The following funding opportunities notice is being sent to department chairs and administrators in the Arts & Humanities.  Please distribute as appropriate.
FAS Research Development
Opportunities in the Arts, Humanities, and Humanistic Social Sciences
August 2014
Opportunities:
Funding Opportunities
Unless otherwise noted, all full proposals to external sponsors must be submitted to the Office of Sponsored Programs (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 [email protected] or 617-496-5252

neh_stipendNational Endowment for the Humanities
Summer Stipend
Harvard Pre-Proposal Deadline: August 18, 2014
Award Amount: $6,000
Eligible 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

 

Summer Stipends support continuous full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two consecutive months for individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both.  Summer Stipends support projects at any stage of development and recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources.  Individuals who have held or been awarded a major fellowship or research grant of $15,000 or more within the three academic years prior to the deadline are ineligible.


This is a limited submission opportunity and Harvard may submit only two nominations.  For more information on the award and the Harvard internal selection process, see here

masshumanitiesMassHumanities Project Grants
Negotiating the Social Contract
Letter of Inquiry Deadline: September 22, 2014 (OSP review not required for LOI)
Award Amount: Up to $10,000

Mass Humanities' theme for its fortieth-anniversary year (2014) and beyond is Negotiating the Social Contract.  The theme invites proposals for public programming that explores how Americans participate in creating the basic social and economic relationships that shape our society, both historically and in the present.  Proposals most likely to succeed will be for projects that allow participants to examine today's social contract negotiations, face to face, in the context of a particular issue or set of issues of interest in a particular community or place - such as immigration, gun rights/control, casino gambling, sentencing and imprisonment, affirmative action, political stagnation, participation in the democratic process, or environmental responsibilities.  All project formats are welcome, although the program requires that all projects be substantively based on humanities themes and use humanities works.

For more information, see here.


aclsAmerican Council of Learned Societies
Fellowships
Deadline: September 24, 2014 (OSP review not required)
Award Amount: $70,000 (full Professors), $45,000 (Associate Professors), $35,000 (Assistant Professors)
Eligible Disciplines: All disciplines of the humanities and related social sciences

The ACLS Fellowship program invites research applications in all disciplines of the humanities and related social sciences.  The fellowships are intended as salary replacement to help scholars devote six to twelve continuous months to full-time research and writing, to be initiated between July 1, 2015 and February 1, 2016.  The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant.

For more information, see here.

For additional upcoming ACLS fellowship opportunities, see also the Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships (for advanced assistant professors and untenured associate professors) and the Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars (for long-term, unusually ambitious projects to take place in residence at any one of the 13 national residential research centers participating in the program).


acls_digitalAmerican Council of Learned Societies
Digital Innovation Fellowships
Deadline: September 24, 2014
Award Amount: $60,000 stipend plus $25,000 for project costs
Eligible Disciplines: All disciplines of the humanities and related social sciences

This program supports digitally based research projects in all disciplines of the humanities and related social sciences. It is hoped that projects of successful applicants will help advance digital humanistic scholarship by broadening understanding of its nature and exemplifying the robust infrastructure necessary for creating such works.  ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships are intended to support an academic year dedicated to work on a major scholarly project that takes a digital form. Projects may:
  • Address a consequential scholarly question through new research methods, new ways of representing the knowledge produced by research, or both;
  • Create new digital research resources;
  • Increase the scholarly utility of existing digital resources by developing new means of aggregating, navigating, searching, or analyzing those resources;
  • Propose to analyze and reflect upon the new forms of knowledge creation and representation made possible by the digital transformation of scholarship.

For more information, see here



nhcNational Humanities Center Fellowships
Deadline: October 1, 2014 (Review by OSP not required)
Award Amount: Stipends are individually determined, typically at least half salary and travel expenses for Fellows and dependents.
Eligible Disciplines: All fields of the humanities.  Scholars in other fields engaged in humanistic projects are also encouraged to apply.

The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities for the period September 2015 through May 2016.  Applicants must have 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.

For  more information, see here.

 
templetonJohn Templeton Foundation
Core Funding Areas
Online Funding Inquiry Deadline: October 1, 2014 (review by OSP not required for initial funding inquiry)
Award Amount: Varies - grants have ranged from $5,000-$10,500,000
Eligible Disciplines: All

The John Templeton Foundation is currently accepting Online Funding Inquiries for its Core Funding Areas:

  • Science and the Big Questions:
    • Mathematical & Physical Sciences: Projects that focus on foundational questions in mathematics or that seek a deeper understanding of the nature of reality within the realm of physics, cosmology, astronomy, chemistry, or other physical sciences.  
    • Life Sciences: Projects investigating the evolution and fundamental nature of life, human life, and mind, especially as they relate to issues of meaning and purpose.
    • Human Sciences: Projects that apply the tools of anthropology, sociology, political science, and psychology to the various moral and spiritual concepts identified by Sir John Templeton. These include altruism, creativity, free will, generosity, gratitude, intellect, love, prayer, and purpose.
    • Philosophy & Theology: Projects that attempt to develop new philosophical and theological insights, especially (but not only) in relation to advances in scientific understanding.
    • Science in Dialogue: Projects that bring one or more scientific disciplines into a mutually enriching discussion with theology and/or philosophy, whether for a scholarly audience or the public at large.
  • Character Development: Programs, publications, and studies focused on the universal truths of character development, from childhood through young adulthood and beyond.   
  • Freedom and Free Enterprise: Programs intended to liberate the initiative of individuals and nations and to establish the necessary conditions for the success of profitmaking enterprise.
  • Exceptional Talent and Genius: The Foundation supports accelerated learning for students capable of working well beyond their grade level and national studies of the issue.  

For more information, see here.    



kress_conservationKress Foundation Conservation Grants
Deadline: October 1, 2014
Award Amount: Not specified, but most funded projects have been under $50,000

The Conservation program supports the professional practice of art conservation, especially as it relates to European art of the pre-modern era. Grants are awarded to projects that create and disseminate specialized knowledge, including archival projects, development and dissemination of scholarly databases, documentation projects, exhibitions and publications focusing on art conservation, scholarly publications, and technical and scientific studies.  Grants are also awarded for activities that permit conservators and conservation scientists to share their expertise with both professional colleagues and a broad audience through international exchanges, professional meetings, conferences, symposia, consultations, the presentation of research, exhibitions that include a prominent focus on materials and techniques, and other professional events.

For more information, see here.

kressKress Foundation
History of Art Grants Program
Deadline: October 1, 2014
Award Amount: Not specified, but most funded projects have been under $100,000

The History of Art program supports scholarly projects that will enhance the appreciation and understanding of European art and architecture. Grants are awarded to projects that create and disseminate specialized knowledge, including archival projects, development and dissemination of scholarly databases, documentation projects, museum exhibitions and publications, photographic campaigns, scholarly catalogues and publications, and technical and scientific studies.  Grants are also awarded for activities that permit art historians to share their expertise through international exchanges, professional meetings, conferences, symposia, consultations, the presentation of research, and other professional events.

 

For more information, see here.

 


kress_digitalKress Foundation
Digital Resources Grants
Deadline: October 1, 2014
Award Amount: Not specified, but most funded projects have been under $100,000

The Digital Resources program is intended to foster new forms of research and collaboration as well as new approaches to teaching and learning. Support will also be offered for the digitization of important visual resources (especially art history photographic archives) in the area of pre-modern European art history; of primary textual sources (especially the literary and documentary sources of European art history); for promising initiatives in online publishing; and for innovative experiments in the field of digital art history. Please note that this grant program does not typically support the digitization of museum object collections.

For more information, see here.


radcliffeRadcliffe Fellowship Program
Deadline: October 1, 2014 for individual applications in the creative arts, humanities, and social sciences
Award Amount: Up to $75,000 for one year

The Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program annually selects and supports 50 leading artists and scholars who have both exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishments.  The Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program is a scholarly community where individuals pursue advanced work across a wide range of academic disciplines, professions, and creative arts. The Radcliffe Institute encourages applications in all disciplines and on any topic.  Stipends are funded up to $75,000 for one year with additional funds for project expenses. In addition, Fellows receive office or studio space and access to libraries and other resources of Harvard University during the fellowship year, which extends from early September 2015 through May 31, 2016.  Visual artists and film, video, sound, and new media artists may apply to come for either one or two semesters. In the event that they come for one semester, the stipend is $37,500.

For more information, see here.


creativecapitalCreative Capital Foundation
Multi-Arts Production (MAP) Fund
Online Inquiry Deadline: October 3, 2014 (review by OSP not required for inquiry)
Full Proposal Deadline (by invitation): December 8, 2014

The MAP Fund is founded on the principle that experimentation drives human progress, no less in art than in science or medicine. MAP provides funding for artists, ensembles, producers and presenters of a high artistic standard, whose work in the disciplines of contemporary performance embodies this spirit of exploration and deep inquiry.  MAP is particularly interested in supporting work that examines notions of cultural difference or "the other," be that in class, gender, generation, race, religion, sexual orientation or other aspects of diversity.  This award supports most direct costs related to the conception, creation and premiere of a new work. These include but are not limited to commissioning fees and artists' salaries, research costs, rehearsal and workshop expenses, promotion, and audience outreach and production costs up to and including the premiere run of the work.

For more information, see here.

Contact
Erin Cromack
Research Development Officer
617-496-5252

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Unless otherwise noted, all applications to external sponsors must be submitted to the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) for review five business days in advance of the sponsor deadline.