The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is offering the Humanities Initiatives for Faculty grant. This grant is designed to strengthen and enrich humanities education and scholarship specifically at Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs). Funds can be used to enhance existing humanities programs, develop new ones, or establish foundations for future endeavors. Projects must focus on a core topic or set of themes. This initiative creates opportunities for faculty to collaborate, improve teaching, and develop new academic programs like writing, foreign language, or first-year seminars. It also supports leveraging digital humanities resources, enhancing core programs, and fostering connections among faculty across institutions, and with museums, libraries, or cultural organizations. All humanities disciplines are welcome.
Opportunity ID: 87473
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 201106-30-AD |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Humanities Initiatives for Faculty: TCUs |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Humanities |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 45.162 — Promotion of the Humanities_Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Apr 13, 2011 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 30, 2011 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 30, 2011 |
| Archive Date: | Jul 30, 2011 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $100,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Any U.S. nonprofit 501(c)3 tax-exempt tribal college or university, as defined by Executive Order 13270, is eligible to apply for a Humanities Initiatives grant. Eligible institutions are those included in the Department of Education’s list of Tribal Colleges and Universities: http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/list/whtc/edlite-tclist.html |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Endowment for the Humanities |
| Description: | NEH Humanities Initiatives are intended to strengthen and enrich humanities education and scholarship at Tribal Colleges and Universities. These grants may be used to enhance the humanities content of existing programs, develop new programs, or lay the foundation for more extensive endeavors in the future. Each project must be organized around a core topic or set of themes. For examples, see the sample project narratives, available under Program Resources in the sidebar to the right.NEH Humanities Initiatives may create opportunities for faculty members to study together while improving their capacity to teach the humanities; help faculty members and administrators develop new humanities programs, which may include but are not limited to academic writing programs, foreign language programs, new humanities minors, first-year seminars, capstone courses, or summer bridge programs for at-risk high school students; help institutions take advantage of humanities resources, especially in the digital humanities; enhance or develop areas of basic need in an institution�s core humanities programs; or build ties among faculty at more than one institution of higher learning; among college teachers, secondary school teachers, and students; or among faculty members at institutions of higher learning and their colleagues in museums, libraries, or other organizations such as historical and cultural societies. Applications for projects in all humanities disciplines are welcome and will receive equal treatment in review. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/HI_TCU.html |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Division of Education Programs
National Endowment for the Humanities Room 302 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20506 202-606-8463 Email:hi@neh.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Division of Education Programs National Endowment for the Humanities Room 302 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20506 202-606-8463 Email: hi@neh.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45.162 | PKG00047950 | Apr 15, 2011 | Jun 30, 2011 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
87473 SF424_Short_1_1-1.1.pdf
87473 SupplementaryCoverSheetforNEHGrantPrograms-1.0.pdf
87473 PerformanceSite_1_4-1.4.pdf
87473 Attachments-1.0.pdf
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