National Endowment for the Humanities Awards for Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities 2017

Program Description

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This program supports individual faculty or staff members at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) pursuing research of value to humanities scholars, students, or general audiences. Awards are designed to be flexible, allowing applicants to define the audience, type of research, award periods, and administrative arrangements that best fit their projects.

Awards can be used for a wide range of projects that are based on humanities research. Eligible projects include pursuing research in primary and secondary materials and producing articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources; conducting basic research leading to the improvement of an existing undergraduate course; or conducting basic research related to the goals and interests of the institution or community.

Common to all applications—regardless of their outcome—must be humanities research supporting the goals of the project. 

Award information

This program supports individuals who work between half time and full time on their projects. Awardees may combine part- and full-time work. The amount of the award is $4,200 per full- time month. Thus an award to support eight months of half-time work would be $16,800 (equivalent to four months of full-time work at $4,200 per month). The minimum award length is the equivalent of two months of full-time work; the maximum is the equivalent of twelve months of full-time work. The award period must be continuous. The length of support requested should be determined by the complexity of the project, the amount of work to be completed, and the commitment of the institution to the project. Requesting an award period shorter than the equivalent of twelve full-time months will not improve an applicant’s chances of receiving an award.

Cost sharing and indirect costs

Awards for Faculty are made to individuals, not to institutions. Awards in this program do not require cost sharing and do not include indirect costs.

Eligibility

Within the parameters listed below (see the next seven headings), this program accepts applications from full-time, part-time, adjunct, and retired faculty members and staff members affiliated with Historically Black Colleges or Universities. If you are uncertain about the status of your institution, please check the Department of Education’s list of HBCUs (click on “Accredited HBCU listing,” available at the link).

Citizenship

U.S. citizens who teach at, serve on the staff of, or have retired from Historically Black Colleges and Universities are eligible to apply. Foreign nationals who have been living in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the three years prior to the application deadline are also eligible, provided that they teach at, serve on the staff of, or have retired from any of these institutions.

Currently enrolled students

While applicants need not have advanced degrees, individuals currently enrolled in a degree- granting program are ineligible to apply. Applicants who have satisfied all the requirements for a degree and are awaiting its conferral are eligible for NEH Awards for Faculty; but such applicants need a letter from the dean of the conferring school or their department chair attesting to the applicant’s status as of April 12, 2017. This signed letter may be faxed to the program at 202-606-8204; alternatively, a PDF version of the signed letter may be sent by e- mail attachment to FacultyAwards@neh.gov. In either case, the letter must arrive no later than May 17, 2017.

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