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Opportunity Summary:

The NEH On the Road Exhibition Grants program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) designed to help host sites add strong public humanities programming around an NEH On the Road traveling exhibition. Instead of funding the exhibition itself, these grants specifically support the extra, audience-facing activities that help visitors and community members engage more deeply with the exhibition's themes and historical or cultural questions. The overall goal is to extend the exhibition's impact by surrounding it with well-planned events and interpretive programming that can reach a broad public, including people who may not normally participate in humanities programs.

Funded activities are meant to be practical, accessible formats that work well for general audiences. Common examples include public lectures, reading and discussion series, film screenings paired with moderated discussions, Chautauqua-style presentations by scholars, family-oriented programs, guided tours of the exhibition, and other related events that fit the community and the subject matter. In practice, applicants are expected to design programs that do more than simply entertain or promote attendance; the programming should clearly connect to the exhibition content and encourage thoughtful conversation, interpretation, and learning rooted in the humanities.

The main review criterion focuses on how well the proposed programs incorporate humanities experts as presenters and interpreters, and how effectively those experts help build on the exhibition's central ideas. Proposals are stronger when they demonstrate that scholars, historians, cultural experts, or similarly qualified humanities professionals will play visible, meaningful roles and when the programming plan shows a clear intellectual relationship to the exhibition rather than a generic set of events. NEH staff evaluate applications and then forward recommendations to the National Council on the Humanities, which meets at different times during the year to advise the NEH Chairman. Final funding decisions are made by the Chairman, as required by law, taking into account the full review process and the Council's advice.

Eligibility is fairly broad and includes many types of public-serving organizations and governmental entities. Applicants may include 501(c)(3) nonprofits (excluding institutions of higher education in that category), independent school districts, city or township governments, county governments, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments. The program falls under the humanities funding activity category, with CFDA number 45.164 (Promotion of the Humanities: Public Programs). The opportunity does not require cost sharing or matching funds, which can make it more feasible for smaller institutions or communities with limited local funding.

Key administrative details from the listing include a posted and creation date of December 17, 2007, and a closing date of December 31, 2008 (with an archive date of January 30, 2009). The award ceiling shown is $1,000, with an award floor of $0, indicating that awards could be quite small and targeted toward modest program costs tied to specific events or outreach needs. The funding instrument type is a grant, and the opportunity category is discretionary.

For applicants seeking official guidance on how NEH expects these venue-based programs to be structured, the listing points to additional program information at http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/NEHOnTheRoadGuidelinesForSelectedVenues.html. For access issues or help with the announcement, the contact is the NEH Division of Public Programs, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20506, phone 202-606-8269, email publicpgms@neh.gov.

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