NEA National Heritage Fellowships Awards Program, FY 2027
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- NEAPS2601
- Applications due
- Award size
- $820,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Arts
- Eligible applicants
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- Independent School Districts
- State Governments
- City/Township Governments
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- County Governments
- Special District Governments
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Points of contact
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- NEA Staff apply@arts.gov
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Endowment for the Arts is soliciting applications to select a cooperator organization to manage the 2027 NEA National Heritage Fellowships Awards program, with an application due date of August 7, 2026. The award will be made as a cooperative agreement, indicating substantial federal involvement in program execution.
Eligible applicants include nonprofit tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations; units of state or local government; independent school districts; county, city, and township governments; special district governments; federally recognized tribal communities or tribes; and public and private higher education institutions.
The cooperator will coordinate a range of events and activities including an awards ceremony, showcase(s) featuring the 2027 fellows, video vignettes about each fellow, participant travel, and associated activities. The specific award amount, period of performance, and expected number of awards are not disclosed in the solicitation.
Applications are evaluated using a three-level independent review process: initial review by national panels of artists and arts experts, followed by recommendations from the National Council on the Arts, and final decisions by the NEA Chair. The primary evaluation criteria are artistic excellence and artistic merit.
This opportunity is funded under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). Tax-exempt applicants must have a five-year history of arts programming prior to the application deadline and must have submitted acceptable final reports for all previously received NEA grants by the due date. Organizations may submit only one application for a single project per calendar year.
Synopsis
The purpose of this Program Solicitation is to select an organization ("Cooperator") to assist the NEA with the 2027 NEA National Heritage Fellowships Awards program. The agency anticipates that the Cooperator will coordinate a range of events, including an awards ceremony, showcase(s) featuring the 2027 fellows, video vignettes about each fellow, participant travel, and associated activities. This award will be made as a cooperative agreement. A cooperative agreement is a type of award in which the federal government will be substantially involved in the project undertaken by the award recipient (known as a Cooperator). Eligible applicants include nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3), U.S. organizations; units of state or local government; or federally recognized tribal communities or tribes.
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