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Funding the Humanities April 11, 2008
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April 10-12, 2003
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National Endowment for the Humanities
Old Post Office Building 1100 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20506 www.neh.gov 202/
606-8400
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• Three critical points
• Consult talk with NEH program staff about your
  project plans and
• funding needs
• Apply NEH will not give
• you funds if you dont ask
• Reapply if not successful,
• revise and ask again

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FirstInitialLastName_at_neh.gov Fred
Winter fwinter_at_neh.gov [phone] Laura
McCarty ltmc_at_georgiahumanities.org (404)
523-6220 Wheres the mailing address?
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The NEH Mission
Because democracy demands wisdom, NEH serves and
strengthens our Republic by promoting excellence
in the humanities and conveying the lessons of
human experience to all Americans.
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"The term 'humanities' includes, but is not
limited to, the study of the following
language, both modern and classical
linguistics literature history jurisprudence
philosophy archaeology comparative religion
ethics the history, criticism and theory of the
arts those aspects of social sciences which
have humanistic content and employ humanistic
methods and the study and application of the
humanities to the human environment with
particular attention to reflecting our diverse
heritage, traditions, and history and to the
relevance of the humanities to the current
conditions of national life." 1965 National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act, as
amended
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Why bother? LEAP and the AACU study
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Sources of funding from NEH
Research
Public Programs
Preservation and Access
State Humanities Councils
Education
Office of Digital Humanities
Challenge Grants
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Keep up to dateWWW.NEH.GOV
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www.neh.gov/news/nehconnect.html NEH
Connect! Humanities Magazine
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Review Process
Peer review panels Rate proposals E, VG, (G),
(S)M, (N)R National Council for the Humanities
Recommend Chairman Funding decisions based
on recommendations of Council
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Helpful Hints. . .

• Read the Guidelines
• Call NEH and speak to a Program Officer
• Ask for sample proposals
• Plan ahead for uses of the money
• Submit a draft proposal
• If turned down, ask to see panelists comments
• Reapply

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Break for questions