Division of Research Programs

The Division of Research supports scholarly research that advances knowledge and understanding of the humanities. Through twelve annual funding opportunities, awards are made to scholars—individuals, collaborative teams, or institutions—working on research projects of significance to specific humanities fields and to the humanities as a whole. The projects that the division supports are as diverse as America itself: [editions of the Dead Sea Scrolls](https://securegrants.neh.gov/publicquery/main.aspx?q=1a=0n=0o=0ot=0k=1kv=dead+sea+scrolls+editionkj=andw=0f=0s=0cd=0p=0d=1dv=6y=0prd=0cov=0prz=0wp=0ob=yearor=DESC ), the [history of “The Star Spangled Banner,”](https://securegrants.neh.gov/publicquery/main.aspx?q=1a=0n=1ln=claguefn=marko=0ot=0k=0f=0s=0cd=0p=1pv=289d=0y=0prd=0cov=0prz=0wp=0ob=yearor=DESC) and the [autobiography of Mark Twain](http://www.marktwainproject.org/ ).