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)

Computer Simulations in the Humanities

Dates: First institute held June 1 - 17, 2011 and second institute held May 30 - June 1, 2012
Project Location: University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Digital Humanities Data Curation

Dates: Various dates in 2013 - 2014
Project Location: Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, University of Maryland, College Park, and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Building an Accessible Future for the Humanities

Dates: Various Dates in 2013 - 2015
Project Location: A series of five two-day workshops to be held at Northeastern University, Emory University, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the University of Texas, Austin, and the University of California, Los Angeles.