State and Jurisdictional Humanities Councils General Operating Support Grants
Office of Federal/State Partnership
THE DEADLINE FOR THIS CYCLE HAS PASSED.
Updated guidelines will be posted in advance of the next deadline. In the meantime, please use these guidelines to get a sense of what is involved in assembling an application.
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With the General Operating Support Grants, state and jurisdictional humanities councils deliver on NEH’s mission to advance knowledge and understanding of the humanities and to increase public awareness of, access to, and support for the humanities at the state and local level. State and jurisdictional humanities councils tailor their grantmaking and programs to the needs, resources, and interests of their state or jurisdiction, while also extending the reach of NEH-funded projects and further strengthening NEH’s connection to local communities throughout the United States and the jurisdictional territories.
What’s new for 2021:
- The deadline for this program is May 3, 2021.
- As a reminder, effective March 2020, state and jurisdictional humanities councils submit an Annual Plan with the General Operating Support Grant application. Guidance for the Annual Plan is included within the notice of funding opportunity.
- As a reminder, effective March 2020, the Compliance Supplement is discontinued. State and jurisdictional humanities councils will no longer submit a Compliance Supplement as part of their General Operating Support Grant application. Instead, councils submit the Activities and Outcomes Report annually on January 31.
Begin by reading the Notice of Funding Opportunity and studying the application package and required supplementary materials.
Application Materials
Confirm that your SAM registration and D-U-N-S number are up-to-date, and verify your access to Grants.gov.
Follow the instructions in the notice of funding opportunity and Grants.gov.
You will receive a confirmation from Grants.gov when you've successfully submitted your application.
After you submit your application, Grants.gov will send you up to five e-mail messages confirming receipt of your application. These messages represent different stages in the application acceptance process. You should verify that you have received all confirmation messages. Please note that email filters may send these messages to your spam or junk folder.
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