Public Scholars
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: March 2, 2026
Close date: April 22, 2026
Opportunity ID: 361387
Opportunity number: 20260422-FZ
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: National Endowment for the Humanities
Agency code: NEH
Award floor: $30,000
Award ceiling: $60,000
Cost sharing required: No
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Humanities
Eligible Applicants
- Individuals
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
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- category_of_funding_activity:humanities
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
- eligible_applicants:individuals
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
The Public Scholars program encourages non-academic writers to deepen their engagement with the humanities by strengthening the research underlying their books, and it encourages academic writers in the humanities to communicate the significance of their research to the broadest possible range of readers. NEH encourages submissions from independent scholars and junior scholars. Projects are eligible at any stage in their development. The 2026 Public Scholars competition will accept only projects for research in American history and culture and Western civilization. Competitive applications must focus on topics in the history, culture, and government of the United States in any period from the Colonial Era to the present, or topics in Western civilization from antiquity to the present.