NEH Grants: Seeking Applications for Digital Projects for the Public across U.S.

Deadline: 7 June 2017

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is currently accepting applications for its program “Digital Projects for the Public” in order to support projects that cogently interpret and analyze humanities content in formats that will attract broad public audiences.

All Digital Projects for the Public projects should:

• present analysis that deepens public understanding of significant humanities stories and ideas
• incorporate sound humanities scholarship
• involve humanities scholars in all phases of development and production
• include appropriate digital media professionals
• reach a broad public through a realistic plan for development, marketing, and distribution
• create appealing digital formats for the general public
• demonstrate the capacity to sustain themselves

Funding Information

• Discovery grants (for up to $30,000) are designed to fund the exploratory stages of a digital project that bring together experts on the project’s content and media experts to assess the approaches that the project might take.
• Prototyping grants (for up to $100,000) support the creation of a proof-of-concept prototype.
• Production grants (for up to $400,000) support the production and distribution of humanities projects that have a primarily digital format.

Eligibility Criteria

• County governments
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• State governments
• City or township governments
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Private institutions of higher education
• Special district governments

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted online via given website.

Eligible Country: United States

For more information, please visit Grants.gov.