Grants for Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions (FPIRI) support fellowships at institutions devoted to advanced study and research in the humanities.
NEH fellowships provide scholars with research time and access to resources that might not be available at their home institutions.
Fellowship
programs may be administered by independent centers for advanced study, libraries, and museums in the United States; American overseas research centers; and organizations that have expertise in promoting research on foreign cultures.
Individual scholars must apply directly to the institutions themselves.
A list of currently funded institutions is available.
In evaluating applications from programs at institutions located in the United States, priority is given to those with library holdings, archives, or other special collectionseither on site or nearbythat are available as resources for NEH fellows.
American overseas research centers should demonstrate a particular benefit to NEH fellows by virtue of their location and other resources.
FPIRI grants provide funding to programs for humanities fellowships of four to twelve months.
Fellowship tenure must be fulltime and continuous.
FPIRI grants support fellowship stipends and standard allowances, as well as a portion of the costs of selecting the fellows.
Indirect costs are not allowed in this program.
Institutions are expected to pay FPIRI fellows stipends at a rate of $4,200 a month; therefore the minimum stipend would be $16,800 for a four-month fellowship, and the maximum stipend would be $50,400 for a twelve-month fellowship.
A grantee institution may supplement the stipends of NEH fellows from its own funds, and fellows may receive additional funds from other sources.
NEH fellows must be granted the benefits, services, and accommodations that are normally accorded other fellows.