by zarslan in Faculty/Professional Development

NEH Funding Opportunities – Professional Development Programs

Direct an NEH-Funded Professional Development Program

Why direct an NEH Professional Development Program? 

  • Directors help advance scholarship and knowledge in their fields.
  • Directors strengthen teaching and scholarship at the undergraduate and K-12 levels. 
  • Directors join a distinguished roster of NEH Landmarks and Institutes leaders and bring distinction to their home institutions. 
  • Directors work with, and impact, participants from across the country. 

What are Professional Development Programs? 

  • Institutes: One- to four-week professional development programs that convene K-12 educators or higher education faculty from across the nation to deepen and enrich their understanding of significant topics in the humanities and enrich their capacity for effective teaching and scholarship.
  • Landmarks of American History and Culture: One-week professional development programs that situate the study topics and themes in K-12 humanities within sites, areas, or regions of historic and cultural significance. Projects aim to expand participants’ knowledge of and approaches to teaching about diverse histories, cultures, traditions, languages, and perspectives in the United States and its jurisdictions. 
  • New Formats: Now welcoming residential, virtual, and combined format projects.

How do I apply?

  • Optional Draft Deadline: 1.19.22 
  • Application Deadline: 2.22.22
  • Recorded Webinars Available: 12.7.21 (Landmarks) and 12.8.21 (Institutes)
  • Live Q&A Sessions: 1pm Eastern, 1.11.22 (Landmarks) and 12pm Eastern, 1.12.22 (Institutes)

Learn more about these programs at:

Reach out to us at Landmarks@neh.gov or Institutes@neh.gov

Attend an NEH-Funded Professional Development Program

NEH offers tuition-free opportunities for K-12 educators and higher education faculty to study a variety of humanities topics. Stipends of $1,300-$3,450 for residential programs and $650-$1,725 for virtual programs help cover expenses for these one- to four-week programs. 

Applications close on March 1, 2022.

Click here to learn more and explore next summer’s offerings.