Awards for Faculty at HBCUs

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is offering awards to individual faculty members at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to pursue projects that embody exceptional humanistic research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing. The awards provide recipients with time to write, travel, and conduct research and other project-related activities. Projects are eligible at any stage, and the program offers applicants flexibility in project outcomes and award periods. The 2026 Awards for Faculty competition will accept only projects for research in American history and culture and Western civilization. • The awards provide funding for 2-12 months, full-time equivalent, with a minimum of $30,000 and a maximum of $60,000. • The awards are open to individual faculty members at HBCUs who are U.S. citizens residing domestically or abroad, or foreign nationals who have lived in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least three years prior to the application deadline. • The application deadline is April 22, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. • The awards will be announced in January 2027.