Slots: 1.
New nominations guidelines: Institutions may nominate only one faculty member at this deadline. A candidate has been selected for this opportunity.
Deadlines
NOTICE AS OF 3/28/2025: “The NEH will not be running a competition for the Summer Stipends program this fall. In preparation for the celebration of the nation’s semi-quincentennial, we are making some programming adjustments.”
Internal Deadline: Friday, July 19th, 2024, 5pm PT Closed.
External Deadline: September 18, 2024
Award Information
Award Type: Grant
Estimated Number of Awards: Up to 100 grants
Anticipated Amount: $8,000 per individual
Link to Award: https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/summer-stipends
Who May Serve as PI: The Summer Stipends program limits eligibility to individuals who have not previously held an NEH award in any of its programs for individuals (listed below). Additionally, you must be one of the following to be eligible:
- A U.S. citizen residing domestically or abroad
- A foreign national who has lived in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the
three years prior to the application deadline
If you are tenured or on a tenure track and teach full time at an institution of higher education that is not exempt from nomination, your institution must nominate you to apply for a Summer Stipend. Institutions of higher education in the United States and its jurisdictions may each nominate one faculty member per deadline. Faculty members of any rank, who have not held a previous award for individuals, are eligible for nomination. Self-nominations are not allowed.
Process for Limited Submissions
PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. Use the template provided here: RII Limited Submission Applicant Template
Materials to submit include:
- (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (1” margins; single-spaced; standard font type, e.g. Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 2-page limit will be excluded from review. You must use the template linked above.
- (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)
Note: The portal requires information about the PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#, Gender, and Ethnicity. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.
Purpose
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
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 Review Criteria:
Peer reviewers will use the following criteria to review applications under this notice:
- The intellectual significance of the proposed project, including its value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both
- The quality of the conception, definition, organization, and description of the project and the applicant’s clarity of expression
- The feasibility and appropriateness of the proposed plan of work
- The quality or promise of quality of the applicant as an interpreter of the humanities
- The likelihood that the applicant will complete the project (not necessarily during the period of performance), including, when relevant, the soundness of the dissemination and access plans
Budgetary Requirements: Cost sharing is not required in this program.