Deadline Aug. 22: NEH Summer Stipends Program

It is now time for faculty to develop their applications for the National Endowment for the Humanities summer stipend program.

The key feature of this program is that the university may nominate no more than two faculty members for this funding. In the past, all potential applicants have completed a full application package by the university deadline. In all but one recent year, all the applicants have come from our college, so we review these submissions in the college. If there are applicants from other colleges, there will be a universitywide selection process.

We have had good success with this program by requiring that the applicants supply a complete application package by the university deadline, which this year is Aug. 22, 2022. The reason we ask for a complete package is to ensure that the materials receive a careful review at the college level so that the faculty members we nominate can revise their materials and present the strongest possible application. 

The university’s announcement — appended to this post — is not clear about where the nominations should be submitted. For now, please plan to submit them to me on or before Aug. 22. The nomination should include a note from the department head and the complete application package as called for in the NEH’s call.

The university’s announcement follows:

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend Program

Notice of Funding Opportunity: Summer Stipends

The National Endowment for the Humanities’ Summer Stipends program aims to stimulate new research and publication in the humanities by:

• providing small awards to individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both
• supporting projects at any stage of development, but especially early-stage research and late-stage writing in which small awards are most effective
• funding a wide range of individuals, including independent scholars, community college faculty, and non-teaching staff at universities

NEH invites applications from faculty and staff at all designated categories of minority-serving institutions.

The Summer Stipends program offers exemption from nomination for faculty at Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions (ANNHIs), Native American-Serving Non-Tribal Institutions (NASNTIs), and Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs). For opportunities specific to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities, see H.

Other Information. Summer Stipends support continuous full-time work on research-based projects in the humanities for a period of two consecutive months. NEH funds may support recipients’ compensation, travel, and other costs related to the proposed scholarly research. NEH awards Summer Stipends to individuals. Organizations are not eligible to apply, although scholars who are tenured or on a tenure track who teach full time must be nominated by their institution of higher education unless otherwise exempt (see C. Eligibility). You can find examples of previously funded Summer Stipends here. You can find examples of funded projects in all other programs by using the NEH’s Funded Projects Query Form.

On May 18, 2022 NEH staff hosted a webinar describing the application and nomination processes and general tips for writing the application. You can view that recording, including the question-and-answer session here.

A second live webinar focused on application writing strategies will be presented on August 17, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. EST. You can join the webinar here. Captioning will be available. 

• Nominations: Scholars who are tenured or on a tenure track who teach full time must be nominated by their institution of higher education unless otherwise exempt
• Internal deadline: Department Heads must submit nominations by 8/22/2022
• Limit: 2 nominees per institution
• Sponsor deadline: 9/21/2022

Questions about your college’s selection process should be directed to your college research office.

Other questions about this program can be directed to limited-submission@ncsu.edu.