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LS 12-058 Challenge Grants

Funding Amount:

$30,000 to $1M; Requests over $500,000 are unlikely to be funded at that level

Project Duration:

5 years

UC Davis Pre-Proposal Deadline:

Mar. 27, 2012   at 11:59 pm

Letter of Intent Deadline:

 

Sponsor Deadline:

May. 02, 2012

Program Website:

http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/challenge.html

Funding Areas

**Please read Program Guidelines Carefully to Determine Application Requirements.** NEH challenge grants are capacity-building grants, intended to help institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for their humanities programs and resources. Through these awards, many organizations and institutions have been able to increase their humanities capacity and secure the permanent support of an endowment. Grants may be used to establish or enhance endowments or spend-down funds that generate expendable earnings to support ongoing program activities. Challenge grants may also provide capital directly supporting the procurement of long-lasting objects, such as acquisitions for archives and collections, the purchase of equipment, and the construction or renovation of facilities needed for humanities activities. Funds spent directly must be shown to bring long-term benefits to the institution and to the humanities more broadly.

Because of the matching requirement, these NEH grants also strengthen the humanities by encouraging nonfederal sources of support.

Institutions may use challenge grant funds to meet both ongoing and one-time humanities-related costs, provided that the long-term benefit of the expenditure can be demonstrated. Federal challenge grant funds, as well as funds raised for matching, might be used for purposes such as the following:

  1. Faculty and staff salaries and benefits
  2. Acquisitions for collections
  3. Faculty, teacher, and staff development
  4. Research fellowships
  5. Lecture or exhibition series
  6. Visiting scholars or consultants
  7. Publishing subventions 8. Preservation and conservation programs

Eligibility and Nomination Requirements

**Please read program guidelines carefully and/or contact the program officer to determine your eligibility.** Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Project Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI) is invited to work with his/her organization to develop an application for support. 

Standard Office of Research Pre-Proposal Requirements can be found at:

http://research.ucdavis.edu/pgc/fo/ls/i

Standard Office of Research Review Criteria can be found at:

http://research.ucdavis.edu/pgc/fo/ls/i