Deadline: 12 August 2019
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)’s Division of Education Programs is offering a fifteen-month cooperative agreement to a qualified organization to:
- host two national convenings with the goal of assessing the state of, and best practices in, the teaching of American history, civics, and government in K-12 education;
- publish a report to disseminate the convenings’ findings, including a national forum in Washington D.C. to launch the report and
- implement a robust national publicity strategy to the education community and general public.
This opportunity is offered in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education’s American History and Civics Education—National Activities program.
The goal of the project will be to highlight innovative evidence-based approaches, learning strategies, and professional development, with an emphasis on activities and programs that benefit low-income and underserved populations.
The convenings will bring together roughly 20-30 non-federal national leaders, researchers, and practitioners from educational institutions, and non-profit and for-profit organizations, and should serve as a forum to share ideas and solutions. They will also offer opportunities to analyze gaps in the field expressed by practitioners, experts, and scholars, and to facilitate a national conversation about literacy in American history and civics. Approximately 50 federal staff members will also attend the convenings. The national forum will include up to 300 attendees, including the national convening participants.
Funding Information
- NEH will award one cooperative agreement of up to $650,000.
- The period of performance is October 1, 2019 through December 31, 2020. The first convening must be held no later than February 14, 2020. The second convening must be held no later than March 31, 2020.
- An eligible institution may submit only one application.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include institutions of higher education and U.S. nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status with demonstrated expertise in the development of evidence-based approaches with the potential to improve the quality of American history, civics and government, or geography teaching and learning.
- Eligible organizations must have proven subject matter expertise in American history, civics, and government and experience in coordinating national convenings.
- Individuals and foreign and for-profit entities are not eligible to apply.
- Individuals may not simultaneously hold a NEH award for individuals and serve as a project director in this program.
- Applications must be complete, must observe the specified page limits, and must be received and validated by Grants.gov under the correct funding opportunity number to be considered under this notice.
- NEH generally does not make awards to other federal entities or to applicants whose projects are so closely intertwined with a federal entity that the project takes on characteristics of the federal entity’s own authorized activities. This does not preclude applicants from using award funds from, or sites and materials controlled by, other federal entities in their projects.
- NEH will not review late, incomplete, or ineligible applications.
How to Apply
Application will consist of four forms that are available with the Grants.gov application package.
For more information, please visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=318348