Summer Stipends provide support for faculty and staff
members in universities and two-year, four-year, and
five-year colleges, and for independent scholars and others
working in the humanities to pursue two consecutive months
of full-time independent study and research. An applicant's
project may be one that can be completed during the stipend
period, or it may be part of a long-range endeavor.
Academic applicants must be nominated by their institution.
Each college and university in the United States and its
jurisdictions may nominate three members of its faculty and
staff for the Summer Stipends competition. No more than two
of the nominees should be in the early stages of their
careers, that is, junior nominees; no more than two should
be at a more advanced stage, that is, senior nominees. In
the Summer Stipends program, academic applicants who hold
the rank instructor or assistant professor or who are at
comparatively early stages of their careers are considered
to be junior nominees. Those holding the rank of associate
professor or professor are considered to be senior nominees.
Prospective applicants from academic institutions should
become familiar with their institution's nomination
procedures well in advance of the NEH application deadline.
Non-faculty college and university staff who will not be
teaching during the academic year in which the NEH
application deadline occurs and academic applicants with
appointments terminating by the summer following the NEH
application deadline may apply without nomination.
Independent scholars are eligible to apply without
nomination.
Recipients of previous stipends and major fellowships are
subject to certain eligibility rules and should consult the
program guidelines.
Summer Stipends recipients may not hold major fellowships or
grants during the tenure of their awards. Summer Stipends
normally support work carried out during the summer months,
but arrangements can be made for holding tenure for other
times of the year. The stipend award for projects not
requiring travel is $4,000. For projects that require
travel of a significant distance to an appropriate research
collection, library, museum, or archive within the United
States or abroad, the stipend is $4,750.
For further information please contact the program at:
Summer Stipends Program
Room 316
National Endowment of Humanities
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20506
E-mail: stipends@neh.fed.us
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