NEH Grants

Save America's Treasures is sponsored by National Park Service (NPS) in partnership with IMLS, NEA, and NEH. Save America's Treasures is a Historic Preservation Fund grant program that funds two types of projects: Collections projects support museums, libraries, archives, and all other collecting institutions in addressing conservation needs of nationally significant collections includ…

Save America's Treasures Grants is sponsored by National Park Service (in partnership with IMLS, NEA, NEH). Supports preservation projects for nationally significant historic properties and projects involving nationally significant collections. This program is divided into two parts: one for preservation projects (properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places for national significance or designated a National Historic Landmark) and one for projects involving collections (artifacts, museum collections, documents, sculptures, and other works of art).

Television Projects: Production Grants is a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) that funds the development and production of documentary films, documentary series, radio programs, and podcasts that engage general audiences with humanities scholarship. Projects must be grounded in humanities research and present content in a thoughtful, balanced, and analytical manner. Two funding tiers are available: Development awards up to $75,000 for projects spanning 6-12 months, and Production awards up to $700,000 for projects lasting 1-3 years. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, and public broadcasting entities. The deadline for the current competition is June 25, 2026. Applications are submitted through Grants.gov.

NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL) is sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This funding partnership supports projects to develop and advance knowledge concerning dynamic language infrastructure in the context of endangered human languages—languages that are both understudied and at risk of falling out of use.

2026 Small Project Grants is sponsored by North Carolina Humanities (state affiliate of NEH). These grants support the implementation of humanities projects such as lecture/discussion series, exhibitions, presentations, and workshops. North Carolina Humanities distributes cultural project grants to nonprofits using the humanities to raise questions, encourage conversation, contextualize experiences, and connect people across differences in their local communities.

Institutes for K-12 Educators is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Division of Education Programs. This program supports high-quality professional development institutes that bring together K-12 educators for sustained, intensive study of important humanities topics. The goal is to strengthen teachers' content knowledge in the humanities and translate that deeper understanding into stronger classroom teaching, curriculum development, and professional scholarship. While not exclusively digital literacy focused, institutes could explore digital humanities topics relevant to K-12 education.

Collaborative Research (AI and Humanities) is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This NEH funding opportunity advances humanistic knowledge by supporting teams of scholars working on a joint endeavor related to AI and the humanities. This could include research and writing about topics in AI and its impact on society and culture.

Scholarly Editions and Translations is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Division of Research. This program supports the preparation of editions of important texts and translations of works central to the humanities that are currently inaccessible in English. While focused on scholarly output, if the resulting editions or translations contribute to broader public literacy in humanities topics, particularly through publication as books, it could align.

Collaborative Research is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Division of Research. The Collaborative Research program supports interpretive humanities research undertaken by two or more scholars, leading to significant co-authored or co-edited works. Projects that involve research culminating in published books on humanities topics that could enhance literacy and understanding are relevant.

Scholarly Editions and Translations is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Research. This program supports the preparation of editions and translations of significant humanities texts. Projects can be for single editions or translations, or for a series of editions or translations. The goal is to make these works accessible to scholars and the public.

The NEH Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence program funds the creation of university-based humanities research centers focused on the ethical, legal, and societal implications of artificial intelligence. Funded centers undertake interdisciplinary humanities-led research that brings ethics, law, history, philosophy, anthropology, religious studies, literature, linguistics, and cultural studies to bear on questions raised by AI systems. Topics include responsible AI governance frameworks, AI and civil rights, AI and labor, cultural impact of generative AI, AI and creative authorship, philosophical foundations of machine reasoning, history of AI thought, and humanistic evaluation of AI safety and alignment. Centers are expected to convene researchers, train new humanities scholars in AI, host public-facing programming, and produce publications and translational tools that inform policy and public understanding. Strong fit for universities seeking to launch sustained interdisciplinary AI humanities research programs in partnership with computer science and other STEM departments.

Public Humanities Projects is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Division of Lifelong Learning. The Public Humanities Projects program supports projects that bring the humanities to large and diverse public audiences through various formats, which can include exhibitions, media, and other programs. While not exclusively focused on literacy books, projects that involve public programming around literature or reading could be relevant.

NEHA-FDA Retail Flexible Funding Model (RFFM) Grant Program is sponsored by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and National Environmental Health Association (NEHA). This program provides funding to state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) retail food regulatory agencies to advance conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards.

NEHA-FDA Retail Flexible Funding Model (RFFM) Grant Program is sponsored by National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This program provides funding to state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) retail food regulatory agencies as they advance conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards.

Public Humanities Projects is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Public Programs. This program supports projects that bring the ideas of the humanities to life for general audiences through public programming. It welcomes projects tailored to particular groups, such as youth (including K-12 students in informal educational settings). Projects must engage humanities scholarship to analyze significant themes.

Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This program helps cultural institutions preserve humanities collections for future generations through environmentally sustainable preventive care strategies. If a theatre for young audiences organization has a significant collection of historical artifacts, costumes, or archives that relate to the humanities and require preservation, this grant could be applicable.

Collections Stewardship is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This program funds projects to preserve and make available physical and digital collections important for research, teaching, and public engagement in the humanities. Eligible projects may include conducting assessments for physical or digital preservation, creating plans and policies for collections stewardship, and developing catalog records, finding aids, and metadata.

National Digital Newspaper Program is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and Library of Congress (LOC). This program is a partnership between the NEH and the Library of Congress to create a national digital resource of historically significant newspapers published between 1690 and 1963 from all U.S. states and jurisdictions. The digitized newspapers are permanently maintained at the Library of Congress and are freely accessible online through Chronicling America. The program supports the conversion of approximately 100,000 pages into digital files over two years.

National Digital Newspaper Program is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This program supports the ongoing digitization of newspapers published between 1690 and 1963 for inclusion in the Chronicling America online database of historic American newspapers. While not directly a cultural event grant, historical societies or cultural organizations in Washington involved in preserving and digitizing historical community records, including those that reflect the creative economy of the past, could be eligible.

NEHA-FDA Retail Flexible Funding Model (RFFM) Grant Program (GY 2027-28) is sponsored by National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This program provides funding to state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) retail food regulatory agencies to advance conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards. It aims to reduce foodborne illness risk factors.

Fellowships (for individuals pursuing projects in American history and culture and Western civilization) is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Competitive awards granted to individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing. Projects may be at any stage of development. The 2026 competition will only accept projects for research in American history and culture and Western civilization.

Infrastructure and Capacity-Building Challenge Grants is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This program strengthens the institutional base of the humanities in the United States through matching grants to libraries, museums, archives, colleges and universities, historic sites, scholarly associations, and other cultural institutions for efforts that build institutional capacity or infrastructure for long-term sustainability. These challenge grants, which require a match of nonfederal funds, may be used toward capital expenditures such as construction and renovation projects, purchase of equipment and software, sharing of humanities collections between institutions, documentation of lost or imperiled cultural heritage, sustaining digital scholarly infrastructure, and preservation and conservation of humanities collections.

Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence (NEH Fellowships, Awards for Faculty at HBCUs, Public Scholars) is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This NEH initiative encompasses several funding opportunities for individual scholars and teams to research and write about topics in AI and the humanities, focusing on the ethical, legal, or societal implications of artificial intelligence.

Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence is a grant from National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) that funds humanities-centered research examining the ethical, legal, and societal implications of artificial intelligence. NEH has awarded over $6 million since the program's launch to individual scholars and research teams. Grants include up to $750,000 for universities and independent research organizations to establish Humanities Research Centers on AI. Smaller awards support curriculum development, faculty institutes, and collaborative research projects across fields including ethics, law, history, philosophy, anthropology, and cultural studies. Eligible applicants include individuals, scholars, teams, nonprofits, universities, and independent research organizations. Past awards have ranged from $25,000 for curriculum development to $200,000 for multinational research projects.

The HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative is a grant program from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities, that funds Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to preserve and steward their historic campuses and buildings. Supported by a coalition of funders including the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, JPB Foundation, and J.M. Kaplan Fund, the initiative has invested over $2 million to create Cultural Heritage Stewardship Plans and provide technical assistance. Eligible applicants are HBCUs with historic campuses and buildings requiring preservation planning. Past recipients received funding in 2023, and new cycles have been announced through the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund.

Grants Management Policy and Guidance for Awards to Individuals is a resource and framework from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) that governs individual fellowship and award programs including NEH Fellowships, Public Scholar Program, and Summer Stipends. The document outlines general terms and conditions, compliance requirements, and policies applicable to individual award recipients including rules on political advocacy, research misconduct, drug-free workplace requirements, and debarment regulations. Awards are open to U.S. citizens or permanent residents. NEH individual award programs support scholars, writers, and researchers in the humanities. Terms and conditions were updated September 10, 2025 and apply to awards with start dates of January 1, 2025 or later.

Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence (Fellowships) is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This NEH program supports individuals pursuing advanced research that brings humanities insights into the exploration of challenges and opportunities presented by AI. Projects should focus on impacts related to civil rights, civil liberties, privacy, and human flourishing.

NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publications is a grant from National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) that awards granted to individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing. $60,000 ($5,000 per month) Book; Critical Edition; Digital Resource or Publication; Other Scholarly Resource; Peer-reviewed Article; Translation with annotations or critical apparatus 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. Eligible applicants include Scholars affiliated with institutions, including universities, are eligible. Awards up to Varies.

Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence: Collaborative Research is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This funding opportunity advances humanistic knowledge by supporting teams of scholars working on joint endeavors related to AI. It is interested in projects exploring the impacts of AI-related technologies on the nation's values, including civil rights, civil liberties, privacy, human flourishing, economic competitiveness, and national security.

NEH Humanities Initiatives is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). NEH Humanities Initiatives grants support the development of curricula, courses, and educational programs in the humanities. While chess is not explicitly a 'humanity,' a program that explores the history, cultural significance, or philosophical aspects of chess, especially in relation to critical thinking and literacy development, could potentially fit.

Promotion of the Humanities_Division of Preservation and Access (Common Heritage) is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This program supports projects that aim to capture and preserve America's cultural heritage, including family histories and life stories, by supporting the digitization of cultural heritage materials and the organization of public programming at community events that explore these materials.

Public Humanities Projects (Community Conversations category) is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This program supports projects that bring the ideas and insights of the humanities to life for general audiences through in-person programming. The Community Conversations category supports series of at least six in-person public programs, three months to two years long, centered on significant humanities resources. Projects can include after-school programs and summer camps.

Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence - Fellowships, Awards for Faculty at HBCUs, or Public Scholars funding opportunities is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This program supports projects that bring humanities insights into the exploration of challenges and opportunities AI presents for American civic and social life, with particular interest in the impacts of AI-related technologies on the nation's values, civil rights, civil liber…

Literacy Initiative Grants is sponsored by National English Honor Society (NEHS). NEHS provides financial support to nonprofit and community organizations dedicated to advancing literacy among children and young people. These grants empower organizations to enhance literacy programming that can span literature, language, writing, and media, thereby enriching educational opportunities for youth.

Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities. This program supports research examining technology and its relationship to society through the lens of the humanities, with a focus on the dangers and/or opportunities presented by technology, broadly defined.

NEH Humanities Initiatives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This program strengthens the teaching and study of the humanities by developing new humanities programs, resources, or courses, or enhancing existing ones at eligible institutions. It can create opportunities for faculty to study together, support new humanities minors, first-year seminars, and capstone courses, and develop bridge programs for at-risk and nontraditional students.

Mini-Grants (Humanities Texas) is sponsored by Humanities Texas (state partner of NEH). Covers costs associated with public humanities programs, particularly appropriate for funding a speaker and/or the rental of a traveling exhibition. Programs targeting special audiences such as K–12 teachers, ethnic and community groups, or professional groups are also welcome.

NEH Preservation and Access Projects is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The NEH offers various grant programs under its Division of Preservation and Access, focusing on ensuring the long-term and wide availability of primary resources in the humanities. This includes preserving and making accessible historical and cultural collections, which could encompass religious heritage.

Humanities Perspectives on AI (Fellowships, Awards for Faculty at HBCUs, or Public Scholars funding opportunities) is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This program supports projects that bring humanities insights into the exploration of challenges and opportunities AI presents for American civic and social life, with a particular interest in projects exploring the impacts of AI-related technologies on the nation's values, incl…

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program is sponsored by Multiple federal agencies including Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Defense (DOD), National Science Foundation (NSF), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of the Interior (DOI), Department of Justice (DOJ), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Economic Development Administration (EDA), National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Supports small businesses, including those led by women, in developing and commercializing innovative technologies.

NEH Public Humanities Projects: Exhibitions and Historic Sites is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Supports exhibitions and historic site interpretations designed for public audiences, focusing on themes such as American Military History and Valor, The American Dream and Economic Freedom, America’s Role on a Global Scale, or the U.S. Semiquincentennial.

Cultural and Community Resilience is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access. This program supports community-based efforts to address the impacts of climate change and COVID-19 by safeguarding cultural resources and fostering cultural resilience through identifying, documenting, and/or collecting cultural heritage and community experiences.

Landmarks of American History and Culture and Summer Institutes is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Lifelong Learning. This program supports humanities education through professional development for K-12 teachers and higher education faculty members. It includes one-week workshops that enhance place-based approaches to humanities teaching and scholarship.

Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program (in partnership with NEH for humanities scholars) is sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This program provides humanities scholars with access to DOE supercomputers at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) and offers training and support to utilize high-performance computing for computationally intensive humanities research.

NEH Celebrate America Challenge Grants is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The National Endowment for the Humanities has issued a call for proposals for Celebrate America!, a new initiative to recognize the nation's semiquincentennial on July 4, 2026. NEH will award 250 challenge grants of up to $25,000 each for projects that focus on the founding of the American nation, key historical figures, and milestones that reflect the exceptional achievements of the United States.

NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL) is sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF) / National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This program supports projects that develop and advance knowledge concerning dynamic language infrastructure in the context of endangered human languages—languages that are both understudied and at risk of falling out of use. It aims to build computational infrastructure for endangered language research and can support fieldwork, digital recording, documentation, analysis, and archiving of endangered language data, including the preparation of lexicons, grammars, text samples, and databases.

Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections (SCHC) is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This program helps cultural institutions preserve large and diverse holdings of humanities materials for future generations by supporting sustainable conservation measures that mitigate deterioration, prolong the useful life of collections, and support institutional resilience. It includes planning and implementation grants for environmentally sustainable preventive care strategies.

Digital Humanities Advancement Grant is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Digital Humanities Advancement Grants (DHAG) support digital projects throughout their life cycles, from early start-up phases through implementation and long-term sustainability. Experimentation, reuse, and extensibility are hallmarks of this grant category, leading to innovative work that can scale to enhance research, teaching, and public programming in the humanities. The program welcomes proposals for digital initiatives in any area of the humanities and may involve creating or enhancing experimental computational methods, pursuing scholarship on digital culture, or conducting evaluative studies of digital scholarship. A special partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) may provide additional funding for projects involving collaborations with museums and/or libraries to advance preservation of, access to, use of, and engagement with digital collections and services.

Bridging Cultures through Film: International Topics is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This program supports projects that examine international and transnational themes in the humanities through documentary films. These films are meant to spark Americans' engagement with the broader world by exploring countries and cultures outside of the United States.

NEH-DOE Office of Science Collaboration: High Performance Computing for the Humanities is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science. This program provides humanities scholars with access to DOE supercomputers at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), along with training and support.

Bridging Cultures through Film: International Topics (Development or Production) is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This program supports projects that examine international and transnational themes in the humanities through documentary films. This includes an examination of a critical issue in ethics, religion, or history, viewed through an international lens.

Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence (Fellowships, Awards for Faculty, Public Scholars) is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This NEH initiative encompasses several funding opportunities to support projects that bring humanities insights into the exploration of the challenges and opportunities AI presents for American civic and social life.

Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence (Individual Fellowships/Awards) is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This NEH initiative supports projects that bring humanities insights into the exploration of challenges and opportunities AI presents for American civic and social life, with a particular interest in impacts on truth, trust, democracy, civil rights, civil liberties, privacy, and…

Institutes for Higher Education Faculty is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Division of Education Programs. NEH Institutes are professional development programs that convene higher education faculty from across the nation to deepen and enrich their understanding of significant topics in the humanities and enhance their capacity for effective scholarship and teaching.

Digital Humanities Advancement Grants is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). This program encourages innovations in the digital humanities. Grants are available for early-stage planning, development, and implementation, with applicants choosing a funding level appropriate to their project needs. Projects are strongly encouraged to be based on open-source and fully accessible software.

NEH International Opportunities is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). NEH encourages scholars, practitioners, and cultural institutions in the United States to explore opportunities for international collaboration in humanities research and cultural initiatives. This includes projects documenting global disability history and representation, and expanding access to the humanities with assistive technology.

Rural Affordable Housing Rental Program is sponsored by MaineHousing. This program provides funding to developers for the development of smaller (five to 18 units) affordable rental housing projects in areas where traditional Low Income Housing Tax Credit projects are not generally feasible. Eligible activities include acquisition and/or rehabilitation, adaptive reuse, and new construction of rental housing units.

Affordable Homeownership Program (AHOP) is sponsored by MaineHousing. AHOP incentivizes private-sector construction of attainable single-family homes in Maine. It offers forgivable loans with zero-percent interest to developers building houses for eligible buyers (households earning no more than 120 percent of the area median income). These loans can be used for land acquisition, site development, soft costs, construction loan interest, onsite infrastructure, and construction of units. The program can also provide subsidies to developers of multifamily rental units in developments that include both ownership and rental properties.

Affordable Housing Initiative for Maine Islands is sponsored by MaineHousing. This initiative provides zero-interest forgivable loan funding to finance the creation or substantial rehabilitation of affordable multi-family rental housing units located on Maine's island communities. The rental units must remain as rental housing for a minimum of 45 years and be leased to full-time island residents as their primary residence.

Humanities Access Grants is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Humanities Access grants support capacity building for humanities programs that benefit children, families, and young adults (ages 18-30). These grants provide funding for existing programs at institutions such as public libraries, local and regional museums, historical societies, community colleges, and other cultural organizations. The grants are intended to expand or enhance an existing exemplary humanities program.

Studying Early Music with Computers: Tools, Formats, and Strategies is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This two-week residential Institute for Higher Education Faculty will apply insights from recent scholarship in humanistic music studies and digital humanities to organize an innovative program for the machine-assisted study of medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Music (early cla…

NEH-DOE Office of Science partnership for Humanities High Performance Computing is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science. This partnership provides humanities scholars with access to DOE supercomputers at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) and offers training and support.

Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence (NEH research initiative) is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This NEH initiative supports research projects that seek to understand and address the ethical, legal, and societal implications of artificial intelligence (AI). It funds strategic initiatives that expand access to the humanities across the United States.

NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This program jointly supports individual scholars pursuing interpretive research projects that require digital expression and digital publication. Projects that explore digital methodologies relevant to understanding platform accountability and fact-checking within the humanities could be a good fit.

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program is sponsored by Various Federal Agencies (e.g., NIH, NSF, DOE, DOD, NASA, EPA, NOAA, USDA, DOI, HUD, EDA, ED, DOL, NEA, NEH, IMLS). The SBIR program is a highly competitive program that encourages small businesses to explore their technological potential and provides incentives to profit from commercialization. It reserves a specific percentage of federal R&D funds for small businesses, enabling them to compete with larger businesses. The program funds critical startup and development stages and encourages the commercialization of technology, products, or services. This can include innovative technologies within the creative industries with strong commercial potential.

2026 Tamil Youth Scholarship (Aram Scholarship) is sponsored by Onehome Global. This scholarship recognizes Tamil heritage students who demonstrate academic dedication, commitment to uplifting the Tamil community, and preserving Tamil culture, language, and traditions. The Aram Scholarship aims to empower young leaders to pursue knowledge with integrity and carry forward the spirit of service, responsibility, and cultural pride. Funds are disbursed directly towards tuition or school supplies.

PRIME TIME Family Reading Programs is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) / Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (state affiliate). PRIME TIME offers intergenerational reading and discussion-based literacy programs for underserved children (ages 6-10) and their families. The program promotes academic achievement, positive attitudes toward learning, family bonding, and library use.

State Humanities Councils Mini-Grants/Resource Grants is sponsored by State Humanities Councils (in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities - NEH). State humanities councils, private, nonprofit partners of the federal National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), award 'mini-grants' or 'resource grants' to support free, short-term humanities programs. Programs must often involve a humanities scholar to qualify.

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs is sponsored by Various Federal Agencies (e.g., NIH, DOE, NEH, USDA, NASA, DARPA, ARPA-E). The SBIR and STTR programs are federal-backed initiatives that support research and development for small businesses with commercialization potential, including AI-related research. These programs are distributed across eleven federal agencies.

Dynamic Language Infrastructure–National Endowment for the Humanities Documenting Endangered Languages is sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF) / National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This program provides funding for computational linguistics work focused on the documentation of endangered languages. It aims to support projects that contribute to the preservation and understanding of languages with limited resources.

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Institutes and Landmarks of American History and Culture Programs is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). NEH offers tuition-free opportunities for K-12 educators and higher education faculty to study a variety of humanities topics through one- to four-week programs. Stipends are provided to help cover expenses.

Humanities Collection and Reference Resources Grants is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This program strengthens efforts to extend the life of humanities collections and reference resources and make their intellectual content widely accessible, often through the use of digital technology. Awards are also made to create various reference resources that facilitate the use of cultural materials.

NEH Institutes for K-12 Educators is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). NEH offers tuition-free opportunities for K-12 educators to study a variety of humanities topics. These are one- to four-week professional development programs that deepen understanding of humanities topics and enrich capacity for effective scholarship and teaching. Stipends are provided to help cover expenses.

Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This program provides general operating support funding to state and jurisdictional humanities councils. In Louisiana, the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities receives this grant to bring the humanities to life through subawards and public programming.

Save America's Treasures (Collections) is sponsored by National Park Service (NPS) in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This grant funds the conservation of nationally significant collections held by museums, libraries, archives, and other collecting institutions.

Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) Program is sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). A partnership between NEH and DOE Office of Science to provide humanities scholars with access to DOE supercomputers, specifically at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC).

Fellowships Open Book Program is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities in collaboration with the NEH Division of Research Programs. This program helps publishers make scholarly books, particularly those grounded in NEH-supported humanities research, freely available to the public by funding the release of open access digital editions (ebooks).

Documenting Endangered Languages is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and National Science Foundation (NSF). This program supports projects that document and preserve endangered languages, including Native languages, through fieldwork and other activities relevant to recording, documenting, and archiving, such as the preparation of lexicons, grammars, text samples, and databases.

Civic Engagement (Grants) is sponsored by Naomi & Nehemiah Cohen Foundation. The Naomi & Nehemiah Cohen Foundation makes grants to national organizations in the areas of civic engagement, social justice, and voter education, with a core priority on integrated voter mobilization, particularly for communities of color. This aligns with election integrity through voter engagement and protection of voting rights.

INCITE Program (Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment) with NEH is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). NEH and DOE are collaborating to provide humanities scholars with access to DOE supercomputers, specifically at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC).

Protecting Our Cultural Heritage Special Encouragement (across various NEH programs) is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The NEH encourages projects that conduct research and develop resources for the study, documentation, and presentation of imperiled cultural heritage materials. This includes the development of databases, virtual collections, or other digital resources; reconstruction or simulation of works of art, objects, monuments, buildings, sites, or landscapes through 3D models and virtual environments; and the creation of interpretive materials. This encouragement applies across various NEH grant programs, including those that could support cultural heritage video game development.

National Endowment for the Humanities and Department of Energy Partnership for High Performance Computing is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science. This partnership provides humanities scholars with access to DOE supercomputers, training, and support to enable them to take full advantage of high-performance computing resources for computationally intensive humanities research.

Civic Education and Engagement Grants is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This initiative, "A More Perfect Union," leverages the humanities to advance civics education and promote a deeper understanding of the history and culture of the United States. NEH supports projects that contribute to a deeper understanding of U.

Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Office of Digital Humanities. This program supports research that examines technology and its relationship to society through the lens of the humanities, with a focus on the dangers and/or opportunities presented by technology.

NEH Humanities Initiatives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and Community Colleges is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This grant helps strengthen the teaching and study of the humanities by supporting the development or enhancement of humanities programs, resources, or courses at HBCUs, HSIs, TCUs, and Community Colleges.

Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program is sponsored by Various Federal Agencies (e.g., NIH, NSF, DOE, DOD, NASA, EPA, NOAA, USDA, DOI, HUD, EDA, ED, DOL, NEA, NEH, IMLS). The STTR program expands funding opportunities in the federal innovation research and development arena, similar to SBIR, but with the added requirement of a formal collaboration with a research institution. It supports small businesses in research and development with the potential for commercialization, and can be relevant to creative entrepreneurs whose work involves research and development in new technologies or artistic methods.

NEH Awards for Faculty is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This program is for faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) who are writing for other scholars or general audiences. It is similar to the NEH Fellowships program. The period of performance must be continuous and between 6 and 12 months.

Digital Humanities Advancement Grants is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Office of Digital Humanities (ODH). This program supports innovative, experimental, and/or computationally challenging digital projects at different stages of their lifecycles, from early start-up phases through implementation and sustainability. Projects can enhance scholarly research, teaching, and public programming in the humanities. While individuals are not directly eligible, projects involving digital media game development with a humanities focus could be funded through an eligible organization.

Digital Projects for the Public is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This program supports projects that interpret and analyze humanities content in primarily digital platforms and formats, such as websites, mobile applications and tours, interactive touch screens and kiosks, games, and virtual environments. The projects must be designed to attract broad public audiences. Grants are available to support research (Discovery), to design or create prototypes (Prototyping), and to produce actual projects (Production).

Save America's Treasures (Collections) is sponsored by National Park Service (in partnership with IMLS, NEA, NEH). This Historic Preservation Fund grant program supports museums, libraries, archives, and all other collecting institutions in addressing conservation needs of nationally significant collections, including physical conservation, care, and collections management. Collections include artifacts, museum collections, documents, sculptures, and other works of art of national significance.

Protecting our Cultural Heritage (various grant programs) is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). NEH encourages projects that conduct research and develop resources for the study, documentation, and presentation of imperiled cultural heritage materials. This includes the development of databases, virtual collections, or other digital resources; reconstruction or simulation of works of art, objects, monuments, buildings, sites, or landscapes through 3D models and virtual environments; and the creation of interpretive materials to contextualize research and/or digital representations.

Interpreting America's Historic Places is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). These grants support public humanities projects that use the evocative power of historic places to explore stories, ideas, and beliefs that deepen understanding of lives and the world. Projects may interpret a single historic site or house, a series of sites, an entire neighborhood, a town or community, or a larger geographical region.

Short Documentaries (NEH Special Initiative: "A More Perfect Union") is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The NEH Short Documentaries program supports documentary films up to 30 minutes that engage audiences with humanities ideas. The program aims to extend the humanities to new audiences through short documentary films.

National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Programs is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). NEH offers various grant programs to support research, education, preservation, capacity building, and public programming in the humanities. This includes projects that promote civics education, understand cultural heritage, and develop media and information literacy.

Preservation and Access Education and Training is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access. This program supports training that develops knowledge and skills among professionals responsible for preserving and establishing access to humanities collections. Awards are for organizations that offer national, regional, or statewide education and training programs for staff of cultural institutions.

Protecting our Cultural Heritage (various NEH programs) is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). NEH encourages projects that conduct research and develop resources for the study, documentation, and presentation of imperiled cultural heritage materials, including the development of databases, virtual collections, or other digital resources, and training of researchers and cultural heritage specialists.

NEH/Trans-Atlantic Partnership: Democracy, Governance, and Trust (DGT) is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and National Science Foundation (NSF). This collaborative grant program, in partnership with the Trans-Atlantic Platform for Social Sciences and Humanities (T-AP), seeks a deeper understanding of challenges and opportunities to strengthen democracy, improve governance, and build trust.

America's Media Makers: Production Grants is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This program supports media projects that explore significant events, figures, or developments in the humanities, offering creative approaches to humanities content. It promotes active exploration and engagement for broad public audiences in various humanities fields. Print media projects with a humanities focus and aiming for distribution could be relevant.

Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Research. This program supports the establishment of new collaborative humanities research centers focused on gaining a clearer understanding of AI and its implications for the United States. Centers will spearhead research exploring the societal, ethical, and legal implications of AI.

Climate Smart Humanities Organizations is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This program supports humanities organizations in improving conservation practices and becoming ecologically efficient. It encourages strategies to reduce carbon footprints and develop climate-smart plans to mitigate and adapt to climate-related impacts. Eligible activities include energy audits, risk assessments, and developing plans to protect cultural collections from climate-related damage.