Opportunity Information: Apply for 20200316 DR
The Fellowships Open Book Program is a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant opportunity run by the NEH Office of Digital Humanities in collaboration with the NEH Division of Research Programs. It is a limited-competition program designed to help publishers make scholarly books freely available to the public by funding the release of open access digital editions. The central idea is straightforward: NEH provides small, targeted awards so that books grounded in NEH-supported humanities research can be distributed online at no cost to readers.
Under this program, NEH expects to make around 30 awards, each with a maximum grant amount of $5,500. Funds are intended to support the publisher-side work required to produce and release an open access ebook edition. A key condition is that each supported ebook must be released under a Creative Commons license, ensuring legal, no-cost public access and allowing broad reuse consistent with the chosen license terms. The program supports both new and recent titles: a book can be forthcoming (with open access at initial publication) or it can be an already-released title, as long as it has been on sale for no more than three years at the time the application is submitted.
Eligibility is geared toward organizations that can function as publishers and manage the release of digital editions. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education in that nonprofit category listing). The funding activity category is Humanities (listed under Cultural Affairs in CFDA), and the CFDA number associated with the opportunity is 45.169. The opportunity is offered as a discretionary grant under Funding Opportunity Number 20200316-DR.
A defining requirement is that the book’s underlying research must have been supported by one of six specific NEH programs. The qualifying source programs are: NEH Fellowships; Awards for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions; Awards for Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Awards for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and Universities; Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan; and Public Scholars. In other words, the program is not a general open access subsidy for any humanities book; it specifically targets books that trace back to NEH-funded research from these programs.
Administratively, NEH emphasizes that this opportunity uses a streamlined application process, reducing burden compared with more extensive grant competitions. The program also runs on a recurring schedule with three proposal deadlines per year, giving publishers multiple chances annually to submit eligible titles. The opportunity record lists a creation date of December 10, 2019, and an original closing date of December 15, 2020, reflecting the posting cycle for that particular listing.Apply for 20200316 DR
- The National Endowment for the Humanities in the humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fellowships Open Book Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 45.169.
- This funding opportunity was created on Dec 10, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 15, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $5,500.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 30 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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