Collaborative Research | 20201202 RZ

Opportunity Information: Apply for 20201202 RZ

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), through its Division of Research Programs, is offering the Collaborative Research grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number 20201202 RZ). This discretionary grant program is designed to fund teams of two or more scholars who are working together to advance humanistic knowledge. The central idea is to support research efforts that benefit from sustained collaboration, whether that collaboration happens within a single humanities field or crosses into multiple disciplines. While partnerships that include researchers from the natural sciences and social sciences are explicitly encouraged, every proposed project must still be grounded in and driven by significant humanities questions.

Projects supported under this program can take several forms, reflecting different stages and outputs of collaborative scholarship. Funding can be used for convenings that bring project members together to plan and coordinate work, for research activities that generate new findings or interpretations, for manuscript preparation aimed at producing collaborative publications, and for the creation of scholarly digital projects. In practice, that means applicants might propose anything from a co-authored book or article series to a structured research collaboration that culminates in a digital scholarly resource, provided the project contributes meaningfully to humanities research and interpretation.

The grant is classified under the Humanities funding activity category (CFDA/Assistance Listing 45.161). The maximum award amount (ceiling) is $250,000, and NEH anticipated making about 20 awards under this specific competition cycle. The opportunity was created on September 23, 2020, with an original application closing date of December 2, 2020.

Eligibility is broad and includes multiple types of organizations that can administer federal grants. Eligible applicants include state, county, city or township, and special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; and nonprofit organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions within that nonprofit category). Overall, the program targets institutional applicants capable of supporting collaborative teams and managing the administrative responsibilities of a federal research grant, while keeping the program focus squarely on producing high-quality, collaborative humanities scholarship.

• The National Endowment for the Humanities in the humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Collaborative Research" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 45.161.
• This funding opportunity was created on Sep 23, 2020.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 02, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $250,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 20 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.

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