Grant Applications and Deadlines: Division Listing

NEH offers grants in the following categories:

Office of Digital Humanities

Preservation and Access

Research Programs

Federal/State Partnership

Learn more about the Divisions and Offices that administer NEH grant programs.

An alphabetical listing of grant programs and deadlines is also available.

Guidelines: To obtain application materials, click on the name of the grant program.

Forms: Links to the forms you will need to complete an application are noted at the beginning of each guideline. In order to download all of the necessary materials, you will need to have the free Adobe Reader installed.

Challenge Grants

Learn more about the Office of Challenge Grants

Program	Receipt Deadline	Projects Beginning
Challenge Grants	May 5, 2009
Challenge Grants in United States History and Culture	February 3, 2010
(The We the People Challenge Grants in United States History, Institutions and Culture program has been replaced by Challenge Grants in United States History and Culture.)
Rediscovering Afghanistan

Office of Digital Humanities

Learn more about the Office of Digital Humanities

Program	Receipt Deadline	Projects Beginning
DFG/NEH Bilateral Symposia and Workshops	October 29, 2009	June 2010
Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants	March 23, 2010	September 2010
Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities	February 17, 2010	July 2010

Education Programs

Learn more about the Division of Education Programs

Program	Receipt Deadline	Projects Beginning
Enduring Questions	September 15, 2009	June 2010
Humanities Initiatives at Institutions with High Hispanic Enrollment	January 15, 2009	July 2009
Humanities Initiatives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities	January 15, 2009	July 2009
Humanities Initiatives at Tribal Colleges and Universities	January 15, 2009	July 2009
Landmarks of American History and Culture: Workshops for Community College Faculty	March 17, 2009	Summer 2010
Landmarks of American History and Culture: Workshops for School Teachers	March 17, 2009	Summer 2010
Picturing America School Collaboration Projects	October 7, 2009	April 2010
Summer Seminars and Institutes	March 3, 2009	Summer 2010
Rediscovering Afghanistan
Teaching Development Fellowships	October 1, 2008	June 2009

Preservation and Access

Learn more about the Division of Preservation and Access

Program	Receipt Deadline	Projects Beginning
Documenting Endangered Languages	September 15, 2009	May 2010
Humanities Collections and Reference Resources	July 15, 2009	May 2010
National Digital Newspaper Program	November 3, 2009	July 2010
Preservation and Access Education and Training	July 1, 2009	January 2010
Preservation and Access Research and Development	July 30, 2009	May 2010
Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions	May 18, 2010	January 2011
Rediscovering Afghanistan
Save America's Treasures (administered by the National Park Service)	May 22, 2009	Early 2010
Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections	December 8, 2009	July 2010

Public Programs

Learn more about the Division of Public Programs

Program	Receipt Deadline	Projects Beginning
America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Implementation Grants	January 13, 2010 August 18, 2010	September 2010 April 2011
America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Planning Grants	January 13, 2010 August 18, 2010	September 2010 April 2011
America's Media Makers: Development Grants	January 13, 2010 August 18, 2010	September 2010 April 2011
America's Media Makers: Production Grants	January 13, 2010 August 18, 2010	September 2010 April 2011
Interpreting America's Historic Places: Implementation Grants	January 13, 2010 August 18, 2010	September 2010 April 2011
Interpreting America's Historic Places: Planning Grants	January 13, 2010 August 18, 2010	September 2010 April 2011
Rediscovering Afghanistan

Research Programs

Learn more about the Division of Research Programs

Program	Receipt Deadline	Projects Beginning
Collaborative Research Grants	October 29, 2009	July 2010
Faculty Research Awards for Historically Black and Tribal Colleges and Universities and Institutions with High Hispanic Enrollment	May 5, 2009	January 2010
Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions	August 20, 2009	July 2010
Fellowships	May 5, 2009	January 2010
Fellowships at Digital Humanities Centers	September 15, 2009	June 2010
Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan	May 5, 2009	January 2010
NEH/CNR Fellowships for Research on Italian Cultural Heritage	May 5, 2009	January 2010
Scholarly Editions and Translations Grants	October 29, 2009	July 2010
Summer Stipends	October 1, 2009	May 2010
Rediscovering Afghanistan	All deadlines
Teaching Development Fellowships	October 1, 2009	June 2010

Federal/State Partnership

Learn more about the Federal/State Partnership

Program	Receipt Deadline	Projects Beginning
We the People Project Grants for State Humanities Councils	March 17, 2009 May 5, 2009	July 2009 September 2009

We the People

Learn more about the We the People program

Program	Receipt Deadline	Projects Beginning
Interpreting America's Historic Places: Implementation Grants	January 13, 2010 August 18, 2010	September 2010 April 2011
Interpreting America's Historic Places: Planning Grants	January 13, 2010 August 18, 2010	September 2010 April 2011
Picturing America School Collaboration Projects	October 7, 2009	April 2010
We the People Bookshelf on "A More Perfect Union"	January 29, 2010	May 2010