Public Scholar Program
Solicitation Title: Public Scholar Program
Funding Amount: Maximum $50,400 over 12 months
Sponsor Deadline: Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Solicitation Link: http://www.neh.gov/grants/research/public-scholar-program
Solicitation Number: CFDA 45.160
Overview
<p><span>The Public Scholar Program supports well-researched books in the humanities intended to reach a broad readership. Although humanities scholarship can be specialized, the humanities also strive to engage broad audiences in exploring subjects of general interest. They seek to deepen our understanding of the human condition as well as current conditions and contemporary problems. The Public Scholar Program aims to encourage scholarship that will be of broad interest and have lasting impact. Such scholarship might present a narrative history, tell the stories of important individuals, analyze significant texts, provide a synthesis of ideas, revive interest in a neglected subject, or examine the latest thinking on a topic. Books supported by this program must be grounded in humanities research and scholarship. They must address significant humanities themes likely to be of broad interest and must be written in a readily accessible style. Making use of primary and/or secondary sources, they should open up important and appealing subjects for a wide audience. The challenge is to make sense of a significant topic in a way that will appeal to general readers. Applications to write books directed primarily to scholars are not appropriate for this program.</span></p>
Solicitation Limitations: <p><span>To be eligible, applicants must also meet one of the following conditions: they must either a) have written as sole author a book published by a university or commercial press; OR b) have written at least three articles and essays appearing in publications that reach a large national or international audience of general readers. The articles or essays may be published either in print or electronically. In either case, applicants must list the relevant publications on their résumés. Applicants may not meet this requirement with a co-authored volume, an edited collection of essays or an anthology, a self-published book, or a book that has not yet been published at the application deadline. Nor may they meet it with articles or essays appearing in peer-reviewed academic journals or other publications aimed primarily at readers with a professional interest in the material. While applicants need not have advanced degrees, individuals currently enrolled in a degree-granting program are ineligible to apply.</span></p> Other Information:<p><span>Public Scholar awards go to individuals, not to institutions. Grantees agree that they will allow NEH, in consultation with their publishers, to post excerpts from their books on the NEH website and/or in Humanities magazine.</span></p>Last Updated:
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