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NEH-funded institutes are professional development programs that gather higher education faculty from across the nation to deepen their understanding of significant topics in the humanities and enrich their capacity for effective scholarship and teaching. Participants will receive a certificate upon completion of the program, but programs are not intended to duplicate graduate-level courses.

DEADLINES:

The application deadline is MARCH 5, 2025.

Applicants will be notified on APRIL 2, 2025.

Selected applicants must accept or decline by APRIL 16, 2025.

Notice to Early-Career Professionals

We will reserve 20 percent of available spaces for early-career (those who have been teaching for three years or fewer), nontenured, and non-tenure track educators. We also will reserve 10 percent of available spaces for advanced graduate students (those who have reached candidacy in a doctoral program or are in the final year of a terminal degree program).

You are eligible if you:

Are a United States citizen, including those teaching abroad at U.S. chartered institutions and schools operated by the federal government
Are a resident of U.S. jurisdictions
Are a foreign national who has been residing in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the three years immediately preceding the application deadline

You are not eligible if you:

Are a foreign national teaching abroad
Are related to the project director(s)
Are affiliated with the applicant institution (employees, currently enrolled students, etc.)
Have been taught or advised in an academic capacity by the project director(s)
Are delinquent in the repayment of federal debt (taxes, student loans, child support payments, and delinquent payroll taxes for household or other employees)
Have been debarred or suspended by any federal department or agency
Have attended a previous NEH professional development project (Seminars, Landmarks, or Institutes) led by the project director(s)

Other Eligibility Considerations

The NEH does not require participants to have earned an advanced degree.

In any given year, an individual may attend only one Institute or Landmarks workshop.

J1 and F1 visa holders should confer with their sponsoring institution regarding their eligibility to receive a stipend from another institution.

To be considered for selection, applicants must submit a complete application as indicated on the individual project’s website. Any questions about applications should be directed to the individual project team.

For more information from the NEH, please see Applicant and Participant FAQs.

To Apply

Complete this application form
Compile a 2-page cv
Title the documents as yourname.app and yourname.cv, respectively.
Submit the completed form and a 2-page cv to visualwests@ou.edu no later by March 5, 2025

The Application Process

A selection committee, comprised of the three project directors and one colleague, will evaluate all complete applications to select a group of Summer Scholars and to identify alternates. Primary consideration is given to those who have not previously attended a NEH Summer Seminar or Institute.

The application form will ask you for an essay (4500-character limit) that addresses the following issues:

•Your quality and commitment as a teacher, scholar, and interpreter of the humanities

•Your intellectual interests as they relate to the topic of this institute

•Your special perspectives, skills, or experiences that would contribute to the institute

•Explanation of how participation will enhance your long-term teaching and scholarship

•A curricular or research project which you will develop and share during the institute

Disability Accommodations

The University of Oklahoma provides reasonable accommodations for students, employees, and visitors with disabilities. Once selected, we will ask applicants to advise us of their needs.

NEH Anti-discrimination Policy

NEH does not condone or tolerate discrimination or harassment based on age, color, disability, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), genetic information, national origin, race, or religion. Nor does NEH condone or tolerate retaliation against those who initiate discrimination complaints (either formally or informally), serve as witnesses, or otherwise participate in the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) process, or oppose discrimination or harassment. For further information, write to the Equal Opportunity Officer, National Endowment for the Humanities, 400 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024. TDD: 202-606-8282 (this is a special telephone device for the Deaf).