Summer Seminars and Institutes
Solicitation Title: Summer Seminars and Institutes
Funding Amount: Seminar: $50,000 to $135,000 over twelve months; Institute: $60,000 to $225,000 over fifteen months
Sponsor Deadline: Thursday, February 25, 2016
Solicitation Link: http://www.neh.gov/files/grants/seminars-institutes-feb-25-2016.pdf
Solicitation Number: CFDA 45.163
Overview
<p><span>These grants support professional development programs in the humanities for school teachers and for college and university faculty. NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes may be as short as one week or as long as four weeks. NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes: provide models of excellent teaching; provide models of excellent scholarship; broaden and deepen understanding of the humanities; focus on the study and teaching of significant topics, texts, and other sources; contribute to the intellectual vitality of participants; and build communities of inquiry. An NEH Summer Seminar or Institute may be hosted by a college, university, learned society, center for advanced study, library or other repository, cultural or professional organization, or school or school system. The host site must be suitable for the project, providing facilities for collegial interaction and scholarship. These programs are designed for a national audience of participants.</span></p>
Other Information:<p><span>The Summer Seminars and Institutes program encourages Summer Seminars and Institutes in the following areas: foreign language projects for school teachers or college and university faculty designed to strengthen instruction at the intermediate or advanced level through the use of humanistic sources; and projects intended primarily for community college faculty and/or non-tenure-track/adjunct faculty. The program also encourages Summer Seminars and Institutes in areas related to two NEH initiatives: 1) The Common Good: The Humanities in the Public Square; and 2) Standing Together: The Humanities and the Experience of War. Program staff encourages applicants to submit draft proposals no later than January 25, 2016. Time constraints may prevent staff from reviewing draft proposals submitted after this date.</span></p>Last Updated:
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