Deadline- September 13, 2012
The NEH Enduring Questions grant program supports faculty members in the teaching and development of a new course that will foster intellectual community through the study of an enduring question. This question-driven course will encourage undergraduates and teachers to grapple with a fundamental concern of human life addressed by the humanities, and to join together in a deep and sustained program of reading in order to encounter influential thinkers over the centuries and into the present day.
What is an enduring question? The following list is neither prescriptive nor exhaustive but serves to illustrate-
- What is good government?
- Can war be just?
- What is friendship?
- What is evil?
- Are there universals in human nature?
- What are the origins of the universe?
Eligibility–
- Any U.S. nonprofit college or university with IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status is eligible. Individuals are not eligible to apply.
- The Enduring Questions program accepts applications from American two- and four-year colleges and universities on behalf of faculty members who carry a full-time teaching load or its equivalent. Part-time teaching positions at different colleges or universities may amount to the equivalent of a full-time teaching load.
- Project directors may be tenured, tenure-track, non-tenure-track, or adjunct faculty members at a two-year or four-year college or university. Graduate students may not serve as project directors, unless they are teaching full-time or its equivalent.
- When more than one faculty member is involved in designing the course, one and only one of them must be listed in the application as the official project director of record.
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