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Collaborative Research

National Endowment for the Humanities · Opportunity 20260916-RZ

Who can apply

• State governments
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Special district governments
• Public and State institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3), other than higher education
• Private institutions of higher education

About this opportunity

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.

Award history — National Endowment for the Humanities: Collaborative Research (Assistance Listing 45.035)

This program made about 2 new awards per year over the last five fiscal years.

New awards recorded on USAspending.gov under the federal program that funds this opportunity. FY2025 figures may still be incomplete. National Endowment for the Humanities does not publish how many applications it receives, so a true success rate cannot be computed for this program — no one can honestly sell you that number.

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