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NEH Home 		Grant Programs and Deadlines

NEH offers grants in the following categories:

  • Bridging Cultures
  • Challenge Grants
  • Education Programs
  • Federal/State Partnership
  • Office of Digital Humanities
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  • Preservation and Access
  • Public Programs
  • Research Programs
  • We the People
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    Learn more about the Divisions and Offices that administer NEH grant programs.

    An alphabetical listing of grant programs and deadlines 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.

    Bridging Cultures

    Program
    Receipt Deadline    		 Projects Beginning
    Bridging Cultures: Planning and Implementation Grants for Academic Forums and Program Development Workshops June 1, 2010 August 2010

    Bridging Cultures through Film: International Topics

    July 28, 2010

    January 5, 2011

    January 2011

    July 2011
    Challenge Grants
    Learn more about the Office of Challenge Grants

    Program
    Receipt Deadline    		 Projects Beginning
    Challenge Grants May 5, 2010
    Office of Digital Humanities
    Learn more about the Office of Digital Humanities

    Program
    Receipt Deadline    		 Projects Beginning
    DFG/NEH Bilateral Digital Humanities Program: Symposia and Workshops November 16, 2010 June 2011
    DFG/NEH Bilateral Digital Humanities Program: Enriching Digital Collections November 16, 2010 June 2011
    Digital Humanities
    Start-Up Grants         		October 5, 2010 April 2011
    Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities February 16, 2011 September 2011

    Education Programs
    Learn more about the Division of Education Programs

    Program
    Receipt Deadline    		 Projects Beginning
    Coming Up Taller Awards (administered by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities) January 29, 2010  
    Enduring Questions September 15, 2010 June 2011
    Humanities Initiatives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities June 15, 2010 January 2011
    Humanities Initiatives at Institutions with High Hispanic Enrollment June 15, 2010 January 2011
    Humanities Initiatives at Tribal Colleges and Universities June 15, 2010 January 2011
    Landmarks of American History and Culture: Workshops for Community College Faculty March 16, 2010 Summer 2011
    Landmarks of American History and Culture: Workshops for School Teachers March 16, 2010 Summer 2011
    Picturing America School Collaboration Projects October 7, 2010 April 2011
    Summer Seminars and Institutes March 2, 2010 Summer 2011
    Teaching Development Fellowships September 30, 2010 June 2011

    Preservation and Access
    Learn more about the Division of Preservation and Access

    Program
    Receipt Deadline    		 Projects Beginning
    Documenting Endangered Languages September 15, 2010 May 2011
    Humanities Collections and Reference Resources July 15, 2010 May 2011
    National Digital Newspaper Program November 2, 2010 July 2011
    Preservation and Access Education and Training July 1, 2010 January 2011
    Preservation and Access Research and Development July 1, 2010
    		 May 2011
    Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions May 18, 2010 January 2011
    Save America's Treasures (administered by the National Park Service) May 21, 2010 Early 2011
    Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections November 16, 2010
    		 July 2011

    Public Programs
    Learn more about the Division of Public Programs

    Program
    Receipt Deadline    		 Projects Beginning
    America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Implementation Grants January 13, 2010

    August 18, 2010    		 September 2010

    April 2011
    America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Planning Grants January 13, 2010

    August 18, 2010    		 September 2010

    April 2011

    America's Media Makers: Development Grants

    January 13, 2010

    August 18, 2010

    September 2010

    April 2011

    America's Media Makers: Production Grants

    January 13, 2010

    August 18, 2010

    September 2010

    April 2011

    Bridging Cultures through Film: International Topics

    July 28, 2010

    January 5, 2011

    January 2011

    July 2011
    Small Grants to Libraries: Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women—Library Outreach Programs July 30, 2010 January 2011

    Research Programs
    Learn more about the Division of Research Programs

    Program
    Receipt Deadline    		 Projects Beginning
    Awards for Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities April 15, 2010 January 2011
    Awards for Faculty at Institutions with High Hispanic Enrollment April 15, 2010 January 2011
    Awards for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and Universities April 15, 2010 January 2011
    Collaborative Research Grants October 28, 2010 July 2011
    Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions August 17, 2010 July 2011
    Fellowships May 4, 2010 January 2011
    Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan May 4, 2010 January 2011

    Scholarly Editions and Translations Grants

    October 28, 2010

    July 2011
    Summer Stipends September 30, 2010 May 2011
    Teaching Development Fellowships September 30, 2010 June 2011

    Federal/State Partnership
    Learn more about the Federal/State Partnership


    Program
    Receipt Deadline    		 Projects Beginning
    We the People Project Grants for State Humanities Councils March 17, 2010

    May 5, 2010

    		 July 2010

    September 2010

    We the People
    Learn more about the We the People program

    Program
    Receipt Deadline    		 Projects Beginning
    Picturing America School Collaboration Projects October 7, 2010 April 2011
    We the People Bookshelf on "A More Perfect Union" January 29, 2010 May 2010