Program Description
Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Eligible projects usually result in articles, monographs, books, digital materials and publications, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources. Summer Stipends support continuous full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two consecutive months. Summer Stipends support projects at any stage of development. Summer Stipends are awarded to individual scholars. Organizations are not eligible to apply. NEH encourages submission of Summer Stipends applications from independent scholars and faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Tribal Colleges and Universities.
Summer Stipends may not be used for
- projects that seek to promote a particular political, religious, or ideological point of view;
- projects that advocate a particular program of social action;
- specific policy studies;
- research for doctoral dissertations or theses by students enrolled in a degree program;
- the preparation or revision of textbooks;
- curriculum development;
- the development of teaching methods or theories;
- educational or technical impact assessments;
- empirical social science research, unless part of a larger humanities project;
- inventories of collections;
- works in the creative and performing arts (for example, painting, writing fiction or poetry, dance performance, etc.);
- the writing of autobiographies, memoirs, or works of creative nonfiction;
- or the writing of guide books, how-to books, and self-help books.
Award Information
Summer Stipends provide $6,000 for two consecutive months of full-time research and writing. Recipients must work full-time on their projects for these two months and may hold other research grants supporting the same project during this time. Summer Stipends normally support work carried out during the summer months, but arrangements can be made for other times of the year.
If you have questions, contact the Summer Stipends staff at stipends@neh.gov.
Cost sharing and indirect costs: NEH Summer Stipends are awarded to individuals, not to institutions. They do not require cost sharing and do not include indirect costs.
Eligibility
The Summer Stipends program accepts applications only from individual researchers, teachers, and writers, whether they have an institutional affiliation or not. Applicants with college or university affiliations must, however, be nominated by their institutions. (See the “Nomination of college and university faculty” section, below.) Organizations are not eligible to apply for Summer Stipends.
Formal education: All applicants must have completed their formal education by the application deadline. 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 may apply, but such applicants need a letter from the dean of the conferring school, attesting to the applicant’s status as of September 29, 2016. This letter must be received by the Summer Stipends program by October 20, 2016. You may fax the letter to the program at 202-606-8204; alternatively, you may include a PDF version of the signed letter as an attachment to an e-mail message sent to stipends@neh.gov.
Citizenship: U.S. citizens, whether they reside inside or outside the United States, are eligible to apply. Foreign nationals who have been living in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the three years immediately preceding the application deadline are also eligible.
Recent grants and fellowships held by the applicant: Individuals who have either held or been awarded a major fellowship or research grant or its equivalent within the three academic years prior to the deadline are eligible. Everything else being equal, though, the program will give preference to applicants who have not received such support. A “major fellowship or research grant” is a postdoctoral research award that provides a stipend of at least $15,000. Sabbaticals and grants from an individual’s own institution and stipends and grants from other sources supporting study and research during the summer are not considered major fellowships. If you have received any fellowships or research grants within the three years prior to the deadline, please indicate on your résumé the total amount of each award or grant. If you fail to do so, your application may be disqualified.
Application and Submission Information
Applications must be submitted on or before 11:59 P.M. (Eastern Time) on September 29, 2016. All applicants must submit their proposals by means of an individual account at Grants.gov, the central federal government portal for all grant applications. NEH suggests that you submit your application as early as possible, but not later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the day of the deadline. Applying early will leave you time to contact the Grants.gov help desk for support, should you encounter a technical problem of some kind. The Grants.gov help desk is now available seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day (except on federal holidays), at 1-800-518-4726. You can also send an e-mail message to support@grants.gov.
How to Submit Your Application
All applicants for Summer Stipends must submit their proposals through Grants.gov, the central federal government portal for all grant applications. NEH does not accept applications by e-mail or fax. What follows is a step-by-step guide for submitting your application through Grants.gov.
- STEP 1: Register with Grants.gov
- STEP 2: Download the current version of the free Adobe Reader
- STEP 3: Download the application package
- STEP 4: Prepare the application forms
- Form I: Application for Federal Domestic Assistance - Individual Form—this Grants.gov form asks for basic information about the project and the applicant.
- Form II: Attachments Form—this Grants.gov form allows you to attach the components of your application: the narrative, the bibliography, the résumé, and (if necessary) an appendix.
- Form III: NEH Supplemental Information for Individuals Form—this NEH form asks for professional and institutional information about you and about your reference-letter writers.
- STEP 5: Upload Your Application to Grants.gov & Submit
After you submit your application, Grants.gov will send you up to five e-mail messages confirming receipt of your application. These messages represent different stages in the application acceptance process. You should verify that you have received all of the following five confirmation messages. Please note that email filters may send these messages to your spam or junk folder.
Deadline Applications for NEH Summer Stipends must be received by Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on September 29, 2016. Grants.gov will date- and time-stamp your application after it is fully uploaded. Applications submitted after that date will not be accepted.
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