Housing, Meals and Stipend

During the NEH Summer Institute, scholars will be housed on campus in a dormitory with air-conditioned, fully furnished, spartan but functional rooms with both Ethernet and wireless Internet access.  Each room has a microwave-refrigerator, and the dorm includes a community kitchen and laundry room as well.  All rooms are two-bedroom suites that share a common bathroom. The cost has not been finalized at this time, but will be approximately $39 per person per night for a single room and $29 for a double. There will be a one time charge of $15 dollars for linen if provided by the campus. Meal plans will be available for a modest cost and details will follow soon. There are several off-campus restaurants within reach on foot, and each evening a shuttle will be available to take institute members to downtown Asheville, where galleries and cafes abound.

Our three-week NEH 2011 Summer Institute will accommodate 30 NEH Summer Scholars and will provide a stipend of $2,700 to each participant to offset travel and living expenses. Stipends are intended to help cover travel expenses to and from the project location, books and other research expenses, and living expenses for the duration of the period spent in residence.  Stipends are taxable.

Seminar and institute participants are required to attend all meetings and to engage fully as professionals in the work of the project.  During the project’s tenure, they may not undertake teaching assignments or any other professional activities unrelated to their participation in the project.  Participants who, for any reason, do not complete the full tenure of the project must refund a pro-rata portion of the stipend.