Summer Stipends Program

 WHAT: Limited Submission Proposal for the Summer Stipends Program.

WHO: PIs pursuing advanced research and writing in the humanities.

WHY: The award is for $5,000 for two consecutive months of full time research and writing.

WHEN: Internal deadline of September 17, 2004 .

HOW: TAMU faculty should submit an internal proposal to osppc@tamu.edu for review by the internal selection committee.

 THE FINE PRINT:

 Details available below and online at http://vpr.tamu.edu/osp/limited.html

PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT: Call for Limited Submission Proposals/Grants/ Awards/Nominations

The funding agency below has limited the number of proposals to two per institution for this particular program. If the number of individuals wishing to submit a proposal exceeds the number allowed by the agency, we will conduct an internal selection process. Below are due dates for the program, including the due date for the internal proposal for review by the internal selection committee, the date for announcement of the internal selection, and the due date for submission to the agency.

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announces the Summer Stipends Program. This announcement provides an overview of the program and a description of the internal selection procedure.

AGENCY: National Endowment for the Humanities

AGENCY PROGRAM TITLE: NEH Summer Stipends

BRIEF PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Summer Stipends Program supports individuals pursuing advanced research that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the public’s understanding of the humanities.

Awardees usually produce scholarly articles, monographs on specialized subjects, books on broad topics, archaeological site reports, translations, editions or other scholarly tools. Conversely, summer stipends cannot be used for research for doctoral dissertations; specific policy studies, educational or technical impact assessments; preparing or publishing textbooks; works in the creative or performing arts; studies of teaching methods or theories, surveys of courses and programs, or curriculum development; or creating inventories of collections.

Summer stipends normally support work carried out during the summer months, but arrangements can be made for other times of the year.

More information can be found at: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html

AGENCIES ELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT: The Summer Stipends Program is open to U.S. citizens. Faculty members teaching full time at colleges and universities must be nominated by their institutions to apply for a Summer Stipend. Applications should be submitted online by faculty only after they have been notified by the internal selection committee to go forward with a complete application to NEH.

 Each college and university in the United States and its jurisdictions may nominate two faculty members. At least one nominee should be a junior scholar, holding the rank of instructor or assistant professor or who is at a comparably early stage of his or her career. Senior scholars hold the rank of associate professor or professor. Recipients of a summer stipend in 2000 or after are ineligible.

AWARD INFORMATION: The award is for $5,000 for two consecutive months of full-time research and writing.

ELIGIBLE PROJECTS COSTS: Indirect Cost (F&A) Limitations: Not allowed.

COST SHARING: Not Required.

INTERNAL SELECTION PROCEDURES AND DEADLINES:

By noon on September 17, 2004 : Deadline to obtain approval from your department head and dean to submit an internal proposal to the Office of Sponsored Projects for review by the internal selection committee. The internal proposal should include:

A resume, project narrative (up to three pages), and bibliography, formatted as outlined in the NEH Program Announcement.

These materials should be submitted electronically (MS Word or PDF) to Rickie D. Fletcher at osppc@tamu.edu for review by the internal selection committee. S election of a proposal will be based on NEH guidelines. Meeting the needs of the university’s reinvestment plan will also be taken into account.

During the selection process, the internal selection committee may contact departments and colleges for their opinions and commitments. They may also request additional information from PIs.

September 22, 2004 : The Internal Selection Committee will notify PIs of the result of the internal competition.

October 1, 2004 : NEH Deadline: Full Proposal Deadline (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time).