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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Collaborative Research grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number 20121206-RZ; CFDA 45.161, Promotion of the Humanities Research) is designed to fund interpretive humanities research carried out by a team of two or more scholars. The core idea behind the program is to support substantial humanities work that benefits from sustained collaboration, whether the collaborators are based at the same institution or spread across multiple organizations and locations. Projects can be structured as full-time or part-time efforts, but they must run for at least one year and may last up to three years, which makes the program a good fit for research agendas that require extended coordination, multi-stage investigation, or long-form scholarly outputs.

In terms of what the grant pays for, NEH emphasizes practical support for the real costs of team-based scholarship. Funding can cover different combinations of personnel and project needs, including compensation for scholars, payments for consultants, and wages for research assistants. It also supports project-related travel and fieldwork, which is especially relevant for research that depends on archives, site visits, interviews, or other on-location methods. The program also allows costs tied to information technology applications and associated technical support and services, reflecting that many collaborative humanities projects now involve digital tools, databases, mapping, imaging, or other computational approaches that require specialized infrastructure or expertise.

The program’s expectations go beyond completing the research itself. NEH explicitly states that all grantees are expected to communicate results to the appropriate scholarly and public audiences. In practice, that means projects should be conceived with dissemination in mind, such as publications, conference presentations, interpretive reports, public-facing resources, or other formats suited to the topic and intended audiences. The emphasis on communication also signals that NEH values humanities research that contributes to broader understanding, not only within narrow specialist communities.

Eligible project types are broad but clearly centered on interpretive humanities outcomes. NEH lists several examples of what fits: first, research that significantly adds to knowledge and understanding of the humanities, which can include major scholarly investigations leading to books, critical editions, interpretive studies, or other substantial contributions. Second, the program supports conferences on topics of major importance in the humanities, specifically when those gatherings are designed to benefit scholarly research rather than being purely professional networking events. Third, it includes archaeological projects, as long as they incorporate interpretation and the communication of results; NEH notes that these projects may span excavation, materials analysis, laboratory work, field reports, and preparation of interpretive monographs. Finally, the program supports research that uses humanities perspectives and historical or philosophical methods to enhance understanding of science, technology, medicine, and the social sciences, highlighting NEH’s interest in work that bridges fields while remaining grounded in humanities approaches.

The administrative details show this is a discretionary grant program with an award ceiling of $300,000 and no stated award floor. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement, which can make budgeting and institutional participation easier, especially for smaller organizations or projects where outside matching funds are difficult to secure. The eligible applicant pool is wide and includes individuals, nonprofits (both 501(c)(3) and certain nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status other than institutions of higher education), private institutions of higher education, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, and multiple levels of government (city or township, county, special district, state), as well as federally recognized Native American tribal governments. The opportunity was posted on September 24, 2012, with an original and current closing date of December 6, 2012, and an archive date of January 5, 2013, indicating this particular announcement is from a past cycle even though it describes an ongoing NEH program area.

For applicants or readers seeking the full announcement and official guidance, the listing provides an additional information link to the NEH Collaborative Research Grants page (http://www.neh.gov/grants/research/collaborative-research-grants). It also includes direct contact information for the NEH Collaborative Research Division of Research Programs, including a phone number (202-606-8200) and email (collaborative@neh.gov), which is the appropriate point of contact for questions about access to the announcement, program fit, or application requirements.

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