Collaborative Research Grants
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Grant: Collaborative Research Grants
Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Division: Division of Research Programs
Deadline: December 6, 2012
Description: Collaborative Research grants support interpretive humanities research undertaken by a team of two or more scholars. The program supports research projects which include, but are not limited to the following components:
- Research that significantly adds to knowledge and understanding of the humanities.
- Research that uses the knowledge and perspectives of the humanities and historical methods to enhance the understanding of science, technology, medicine and the social sciences.
- Conferences on topics of major importance in the humanities.
- Interpretation and communication of results.
Under this program all grantees are expected to communicate the results of their work to the appropriate scholarly and public audiences, providing an excellent partnership opportunity for stations.
NEH encourages submission of Collaborative Research applications from faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Institutions with High Hispanic Enrollment and Tribal Colleges and Universities.
The Collaborative Research Grant program welcomes projects that respond to NEH's Bridging Cultures initiative. Projects could focus on cultures internationally or within the United States.
Fit for Public Broadcasting: Public broadcasting stations are encouraged to work with an eligible institution or project director to develop a multimedia dissemination plan for the project being considered. NEH is particularly interested in applicants who propose to prepare and disseminate documents that relate to other cultures. Among other criteria, applications will be evaluated on the dissemination and access plans for the project. NEH gives preference to projects that provide free online access to digital materials produced with grant funds, so public broadcasting stations may be able to lend their expertise in this area. Public broadcasting stations with ties to institutions of higher education or museums may be especially able to find a partnership opportunity.
Among previously funded projects, examples include a $129,072 grant to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill for the collection, digitization and online publication of oral histories related to media and civil rights in North Carolina in the 1970s. Additionally, NEH made a $200,000 award to Washington State University for the collection of archival materials and oral histories. The dissemination piece included the creation of a website, as well as writing and preparation for a print publication of a cultural history of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. A full listing of past grantees can be found online, here.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, as well as state, local and federally recognized Indian tribal governments are eligible to apply.
Project directors affiliated with an eligible institution must apply through an institution. Only adjunct faculty, faculty at for-profit institutions and scholars without an institutional affiliation may apply as unaffiliated project directors. Please note, project directors may submit only one application to either the Collaborative Research program or the Scholarly Editions and Translations program, but not both.
Anticipated Funding: Awards are made for a minimum of one year and up to a maximum of three years. Grants typically range from $25,000 to $100,000 per year. Although cost sharing is not required, NEH is rarely able to support the full costs of projects approved for funding. In most cases, NEH Collaborative Research grants cover no more than 80 percent of project costs. The balance of the costs is to be borne by the applicant's institution or other sources.
How to Apply: Applicants can submit drafts of their proposals at least six weeks before the deadline. Submitting a draft proposal enables an applicant to receive staff comments about the substance and format of the application.
Full proposals must be submitted electronically via Grants.gov. Online submission requires registration, a process that usually takes three to five business days but can take as long as four weeks. Be sure to visit Grants.gov and begin registering well in advance of the grant deadline.
Resources:
Program notice
Program website
2010 – 2012 grantees
