Opportunity Information: Apply for 20161207 RZ
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Collaborative Research Grants program funds interpretive humanities research carried out by teams of two or more scholars working together. The core purpose of the opportunity is to support substantial, humanities-centered inquiry that benefits from collaboration, whether the participants are co-investigators, consultants, or research assistants contributing specialized expertise. Projects can be structured as full-time or part-time efforts and may run for one to three years, allowing teams to plan anything from focused, short-term collaborations to multi-year research agendas with broader scope.
Funding can be used flexibly to cover common research needs associated with collaborative humanities work. This includes paying scholars and project personnel, engaging consultants, supporting research assistants, and covering project-related travel. The program also recognizes that humanities scholarship often depends on access to primary sources and specialized materials, so budgets may include costs tied to archival research, field work, and related travel. In addition, the grant can support technical services and other forms of professional assistance when they are necessary to complete the research and produce usable outcomes, especially for projects that involve complex data, documentation, or dissemination activities.
NEH frames eligibility around three main types of projects. First, it supports research that meaningfully adds to knowledge and understanding of the humanities, emphasizing interpretive contributions rather than purely technical or administrative work. Second, it supports conferences focused on major humanities topics where the gathering is designed to advance scholarly research, such as by shaping a field, identifying new methods, or producing publishable outcomes that others can build on. Third, it supports archaeological projects, with a clear emphasis on interpretation, reuse of existing data where appropriate, and broad dissemination of findings rather than excavation for its own sake. Across these categories, the expectation is that the work will generate results that matter to humanities scholarship and can be communicated beyond the immediate project team.
A key requirement is dissemination: grantees are expected to share the results with appropriate scholarly and public audiences. In practice, this typically means planning tangible outputs such as publications, conference proceedings, digital resources, curated datasets or documentation, public programs, or other research products that make the project accessible and useful to others. The program is designed not only to help teams conduct research, but also to ensure that the knowledge produced circulates in ways that strengthen humanities understanding and engagement.
The opportunity is offered as a discretionary grant under CFDA 45.161. Eligible applicants are broad and include individuals, public and private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations (including both 501(c)(3) and certain non-501(c)(3) nonprofits), and multiple levels of government (state, county, city/township, and special district governments). Federally recognized Native American tribal governments are also eligible to apply. The award ceiling listed for this opportunity is $300,000. The posting identifies the agency as the National Endowment for the Humanities, with an original closing date of December 7, 2016, and a creation date of September 20, 2016.Apply for 20161207 RZ
- The National Endowment for the Humanities in the humanities sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Collaborative Research Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 45.161.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2016-09-20.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-12-07. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $300,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Individuals.
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