The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities, in partnership with the NEH Division of Research Programs, is accepting applications for the Fellowships Open Book Program.
Donor Name: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Country: U.S.
State: All States
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 11/15/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,500
Grant Duration: 18 months
Details:
The FOBP is a limited competition designed to make outstanding humanities books available to a wide audience. By taking advantage of low-cost e-book technology, the program will allow teachers, students, scholars, and the public to read humanities books that can be downloaded or redistributed for no charge.
FOBP can support the following costs and activities:
- digital publication for a book
- author royalties
- distribution fees
- securing rights
- promoting the open access edition
Funding Information
- All awards are for the fixed amount of $5,500.
- The period of performance is up to eighteen months.
Eligible Applicants
- Eligibility is limited to publishers who have published during or after calendar year 2015 a book whose research was supported by one of the NEH fellowship programs listed below. Publishers must be U.S. nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, or accredited public or 501(c)(3) institutions of higher education.
- In addition, applicants to this limited competition may only seek support to digitally publish books that meet the following criteria:
- The book’s underlying research must have been supported by one of the following NEH programs: Fellowships; NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication; Awards for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions; Awards for Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Awards for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and Universities; Summer Stipends; Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan; Public Scholars.
- The book may be new, reissued, or republished as a new edition. Edited collections are not permitted.
- The book must be one that was published, or is slated to be published, in either print or digital form, in calendar year 2015 or later. Forthcoming books must be scheduled to published no later than the end of the period of performance.
- If previously published, the book must have included an acknowledgement to the relevant NEH award for the author’s research and/or writing.
Individuals, foreign and for-profit entities are not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.