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National Endowment for the Arts Summer Stipend
National Endowment for the Arts Summer Stipend
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NEH Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the public's understanding of the humanities. Work in the creative or performing arts - such as the writing of fiction or poetry, painting, sculpting, composing or performing music, acting, directing, and dance - is not eligible.
Awards are for $6,000 for two consecutive months of full-time research and writing. Summer Stipend recipients may hold other research grants during the tenure of their awards, but they must work full-time on their projects during the two months of their tenure. Summer Stipends normally support work carried out during the summer months. U.S. citizens or foreign nationals who have been living in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the three years prior to the application deadline are eligible to apply for a Summer Stipend.
Individuals who have held a major fellowship or research grant or its equivalent within the last three academic years prior to the deadline are ineligible. A "major fellowship or research grant" is a postdoctoral research award that provides a stipend of at least $10,000. Sabbaticals and grants from an individual's own institution and stipends and grants from other sources supporting study and research during the summer are not considered major fellowships. Individuals who have previously received a Summer Stipend may apply to support a new stage in their project. These applications will be judged by the same criteria as other applications. Previous recipients, however, must wait five years from the time they received their award to reapply. NEH guidelines stipulate that an institution may submit a maximum of two NEH Summer Stipend applications. Each can be either a junior or a senior faculty member. For the purposes of the Summer Stipend program, assistant professors will be considered junior nominees. UCSB has had several winners of this competition in the past.
The application period is August 1 through October 1 for the following summer period. Applications are available online from the NEH At the time they apply, faculty members should submit a copy of their application materials to their Dean c/o Bryant Wieneke, College of Letters and Science (by e-mail or campus mail code 2080). If more than two applications are received, the Letters and Science Deans will conduct a review process.
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