NEH Fellowships
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Individual stipends of up to $60,000 ($5,000/month for six to twelve months) for scholars to complete humanities books, articles, critical editions or digital scholarship. Paid directly to the applicant, not the institution.
- Indicative award
- up to $60k stipend (stipend)Maximum $60,000, calculated at $5,000 per month for six to twelve months. No published minimum; shorter tenures receive proportionally less.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · AprNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The 2026 cycle opened March 2, 2026 and closed April 22, 2026; the page states the deadline for this cycle has passed. Notification January 31, 2027. Next cycle dates not yet published, but the competition has run annually in April.
- Who can apply
- Postdoctoral, Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Individual scholars, including independent and junior scholars with no institutional affiliation required. The 2026 competition accepted only projects in American history and culture or Western civilization, which excludes much comparative or contemporary social welfare research.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- humanities research · historical scholarship · book projects
- Apply at
- https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/fellowships
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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