Participant Stipends

Stipend, Tenure, and Conditions of Award

Teachers selected to participate will receive a $2,200 stipend to help defray a large portion of the costs of transportation, meals and lodging. Individual factors—e.g., distance traveled, mode of transportation, lodging selections, meal choices—will determine each individual participant’s total actual expenses.

An initial payment of $1,700 will be made at the end of the summer residency. A second payment of $500 will be made after the conclusion of the asynchronous and online components of the institute, pending completion of all project activities and expectations as determined by the project director. Stipends are taxable.

Participants are required to attend all scheduled meetings and to engage fully as professionals in keeping with the NEH Principles of Civility (see below) in all project activities. Participants who do not complete the full tenure of the project will receive a reduced stipend at the sole discretion of the project’s director. Project applicants who accept an offer to participant 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.

During and at the end of the workshop, participants will be asked to provide an assessment of their workshop experience, especially in terms of its value to their personal and professional development. These confidential online evaluations will become a part of the project’s grant file. Completion of the evaluation is a requirement of the stipend.

Income Taxes

Participant stipends are considered taxable income. Stipends are intended to help cover expenses for travel and for the tenure of the institute. These expenses may be deductible, so proper records and receipts should be maintained by each participant. The NEH does not give tax advice and suggests that you consult a tax advisor if you have any tax questions. There are a number of IRS publications that might be useful, including publication number 970, “Tax Benefits for Education,” which is available at IRS district offices or through the IRS website here.

NEH Principles of Civility

NEH Seminars, Institutes, and Landmarks programs are intended to extend and deepen knowledge and understanding of the humanities by focusing on significant topics, texts, and issues; contribute to the intellectual vitality and professional development of participants; and foster a community of inquiry that provides models of excellence in scholarship and teaching.

NEH expects that project directors will take responsibility for encouraging an ethos of openness and respect, upholding the basic norms of civil discourse.

Seminar, Institute, and Landmarks presentations and discussions should be:

firmly grounded in rigorous scholarship, and thoughtful analysis;
conducted without partisan advocacy;
respectful of divergent views;
free of ad hominem commentary; and
devoid of ethnic, religious, gender, disability, or racial bias.

NEH welcomes comments, concerns, or suggestions on these principles at questions@neh.gov.

This Institute has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. The Institute is being hosted by the Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Education Initiative at Penn State. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this Institute do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.