Fellowships Open Book Program

Background
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities, in partnership with the NEH Division of Research Programs, is accepting applications for the Fellowships Open Book Program. This limited competition aims to award publishers a $5,500 grant to release open access digital editions of books whose underlying research was funded by one of the following NEH programs: Fellowships; NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication; Awards for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions; Awards for Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Awards for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and Universities; Summer Stipends; Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan; or Public Scholars. Each e-book will be released under a Creative Commons license, making those books free for anyone to download.

Grant Details
This limited competition is open to nonprofit publishers who have published a book supported by one of the NEH fellowship programs listed below. The book must have been published, reissued, or printed in a new edition during or after 2015 as listed on the copyright page (or be forthcoming during the period of performance).

The publisher will use the funds to issue an open access e-book with a Creative Commons license, opening it up to a wide audience of readers. The program will support digital publication for a book, author royalties, distribution fees, securing rights, and promoting the open access edition.

Recipients must release an e-book edition in the EPUB format, version 3.1 or later by the end of the period of performance. The e-book must be licensed using one of the six standard Creative Commons licenses and made available via at least two major e-book distribution channels.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligibility is limited to publishers who have published during or after 2015 (or will publish within the period of performance) a book whose research was supported by an NEH fellowship. Publishers must be U.S. nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, or accredited public or 501(c)(3) institutions of higher education.

Period of Performance
The period of performance is up to eighteen months with anticipated announcements in July 2022, November 2022, or March 2023.

Grant Value
Each award is for a fixed amount of $5,500 with approximately $150,000 available per deadline to fund an estimated 10-15 recipients per deadline.