National Endowment for the Humanities (U.S.A.)
Applications to Conduct an NEH Summer Program
in Summer 2009
Each summer the National Endowment for the Humanities supports faculty
development through residential projects: 2-6 week Seminars and
Institutes and 1-week Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops.
These projects are designed to provide American teachers with the
opportunity for intensive study of important texts and topics in the
humanities.
SEMINARS AND INSTITUTES
Application Deadline is March 3, 2008 (receipt)
Seminars and Institutes foster excellent teaching by encouraging collegial
discussion of humanities topics within close-knit scholarly communities.
They also promote active scholarship in the humanities in ways suited to
teachers at all levels from grade school through college. Participants
have called the seminars and institutes life changing experiences. They
often note that they view the host institution as an important resource
for future scholarly endeavors for themselves and for their students. The
application guidelines for projects to be held in 2009 are posted on the
NEH website at: <[ http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/seminars.html
]www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/seminars.html> (for school teachers and
college/university teachers).
LANDMARKS OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE
Application Deadline is March 17, 2008 (receipt)
These grant opportunities are part of the "We the People" initiative,
which is designed to enhance the teaching, study, and understanding of
American history and culture. Landmarks of American History and Culture
workshops bring groups of K-12 teachers or community college faculty
together for intensive, one-week, residence-based workshops at or near
significant American sites. Eligible applicants include museums,
libraries, cultural and learned societies, state humanities councils,
colleges and universities, schools and school districts. Collaborative
programs are encouraged. The application guidelines for projects to be
held in 2009 are posted on the NEH website at: <[
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/landmarks.html
]www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/landmarks.html> (for school teachers) or <[
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/landmarkscc.html
]www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/landmarkscc.html> (for community college
faculty).
As part of the NEH's We the People program, the new Picturing America
program promotes the teaching, study, and understanding of American
history and culture in K-12 schools by introducing young people to some of
America's great art treasures. NEH encourages proposals for Summer
Seminars or Institutes for School Teachers and Landmarks of American
History and Culture Workshops for School Teachers that focus on one or
more of the Picturing America art works or artists as well as the events
or periods of American history depicted and the humanities themes
represented. Please see [ http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/
]http://PicturingAmerica.neh.gov.
Now is the time to draft a proposal or to contact a colleague whom you
think might be interested in developing a project. We strongly recommend
that you work with one of the program officers listed below:
Thomas Adams 202-606-8396 [ mailto:tadams@neh.gov
]tadams@neh.gov
Douglas Arnold 202-606-8225 [ mailto:darnold@neh.gov
]darnold@neh.gov
Barbara Ashbrook 202-606-8388 [ mailto:bashbrook@neh.gov
]bashbrook@neh.gov
Judith Jeffrey Howard 202-606-8398 [ mailto:jhoward@neh.gov
]jhoward@neh.gov
Julia Nguyen 202-606-8213 [ mailto:jnguyen@neh.gov
]jnguyen@neh.gov
Robert Sayers 202-606-8215 [ mailto:rsayers@neh.gov
]rsayers@neh.gov
Program staff can answer questions, provide samples of successful
applications, and comment on an informal draft. Staff can help anticipate
questions that are likely to arise in the review process.
Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov.
Institutions must register with Grants.gov, a process which usually takes
about two weeks.
We look forward to working with you.
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