Application
Teaching Shakespeare Institute 2026
Shakespeare: Love and Infamy: Romeo and Juliet and Antony and Cleopatra in Conversation
Introduction
The Teaching Shakespeare Institute is built around a community of educators who work closely together as readers, thinkers, performers, and colleagues. Participants join a cohort that supports one another, collaborates daily, and contributes to a shared exploration of Shakespeare’s plays and their classroom possibilities.
How to Apply
Applications will be submitted through the Google Form linked below. The application will go live on December 8, 2025 and will remain open until March 6, 2026 at 11:59pm Pacific time. Only complete applications received by the deadline will be reviewed. All applicants will be notified of their status on April 6, 2026, and the deadline to accept is April 17.
Program Participants
The NEH has laid out some Participant Expectations and Applicant and Participant FAQs that they encourage applicants to read. They have also set some principles of civility that the Folger will follow throughout the program. Please review both the NEH Participant Eligibility Criteria and the NEH Principles of Civility .
The NEH has expressed the following:
Endowment programs do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age. For further information, write to the Equal Opportunity Officer, National Endowment for the Humanities, 400 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024. TDD: 202 606 8282.