Summer Seminars and Institutes for K-12 Educators | 20190221 FV

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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Seminars and Institutes for K-12 Educators grant supports the creation of residential professional-development programs that help school teachers deepen their knowledge of the humanities and strengthen how they bring humanities content into the classroom. These programs run from one to four weeks and are designed to be academically rigorous, closely tied to important texts, artifacts, and other humanities resources, and responsive to current scholarship as well as real classroom needs. The overall aim is to improve the intellectual quality of humanities teaching, encourage thoughtful curriculum connections, and foster long-term communities of educators and scholars who continue exchanging ideas after the summer ends.

The opportunity funds two main program formats, each with a different scale and structure. A Seminar is a small, highly focused experience for about sixteen participants, typically led by one or two established scholars and featuring little to no visiting faculty. Seminars prioritize sustained, close discussion of shared readings and structured conversations about pedagogy, with built-in time for reflection and the development of independent projects, supported by advising from the director(s). An Institute is a larger program for roughly twenty-five to thirty-six participants and is led by a team that usually includes multiple scholars and K-12 education professionals. Institutes generally meet more frequently and for longer sessions each week than seminars, reflecting the broader range of perspectives and expertise involved. They emphasize active exploration of how humanities scholarship connects to teaching practice and often include time for participants to complete individual or collaborative work products.

Programs may be hosted by a range of eligible organizations that can provide an appropriate scholarly setting and space for collegial interaction, including colleges and universities, learned societies, centers for advanced study, libraries or other repositories, cultural or professional organizations, and even school systems. A key requirement is that the program must take place within the United States or its territories, and the host site must be able to support a residential, community-based experience where participants can engage deeply with the topic and one another.

Participation is intended to be open across the full spectrum of K-12 educators, with projects designed to serve one or more grade bands: K-5, 6-8, and/or 9-12. In practice, this means proposed seminars or institutes should be clearly tailored to the educators they intend to serve, both in content and in how the learning experience translates into classroom instruction and curriculum design. Across both formats, NEH emphasizes strong humanities content, excellent models of scholarship and teaching, and meaningful professional growth that extends beyond a single summer through durable networks of inquiry.

From the funding details provided, this is a discretionary grant program (CFDA 45.163) administered by NEH. Eligible applicants include state, county, and local 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 501(c)(3) status (excluding IHEs in that nonprofit category listing). The funding opportunity number is 20190221 FV, the original closing date listed is February 21, 2019, and the maximum award amount shown is $200,000.

• The National Endowment for the Humanities in the humanities sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Summer Seminars and Institutes for K-12 Educators" 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 2018-12-13.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2019-02-21. (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 $200,000.00 in funding.
• 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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