Application Details for NEH K-12 Summer Institute

Participant Eligibility Requirements for Institutes for K-12 Educators

Institutes are designed for a national audience of full or part-time K-12 educators who teach in public, charter, independent, and religiously affiliated schools, or as home schooling educators. Project directors may admit a limited number of educators who work outside the K-12 classroom and who can demonstrate that their participation will advance project goals and enhance their professional work. 

At least five spaces must be reserved for teachers who are new to the profession (those who have been teaching for five years or fewer). 

Participants must be United States citizens, residents of U.S. jurisdictions, or foreign nationals who have been residing in the United States or its territories for at least the three years immediately preceding the application deadline. U.S. citizens teaching abroad at U.S. chartered institutions are also eligible to participate. Foreign nationals teaching abroad are not eligible to participate. 

A participant need not have an advanced degree in order to take part in an institute. 

Individuals may not apply to participate in an institute whose director is a family member, who is affiliated with the same institution, who has served as an academic advisor to the applicant, or who has led a previous NEH-funded Seminar, Institute or Landmarks program attended by the applicant. In any given year an individual may apply to a maximum of two projects but may attend only one. 

Participants may not be delinquent in the repayment of federal debt (e.g., taxes, student loans, child support payments, and delinquent payroll taxes for household or other employees). Individuals may not apply to participate in an institute if they have been debarred or suspended by any federal department or agency. 

Selection Criteria

The selection committee includes the project director and two colleagues, at least one of whom is a K-12 teacher. We will evaluate all complete applications to select a group of NEH Summer Institute participants and identify alternates.

Five institute spaces may be reserved for teachers who are new to the profession (those who have been teaching for five years or less). First consideration is given to those who have not previously attended an NEH Institute. When choices must be made between equally qualified candidates, preference is given to those who would enhance the diversity of the program.

“Endowment programs do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age. For further information, write to the Equal Opportunity Officer, National Endowment for the Humanities, 400 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024. TDD: 202-606-8282 (this is a special telephone device for the Deaf).”

Participant Expectations

• Participants are required to submit a project evaluation.
• “Project applicants who accept an offer to participate are expected to remain during the entire period of the program and to participate in its work on a full-time basis. If a participant is obliged through special circumstances to depart before the end of the program, it shall be the recipient institution’s responsibility to see that only a pro rata share of the stipend is received or that the appropriate pro rata share of the stipend is returned if the participant has already received the full stipend.”
• “Once an applicant has accepted an offer to attend any NEH Summer Program (Seminar, Institute, or Landmark), they may not accept an additional offer or withdraw in order to accept a different offer.”

Applications are closed and under review. 

Applications will be notified of our decision on April 3, 2023. Selected applicants must notify us of their decision by April 14, 2023. Waitlisted applicants will be updated if and when spots become available up until the start of the institute.