Landmarks of American History and Culture

Background
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Education Programs is accepting applications for the Landmarks of American History and Culture program. The program supports a series of one-week residential, virtual, and combined format workshops across the nation to enhance how K-12 educators and higher education faculty and humanities professionals incorporate place-based approaches to humanities teaching and scholarship.

Grant Details
The Landmarks of American History and Culture program supports a series of one-week residential, virtual, and combined format workshops across the nation. The workshops enhance how K-12 educators and higher education faculty and humanities professionals incorporate place-based approaches to humanities teaching and scholarship. The workshops include activities such as visits to museums, libraries, archives, markers, sites, monuments, memorials, national parks, cultural organizations, historic homes and buildings, walking tours, public performances, and design of public humanities and experiential learning activities. Each workshop must include two separate sessions of five to seven days each for two different groups of participants.

Period of Performance
The period of performance is 15 months starting October 1, 2024, and ending December 31, 2025.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations recognized as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; accredited institutions of higher education (public or nonprofit); state and local governments and their agencies; federally recognized Native American Tribal governments. Participants must be United States citizens or residents of U.S. jurisdictions or foreign nationals residing in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least three years immediately preceding the application deadline.

Grant Value
Approximately $2,500,000 will be awarded among an estimated 14 recipients. Individual grants may be up to $190,000.

Place of Performance
The workshops will take place across the nation.