Public Scholars

Overview

<p>The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Research Programs is accepting applications for the Public Scholars program. The Public Scholars program supports the creation of well-researched nonfiction books in the humanities written for the broad public. It does so by offering grants to individual authors for research, writing, travel, and other activities leading to publication. Writers with or without an academic affiliation may apply, and no advanced degree is required. The program is intended both to encourage non-academic writers to deepen their engagement with the humanities by strengthening the research underlying their books and to encourage academic writers in the humanities to communicate the significance of their research to the broadest possible range of readers. NEH especially encourages applications to this program from independent writers, researchers, scholars, and journalists.</p> <p>What’s new for 2020 and 2021<br>Changes have been made to the application format, including the following:</p> <ul> <li>The page limit for the narrative section of the application has been reduced from four pages to three pages.</li> <li>A new required one-page attachment indicating your plan of work.</li> <li>A new required form indicating the location(s) where you will carry out your plan of work.</li> <li>The program continues to offer special encouragement to independent writers who do not have a long-term position at an academic institution.</li> <li>The Notice of Funding Opportunity announces two deadlines (in December 2020 and December 2021).</li> </ul> <p>Individuals are expected to produce a book.</p>