Eligibility
ACADEMIC YEAR 2026-27 APPLICATION WINDOW IS NOW OPEN.
DEADLINE: March 1, 2026, 11:59 p.m. EST
Grants for Humanities Collaboration
The Humanities Center’s Grants for Humanities Collaboration are available to full-time faculty members and faculty equivalent academic professionals (FEAPs). Eligible faculty members include tenured or tenure-track, teaching, service, clinical, research, librarian, and continuing visiting faculty members.
The Center will fund awards for either interdisciplinary teams of: 1) three or more scholars or 2) project-based partnerships between scholars and community partners (both categories may include students as scholarly investigators). Each team will work on a topic centered on humanities inquiry, with at least two disciplines represented.
Collaborative Grants will support faculty members whose projects share subject matter and result in related or linked research products. While all team members need not be formally appointed in humanities disciplines, at least one member must be formally appointed in a humanities discipline. The lead Principal Investigator is expected to submit letters of collaboration as attachments to the proposal.
Maximum budget: $13,000. (A maximum of $15,000 may be requested if at least the additional $2,000 is allocated to a student.)
If awarded, grant funds will be available no earlier than July 1, 2026, and must be expended by June 30, 2027.
Application Requirements:
Your application must include the following components; each prepared according to the specifications below. At the end, all materials must be compiled and uploaded as one complete grant application PDF.
Include the applicant’s information in the content of the PDF as well as in the file name.
- Project Narrative: Describe the project, its relationship to the humanities, how it addresses interdisciplinary work (if applicable), and the planned outcomes, including public outcomes. Reviewers will evaluate both the merit of the proposal and the strength of the outcomes. Limit to two pages, single-spaced, using Times New Roman (or comparable font) at 11-point or larger.
- Workplan: Outline the schedule for the period of performance. Describe the tasks to be accomplished, specify which part of the project the award will support, identify any work already completed, and indicate the expected completion date if work will extend beyond the grant period. Limit to one page. Do not repeat content from the Project Narrative.
- Curriculum Vitae: Provide abbreviated CVs for each team member, condensed to no more than two pages per person.
- Budget and Budget Narrative: Include an itemized project budget and a brief narrative explaining and justifying the costs. Eligible expenses include direct costs essential to achieving project outcomes (e.g., travel, lodging, registration fees, summer salary, and student labor, subject to payroll restrictions). Funds may not be used for indirect costs such as equipment, hardware, or software.
- Letter(s) of Collaboration (required only for Humanities Collaboration Grants): Provide letter(s) of collaboration, demonstrating the collaborator’s role, commitment, or contribution.
Research Support Grants
The Humanities Center will provide awards to support research activities for faculty working on humanities-related projects. Grant funds are available to full-time faculty members and faculty equivalent academic professionals (FEAPs). Eligible faculty members include tenured or tenure-track, teaching, service, clinical, research, librarian, and continuing visiting faculty members.
Funds must be used for expenses required to perform humanities-centered research. For example, research support grants may be used for travel to research sites or archives, or for book preparation expenses. Humanities Center Research Support Grants do not cover salary, equipment, hardware, or software.
Maximum budget: $4,000.
If awarded, grant funds will be available no earlier than July 1, 2026, and must be expended by June 30, 2027.
Application Requirements:
Your application must include the following components; each prepared according to the specifications below. At the end, all materials must be compiled and uploaded as one complete grant application PDF. Include the applicant’s information in the content of the PDF as well as in the file name.
Please review and prepare the following requirements before starting your submission.- Project Narrative: Describe the project, its relationship to the humanities, how it addresses interdisciplinary work (if applicable), and the planned outcomes, including public outcomes. Reviewers will evaluate both the merit of the proposal and the strength of the outcomes. Limit to two pages, single-spaced, using Times New Roman (or comparable font) at 11-point or larger.
- Curriculum Vitae: Provide an abbreviated CV, condensed to no more than two pages.
- Budget and Budget Narrative: Include an itemized project budget and a brief narrative explaining and justifying the costs. Eligible expenses include direct costs essential to achieving project outcomes (e.g., travel, lodging, and registration fees). Funds may not be used for summer salary or indirect costs such as equipment, hardware, or software.