Funding opportunity highlights

About NEH

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the largest funder of humanities programs in the United States, is an independent federal agency created in 1965.

NEH promotes the humanities by supporting humanities projects in four areas: preserving and providing access to cultural resources, education, research and public programs. The grants:

• Strengthen teaching and learning in the humanities in U.S. educational institutions.
• Facilitate research, original scholarship and lifelong learning.
• Preserve and provide cultural and educational resources.

Noteworthy NEH projects

You may be familiar with some of the following NEH projects:

• Treasures of Tutankhamen, an exhibition seen by more than 1.5 million people.
• The Civil War, a documentary by Ken Burns viewed by 38 million Americans.
• Library of America, editions of novels, essays and poems celebrating America’s literary heritage.
• United States Newspaper Project, an effort to catalog and microfilm 63.3 million pages of newspapers dating from the early Republic.
• Fifteen Pulitzer prize-winning books, including those by James M. McPherson, Louis Menand, Joan D. Hedrick and Bernard Bailyn.

For more information about NEH, visit www.neh.gov/.

NEH funding opportunities

For a complete listing of NEH grant opportunities, go to www.neh.fed.us/grants/grantsbydivision.html.

Funding opportunities from the National Science Foundation

Program: Research Experience for Teachers: Supplement Opportunity
Description: Builds collaborative relationships between K-12 science educators and the NSF research community. The supplement generally is limited to $10,000 per teacher. Deadline: Proposals accepted any time.
For more information:www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NSF/OIRM/HQ/05-524/Grant.html

Program: Research Opportunity Award (ROA): Supplement Opportunity
Description: To enhance the research productivity and professional development of science faculty at undergraduate institutions through research activities that enable them to explore the emerging frontiers of science. The supplement generally is limited to $10,000.
Deadline: Proposals accepted any time.
For more information:www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NSF/OIRM/HQ/05-548/Grant.html

Program: Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
Description: Supports the early career-development activities of those teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission of their organization. A total of $85 million is available for up to 400 awards.
Deadline: Proposal deadlines, all in mid-July, vary by discipline.
For more information: www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf05579

Grant opportunities on the Web

• GRC Deadlines is a monthly online publication that lists upcoming deadlines and priorities for federal and private grant and contract competitions. Log-on information is available from on-campus computers at www.uwosh.edu/grants/restricted/aascu_grc_handout.doc or call Linda Freed or Susan Surendonk at ext. 3215.
• SSTI Weekly Digest is a one-stop site for federal funding. It is available free of charge at www.ssti.org/Digest/digform.htm.