FAS Research Development
Opportunities in the Arts, Humanities, and Humanistic Social Sciences
October, 2013
Funding Opportunities
Unless otherwise noted, full proposals must be submitted to OSP for review five business days in advance of the sponsor deadline.  For questions regarding any of the opportunities listed below, please contact Erin Cromack, Research Development Officer, at cromack@fas.harvard.edu or 617-496-5252

dandavidDan David Prize
Deadline: November 30, 2013 (review by OSP is not required)
Prize Amount: $1,000,000

Eligible Nominees: Individuals or organizations with proven, exceptional, distinct excellence in the sciences, arts, and humanities

Eligible Fields: history and memory, memory loss, and artificial intelligence

 

The Dan David Prize is an annual international prize, which awards three prizes of US $1 million each for achievements having an outstanding scientific, technological, cultural or social impact on our world.  Each year, prizes and fields are chosen within the three Time Dimensions: Past, Present and Future.  Of particular interest to those in the Arts, Humanities, and Humanistic Social Sciences is the 2014 field associated with the Past: History and Memory.  This prize will be awarded to an outstanding individual who has made a significant contribution to the understanding of the interplay between history and memory, and between contemporary perceptions and narratives of the past.

  

For a synopsis of the prize, see here. 

imlsInstitute of Museum and Library Services
Museums for America Grants
Deadline: December 2, 2013
Award Amount: up to $150,000, includes indirect costs, requires 1:1 match
Target Disciplines: Faculty affiliated with Harvard museums

MFA grants support activities that strengthen museums as active resources for lifelong learning, as important institutions in the establishment of livable communities, and as good stewards of the nation's collections. MFA grants can fund both new and ongoing museum activities and programs. Examples include planning, managing and conserving collections, improving public access, training, conducting programmatic research, school and public programming, producing exhibitions, and integrating new or upgraded technologies into operations.

This award requires cost-sharing. Applicants applying for $25K or more must provide funds from non-federal sources in an amount that is equal to or greater than the amount of the grant. These costs could be supported by a contribution of property, services and/or in-kind contributions such as staff or volunteer time that support project activities.

For more information, see here.

neaNational Endowment for the Arts
Translation Projects
Deadline: December 9, 2013
Award Amount: $12,500-$25,000
Target Disciplines: Translation, Prose, Poetry, Drama

Through fellowships to published translators, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) supports projects for the translation of specific works of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English. The NEA encourages translations of writers and of work that are not well represented in English translation. All proposed projects must be for creative translations of literary material into English. The work to be translated should be of interest for its literary excellence and value and priority will be given to projects that involve work that has not previously been translated into English.

For more information, see here.

nehmediaNational Endowment for the Humanities
America's Media Makers
Deadline: January 8, 2014
Development Grant Amount: Up to $75,000
Production Grant Amount: Up to $1,000,000 (most projects funded for less)
Target Disciplines: languages; linguistics; literature; history; jurisprudence; philosophy; archaeology; comparative religion; ethics; the history, criticism and theory of the arts; social sciences with humanistic content and methods

America's Media Makers grants support the following formats:
  • Interactive digital media: Includes websites, games, mobile applications, virtual environments, streaming video, or podcasts.   
  • Film and television projects: Single programs or a series that addresses significant figures, events, or developments and draw their content from humanities scholarship. They must be intended for national distribution.
  • Radio projects: May involve single programs, limited series, or segments within an ongoing program vehicle. They may also develop new humanities content to augment existing radio programming or add greater historical background or humanities analysis to the subjects of existing programs. 

Development grants enable media producers to collaborate with scholars to develop humanities content and to prepare programs for production.  For more information, see  here. 

  

Production grants support the production and distribution of digital projects, films, television programs, radio programs, and related programs that promise to engage the public.  For more information, see here.  

 

nehahcoNational Endowment for the Humanities
America's Historical and Cultural Organizations
Deadline: January 8, 2014
Planning Grant Amount: Up to $75,000
Implementation Grant Amount: Up to $400,000.  Occasionally, awards up to $1M are made for projects that have unusual significance and promise to reach exceptionally wide audiences.
Target Disciplines: languages; linguistics; literature; history; jurisprudence; philosophy; archaeology; comparative religion; ethics; the history, criticism and theory of the arts; social sciences with humanistic content and methods

America's Historical and Cultural Organizations grants provide support for museums, libraries, historic places, and other organizations that produce public programs in the humanities.  Grants support the following formats:

  • exhibitions at museums, libraries, and other venues;
  • interpretations of historic places, sites, or regions;
  • book/film discussion programs; living history presentations; other face-to-face programs at libraries, community centers, and other public venues; and
  • interpretive websites.

Planning grants support the early stages of project development, including consultation with scholars, refinement of humanities themes, preliminary design, and audience evaluation.  For more information, see here. 

 

Implementation grants support final scholarly research and consultation, design development, production, and installation of a project for presentation to the public.  For more information, see here.  
Contact
Erin Cromack
Research Development Officer
617-496-5252

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Unless otherwise noted, all applications must be submitted to OSP for review five business days in advance of the sponsor deadline.