Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants
National Endowment For The Humanities
To strengthen institutional base and organizational capacity for work in the humanities by providing funds that are matched with cash contributions from nonfederal parties. Successful applicants receive awards in federal matching funds intended to stimulate additional private, state, and local support for humanities organizations.
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Helps humanities organizations secure matching funds to support their long-term projects. They can raise private donations that are matched dollar-for-dollar by federal funds for up to three years.
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What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Applicants use guidelines and Grants.gov package to prepare materials for submission.
- Applicant submits application package to Grants.gov by deadline.
- NEH assembles peer review panel.
- Using peer review evaluations, NEH staff recommends applications for funding based on available funds.
- National Council on the Humanities reviews the recommended applications.
- NEH chair makes all funding decisions based on the review process.
- Applicants are notified whether their projects will be funded.
- 🌐Application Portal
- https://www.grants.gov/
- 📤Submission Method
- online
- 📅Key Dates
- June 25, 2026Application Deadline
- 🔄Intake Type
- fixed-deadline
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- SF-424A (Budget Information - Non-Construction)
- SF-424B (Assurances)
- Project Narrative
- Budget Narrative
- Indirect cost rate agreement
- IRB approval letter
- Environmental review
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
- ✉️Supporting Letters
- Letters of support/reference are required.
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- new or revised courses
- programs
- curriculums
- materials and resources that support humanities teaching
- faculty development programs
- partnerships with other institutions
- 📏Expense Caps
- up to $750,000
- 💳Payment Model
- mixed
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
- 🔀Matching Required
- Yes
- 📊Matching Ratio
- 1:1
- 🏦Eligible Matching Sources
- cash
- in-kind contributions
- 📚Stacking Rules
- Cumulative government assistance is not allowed.
- 🛡️Proof of Matching Required
- Documentation of matching funds is required at the time of application.
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🗓️Reporting Frequency
- annual
- 📑Reporting Requirements
- SF-425 Federal Financial Report
- performance progress report
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards in a fiscal year
- 📢Branding Requirements
- Acknowledgment of federal funding required in all materials produced with grant funds.
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
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