Willamette University

Office For Faculty Research and Resources (OFFRR)

Funding Opportunities in the Humanities

Arnold L. and Lois S. Graves Family - 2011 Graves Award in the Humanities

The Graves Award is administered by Pomona College under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. These awards are intended to encourage and to reward "outstanding accomplishment in actual teaching in the humanities by younger faculty members." In this context, the humanities are broadly conceived as being less about a particular subject area and more about the process by which life is interpreted and given meaning. The humanities function, in this conception, to "produce men and women of understanding as contrasted with those trained to be technically proficient." Graves Awards are made "to those for whom there can be submitted evidence of unusual skill and enthusiasm as teachers and who can show that their projects will enhance their ability in the classroom.” Each institution may make only one nomination. The nominee should be under 42 at the time of nomination or within his/her first decade of teaching, and should have taught at the institution for at least two years. Stipends will vary depending on the recipient's needs, but recent awards have averaged about $10,000. The period of any particular award varies depending on the scope of the project, and may last a summer, a semester, or, in special cases, a year. The grants are especially appropriate for summer study or sabbatical leaves.
Award Amount: $10000
Disciplines: Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences
Deadline: October 8, 2011 - 5 p.m. for Internal Deadline (Return one page project summary to CLA Dean's Office in Smullin 108.) Please contact Pat Alley for more information. (CLOSED)
For More Information: Not applicable

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Oregon Humanities - FY 2012 Public Program Grants

Once a year, Oregon Humanities awards Public Program Grants between $1,000 and $10,000 to nonprofit organizations in Oregon to support programs that are timely, relevant, accessible, and interactive. Oregon Humanities welcomes proposals for programs that use the humanities in the public sphere to meet our core mission of connecting Oregonians to ideas that change lives and transform communities. Programs must begin after April 1, 2012. Letters of Interest must be postmarked by October 31, 2011.
Discipline: Humanities
Deadline: October 31, 2011 - Letters of inquiry to apply for Public Program Grants must be postmarked by October 31, 2009. Full proposals, if invited, will be due by December 15, 2009. (CLOSED)
For More Information: http://oregonhumanities.org/programs/section/grants/#id22
Past Willamette Recipients: Ann Nicgorski (Art (History, 2006)

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Council for International Exchange of Scholars - Traditional Fulbright Scholar Program

The traditional Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields.
Disciplines: Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences, Education
Deadline: August 1, 2012 - Online system available for applications for 2011-2012 academic year
For More Information: http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/us_awards/

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Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture - Hiett Prize in the Humanities

The Hiett Prize in the Humanities is an annual award aimed at identifying candidates who are in the early stages of careers devoted to the humanities and whose work shows extraordinary promise and has a significant public component related to contemporary culture. The opposite of a lifetime achievement award, the Hiett Prize seeks to encourage future leaders in the humanities by 1) recognizing their early accomplishment and their potential and 2) assisting their ongoing work through a cash award of $50,000.
Award Amount: $50000
Discipline: Humanities
Deadline: June 1, 2012 - For more information about applying for the Hiett Prize, please visit http://www.dallasinstitute.org
For More Information: http://www.dallasinstitute.org/programs_hiett_prize.html

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Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation - Humanities Program

The Foundation intends to further the humanities along a broad front, supporting projects which address the concerns of the historical studia humanitatis: a humanistic education rooted in the great traditions of the past; the formation of human beings according to cultural, moral, and aesthetic ideals derived from that past; and the ongoing debate over how these ideals may best be conceived and realized. Programs in the following areas are eligible: history; archaeology; literature; languages, both classical and modern; philosophy; ethics; comparative religion; the history, criticism, and theory of the arts; and those aspects of the social sciences which share the content and methods of humanistic disciplines. The Foundation welcomes projects that cross the boundaries between humanistic disciplines and explore the connection between the humanities and other areas of scholarship.
Award Amount: $25000
Discipline: Humanities
Deadline: Contact Arminda Lathrop,WU Corporate & Foundation Relations, ext. 6606 or alathrop@willamette.edu
For More Information: http://www.delmas.org/programs/humanities_d.html

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Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center - 2012-2013 Research Fellowship

The Harry Ransom Center annually awards over 50 fellowships to support projects that require substantial on-site use of its collections. The fellowships support research in all areas of the humanities, including literature, photography, film, art, the performing arts, music, and cultural history. The fellowships range from one to three months, with stipends of $3,000 per month. Also available are $1,200 to $1,700 travel stipends and dissertation fellowships with a $1,500 stipend.
Award Amount: $10000
Discipline: Humanities
Deadline: February 1, 2012 - Receipt deadline (CLOSED)
For More Information: http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fellowships/application/

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National Endowment for the Humanities - Collaborative Research Grants

Collaborative Research Grants support original research undertaken by a team of two or more scholars or research coordinated by an individual scholar that, because of its scope or complexity, requires additional staff and resources beyond the individual’s salary. Eligible projects include: (1) research that significantly adds to knowledge and understanding in the humanities; (2)conferences on topics of major importance in the humanities that will benefit ongoing research; (3) archaeological projects that include the interpretation and communication of results (projects may encompass excavation, materials analysis, laboratory work, field reports, and preparation of interpretive monographs); and (4) research that uses the knowledge, methods, and perspectives of the humanities to enhance understanding of science, technology, medicine, and the social sciences. Awards are made for one to three years and normally range from $25,000 to $100,000 per year.
Award Amount: $100000
Disciplines: Humanities, Social Sciences
Deadline: October 28, 2011 - for grants beginning as early as July 1, 2012 (CLOSED)
For More Information: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/Collaborative.html

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National Endowment for the Humanities - Enduring Questions: Pilot Course Grants

The Enduring Questions grant program supports a faculty member’s development of a new course that will foster intellectual community through the study of an enduring question. This course will encourage undergraduate students and a teacher to grapple with a fundamental question addressed by the humanities, and to join together in a deep and sustained program of reading in order to encounter influential thinkers over the centuries and into the present day.
Award Amount: $25000
Discipline: Humanities
Deadline: September 15, 2011 - for projects beginning May 1, 2012 (CLOSED)
For More Information: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/EnduringQuestions.html
Past Willamette Recipients: Jennifer Jopp (History, 2009)

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National Endowment for the Humanities - Fellowships

Fellowships support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to scholars and general audiences in the humanities. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, and other scholarly tools. Fellowships support continuous full-time work for a period of six to twelve months with a stipend of $4,200 per month ($50,400 max. for 12 mos.).
Award Amount: $50400
Discipline: Humanities
Deadline: May 1, 2012 -
For More Information: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fellowships.html

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National Endowment for the Humanities - Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) invites applications to the Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants program. This program is designed to encourage innovations in the digital humanities. By awarding relatively small grants to support the planning stages, NEH aims to encourage the development of innovative projects that promise to benefit the humanities.
Award Amount: $50000
Discipline: Humanities
Deadline: September 27, 2011 - Applications for this program must be submitted via Grants.gov. (CLOSED)
For More Information: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/digitalhumanitiesstartup.html#awardinfo
Past Willamette Recipients: Mike Spalti, et al. (Hatfield Library and Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 2008)

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National Endowment for the Humanities - Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions

Grants for Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions (FPIRI) support fellowships at institutions devoted to advanced study and research in the humanities. NEH fellowships provide scholars with research time and access to resources that might not be available at their home institutions.
Award Amount: $50400
Discipline: Humanities
Deadline: See link above for FPIRI offerings and deadlines for 2012-2013
For More Information: http://www.neh.gov/projects/fpiri.html

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National Endowment for the Humanities - Scholarly Editions and Translations Grants

Scholarly Editions and Translations grants support the preparation of editions and translations of pre-existing texts and documents that are currently inaccessible or available in inadequate editions. Projects must be undertaken by a team of at least one editor or translator and one other staff member. Grants typically support editions and translations of significant literary, philosophical, and historical materials, but other types of work, such as musical notation, are also eligible.
Award Amount: $50000
Disciplines: Arts, Humanities
Deadline: October 28, 2011 - Applications for this program must be submitted via Grants.gov. (CLOSED)
For More Information: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/editions.html

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National Endowment for the Humanities - Summer Stipend

Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to scholars and general audiences in the humanities. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly tools. Summer Stipends support full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two months.
Award Amount: $6000
Discipline: Humanities
Deadline: October 29, 2011 - Internal nomination required. Contact Patricia Alley at ext. 6246 for more information. (CLOSED)
For More Information: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html
Past Willamette Recipients: Richard Ellis (Politics, 2010), Mike Chasar (English, 2011)

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National Endowment for the Humanities - Teaching Development Fellowships

Teaching Development Fellowships (TDF) support college and university teachers pursuing research aimed specifically at improving their undergraduate teaching. The program has three broad goals: 1) to improve the quality of humanities education in the United States; 2) to strengthen the link between research and teaching in the humanities; and 3) to foster excellence in undergraduate instruction. Fellowships cover periods lasting from three to five months and carry stipends of $4,200 per month ($21,000 max.).
Award Amount: $21000
Discipline: Humanities
Deadline: September 30, 2011 - Applications for this program must be submitted via Grants.gov (CLOSED)
For More Information: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/TD_Fellowships.html

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National Humanities Center - National Humanities Center Fellowships 2012-2013

The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities during the academic year, September 2012 through May 2013. Applicants must hold doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials. Young scholars as well as senior scholars are encouraged to apply, but they must have a record of publication, and new Ph.D.s should be aware that the Center does not normally support the revision of a doctoral dissertation. In addition to scholars from all fields of the humanities, the Center accepts individuals from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects.
Disciplines: Humanities, Social Sciences
Deadline: October 15, 2011 - postmark deadline (CLOSED)
For More Information: http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/fellowships/instruct.htm

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Newberry Library - Long-Term Fellowships in the Humanities

Fellowships at the Newberry Library provide assistance to researchers who wish to use the collections, but who cannot finance a visit on their own. Fellowships at the Newberry Library are of two types: short-term fellowships with terms of one week to two months and long-term fellowships of six to eleven months. Short-term fellowships are generally restricted to individuals from outside the metropolitan Chicago area and are primarily intended to assist researchers with a need to examine specific items in the Library's collection. Long-term fellowships are generally available without regard to an applicant's place of residence and are intended to support significant works of scholarship that draw on the Library's strengths.
Award Amount: $40000
Discipline: Humanities
Deadline: December 12, 2011 - Postmark deadline for paper submission (CLOSED)
For More Information: http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/long-term.html

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Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study - Fellowship Program

Through the Fellowship Program, women and men at the forefront of the sciences, humanities, social sciences, arts, and professions—all of whom have exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishments—convene at the Radcliffe Institute for a full year. As fellows, they focus on individual projects and research while benefiting from a multidisciplinary community in the enriching University setting.
Award Amount: $65000
Disciplines: Arts, Humanities
Deadline: October 3, 2011 - Online application portal at http://radcliffe.onlineapplicationportal.com/register/ (CLOSED)
For More Information: http://www.radcliffe.edu/fellowships/apply.aspx

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Stanford Humanities Center - 2012-2013 External Faculty Fellowships (Residential)

External fellowships are intended primarily for individuals currently teaching in or affiliated with an academic institution, but independent scholars may apply. Faculty fellowships are awarded across the spectrum of academic ranks (assistant, associate, and full professor) and a goal of the selection process is to create a diverse community of scholars. Applicants who are members of traditionally under-represented groups are encouraged to apply. There are no citizenship requirements for these fellowships; non-U.S. nationals are welcome to apply. Awards are made from an applicant pool of approximately 250.
Disciplines: Humanities, Social Sciences
Deadline: October 3, 2011 - (CLOSED)
For More Information: http://shc.stanford.edu/fellowships/non-stanford-faculty

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Yale University - Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library - 2012-2013 Visiting Scholars Fellowship

The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library offers short-term fellowships to support visiting scholars pursuing post-doctoral or equivalent research in its collections. The Library is Yale University's principal repository for literary papers and for early manuscripts and rare books in the fields of literature, theology, history, and the natural sciences. In addition to its general collection of rare books and manuscripts, the library houses the Yale Collection of American Literature, the Yale Collection of German Literature, the Yale Collection of Western Americana, and the Osborn Collection. The Beinecke collections afford opportunities for interdisciplinary research in such fields as medieval, Renaissance, and eighteenth-century studies, art history, photography, American studies, the history of printing, and modernism in art and literature.
Disciplines: Humanities, Social Sciences
Deadline: December 9, 2011 - Postmark deadline for paper submissions (CLOSED)
For More Information: http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/brbleduc/brblapplyvisiting.html#visiting_fellowships

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