You are eligible to apply if you are a:

• United States citizen, including those teaching abroad at U.S. chartered institutions and schools operated by the federal government;

• Resident of U.S. jurisdictions; or

• Foreign national who has been residing in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least three years immediately preceding the application deadline.

You are not eligible to apply if you:

• Are a foreign national teaching abroad

• Are related to the project director(s)

• Are affiliated with the applicant institution (employees, currently enrolled students, etc.)

• Have been taught or advised in an academic capacity by the project director(s)

• Are delinquent in the repayment of federal debt (taxes, student loans, child support payments, and delinquent payroll taxes for household or other employees)

• Have been debarred or suspended by any federal department or agency

• Have attended a previous NEH professional development project (Seminars, Landmarks, or Institutes) led by the project director(s)
  

J1 and F1 visa holders should confer with their sponsoring institution regarding their eligibility to receive a stipend from another institution.

In any given year, an individual may attend only one Institute or Landmarks workshop. Participants may not accept an additional offer or withdraw in order to accept a different offer once they have accepted an offer to attend an NEH Institute or Landmarks program. Endowment programs do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age.

Impact of the workshop experiences: The effect on students' learning, colleagues, and school service.

Contributions to the workshop: Special perspectives, skills, or experiences, and a description of what the applicant will bring to the workshop.

Professional Background: Teachers (Grade 6–12) with leadership roles and potential.

Interest in the Subject: Commitment to the topic and to teaching with primary sources like documents, artifacts, and historic sites.

Diversity: Geographic, racial/ethnic, and other types such as grade level, correctional institutes, or rural/remote areas.

Previous NEH Program Participation: Applicants must not have attended a previous NEH program in the past 3 years.

Project teams and program participants must adhere to the Principles of Civility for NEH Professional Development Programs detailed here: https://www.neh.gov/grants/principles-civility

Stipends provide compensation to participants for their time commitment and help to defray participation costs, such as travel, program activities, lodging, and meals (for residential programs), and technical support (for virtual programs).

For residential programs, participants cover their own costs for travel to/from a program, lodging, and meals. Stipends are taxable as income. Project teams must not reduce participant stipends for project-related activities, lodging, or meal costs without prior approval.

Project teams must not place contingencies (completing a lesson plan, completing a program evaluation, etc.) on the receipt of participant stipends. 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 arrive after the beginning or depart before the end of the Institutes or Landmarks 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.

The NEH requires project directors to collect anonymous participant evaluations at the conclusion of their programs. Unedited participant evaluation responses will be included in the project’s final report to the NEH and any future Institutes or Landmarks applications.

Project teams may opt to offer continuing education, in-service, or graduate credit. These opportunities sometimes require additional work by participants beyond the program, such as writing a research paper, and participants are responsible for associated costs or fees unless otherwise noted. See individual project websites for additional information.