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Opportunity Summary:

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Scholarly Editions and Translations grant program (Funding Opportunity Number 20140107-RQ; CFDA 45.161) funds projects that make important humanities texts and documents usable for scholars, students, and the public when those materials are currently hard to access or only available in outdated, incomplete, or otherwise inadequate editions. The core purpose is to support the creation of high-quality scholarly editions and/or translations of pre-existing source materials that have clear literary, philosophical, historical, or broader humanistic value, including eligible work in areas such as musical notation when the project’s contribution is grounded in humanities scholarship.

Awards support sustained editorial or translation work carried out either full time or part time over a period of one to three years. Projects must be collaborative rather than solo efforts: each proposal needs a team that includes at least one editor or translator plus at least one additional staff member. NEH expects applicants to show they understand and will follow established professional standards for scholarly editing, specifically the best-practice guidance associated with the Association for Documentary Editing and the Modern Language Association’s Committee on Scholarly Editions. For translation projects, proposals also need to spell out the translation approach being used and why it is appropriate for the specific work, which signals that NEH is looking for thoughtful decisions about style, fidelity, audience, and scholarly goals rather than a purely mechanical rendering of text.

A defining feature of NEH-supported editions and translations is the requirement for an appropriate scholarly and critical apparatus. In practice, this typically includes an introduction and annotations that help readers understand what the text is, how it was transmitted or preserved (for example, manuscript history, variants, provenance, editorial principles), and why it matters in its historical and intellectual context. The expected supporting materials should match the subject matter and the edition format, meaning the apparatus should be robust enough to make the work genuinely useful as a scholarly resource while remaining appropriate to the kind of text being edited or translated.

The program is open to a broad range of applicants, including individuals, nonprofit organizations (including those with or without 501(c)(3) status, with the stated exceptions), public and private institutions of higher education, and units of government at multiple levels, including federally recognized Native American tribal governments. The opportunity is a discretionary grant with no cost sharing or matching requirement listed, which can make it more feasible for applicants who do not have access to significant non-federal funds. The stated award range runs from $1 up to a ceiling of $300,000, and NEH anticipated making about 25 awards for this competition cycle.

Key administrative details from the announcement include a posting date of October 21, 2013, with a closing date of January 7, 2014 (the original and current closing dates match). The sponsoring agency is the National Endowment for the Humanities. Program information is available through NEH’s Division of Research Programs, and applicants with questions are directed to contact the division by phone at 202-606-8200 or by email at editions@neh.gov. The announcement also points to an additional information link on NEH’s website for full guidelines and requirements.

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