A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Achieving the Goals--Goal 5- First in the World in Math and Science Technology Resources - November 1996

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

The National Endowment for the Humanities has a number of education-related programs. For information about the programs listed here, contact:

Division of Research and Education
National Endowment for the Humanities
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20506
(202) 606-8380
e-mail: education@neh.fed.us or research@neh.fed.us
home page: http://www.neh.fed.us

Promotion of the Humanities Interpretive Research/Humanities, Science and Technology

The Interpretive Research program supports humanities study designed to deepen our understanding of science, medicine, and technology and its role in our culture. It encourages collaborative or coordinated multi-year projects involving the efforts of several individuals at the professional, postdoctoral, and research assistant levels, particularly those integrating the work of science and humanities scholars. U.S. citizens and residents, state and local governments, sponsored organizations, public and private nonprofit institutions/organizations, other public institutions/organizations, federally recognized Indian tribal governments, Native American organizations, and quasi-public nonprofit institutions are all eligible to apply.

Daniel Jones
Humanities, Science and Technology
National Endowment for the Humanities, Room 318
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20506
(202) 606-8210
research@neh.fed.us

Development and Demonstration

Development and Demonstration grants fund projects related to software development and field testing. Approximately $1 million in funding is made available through this program.

Challenge Grants

The challenge grant program helps academic institutions and cultural organizations to secure long-term support and improvements for their programs, activities and resources related to the humanities, including the use and applications of technology. The matching requirement challenges institutions to raise nonfederal funds to match and/or exceed the federal award. In recent years, the federal portions of the grants have ranged from $25,000 to $1 million. For more information call (202) 606-8309, or E-mail challenge@neh.fed.us

Humanities Focus Grants

These grants are awards of up to $25,000, which go to specific projects in the humanities, including the use of technology. Deadlines for application are January 15th and September 15th of each year, and require approximately 2 months to process.

National Summer Institutes and Seminars

Seminars are small groups of teachers who want to receive teacher training from a scholar in their field of interest. Institutes are groups of 25 teachers who study and work with a faculty of scholars to explore in-depth materials related to the subjects they teach. For more information call (202) 606-8463 to speak with a program officer.

Teaching with Technology

This program funds three types of projects: materials development, field testing and classroom applications, and teacher preparation for integrating technology into the classroom. The deadline for application is April 15, November 1996.

National Institute for Literacy

The National Institute for Literacy is developing an Internet-based information and communications network. Its three functions are to conduct moderated discussions on literacy issues, to provide a database of existing literacy-related information in searchable form from multiple locations, and to provide a ready reference section of relevant data. The prototype is available at URL = http://novel.nifl.gov/.
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[The National Endowment for the Arts]

[National Science Foundation (NSF)]