Opportunity Information: Apply for 20230315 DR
The Fellowships Open Book Program is a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant opportunity designed to help publishers make scholarly books freely available to the public as open access e-books. It is run by the NEH Office of Digital Humanities in partnership with the NEH Division of Research Programs, and it focuses specifically on books whose underlying research was supported by certain eligible NEH fellowships or grants. The central goal is to widen access to humanities scholarship by covering part of the cost for publishers to convert and release qualifying titles in a free digital format.
This is a limited competition grant (Funding Opportunity Number 20230315 DR) in the humanities funding area (CFDA 45.169). The award amount is relatively small but targeted: each selected publisher can receive up to $5,500 to support the release of an open access digital edition. NEH anticipated making around 45 awards under this opportunity, reflecting a program that is meant to fund many individual conversions/releases rather than a few large projects.
A key requirement is that the publisher must release the e-book under a Creative Commons license, which ensures the public can legally access and download the book at no cost. In practical terms, the program is paying for the publisher to remove paywalls and make a compliant open license available for the digital edition, rather than funding the original research or writing of the book. The program supports both (1) forthcoming titles that will be open access at the time they are first released and (2) already-published books, as long as the book was published, reissued, or printed in a new edition during or after calendar year 2016. That date threshold signals that the program is aimed at relatively recent scholarship and publications that can be realistically brought into open access distribution.
Eligibility is oriented toward established institutional and nonprofit publishing organizations rather than individual authors. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education). While the summary emphasizes publishers, the eligible applicant categories indicate that many applicants may be university presses, university-affiliated publishers, or nonprofit scholarly publishers that can manage rights, production, and distribution of open access e-books.
From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity was created on November 21, 2022, and the original application deadline was November 15, 2023. The funding instrument is a grant, and the opportunity is categorized as discretionary, meaning awards are made competitively based on NEH review criteria and program priorities. Overall, the program is a straightforward, purpose-built subsidy: it provides a fixed, modest amount of support so publishers can release qualified NEH-supported humanities books as freely downloadable, Creative Commons-licensed digital editions, either at first publication or by converting eligible recent titles to open access.Apply for 20230315 DR
- The National Endowment for the Humanities in the humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fellowships Open Book Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 45.169.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 21, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 15, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $5,500.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 45 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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