Opportunity Information: Apply for 20230201 BH
The Landmarks of American History and Culture grant is a discretionary funding opportunity from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), specifically through its Division of Education Programs. Its purpose is to support the design and delivery of one-week workshops that help educators and other humanities professionals use place-based teaching to bring the humanities to life. In practice, the program funds workshops that center on historically and culturally significant locations around the United States, using those sites as anchors for deeper learning in fields like history, literature, cultural studies, and related humanities disciplines. Workshops may be offered in residential formats, fully virtual formats, or a combined (hybrid) approach, allowing applicants to choose the structure that best fits their topic, audience, and logistical realities.
The intended participants include K-12 educators, faculty in higher education, and humanities professionals, with the overarching goal of improving how they incorporate local and national landmarks, primary sources, and regional context into humanities instruction and public-facing humanities work. By focusing on specific places and the stories embedded in them, the program aims to strengthen content knowledge, enrich teaching practices, and promote more engaging and grounded learning experiences that connect scholarship to real-world settings.
Eligible applicants are broad and include many types of public and nonprofit organizations that can credibly plan and host these workshops. Eligibility includes state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; and nonprofit organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status (excluding colleges and universities when applying under the nonprofit category). This mix signals that NEH expects proposals from universities, museums, historical societies, cultural organizations, tribal entities, and governmental partners that have strong ties to significant sites and the capacity to convene participants for intensive professional learning.
For this specific funding cycle, the opportunity number is 20230201 BH under CFDA 45.163, categorized under Humanities (often grouped with cultural affairs). The announcement was created on November 4, 2022, with an original application deadline of February 1, 2023. Individual awards could be as large as $190,000, and NEH anticipated making about 13 awards. Overall, the grant is geared toward well-organized projects that can deliver a high-quality, place-centered, humanities-rich workshop experience and generate meaningful impacts on how educators and humanities professionals teach and interpret American history and culture.Apply for 20230201 BH
- The National Endowment for the Humanities in the humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Landmarks of American History and Culture" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 45.163.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 04, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 01, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $190,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 13 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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Landmarks of American History and Culture Grant (NEH) - FAQs
What is the Landmarks of American History and Culture grant?
The Landmarks of American History and Culture grant is a discretionary funding opportunity from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) through its Division of Education Programs. It supports the design and delivery of one-week workshops that use place-based teaching to bring humanities topics to life.
What is the main purpose of this grant program?
The program is designed to fund one-week, humanities-rich workshops that are anchored in historically and culturally significant locations in the United States. The goal is to help educators and humanities professionals deepen their content knowledge and strengthen how they teach and interpret American history and culture using landmarks, primary sources, and regional context.
What types of projects does the program fund?
The program funds the creation and delivery of one-week workshops centered on significant sites and places around the United States. These workshops use those sites as the foundation for deeper learning in humanities fields such as history, literature, cultural studies, and related disciplines.
How long are the supported workshops?
The grant specifically supports one-week workshops.
Where are the workshops expected to focus?
Workshops are expected to focus on historically and culturally significant locations around the United States, using those places as anchors for place-based humanities learning and interpretation.
What is place-based teaching in the context of this program?
Within this program, place-based teaching means using specific landmarks or culturally significant locations as the organizing center of the workshop. The site becomes a starting point for exploring humanities themes through regional context, primary sources, and the stories embedded in the place.
What subject areas are a fit for this grant?
The opportunity is oriented toward humanities disciplines, including history, literature, cultural studies, and related humanities fields, especially when those disciplines can be explored through a landmark or significant cultural site.
Who are the intended participants in these workshops?
Intended participants include K-12 educators, faculty in higher education, and other humanities professionals.
What outcomes does NEH want these workshops to achieve?
The program aims to improve how participants incorporate local and national landmarks, primary sources, and regional context into humanities instruction and public-facing humanities work. It is intended to strengthen content knowledge, enrich teaching practices, and promote engaging learning grounded in real-world settings.
Are workshops required to be in-person?
No. Workshops may be offered in a residential (in-person) format, fully virtual format, or a combined hybrid approach. Applicants can choose the structure that best fits their topic, intended audience, and logistics.
What does "residential" mean for this program?
Residential refers to an in-person workshop format where participants convene on-site (typically connected to the featured landmark or location) for the duration of the one-week program.
Can an organization propose a fully virtual workshop?
Yes. The program allows fully virtual workshops, as well as residential and hybrid formats.
Can an organization propose a hybrid workshop?
Yes. The program allows a combined (hybrid) approach, enabling applicants to blend in-person and virtual components if that best fits the project.
Who is eligible to apply for this grant?
Eligible applicants include a broad range of public and nonprofit organizations, including state governments; county governments; city or township governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; and nonprofit organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status (with an important limitation noted for nonprofits, described in the next question).
Are nonprofits eligible, and are there any restrictions?
Yes. Nonprofit organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status are eligible. However, colleges and universities are excluded when applying under the nonprofit category (institutions of higher education are listed separately as eligible applicants).
Are institutions of higher education eligible?
Yes. Both public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education are eligible.
Are tribal governments eligible to apply?
Yes. Federally recognized Native American tribal governments are eligible applicants.
Are local and state government entities eligible?
Yes. Eligibility includes state governments, county governments, city or township governments, and special district governments.
What kinds of organizations does NEH expect to apply?
Based on the stated eligibility and program purpose, NEH expects proposals from organizations such as universities, museums, historical societies, cultural organizations, tribal entities, and government partners that have strong ties to significant sites and the capacity to host an intensive professional learning workshop.
What is the opportunity number for this specific funding cycle?
The opportunity number is 20230201 BH.
What is the CFDA number for this program?
The CFDA number listed for this opportunity is 45.163.
How is this opportunity categorized?
The opportunity is categorized under Humanities (often grouped with cultural affairs).
When was this announcement created?
The announcement was created on November 4, 2022.
What was the application deadline for this cycle?
The original application deadline for this cycle was February 1, 2023.
What is the maximum award amount?
Individual awards could be as large as $190,000.
How many awards did NEH anticipate making?
NEH anticipated making about 13 awards for this funding cycle.
What does NEH mean by a "high-quality" workshop for this grant?
Based on the opportunity description, a high-quality workshop is one that is well-organized, humanities-rich, and strongly place-centered, using historically and culturally significant locations as anchors and producing meaningful impacts on how participants teach and interpret American history and culture.
What makes a workshop "place-centered" under this program?
A place-centered workshop is organized around a specific landmark or culturally significant location and uses that place, its historical context, and associated primary sources to drive deeper humanities learning and interpretation.
Is this a discretionary funding opportunity?
Yes. The Landmarks of American History and Culture grant is described as a discretionary funding opportunity from NEH.
Which NEH office administers this program?
This grant is offered through the NEH Division of Education Programs.
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