2023 neh summer landmarks workshops FOR k-12 SCHOOL TEACHERS
APPLICATION INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS
Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops provide K-12 educators with the opportunity to engage in intensive study and discussion of important topics and issues in American history and culture, while providing them with direct experiences in the interpretation of significant historical and cultural sites and the use of archival and other primary evidence.
Prior to completing an application to a specific workshop, please review the project website and consider carefully what is expected in terms of residence and attendance, reading and writing requirements, and general participation in the work of the project.
NEH Landmarks workshops involve teachers in collaboration with core faculty and visiting scholars to study the best available scholarship on a specific landmark or cluster of landmarks. Workshops, offered twice in one summer, accommodate 36 teachers in each one-week session. Participants benefit by gaining a sense of the importance of historical and cultural places, by making connections between the workshop content and what they teach, and by developing individual teaching and/or research materials.
Please Note: An individual may apply to up to two NEH summer projects (NEH Landmarks Workshops, NEH Summer Seminars, or NEH Summer Institutes), but may participate in only one. Once an individual has accepted an offer to attend any NEH Summer Program (Landmark or Institutes), they may not accept an additional offer or withdraw in order to accept a different offer.
SELECTION CRITERIA
A selection committee comprised of the project director and two or more colleagues will read and evaluate all properly completed applications to select a group of summer scholars and identify alternates.
Special consideration is given to the likelihood that an applicant will benefit professionally and personally from the workshop experience. It is important, therefore, to address each of the following factors in the application essay:
1) your professional background;
2) your interest in the subject of the workshop;
3) your special perspectives, skills, or experiences that would contribute to the workshop; and
4) how the experience would enhance your teaching or school service.
• At least three spaces per week (up to six spaces total for a program) will be reserved for teachers who are new to the profession (five years or less of teaching experience).
• Primary consideration will be given to those who have not previously attended an NEH Landmark program.
• When choices must be made between equally qualified candidates, preference will be given to those who will enhance the diversity of the program.
STIPEND, TENURE, AND CONDITIONS OF AWARD
Teachers selected to participate as NEH Summer Scholars will receive a $1,300 stipend at the end of the workshop session. Stipends are intended to help cover travel, housing, meals, and basic academic expenses. Stipends are taxable.
Project applicants who accept an offer to participate are expected to remain during the entire period of the program and to participate in its work on a full-time basis. If a participant is obliged through special circumstances to either arrive after the beginning of the program or depart before the end of the Landmarks program, it shall be the recipient institution’s responsibility to see that only a pro rata share of the stipend is received or that the appropriate pro rata share of the stipend is returned if the participant has already received the full stipend.
At the end of the workshop, NEH Summer Scholars will be asked to provide an assessment of their workshop experience, especially in terms of its value to their personal and professional development. These confidential online evaluations will become a part of the project’s grant file.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Before you attempt to complete an application, please study the project website, which contains detailed information about the topic under study, project requirements and expectations of the participants, the academic and institutional setting, and specific provisions for lodging and subsistence.
APPLICATION CHECKLIST
A completed application consists of the following items:
Applicant data that includes the following elements:
participants name; home zip code; preferred email; institution name, city and state; institution type; grade levels taught; subjects taught; number of years teaching experience; and number of students taught per year.
a résumé or short biography, and
an application essay (no longer than two double-spaced pages) as outlined below.
Résumé
Please include a résumé or brief biography detailing your educational qualifications and professional experience.
Application Essay
The application essay should be no more than two double-spaced pages. The essay should address your professional background; interest in the subject of the workshop; special perspectives, skills, or experiences that would contribute to the workshop; and how the experience would enhance your teaching or school service.
SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS AND NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE
Applications must be submitted to the project director, not the NEH, and are due no later than Friday, March 3, 2023.
Applications sent to the NEH will not be reviewed.
Successful applicants will be notified of their selection on Monday, April 3, 2023, and they will have until Friday, April 14, 2023 to accept or decline the offer.
Once you have accepted an offer to attend any NEH Summer Program (NEH Landmarks Workshop, NEH Summer Seminar, or NEH Summer Institute), you may not accept an additional offer or withdraw in order to accept a different offer.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT
Endowment programs do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age. For further information, write to the Equal Opportunity Officer, National Endowment for the Humanities, 400 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024. TDD: 202/606-8282 (this is a special telephone device for the Deaf).
NEH PRINCIPLES OF CIVILITY
All participants are required to read and abide by National Endowment for the Humanities Principles of Civility for Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) funds Seminars, Institutes, and Workshops to (i) extend and deepen knowledge and understanding of the humanities by focusing on significant topics, texts, and issues; (ii) contribute to the intellectual vitality and professional development of participants; and (iii) foster a community of inquiry that provides models of excellence in scholarship and teaching. While administering an NEH-funded Seminar, Institute, or Workshop, NEH expects to encourage an ethos of openness and respect, and uphold the basic norms of civil discourse. Seminar, Institute, and Workshop presentations and discussions should be:
firmly grounded in rigorous scholarship and thoughtful analysis;
conducted without partisan advocacy;
respectful of divergent views;
free of ad hominem commentary; and
devoid of ethnic, religious, gender, disability, or racial bias.
The NEH welcomes comments, concerns, or suggestions on these principles at questions@neh.gov.
