NEH Summer Stipend

Guidelines for the NEH Summer Stipends

FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE to NEH: September 18, 2024 (for projects beginning May 2025)

NEH Summer Stipend Guidelines

Grants.gov submission link

Internal Competition Required

Limit on Proposals

The NEH stipulates that faculty members teaching full-time at colleges or universities must be nominated by their institutions to apply for a Summer Stipend. Each college and university may nominate ONE faculty member. Therefore, an internal competition will be held to screen the proposals going forward to the agency.

INTERNAL ISU COMPETITION DEADLINE
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 (required)

INTERNAL PRE-PROPOSAL GUIDELINES
Please Submit to Office of Sponsored Programs by 2 pm, Tuesday, September 3: 1-2 page Scope of work.

Office for Research NEH Summer Stipend Application Submission Web Portal

NOTE: Letters of Recommendation will NOT be necessary for the internal competition.

Pre-proposals to be submitted:

PRE-PROPOSAL REVIEW
An internal committee will review and pass on recommendations to the VPR. The VPR will make the final selection of proposals to be submitted. Selected PI’s will be notified by September 9.
As the submission requirements for this proposal are unique, selected PI’s will not need to route the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs. They may continue to develop proposals until the final due date (September 18, 2024).

BRIEF SUMMARY
Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both.
Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources.
Summer Stipends support full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two months.
Summer Stipends support projects at any stage of development.
Summer Stipends are awarded to individual scholars. Organizations are not eligible to apply.
All applications are submitted via Grants.gov.
Cost-share is NOT required.
Indirect Costs are not to be included in the budget.

TIMELINE
September 3 – ISU Internal Pre-proposal due to Office of Sponsored Programs by 5pm.
September 9 – PI’s will be notified of nomination.
September 18 – Final Due date to NEH. Submission through Grants.gov by the individual faculty member.

QUESTIONS
If you have any questions about this process or the program in general, please contact the Office of Sponsored Programs ext. 2592 or Steve Wright, ext. 2593.

Contact NEH’s Division of Research Programs at 202-606-8200 or stipends@neh.gov. Hearing-impaired applicants can contact NEH via TDD at 1-866-372-2930.