Promotion of the Humanities-Fellowships and Stipends (45.160)

Program

45.160 Promotion of the Humanities-Fellowships and Stipends

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

45.160

Last Known Status

Active

Objectives

Fellowships and Summer Stipends provide support for scholars to undertake full-time independent research and writing in the humanities. Grants are available for 6-to-12-month fellowships and 2 months of summer study. Faculty Research Awards strengthen research and teaching at Historically Black or Tribal Colleges and Universities or Institutions with High Hispanic Enrollment for periods of 6 to 12 months. Teaching Development Fellowships strengthen teaching at undergraduate institutions through research fellowships of 3 to 5 months.

Types of Assistance

PROJECT GRANTS

Uses and Use Restrictions

Fellowships and Summer Stipends: Projects may contribute to scholarly knowledge or to the general public's understanding of the humanities. The proposed study or research may be completed during the grant period or it may be part of a longer project. Faculty Research Awards assist full-time faculty members as they engage in advanced research in the humanities. These awards are restricted to Historically Black or Tribal Colleges and Universities or Institutions with High Hispanic Enrollment, as designated by the White House offices charged with the implementation of Executive Orders 12876, 13230, 13021, and to faculty members at these institutions. Teaching Development Fellowships support research designed to strengthen undergraduate teaching. Applications for planning institutional curricula, for educational research projects, for the creation or performance of works of art, and that lack humanities content or methodology are not eligible.

Eligibility Requirements

Applicant Eligibility

All applicants must be U.S. citizens, native residents of U.S. jurisdictions, foreign nationals who have been legal residents in the U.S. or its jurisdictions for at least the three years immediately preceding the application deadline. Fellowships: Faculty members at colleges and universities, individuals affiliated with other institutions, independent scholars, and others who work in the humanities are eligible. Applicants need not have advanced degrees, but they must have completed their formal academic training. Active candidates for degrees and persons seeking support for work leading to degrees are not eligible. Summer Stipends: University and college faculty members must be nominated by their academic institutions. Faculty members with terminating appointments, independent scholars, and nonfaculty college and university staff members are exempt from nomination and may apply directly. Faculty Research Awards are offered to full-time faculty members at Historically Black or Tribal Colleges and Universities or Institutions with High Hispanic Enrollment, as designated by the White House offices charged with the implementation of Executive Orders 12876, 13230, 13021. Teaching Development Fellowships: Full-time faculty members at colleges and universities.

Beneficiary Eligibility

Fellowships and Stipends: College and university faculty and staff, individuals affiliated with institutions other than colleges and universities, and scholars and writers working independently. Faculty Research Awards: faculty members at Historically Black or Tribal Colleges and Universities or Institutions with High Hispanic Enrollment. Teaching Development Fellowships: College and university faculty.

Credentials/Documentation

This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87.

Application and Award Process

Preapplication Coordination

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

Application Procedure

This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. Applications to NEH must be submitted via Grants.gov. Fellowships, Summer Stipends, and Teaching Development Fellowships application materials are available online at http://www.neh.gov and from the headquarters office. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. For Faculty Research Awards: NEH application instructions are available online (http://www.neh.gov) or upon request to the Research division. This program is subject to the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-110.

Award Procedure

Applications are reviewed by panels of scholars and other appropriate individuals. Awards are made by the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities after advice from the National Council on the Humanities.

Deadlines

May 01, 2010: Faculty Research Awards. Fellowships: Annual receipt deadline of May 1, for projects beginning after January 1 of the following year. Summer Stipends: annual receipt deadline of October 1, for projects beginning after May 1 of the following year. Faculty Research Awards: Annual receipt deadline of May 1 for projects beginning after January 1 of the following year. Teaching Development Fellowships: Annual receipt deadline of October 1 for projects beginning as early as the following June 1.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time

> 180 Days. Five to seven months.

Appeals

None, but applicant may reapply.

Renewals

Not Applicable.

Assistance Considerations

Formula and Matching Requirements

This program has no statutory formula.

This program has no matching requirements.

This program does not have MOE requirements.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance

Fellowships are held from 6 to 12 months, with payment in quarterly installments. Summer Stipends are held for 2 consecutive months, with stipends disbursed in one payment. Faculty Research Awards may support activities over 2 years. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: by letter of credit.

Post Assistance Requirements

Reports

No program reports are required. No cash reports are required. A final report is required within 90 days after the end of the tenure period describing the results of the work done during the period of the award. No expenditure reports are required. No performance monitoring is required.

Audits

No audits are required for this program.

Records

Not applicable.

Program Accomplishments

Fiscal Year 2008: In FY 08, 2,159 applications were received and 159 awards 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 (Fellowships)) FY 08 $5,544,995; FY 09 est $4,653,000; FY 10 est $6,277,500 - FY 2008 obligations include addiitional funding provided by We the People. See 45.168 PROMOTION OF THE HUMANITIES-WE THE PEOPLE.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance

Fellowships, Faculty Research Awards, and Teaching Development Fellowships: An award of $4,200 per month for a grant period of from 3 to 12 months. Summer Stipends: All awards are $6,000 for a grant period of 8 weeks.

Regulations, Guidelines and Literature

45 CFR 1100 and 1105. Fellowship, Faculty Research Award, and Summer Stipends guidelines are available online at http://www.neh.gov/grants/grantsbydivision.html#research. For assistance, contact the National Endowment for the Humanities, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20506. 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, $33.60 foreign).

Related Programs

45.161 Promotion of the Humanities_Research

Information Contacts

Regional or Local Office

None.

Headquarters Office

Division of Research Programs 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia 20506 Email: fellowships@neh.gov Phone: 202-606-8200

Web Site Address

http://www.neh.gov.

Examples of Funded Projects

Fiscal Year 2008: (1) Fellowships: A History of Music in America during World War II; (2) Summer Stipends: literary competition, philosophy, and politics in the time of Plato and Isocrates; (3) Faculty Research Awards: a history of Sufism; (4) Teaching Development Fellowships: research leading to a revised college course on Spain�s literary and artistic history. Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available

Criteria for Selecting Proposals

For Fellowships, Summer Stipends, and Faculty Research Awards: The intellectual significance of the proposed project, including its value to scholars and general audiences in the humanities; the quality or promise of quality of the applicant's work as an interpreter of the humanities; the quality of the conception, definition, organization, and description of the project and the applicant's clarity of expression; the feasibility of the proposed plan of work, including, when appropriate, the soundness of the dissemination and access plans; and, the likelihood that the applicant will complete the project. For Teaching Development Fellowships: The project's intellectual significance, including its value for undergraduate teaching; the quality of the applicant's intellectual work as preparation for undertaking the proposed research; the quality of the conception, definition, organization, and description of the research project and the applicant's clarity of expression; and the feasibility of the proposed plan of work and the likelihood that the applicant will complete the project.