To apply, please make a free account with the university’s application portal. Along with general information about experience and a resume, applicants should prepare an essay of 500-750 words that addresses what academic and personal interests drew them to apply, how they plan to enrich the learning environment for everyone with their professional qualifications, special skills, or personal perspective; what they hope to learn and achieve by participating, and why this institute could have an important impact on their professional goals. All documents should be uploaded as .pdf
Eligibility
Selection
A committee composed of the core personnel, including university and K-12 specialists, will review applications. The selection committee will follow the criteria set out by the NEH. In their materials, applicants will be asked to articulate their hopes for the workshop so that organizers can know how to best facilitate a productive experience and applicants will feel invested in outcomes.
After an initial score is given each application, the full committee will meet and give special attention to applicants who would have the highest impact in terms of students served, display extensive interaction with their current schools through awards and activities, or represent underserved areas according to the NEH.
Five spots will be reserved for early career educators.
Expectations
Project applicants who accept an offer to participant are expected to remain during the entire period of the program and to participate in its work on a full-time basis. If a participant is obliged through special circumstances to depart before the end of the program, it shall be the recipient institution’s responsibility to see that only a pro rata share of the stipend is received or that the appropriate pro rata share of the stipend is returned if the participant has already received the full stipend.
Participants are required to submit a project evaluation.
Civility
Principles of Civility for NEH Professional Development Programs:
NEH Seminars, Institutes, and Landmarks programs are intended to extend and deepen knowledge and understanding of the humanities by focusing on significant topics, texts, and issues; contribute to the intellectual vitality and professional development of participants; and foster a community of inquiry that provides models of excellence in scholarship and teaching.
NEH expects that project directors will take responsibility for encouraging an ethos of openness and respect, upholding the basic norms of civil discourse. Seminar, Institute, and Landmarks presentations and discussions should be:
- firmly grounded in rigorous scholarship, and thoughtful analysis;
- conducted without partisan advocacy;
- respectful of divergent views;
- free of ad hominem commentary; and
- devoid of ethnic, religious, gender, disability, or racial bias.
NEH welcomes comments, concerns, or suggestions on these principles at questions@neh.gov
Important Dates
Participant applications are due on Monday, March 1, 2022.
All applicants will be informed of their status (accepted, waitlisted, or not accepted) by Friday March 25, 2022.
Once an applicant has accepted an offer to attend any NEH Summer Program (Seminar, Institute, or Landmark), they may not accept an additional offer or withdraw in order to accept a different offer.
Successful applicants must accept or decline their offer(s) by Friday, April 8, 2022. This date is required by the NEH of all projects.