Promotion of the Humanities-Education Development and Demonstration (45.162)

Program

45.162 Promotion of the Humanities-Education Development and Demonstration

Federal Agency

Agency: National Endowment For The Humanities

Authorization

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, Public Law 89-209, 20 U.S.C. 951 et seq. , Public Law 89-209, 20 U.S.C 951.

Program Number

45.162

Last Known Status

Active

Objectives

Humanities Initiatives at Historically Black, High Hispanic Enrollment, and Tribal Colleges and Universities are designed to strengthen humanities teaching and learning at these institutions. Enduring Question (Pilot) Course Grants support the development of new humanities courses at the undergraduate level that examine fundamental questions of the humanities.

Types of Assistance

PROJECT GRANTS

Uses and Use Restrictions

Humanities Initiatives at Historically Black, High Hispanic Enrollment, and Tribal Colleges and Universities provide funds for faculty study programs, institutional planning, and the acquisition of library and advanced technology resources that can assist institutions in enhancing humanities opportunities for their students and their communities, typically through strengthening the capacity of faculty to engage student or community beneficiaries in substantive study of the humanities. Humanities Initiatives awards are restricted to Historically Black, High Hispanic Enrollment, and Tribal Colleges and Universities (as designated by appropriate government agencies) and to faculty members at these institutions. Projects that deal solely with pedagogical theory or that are intended to improve writing, speaking, or thinking skills apart from a focus on specific humanities content are not normally supported.
Enduring Questions (Pilot) Course Grants encourage faculty and students at the undergraduate level to grapple with the most fundamental concerns of the humanities, and to join together in deep, sustained programs of reading in order to encounter influential thinkers over the centuries and into the present day; these questions include What is the good life? What is dignity? What is good government? What are the limits of scientific understanding? What are the origins of the modern world?.

Eligibility Requirements

Applicant Eligibility

Humanities Initiatives at Presidentially Designated Colleges and Universities offer Historically Black, High Hispanic Enrollment, and Tribal Colleges and Universities, as designated by the White House offices charged with the implementation of Executive Orders 12876, 12900, 13021.

Beneficiary Eligibility

State and local governments; sponsored organizations; public and private nonprofit institutions/organizations; other public institutions/organizations; Federally recognized Indian tribal governments; Native American organizations; U.S. Territories; non-government-general; minority organizations; other specialized groups; and quasi-public nonprofit institutions will benefit.

Credentials/Documentation

Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-87 for entities of State and local government, OMB Circular No. A-21 for educational institutions and OMB Circular No. A-122 for nonprofit organizations. OMB Circular No. A-87 applies to this program.

Application and Award Process

Preapplication Coordination

Preapplication coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.

Application Procedure

OMB Circular No. A-102 applies to this program. OMB Circular No. A-110 applies to this program. Applications to NEH must be submitted via Grants.gov. Guidelines are available online (http://www.neh.gov)or upon request to the headquarters office. This program is subject to the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-110.

Award Procedure

Applications are reviewed by panels of scholars, teachers, and educational administrators at all academic levels and by other appropriate individuals. Awards are made by the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities after advice of the National Council on the Humanities.

Deadlines

Jan 20, 2010: Humanities Initiatives.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time

> 180 Days. Approximately 4-6 months.

Appeals

None, but applicant may reapply with a revised proposal.

Renewals

Applications for renewal must compete against new applications. Applications for renewal must demonstrate a record of success and the potential to serve new audiences.

Assistance Considerations

Formula and Matching Requirements

This program has no statutory formula.

This program has no matching requirements. This program has no statutory formula. Source: Program Guidelines. Contact: See Headquarters Office below.

This program does not have MOE requirements.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance

Funds must be expended during the grant period. Funds are released as required. For Humanities Initiatives, grants are available for projects for a maximum of 3 years. For Enduring Questions, grants are available for eighteen to twenty-four months. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: by letter of credit.

Post Assistance Requirements

Reports

Program reports are not applicable. Cash reports are not applicable. Progress reports are required at least annually. Cash reports on project expenditures are required quarterly. Final progress and expenditure reports are due within 90 days after completion or termination of project support by NEH. Expenditure reports are not applicable. Performance monitoring is not applicable.

Audits

In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Nonprofit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. For nongovernmental recipients, audits are to be carried out in accordance with the provisions set forth in OMB Circular No. A-110, "Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit Organizations Uniform Administrative Requirements" and with OMB Circular No. A-133. In addition, grants are subject to inspection and audits by NEH and other Federal officials.

Records

Documentation of expenditures and other fiscal records must be retained for three years following the submission of the final expenditure report.

Program Accomplishments

Fiscal Year 2008: For FY 08, 52 Humanities Initiatives applications were received and 9 grants were made. For FY 09, 180 Enduring Questions (Pilot) Course Grant applications were received and 20 grants were made. Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available

Financial Information

Account Identification

59-0200-0-1-503.

Obligations

(Project Grants) FY 08 $1,572,593; FY 09 est $1,500,000; FY 10 est $1,500,000 - FY 08 obligations include additional funding provided by NEH Treasury matching grants and by We the People. See 45.168 PROMOTION OF THE HUMANITIES-WE THE PEOPLE.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance

Humanities Initiatives at Historically Black, High Hispanic Enrollment, and Tribal Colleges and Universities do not exceed $100,000. Enduring Questions (Pilot) Course Grants do not exceed $25,000.

Regulations, Guidelines and Literature

45 CFR 1100 and 1105. The publication entitled "National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Programs, 2000-2001" is available upon request from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, DC 20506. It is also available online at http://www.neh.gov. Available from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, is the Endowment's official publication, "Humanities" by subscription (6 issues annually, $24.00 domestic, $30.00 foreign).

Related Programs

45.129 Promotion of the Humanities_Federal/State Partnership; 45.130 Promotion of the Humanities_Challenge Grants; 45.149 Promotion of the Humanities_Division of Preservation and Access; 45.160 Promotion of the Humanities_Fellowships and Stipends; 45.161 Promotion of the Humanities_Research; 45.163 Promotion of the Humanities_Professional Development; 45.164 Promotion of the Humanities_Public Programs

Information Contacts

Regional or Local Office

None.

Headquarters Office

Division of Education Programs National Endowment for the Humanities, Room 302, Washington, District of Columbia 20506 Phone: 202-606-8463

Web Site Address

http://www.neh.gov.

Examples of Funded Projects

Fiscal Year 2008: (1) An Historically Black University received a month-long summer program of study of Homer, Dante, Marie de France, Christine de Pizan, and Shakespeare for six to eight faculty members from the institution and others nearby; (2) A Tribal College received an award to support a year-long series of workshops for its faculty that would explore seminal works in Native American literature, including Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine, N. Scott Momaday's House Made of Dawn, James Welch's The Indian Lawyer. (3) A College with a High Hispanic Enrollment received an award to conduct a year-long faculty development seminar series in the field of law and literature, including the study of such works as Sophocles' Antigone, Dickens' Great Expectations, Kafka's The Trial, and Shakespeare's Measure for Measure; (4) A professor of world literature proposed the development of a junior-level undergraduate Enduring Questions course at his institution dealing with issues of death, the afterlife, mourning, suicide, and the impact of biomedical advances on understanding death through works representing various religions , philosophical, literary, and biomedical perspectives. Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available

Criteria for Selecting Proposals

Proposals are read and evaluated on whether the intellectual quality of the project is excellent; whether the project is well designed; and whether the project will have significant results. See the program guidelines for detailed criteria. For Humanities Initiatives at Presidentially Designated Colleges and Universities, projects will be selected for funding on the basis of the quality of planned activities and the potential of these activities to strengthen the humanities capacity of the institution; the ability of the institution to carry out the proposed plan; the qualifications of project leaders and consultants; and the cogency of the plan to evaluate the outcomes of the project.