Funder: National Endowment for the Humanities
Due Dates: November 10, 2026 (Live Q&A) | December 16, 2026 (Application deadline, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time)
Funding Amounts: Planning: up to $75,000 for up to 24 months; Implementation: up to $500,000 for 12–48 months; Chairman’s Special Awards: up to $2,000,000
Summary: Supports public exhibitions, historic place interpretation, and lectures and discussions grounded in humanities scholarship.
Key Information: Outside humanities scholars must participate in all project phases and provide letters of commitment.
Description
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Lifelong Learning supports projects that bring humanities ideas, insights, and great works to general audiences in non-classroom settings in the United States. Projects must use sound scholarship and an analytical approach to explore significant themes, deepen public understanding, and encourage dialogue. Funding supports exhibitions, long-term interpretation at historic places, and public lectures and discussion forums.
For 2027, NEH welcomes work on Western civilization and America’s place in it; great works of literature, history, philosophy, and theology and their contemporary relevance; the American Revolution’s 250th anniversary; civic education; civil discourse; cultural literacy; and close reading. Lectures and discussion forums must address one of these areas. Exhibitions and historic place projects may seek Planning or Implementation funding; lectures and forums receive Implementation support only.
