Collaborative Research
NEH grants for teams of two or more scholars to prepare a humanities manuscript, build a scholarly digital project, or plan an international collaboration in American history and culture or Western civilization.
⚑ Competition is limited this year to projects on American history and culture or Western civilization. · Supports interpretive research products rather than service delivery or general education programming.
This is a humanities research program centered on American history, culture, or Western civilization, aiming at manuscripts or scholarly digital projects. IPPRA’s portfolio is social-behavioral survey, policy, risk, and warning research, so this is essentially outside the team’s program.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-07-08
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 70 strong | technical depth: substantial; funds basic research |
| IPPRA | 56 good | outside portfolio topics; signature methods: community engaged; social/behavioral work is minor; funds basic research |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 10 none | deep-tech content; no commercialization signal |
Description
The program supports groups of two or more scholars increasing humanistic knowledge through the preparation of a manuscript for print publication, the creation of a scholarly digital project, or the planning of an international collaboration. Projects must pursue significant research questions and lead toward an interpretive product. This year’s competition is limited to projects on American history and culture or Western civilization.
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View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: National Endowment for the Humanities <collaborative@neh.gov>
Proposal brief SEE AN EXAMPLE →
A one-page internal memo: fit assessment, submission requirements, document scaffold, and next steps dated back from the deadline — tailored to your project idea if you add one.
Proposal shell · Federal (generic) conventions SEE A FEDERAL EXAMPLE →
Funder-faithful document skeletons — Federal (generic)'s document set with section headings, page limits, reviewer guidance, and writing prompts; add a project idea to get [DRAFT] starter bullets. Download as .md for Word or Overleaf.