Grants to direct NEH summer programs

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ANNOUNCING:
National Endowment for the Humanities (U.S.A.)
Applications to Conduct an NEH Summer Program in Summer 2008

Each summer the National Endowment for the Humanities supports faculty 
development through residential projects:  2-6 week Seminars and 
Institutes and 1-week Landmarks of American History and Culture 
Workshops. These projects are designed to provide American teachers 
with the opportunity for intensive study of important texts and topics 
in the humanities.  

SEMINARS AND INSTITUTES

Application Deadline is March 1, 2007 (receipt)
Seminars and institutes foster excellent teaching by encouraging 
collegial discussion of humanities topics within close-knit scholarly 
communities.  They also promote active scholarship in the humanities 
in ways suited to teachers at all levels from grade school through 
college.  Participants have called the seminars and institutes life 
changing experiences.  They often note that they view the host 
institution as an important resource for future scholarly endeavors 
for themselves and for their students.  The application guidelines for 
projects to be held in 2008 are posted on the NEH website at: 
<www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/seminars.html> (for school teachers and 
college/university teachers). 

LANDMARKS OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE
Application Deadline is March 15, 2007 (receipt)
These grant opportunities are part of the "We the People" initiative, 
which is designed to enhance the teaching, study, and understanding of 
American history and culture. Landmarks of American History and 
Culture workshops bring groups of K-12 teachers or community college 
faculty together for intensive, one-week, residence-based workshops at 
or near significant American sites. Eligible applicants include 
museums, libraries, cultural and learned societies, state humanities 
councils, colleges and universities, schools and school districts. 
Collaborative programs are encouraged. The application guidelines for 
projects to be held in 2008 will be posted on the NEH website 
shortly.  In the meantime, we suggest that you refer to last year’s 
guidelines which are on the NEH website at: 
<www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/landmarks.html> (for school teachers) 
or <www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/landmarkscc.html> (for community 
college faculty). 

Now is the time to draft a proposal or to contact a colleague whom you 
think might be interested in developing a project.  We strongly 
recommend that you work with one of the program officers listed 
below:  

Thomas Adams              202-606-8396  tadams at neh.gov
Douglas Arnold              202-606-8225  darnold at neh.gov
Barbara Ashbrook          202-606-8388  bashbrook at neh.gov
Sonia Feigenbaum         202-606-8490  sfeigenbaum at neh.gov
Gary Henrickson            202-606-8241  ghenrickson at neh.gov
Judith Jeffrey Howard    202-606-8398  jhoward at neh.gov
Julia Nguyen                  202-606-8213  jnguyen at neh.gov 
Robert Sayers                202-606-8215  rsayers at neh.gov

Program staff can answer questions, provide samples of successful 
applications, and comment on an informal draft.  Staff can help 
anticipate questions that are likely to arise in the review process.

Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov.  
Institutions must register with Grants.gov, a process which usually 
takes about two weeks.  

We look forward to working with you.

Julia Nguyen
jnguyen at neh.gov

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