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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 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
    Challenge Grants
    Learn more about the Office of Challenge Grants

    Program
    Receipt Deadline    		 Projects Beginning
    Challenge Grants May 4, 2011
    Challenge Grants for Two-year Colleges February 2, 2012
    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 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
    Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities March 6, 2012 October 2012

    Education Programs
    Learn more about the Division of Education Programs

    Program
    Receipt Deadline    		 Projects Beginning
    National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards (NAEYP) (administered by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities) January 31, 2012  
    Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges Cooperative Agreement August 23, 2011 February 2012
    Enduring Questions September 15, 2011 May 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
    Landmarks of American History and Culture: Workshops for School Teachers March 1, 2012 Summer 2013
    Summer Seminars and Institutes March 1, 2012 Summer 2013

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

    Program
    Receipt Deadline    		 Projects Beginning
    Documenting Endangered Languages September 20, 2011 May 2012
    Humanities Collections and Reference Resources July 20, 2011 April 2012
    National Digital Newspaper Program January 17, 2012 September 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
    Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections December 1, 2011
    		 October 2012

    Public Programs
    Learn more about the Division of Public 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

    Bridging Cultures through Film: International Topics

    June 29, 2011

    January 2012
    NEH on the Road Cooperative Agreement July 6, 2011 July 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
    We the People Sesquicentennial National Library Reading and Discussion Program November 10, 2010 December 2010

    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 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
    Collaborative Research Grants December 8, 2011 October 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

    Scholarly Editions and Translations Grants

    December, 2011

    October 2012
    Summer Stipends September 29, 2011 May 2012

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


    Program
    Receipt Deadline    		 Projects Beginning

    We the People
    Learn more about the We the People program

    Program
    Receipt Deadline    		 Projects Beginning
    National Traveling Exhibition
    Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War         		May 5, 2011 September 2011
    Picturing America School Collaboration Projects October 7, 2010 April 2011
    We the People Sesquicentennial National Library Reading and Discussion Program November 10, 2010 December 2010