Division of Education Professional Development Programs

The NEH Division of Education supports professional development programs for K-12 educators, higher education faculty, and humanities professionals to study a variety of humanities topics. 

• 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. 

• Stipends of $1300-$3450 for residential and combined programs and $650-$1725 for virtual programs help to defray costs for these one- to four-week programs.  

• Applications for all programs open on December 15, 2023 and close on March 5, 2024. 

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: 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. 

Resources for Applicants and Participants

• Participant Eligibility Criteria (PDF)
• Participant Expectations (PDF)
• Principles of Civility

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.