NHC Residential Fellowships

NHC Residential Fellowships

Status: Active program

Geographic Scope: United States and international

Overview: The National Humanities Center's core program providing residential fellowships for advanced humanities research. The Center is the world's only independent institute dedicated exclusively to advanced study in all areas of the humanities.

Program Focus

• Supports scholars conducting advanced humanities research across all areas of the humanities
• Scholars pursue individual research projects while participating in the Center's intellectual community
• Research has covered diverse topics including women in Incan architecture, music's effects on young people, history of misinformation during pandemics, native enslavement in the Caribbean, charismatic leaders in US history, and environmental history

Eligibility

• Open to humanities scholars from institutions across the United States and other countries
• Special initiatives available for HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) faculty
• Over 1,400 scholars have been supported since the program's inception

Support Provided

• Residential fellowship at the Center
• Dedicated research support
• Time away from teaching and institutional demands to focus on research
• Access to vibrant intellectual community with scholars from other disciplines

Funding History

• 2024: $471,000 NEH grant supporting fellows over three years
• 2021: $390,000 NEH grant supporting fellows over three years
• NEH funding has supported the program for nearly 50 years

Contact

Don Solomon, Director of Communications 919.406.0120