Opportunity Information: Apply for 20191204 RQ
The Scholarly Editions and Scholarly Translations grant opportunity is a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) program run through the Division of Research Programs that funds projects to create high-quality scholarly editions and scholarly translations of important existing texts. The central goal is to make foundational humanities materials usable for both scholars and the broader public when those works are currently hard to access, scattered, out of print, locked behind limited archival access, or only available in editions or translations that are outdated, incomplete, or otherwise not reliable for modern research and teaching. In practice, the program is geared toward projects that improve the scholarly record by producing authoritative texts and translations that readers can trust and that can support long-term humanities inquiry.
The kinds of materials supported are typically major works in literature, philosophy, and history, especially those that have shaped fields of study but are not yet available in a form that meets current scholarly standards. That said, the scope is not limited to conventional written texts. The description explicitly notes that other forms of humanities content can qualify as well, such as musical notation, which signals that the program can support edited or translated materials in formats where scholarly preparation is essential for interpretation and use. The emphasis throughout is on careful preparation of pre-existing source material rather than the creation of wholly new primary content.
This opportunity is offered as a discretionary grant (not a formula award), and it falls under the humanities funding activity category (often aligned with cultural affairs in federal listings). The CFDA number associated with the program is 45.161. The listed award ceiling is $525,000, and the program anticipated making about 22 awards under this cycle, indicating a competitive national program with a moderate number of awards and a relatively substantial maximum budget for projects with significant editorial, translation, annotation, and publication needs.
Eligibility is broad across public-sector, nonprofit, and higher-education institutions. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education). This mix suggests NEH is open to proposals from universities, libraries, archives, scholarly societies, research centers, and other cultural and public institutions capable of managing a rigorous humanities publication project and making the results accessible to intended audiences.
Administrative details in the source data identify NEH as the sponsoring agency, with a funding opportunity title of "Scholarly Editions and Scholarly Translations" and a funding opportunity number of 20191204 RQ. The record lists a creation date of September 11, 2019, and an original closing date of December 4, 2019 for that particular posting. While those dates describe a specific cycle, the program description reflects an ongoing NEH funding area that periodically reopens in new cycles.
Overall, this grant supports the scholarly work required to bring essential humanities texts into reliable, usable form for today’s readers. It is aimed at projects where editorial or translation work will substantially improve access and quality, strengthening teaching, research, and public understanding by making foundational sources available in editions and translations that meet modern scholarly expectations.Apply for 20191204 RQ
- The National Endowment for the Humanities in the humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Scholarly Editions and Scholarly Translations" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 45.161.
- This funding opportunity was created on Sep 11, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 04, 2019. (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 $525,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 22 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), 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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