[United States Government Manual]
[September 15, 2009]
[Pages 447-449]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



National Endowment for the Humanities

1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20506
Phone, 202-606-8400 or 800-634-1121 (toll free). TDD, 202-606-8282 or 
866-372-2930 (toll free). Internet, www.neh.gov. Email, [email protected].
CHAIR                                             Jim Leach
Deputy Chairman                                   Michael McDonald, 
                                                          Acting
Chief of Staff                                    (vacancy)
Assistant Chairman for Planning and Operations    Jeff Thomas
Assistant Chair for Partnership and National      Carole Watson
        Affairs
Assistant Chairman for Programs                   Adam Wolfson
Director, White House and Congressional Affairs   Jeremy Bernard
Director, We the People Program                   Michael McDonald, 
                                                          Acting
Director, Communications                          Noel Milan, Acting
General Counsel                                   Michael McDonald
Inspector General                                 Sheldon Bernstein
Director, Administrative Services                 Barry Maynes
Chief Information Officer                         Brett Bobley
Director, Division of Education Programs          William Craig Rice
Director, Division of Preservation and Access     Nadina Gardner
Director, Division of Public Programs             Thomas Phelps
Director, Division of Research Programs           Jane Aikin, Acting
Director, Office of Challenge Grants              Stephen M. Ross
Director, Office of Digital Humanities            Brett Bobley
Director, Federal/State Partnership               Edythe Manza
Director, Office of Grant Management              Susan Daisey
Director, Office of Human Resources               Anthony Mitchell, 
                                                          Acting
Director, Office of Planning and Budget           Larry Myers
Director, Office of Publications                  David Skinner

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The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent, grantmaking 
agency established by Congress in 1965 to support research, education, 
preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
According to the agency's authorizing legislation, the term 
``humanities'' includes, but is not limited to, the            study of 
the following: language, both            modern and classical; 
linguistics;            literature; history; jurisprudence;            
philosophy; archeology; comparative religion; ethics; the history, 
criticism, and theory of the arts; and those            aspects of the 
social sciences that employ historical or philosophical approaches.
    The Endowment makes grants to individuals, groups, or institutions--
schools, colleges, universities, museums, public television stations, 
libraries, public agencies, and nonprofit private groups to increase 
understanding and appreciation of the humanities.

Challenge Grants   Nonprofit institutions interested in developing new 
sources of long-term support for educational, scholarly, preservation, 
and public programs in the humanities may be



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assisted in these efforts by a challenge grant.

For further information, call 202-606-8309.

Digital Humanities   The Office of Digital Humanities encourages and 
supports projects that use or study the impact of digital technology on 
education, preservation, public programming, and research in the 
humanities.

For further information, call 202-606-8401. Email, [email protected].

Education   Through grants to educational institutions and fellowships 
to scholars and teachers, this division strengthens sustained thoughtful 
study of the humanities at all levels of education.

For further information, call 202-606-8500.

Federal/State Partnership   Humanities committees in each of the 50 
States, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, the 
Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Guam receive grants from 
the Endowment, which they, in turn, grant to support humanities programs 
at the local level.

For further information, call 202-606-8254.

Preservation and Access  This division supports projects that will 
create, preserve, and increase the availability of resources important 
for research, education, and public programming in the humanities.

For further information, call 202-606-8570.

Public Programs  This division strives to fulfill the Endowment's 
mandate ``to increase public understanding of the humanities'' by 
supporting those institutions and organizations that develop and present 
humanities programming for general audiences.

For further information, call 202-606-8269.

Research  This division promotes original research in the humanities by 
providing grants for significant research projects.

For further information, call 202-606-8200.

We the People Program   This program is designed to encourage and 
enhance the teaching, study, and understanding of American history, 
culture, and democratic principles.

For further information, call 202-606-8337.

Sources of Information

Employment  For employment information, contact the NEH Job Line. Phone, 
202-606-8281.
Grants  Those interested in applying for a grant in the humanities 
should visit www.neh.gov for information and guidelines related to grant 
programs offered by the National Endowment for the Humanities. For 
further information, call 202-606-8446. Applications for grants must be 
submitted through www.grants.gov.
Publications  The bimonthly review of issues in the humanities, entitled 
Humanities, is available by subscription ($24 domestic, $33.60 foreign) 
through the Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 
15250-7954, or by phone at 202-512-1800.

For further information, contact the Office of Communications, National 
Endowment for the Humanities, Room 510, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20506. Phone, 202-606-8400 or 800-634-1121. TDD, 202-606-
8282 or 866-372-2930. Internet, www.neh.gov. Email, [email protected].