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Who Can Apply & Project Formats Application Budget Instructions Grant Instructions and Application Forms: |
What is a TIG?
The IHC offers Teacher Incentive Grants for curriculum improvement in the humanities. These grants are intended to help teachers improve the humanities courses they already teach or to develop a new or interdisciplinary course in the humanities. What are the Humanities? In most secondary schools, humanities courses are in literature, history, foreign languages, civics, and social studies. Courses in philosophy, jurisprudence, archaeology, and art history or music history also qualify. Skill-development classes such as reading or writing do not qualify, nor do the performing or visual arts - unless they are components of interdisciplinary courses. Please refer to the Humanities description and list of disciplines section of these guidelines. Who can apply? Applicants must have taught for at least two years at either the elementary or secondary level. What are the maximum grant amounts? The IHC will award up to $1,000 to support teachers in developing humanities curricula or in improving current courses. What types of projects are acceptable? Projects can take many forms: consulting with humanities scholars, attendance at a workshop or conference that focuses on the humanities, development of audiovisual or multimedia programs, and research to develop or expand a course. These are only a few examples. How can grant funds be used? Funds can support a travel stipend, honoraria for consulting scholars, printing or photocopying, purchase of supplies and materials, film/slide processing, and administrative costs. |
