Funding Opportunity for

Organizations

State and Jurisdictional Humanities Councils General Operating Support Grants

This program provides general operating support grants to humanities councils in the United States and its jurisdictions. State and jurisdictional humanities councils tailor their grantmaking and programs to the needs, resources, and interests of their state or jurisdiction, while also extending the reach of NEH-funded projects and further strengthening the agency’s connection to local communities. NEH determines annual funding for each state and jurisdictional humanities council according to a legislatively mandated formula.

What’s new and reminders:

  • Please follow the guidance in the Notice of Funding Opportunity for completing the SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance - Short Organizational, including the guidance provided for writing your project description under “Project Information.”
  • Effective January 2022, state and jurisdictional humanities councils must submit the SF-424A: Budget Information with the General Operating Support Grant application. Instructions for completing the form are available in the Notice of Funding Opportunity. 

Next

Application Instructions

Review the application package and required supplementary materials

Read the Notice of Funding Opportunity and study the application package and required supplementary materials.

Application Materials

Notice of Funding Opportunity, 2026 (PDF)

General Application Guide for Awards to Organizations

Grants.gov application package

Policy on the Use of Artificial Intelligence for NEH Grant Proposals

Verify your registrations

Confirm that your SAM registration is current and verify your access to Grants.gov.

Complete your application package

Follow the instructions in the Notice of Funding Opportunity and Grants.gov.

Submit your application package on Grants.gov

You will receive a confirmation from Grants.gov when you’ve successfully submitted your application. Subsequently, you will receive up to five more notices confirming different stages in the application process. Verify that you have received all confirmations. Note that email filters may send these messages to your spam or junk folder.

Verify you have received email messages from Grants.gov

After you submit your application, Grants.gov will send you up to five e-mail messages confirming receipt of your application. These messages represent different stages in the application acceptance process. You should verify that you have received all confirmation messages. Please note that email filters may send these messages to your spam or junk folder.