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45.160:  Promotion of the Humanities: Fellowships and Stipends

Objectives:  Fellowships and Summer Stipends provide support for scholars to undertake full-time independent research and writing in the humanities. Grants are available for 6 to 12-month fellowships and 2 months of summer study.

PROGRAM AND AWARD	FINANCIAL AND INFORMATION CONTACTS
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS	FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO.
APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS	INFORMATION CONTACTS
RELATED PROGRAMS	ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS
PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS	POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS

45.160 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility:  All applicants must be U.S. citizens, native residents of U.S. jurisdictions, or foreign nationals who have been legal residents in the U.S. or its jurisdictions for at least the three years immediately preceding the application deadline. Fellowships: Faculty members at colleges and universities, individuals affiliated with other institutions, independent scholars, and others who work in the humanities are eligible. Applicants need not have advanced degrees, but they must have completed their professional training. Active candidates for degrees and persons seeking support for work leading to degrees are not eligible. Summer Stipends: University and college faculty members normally must be nominated by their academic institutions. Faculty members with terminating appointments and all other applicants are exempt from nomination and may apply directly.

Beneficiary Eligibility:  Fellowships and Stipends: College and university faculty and staff, individuals affiliated with institutions other than colleges and universities, and scholars and writers working independently.

Credentials/Documentation:  This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87.

45.160 APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:

Preapplication Coordination:  This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular Nos. A-102 and E.O. 12372.

Application Procedure:  Application materials are available from, and submitted to, the headquarters office listed below. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110.

Award Procedure:  Applications are reviewed by panels of scholars and other appropriate individuals. Awards are made by the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities after advice from the National Council on the Humanities.

Deadlines:  Fellowships: Annual deadline of May 1, for projects beginning after January 1, of the following year. Summer Stipends: annual deadline of October 1, for projects beginning after May 1, of the following year.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time:  Six to seven months.

Appeals:  None, but applicant may reapply.

Renewals:  None.

Criteria for Selecting Proposals:  For Fellowships and Summer Stipends: The significance of the contribution to thought and knowledge in the humanities; the quality or promise of quality of the applicant's work; the quality of the conception, definition, organization, and description of the proposed project; and the likelihood that the applicant will complete the entire project.

Examples of Funded Projects:  (1) Fellowships for University Teachers: Art History and Hegemony in Latin America: Afro-Brazil; (2) Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars: Studies in Aristotle's Scientific Thinking; (3) Summer Stipends: Citizen Activism for Nuclear Disarmament and Its Impact, 1971 to present.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance:  Fellowships: An award up to $30,000 for a grant period of from 9 to 12 months; an award of $24,000 for a grant period of from 6 to 8 months.

45.160 RELATED PROGRAMS:

• 45.161 Promotion of the Humanities: Research;
• 45.163 Promotion of the Humanities: Seminars and Institutes.

45.160 PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

In fiscal year 1999, 2,204 applications were received and 313 awards were made. In fiscal year 2000, it is estimated that 2,210 applications will be received and 315 awards will be made. In fiscal year 2001, it is estimated that 3,550 applications will be received and 682 awards will be made.

45.160 FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO:

Federal Agency:  NATIONAL ENDOWMENT OF THE HUMANITIES, NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

Type of Assistance:  Project Grants (Fellowships).

Obligations:  (Grants) FY 99 $5,608,000; FY 00 est $5,940,000; and FY 01 est $7,185,000.

Budget Account Number:  59-0200-0-1-503.

Authorization:  National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, Public Law 89-209, 20 U.S.C. 951 et seq.

Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature:  45 CFR 1100 and 1105. Applications and guidelines as well as a publication entitled "Overview of Endowment Programs" are available upon request from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Room 409, Washington, DC 20506. Available by subscription from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, is the Endowment's official publication, "Humanities" (six issues annually, $16.00 domestic, $20.00 foreign).

45.160 INFO CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office:  Not applicable.

Headquarters Office:  Fellowships and Stipends, Division of Research, National Endowment for the Humanities, Room 318, Washington, DC 20506. Phone: (202) 606-8466. Use the same number for FTS.

(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)

45.160 ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements:  This program has no statutory formula or matching requirements. Source: Program Guidelines. Contact: See Headquarters Office below.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance:  Fellowships are held from 6 to 12 months, with payment in quarterly installments. Summer Stipends are held for 2 consecutive months, with stipends disbursed in one payment.

Uses and Use Restrictions:  Fellowships and Summer Stipends: Projects may contribute to scholarly knowledge or to the general public's understanding of the humanities. The proposed study or research may be completed during the grant period or it may be part of a longer project. Applications to plan institutional curricula, educational research projects, work in the creative or performing arts, and studies that lack humanities content or methodology are not eligible.

45.160 POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Reports:  A final report is required within 90 days after the end of the tenure period describing the results of the work done during the period of the award.

Audits:  Subject to audit by Endowment auditors or their representatives.

Records:  Not applicable.