Arts, Humanities, and Humanistic Social Sciences
Upcoming Funding Opportunities | December 2015
Unless otherwise noted, all full proposals to external sponsors must be submitted to the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) five business days in advance of the sponsor deadline.
Questions? Please contact
Caitlin McDermott-Murphy, Research Development Specialist: 



INTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES

EXTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES
Match your project to a grant program:

I am looking for research support for my project.

I want to visit an archive or library and/or fund my sabbatical leave.

I want to build the capacity of my home institution to support humanities activities.

I am organizing a scholarly conference.

I want to host a program for faculty, scholars, or practitioners to expand their knowledge of a topic.

I want to combine digital technology with the humanities or preserve a collection and/or make it easier for people to access.

I want to create a website with humanities content.

I want to develop or put on an exhibition or cultural program for the public or engage in community revitalization.

I want to develop or produce a radio show, or television or film documentary.

I am an artist or creative writer looking for project support.

I want to travel for research purposes.

I want to complete and/or publish a scholarly book.

INTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES

Provostial Fund for the Arts and Humanitiesprovostial
Deadline: February 26, 2016
Award Amount: up to $7,500; the Committee strongly encourages proposals that are more modest in nature

This fund is intended to support creative, innovative initiatives in the arts and humanities, for projects within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and/or other schools. 

Proposals might include (but are by no means limited to): performances, master classes, conferences, workshops, seminars and visits by outsiders (although not simply lectures). They may (but need not) involve collaborations across departments and divisions of the FAS and the University as well as with colleagues beyond the University. In the same spirit, they may (but need not) be interdisciplinary or cross-cultural in character. 

Although a direct tie-in with the curriculum is not an absolute requirement, proposals that have a clear connection to the curriculum--to existing courses, planned courses, or pedagogical activities more broadly construed--will be favored.

For more information, see here. 

Anne and Jim Rothenberg Fund for Humanities Researchrothenberg
Deadline: February 26, 2016
Award Amount: up to $7,500; the Committee strongly encourages proposals that are more modest in nature

This fund is intended to support new and ongoing research projects (both individual and collaborative) by Harvard ladder faculty in the humanities. 

Costs associated with publication or any related forms of dissemination are eligible. Proposals might include (but are by no means limited to): research for books, articles, performances, films, installations, translations, web-based projects, scholarly editions, databases, and any other form of scholarly writing or creative work. Proposals may (but need not) be interdisciplinary or cross-cultural in character. Expenses associated with travel to collections and archives, as well as travel to conferences, symposia, seminars, film festivals, and other scholarly gatherings are eligible. Expenses to pay research assistants are permitted, although faculty are asked to hire Harvard undergraduates or graduate students as research assistants. 

The committee hopes that it can fund proposals across all these categories, but if forced to choose, it will give priority to funding travel to do research over travel to present findings. 

For more information, see here. 

Milton Fundmilton
Deadline: February 1, 2016
Award Amount: up to $50,000 for one year
Target Applicants: voting members of Harvard University Faculty or Junior Fellows of the Harvard Society of Fellows in all disciplines

The application portal for the William F. Milton Fund is now open.

The Milton Fund supports projects in the fields of medicine, geography, history, and science. Winning projects must either: promote the physical and material welfare and prosperity of the human race; investigate and determine the value and importance of any discovery or invention; or assist in the discovery and perfecting of any special means of alleviating or curing human disease. 

The fields specified in the request for proposals are broadly interpreted. Successful applications in recent years span all disciplines in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences.

For more information and to apply for this opportunity, see here. 

Weatherhead Center for International Affairsweatherhead
Deadline: February 1, 2016
Award Amount: up to $25,000

Conferences: The Weatherhead Center provides logistical and organizational support to bring scholars and practitioners to Harvard from around the country and the world to participate with Harvard faculty in conferences and workshops designed to advance analytical research. Typically, Center funds cover travel and hotel expenses for speakers, conference space, meals, materials, and the use of web-based tools and websites for collaboration and dissemination of research papers.

Proposals for conferences should relate to the core interests of the Center. This research focuses on international, transnational, global, and comparative national issues and may address contemporary or historical topics, including rigorous policy analysis, as well as the study of specific countries and regions outside the United States.

Only Faculty Associates of the Weatherhead Center may apply for conference funding, but proposed research may include other scholars and practitioners from inside and outside of Harvard. 

Research Projects: Faculty Associates are eligible for medium grants for research that bring together faculty from different fields. Proposals for projects should relate to the core research interests of the Center. 

For more information, see here. 

Harvard Global InstituteHGI
Deadline: February 1, 2016
Award Amount (Large Grants): $500,000 to $1M annually for up to two years
Award Amount (Small Grants): $50,000 to $100,000 for up to two years

The Institute will fund projects that connect Harvard faculty and students with scholars from outside the United States to investigate problems of universal consequence, produce findings, and advance them in ways that achieve significant impact, whether upon the University curriculum, individual research fields, theories, methodologies, policies, and/or broader public discourse here and abroad.

Currently, the HGI is funding proposals for interdisciplinary research in AY 2016-17 on issues that are of particular salience to China and of relevance to other parts of the world; that is, topics should be "China-inclusive" without being "China-exclusive."

Large-scale grants will support multi-faculty, cross-school, cross-discipline, integrative projects on problems or issues of global relevance that build on existing research and include significant collaboration with scholars in China (and potentially other countries and regions as well). 

Smaller grants will support innovative, interdisciplinary projects that, like the large grants, focus on issues of global significance with a clear China focus and that would be unlikely to find funding from other sources. Projects may involve faculty from only a single school at Harvard.

For more information, see here. 

EXTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES
 
Doris Duke Charitable Foundationdoris_duke
Performing Arts
Letter of Inquiry Deadline: February 26, 2016
OSP Deadline: February 19, 2016
Award Amount: $60,000 to $200,000

The Performing Arts program supports projects that: strengthen the national infrastructure of the professional nonprofit dance, jazz, presenting and/or theatre fields; or improve conditions for the national community of performing artists in professional nonprofit dance, jazz and theatre.

National projects engage a broad national constituency, occur once (or periodically) rather than annually, and have the potential to significantly impact a field.

In general, the Arts Program does not fund visual arts, museums or galleries; film or media projects; literary arts; symphonies, opera companies, classical chamber music or musical forms beyond jazz; classical ballet companies; avocational arts activities; arts programs for rehabilitative or therapeutic purposes; training and conservatory programs; capital projects; research or publications.

For more information, see here.
 
National Endowment for the Humanitiesneh_landmarks
Landmarks of American History and Culture: Workshops for School Teachers
Deadline: February 25, 2016
OSP Deadline: February 18, 2016
Award Amount: up to $160,000 for programs serving commuters in one of their two weeks and $180,000 for programs serving a national audience in both weeks

The Landmarks of American History and Culture program supports a series of one-week workshops for K-12 educators. Workshops use historic sites to address central themes and issues in American history, government, literature, art, music, and related subjects in the humanities.

Each workshop is offered twice during the summer. Workshops accommodate thirty-six school teachers (NEH Summer Scholars) at each one-week session. At least one workshop week must serve a national audience and provide housing for participants. The other workshop week may also serve a national audience; alternatively, it may limit its audience to participants who are able to commute and do not require housing.

The goals of the workshops are to:
  • increase knowledge and appreciation of subjects, ideas, and places significant to American history and culture through humanities reading and site study;
  • build communities of inquiry and provide models of civility and of excellent scholarship and teaching;
  • provide teachers with expertise in the use and interpretation of historical sites and of material and archival resources; and
  • foster interaction between K-12 educators and scholarly experts.

For more information, see here.
 
National Endowment for the Humanitiesneh_seminars
Summer Seminars and Institutes
Deadline: February 25, 2016
OSP Deadline: February 18, 2016
Award Amount (Seminars): between $50,000 and $135,000 
Award Amount (Institutes): between $60,000 and $225,000

These grants support professional development programs in the humanities for school teachers and for college and university faculty. Seminars and Institutes may last for as short as one week and as long as four weeks and should:
  • provide models of excellent teaching;
  • provide models of excellent scholarship;
  • broaden and deepen understanding of the humanities;
  • focus on the study and teaching of significant topics, texts, and other sources;
  • contribute to the intellectual vitality of participants; and
  • build communities of inquiry.
A Summer Seminar or Institute may be hosted by a college, university, learned society, center for advanced study, library or other repository, cultural or professional organization, or school or school system. The host site must be suitable for the project, providing facilities for collegial interaction and scholarship. These programs are designed for a national audience of participants.

For more information, see here.
 
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Artsgraham
Grants to Organizations
Deadline: February 25, 2016
OSP Deadline: February 18, 2016
Award Amount: up to $30,000 for up to two years

The Graham Foundation makes project-based grants to individuals and organizations and produces public programs to foster the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society.

For organizations, the Foundation's priorities are to: 
  • assist with the production and presentation of significant programs about architecture and the designed environment in order to promote dialogue, raise awareness, and develop new and wider audiences;

  • support them in their effort to take risks in programming and create opportunities for experimentation;

  • recognize the vital role they play in providing individuals with a public forum in which to present their work; and

  • help them to realize projects that would otherwise not be possible without the Foundation's support.

For more information, see here.
 
Vodaphone Americas Foundationvodaphone
Wireless Innovation Project
Deadline: February 22, 2016
OSP Deadline: February 15, 2016
Award Amount: winners will be selected for awards of $100,000, $200,000 and $300,000 for projects spanning three years

The Vodafone Wireless Innovation Project™ (the "competition") seeks to identify and fund the best innovations using wireless-related technology to address critical social issues around the world. Project proposals must demonstrate significant advancement in the field of wireless-related technology applied to social benefit use. 

The competition is open to projects from universities and nonprofit organizations based in the United States. Although organizations must be based in the United States, projects may operate and help people outside of the United States.

For more information, see here.
 
National Endowment for the Humanitiesneh_next_generation
Next Generation Humanities PhD Grants: Planning & Implementation
Deadline: February 17, 2016
OSP Deadline: February 10, 2016
Award Amount (Planning Grants): 1:1 cost-share grant of up to $25,000 for as long as 12 months (thus, a maximum total grant of $50,000)
Award Amount (Implementation Grants): 1:1 cost-share grant of no more than $350,000 for as long as 36 months (thus, a maximum total grant of $700,000)

Next Generation Humanities PhD Grants support universities in devising a new model of doctoral education, which can both transform the understanding of what it means to be a humanities scholar and promote the integration of the humanities in the public sphere.

Planning Grants are designed to bring together various important constituencies to discuss and strategize, and then to produce plans that will transform scholarly preparation in the humanities at the doctoral level. 

Implementation Grants support universities in instituting wide-ranging changes in humanities doctoral programs and are designed to produce plans that will transform scholarly preparation in the humanities at the doctoral level.

For more information, see here.
 
National Endowment for the Humanitiesneh_digital_hum
Digital Humanities Implementation Grants
Deadline: February 17, 2016
OSP Deadline: February 10, 2016
Award Amount: $100,000 to $325,000 for one to three years

The Digital Humanities Implementation Grants program awards substantial grants to support the implementation of experimental projects that have successfully completed a start-up phase and demonstrated their value to the humanities. Such projects might enhance our understanding of central problems in the humanities, raise new questions in the humanities, or develop new digital applications and approaches for use in the humanities.

The program can support innovative digital humanities projects that address multiple audiences, including scholars, teachers, librarians, and the public. 

Unlike NEH's Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants program, which emphasizes basic research, prototyping, experimentation, and potential impact, the Digital Humanities Implementation Grants program seeks to identify projects that have successfully completed their start-up phase and are well positioned to have a major impact.

For more information, see here.
 
Institute of Museum and Library Servicesimls_sparks
Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries
Deadline: February 15, 2016
OSP Deadline: February 8, 2016
Award Amount: $10,000 to $25,000 for up to one year

These small grants encourage libraries and archives to test and evaluate specific innovations in the ways they operate and the services they provide. Sparks Grants support the deployment, testing, and evaluation of promising and groundbreaking new tools, products, services, or organizational practices. Proposed activities or approaches may involve risk, as long as the risk is balanced by significant potential for improvement in the ways libraries and archives serve their communities.

Successful proposals will address problems, challenges, or needs of broad relevance to libraries and/or archives. A proposed project should test a specific, innovative response to the identified problem and present a plan to make the findings widely and openly accessible.

For more information, see here.
 
Jacobs Research Fundsjacobs
Grants for Anthropological and Linguistic Research Working with Native American Peoples
Deadline: February 15, 2016
OSP Deadline: February 8, 2016
Award Amount: up to $9,000

The Jacobs Research Fund (JRF) supports projects involving fieldwork with living peoples of North, Central and South America, which result in publication or other dissemination of information about the fieldwork.

Priority is given to research on endangered cultures and languages, as well as to research on the Pacific Northwest. Projects focusing on archival research have low priority, but the Fund welcomes proposals to digitize, transcribe and translate old materials that might otherwise be lost or become inaccessible. Relevance of the project to contemporary theoretical issues in anthropology and linguistics is also a criterion used in evaluating proposals.

Especially appropriate are field studies that address cultural expressive systems, such as music, language, dance, mythology, world view, folk taxonomy, art, intellectual life, and religion. Also appropriate are projects focusing on cultural and linguistic forms in modern contexts, for example, traditional environmental knowledge or social organization.

For more information, see here.
 
Lily Family School of Philanthropy/Templeton Foundationtempleton
The Science and Imagination of Living Generously
Deadline: February 12, 2016
OSP Deadline: February 5, 2016
Award Amount: up to $40,000 over one year

The goal of this program is to attract and capture bold ideas within the study of life-course generosity and to advance multi-disciplinary methods and approaches within the arts, humanities and social sciences.

This program is funded by the John Templeton Foundation (JTF), which serves as a philanthropic catalyst for discoveries relating to the Big Questions of human purpose and ultimate reality. JTF supports research on subjects ranging from complexity, evolution, and infinity to creativity, forgiveness, love, and free will.

Preference will be given to emerging scholars and innovators. Principal Investigators must have completed their Ph.D. between 2007 and 2015. Funding can be used for course release time, summer salary for a faculty member paid on a 10-month or 9-month schedule, wages paid to student assistants working directly on the proposed research project, travel for data collection or dissemination (e.g., conference and workshop presentations), experiments, and computer programs for analytical tools.

For more information, see here.
 
National Institutes of HealthNIH
Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Genomic Research
Deadline for new R01 applications: February 5, 2016
OSP Deadline (R01): January 29, 2016
Deadline for new R03 applications: February 16, 2016
OSP Deadline (R03): February 9, 2016
Award Amount: the scope of the award should match the proposed project; the maximum project period is 5 years

This program encourages research applications that identify, analyze, and address the ethical, legal and social implications of advances in genomic research, health care and technology for individuals, families, communities and society more broadly.

To address the broad scope and reach of genomics in society, applications are invited from investigators representing a wide range of disciplines, including but not limited to the social, behavioral and communication sciences, ethics, philosophy, history, economics, and epidemiology as well as the basic, clinical and computational sciences.  

Applications may propose well-integrated single or multi-disciplinary studies using either single or mixed methods. Proposed methods may include, but are not limited to, data-generating qualitative or quantitative approaches, legal, economic and normative analyses, or other analytical or conceptual research methodologies.

For more information, see here.
 
National Science FoundationNSF_STS
Science, Technology and Society
Deadline: February 2, 2016
OSP Deadline: January 26, 2016
Award Amount: total direct costs rarely exceed $400,000; awards typically span two to three years

The Science, Technology, and Society (STS) program supports research that uses historical, philosophical, and social scientific methods to investigate the intellectual, material, and social facets of the scientific, technological, engineering and mathematical (STEM) disciplines. It encompasses a broad spectrum of STS topics including interdisciplinary studies of ethics, equity, governance, and policy issues that are closely related to STEM disciplines, including medical science.

The STS program supports several distinct modes of funding, including: 
  • Standard Research Grants and Grants for Collaborative Research;
  • Scholars Awards (support for full-time release over an academic year);
  • Postdoctoral Fellowships;
  • Conference/Workshop Support;
  • Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants.

For more information, see here.
 
American Council of Learned SocietiesACLS_digital
Digital Extension Grants
Deadline: February 2, 2016
OSP Deadline: January 26, 2016
Award Amount: up to $150,000 over 12-18 months

Digital Extension Grants support digitally-based research projects in all disciplines of the humanities and related social sciences. It is hoped that these grants will help advance the digital transformation of humanities scholarship by extending the reach of existing digital projects to new communities of users.

To this end, projects supported by these grants may:
  • extend existing digital projects and resources with content that adds diversity or interdisciplinary research;
  • develop new systems of making existing digital resources available to broader audiences and/or scholars from diverse institutions;
  • foster new team-based work or collaborations that allow scholars from institutions with limited cyberinfrastructure to exploit digital resources;

  • create new forms and sites for scholarly engagement with the digital humanities. Projects that document and recognize participant engagement are strongly encouraged.


For more information, see here.
 
National Endowment for the Humanitiesneh_public
Public Scholar Program
Deadline: February 2, 2016
OSP Deadline: January 26, 2016
Award Amount: up to $50,400 for continuous work over a period of six to twelve months

The Public Scholar Program supports well-researched books in the humanities that are intended to reach a broad readership.

The Program encourages scholarship that will be of broad interest and have lasting impact. Such scholarship might present a narrative history, tell the stories of important individuals, analyze significant texts, provide a synthesis of ideas, revive interest in a neglected subject, or examine the latest thinking on a topic. Books supported by this program must be grounded in humanities research and scholarship. They must address significant humanities themes likely to be of broad interest and must be written in a readily accessible style.

Projects may be at any stage of development. Awards may be held part-time or full-time (or part-time for some months and full-time for other months). 

For more information, see here.
 
Association for Asian StudiesAAS_Japan
AAS Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) Japan Studies Grants
Deadline: February 1, 2016
OSP Deadline: January 25, 2016
Award Amount: up to $5,000

The Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) of the Association for Asian Studies, in conjunction with the Japan-US Friendship Commission, supports a variety of grant programs in Japanese studies designed to facilitate the research of individual scholars, to improve the quality of teaching about Japan on both the college and precollege levels, and to integrate the study of Japan into the major academic disciplines in the United States.

Grants support: research travel within the U.S., short-term research travel to Japan, seminars on teaching about Japan, purchase of instructional materials, and small scholarly conferences in Japanese studies.

Individual applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and seminars, workshops and conferences must be held in the United States. 

For more information, see here.
 
Center for Architecture Foundationarchitecture_grant
Arnold W. Brunner Grant
Deadline: February 1, 2016
OSP Deadline: January 25, 2016
Award Amount: up to $30,000

The Center supports advanced study in the area of architectural investigation, which will effectively contribute to the knowledge, teaching or practice of the art and science of architecture. The proposed investigation is to result in a final written work, design project, research paper, or other form of presentation.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens engaged in the profession of architecture or a related field and have received their first professional degree at least five years prior to the date of application.

For more information, see here.
 
Cabot Family Charitable Trustcabot
Deadline: February 1, 2016
OSP Deadline: January 25, 2016
Award Amount: up to $50,000

The Trust awards grants biannually to nonprofit organizations in the city of Boston and contiguous communities, as well as to organizations in which Cabot family members maintain philanthropic interest.

Awards support projects in the areas of arts and culture, education and youth development, environment, and conservation, health and human services, and civic and public benefit. Within these fields, as appropriate, the trustees prefer programs mainly serving youth and young adults, with a special interest in programs focused on insuring the healthy growth and development of infants and young children, as a foundation for their future success.

For more information, see here.
 
International Institute for Asian StudiesIIAS_fellowships
Fellowships
Deadline: February 1, 2016
OSP Deadline: January 25, 2016
Award Amount: €2000 per month and €1000 towards the costs of (international) travel

Fellowships are intended for outstanding researchers from around the world to work on an important aspect of Asian studies research in the social sciences and humanities. Interdisciplinary interests are encouraged.

Fellowships support researchers focusing on the three IIAS clusters: Asian Cities, Asian Heritages, and Global Asia. In addition, a small number of awards are reserved for outstanding projects in any area outside these core three.

For more information, see here.
 
Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and SciencesAcademy_film
Academy Film Scholars Program
Deadline: January 31, 2016
OSP Deadline: January 25, 2016
Award Amount: $25,000

Through its grants program, the Academy seeks to: promote diversity; bridge the opportunity divide; attract and engage broad new audiences for theatrical motion pictures; provide a platform for underrepresented artists, the full range of film genres, and a variety of viewpoints and approaches; encourage filmmaking as a vocation; and illuminate less visible aspects of filmmaking and the film industry through scholarly research, presentations and discussions.

Grants fund new English-language projects that address cultural, educational, historical, theoretical or scientific aspects of theatrical motion pictures.

Applicants must be established scholars, writers, historians or researchers possessing either a significant record of achievement, or exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishments in his or her field. 

For more information, see here.
 
National Archives and Records Administration - NEW!NARA
Institutes for Historical Editing
Optional Draft Application Deadline: January 29, 2016
Full Application Deadline: February 11, 2016
OSP Deadline: February 4, 2016
Award Amount: up to $265,000 over one to three years; the Commission expects to make one grant under this program

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals to improve the training and education of historical documentary editors. The goal of the program is to both provide technical training in necessary skills and inspire documentary editors to think about how they can contribute to the advancement of the field in the 21st century.

For more information, see here.
 
Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at AustinAustin_fellowship
Research Fellowships
Deadline: January 15, 2016 (OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to the individual applicant)
Award Amount: $3,000 per month for one to three months

The Harry Ransom Center will award approximately 70 fellowships in 2016-2017 for 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.

United States citizens and foreign nationals are eligible to apply. Previous recipients of Ransom Center fellowships are eligible to reapply after two full fellowship cycles have passed.

For more information, see here.
 
American Antiquarian Societyantiquarian
Fellowships
Deadline: January 15, 2016
OSP Deadline: January 8, 2016
Award Amount: $4,200 per month

The American Antiquarian Society, located in Worcester, Massachusetts, offers three broad categories of visiting research fellowships, with tenures ranging from one to twelve months. All of the fellowships are designed to enable academic and independent scholars and advanced graduate students to spend an uninterrupted block of time doing research in the AAS library.

Under their January 15 deadline, the Society offers:
  • Long-term Visiting Academic Research Fellowships: four to twelve months.
  • Short-Term Visiting Academic Research Fellowships: one to two months.
For more information, see here.
 
The Phi Beta Kappa SocietyPhiBetaKappa
The Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship
Deadline: January 15, 2016
OSP Deadline: January 8, 2016
Award Amount: $20,000

The annual Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship is awarded alternately in the fields of Greek and French. The award may be used for the study of Greek language, literature, history, or archaeology, or the study of French language or literature. For 2016, the Sibley Fellowship is for the study of French language or literature.

Candidates must be unmarried women 25 to 35 years of age who have demonstrated their ability to carry on original research. They must hold a doctorate or have fulfilled all the requirements for a doctorate except the dissertation, and they must be planning to devote full-time work to research during the fellowship year. The award is not restricted to members of Phi Beta Kappa or to U.S. citizens.

For more information, see here.
 
Massachusetts Historical SocietyMassHistoricalSociety
Fellowships
Deadline: January 15, 2016
OSP Deadline: January 8, 2016
Award Amount: $4,200 per month for between four and twelve months

The Society awards long-term fellowships for historical research. Awards support projects that require access to the Society's library and archival collections. 

The Society will award at least two long-term fellowships for the academic year 2016-2017. Tenure must be continuous. Fellowships are open to U.S. citizens and to foreign nationals who have lived in the United States for at least three years immediately preceding the application deadline.

For more information, see here.
 
Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange
Conference, Seminar, Workshop & Publication GrantsChiangChing-Kuo
Deadline: January 15, 2016
OSP Deadline: January 8, 2016
Award Amount: up to $25,000 (conferences, etc.); up to $10,000 (publication)

The Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation supports research on Chinese Studies in the humanities and social sciences. The Foundation offers funding for conferences, workshops, or seminars on specific subjects related to Chinese Studies. Events should be held during the six-month period immediately following the application deadline.
 
The Foundation also accepts applications from academic publishers; publishers may apply for subsidies for the publication of scholarly works related to Chinese Studies. The Foundation will not subsidize books that are part of a series, and applicants may not include translation and research-related expenses. Priority will be given to first book projects by junior scholars.

For more information, see here.
 
Samuel H Kress FoundationKress_Conservation
Conservation Program
Deadline: January 15, 2016
OSP Deadline: January 8, 2016
Award Amount: unspecified; recent grants range from $10,000 to $21,000

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.
 
Support for conservation treatments is generally limited to works from the distributed Kress Collection, and is coordinated through the Kress Program in Paintings Conservation at the Conservation Center of the New York University Institute of Fine Arts.

For more information, see here.
 
Samuel H Kress Foundationkress_history
History of Art Grants Program
Deadline: January 15, 2016
OSP Deadline: January 8, 2016
Award Amount: unspecified; recent grants range from $6,000 to $20,000

The History of Art Grants Program supports scholarly projects that will enhance the understanding and appreciation 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.
 
Fuller FoundationFuller_Arts
The Arts
Deadline: January 15, 2016
OSP Deadline: January 8, 2016
Award Amount: up to $7,500

In funding the Arts, the Foundation expects its grants to encourage, through the agencies, "hands-on" and participatory collaborations between established cultural institutions, artists and communities.

Specific program interests include:
  • Art for viewing and listening;
  • Art education in school;
  • Art and performing arts festivals;
  • Art (murals & sculpture) that beautifies or inspires a community;
  • Programs that bring symphony, opera and theatre to the community; and
  • Adult and/or children's museum education programs.
Applications are accepted from organizations headquartered in the Boston area (inside 128) and the immediate Seacoast area of New Hampshire.

For more information, see here.
 
National Endowment for the HumanitiesNEH_newspaper
National Digital Newspaper Program
Deadline: January 14, 2016
OSP Deadline: January 7, 2016
Award Amount: NEH expects to award cooperative agreements of up to $325,000 each for a two-year period; although cost sharing is not required, in most cases, awards cover no more than 80 percent of project costs

NEH is soliciting proposals from institutions to participate in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). NDNP is creating a national digital resource of historically significant newspapers published between 1836 and 1922, from all the states and U.S. territories. This searchable database will be permanently maintained at the Library of Congress (LC) and will be freely accessible via the Internet.

Previously funded projects will be eligible to receive supplements for continued work, but the program will give priority to new projects. In particular, the program will give priority to projects from states and territories that have not received NDNP funding.

For more information, see here.
 
National Endowment for the HumanitiesNEH_MLCOPlanning
Museums, Libraries, and Cultural Organizations: Planning Grants
Deadline: January 13, 2016
OSP Deadline: January 6, 2016
Award Amount: up to $40,000 (up to $75,000 for exceptionally ambitious exhibitions, and more complex projects with the potential to reach extremely wide audiences)

This grant program supports projects for general audiences that encourage active engagement with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. Many different formats are supported, including permanent and traveling exhibitions, book or film discussion programs, historic site or district interpretations, living history presentations, and other face-to-face programs in public venues.

Museums, Libraries, and Cultural Organizations grants provide support for museums, libraries, historic places, and other organizations that produce public programs in the humanities. 

Planning grants are used to refine the content, format, and interpretive approach of a humanities project; develop the project's preliminary design; test project components; and conduct audience evaluation.

For more information, see here.
 
National Endowment for the HumanitiesNEH_MLCOImplementation
Museums, Libraries, and Cultural Organizations: Implementation Grants
Deadline: January 13, 2016
OSP Deadline: January 6, 2016
Award Amount: up to $400,000; the Chairman's Special Award provides up to $1,000,000 for projects that have unusual significance and promise to reach exceptionally wide audiences

This grant program supports projects for general audiences that encourage active engagement with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. Many different formats are supported, including permanent and traveling exhibitions, book or film discussion programs, historic site or district interpretations, living history presentations, and other face-to-face programs in public venues.

Museums, Libraries, and Cultural Organizations grants provide support for museums, libraries, historic places, and other organizations that produce public programs in the humanities. 

Implementation grants are for projects in the final stages of preparation to "go live" before the public. 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.
 
National Endowment for the Humanitiesneh_media
Media Projects: Development Grants
Deadline: January 13, 2016
OSP Deadline: January 6, 2016
Award Amount: $40,000 to $75,000

Media Projects Development Grants support film, television, and radio projects for general audiences that encourage active engagement with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. All projects must be grounded in humanities scholarship in disciplines such as history, art history, film studies, literature, drama, religious studies, philosophy, or anthropology. 

Film and television projects may be single programs or a series addressing significant figures, events, or ideas. Programs must be intended for national distribution, via traditional carriage or online distribution.

Radio projects, including podcasts, may involve single programs, limited series, or segments within an ongoing program. 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. They may be intended for regional or national distribution.

Development grants enable media producers to collaborate with scholars to develop humanities content and to prepare programs for production. Grants should result in a script or treatment and should also yield a detailed plan for outreach and public engagement.

For more information, see here.
 
National Endowment for the HumanitiesNEH_Media_Production
Media Projects: Production Grants
Deadline: January 13, 2016
OSP Deadline: January 6, 2016
Award Amount: $100,000 to $650,000 for one to three years

Media Projects Production Grants support film, television, and radio projects for general audiences that encourage active engagement with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. All projects must be grounded in humanities scholarship in disciplines such as history, art history, film studies, literature, drama, religious studies, philosophy, or anthropology. 

Film and television projects may be single programs or a series addressing significant figures, events, or ideas. Programs must be intended for national distribution, via traditional carriage or online distribution.

Radio projects, including podcasts, may involve single programs, limited series, or segments within an ongoing program. 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. They may be intended for regional or national distribution.

Production grants support the production and distribution of films, television programs, and radio programs that promise to engage a broad public audience.

For more information, see here.
 
National Institutes of HealthNIH_ethical
Ethical Issues in Research on HIV/AIDS and its Co-Morbidities (R01 or R21)
Deadline: January 7, 2015
OSP Deadline: Late December, 2015
Award Amount: application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project; the maximum project period is 5 years

The NIH Ethical Issues in Research on HIV/AIDS invites applications addressing ethical issues relevant to research on HIV and associated co-morbidities, including research with populations living with or at high risk of HIV acquisition. The bioethics projects supported through this program should focus on one of the following three goals:
  • Development of the empirical knowledge base for human subjects protection and ethical standards in HIV/AIDS research;
  • Development of conceptual bioethics approaches to advance scholarship on difficult ethical challenges in HIV/AIDS research; and
  • Supporting the integration of bioethics work with ongoing research in HIV/AIDS.

For more information, see here.
 
National Park ServiceNational_Park
2016 Battlefield Planning Grants
Deadline: January 2, 2015
OSP Deadline: Late December, 2015
Award Amount: the average award amount is $32,300, although the program has awarded grants of up to $122,000

The American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) of the National Park Service invites non-profit groups, academic institutions, and local, regional, state, and tribal governments to submit applications for the 2016 Battlefield Planning Grants.

The purpose of this grant program is to provide seed money for projects that lead directly to the identification, preservation and interpretation of battlefield land and/or historic sites associated with battlefields. Projects that involve multiple stakeholders are given preference.

Eligible projects include, but are not limited to, the following:
  • Site identification and documentation projects;
  • Planning and consensus building projects; and
  • Interpretation or education projects.

For more information, see here.
 
Massachusetts Cultural CouncilMCC_YouthReach
YouthReach Initiative
Deadline: January 1, 2015
OSP Deadline: Late December, 2015
Award Amount: $11,000 per year for three years; all YouthReach grants must be matched (1:1)

The goal of the YouthReach initiative is to promote integration of substantive out-of-school arts, humanities, and science opportunities into a collaborative community response to the needs of young people, specifically those at risk of not making a successful transition to young adulthood. Those facing this risk include, but are not limited to, young people with disabilities, school dropouts, young people victimized by violence, court-involved youth, pregnant or parenting teens, and youth living in economically depressed areas.

YouthReach supports innovative programs that:
  • Provide young people with in-depth arts, humanities, or science experiences that simultaneously pursue excellence and youth development;
  • Demonstrate a clear understanding of the needs of participating young people and their communities;
  • Provide young people an opportunity to interact directly with practicing professionals in their field;
  • Are assets-based and believe in the capacity of all young people to create; and/or
  • Marshal the resources of the community to foster substantive cross sector collaboration to support art making as a vital tool for youth and community development.

For more information, see here.
Contact
Caitlin McDermott-Murphy
Research Development Specialist
617-496-2618

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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.
The Research Development (RD) team provides resources and support to FAS faculty seeking funding. This support includes: finding funding; proposal development; programs and workshops; and grantsmanship advice and strategy. To learn more, please visit our website or contact Caitlin McDermott-Murphy at cmcdermottmurphy@fas.harvard.edu or 617-496-2618.