Collaborative Research | 20241127 RZ

Opportunity Information: Apply for 20241127 RZ

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), through its Division of Research Programs, is offering the Collaborative Research grant to support teams of two or more scholars working together to advance humanistic knowledge. The program is designed for projects that are genuinely collaborative in structure and that tackle significant research questions in the humanities. NEH is looking for efforts that produce a concrete, interpretive outcome rather than purely administrative or exploratory work, meaning the project should culminate in something that clearly communicates humanistic insights to scholarly audiences (and, depending on the project, potentially to broader publics as well).

Funded activities can take several forms. Teams may request support to organize convenings that move a shared research agenda forward, to prepare manuscripts intended for collaborative publication, to build or expand scholarly digital projects, or to plan an international research collaboration. The program is open to projects grounded in a single humanities field as well as projects that cross disciplines. NEH also explicitly welcomes collaborations that include scholars from the natural sciences or social sciences, as long as the project remains centered on humanistic content and uses humanistic methods (for example, interpretive, historical, textual, philosophical, cultural, or critical approaches), rather than shifting primarily into scientific or social-scientific research aims.

This opportunity is a discretionary grant program (CFDA 45.161) with a funding opportunity title of Collaborative Research and funding opportunity number 20241127 RZ. The maximum award amount (award ceiling) is $300,000, and NEH anticipates making about 15 awards. The original application deadline is November 20, 2024, and the opportunity record was created on August 7, 2024.

Eligible applicants include a wide range of public and nonprofit entities that commonly administer sponsored research. Specifically, eligibility extends to state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, and nonprofit organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education under that nonprofit category). Additional eligibility conditions and requirements are referenced in the Notice of Funding Opportunity, particularly in the section labeled "C. Eligibility Information," which applicants should consult to confirm institutional fit and any program-specific rules about project teams, roles, and allowable activities.

• The National Endowment for the Humanities in the humanities sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Collaborative Research" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 45.161.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-08-07.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-11-20. (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 $300,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.

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