Opportunity Information: Apply for 20250625 RQ
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is offering a discretionary grant opportunity titled "Scholarly Editions in American History" (Funding Opportunity Number: 20250625 RQ; CFDA 45.161). This program supports humanities work centered on producing scholarly editions of the papers of American presidents from the Early Republic through the Civil War, specifically covering the years 1797 to 1865. The emphasis is on projects that edit, prepare, and publish presidential papers for a scholarly readership, strengthening access to authoritative documentary records that are foundational for research and teaching in American history.
A defining feature of this opportunity is that it is not open to first-time or early-stage projects. To be eligible, applicants must already have a substantial relationship with NEH funding in this niche: they must have received at least ten years of prior NEH support for projects focused on presidential papers from this same 1797-1865 period. In addition, applicants must show a proven publication track record, meaning they can demonstrate that their project has successfully produced and disseminated presidential papers in forms intended for scholarly audiences. In practice, this frames the program as intended for established editorial enterprises with mature workflows, demonstrated editorial standards, and a history of delivering publishable documentary editions rather than exploratory or start-up efforts.
Eligible applicants span a broad set of U.S. organizations and government entities, including state, county, city or township, and special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education institutions). Awards are issued as grants, and the funding activity category is listed as Humanities, reflecting NEH's mission to support research, preservation, public programming, and scholarly infrastructure in the humanities.
The opportunity has a maximum award amount (ceiling) of $3,000,000, and NEH anticipates making around five awards under this competition. The listed original application closing date is December 31, 2027. The opportunity was created on June 25, 2025. Overall, this grant is best understood as a high-capacity, continuation-oriented funding stream designed to sustain and advance long-running, publication-producing presidential papers projects that already meet rigorous scholarly expectations and have a lengthy NEH-supported history.Apply for 20250625 RQ
- The National Endowment for the Humanities in the humanities sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Scholarly Editions in American History" 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 2025-06-25.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2027-12-31.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $3,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
- 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, Private institutions of higher education.
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