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We are excited to share these funding opportunities from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The Collaborative Research program aims to advance knowledge in the humanities by supporting teams of scholars working on a project leading to an interpretive product, while the Scholarly Editions and Translations program supports collaborative teams who edit, annotate, and translate foundational humanities texts that are vital to generating new scholarship but are not available in adequate editions or translations. More information about these awards can be found in the synopsis and links below. For a full list of currently open opportunities that have been announced through our office, please visit our new Current Opportunities web page. As a reminder, our Research Development team is available to provide proposal development support to FAS ladder faculty.

 

NEH Collaborative Research

  • OSP Deadline: September 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM ET
    Departments or areas may require additional time for proposal review and submission. Please discuss a timeline with your departmental or FORA grants administrator.
  • Sponsor Deadline: September 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET
  • Award Amounts: 
    • Planning International Collaboration: Up to $50,000 over six to twelve months
    • Manuscript Preparation: Up to $250,000 over one to three years
    • Scholarly Digital Project: Up to $250,000 over one to three years
  • Program overview: 
    • The Collaborative Research program aims to advance knowledge in the humanities by supporting teams of scholars working on a project leading to an interpretive product. Teams may propose research in a single field of study or interdisciplinary work. NEH welcomes projects that incorporate multiple points of view and pursue new avenues of inquiry. 
    • NEH encourages partnerships with researchers in the natural and social sciences, but projects must focus on humanistic content and employ humanistic methods.
    • This year’s competition will accept only applications on topics in the history and culture of the United States in any period from the Colonial Era to the present, or topics in Western civilization from antiquity to the present.
    • The program supports three project categories:
      • Planning International Collaboration: Supports initial meetings to brainstorm, plan, and establish new scholarly collaborations. 
      • Manuscript Preparation: For the completion of collaborative manuscripts in preparation for print publication.
      • Scholarly Digital Project: Supports the preparation of born-digital scholarly publications or digital projects that address specific humanities research questions.
    • Expected outputs may include, but are not limited to: Book, themed issue of peer-reviewed journal, digital publication, website, or digital resource.
    • International teams should consult NEH's International Opportunities page for information about possible sources of additional funding from external partners. 
    • Approximately 15 grants are anticipated from a total pool of $2,500,000 across all project categories.
  • Additional Information:

NEH Scholarly Editions and Translations

  • OSP Deadline: September 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM ET
    Departments or areas may require additional time for proposal review and submission. Please discuss a timeline with your departmental or FORA grants administrator.
  • Sponsor Deadline: September 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET
  • Award Amounts:
    • Planning Awards: Up to $65,000 over one to two years
    • Implementation Awards: Up to $300,000 in outright funds over one to three years (up to $450,000 may be available if requesting at least $150,000 in matching funds)
    • Chairman's Special Awards: Up to $1,000,000 over five years (up to $500,000 may be matching funds)
    • For more information on matching funds, please review the NEH Federal Matching Funds Guidelines.
  • Program Overview:
    • This program supports collaborative teams who edit, annotate, and translate foundational humanities texts that are vital to generating new scholarship but are not available in adequate editions or translations. 
    • This year's competition is limited to projects on American history and culture or Western civilization. Applications must focus on topics in the history and culture of the United States in any period from the Colonial Era to the present, or topics in Western civilization from antiquity to the present.
    • Funding Categories:
      • Planning Awards: To help scholars prepare to create a scholarly edition or translation.
      • Implementation Awards: Supports scholars producing a scholarly edition or translation.
      • Chairman's Special Awards: These rare awards are issued for projects of exceptional significance, audience reach, and complexity. Only prior recipients of successful Implementation awards may apply for a Chairman’s Special Award. 
    • Expected outputs may include, but are not limited to: Annotated edition, annotated translation, digital edition, or print volume.
    • Collaborative projects involving U.S.-based scholars working closely with scholars in Israel should read about new international collaboration opportunities that could provide additional funding.
    • Approximately 20 grants are anticipated from a total pool of $5,000,000 across all project categories.
  • Additional Information:
 

Questions from FAS faculty about these opportunities may be directed to FAS Research Development.

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RESOURCES

Research Development maintains a Sample Proposal Library of successful proposals from recent award recipients that are available to FAS and SEAS faculty by request; please email Research Development to request to view a proposal. For more information on Research Development's resources—including lists of internal funding programs, early career funding programs, and sabbatical fellowships—please visit the Funding Opportunities web page. 
 

SEARCH FOR OPPORTUNITIES WITH PIVOT

All Harvard affiliates can search for opportunities and set up alerts using Pivot, a searchable database of federal and private funding opportunities. Information on Pivot, including a one-page user guide, and other funding opportunity databases available to the Harvard community can be found on the Funding Databases web page.
 

PIVOT CURATED SEARCHES

Curated funding opportunity lists are funding search topics of broad interest. The following curated lists can be further refined in Pivot based on your funding needs. To view the results you must be on a Harvard network or logged in to your Pivot account. Information on setting up a Pivot account can be found in our one-page user guide. 

 

 

 

Additional curated lists are available on the Funding Databases web page. We continue to add to and refine these lists based on feedback. Please feel free to reach out to us at research_development@fas.harvard.edu with any suggestions you may have.
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