WHO SHOULD APPLY
The institute aims to attract a diverse group of twenty-five participants engaged with the field of literary studies in higher education settings, including community colleges, tribal colleges, liberal arts colleges, comprehensive colleges, state colleges and universities, and research universities. Those with already-developed research and/or teaching interests in the works of Willa Cather are welcome to apply, but we also welcome applications from those new to Cather and with interests in related fields of teaching and research, such as ecocriticism, Western U.S. literature, settler colonial studies, and LGBTQ literature. As required by the NEH, at least five spaces will be reserved for non-tenured/non-tenure track faculty, and if there is sufficient interest, three spaces may be awarded to advanced graduate students.
TIMELINE, ELIGIBILITY, AND EXPECTATIONS
Applications are due no later than March 3, 2023, at 11:59 pm Pacific Time. APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED.
All accepted applicants will be notified on April 3, 2023.
Accepted applicants will have until April 14, 2023, to accept or decline offers.
Once an applicant has accepted an offer to attend any NEH Summer Program (Seminar, Institute, or Landmark), they may not accept an additional offer or withdraw in order to accept a different offer.
Project applicants who accept an offer to participate are expected to remain during the entire period of the program and to participate in its work on a full-time basis. If a participant is obliged through special circumstances to depart before the end of the program, it shall be the recipient institution’s responsibility to see that only a pro rata share of the stipend is received or that the appropriate pro rata share of the stipend is returned if the participant has already received the full stipend. At the conclusion of the institute, all participants are expected to complete an evaluation of their experience.
Endowment programs do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age. For further information, write to the Equal Opportunity Officer, National Endowment for the Humanities, 400 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024. TDD: 202-606-8282 (this is a special telephone device for the Deaf).
For additional information on NEH policies concerning eligibility and expectations, see this document.
APPLY
Click the APPLY button to access the application form, which includes fields to enter information and fields enabling the uploading of documents (an application statement and a short cv). In your application statement, please explain your research and teaching interests as they relate to the subject matter of the institute, including your interest in archival materials in University of Nebraska-Lincoln Archives and Special Collections and at the National Willa Cather Center. For more information on UNL collections, click here and for NWCC collections, click here.