Professional Development Programs

NEH offers tuition-free opportunities for K-12 educators and higher education faculty to study a variety of humanities topics. Stipends of $1300-$3450 for residential programs and $650-$1725 for virtual programs help cover expenses for these one- to four-week programs. Applications for all programs close on March 3, 2023.

Program Formats

Professional development programs include the following format options:

  • Residential: All participants attend for the duration of the project at the host site.
  • Virtual: All participants attend for the duration of the project using an online platform. This can include synchronous and asynchronous sessions.
  • Combined Format: All participants attend a portion of the project online and a portion of the project at the host site. Online and residential sessions occur at different times, but participants attend the same format simultaneously.

Eligibility Criteria

Questions regarding applications and program requirements should be directed to program project directors. For other inquiries, please email @email regarding Institutes and @email regarding Landmarks of American History and Culture.

50 Result(s)
Reconsidering Flannery O'Connor
Location: Milledgeville, GA
Dates: June 1-29, 2023
Length: 4 weeks
Professional Development Program Audience: Higher Education Faculty
Professional Development Program Type: Institute
Racialized Spaces on Route 66
Location: Flagstaff, AZ
Dates: First Session: June 3, 2023 (virtual), June 10-14, 2023 (residential), August 19, 2023; (virtual); Second Session: June 10, 2023 (virtual); July 17-21, 2023 (residential); August 26, 2023 (virtual)
Length: 1 week
Professional Development Program Audience: K-12 Educators
Professional Development Program Type: Landmarks
Women in Buddhism: Religion, Politics, and the Arts
Location: Honolulu, HI
Dates: June 5-30, 2023 (residential); October 20-21, 2023 (virtual); February 10-11, 2024 (virtual)
Length: 4 weeks
Professional Development Program Audience: Higher Education Faculty
Professional Development Program Type: Institute
Disease, Pandemics, and Public Health in the United States
Location: Columbus, OH and Online
Dates: June 8-9, 2023 (virtual), June 12-21, 2023 (residential), October 27, 2023 (virtual)
Length: 3 weeks
Professional Development Program Audience: Higher Education Faculty
Professional Development Program Type: Institute
Preparing for America at 250: Women and the American Revolution
Location: New York City, NY and Online
Dates: June 14, 2023 (virtual); July 10-21, 2023 (residential); August 30, September 27, October 25, November 29, 2023 (virtual)
Length: 3 weeks
Professional Development Program Audience: K-12 Educators
Professional Development Program Type: Institute
Enslaved.org: Data-Informed Methods in Slavery Studies
Location: East Lansing, MI and Online
Dates: June 18-July 1, 2023 (residential); July 2-July 14, 2023 (virtual)
Length: 4 weeks
Professional Development Program Audience: Higher Education Faculty
Professional Development Program Type: Institute
Hidden Histories of the Founding Era
Location: Williamsburg, VA
Dates: June 25-30, 2023; July 9-14, 2023
Length: 1 week
Professional Development Program Audience: K-12 Educators
Professional Development Program Type: Landmarks
Centering Youth Agency in the Civil Rights Movement
Location: Clinton, TN and Online
Dates: June 26-30, 2023 (residential); July 10-14, 2023 (virtual)
Length: 2 weeks
Professional Development Program Audience: K-12 Educators
Professional Development Program Type: Institute
The Quest for Freedom
Location: Thomasville, GA
Dates: July 9-15, 2023; July 23-29 2023
Length: 1 week
Professional Development Program Audience: K-12 Educators
Professional Development Program Type: Landmarks
The Performance of Roman Comedy
Location: Chestnut Hill, MA
Dates: July 9-August 4, 2023
Length: 4 weeks
Professional Development Program Audience: Higher Education Faculty
Professional Development Program Type: Institute
The Salem Witch Trials: Their World & Legacy
Location: Beverly, MA and Online
Dates: July 10-14, 2023 (virtual); July 17-28 (residential)
Length: 3 weeks
Professional Development Program Audience: K-12 Educators
Professional Development Program Type: Institute
Slavery in the Colonial North
Location: Online
Dates: July 16-22, 2023
Length: 1 week
Professional Development Program Audience: K-12 Educators
Professional Development Program Type: Institute
Willa Cather: Place and Archive
Location: Lincoln, NE
Dates: July 16-28, 2023
Length: 2 weeks
Professional Development Program Audience: Higher Education Faculty
Professional Development Program Type: Institute
The First Amendment in 21st Century America
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Dates: July 23-29, 2023
Length: 1 week
Professional Development Program Audience: K-12 Educators
Professional Development Program Type: Institute