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Public Scholars deadline 2025

The current listed application deadline is August 5, 2025. Use this page to verify timing fast, then move into the full grant record for planning, comparison, and drafting.

Agency
National Endowment for the Humanities
Award range
$30,000 to $60,000
Total funding
$1,500,000
Funding instrument
Grant
CFDA / ALN
45.160
Cost share
No

Deadline Status

This deadline has passed

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Quick facts

Opportunity number
Not listed
Last updated
May 29, 2025
Expected awards
25

Deadline summary

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Research Programs is accepting applications for the Public Scholars program. The program offers grants to individual authors for research, writing, travel, and other activities leading to the creation and publication of well-researched nonfiction books in the humanities written for the broad public. It encourages non-academic writers to deepen their engagement with the humanities by strengthening the research underlying their books, and...

Key dates

Posted
June 2, 2024
Deadline
August 5, 2025

Before you apply

Confirm the official submission path and any portal requirements.
Review the close date carefully and account for agency timezone handling.
Validate fit against the listed eligibility groups before investing drafting time.
This program expects about 25 awards, which can help frame competitiveness.

Eligibility snapshot

IndividualsSee C. Eligibility Information in the Notice of Funding Opportunity for more information.

See C. Eligibility Information in the Notice of Funding Opportunity for more information.