NEH Fellowships support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources in the humanities.

Eligibility

• Applicants requesting an award period between six and twelve months
• Researchers, teachers, and writers, whether they have an institutional affiliation or not
• U.S. citizens, whether they reside inside or outside the United States
• Foreign nationals who have been living in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the
• three years prior to the application
• Applicants who have satisfied all the requirements for a degree and are awaiting its conferral in 2018; other enrolled in a degree granting program are not eligible