Vice President for Research

NEH was founded to support humanities scholarship. Founded in 1965, the NEH has promoted a simple ideal that resonates across time: “Democracy demands wisdom.”

  Consistent with this mission, the NEH has released a new grant focused on the “State and Impact of the Humanities.” The program aims to expand our understanding of the role that the humanities play in private, public, and scholarly life by supporting data-grounded research studies that investigate the state, impact, and value of the humanities in the United States.  You can read more about it here. You can watch a webinar about it here.

  Maximum award amount:

Level 1: Up to $75,000 Level 2: Up to $150,000   Expected Output:

Meeting proceedings; Documentation; Data Sets; Peer-reviewed Research; Reports; Toolkits; Conference Presentations; Public-facing publications   Period of performance:

Level 1: Up to 12 months, Level 2: Up to 24 months   Deadline:

April 16, 2025   In addition to this new program, please note other approaching deadlines such as:

  April 9^th, 2025: NEH Fellowship

April 23^rd, 2025: Fellowship for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan

May 22^nd, 2025: Digital Humanities Advancement Grants

August 6^th, 2025: Public Scholars

September 24^th, 2025: Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research

  Programs aside, NEH has launched multiple initiatives to encourage thematic research. As the 250^th anniversary of our country draws near, the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, created by Congress, wants to encourage projects exploring America’s story.