January 16, 2004

Humanities Endowment Returns to 'Flagging' Nontraditional Projects

By ANNE MARIE BORREGO

Chart: The Humanities Endowments' Review Process

Flagging is back at the National Endowment for the Humanities, for better or for worse.

The practice, which is as old as the agency itself, allows NEH officials to identify specific grant applications -- often, these days, projects dealing with sexuality, race, or gender -- for extra review. In some cases, flagged proposals that receive high marks from peer-review

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