Funding Opportunity for

Organizations

Awards for Faculty Institutional Support – HBCUs and TCUs

Maximum award amount

$2,500 per month (fixed rate full-time equivalent), up to $30,000 (dependent on the NEH Awards for Faculty fellow’s work plan and period of performance)

Expected Output

The hiring of replacement instructors to teach specific humanities courses; stipends for faculty or staff (other than the Awards for Faculty fellow) for additional teaching or administrative responsibilities during the period of performance; the hiring of replacement staff for administrative duties in support of the humanities (such as undergraduate advising or chairing of a department).  

Period of performance

Up to 24 months

The Awards for Faculty Institutional Support – HBCUs and TCUs Program is a limited competition designed to support institutions that have one or more faculty or staff member(s) who have been awarded one of the following NEH awards for individuals in federal fiscal year 2025:    

This program strengthens the capacity of HBCUs and TCUs to support humanities research on their campuses by providing funding to offset costs associated with the Awards for Faculty fellow’s temporary leave or reduced course load. Funds may be used to hire replacement instructors for humanities courses that the Awards for Faculty fellow would normally teach. If the fellow’s regular duties include administrative roles for which they receive a course release (such as undergraduate advising or chairing a humanities department), funds may also be used to offset those costs. 

This program utilizes a streamlined application process. There are two proposal deadlines per year: February 3, 2025 and May 1, 2025. 

NEH will provide funding at a fixed rate of $2,500 per month (full-time equivalent), up to $30,000. The fixed rate is pro-rated to correspond to the Awards for Faculty fellow’s NEH period of performance and regular institutional load.  

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