ClosedResearch announcementOpportunity 20230315-DR

Fellowships Open Book Program

At a glance

Fellowships Open Book Program is a closed federal grant opportunity from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The application deadline was November 15, 2023. Individual awards are listed as $5.5K, with about 45 awards expected and $450K in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include public colleges & universities, 501(c)(3) nonprofits and private colleges & universities. Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 45.169 (Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

Nov 21, 2022Posted
Nov 15, 2023Application deadline

Posted: Nov 21, 2022
Close date: Nov 15, 2023
Award floor: $5,500
Award ceiling: $5,500
Est. total funding: $450,000
Expected awards: 45
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Grant
Opportunity category: Discretionary

Who can apply

Public colleges & universities
501(c)(3) nonprofits
Private colleges & universities

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

Eligibility is limited to publishers who have published during or after 2016 (or will publish within the period of performance) a book whose research was supported by an NEH fellowship or grant program, including books that were reissued or published in new editions during this period. See A. Program Description in the Notice of Funding Opportunity for additional information.

Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities, in partnership with the NEH Division of Research Programs, is accepting applications for the Fellowships Open Book Program. This limited competition awards publishers a $5,500 grant to release open access digital editions of books whose underlying research was funded by an eligible NEH fellowship or grant. (See A. Program Description for a complete list of eligible programs.) Publishers must release e-books under a Creative Commons license, making those books free for anyone to download. The book could be a forthcoming title (to be open access upon first release) or it could be a book that was published, reissued, or printed in a new edition during or after calendar year 2016.

Additional information from the agency ↗

Full announcement & documents

The full announcement has the complete rules — page limits, required attachments, evaluation criteria and any letter-of-intent dates. Files download directly from Grants.gov.

Fellowship Open Books Program Notice of Funding OpportunityFull Announcement · Fellowships Open Book Program NOFO 2023 20230315-DR.pdfOCTE · 389 KB

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

45.169Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital HumanitiesProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 45.169

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$7.53M

FY25

$2.61M

FY26

— est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 45.169. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Agency contact (as published)

National Endowment for the Humanities
odh@neh.gov
202-606-8401

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “Fellowships Open Book Program”?

The official notice lists these applicant types as eligible: Public colleges & universities, 501(c)(3) nonprofits and Private colleges & universities. Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through “Fellowships Open Book Program”?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $5.5k, total estimated program funding is $450,000 and the agency expects to make about 45 awards.

How do I apply for “Fellowships Open Book Program”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity 20230315-DR), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

OpenALN 45.039