Funder: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Due Dates: February 12, 2025 (Current Closing Date)
Funding Amounts: Estimated total program funding $2,500,000; individual awards up to $190,000
Summary: Supports one-week residential, virtual, and hybrid workshops to help K-12 educators, higher education faculty, and humanities professionals incorporate place-based approaches in humanities teaching and scholarship.
Key Information: No cost sharing required; supports up to 15 awards nationwide; eligible applicants include nonprofits, government entities, and higher education institutions.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Education Programs invites applications for the Landmarks of American History and Culture program. This program funds a series of one-week workshops—offered in residential, virtual, or combined formats—across the United States. The goal is to enhance how K-12 educators, higher education faculty, and humanities professionals integrate place-based learning approaches into their teaching and scholarship in the humanities.
Workshops focus on exploring American history and culture through direct engagement with significant landmarks and resources, encouraging participants to incorporate these place-based experiences into their curricula and research. The program supports professional development that fosters innovative humanities education and scholarship grounded in local and national historical contexts.
Eligible applicants include:
Applicants should refer to the full Notice of Funding Opportunity for detailed eligibility criteria.
Applicants must submit proposals through the official grants portal by the deadline. The program does not require cost sharing or matching funds. Proposals should clearly outline plans for conducting one-week workshops that incorporate place-based humanities education and detail how the program will benefit educators and humanities professionals.
The Landmarks of American History and Culture program is part of NEH’s broader Division of Education Programs, which supports humanities education through curriculum development and professional development opportunities for K-12 and higher education faculty. The division also supports integrative curricular projects and veterans-centered humanities programs.
For more information about the program and other education initiatives, visit the NEH Division of Education Programs page.
| Contact | Details |
|---|---|
| Agency | National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) |
| Division | Division of Education Programs |
| Address | 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20506 |
| landmarks@neh.gov | |
| Phone | (202) 606-8500 |
| General NEH Contact | info@neh.gov |