The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Education Programs is accepting applications for the Spotlight on Humanities in Higher Education Program.
Donor Name: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The Spotlight on Humanities in Higher Education program supports small projects that help students from underserved populations gain access to and benefit from the humanities. Projects must enhance the teaching and study of the humanities at one or more colleges and universities that enroll fewer than 10,000 undergraduate students and that belong to at least one of the following categories: community colleges, minority-serving institutions, rural colleges and universities, or colleges and universities with more than 40% of students receiving Pell grants.
Because humanities programs vary greatly among institutions, NEH encourages you to propose a project that fits your specific institutional needs. For example, you might use a Spotlight award to:
- develop new humanities courses, or enhance existing ones
- align humanities teaching with students’ career needs, create humanities-related opportunities to prepare students for the workforce, or help students understand how their humanities courses relate to their professional goals
- expand humanities curricula or integrate humanities learning into curricula outside humanities departments
- enrich students’ humanities experiences, such as through undergraduate research; hands-on, place-based, or experiential learning projects; campus-wide or community programs such as a “common read”; or student mentorship programs
- enhance faculty members’ ability to teach humanities concepts, such as through professional development workshops or shared reading programs
- facilitate collaboration among humanities faculty, including introducing faculty and/or students from partner institutions to humanities teaching practices at the host institution or organization, or working with academic departments, institutions, or nonprofit organizations to create shared resources
- develop community relationships, including partnerships with museums, libraries, or other nonprofit organizations to enhance the teaching and study of the humanities
Funding Information
- You may request up to $30,000 at the Exploration level and $60,000 at the Development level. This includes the sum of direct and indirect costs.
- NEH anticipates awarding approximately $1,000,000 among an estimated 25 recipients.
Period of Performance
You may request a period of performance up to one year at the Exploration level and up to two years at the Development level.
Eligibility Criteria
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
- a federally recognized Native American Tribal government
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
