Grants Management Policy and Guidance for Awards to Organizations

(Updated June 23, 2023)

General Terms and Conditions for Awards

• General Terms and Conditions for Awards to Organizations (for grants and cooperative agreements issued January 1, 2022, or later)
• General Terms and Conditions for Awards to Organizations (for grants and cooperative agreements issued between December 26, 2014 and December 31, 2021)
• General Terms and Conditions for Awards (for awards issued May 2009 – December 25, 2014)

General Guidance for NEH Applicants and Recipients

• Bad Request Error in Grants.gov (Incorrect Roles)
• General Guidance for New Recipients of NEH Grants and Cooperative Agreements to Organizations

• Accessing NEH eGMS Reach

• Guidance for Negotiating an Indirect Cost Rate Agreement with NEH

• General Guidance on Calculating Indirect Costs 

• General Guidance for Pass-through Entities on Managing Subawards

General Reporting Requirements

• Financial Reporting Requirements
• Performance Reporting Requirements
• Federal Financial Report (SF-425) Instructions
• NEH Organizational Survey

Standard Budget Forms

• Research and Related Budget Form

• Challenge Capital Projects Budget Form (SF-424C)

• State and Jurisdictional Humanities Councils Budget Form (SF-424A)

Payment Information

• Payment Requests
• Request for Advance or Reimbursement, SF-270
• ACH Vendor/Miscellaneous Payment Enrollment Form

General Policies 

• Protecting Personal Information

• Prevailing Wage Requirements

• Political and Social Advocacy

• Late Submission Policy

• Allowability of Prepaid and Gift Cards

• Research Misconduct Policy
• Code of Ethics Related to Native Americans
• NEH Program Income Policy
• Title VI Prohibition Against National Origin Discrimination As It Affects Persons With Limited English Proficiency
• Plan for Improving Access to Programs for Persons with Limited English Proficiency
• 29 CFR Part 505: Labor Standards on Projects or Productions Assisted by Grants from the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities
• Assurances as to Labor Standards

Policies for Projects Involving Construction, Renovation and Ground Disturbance

• Davis-Bacon Act
• Build America, Buy America Act
• Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act
• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
• NEH Flood Risk Management Standard
• Environmental Assessments and Public Notices
• Public Comments to NEH Rulemaking and Other Notices

Publicity and Acknowledgement 

• Acknowledgment and Publicity Requirements for NEH Awards
• Publicizing Your Project
• Grantee Communications Toolkit

Federal Matching Funds Guidance

• Types of Funding
• Federal Matching Funds Guidelines
• Certification of Gifts/Pledges Form
• Instructions for the Certification of Gifts/Pledges Form

State and Jurisdictional Humanities Councils

• General Terms and Conditions for General Support Grants to State Humanities Councils (for grants issued on or after December 26, 2014)
• Addendum to: General Terms and Conditions for Awards and General Terms and Conditions for General Support Grants for State Humanities Councils
• Cost Share Waiver Requests for Fiscal Year 2021

• General Terms and Conditions for American Rescue Plan State Humanities Councils Awards

• American Rescue Plan: State and Jurisdictional Humanities Councils FAQs

• Matching Guidelines for General Support Grants to State Humanities Councils
• General Management Costs for State Humanities Councils
• Accounting System Manual for State Humanities Councils
• Program-Specific Audit Guide: Federal/State Partnership Program (CFDA No. 45.129)

Challenge Grants

• Administration of NEH Challenge Infrastructure and Capacity Building Grants (for awards with prefix CHA issued on or after February 1, 2022)
• Administration of NEH Challenge Infrastructure and Capacity Building Grants (for awards with prefix “CHA” issued from 2018 through January 31, 2022)
• Administration of NEH Challenge Grants (for awards with prefixes “CH” and “CZ” issued prior to 2018)

ARP

• Guidance on Subrecipient Monitoring for American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grantmaking Recipients (PDF)

Education Grants

• Administration of NEH Division of Education Institutes and Landmarks Grants (for awards with prefix "BG", "BH", "EH", and "ES" issued on or after August 1, 2023)