ClosedOpportunity 20250212-EH-ES

Institutes for Higher Education Faculty and K-12 Educators

At a glance

Institutes for Higher Education Faculty and K-12 Educators is a closed federal grant opportunity from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The application deadline was February 12, 2025. Individual awards are listed as $1 – $220K, with about 18 awards expected and $3M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, public colleges & universities and 3 more. Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 45.163 (Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development).

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

Key facts

Nov 20, 2024Posted
Feb 12, 2025Application deadline
Aug 1, 2025 (est.)Est. award date

Posted: Nov 20, 2024
Close date: Feb 12, 2025
Est. award date: Aug 1, 2025
Award floor: $1
Award ceiling: $220,000
Est. total funding: $3,000,000
Expected awards: 18
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Grant
Opportunity category: Discretionary

Who can apply

State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Public colleges & universities
Federally recognized tribal governments
501(c)(3) nonprofits
Private colleges & universities

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 solicits applications for the Institutes for Higher Education Faculty and Institutes for K-12 Educators programs. Institutes are residential, virtual, and combined format professional development programs that convene higher education faculty or K-12 educators from across the nation to deepen and enrich their understanding of significant topics in the humanities and enrich their capacity for effective scholarship and teaching.

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.

Institutes for Higher Education Faculty and Institutes for K-12 Educators Notice of Funding OpportunityFull Announcement · Institutes_2025_021025.pdfOCTE · 692 KB

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

45.163Promotion of the Humanities Professional DevelopmentProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 45.163

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$6.78M

FY25

$739K

FY26

$3.5M est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 45.163. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Agency contact (as published)

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

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “Institutes for Higher Education Faculty and K-12 Educators”?

The official notice lists these applicant types as eligible: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public colleges & universities, Federally recognized tribal governments, 501(c)(3) nonprofits and Private colleges & universities. Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through “Institutes for Higher Education Faculty and K-12 Educators”?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $1 – $220k, total estimated program funding is $3,000,000 and the agency expects to make about 18 awards.

How do I apply for “Institutes for Higher Education Faculty and K-12 Educators”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity 20250212-EH-ES), 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