Promotion of the Humanities Research

Humanities Research awards advance knowledge and understanding of the humanities and strengthen their intellectual foundations. The Scholarly Editions and Translations program supports collaborative teams who are editing, annotating, and translating

Research awards support projects that extend existing scholarly research and create the fundamental building blocks for future, long-term research in the humanities. These awards make important materials available to scholars and the general public, including historical records, literary writings, and musical scores.

U.S. public and 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations (including institutions of higher education), state and local governments, and federally recognized Native American Tribal governments.

U.S. citizens and residents, State and local governments, sponsored organizations, public and private nonprofit institutions/organizations, other public institutions/organizations, Federally recognized Native Amercan Tribal governments, Native American organizations, U.S. jurisdictions; non-governmental-general; minority organizations, other specialized groups; and quasi-public nonprofit institutions

Up to 36 months for Collaborative Research, Scholarly Editions and Translations, and Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research. Up to 42 months for Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions.

Depending on the nature of the proposed project, some applicants to the Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research program may need to conduct an environmental impact assessment, per Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), 16 USC § 470f, and its implementing regulations, 36 CFR Part 800. See the Notice of Funding Opportunity for additional information. Other pre-application coordination is not required, but NEH encourage potential applicants to discuss their proposals with NEH staff and submit a draft by the date stipulated in the Notice of Funding Opportunity.

See Review Criteria in the relevant Notice of Funding Opportunity.

NEH staff review all applications for eligibility, completeness, and responsiveness. The agency then conducts a peer review process for all applications that pass this initial screening. Peer reviewers are experts in their fields with knowledge and expertise relevant to the activities that the program supports. NEH instructs peer reviewers to evaluate applications according to established review criteria. Peer reviewers must comply with federal ethics rules governing conflicts of interest. NEH program officers supplement the peer reviewers' comments to address matters of fact or significant points that the peer reviewers have overlooked. They then make funding recommendations to the National Council on the Humanities. The National Council meets at least twice each year to review applications and advise the NEH Chair. By law, the Chair has the sole authority to make final funding decisions.

See https://www.neh.gov/divisions/research.

Approximately 9-12 months after the application deadline.

Recipient may request a one-year extension 30 days prior to the end of the period of performance.