FYI... Stefanie Rixecker ECOFEM Coordinator [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- 1999 DEADLINE DATES FOR NEH EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION GRANTS The National Endowment for the Humanities supports school teachers and college faculty in the United States who wish to strengthen the teaching and learning of history, literature, foreign languages and cultures, and other areas of the humanities. The Education Development and Demonstration Program offers the following programs: *National Education Projects* Includes materials development projects, curricular development and demonstration projects, and dissemination projects of national scope and significance. Application deadline: October 15, 1999 Funding available: up to $250,000 total for three years *Humanities Focus Grants* Propose a study of a humanities topic during the summer or academic year with colleagues from your school building, school district, college or university. Application deadline: April 15, 1999 Funding available: up to $25,000 *Schools for A New Millennium* A special initiative to enable schools, in partnership with colleges and communities, to design professional development activities integrating digital technology into the humanities classroom. Application deadlines: Planning Grants- April 1, 1999 Implementation Grants: October 1, 1999 Funding available: Planning Grants- up to $30,000, Implementation Grants- up to $200,000 For more information about these grant opportunities, or if you have ideas about developing a project, please write or call: Education Development and Demonstration Division of Research and Education Programs National Endowment for the Humanities, Room 318 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20506 Phone: 202/606-8380 FAX: 202/606-8394 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TDD (for hearing impaired only) 202/606-8282 Guidelines and application forms may be retrieved from the NEH World Wide Web site: http://www.neh.gov (under Applying for a Grant, Application Forms) ************************************ Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker Division of Environmental Management & Design Lincoln University, Canterbury PO Box 84 Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: 64-03-325-3841 ************************************
