2011-12 Pennsylvania Grant & Resource Directory

FEDERAL PROGRAMS
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
www.neh.gov (202) 606-8309 Grants info: http://www.neh.gov/grants/grants.html
GRANT/PROGRAM
Enduring Questions (CFDA No. 45.163) – The Enduring
Questions grant program supports a faculty member’s
development of a new course that will foster intellectual
community through the study of an enduring question. This
course will encourage undergraduate students and a teacher
to grapple with a fundamental question addressed by the
humanities, and to join together in a deep and sustained program
of reading in order to encounter influential thinkers over the
centuries and into the present day.
CONTACT INFO/DEADLINE
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/
EnduringQuestions.html
Fellowships (CFDA No. 45.160) – Fellowships support
individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to
scholars and general audiences in the humanities.
Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital
materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, and
other scholarly tools.
Fellowships support continuous full-time work for a period of
six to 12 months.
Fellowships at Independent Research Institutions (CFDA
No. 45.161) – Grants for Fellowship Programs at Independent
Research Institutions (FPIRI) support fellowships at institutions
devoted to advanced study and research in the humanities. NEH
fellowships provide scholars with research time and access to
resources that might not be available at their home institutions.
Fellowship programs may be administered by independent
centers for advanced study, libraries, and museums in the United
States; American overseas research centers; and organizations
that have expertise in promoting research on foreign cultures.
Individual scholars must apply directly to the institutions
themselves.
Fellowship for Advanced Social Science Research on
Japan (CFDA No. 45.160) – The Fellowship Program for
Advanced Social Science Research on Japan is a joint activity
of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) and the
National Endowment for the Humanities. Awards support
research on modern Japanese society and political economy,
Japan’s international relations, and U.S.-Japan relations. The
program encourages innovative research that puts these subjects
in wider regional and global contexts and is comparative and
contemporary in nature. Research should contribute to scholarly
knowledge or to the general public’s understanding of issues of
concern to Japan and the United States. Appropriate disciplines
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/
fellowships.html
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fpiri.
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http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/
fellowships-japan.html
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