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National Endowment for the Humanities

If you are new to NEH and thinking of applying for a federal grant award, start with this question: Is my project in the humanities? According to NEH’s enabling legislation, “the term ‘humanities’ includes, but is not limited to, the study and interpretation of the following: language, both modern and classical; linguistics; literature; history; jurisprudence; philosophy; archaeology; comparative religion; ethics; the history, criticism and theory of the arts; those aspects of social sciences which have hu

If you believe your humanities project merits consideration, please contact NEH (contact information for each grant program is listed in the application guidelines) and talk to a program officer. They can tell you whether your project fits an existing grant program and give you advice on how to approach the application process. NEH staff will also review draft applications in many of its programs (consult grant guidelines for information on how to submit a draft proposal for feedback).