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Julia Nguyen Senior Program Officer Division of Education Programs 202-606-8213

Julia Nguyen Senior Program Officer Division of Education Programs 202-606-8213 jnguyen@neh.gov. Visit our website: www.neh.gov www.neh.gov. www.neh.gov/explore. Humanities Magazine. Organization of the NEH.

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Julia Nguyen Senior Program Officer Division of Education Programs 202-606-8213

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  1. Julia Nguyen Senior Program Officer Division of Education Programs 202-606-8213 jnguyen@neh.gov

  2. Visit our website: www.neh.gov www.neh.gov

  3. www.neh.gov/explore

  4. Humanities Magazine

  5. Organization of the NEH

  6. Expand scholarly and public discussion of diverse countries, peoples, and cultural and intellectual traditions worldwide. Gain a deeper understanding of our own rich and varied cultural heritage, as well as the history and culture of other nations Investigate how Americans have approached and attempted to surmount cultural divides; examine the ideals of civility and civic discourse that have informed this quest.

  7. How can I find NEH grant opportunities?

  8. Division of Education Programs Grants to strengthen teaching and learning in the humanities in schools and colleges across the nation

  9. Division of Education Programs grants

  10. NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes • Intensive two-to-five week programs that reach a national audience of college and university faculty or school teachers • Collegial study of significant texts and topics in the humanities • Use the academic resources of libraries, museums, and cultural sites • March 4, 2014: • Apply to attend a summer 2014 project • Apply to direct a summer 2015 project

  11. Summer Seminars and Institutes • Can be held in the US or abroad • Can require language proficiency • Areas of special emphasis: • foreign language projects designed to strengthen instruction at the advanced level through the use of humanistic sources • projects intended primarily for community-college faculty • projects that respond to NEH's Bridging Cultures initiative

  12. Examples of NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes • http://www.neh.gov/divisions/education/summer-programs Encountering Brazil through its Contemporary Urban Literature (Brazil) Italy in the Age of the Risorgimento - New Perspectives(Italy) India’s Past and the Making of the Present (India)

  13. Searching the funded projects database https://securegrants.neh.gov/publicquery/main.aspx

  14. Visit our website: www.neh.gov www.neh.gov

  15. Humanities Initiatives at HSIs, TCUs, HBCUs • Deadline: June 2014 • Grant Amount: Up to $100,000 • Duration: 12 to 36 months • Designed to improve humanities instruction

  16. Some types of supported activities • Faculty development study series • Curriculum development • Summer bridge programs • Creation of curricular materials • Collaborations with other institutions (museums, etc.) • Areas of emphasis • Humanities connections to professional fields • Foreign languages • Bridging Cultures

  17. Sample Grant: Creating a New Minor in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at CSU-Northridge • Workshop with language experts and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies faculty/program directors from Southern California. • Second workshop brings representatives from local Muslim and Middle Eastern organizations to campus to offer their perspectives. • Faculty create new courses on topics such as Arabic, Sufism, and women in Islamic literature.

  18. Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges RFP • Grants of up to $120,000 to improve humanities education at community colleges • Community colleges partner with other orgs. • August 2014 deadline

  19. NEH THINKING THROUGH CULTURAL DIVERSITY SUMMER SYMPOSIUM Thinking Through Cultural Diversity:  Bridging Cultural Differences in Asian Traditions Dates: July 12-20, 2012Location:  East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii

  20. NEH Challenge Grants • Support long-term or permanent endeavors • May be invested in endowments or spend-down funds • Challenge grants are all matching funds • Next deadline: May 2014

  21. What can challenge grants be used for? • Direct acquisitions of equipment, computer hardware and software, bibliographic collections • Endowments for faculty and staff positions, fellowships, research funds, library acquisitions funds, computer upgrades and maintenance funds • Development and fundraising costs • Renovation or construction

  22. Digital Humanities • New methods of conducting humanities research, conceptualizing relationships, presenting scholarship • Focus on use of digital technologies to explore humanities subjects; impact of digital technologies on the humanities; digitization of important materials.

  23. The NEH Grant Review Process Peer Review Panels: Invited scholars and experts review applications and identify exemplary proposals National Council for the Humanities: Review and Recommend Chairman: Funding decisions based on recommendations of panelists, staff, and Council

  24. Remember … Outstanding humanities subjects, texts, scholars, and scholarship are at the center of all successful NEH grants

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