NEH Summer Stipends

Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advance research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both.

Eligible projects usually result in articles, monographs, books, digital materials and publications, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources.

Summer Stipends support continuous full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two consecutive months.

Summer Stipends support projects at any stage of development.

Website: NEH Summer Stipends

This is a limited submission whereby Colby is limited to nominating up to two faculty each year. The deadlines below are applicable for projects starting as early as May the following year.

STEP 1: Send an email to the Grants Office ([email protected]) stating your interest in applying along with a brief (one paragraph) description of how the Summer Stipend will be used.

Deadline: August 20

STEP 2: The Provost’s office will evaluate the statements of interest and choose up to two nominations based on the following criteria:

1. Best fit with the NEH Summer Stipend guidelines;

2. The intellectual significance of the proposed project;

3. The likelihood that the applicant will complete the project;

4. Whether an applicant or department has had the opportunity to apply in the past.

Deadline: August 27

STEP 3: The faculty chosen for nomination will be notified by the Office of the Provost and Dean of Faculty.

Deadline: August 31

STEP 1: Review the Summer Stipends Guidelines found under Guideline Resources at the NEH Summer Stipends website.

Begin to prepare your application.

STEP 2: To submit the application to NEH, you need to create a Grants.gov account as an individual, and this must be done at least two weeks before the submission deadline since it takes time to process the registration.

Please contact the Grants office ([email protected]) if you have any questions.

Deadline: two weeks prior to NEH submission deadline.

STEP 3: Two references are required for the application and their emails need to part of the initial submission. Enter only one email address for each recommender. NEH will contact these references directly. The deadline for the references to respond to NEH is in mid-October. The exact date will be listed in the Summer Stipend Guidelines. This is crucial for the application to be fully considered. You can monitor the status of your letters of recommendations to ensure the letters are being uploaded by the deadline (see NEH Summer Stipend Guidelines).

STEP 4: As part of the application, list the Provost as the “nominating official.” NEH will directly contact the Provost who will formally nominate via the NEH on–line system. The deadline for the Provost to respond to NEH is in mid-October. The exact date will be listed in the Summer Stipend Guidelines. This is crucial for the application to be fully considered.

STEP 5: Submit the application on or before the deadline. Please contact the Grants office ([email protected]) if you have any questions or would like us to review your application.

Deadline: Check the NEH Summer Stipends website for exact deadline date and time.

Award Notices

NEH will notify applicants of the results of their applications by email in March.

Award Conditions

Before submitting an application, applicants should review the NEH Research Misconduct Policy.

Reporting Requirements

A final performance report will be due within ninety days after the award ending date. A final financial report is not required.