Closed · 20251119-RZ · CFDA 45.161 · Discretionary

Collaborative Research

Federal grant opportunity posted by National Endowment for the Humanities, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1-$250K
Award range
Closed
Status
December 3, 2025
Close date
15
Expected awards

The verdict

Collaborative Research is a closed discretionary listing from National Endowment for the Humanities that offered $1 -- $250,000 across 15 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 617 other opportunities from National Endowment for the Humanities.

$1-$250K
award range
Closed
application status
15
expected awards
45.161
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on December 3, 2025. Watch CFDA 45.161 (Promotion of the Humanities — Research Programs) for the next funding cycle. Historical award band was $1 -- $250,000.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed December 3, 2025

Posted Sep 22 Closes Dec 3

Est. Total Funding

$2,500,000

Expected Awards

15

Instrument

Grant

Description

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Research is accepting applications for the Collaborative Research program. This program supports groups of two or more scholars seeking to increase humanistic knowledge through manuscript preparation for collaborative print publications, or the planning of an international collaboration. Projects must pursue significant research questions and lead toward a tangible interpretive product. The work can be rooted in a single field or cross disciplines.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 8 doors

Collaborative Research bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (8 doors: State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +4 more). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Humanities (HU). This eligibility-code string dominates the National Endowment for the Humanities book (234 peers, 38% of 618).

Code 00
State governments
Code 01
County governments
Code 02
City or township governments
Code 04
Special district governments
Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 07
Federally recognized tribal governments
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Agency Contact

Division of Research National Endowment for the Humanities 400 Seventh Street, SW Washington, DC 20506 202-606-8200 collaborative@neh.gov

What to do next

Collaborative Research is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 45.161 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Promotion of the Humanities — Research Progra… indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • National Endowment for the Humanities lists 617 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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