts as speakers, panelists, or discussion leaders, providing context and analysis of program themes. Projects may include, but are not limited to, symposiums, lecture series, reading and discussion programs, analytical discussions of museum collections or theater/musical performances, lifelong learning programs, or other methods of face-to-face audience engagement or informal education. The proposed series should occur over a period of three months to two years.

Humanities Discussions must be:

• centered on specific humanities resources

• firmly grounded in rigorous scholarship and thoughtful analysis

• guided by humanities scholars

• conducted without partisan advocacy

• respectful of divergent views

• free of ad hominem remarks

• devoid of bias based on ethnicity, religion, gender, disability, or race

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• related to “A More Perfect Union”: NEH Special Initiative Advancing Civic Education and Commemorating the Nation’s 250th Anniversary

Funding levels This program supports projects at two funding levels: Planning and Implementation.

Applicants are not required to obtain a Planning award before applying for an Implementation award.

NEH encourages potential applicants to contact the staff of NEH’s Division of Public Programs at 202-606-8269 or publicpgms@neh.gov for advice on choosing the appropriate funding level.

Planning Planning awards are typically up to $40,000 with a period of performance of up to 24 months to support activities such as:

• refining the content, format, and interpretive approach of a humanities project

• developing the project’s preliminary design

• testing project components

• conducting an evaluation of the project’s likely impact

Awards up to $75,000 with a period of performance of up to 24 months are available for the planning of exceptionally ambitious and complex permanent or traveling exhibitions with the potential to reach very wide audiences through any of the following:

• collaboration with multiple institutional partners

• a wide-ranging combination of diverse formats (for example, exhibitions, digital resources, lecture series, symposia, neighborhood tours, curriculum guides, publications, and broadcast media)

• programming at a large number of venues

Implementation Implementation awards range from $50,000 to $400,000 with a period of performance from 12 to 48 months.

Implementation grants supports projects which are in the final stages of preparation to “go live” before the public. Activities may include final scholarly research and consultation, design, production, and installation of a project for presentation to the public. The period of performance must include the required minimum exhibition time.

The maximum Implementation award for a temporary single-site exhibition is $100,000, and such exhibitions must be open to the public for a minimum of two months.

The maximum Implementation award for permanent exhibitions and Historic Places is $400,000, and such projects must be on view for at least three years.

The maximum Implementation award for travelling exhibitions is $400,000, and such projects must be available to public audiences in at least two venues in the United States (including the originating location).

The maximum award for Humanities Discussions is $250,000. These series should occur over a period of three months to two years, and must include at least six in-person public programs during the period of performance. Humanities Discussions funds Implementation awards only.

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Additional opportunities for Implementation applicants

Chairman’s Special Awards Applicants with ambitious Implementation projects of exceptional significance and impact may apply for a Chairman’s Special Award of up to $1 million. These projects must show the promise of addressing important humanities ideas in new ways, and must be likely to reach very large national audiences. Successful proposals typically feature collaboration between multiple partners and a broad combination of diverse formats. Chairman’s Special Awards are rare: NEH typically awards no more than one Chairman’s Special Award per year.

Positions in Public Humanities Positions in Public Humanities provide full-time employment opportunities for recent graduates with an MA or PhD in the humanities and are intended to invigorate the interpretation of the humanities in a wide variety of cultural organizations. Organizations applying for an Implementation award in Exhibitions and Historic Places may request additional funds for a Position in Public Humanities. Planning applicants and Humanities Discussion applicants are not eligible to apply.

If you are applying for Implementation funding in Exhibitions and Historic Places, you may request an additional $100,000 to create a two-year, full-time staff position (or $50,000 for a one-year period of performance, and a one-year full-time staff position) within your institution to work on the proposed project. This increases the maximum total request by $50,000 for a one-year period of performance and $100,000 for a two-year position during a two-to-four-year period of performance. Applicants that wish to increase annual compensation above $50,000 for these positions must use their own funds to do so.

Additional program requirements:

• Positions are entry-level and should be designed with a correspondingly appropriate level of responsibility in mind.

• Applicants must be either a U.S. citizen or a foreign national who has been living in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the three years immediately preceding the PHP application deadline.

• Applicants must have graduated in the last five years prior to the PHP application deadline from a humanities MA or PhD program (including public history or museum studies).

• Positions should be widely advertised, so as to draw on a national pool of candidates.

Institutions are encouraged to seek a diverse pool of applicants.

• Awards are intended to support a single full-time position over the period of performance. No part time employees are permitted.

• Individuals hired for an NEH-supported public humanities position must be assigned to work on specific aspects of the project related to public engagement.

Positions in Public Humanities may not be used to support:

• the salaries of current staff members

• payments to project consultants

• the hiring of individuals who hold teaching or administrative assignments during the period of performance

• the hiring of individuals currently enrolled in a degree-granting program

Candidate and screening requirements:

• Applications must be solicited and reviewed by the recipient.

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• Candidates for these positions should submit a curriculum vitae, graduate school transcript, writing sample, cover letter, and three letters of reference.

• The selection should be made by a committee convened by the project director.

• Recipient may not accept applications from any of their own employees, members of the board of trustees or advisers, or selection committee members or their family members.

• Committees customarily consist of three members: the project director and two other humanities experts who are familiar with the project or bring special knowledge to the project. Committees may include other personnel or scholars who will contribute to the project and may be composed of more than three members. These committees should review all applications.

Additionally, individuals in NEH-supported public humanities positions should administer three different types of public programs related to the project at the institution during the period of performance. They might, for example, organize film and panel discussions, family gallery talks, or an oral history day program.

Candidates with delinquent federal debt or who have been suspended, debarred, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from eligibility for covered transactions by any federal department or agency are not eligible for selection. Examples of relevant debt include student loans, delinquent federal taxes, delinquent child support payments, and delinquent payroll taxes for household or other employees (see OMB Circular A-129). To see if applicants have delinquent federal debt or other exclusions recorded in the System for Award Management (SAM), recipients should go to the SAM website; click on “Search Records,” and then on “Advanced Search - Exclusion.”

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 1965 National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act, “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 previously funded projects may be found by using the NEH's Funded Projects Query Form available online at https://securegrants.neh.gov/publicquery/main.aspx.

To learn more about NEH, visit https://www.neh.gov/about.

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

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“A More Perfect Union”: NEH Special Initiative Advancing Civic Education and Commemorating the Nation’s 250th Anniversary As our nation approaches its 250th anniversary in 2026, NEH encourages projects that promote a deeper understanding of American history and culture and that advance civic education and knowledge of our core principles of government. The agency-wide “A More Perfect Union” initiative will help Americans better understand the world’s oldest constitutional democracy and how our founding ideals are met in a modern, pluralistic society.

NEH welcomes consideration of diverse topics in American history, from Native American culture to rural life to the rise of the industrial city, from the Civil War to the Cold War to the Civil Rights movement, etc. We also seek projects that examine foundational documents in U.S.

history, as well as projects that examine historical objects, places, traditions, events, and individuals who collectively shaped our states and nation. Applications about the contributions of under-represented communities are highly encouraged.

Applicants for Exhibitions or Historic Places may respond to this special initiative, but are not required to do so. Applicants for Humanities Discussions must respond to it.

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 Type(s) of applications sought: new.

NEH will provide funding in the form of grants.

2. Summary of Funding Approximately $2,735,000 is expected to be available to fund approximately 19 recipients per deadline.

You may apply for a ceiling amount of up to up to $75,000 for Planning or $50,000 to $400,000 for Implementation. (See section A. 1. Funding Levels for specific information.) In rare circumstances, Chairman’s Special Awards of up to $1,000,000 are available for Implementation projects that will reach an exceptionally large audience.

In addition, Implementation applicants in the Exhibition and Historic Places categories may request $50,000 or $100,000 for a Position in Public Humanities above the award ceiling.

The actual amount available will not be determined until enactment of the final FY 2021 federal budget. This program notice is subject to the appropriation of 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 earliest period of performance is up to 24 months for Planning projects and 12 to 48 months for Implementation projects.

The earliest period of performance start date for applications submitted for the September 8, 2020 deadline is May 1, 2021.

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The earliest period of performance start date for applications submitted for the January 6, 2021 deadline is September 1, 2021.

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.

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

2. Cost Sharing Cost sharing is not required in this program, unless federal matching funds are requested.

Applicants may use voluntary cost sharing for projects in which the total costs exceed the amount awarded by NEH.

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.

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 means the value of 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.

When federal matching funds are requested, the recipient must raise dollar-for-dollar cash contributions from nonfederal third parties and have them certified by NEH before the funds are released (see NEH’s 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.

Recipients are responsible for maintaining auditable records of cost sharing contributions. See 2 CFR §200.306 for additional information.

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

Applicants are not required to obtain a Planning grant before applying for an Implementation grant. Applicants may not, however, submit multiple applications for the same project at the same deadline. If an application for a project is already under review, another application for the same project will not be accepted.

Applicants whose projects have received prior NEH support may apply for an award for a new or subsequent stage of that project. These proposals receive no special consideration and will be judged by the same criteria as others. In addition, such applicants must substantially update their proposals and must include a description of the new activities and a justification of the new budget. Applicants should also demonstrate how new scholarly analysis will be used to expand on the previously funded work or how new interpretive approaches will facilitate broadening project reach. Such applicants must also demonstrate how the previously funded project met its http://www.neh.gov/grants/manage/federal-matching-funds-guidelines http://www.neh.gov/grants/manage/federal-matching-funds-guidelines https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=3aeab4e3a836f5b6807999701e518c94&mc=true&node=pt2.1.200&rgn=div5#se2.1.200_1306

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goals. An award from NEH for one stage of a project does not commit NEH to continued support for the project. Applications for each stage of a project are evaluated independently.

See Positions in Public Humanities in section A. 1 for information regarding the eligibility of individuals applying for and hired to fill these positions.

Two or more applications for federal funding and/or approved federal award budgets are not permitted to include overlapping project costs.

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, however, 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 by 2 CFR §200.92 and 2 CFR §200.330(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, please consult beforehand with the division staff.

All application materials must be received by the application deadline. Late, 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.

D. Application and Submission Information

1. Application Package You must apply electronically, using either Grants.gov Workspace or your organization's system-to-system software. Use the Standard Form 424 - Short Organizational (SF-424 Short) application package associated with the funding opportunity, and follow the instructions provided by Grants.gov unless otherwise noted below.

The Public Humanities Projects funding opportunity has five application packages available in Grants.gov. Select the appropriate package based upon your project type.

Exhibitions: Planning – GE92020 or GE12021 Exhibitions: Implementation – GI92020 or GI12021 Historic Places: Planning – BP92020 or BP12021 Historic Places: Implementation – BR92020 or BR12021 Humanities Discussions – GG92020 or GG12021

To request a paper copy of this announcement, contact publicpgms@neh.gov. Applicants who are deaf or hard of hearing (TTY users) can contact NEH via Federal Relay at 800-877-8399.

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2. Content and Form of Application Submission Your application will consist of a narrative, budget, and other required forms and components described below.

i. Project Narrative The narrative provides a comprehensive framework and description of all aspects of the proposed project. It should be succinct, self-explanatory, well organized, and free of technical terms and jargon so that peer reviewers can understand the proposed project.

Planning applicants for single-site temporary exhibitions must limit the narrative to 15 single-spaced pages. All other Planning applicants must limit the narrative to 20 single-spaced pages.

Implementation applicants for single-site temporary exhibitions must limit the narrative to 10 single-spaced pages. All other Implementation applicants must limit the narrative 15 single spaced pages. Implementation applicants will have additional space to describe their projects in Attachment 5: Walkthrough.

All applicants should use one-inch margins and at least 11-point type.

NEH has aligned each section of the narrative with a corresponding review criterion. Refer to Section E1. Review Criteria for full descriptions.

Successful applications will contain the information below. Use the following section headings for the narrative.

Nature of the request (corresponds to all Review Criteria) In one page or less, provide an overview of the project and its interpretive goals.

• State whether your request is for an Exhibitions, Historic Places, or Humanities Discussions project. If an Exhibition, specify if it will be permanent, traveling, or temporary. Identify the funding level (Planning or Implementation) and the amount that you are requesting.

• Indicate if you request is for a Chairman’s Special Award (Implementation only).

• Indicate if your request includes a Position in Public Humanities (Implementation

Exhibitions and Historic Places only).

• Identify the formats, the subject, and the main themes.

• If your project responds to one of the NEH areas of interest, indicate how so.

Humanities content (corresponds to Review Criterion 1)

• Describe the significance of the subject and its relevance to the public. Discuss the intellectual content of the project, using theme statements to identify the major humanities ideas and questions to be addressed.

• Demonstrate how humanities scholarship will inform the project, and provide examples of how the specific resources selected for the project illustrate the humanities themes.

• For reinterpretations or updates of an existing project, describe its current content and format and then explain what new humanities ideas will be incorporated.

• For Historic Places projects, discuss the significance of the place to be interpreted for American history; the extent to which the interpretation will make use of the place’s attributes (the site, its location, the buildings, the landscape, or other natural or built features) in telling its story; and the extent to which the interpretation addresses central themes and issues in American history.

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• For Humanities Discussions projects, explain how the project relates to “A More Perfect Union”: NEH Special Initiative Advancing Civic Education and Commemorating the Nation’s 250th Anniversary.

Project formats (corresponds to Review Criteria 2 and 4)

• Briefly describe the concept for organizing the project and the techniques that will be employed to engage general public audiences with humanities content.

• Provide short descriptions of all secondary formats and discuss how each will enhance public understanding of the humanities content.

Project resources (corresponds to Review Criteria 2 and 7)

• Describe the resources available at your institution or elsewhere that will support your project. (Examples of resources include archives, special libraries, collections of art or artifacts, images, documents, film, audio, or digital materials.) Explain what you expect to find in the resources and the ways in which that material will contribute to the project.

• Discuss the significance and quality of the relevant artworks, objects, book titles, films, archival collections, or digital material to be used.

• If applicable, explain how you will secure permissions or rights for key materials.

Project history (corresponds to Review Criteria 2 and 7) Give a brief history of the project to date. Describe the relationship of the project to others on the topic and explain what its particular contribution would be.

Justification for a Chairman’s Special Award (if applicable) (corresponds to Review Criterion 8)

• If you are requesting Implementation funding at the Chairman’s Special Award level, explain why the institutional collaborations, number of program formats, and broad reach to audiences make the project a good candidate for that funding level.

• Explain why the project will be especially significant and appealing, and why it will have exceptionally broad reach nationally.

Audience, marketing, and promotion (corresponds to Review Criterion 3)

• Describe and estimate the size of the expected audience and explain the basis for this number.

• For regional projects and sites that are not yet established as attractions, provide annual tourism and local population figures; and special characteristics and current activities of the site.

• Present a plan for reaching the project’s audience. If applicable, discuss partnerships that would help promote the project.

• If you are targeting a specific audience or proposing special outreach to underserved or at-risk communities, outline the community need that the project addresses. Describe your outreach plan, including the history of relationships you have built with those audiences or communities. Outline the approaches to engagement that you have developed based on those relationships. Alternatively, describe your strategies for establishing productive connections in the community. Explain how you will engage new audiences in thinking about and discussing humanities ideas.

Evaluation of the project’s impact (corresponds to Review Criteria 1, 2, and 3)

• Explain how you will test the efficacy of planned project elements or the success of implemented projects in conveying humanities content.

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• Describe the proposed process that will be used to evaluate the project’s impact, the results of any evaluation already conducted, and how the evaluation results might inform the project moving forward.

Organizational profile (corresponds to Review Criteria 2, 3, 5, and 7)

• Provide a short profile of the applicant organization and other major partner organizations (not to exceed one page for your organization and a half page for each collaborating organization). Include information such as institutional mission, origin, and size; annual operating budget; annual number of visitors.

• Explain the responsibilities of collaborating organizations. Describe past collaborations or previous relationships (if any) amongst the partners.

Project team (corresponds to Review Criterion 5) Identify the key individuals who will be involved in the project. Briefly describe each person’s qualifications and expected contribution to the project.

Humanities scholars and consultants (corresponds to Review Criterion 6) Identify the consultants (including humanities scholars) who will be involved in the project.

Briefly describe the qualifications and expected contribution to the project of each consultant.

Depending on the needs of the project, consultants may include education and public program specialists, historic site or cultural tourism experts, writers, media producers, or digital designers.

Work plan (corresponds to Review Criterion 7)

• Provide a brief month-by-month summary of the major work to be done during the period of performance, the amount of time it will take, and the specific people involved.

You will include A detailed schedule as Attachment 2: Work plan.

NARRATIVE GUIDANCE

To ensure that you fully address the review criteria, this table provides a crosswalk between the narrative language and where each section falls within the review criteria.

Narrative Section Review Criteria

Nature of the request All review criteria

Humanities content 1. Intellectual content and humanities significance

Project formats 2. Format and program resources

4. Walkthrough

Project resources 2. Format and project resources

7. Work plan and budget

Project history 2. Format and project resources

7. Work plan and budget

Justification for a Chairman’s Special

Award (if applicable)

8. Justification for Chairman’s Special Award

Audience, marketing and promotion 3. Audience

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Evaluation of the project’s impact 1. Intellectual content and humanities significance

2. Format and program resources

3. Audience

Organizational profile 2. Format and project resources

3. Audience

5. Project team

7. Work plan and budget

Project team 5. Project team

Humanities scholars and consultants 6. Humanities advisers

Work plan 7. Work plan and budget

ii. Research and Related Budget Applicants must submit a project budget using the Research and Related Budget Form found in the Grants.gov application package, and attach a Budget Justification in section L of this form.

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

Required fields are indicated in yellow. You must round to the nearest whole dollar amount in all dollar fields.

All of the items listed 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.

The inclusion of a cost category on the Research and Related Budget Form 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.

When indirect costs are charged to the project, ensure that expenses included in the organization's indirect cost pool are not charged to the project as direct costs. For further information, see Section H. Indirect Costs.

Introductory Fields If not pre-populated, indicate your organization’s D-U-N-S® number, the name of your organization, and the period of performance start and end dates. The period of performance start and end dates should be the same as your SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance - Short Organizational. Check “Project” for budget type.

Section A. Senior/Key Person Include the names of the project director and other senior/key persons employed by the applicant organization who are involved in the project.

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Indicate the name and project role of each senior/key person. Enter the annual compensation and identify the number of months the 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.

If level of effort does not change throughout the year, you may use only the calendar months column. You may use both the academic and summer months columns if your institutional business process requires noting each separately even if effort remains constant. 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 9-month academic year or a 3-month summer period, indicate your institution's definition of these terms in Section L. Budget Justification.

Regardless of the number of months being devoted to the project, indicate the salary and amount of fringe benefits being requested for the 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 automatically be calculated for each senior/key person.

The form can accommodate up to eight senior/key persons. If you are requesting funds for more senior/key persons than the form allows, you must include an attachment listing the additional senior/key person(s) in the "Additional Senior/Key Persons" field. Attach only one PDF file named additionalpersonnel.pdf. Use the same format as the budget form and include all the information identified in this section. If you have attached a file with additional senior/key persons, enter the total funds requested for everyone listed in the attachment in the "Total Funds requested for all Senior/Key Persons in the attached file" field.

All salaries and wages claimed must be in compliance with 2 CFR §§200.430 and 466. All 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 Section F. Other Direct Costs.

Section B. Other Personnel For each project role category described below, identify the number of personnel proposed, the total number of months, the total salary, and total fringe requested as described in Section A.

Senior/Key Person. Totals will be automatically calculated.

Post-doctoral associates, graduate students, and undergraduate students For all post-doctoral associates, graduate students, and undergraduate students, individually list names, roles, associated months, and requested salary and fringe benefits in Section L. Budget Justification.

If applicable, include charges for tuition remission and other forms of compensation paid to students as, or in lieu of, salaries and wages. Such costs are subject to the reporting requirements in 2 CFR §200.430, and must be treated as direct or indirect cost in accordance with the actual work being performed. Tuition remission may be charged on an average rate basis.

Secretarial/Clerical In most circumstances, the salaries of administrative, secretarial, or clerical staff at educational institutions and nonprofit organizations are included as part of indirect costs (Section H.

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Indirect Costs). However, examples of situations where direct charging of administrative or clerical staff salaries may be appropriate may be found at 2 CFR §200.413 (c).

Inclusion of such costs may be appropriate only if all of the following conditions are met:

1. Administrative or clerical services are directly involved in a project or activity (for example, a project coordinator).

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

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.

Requests for direct charging for secretarial/clerical personnel (i.e., administrative and clerical staff) must be appropriately justified in Section L. Budget Justification. For all individuals classified as secretarial/clerical, provide a justification (in the budget justification) documenting how they meet all four conditions. NEH may request additional information for these positions in order to assess allowability.

Other Project Roles List any additional project role(s) in the blank(s) provided. Identify the number of each personnel proposed.

You may include up to six named roles. If you have more than six, you must combine project roles here and add an explanation about the named roles in Section L. Budget Justification.

All salaries and wages claimed must be in compliance with 2 CFR §§200.430 and 466. All 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 Section F. Other Direct Costs.

Section C. Equipment Description List each item of equipment to be purchased with federal funds and its estimated cost (including shipping and maintenance), and justify each in Section L. Budget Justification.

Equipment may be purchased for a project if an analysis demonstrates that purchasing is more economical and practical than leasing (equipment rental/user fees should be included in the budget in Section 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 the organization has established a lower level). See 2 CFR §§200.313 and 439.

Consistent with Executive Order 13788 (“Buy American and Hire American”), recipients and subrecipients who purchase equipment and products costing $10,000 or more per unit with grant funds should purchase only American-made equipment and products. This encouragement does not apply to commercial information technology.

You may add up to ten equipment items to this list. If you request funds for more equipment than the form allows, you must include an attachment listing the additional equipment items in this "Additional Equipment" field. Attach only one PDF file named additionalequipment.pdf. In this attachment, specify each additional item and the funds requested for each individual item.

If you have attached a file with additional equipment, enter the total funds requested for all the equipment listed in the attachment.

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Total equipment costs will be automatically calculated based on the sum of the "Funds Requested" column and the "Total funds requested for all equipment listed in the attached file" field.

Section D. Travel Enter the total funds requested for both domestic (both local and long-distance) and foreign travel. In Section L. Budget Justification, include the purpose, destination, dates of travel (if known), and the names and number of travelers for each trip. If the dates of travel are not known, specify the estimated length of trip (e.g., 3 days). All trips—both foreign and domestic—must be justified individually.

For local travel, outline the mileage rate, number of miles, reason for travel and staff member/consumers completing the travel. For long-distance travel, calculate per diem amounts for meals and lodging using written institutional policy. The lowest available commercial fares for coach or equivalent accommodations must be used. Any arrangements made on a non-refundable basis are at the risk of the recipient if the services must be cancelled for any reason.