Summer Seminars and Institutes for Higher Education Faculty | 20190221 FS

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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Seminars and Institutes for Higher Education Faculty grant supports short-term professional development programs that help college and university faculty strengthen their scholarship and teaching in the humanities. These programs run from one to four weeks and are designed to give participants, referred to as NEH Summer Scholars, structured time to dig into a defined humanities topic, engage with current scholarship, and think seriously about how new ideas and resources can translate into better teaching and curriculum design. A central aim is to create an environment where faculty can study significant texts and other humanities materials closely, learn from strong models of scholarship and pedagogy, and leave with both intellectual growth and longer-term professional connections that can continue after the program ends.

Projects funded under this opportunity are hosted by an eligible organization that can provide appropriate facilities for research, discussion, and collegial exchange. Host sites can include colleges and universities, learned societies, centers for advanced study, libraries or repositories, cultural or professional organizations, and even schools or school systems, as long as they can support serious humanities work and participant interaction. Importantly, the program itself must be held in the United States or its territories. While these seminars and institutes are generally intended for a broad and diverse group of higher education faculty, NEH also allows individual projects to focus on a narrower audience or to intentionally include participants whose work may connect to, but not sit squarely within, traditional humanities fields.

The opportunity funds two main program formats: seminars and institutes. A seminar is the smaller, more tightly focused option. It typically brings together sixteen participants who study a specific topic under the leadership of one or two established scholars. Seminars usually involve few, if any, visiting faculty, and they place a premium on sustained, close interaction among participants and the director(s). The structure commonly revolves around shared readings, in-depth discussion, and ongoing conversations that link scholarly developments to teaching practice. Seminars also intentionally build in substantial time for reflection and for participants to work independently or collaboratively on projects, often with advising or feedback from the director(s).

An institute is the larger format, generally enrolling between twenty-five and thirty-six participants. Institutes are led by a team of experienced scholars and are built to highlight the value of multiple perspectives on a topic. Because of the larger cohort and the broader range of expertise involved, institutes typically meet more frequently and for longer sessions each week than seminars do. Even with the more intensive meeting schedule, institutes still reserve time for participants to pursue individual or group work, with the expectation that the program will actively connect scholarship to teaching and help participants bring new approaches back to their home institutions.

Administratively, this is a discretionary grant program in the humanities (CFDA 45.163) offered by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The funding opportunity title is "Summer Seminars and Institutes for Higher Education Faculty" and the opportunity number is 20190221 FS. The award ceiling listed is $200,000. Eligible applicants include a wide range of public and private entities: state, county, and 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 (other than institutions of higher education). The original closing date shown for this specific listing was February 21, 2019, and the record creation date is December 13, 2018.

• The National Endowment for the Humanities in the humanities sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Summer Seminars and Institutes for Higher Education Faculty" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 45.163.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2018-12-13.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2019-02-21. (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 $200,000.00 in funding.
• 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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