Institutes for Higher Education Faculty and K-12 Educators

The National Endowment for the Humanities is seeking applications for its Institutes for Higher Education Faculty and K-12 Educators program. The program aims to support 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. The program will provide funding for 18 awards, with an estimated total funding of $3,000,000 and an award ceiling of $220,000. • The program is open to various types of organizations, including public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, native American tribal governments, nonprofits, city or township governments, state governments, county governments, private institutions of higher education, and special district governments. • The program will support projects that focus on professional development in the humanities. • The estimated project start date is October 1, 2026. • The application deadline is February 11, 2026.