General Guidelines

Types of Grants and Deadlines

Humanities Disciplines

Who Can Apply & Project Formats

Application Process

Criteria for Review

Sample Publicity Plan

Application Budget Instructions

Approval

Grant Instructions and Application Forms:

Planning Grants

Major and Mini Grants

Teacher Incentive Grants

Research Fellowships

• Major Grants (over $2,000) - No upper level of funding has been fixed; however, few awards exceed $10,000. The level of an award depends on the merits of the proposal, the amount of the grant funds available, and the number and quality of proposals in competition.
• Mini Grants ($2,000 or less)
• Teacher Incentive Grants ($1,000 or less)
• Research Fellowship Grants (September grant deadline ONLY)

Final application postmark deadlines

January 15
September 15

Applications are reviewed by the full board the following month and projected activities should be scheduled to begin no sooner than March 1 or November 1 respectively. Draft proposals are strongly encouraged. ONE COPY should be mailed to the IHC or emailed to rick@idahohumanities.org about one month prior to the final deadlines.

ASSISTANCE TO HANDICAPPED APPLICANTS

If necessary, IHC staff will make special arrangements to provide the guidelines in other formats or to meet with handicapped applicants at locations other than IHC offices.