NEH announces increase for Fellowship awards

• Date: 22 March 2018
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.30170
• Published date: 22 March 2018

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NEH announces increase

for Fellowship awards

The National Endowment for the Humanities

(NEH) has announced an increase to the monthly

stipend awarded through its fellowships program

to $5,000 a month, for a maximum stipend award

of $60,000 for a 12-month fellowship project.

These fellowships support advanced research in

the humanities toward the production of articles,

books, digital materials, archaeological site reports,

translations, editions or other scholarly resources in

the humanities, NEH said.

“NEH Fellowships are among the agency’s oldest

and most important grant programs, supporting

crucial research in the humanities,” said NEH

Senior Deputy Chairman Jon Peede in a statement.

“We are pleased to be able to increase the amount

available to individual researchers to help support

their signicant contributions to our understanding

of history, literature, philosophy and other elds.”

The program accepts applications from individual

researchers, teachers and writers to pursue full-

time, continuous humanities research projects for

a period of six to 12 months, NEH said, with all

successful applicants receiving a $5,000-a-month

stipend—an increase of $800 a month over previous

years—for a minimum stipend of $30,000 for a

six-month project and a maximum award of $60,000

for a 12-month research period.

NEH said the increased stipend also applies to

NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication,

a fellowship program sponsored jointly by NEH

and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support

individual scholars pursuing interpretive research

projects that require digital expression and digital

publication.

Since 1965 the independent agency has

supported research and learning in history,

literature, philosophy and other areas of the

humanities by funding selected, peer-reviewed

proposals from around the nation, NEH said.

Application guidelines for NEH Fellowships and

the NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication

are available at the NEH website. To learn more,

visit www.neh.gov. ■

Grants alerts

Native American Library Services

Enhancement Grant Program (IMLS)

Scope: The Institute of Museum and Library Services

seeks applications for FY2018 Native American Library

Services Enhancement Grants to advance the programs

and services of eligible Native American libraries.

Deadline: May 1, 2018.

Funds: $1.2 million total for eight to 10 awards ranging

from $10,000 to $150,000 for preservation and

revitalization, educational programming and digital services

activities. The maximum project period is two years.

Eligibility: Native American tribal governments,

including any tribe, band, nation or other organized

group or community, including any Alaska native

village, regional corporation or village corporation.

Areas: IMLS said successful enhancement grant projects

provide support for individuals’ needs for education,

lifelong learning, workforce development and digital

literacy skills; improvement of the quality of and access

to library and information services; and enhancement of

the skills of the current library workforce and leadership.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# NAG-ENHANCEMENT-FY18

Preservation and Access Education

and Training Grants (NEH)

Scope: The National Endowment for the Humanities

seeks applications for the Preservation and Access

Education and Training Grants to help the staff of

cultural institutions, large and small, obtain the

knowledge and skills needed to serve as effective

stewards of humanities collections, as well as support

educational programs that prepare the next generation

of preservation professionals.

Deadline: May 1, 2018.

Funds: Grants for preservation field services may not

exceed $175,000 per year. Preservation field service

organizations may request an additional $45,000 per

year to support a one-year postgraduate fellowship

as a subaward under the grant. For all other activities,

including emergency preparedness and recovery

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