• Program Description • Award Information • Eligibility • How to Prepare an Application • How to Submit an Application • Application Review • Award Administration • Points of Contact • Other Information • Budget Instructions and Sample Budget (PDF) • Budget form (PDF) • Definitions of types of funding • DUNS Number Requirement • Frequently Asled Questions • Registration Checklist • Download PureEdge Viewer ° For a PC ° For a Mac with an Intel processor ° For a Mac with a PPC processor • How to Convert Documents into PDFs • Tips for Creating PDF Files in Grants.gov Applications • Grants.gov FAQs • Grants.gov Customer Support To obtain a printed version of these guidelines, call 202-606-8446, send an e-mail to info@neh.gov, or write to NEH, Office of Public Affairs, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20506.

Date posted: November 21, 2007

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 45.164

Questions? Contact the staff of NEH's Division of Public Programs at 202-606-8269 and publicpgms@neh.gov. Hearing-impaired applicants can contact NEH via TDD at 1-866-372-2930.

Grants for America’s Media Makers support media projects that explore significant events, figures, or developments in the humanities and offer creative and new approaches to humanities content. America’s Media Makers projects promote active exploration and engagement for broad public audiences in history, literature, archaeology, art history, comparative religion, philosophy, and other fields of the humanities. NEH supports the development of humanities content and interactivity that excites, informs, and stirs thoughtful reflection and urges applicants to consider more than one format for presenting humanities ideas to the public. Grants for America’s Media Makers should enable greater audience engagement with the humanities, encourage dialogue and discussion, and foster discovery-based learning across the age spectrum.

Development grants enable media producers to collaborate with scholars to develop the humanities content and format and to prepare programs for production. These grants cover a wide range of activities including but not limited to meetings and individual consultations with scholars, location and archival research, preliminary interviews, preparation of program scripts, designs for interactivity and digital distribution, and the creation of partnerships for outreach activities and public engagement with the humanities. The product of development grants should be the refinement of the humanities ideas, a script, or a design document for (or a prototype of) digital media components or projects. Development grant products may also result in a detailed plan for outreach and public engagement in collaboration with partner organizations.

Before applying, applicants must have a solid command of the major humanities scholarship on the subject, have clarified the ideas the project will consider, and have consulted with a team of scholarly advisers to work out the intellectual issues the program will explore. Applicants must also have made preliminary decisions about the format and storyline and located essential materials for the program(s). Finally, they must have recruited the appropriate media professionals, especially the producer, writer, or interactive designer.

Production grants support the preparation of a program for distribution. Applicants must submit a script for a radio or television program or a prototype or storyboard for a digital media project that demonstrates a solid command of the humanities ideas and scholarship about the subject. See application guidelines for Production Grants.

Applications may be submitted for any phase of a project. Applicants are not required to obtain a development grant before applying for a production grant. However, applicants may not submit multiple applications for the same project at the same deadline. An applicant must choose whether to apply for development or production of a particular project. In addition, applicants may not request support for the same project at both the November 2007 deadline and the January 2008 deadline.

• offer cross-platform distribution of humanities content that combine radio or television programs with programs using emerging technologies, museum exhibitions, reading and discussion programs, and other formats that expand and enhance the program’s humanities content, deepen the audiences’ experience of the content, engage audiences in new ways, and expand the distribution of programs;
• advance the role of cultural repositories in online teaching, learning, and research for public audiences, teachers, students, and scholars;
• include but are not limited to DVDs, Web sites, games, virtual environments, streaming, video on demand, and podcasts, as well as user-generated content;
• engage in simultaneous production of a broadcast program and interactive companion content in order to extend the educational experience of the program’s audience, use resources efficiently, and keep the humanities ideas at the center of the project as the broadcast program and the interactivity are designed;
• use new ways to contextualize, interpret, and distribute content that engages public audiences interactively in exploring humanities ideas and questions;
• result in large-scale, collaborative programs featuring multiple formats; and
• build new programs around previously-funded NEH projects using complementary formats that will add new dimensions to the original project, and take advantage of new formats and technologies to reach audiences that were not served by the original project.

Television projects may be documentary programs or historical dramatizations that address significant figures, events, or developments in the humanities and draw their content from humanities scholarship. They must be intended for national distribution.

Digital technology projects may expand the content of a radio or television program or they may be components of a larger, non-broadcast project or be projects in their own right.

NEH also supports Chairman’s Special Award projects. These are more complex projects of national visibility that would be of compelling interest to the general public, show exceptional promise for examining important humanities ideas in new ways, and reach large audiences. These goals can often be accomplished through combining a variety of program formats, forming creative collaborations among diverse institutions, and expanding of the scope and reach of the project.

• build on sound humanities scholarship,
• deepen public understanding of significant humanities questions,
• involve humanities scholars in all phases of development and implementation,
• appeal to broad audiences,
• approach the subject analytically and interpretively through an appropriate variety of perspectives, and
• employ appealing and accessible program formats that will actively engage the general public in learning.

Sample projects:

A non-profit radio production company produces a nationally-distributed weekly radio program on African music that uses digital media technologies, including user-directed media, to create new knowledge-distribution models that go beyond the traditional public radio model to reach new audiences with humanities content. The grantee organization also collaborates with major humanities institutions such as museums and universities to enable them to use the radio series and live musical performances to go beyond their traditional audiences for exhibitions, scholarly presentations, and collections.

An independent media producer creates a Web site that introduces users to the challenges of producing historical narrative by interpreting a variety of documentary sources and leads them through the investigative work of historians and filmmakers that produced both the book and the film, A Midwife's Tale.

• dramatic adaptations of literary works;
• projects that will satisfy requirements for educational degrees or formal professional training;
• general operations, renovation, restoration, rehabilitation, or construction of station or production facilities;
• preservation or cataloging of materials and collections;
• programs designed to persuade audiences of a particular political, philosophical, religious, or ideological point of view; or
• projects that advocate a particular program of social or political action.

As a taxpayer-supported federal agency, the NEH endeavors to make the products of its awards available to the broadest possible audience. Our goal is for scholars, educators, students, and the American public to have ready and easy access to the wide range of NEH award products. For the America’s Media Makers program, such products may include radio and television programs and digital media products. For projects that lead to the development of Web sites, all other considerations being equal, the NEH gives preference to those that provide free access to the public. Detailed guidance on access and dissemination matters can be found in the Distribution expectations and rights section below.

Once production is completed, NEH expects that the program will be offered for distribution to the widest possible audience, whether on public or commercial radio or television or cable television networks. NEH must approve all distribution arrangements before they are finalized.

While the grantee owns the rights to the products of the grant, such as program scripts and radio and television programs, NEH reserves a non-exclusive and irrevocable right to use materials produced under a grant and to authorize others to use these materials for federal purposes. For more information on NEH's rights to grant products, please see Article 23 of the General Terms and Conditions for Awards to Organizations

Award recipients are required to report income earned from grant products during the grant period and for seven years following the end of the grant. In addition, a percentage of income earned during this period must be returned to NEH. The percentage is based upon the proportion of NEH support of the total project costs. For further information, please see the NEH Program Income Policy

The Endowment currently sponsors one agency-wide program, We the People, and two special initiatives, Rediscovering Afghanistan and the Digital Humanities Initiative. Below is information on each. The NEH encourages applications in these three special areas of interest.

We the People Grant Program

Rediscovering Afghanistan NEH invites applications for projects that focus on Afghanistan's history and culture. The special initiative is designed to promote research, education, and public programs about Afghanistan and to encourage United States institutions to assist Afghanistan in efforts to preserve and document its cultural resources. Learn more about the initiative.

Digital Humanities Initiative NEH is interested in receiving applications for projects that use or study the impact of digital technology. Digital technologies offer humanists new methods of conducting research, conceptualizing relationships, and presenting scholarship. Digital humanities projects deploy these technologies and methods to enhance our understanding of a topic or issue. NEH is also interested in projects that study the impact of digital technology on the humanities—exploring the ways in which it changes how we read, write, think, and learn. Learn more about the initiative.

Successful applicants will be awarded a grant in outright, matching funds, or a combination of the two depending on the applicant's preference and the availability of NEH funds.

Awards for development range from $40,000 to $75,000 depending on the complexity of the project and are usually made for a period of six to twelve months. Basic development grants of up to $40,000 are available for activities that include collaboration with scholars to refine the humanities content, undertake archival research, and conduct preliminary interviews.

• collaboration with multiple institutional partners; and,
• wide-ranging combination of diverse formats (i.e., radio and television programs, exhibitions, reading & discussion programs, Web sites, lecture series, symposia, neighborhood tours, curriculum guides, publications, etc).

Cost sharing Cost sharing is not required for America’s Media Makers grants at the development stage. However, if proposed project costs exceed the limits of NEH funding as shown above, applicants will need to show cost-sharing on the project budget. Cost sharing includes cash contributions to the project by the applicant and third parties as well as in-kind contributions, such as donated goods and services. Cost sharing also includes gift money raised to release federal matching funds. Other Award Information A grant from NEH for one stage of a project does not commit the Endowment to continued support. Applications for each stage are evaluated independently.

NEH generally does not award grants to other federal entities or to applicants whose projects are so closely intertwined with a federal entity that the project takes on characteristics of the federal entity's own authorized activities. This does not preclude applicants from using grant funds from, or sites and materials controlled by, other federal entities in their projects.

Application advice and proposal drafts Applicants are encouraged to contact program officers, who may answer questions about the review process, supply samples of funded applications, and review preliminary drafts. NEH recommends that drafts be submitted by [December 1, 2007], so that the staff will have adequate time to respond. A response cannot be guaranteed if drafts arrive after this date. Staff comments are not part of the formal review process and have no bearing on the final outcome of the application. However, previous applicants have found them helpful in strengthening their applications. Draft proposals should not be submitted via Grants.gov. Work samples are also required and must be submitted directly to NEH. Please refer to the section on "How to Submit Work Samples." Applications that are missing any of these materials will be declared ineligible.

The following required elements must be submitted through Grants.gov:

1. Table of contents List all parts of the application with corresponding page numbers.
2. Budget form Using the instructions, complete the budget form (PDF). Applicants may use their own budget form or the standard industry budget format in place of Section A of the budget form. However, applicants must also provide a budget summary similar to Section B (Summary Budget and Project Funding) of the NEH budget form (PDF). If you wish, you may include separate pages with notes to explain any of the budget items in more detail. Applicants are advised to retain a copy of the PDF containing their budget form.
• Compensation Identify all key project personnel by name on the budget form. Indicate in the budget if any of these individuals will perform different and separately budgeted functions.

  Compensation for key project positions, such as the project director, producer, director, and scriptwriter, will be considered as fixed fees for service, even though the amount of compensation requested is calculated on the basis of the projected length of the project.

  Department of Labor regulations U.S. Department of Labor regulations require that all professional performers, scriptwriters, and related or supporting professional personnel employed on projects and/or productions supported in whole or in part by NEH be paid not less than the minimum union or guild rates.

  A copy of the applicable regulations, "Labor Standards on Projects or Productions Assisted by Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities; Final Rule," may be accessed online or obtained from NEH's Office of Grant Management, Room 311, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20506 (202-606-8494).

• Equipment Normally, NEH does not allow the purchase of equipment, but applicants may use their own equipment and include charges for this use, subject to the following:
  • for equipment and facilities that are not fully depreciated, determine actual costs on the basis of the acquisition costs, divided by the useful life, times the period of use on the project; and
  • for equipment and facilities that have been fully depreciated, charges to operate the asset, including the cost of maintenance, insurance, and other related expenses, are allowable.
• Administrative fee in lieu of indirect costs for umbrella organizations Under certain circumstances, a non-profit organization may sponsor an independent producer, filmmaker or group who, without tax-exempt status, is not eligible to apply directly for a grant from NEH. The sponsoring organization, also called an "umbrella" organization, may provide the project with accounting services, office and editing facilities, fund-raising assistance, and other administrative support, but may not carry out the project activities itself. Under this arrangement the umbrella organization is considered the grantee of record and assumes all attendant responsibilities of a grantee. For further information, please see Requirements for Grant Recipients that Serve as Sponsors of Projects (2-page PDF).

  NEH will allow an umbrella organization to recover its costs for administering the award by charging an administrative fee of 5% of total project costs. This administrative fee may be charged instead of negotiating an indirect cost rate with NEH.

  Applicants who are umbrella organizations that wish to budget for the 5% administrative fee should do so in the "indirect costs" section of the NEH budget form.

3. Narrative The narrative portion of the proposal should not be more than twenty-five single-spaced pages (excluding treatment or design document) with one-inch margins and at least 11-point font. The narrative should address the following points:
   1. Program Description: State in one or two paragraphs the subject, format, the intended outcome of the grant, the amount of funds requested from NEH, and the anticipated total budget for the production of the project. Also briefly describe any multi-format components to be developed.

      If support is requested for one program in a radio or television series, indicate the number and length of programs planned for the series. Also indicate where the proposed program fits into the overall series and the total projected cost to produce the series.

      If support is requested for a digital media project describe how the project makes the best use of digital distribution opportunities available at the intended time of the project’s distribution and plans for adapting the content and interactivity to new opportunities that arise with the further development of digital technology.
   2. Content and creative approach: Introduce the subject of the program and the ideas, themes, and questions that it will address. Describe how the subject is significant to the humanities and discuss the humanities scholarship that informs the project. Describe the resources available for the program, including interviews, archival materials, and other audio and visual materials. If reenactments are planned, explain how they will be produced and to what extent they will be used. Discuss how this project relates to other productions on similar or related subjects and explain any duplication of the subject. If applying for support of re-purposing of previously-funded, previously-released content, discuss the rationale for the project, describe the added value of this content for audiences, and explain how new audiences would be reached.
   3. Storyline: Clearly describe how the program would unfold from beginning to end, including the program's story structure, theme, style, voice, and point of view. Provide episodic descriptions if the project is a series.
   4. Audience: Describe the intended audience, how the subject is interesting to this audience, and what this audience will learn from the program.
   5. Format: Describe, in detail, the relationship between the presentation and the project's intellectual goals. Explain how the format is appropriate for conveying the content and advancing the project’s intellectual goals.

      For digital media projects, also describe also the nature and the structure of the interactivity proposed and how it will facilitate the audience’s experience of the humanities content. Describe the relationship between the interactivity and the broadcast and explain how the digital format would enhance the audience’s understanding of the humanities content.

      If the project is multi-format, explain the relationship between the content of the different components and what the multi-format organization will add to the audience's understanding of the subject. Describe the resources available for the multi-format digital components, such as audio and visual materials, historical documents, and interviews. Discuss, in detail, the concept for organizing and presenting the material to advance the project's intellectual goals.
   6. Treatment or design document: If applying for support to script a radio or television program, a brief treatment or program description is required. The treatment should demonstrate how the story line or narrative of the program combines the principal materials available for the program and integrates the analysis and interpretive content. If requesting support for all or part of a series, include at least one treatment and shorter descriptions of all remaining episodes. If applying for support to develop a prototype for a digital media project, a brief design document is required. The design document should describe the project’s architecture, navigation, style of interactivity, and the overall look and feel of the project. It should describe how the interactivity combines the principal materials available for the project and integrates the analysis and interpretive content. In the Images attachment (described below), applicants must illustrate the format by providing visuals, such as storyboards and computer screen captures.
   7. Rights and permissions: Indicate who controls the rights to the materials to be used. Discuss the potential for obtaining permissions to use materials and the likely costs of obtaining permissions and clearing the rights.
   8. Distribution plan: Discuss plans for distributing the program and its multi-format components, if applicable. Identify the audiences for the project and explain the strategy for bringing this audience to the digital components and other outreach activities. Discuss the plan for creating an audience for the digital product. What is the strategy for reaching this audience? Identify other organizations as potential partners for audience outreach.
   9. Humanities advisers: List the humanities advisers and briefly discuss the rationale for their choice and the specific contributions each will make to the creation of the project’s content.
   10. Project Staff: Provide information about both the principal members of the media team and the scholarly consultants. In a paragraph, summarize each person's qualifications and contributions to the project. Discuss the media team's experience and suitability for the proposed project.
   11. Progress: Discuss the work that has been accomplished to date on the project. Indicate the remaining work that will be done during the NEH grant period. If the request is for a program in a broadcast series, indicate how much of the work on the entire series has been completed and what remains to be done.
   12. Work plan: Provide a detailed, month-by-month schedule of the major work to be done, the amount of time it will require, and the specific people involved. Be especially clear about when the meetings of the media, scholarly teams, or other consultants will occur and how these activities will advance the project.
   13. Fundraising plan: Specify the source and amount of all funds raised to date for all aspects of the program and related projects. Include information about any previous NEH grants as well as support received from state humanities councils, foundations, individuals, and other sources for this project. Estimate the project's total cost, and discuss specific plans for raising funds from outside sources to cover the costs that will exceed NEH support. Discuss plans for the sale of rights for distribution.
   14. Organization history: Describe briefly the applicant institution and, if different, the production organization. Provide information about each organization's aims, origin, special characteristics, current activities, and experience with humanities-based programs. Each profile should be only one paragraph.
   15. Bibliography of humanities scholarship that informs the project
   16. List of collections of materials to be used by the project
4. Documentation: Include:
   • résumés of all project staff, no longer than two pages each, arranged alphabetically;
   • résumés of all consultants, no longer than two pages each, arranged alphabetically; and
   • letters of commitment from key members of the media team, consultants, and participating organizations.
5. Work samples: All applicants must submit either a sample of previous work or a pilot program. Samples will not be retained by the Endowment, and they will not be returned to the applicant unless the applicant requests that they be returned. Please enclose a self-addressed mailer with sufficient postage if you wish to have your sample(s) returned. See the additional instructions in "How to Submit Work Samples" below. Create an attachment section describing the sample or samples and indicate the roles played by members of the current media team.
For television projects, the media team must choose a sample of a previous project and submit eight copies of that project. A DVD, which should play in standard personal computers (with DVD drives) and DVD players, is the preferred format for work samples. If a DVD is not available, VHS tape is acceptable. If a pilot program exists, eight copies must be submitted. For radio projects, the work sample may be on either audiotape or CD. The media team must choose a sample of a previous project and submit eight copies of that project. If a pilot program exists, eight copies must be submitted. If funding is requested for additional support of an ongoing series that has received previous production support from NEH, submit eight copies of at least one complete program supported under the previous NEH grant. For companion Web sites of both radio and television projects, submit eight copies of CD-ROMs or DVDs if they are used as samples,. For digital media projects, provide examples of previously completed work and (if applicable) prototypes of the proposed digital project. The media team must choose a sample of a previous project and submit eight copies of that project. If the prototype is on CD or DVD, submit eight copies. In the attachments section provide a description of the sample or samples of the companion digital component, and indicate the roles played by each person on the digital team. In addition, please specify the platform on which the sample component is designed to operate. If the digital work is on a Web site, provide the URL and clearly indicate that this Web site is your work sample. If the sample work is on a DVD or CD, submit eight copies. Please see the additonal instructions in the "How to Submit Work Samples" below.
6. Images (if applicable) If you would like to include photos, storyboards, computer screen captures, and other graphics with your application, you may do so by grouping images in a single attachment. Include a list of images in this attachment.

REGISTER OR VERIFY REGISTRATION WITH GRANTS.GOV Applications for this program must be submitted via Grants.gov. Before using Grants.gov for the first time, each organization must register with the Web site to create an institutional profile. Once registered, your organization can then apply for any government grant on the Grants.gov Web site.

If your organization has already registered, you may skip this step. If not, please see our handy checklist to guide you through the registration process. We recommend you complete your registration at least two weeks before the application deadline, as it takes time for your registration to be processed. If you have problems registering with Grants.gov, call the Grants.gov help desk at 1-800-518-4726. DOWNLOAD THE FREE PUREEDGE VIEWER SOFTWARE In order to fill out a Grants.gov application package, you will need to download and install the PureEdge Viewer software. This software is available at no charge from the Grants.gov Web site. Please select the link below that corresponds to the type of computer you are using:

• PureEdge for PC;
• PureEdge for Mac (Intel processor); or
• PureEdge for Mac (PPC processor).

Once installed, this software will allow you to view and fill out Grants.gov application packages for any federal agency. If you have a problem installing PureEdge Viewer, it may be because you do not have permission to install a new program on your computer. Many organizations have rules about installing new programs. If you encounter a problem, contact your system administrator.

DOWNLOAD APPLICATION PACKAGE

The application package contains three forms that you must complete in order to submit your application:

1. Application for Federal Domestic Assistance - Short Organizational (SF-424 Short) — this form asks for basic information about the project, the project director, and the institution.
2. Supplementary Cover Sheet for NEH Grant Programs — this form asks for additional information about the project director, the institution, and the budget.
3. NEH Attachment Form — this form allows you to attach your narrative, budget, and the other parts of your application.

HOW TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE SF-424 SHORT FORM

Select the form from the menu and double click to open it. Please provide the following information:

1. Name of Federal Agency: This will be filled in automatically with "National Endowment for the Humanities."
2. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: This will be filled in automatically with the CFDA number and title of the NEH program to which you are applying.
3. Date Received: Please leave blank.
4. Funding Opportunity Number: This will be filled in automatically.
5. Applicant Information: In this section, please supply the name, address, employer/taxpayer identification number (EIN/TIN), DUNS number, Web site address, and congressional district of the institution. Also choose the "type" that best describes your institution (you only need to select one).

   If your institution is located, for example, in the 5th Congressional District of your state, put a "5." If your institution doesn't have a congressional district (e.g. it is in a state or U.S. territory that doesn't have districts or is in a foreign country), put a "0" (zero).

   All institutions applying to federal grant programs are required to provide a DUNS number, issued by Dun & Bradstreet, as part of their application. Project directors should contact their institution’s grant administrator or chief financial officer to obtain their institution’s DUNS number. Federal grant applicants can obtain a DUNS number free of charge by calling 1-866-705-5711. (Learn more about the requirement.)
6. Project Information: Provide the title of your project. Your title should be brief, descriptive, and substantive. It should also be informative to a non-specialist audience. Provide a brief description of your project. The description should be written for a non-specialist audience and clearly state the importance of the proposed work and its relation to larger issues in the humanities. List the starting and ending dates for your project.
7. Project Director: Provide the Social Security Number, name, title, mailing address, e-mail address, and telephone and fax numbers for the project director.

   Disclosure of Social Security Numbers is optional. NEH uses them for internal application processing only.

8. Primary Contact/Grants Administrator: Provide the contact information for the official responsible for the administration of the grant (e.g., negotiating the project budget and ensuring compliance with the terms and conditions of the award). This person is often a grants or research officer, or a sponsored programs official. Normally, the Institutional Grants Administrator is not the same person as the Project Director. If the project director and the grant administrator are the same person, skip to item 9.
9. Authorized Representative: Provide the contact information for the Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) who is submitting the application on behalf of the institution. This person, often called an "Authorizing Official," is typically the president, vice president, executive director, provost, or chancellor. In order to become an AOR, the person must be designated by the institution's E-Business Point of Contact. For more information, please consult the Grants.Gov user guide, which is available at: http://www.grants.gov/CustomerSupport.

HOW TO FILL OUT THE SUPPLEMENTARY COVER SHEET FOR NEH GRANT PROGRAMS

Select the form from the menu and double click to open it. Please provide the following information:

1. Project Director: Use the pull down menu to select the major field of study for the project director.
2. Institution Information: Use the pull down menu to select your type of institution.
3. Project Funding: Enter your project funding information. Note that applicants for Challenge Grants should use the right column only; applicants to all other programs should use the left column only.
4. Application Information: Indicate whether the applications will be submitted to other NEH grant programs, government agencies, or private entities for funding. If so, please indicate where and when. NEH frequently cosponsors projects with other funding sources. Providing this information will not prejudice the review of your application.

   For Type of Application, check "new" if the application requests a new period of funding, whether for a new project or the next phase of a project previously funded by NEH. Check "supplement" if the application requests additional funding for a current NEH grant. If requesting a supplement, provide the current grant number (applicants should discuss their request with a NEH program officer before submitting such an application).

   For Project Field Code, use the pull down menu to select the humanities field of the project. If the project is multidisciplinary, choose the field that corresponds to the project's predominant discipline.

You will use this form to attach the various files that make up your application.

Your attachments must be in Portable Document Format (.pdf). We cannot accept attachments in their original word processing or spreadsheet formats. If you don't already have software to convert your files into PDFs, there are many low-cost and free software packages available. To learn more, go to http://www.neh.gov/grants/grantsgov/pdf.html.

When you open the NEH Attachment Form, you will find 15 attachment buttons, labeled "Attachment 1" through "Attachment 15." By clicking on a button, you will be able to choose the file from your computer that you wish to attach. You must name and attach your files in the proper order so that we can identify them. Please attach the proper file to the proper button as listed below:

ATTACHMENT 1: To this button, please attach your table of contents. Please name the file "contents.pdf".

ATTACHMENT 2: To this button, please attach your budget. Please name the file "budget.pdf".

ATTACHMENT 4: To this button, please attach your treatment or design document. Please name the file "script.pdf".

ATTACHMENT 5: To this button, please attach your documentation for project. (if applicable). Please name the file "documentation.pdf".

ATTACHMENT 6: To this button, please attach your description of work samples. Please name the file "worksamples.pdf".

Use the remaining buttons to attach any additional materials (if appropriate). Please give these attachments meaningful file names and ensure that they are PDFs.

UPLOADING YOUR APPLICATION TO GRANTS.GOV

During the registration process, your institution designated one or more AORs (Authorized Organization Representatives). These AORs typically work in your institution's Sponsored Research Office or Grants Office. When you have completed your application, you must ask your AOR to submit the application, using the special username and password that was assigned to him or her during the registration process.

After the upload is complete, a confirmation page, which includes a tracking number, will appear indicating that you have submitted your application to Grants.gov. Please print this page for your records. The AOR will also receive a confirmation e-mail.

To identify the proposal that the samples accompany, indicate the title of the project, the name of the project director, and the applicant institution. Mail the materials to:

DEADLINES

1. Intellectual content The likely contribution of the project to public understanding of the humanities, including the significance of the subject and the humanities ideas; the quality and relevance of the humanities scholarship informing the project; the appeal of the subject to a general audience; and the accessibility of the ideas.
2. Format The appropriateness, quality, and creativity of the concept for organizing and presenting the material to advance the project's intellectual goals; and the likelihood that the chosen format will effectively convey the humanities content to the audience.
3. Humanities team The qualifications and potential contributions of the advising scholars.
4. Media team The experience of the media team, quality of the team's previous work, and likelihood of timely and successful completion of the proposed project.
5. Distribution arrangements The likelihood that the proposed project will achieve broad distribution.
6. Work plan The design of the work plan and likelihood that the plan will enable the applicant to achieve the project's goals.
7. Budget The allocation and justification of the projected costs.

All other considerations being equal, preference will be given to projects that provide free online access to digital materials produced with grant funds.

Award notices

Administrative requirements

Award conditions

Reporting Requirements

Interim and final performance reports will be required. Further details can be found in Performance Reporting Requirements (formerly Enclosure 2).

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Please send any comments regarding the estimated completion time or any other aspect of this application, including suggestions for reducing the completion time, to the Office of Publications, National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, D.C. 20506; and to the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (3136-0134), Washington, D.C. 20503. According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB number.