Application Instructions
Before applying, applicants should review the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) document “NEH Summer Seminars & Institutes for School Teachers, Application Information and Instructions.”
Application checklist
A complete application consists of the following 4 items:
1. The Application Cover Sheet
The application cover sheet must be filled out online.
Please fill it out online as directed by the prompts. When you are finished, be sure to click the “submit” button. Print out the cover sheet and add it to your application package. Note that filling out a cover sheet is not the same as applying.
2. Résumé
Please include a résumé or brief biography detailing your educational qualifications and professional experience.
3. The Application Essay
The application essay should be no more than 4 double-spaced pages. It should address:
- Reasons for applying
- Your interest, both academic and personal, in the subject to be studied
- Qualifications and experiences that equip you to do the work of the seminar or institute and to make a contribution to a learning community
- A statement of what you want to accomplish by participating
- The relation of the project to your professional responsibilities
4. Reference Letters
The two referees may be from inside or outside your home institution. They should be familiar with your professional accomplishments or promise, teaching and/or research interests, and ability to contribute to and benefit from participation in the seminar or institute. Applicants who are current graduate students should secure a letter from a professor or advisor.
Please ask your referees to sign across the seal on the back of the envelope containing the letter. Enclose the letters with your application.
Deadline
All application materials should be postmarked no later than March 1, 2012.
Applicants should send 3 collated copies of their application materials to the following address:
William J. Holinger
Attn: NEH Seminar Application (Fairy Tales and Fantasy)
Harvard Summer School
51 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
