Below is a summary assembled by the Research & Innovation Office (RIO). Please see the full solicitation for complete information about the funding opportunity.

Program Summary听

The National Endowment for the Humanities鈥� 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; and
  • Funding a wide range of individuals, including independent scholars, community college faculty, and non-teaching staff at universities.

The program limits eligibility to individuals who have not previously held an NEH award in any of its programs for individuals (see eligibility section).

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鈥� compensation, travel, and other costs related to the proposed scholarly research.听

Summer Stipends provide $8,000 for two consecutive months of research and writing. You must work full-time on your project. Summer Stipends normally support work carried out during the summer months, but you may arrange for a period of performance at other times of the year.

Deadlines

CU Internal Deadline: 11:59pm MST August 5, 2024

Sponsor Application Deadline: 9:59pm September 18, 2024

Internal Application Requirements (all in PDF format)

  • Project Narrative (3 pages maximum): Include the following elements: 1) project title; 2) intellectual significance of project and value to humanities scholars and/or general audiences; 3) methodology; 4) competencies, skills and access to resources to fulfill project goals; 5) intended results and dissemination plan. See NEH guidelines for additional details.
  • Work Plan (1 page maximum): Summarize your work plan, describing the part or stage of the project that will be supported by the Summer Stipend and the activities or steps to carry it out including project dates.
  • Bibliography (1 page maximum): Include primary and secondary sources that relate directly to the project and works that pertain to both the project鈥檚 substance and its theoretical or methodological approaches to give a well-rounded representation of your project.
  • R茅sum茅 (2 pages maximum): Include the following elements: 1) current and past positions; 2) education: list degrees, dates awarded, and titles of theses or dissertations; 3) awards and honors with dates; 4) publications with full citations for publications and presentations; 5) other relevant professional activities and accomplishments; and 6) level of competence in any relevant foreign languages .

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Eligibility

The program limits eligibility to individuals who have not previously held an NEH award in any of its programs for individuals. If you have previously received an award in Summer Stipends or any of the programs listed below, you are ineligible to apply to this program.

  • and
  • (previously NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication)
  • Any other individual award given by NEH

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. Non-tenure-track faculty may apply directly to NEH, without CU Boulder nomination.

You may not hold two or more NEH individual awards with overlapping activities or periods of performance. NEH will not delay the period of performance beyond the stated timelines to accommodate overlapping individual awards.

Limited Submission Guidelines

One nomination per institution.

Award Information

Award Amount: $8,000

Award Duration: Two consecutive months

Review Criteria

  1. The intellectual significance of the proposed project, including its value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both
  2. The quality of the conception, definition, organization, and description of the project and the applicant鈥檚 clarity of expression
  3. The feasibility and appropriateness of the proposed plan of work
  4. The quality or promise of quality of the applicant as an interpreter of the humanities
  5. 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