Eligibility

• To be eligible, an application must request an award period between six and twelve months. 
• U.S. citizens, whether they reside inside or outside the United States, are eligible to apply. Foreign nationals who have been living in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the three years prior to the application deadline are also eligible. 
• Applicants may not apply both to the Fellowships program and to the NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication program.

Funding Priorities

• NEH Fellowships are competitive awards granted to individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing.  Applications must clearly articulate a project’s value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both.
• Fellowships provide recipients time to conduct research or to produce books, monographs, peer-reviewed articles, e-books, digital materials, translations with annotations or a critical apparatus, or critical editions resulting from previous research.  Projects may be at any stage of development.

Additional Information

• The period of performance for these fellowships is six to twelve months at a stipend of $5,000 per month. The maximum stipend is $60,000 for a twelve-month period of performance. 
• The period of performance must be full-time and continuous. Teaching and administrative assignments or other major activities may not be undertaken during the period of performance.