APPLICATION

Applications for the Summer 2024 Institute are no longer open for submission.

Applicants will be notified of decisions on April 5, 2024.

The Institute is designed to foster robust contributions of narratives of landscapes in scholarship and teaching of history broadly as well as responding to a demand for humanities scholars to develop spatial literacy. The selection committee is searching for a diverse community of scholars and teachers in higher education representing a vibrant mix of disciplinary areas, institutional types, and regional representation. Experience will also be considered, as the committee will seek to select senior professors and emerging scholars, while also reserving four spots for non-tenure-track/adjunct faculty and up to two advanced graduate students. Participants will be selected on the competitive strengths of their applications.

Please note the following:

  • Applicants will be notified of decisions on April 5, 2024.

  • Prospective participants will be required to accept or decline offers by April 19, 2024.

STIPEND, TENURE, AND CONDITIONS OF AWARD

Each participant will receive a stipend according to the duration of the Seminar or Institute. The stipend for this three-week institute is $2,850.00. The stipend is intended to help cover travel, housing, meals, and basic academic expenses. Stipends are taxable. 

Project applicants who accept an offer to participate are expected to remain during the entire period of the program and to participate in its work on a full-time basis. If a participant is obliged through special circumstances to depart before the end of the program, it shall be the recipient institution’s responsibility to see that only a pro-rata share of the stipend is received or that the appropriate pro-rata share of the stipend is returned if the participant has already received the full stipend.

Once an applicant has accepted an offer to attend any NEH Summer Program (Seminar, Institute, or Landmark), they may not accept an additional offer or withdraw in order to accept a different offer.

Participants will be required to submit a project evaluation at the end of the Summer Institute.

ELIGIBILITY

Participant eligibility criteria are determined by NEH. Please click here for a full statement on eligibility criteria from the NEH.

PARTICIPANT EXPECTATIONS

Participant expectations are determined by NEH. Please click here to review them.

PRINCIPLES OF CIVILITY

All Summer Institutes are bound by the NEH Principles of Civility. Please click here to review them.

SELECTION CRITERIA

The selection committee will be directed to select a diverse community of committed academics representing a vibrant mix of disciplinary areas, institutional types, and regional representation. A selection committee, comprised of the project co-directors and two visiting scholars, will evaluate all complete applications to select a group of participants and identify alternates.

The selection committee will consider:

  • Experience, effectiveness and commitment as a scholar and educator;

  • Intellectual interests and pursuits as they relate to the topic of the Institute;

  • Perspectives, skills, or experiences that one may contribute to the curriculum development work;

Additional Considerations:

  • HBCU, HSI, and tribal college faculty strongly encouraged to apply

  • Up to 4 Institute spaces will be reserved for non-tenured/non-tenure-track faculty to participate

  • Up to 2 spaces will be reserved for graduate students to participate

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Prior to applying to a specific seminar or institute, please study the project website and carefully consider the project’s requirements. A complete application consists of the following items:

  • The Application Form

  • A Curriculum Vitae (up to/not exceeding 3 pages)

  • A Copy of a Syllabus (from a course you are currently teaching or have taught in the past)

The materials above must be submitted via the Dumbarton Oaks Embark system. To access Embark, click the link below, register for an account, and create a new NEH Summer Institute application.

IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES

Applicants will be notified of their status by April 5, 2024.

Prospective participants will be required to accept or decline offers by April 19, 2024.

EEO STATEMENT

Endowment programs do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age. For further information, write to the Equal Opportunity Officer, National Endowment for the Humanities, 400 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024. TDD: 202-606-8282 (this is a special telephone device for the Deaf).

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