NEH Grant Programs and Deadlines

The table below provides an alphabetical listing of the grants NEH offers. A list of grant programs and deadlines organized by division is also available.

Guidelines: To obtain application materials, click on the name of the grant program.

Forms: Links to the forms you will need to complete an application are noted at the beginning of each guideline. In order to download all of the necessary materials, you will need to have the free Adobe Reader installed.

Grant Programs



Program

Receipt Deadline
Projects Beginning
America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Implementation Grants

January 11, 2012

October 2012

America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Planning Grants

January 11, 2012

October 2012

America's Media Makers: Development Grants

January 11, 2012

October 2012

America's Media Makers: Production Grants

January 11, 2012

October 2012

Awards for Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities April 14, 2011 January 2012
Awards for Faculty at Institutions with High Hispanic Enrollment April 14, 2011 January 2012
Awards for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and Universities April 14, 2011 January 2012
Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges Cooperative Agreement August 23, 2011 February 2012
Bridging Cultures: Implementation Grants for Public Programs on “Civility and Democracy” or “The Muslim World and the Humanities” August 2, 2011 January 2012
Bridging Cultures through Film: International Topics

June 29, 2011

January 2012

Challenge Grants May 4, 2011
Challenge Grants for Two-year Colleges February 2, 2012
Collaborative Research Grants December 8, 2011 October 2012
DFG/NEH Bilateral Digital Humanities Program: Symposia and Workshops November 16, 2010 September 2011
DFG/NEH Bilateral Digital Humanities Program: Enriching Digital Collections November 16, 2010 September 2011
Digging into Data June 16, 2011 December 2011

Digital Humanities Implementation January 24, 2012 September 2012

Digital Humanities
Start-Up Grants
September 27, 2011 April 2012
Documenting Endangered Languages September 20, 2011 May 2012
Enduring Questions September 15, 2011 May 2012
Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions August 17, 2011 January 2013
Fellowships May 3, 2011 January 2012
Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan May 3, 2011 January 2012
Humanities Collections and Reference Resources July 20, 2011 April 2012
Humanities Initiatives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities June 30, 2011 January 2012
Humanities Initiatives at Institutions with High Hispanic Enrollment June 30, 2011 January 2012
Humanities Initiatives at Tribal Colleges and Universities June 30, 2011 January 2012
Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities March 6, 2012 October 2012
Landmarks of American History and Culture: Workshops for School Teachers March 1, 2012 Summer 2013
National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards January 31, 2012  
National Digital Newspaper Program January 17, 2012 September 2012
National Traveling Exhibition
Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War
May 5, 2011 September 2011
NEH on the Road Cooperative Agreement July 6, 2011 July 2012
Preservation and Access Education and Training June 30, 2011 January 2012
Preservation and Access Research and Development May 19, 2011
January 2012
Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions May 1, 2012 January 2013
Scholarly Editions and Translations Grants December 8, 2011 October 2012
Small Grants to Libraries and Other Nonprofit Institutions: America's Music: A Film History Of Our Popular Music From Blues To Bluegrass To Broadway March 14, 2012 October 2012
Summer Seminars and Institutes March 1, 2012 Summer 2013
Summer Stipends September 29, 2011 May 2012
Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections December 1, 2011 October 2012
We the People Bookshelf on “A More Perfect Union” January 29, 2010 May 2010
We the People Program All program deadlines