Undergraduate Humanities Innovators Application

The Undergraduate Humanities Innovators program (previously National Humanities Leadership Council) offers professional development and mentorship for outstanding undergraduate students from colleges and universities in the United States. Student participants are empowered to take on leadership roles and supported as they develop strategies to address contemporary challenges on their home campuses and in their communities.

Innovators take part in a unique series of discussion sessions with humanities experts and benefit from skill-based workshops relevant to higher education and a variety of career trajectories. Students have the opportunity to pursue specific individual or collective humanities projects and network with professionals who represent a range of fields including academia, nonprofit work, the arts, science communication, museum studies and curation, and activism and advocacy.

Undergraduate Humanities Innovators Application

Eligibility

All applicants must:

  • be currently enrolled as an undergraduate student at an accredited institution of higher education in the United States for the full 2026–27 academic year;
  • be in residence in the United States for the duration of the program (no plans for study abroad, etc.)

Submit Your Proposal

To apply for a place in the 2026–27 cohort, please fill out the form below by 5:00 pm EST on October 19, 2026. Successful applicants will be notified by email in November. Please email the NHC public engagement team with any questions.