Application Procedure & Deadline

A completed application consists of three copies of the following collated items:

1. The completed application cover sheet (filled out online, then printed - see below).
   
2. A résumé.
   
3. An application essay (no longer than one double-spaced page) as outlined below.
   
4. One reference letter as described below.

Application Cover Sheet:
The application cover sheet must be filled out online.

Please follow the prompts; be sure to indicate your first and second choices of workshop dates.  Print out the cover sheet and add it to your application package.  Finally, be sure to click on the “submit” button.  At this point you will be asked if you want to fill out a cover sheet for another project.  If you do, follow the prompts and select another project and then print out the cover sheet for that project as well. Note that filling out a cover sheet is not the same as applying, so there is no penalty for changing your mind and filling out a cover sheet for several projects.  A full application consists of all of the items listed above, sent to the “Inventing America: Lowell” project director.      

Résumé: Please include a résumé or brief biography detailing your educational qualifications and professional experience.

Application Essay: The application essay should be no more than one double spaced pages.  The essay should address your professional background; interest in the subject of the workshop; special perspectives, skills, or experiences that would contribute to the workshop; and how the experience would enhance your teaching or school service. 

Reference Letter: Each applicant should provide a letter of recommendation from his or her school principal, department head, district administrator, or home-schooling association president as appropriate.  It is helpful for referees to read the director’s description of the project and your application essay.  Please ask your referee to sign across the seal on the back of the envelope containing the letter.  Enclose the letter with your application.

Please collate your application in the following order:  1) application cover sheet, 2) résumé, and 3) application essay (three copies of each), and 4) reference letter (sealed as described above).  Your completed application must be postmarked no later than March 1, 2012, and addressed as follows:

Ellen Anstey, Administrative Assistant
Tsongas Industrial History Center
Boott Cotton Mills
115 John St.
Lowell, MA  01852

Questions and comments should be directed to Ellen Anstey at Ellen_Anstey@uml.edu or 978-970-5080.

Completed applications should be submitted to the address above, not the NEH, and postmarked no later than March 1, 2011.

Successful applicants will be notified of their selection by April 2, 2012, and they will have until April 6, 2012, to accept or decline the offer.  Applicants who will not be home during the notification period should provide an address and phone number where they can be reached.  No information concerning the status of an application will be available prior to the official notification period.

Once you have accepted an offer to attend any NEH Summer Program (NEH Landmarks Workshops, NEH Summer Seminars, or NEH Summer Institutes), you may not accept an additional offer or withdraw in order to accept a different offer. 

Once you confirm your participation, you will receive information about housing, online readings, and other details pertaining to the Workshops.

We look forward to welcoming you to historic Lowell!

Sincerely,

Sheila Kirschbaum
Director: Inventing America: Lowell and the Industrial Revolution
Tsongas Industrial History Center

This project is funded as part of the We the People initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities.