The National Endowment for the Humanities offers summer stipends for “two consecutive and uninterrupted months of full-time independent study and research.” Faculty members teaching full-time at colleges or universities must be nominated by their institutions to apply for a Summer Stipend. Once faculty members are nominated by their institutions, they may submit their applications via Grants.gov. Each college and university in the United States and its jurisdictions may nominate two faculty members. Any faculty member is eligible for nomination.

1. Applicants should prepare a detailed description of the proposed study, not to exceed six double-spaced pages, as well as a one-page bibliography for the project, following NEH guidelines. The initial proposal should be submitted to ORSP (orsp@acu.edu) by the end of the first working day following August 14.
2. Upon the recommendations of the Research Council, the director of the ORSP nominates up to two faculty members for the NEH stipend. The director of the ORPS informs the nominees. In most cases, the nominees are selected and informed by August 30.
3. Nominees then prepare a final electronic application for the NEH on the NEH website, which includes the already completed description of the proposed study and bibliography along with the NEH cover sheet, and a resume (cover sheet is available at www.neh.gov). The electronic application asks you to designate the University’s nominating official. At ACU that person is the Director of the ORSP.Complete a proposal in Cayuse, along with the materials listed in #3 by the end of the second week of September.”
4. ORSP will submit the proposal via grants.gov. The nominating official will be notified by NEH and complete the nomination by the deadline.