NEH American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grantmaking Application from the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture

FAIN: ZIN-283621-21

Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, VA 23187-8781)
Karin A. Wulf (Project Director: May 2021 to October 2021)
Catherine Elizabeth Kelly (Project Director: October 2021 to November 2023)

A grant program resulting in 16 individual awards to provide relief from the coronavirus pandemic to underemployed scholars to conduct research in humanities fields related to early American history and culture.

The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture (OI), an independent research institute focused on early America, requests $304,405 in funding from NEH American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grantmaking to support 16 three-month fellowships (with the option for two- or four-month fellowship terms based on recipient need) for underemployed scholars in contingent faculty and non-academic positions who have been adversely affected by pandemic. The vast majority of the funds requested ($240,000) will be awarded as $5,000 per month stipends to the fellowship recipients.