Professional Development

Professional Development Programs

NEH supports professional development programs for K-12 educators, higher education faculty, and humanities professionals to study a variety of humanities topics. Programs are offered in residential, virtual, and combined formats. Participant stipends are based upon program format and duration. 

  • Institutes are one to four-week professional development programs that convene K-12 educators or higher education faculty from across the nation to deepen their understanding of significant topics in the humanities and enrich their capacity for effective scholarship and teaching. 

  • Landmarks of American History and Culture programs are one-week workshops held across the nation that enhance how K-12 educators, higher education faculty, and humanities professionals incorporate place-based approaches to humanities teaching and scholarship. The video below features educators who have participated in various Landmarks programs over the past 20 years discussing the power of place.

Resources for Applicants and Participants

Application and Notification Dates for 2025-2026

  • December 8, 2025: Applications open for all 2026 programs  
  • March 6, 2026: Applications close for all 2026 programs at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time
  • April 6, 2026: All applicants are notified of their status
  • April 17, 2026: Deadline for applicants to accept or decline their offer

Questions regarding applications and program requirements should be directed to program project directors. 

276 Result(s)

Advanced Topics in TEI Encoding

Dates: Various dates in 2009 - 2011
Project Location: University of California, Santa Barbara, University of Maryland, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Network Analysis for the Humanities

Dates: August 15 - 27, 2010 and a reunion conference held October 20 - 22, 2011.
Project Location: UCLA's Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (NSF Math Institute).

NINES Summer Workshops: Emerging Issues in Digital Scholarship

Dates: First institute held May 30 - June 3, 2011 and second institute held June 19 - 22, 2012. Final meeting held May 20 - 21, 2013.
Project Location: Institutes were hosted at the University of Virginia. A final meeting was held at the headquarters of the Modern Language Association in New York, NY.