Opportunity Information: Apply for 20190410 HB
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Awards for Faculty program is a discretionary grant opportunity designed to strengthen humanities scholarship and teaching at three types of federally designated institutions: Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs). The core idea is to expand and support humanities research opportunities for individual faculty and staff members at these institutions, with an emphasis on producing work that has clear value to humanities scholars, students, and/or the broader public. While the program is tied to specific institution types, the awards themselves are aimed at individuals rather than departments or campuses as a whole.
A defining feature of this program is flexibility. Applicants are not limited to a single research format or a narrow project structure; instead, NEH allows a range of project types and award periods, as long as the central activity is humanities research. That flexibility is meant to accommodate different scholarly methods and outcomes, whether a project is traditional, public-facing, digitally oriented, or directly connected to teaching and curriculum. Regardless of approach, the project must be grounded in humanities questions and humanities research practices, including engagement with relevant sources and scholarly contexts.
Eligible projects fall into several broad categories. One major category is research in primary and secondary materials that leads to recognized scholarly outputs. Examples include books and monographs, peer-reviewed journal articles, e-books, digital scholarly materials, annotated translations (or translations supported by a critical apparatus), critical editions, and other research resources that scholars and students can use. Another category includes humanities research tied to institutional or community goals, such as projects that draw from campus archives or community-based collections and use those materials to produce scholarship or resources that matter locally as well as academically. A third category supports humanities research that directly improves an existing undergraduate course. In these projects, the research component might generate new teaching materials or humanities resources such as oral histories, the identification and compilation of previously unavailable primary sources, or the creation of historical or literary collections that strengthen course content and student access to humanities evidence.
Eligibility is limited to individual faculty and staff affiliated with institutions designated by the U.S. Department of Education as HBCUs, HSIs, or TCUs. The program explicitly includes full-time and part-time faculty, adjunct faculty, retired faculty, and staff members, as long as they are affiliated with an eligible institution. In other words, the applicant must be an individual connected to an eligible campus, and the proposed work must be humanities research that results in meaningful scholarly, educational, or public outcomes.
Based on the opportunity details provided, this grant is administered by NEH under CFDA number 45.160, with a funding opportunity number of 20190410 HB. The maximum award amount (ceiling) listed is $60,000, and the original closing date for the referenced cycle is April 10, 2019.Apply for 20190410 HB
- The National Endowment for the Humanities in the humanities sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Awards for Faculty" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 45.160.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2019-02-22.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2019-04-10. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $60,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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NEH Awards for Faculty (HBCUs, HSIs, TCUs) - FAQs
1) What is the NEH Awards for Faculty program?
The NEH Awards for Faculty program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) designed to strengthen humanities scholarship and teaching at federally designated Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs).
2) Who is this grant designed to support?
This opportunity is designed to expand and support humanities research opportunities for individual faculty and staff members who are affiliated with eligible HBCUs, HSIs, or TCUs.
3) Are awards made to institutions or to individuals?
Even though eligibility is tied to specific institution types (HBCUs, HSIs, and TCUs), the awards themselves are aimed at individuals rather than departments or campuses as a whole.
4) What kinds of institutions are eligible under this program?
Eligibility is limited to institutions designated by the U.S. Department of Education as one of the following: Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), or Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs).
5) Who is eligible to apply as an individual?
Eligible applicants include individual faculty and staff affiliated with an eligible HBCU, HSI, or TCU. The program explicitly includes full-time faculty, part-time faculty, adjunct faculty, retired faculty, and staff members, as long as they are affiliated with an eligible institution.
6) What is the main purpose or focus of the proposed work?
The central activity must be humanities research. The project should result in work that has clear value to humanities scholars, students, and/or the broader public.
7) Does NEH restrict applicants to one project format?
No. A defining feature of this program is flexibility. NEH allows a range of project types and award periods as long as the core activity is humanities research.
8) What does NEH mean by "humanities research" in this program?
Projects must be grounded in humanities questions and humanities research practices, including engagement with relevant sources and scholarly contexts.
9) What are examples of eligible scholarly outputs?
Eligible projects include research in primary and secondary materials that leads to recognized scholarly outputs such as books and monographs, peer-reviewed journal articles, e-books, digital scholarly materials, annotated translations (or translations supported by a critical apparatus), critical editions, and other research resources useful to scholars and students.
10) Are digital humanities or digitally oriented projects allowed?
Yes. NEH explicitly allows a range of approaches, including digitally oriented work, as long as the central activity is humanities research and the project is grounded in humanities questions and methods.
11) Can the project be public-facing or aimed at a general audience?
Yes. The program is intended to support work that has clear value not only to scholars and students, but also to the broader public.
12) Are community-based or institutionally focused projects eligible?
Yes. One eligible category includes humanities research tied to institutional or community goals, such as projects drawing from campus archives or community-based collections that produce scholarship or resources with local and academic significance.
13) Can I propose a project connected to campus archives or local collections?
Yes. Projects that draw on campus archives or community-based collections are specifically described as an eligible direction, as long as the work is humanities research and leads to meaningful scholarly or public outcomes.
14) Can the grant support research that improves an existing undergraduate course?
Yes. A third category supports humanities research that directly improves an existing undergraduate course, where the research component contributes new teaching materials or humanities resources that strengthen course content and student access to humanities evidence.
15) What are examples of research outputs for course-focused projects?
Examples mentioned include new teaching materials or humanities resources such as oral histories, identifying and compiling previously unavailable primary sources, or creating historical or literary collections that improve course content and expand student access to humanities evidence.
16) Does the program require the project to be traditional scholarship?
No. The program is designed to accommodate different scholarly methods and outcomes, including traditional scholarship, public-facing work, digital scholarship, and research directly connected to teaching and curriculum, provided the core activity is humanities research.
17) What is the maximum award amount?
The maximum (ceiling) award amount listed for this opportunity is $60,000.
18) What are the identifiers for this funding opportunity?
This grant is administered by NEH under CFDA number 45.160, with a funding opportunity number of 20190410 HB.
19) What is the closing date listed for the referenced cycle?
The original closing date listed for the referenced cycle is April 10, 2019.
20) Is the award period fixed to one length of time?
The program description emphasizes flexibility and indicates that NEH allows a range of award periods, as long as the central activity remains humanities research.
21) What is the key eligibility requirement beyond institutional affiliation?
Beyond being affiliated with an eligible HBCU, HSI, or TCU, the applicant must propose humanities research that results in meaningful scholarly, educational, or public outcomes.
22) What is the overall goal of the program for the humanities?
The program aims to strengthen humanities scholarship and teaching by supporting research opportunities for individuals at eligible institutions, ultimately producing humanities work of value to scholars, students, and the broader public.
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