NEH Summer Stipends

IMPORTANT UPDATE: This opportunity will not be offered by NEH for summer 2026. We will update if/when any information becomes available for subsequent years.

The Summer Stipends program provides $8,000 to support continuous full-time work on a research-based humanities project for a period of two consecutive months. NEH funds may support recipients’ compensation, travel, and other costs related to scholarly research. 

Summer Stipends support individuals to pursue projects at any stage of development, but especially early-stage research and late-stage writing in which small awards are most effective. Awardees must work full-time on their project and may hold other non-NEH sources of support (for example, sabbaticals and supplementary funding) or grants for the same project during the period of performance.