NEH Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions

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; or organizations that have expertise in promoting research on foreign cultures. Applications are due by August 19, 2008.


Individual scholars must apply directly to the institutions themselves. A list of currently funded institutions is available. In evaluating applications from programs at institutions located in the United States, priority is given to those with library holdings, archives, or other special collections—either on-site or nearby—that are available as resources for NEH fellows. American overseas research centers should demonstrate a particular benefit to NEH fellows by virtue of their location and other resources. FPIRI gramts provide funding to programs for humanities fellowships of four to twelve months. Fellowship tenure must be continuous. FPIRI grants support fellowship stipends and standard allowances, as well as a portion of the costs for both publicizing the availability of the fellowships and selecting the fellows. The stipends and allowances for NEH fellows are determined in accordance with an institution's usual practices. However, the maximum amount of NEH funding is $50,400 for a six- to twelve-month fellowship and $25,200 for a four- to five-month fellowship. A grantee institution may supplement the stipends of NEH fellows from its own funds, and fellows may receive additional funds from other sources. NEH fellows must be granted the same benefits, services, and accommodations normally accorded other fellows.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 20080819-RA
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: May 29, 2008
Creation Date: May 29, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: Aug 19, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: Aug 19, 2008
Archive Date: Sep 18, 2008
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)

Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $500,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number: 45.161 -- Promotion of the Humanities_Research
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No


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Institute of Museum and Library Services American Heritage Preservation Grants

Bank of America is partnering with the Institute to provide grants to small museums, libraries, and archives. The grants will raise awareness and fund preservation of treasures held in small museums, libraries and archives. Grants will help to preserve specific items, including works of art, artifacts and historical documents that are in need of conservation. Applicants will build on completed conservation assessments of their collections, to ensure that the Bank of America/IMLS grants are used in accordance with best practices in the field, and underscore the importance of assessment planning.


Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: AHPG-FY09
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Jul 09, 2008
Creation Date: Jul 09, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: Sep 15, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: Sep 15, 2008
Archive Date: Oct 15, 2008
Funding Instrument Type: Grant

Category of Funding Activity: Arts (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)

Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 50
Estimated Total Program Funding: $150,000
Award Ceiling: $3,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number: 45.303 -- Conservation Project Support
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

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Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) Youth-serving Organization Capacity Building

The Corporation for National and Community Service (the Corporation) announces the availability of approximately $3,500,000 for the first year of a three-year grant award to national nonprofit organizations that support youth development through planning, collaboration, and alliance building for youth-serving organizations at the local and regional level, as well as direct programming to help children and youth succeed in school. Activities supported through this competition will advance the Corporation’s strategic goals around supporting youth from disadvantaged circumstances in achieving better outcomes. The Corporation plans to make two awards under this Notice of Funds Availability (Notice). The first award will go to a nonprofit organization that can best advance a national agenda for helping America’s children and youth through mobilization of volunteers and identification of resources to support other youth serving organizations, as outlined in Part 1 of section I.A. of this Notice. The second award will be made to a national nonprofit that can implement a high-quality, innovative, direct service program that brings volunteers and other community resources into local schools on a national scale, as outlined in Part 2 section I.A. of this Notice. The Corporation reserves the right to make more than two awards under this Notice depending on the number and quality of applications received. Applications are due by July 29, 2008.

Eligible Applicants:
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education. Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

Additional Information on Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are national nonprofit organizations (e.g. national intermediaries, associations, alliances, consortia, and networks) and national public charities, faith-based and other community organizations, and national private foundations. For the purposes of this competition, the Corporation defines a national nonprofit organization as an organization that has on-going, demonstrable relationships with youth serving organizations or public school systems in at least two states in each of the five clusters of the country used by the Corporation to organize its field operations. The clusters are: 1) Pacific (AK, CA, HI, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY); 2) Atlantic (NJ, MD, DE, CT, DC, RI, MA, PA, PR/VI, NY, NH, VT, ME); 3) North Central (IL, IN, IA, MI, MN, NB, OH, SD, ND, WI); 4) Southern (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV); and, 5) Southwest (AZ, AR, CO, KS, LA, MO, NM, OK, TX).

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: CNCS-GRANT-062608-001
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Jun 26, 2008
Creation Date: Jun 26, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jul 29, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jul 29, 2008 Please submit an e-mail stating your intent to apply to Youth@cns.gov by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time July 8, 2008. This notice of intent to apply is not required, but helps us better plan the review of the applications. The deadline for applications is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 29, 2008. Applications submitted by hardcopy or fax will not be accepted (see exception to this policy below). Applications must be submitted using e-Grants, the Corporation’s integrated, secure, web-based system for grant application and management. To create and submit an application, access e-Grants at http://www.nationalservice.gov/egrants/ .
Archive Date: Jul 30, 2008
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Community Development, Education, Employment, Labor and Training, Regional Development
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 2
Estimated Total Program Funding: $3,500,000
Award Ceiling: $2,500,000
Award Floor:
CFDA Number: 94.007 -- Planning and Program Development Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

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