Summer Seminars and Institutes

The summary for the Summer Seminars and Institutes Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Summer Seminars and Institutes
	CFDA Number:	45.163
	CFDA Description:	Promotion of the Humanities_Professional Development
	Federal Agency Name:	National Endowment for the Humanities
	Category of Funding Activity:	Humanities
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	20070301-FS
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Nov 30, 2006
	Creation Date:	Nov 28, 2006
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Mar 01, 2007
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Mar 31, 2007
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$200,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: County governments Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education State governments Private institutions of higher education Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Independent school districts City or township governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Special district governments
Additional Information on Eligibility: Information not provided
Grant Description: These grants support national faculty development programs in the humanities for school teachers, and for college and university teachers. Seminars and institutes may be as short as two weeks or as long as six weeks. The duration of a program should allow for full and thorough treatment of the topic. Summer seminars and institutes: * extend and deepen knowledge and understanding of the humanities by focusing on significant topics, texts, and issues; * enhance the intellectual vitality and professional development of participants; * build a community of inquiry and provide models of excellent scholarship and teaching; and * promote effective links between teaching and research in the humanities; Seminars and institutes may be hosted by colleges, universities, school systems, learned societies, centers for advanced study, libraries or other repositories, and cultural or professional organizations. The host site must be appropriate for the project, providing facilities for scholarship and collegial interaction.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/seminars.html http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/seminars.html
Grant Announcement Contact: Division of Education Programs
National Endowment for the Humanities
Room 302
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20506
202-606-8463 sem-inst@neh.gov sem-inst@neh.gov
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