The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is seeking artists to sculp 250 "realistic" statues for President Donald Trump's National Garden of American Heroes project. 

The statues include George Washington, Martin Luther King Jr. and Kobe Bryant. 

According to the NEH, the budget is up to $200,000 per statue and artists have until July 1 to apply.

"Each award in this program will support the creation of up to three statues from the list of individuals provided in Executive Order 13978, Building the National Garden of American Heroes," the NEA said in the announcement this week. "All statues must be life-size and made of marble, granite, bronze, copper, or brass. Applicants are asked to select ten to twenty figures from those listed in the Executive Order and NEH will determine which statues are to be created by each award recipient."

The NEH said the National Garden of American Heroes is scheduled to open in July 2026 in "celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence."