The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Education Programs is accepting applications for the Institutes for K-12 Educators program. NEH Institutes are professional development programs that convene K-12 educators from across the nation in order to deepen and enrich their understanding of significant topics in the humanities and enrich their capacity for effective teaching and scholarship.
Donor Name: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Country: U.S.
State: All States
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/22/2022
Size of the Grant: $235,000
Grant Duration: 15 months or 24 months
Details:
Most fundamentally, institutes:
- allow immersive study of humanities topics
- foster new fields of study and/or revitalize existing areas of inquiry
- strengthen humanities teaching and learning in the classroom
- build lasting communities that foster participants’ intellectual and professional collaboration
Institutes should:
- ground the study in significant humanities texts and related resources
- explore multiple, rigorous approaches to the topic
- consider how the topic engages recent developments in the scholarship, teaching, and curricula of participants’ professional settings
- provide opportunities for deep and collaborative engagement with the topic
- model excellent scholarship, teaching, and collegial dialogue
- reach the widest possible audience for whom the topic is relevant
Funding Levels
Institutes for K-12 Educators are awarded at two levels: Level I and Level II.
- Level I: Open only to projects that are new or have not been previously funded by NEH. This level supports preparation for and execution of an institute, as well as moderate follow up and outreach.
- Level II: Required of previously-funded projects and optional for first-time projects. In addition to Level I activities, this level requires a robust program of dissemination activities beyond the participant audience.
Topic and Intellectual Focus
An institute topic must be significant to humanities study and teaching. It may:
- consist of subject matter that supports regularly taught humanities courses
- address emerging or overlooked humanities fields
- include attention to pedagogies and/or methodologies, provided the humanities content remains central
- be interdisciplinary, provided the humanities remain central
Funding Information
- You may request up to $235,000, depending on the funding level and the duration of your proposed institute.
- All projects must have a start date of October 1, 2022.
- Level I projects have a period of performance of 15 months, ending on December 31, 2023.
- Level II projects have a period of performance of 24 months, ending on September 30, 2024.
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.
- An eligible entity may apply on behalf of a consortium of collaborating organizations. The lead applicant would be programmatically, legally, and fiscally responsible for the award.
- Eligible applicants acting as fiscal agents or fiscal sponsors may not apply on behalf of ineligible applicants.
Individuals, foreign, and for-profit entities are not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
