Fellowships Open Book Program
Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities
Assistance Listings
- 45.169 -- Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities
Closed opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026
Important dates
- Closed: December 15, 2020
Award details
- Expected project funding: $75,000
- Expected awards: 30
Award min.
$5,500
Award max.
$5,500
- Funding opportunity number:20200316-DR
- Cost sharing or matching requirement:No
- Funding instrument type:
- Grant
- Opportunity Category:Discretionary
- Opportunity Category Explanation:Not specified
- Category of Funding Activity:
- Humanities
- Category Explanation:Not specified
History
- Posted date: December 10, 2019
- Archive date: Not specified
- Version: 1
Summary
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities, in partnership with the NEH Division of Research Programs, is accepting applications for the Fellowships Open Book Program. This limited competition aims to award publishers a $5,500 grant to release open access digital editions of books whose underlying research was funded by one of the following six NEH programs: Fellowships; Awards for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions; Awards for Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Awards for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and University; Fellowships for Advanced...
Social Science Research on Japan; or Public Scholars. Each ebook shall be released under a Creative Commons license, making those books free for anyone to download. The book could be a forthcoming title (to be open access upon first release) or it could be a book that has been on sale for up to three years before application submission. This program utilizes a greatly streamlined application process and there are three proposal deadlines per year.
Eligibility
Nonprofit
- Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
Education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and state institutions of higher education
Additional information on eligibility
Eligibility is limited to publishers who have published within the last three years (or will publish within the period of performance) a book whose research was supported by an NEH fellowship. Publishers must be U.S. nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, or accredited public or 501(c)(3) institutions of higher education.
If previously published, the book must have included an acknowledgement to the relevant NEH award for the author’s research and/or writing to be eligible for this program.
See Section C of the notice of funding opportunity for additional information.
Documents
No documents are currently available.
Agency contact information
Email: odh@neh.gov
odh@neh.gov
Office of Digital Humanities
National Endowment for the Humanities
400 Seventh Street, SW
Washington, DC 20506
odh@neh.gov
