Application Criteria and Eligibility
- Your effectiveness and commitment to teaching; where and how you will take what you learn at the Institute back to your own institutions.
- Your interest in the topic of Buddhism and the natural world, and ways Buddhist ideas and practices contribute to understanding and addressing global climate change.
- Your demonstrated perspectives, skills, or life experiences that would contribute to the Institute as whole. To enrich the conversation, we will prioritize variety and diversity in all its dimensions.
- In addition to the standard information application, we request a 2-3 page essay (maximum 750 words) that demonstrate these criteria.
Participant Eligibility Criteria
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Stipend and Participation
Summer scholars are offered a stipend of $2,200. Stipends provide compensation to participants for their time commitment and help to defray participation costs, such as travel, program activities, lodging, and meals (for residential programs), and technical support (for virtual programs). For residential programs, participants cover their own costs for travel to/from a program, lodging, and meals. Stipends are taxable as income.
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 arrive after the beginning or depart before the end of the Institutes or 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.
Participant Expectations
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Please note that faculty and participants are expected to abide by the NEH Principles of Civility.
Applicant and Participant FAQs
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Deadlines:
Applications open December 13th, 2024.
March 5, 2025 participant application deadline
April 2, 2025 participant notification deadline
April 16, 2025 participant acceptance deadline.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT
NEH does not condone or tolerate discrimination or harassment based on age, color, disability, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), genetic information, national origin, race, or religion. Nor does NEH condone or tolerate retaliation against those who initiate discrimination complaints (either formally or informally), serve as witnesses, or otherwise participate in the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) process, or oppose discrimination or harassment. 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)
Application Form
NEH Summer Institutes allow higher ed faculty an opportunity to enrich and revitalize their teaching through the study of humanities topics that bear upon undergraduate education. Participants will receive a certificate upon completion of the program, but programs are not intended to duplicate graduate-level courses.
This institute will allow twenty-five participants (“Summer Scholars”) to study the themes of the institute with a team of experienced scholars. Project leaders and Summer Scholars will mutually explore connections between scholarship and teaching, and some time is also provided for work on individual or collaborative projects.
Applications are due March 5, 2025. Applicants will be notified on April 2, 2025. Successful applicants must accept or decline their offer(s) by April 16, 2025. Please note that once you have accepted an offer to attend any NEH Summer Program (seminar or institute), you may not accept an additional offer or withdraw in order to accept a different offer.
Please review the eligibility guidelines before applying.
