The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Lifelong Learning is accepting applications for its Landmarks of American History and Culture and Summer Institutes Program.
Donor Name: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/25/2026
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The purpose of this program is to support humanities education through professional development for K-12 teachers and higher education faculty members.
This notice solicits applications for the Landmarks of American History and Culture and Summer Institutes programs for Higher Education Faculty and for K-12 Educators that will take place in summer 2027 or summer 2028.
Landmarks and Institutes are residential professional development programs that convene higher education faculty or K-12 educators from across the nation to deepen their understanding of significant topics in the humanities and enrich their capacity for effective scholarship and teaching.
Landmarks and Institutes:
- Allow immersive study of topics significant to humanities study and teaching
- Foster new fields of study and/or revitalize existing areas of inquiry using multiple rigorous approaches
- Model excellent scholarship, teaching, and collegial dialogue
- Strengthen humanities teaching and learning in participants’ professional settings
- Consider how the humanities topics engage scholarship, teaching, and the curricula of participants’ professional settings
- Build lasting communities that foster participants’ intellectual and professional collaboration
- Reach the widest possible audience for whom the topic is relevant.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Funding Approximately $7,000,000
- Award Amounts Up to $230,000
Grant Period
March 1, 2027, and end February 29, 2028.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofit organizations recognized as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
- Accredited institutions of higher education (public or nonprofit)
- State and local governments and their agencies
- Federally recognized Native American Tribal governments.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
