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20230315-DR: Fellowships Open Book Program

Closed Closed November 15, 2023 Opportunity 20230315-DR

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of National Endowment for the Humanities notices from 2022.

National Endowment for the Humanities offered grants of up to $5,500 (at least $5,500) to nonprofits and colleges and universities. It expected to make about 45 awards worth $450,000 in total. Applications closed on November 15, 2023.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed November 21, 2022. Checked November 7, 2026.

Other notices with this title

National Endowment for the Humanities has posted this title under other numbers: earlier or later rounds, or the same competition for another area. Each has its own dates and may change its rules.

NoticePostedDeadlineStatus
20240313-DRDecember 22, 2023Closed November 13, 2024Closed
20220315-DRNovember 17, 2021Closed November 15, 2022Closed

Key dates

PostedNovember 21, 2022
DeadlineNovember 15, 2023

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits and colleges and universities.

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.

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Is this a realistic fit?

What the grant funds

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.

Category: Humanities.

Who has won Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities (45.169) awarded $36.8 million across 367 grant awards, an average of $100,309 per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Northeastern UniversityMassachusetts6$1.5 million
Research Foundation of the City University of New YorkNew York6$1.3 million
University of Southern CaliforniaCalifornia8$1.0 million
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterTennessee6$858,585
Saint Louis UniversityMissouri3$774,742

Top states: New York ($5.7 million), California ($3.5 million), Massachusetts ($3.4 million), Pennsylvania ($2.5 million), Virginia ($1.7 million).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.

Questions people ask

Is 20230315-DR still open?

No. It closed on November 15, 2023.

Who can apply for Fellowships Open Book Program?

National Endowment for the Humanities accepted applications from nonprofits and colleges and universities. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for Fellowships Open Book Program?

Closed November 15, 2023. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $5,500 each. About $450,000 in total across about 45 awards.

Who has won Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Northeastern University, Research Foundation of the City University of New York, University of Southern California. The program made 367 awards worth $36.8 million in that time.

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