NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES Summer Seminars & Institutes

The NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes grant supports faculty development programs that:

 

  • Support faculty development programs in the humanities for schoolteachers and college/university teachers

  • Extend/deepen knowledge and understanding of the humanities by focusing on significant topics, texts, and issues

  • Contribute to the intellectual vitality and professional development of participants

  • Build a community of inquiry and provide models of civility and excellent scholarship and teaching

  • Promote effective links between teaching and research in the humanities

NEH encourages projects that:  strengthen foreign language instruction at the advanced level; or are intended for community colleges; or focus on cultures internationally or within the U.S.

 

 

Seminars

Institutes

Due Date

March 1 (unofficial)

March 1 (unofficial)

# of Participants

16

25

Awards in 2011

10

11

Award Range

$60k - $140k

$80k - $200k

Program Period

2-5 weeks

2-5 weeks

Grant Period

12 months

15 months

Grant Period Dates

10/1/12 to 9/30/13

10/1/12 to 12/31/13

Participants

National

National

Program Leader(s)

Co-directed or 1+ visiting scholar

Team of scholars

Individual research or writing

No

Yes

Last Modified: November 7, 2011