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. What is an enduring question? The following list is neither prescriptive nor exhaustive but serves to illustrate. What is the good life? What is freedom? Happiness? What is friendship? What is beauty? Is there a human nature, and, if so, what is it? What is the relationship between humans and the natural world? How do science and ethics relate to one another? Is there such a thing as right and wrong? Good and evil? What is good government? Enduring questions are, to an overarching degree, predisciplinary. They are questions to which no discipline or field or profession can lay an exclusive claim. In many cases they predate the formation of the academic disciplines themselves. Enduring questions can be tackled by reflective individuals regardless of their chosen vocations, areas of expertise, or personal backgrounds. They are questions that have more than one plausible or compelling answer. They have long held interest for young people, and they allow for a special, intense dialogue across generations. The Enduring Questions grant program will help promote such dialogue in today’s undergraduate environment. An Enduring Questions grant supports the development of a new undergraduate humanities course that must be taught at least twice during the grant period. The grant supports the work of a faculty member in designing, preparing, and assessing the course. It may also be used for ancillary activities that enhance faculty-student intellectual community, such as visits to museums and artistic or cultural events. An Enduring Questions course may be taught by a faculty member from any department or discipline in the humanities or by a faculty member outside the humanities (e.g., astronomy, biology, economics, law, mathematics, medicine, psychology), so long as humanities sources are central to the course.

Due September 15, 2009

Stanford Humanities Center External Faculty Fellowships

Online Application System: Applications may be submitted entirely online via our online application system. Access to the online application system will open on our website in August. Applications must be received at the Center by October 15th, 2009.

Applicants must have a PhD and will normally be at least three years beyond receipt of the degree at the start of the fellowship year (i.e., will have received the PhD in or before September 2007 for the 2010-2011 fellowship). Junior fellowships are for scholars who will be at least three and no more than ten years beyond receipt of the Ph.D. by the start of their prospective fellowship year. Senior fellowships are for established scholars who are more than ten years beyond receipt of the PhD. External fellowships are intended primarily for individuals currently teaching 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). Scholars who are members of traditionally under-represented groups are encouraged to apply.

The humanities include, but are not limited to, the following fields: history, philosophy, languages, literature, linguistics, archeology, jurisprudence, history and criticism of the arts, ethics, comparative religion, and those aspects of the social sciences employing historical or philosophical approaches. This last category includes social and cultural anthropology, sociology, political theory, international relations, and other subjects concerned with questions of value ...

Fellows are awarded stipends of up to $60,000 and a housing and moving allowance of up to $15,000, dependent upon need. Applicants who require additional support are expected to seek supplementary funding in the form of external grants or sabbatical or other contributions from home institutions.

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National Humanities Center Fellowships 2010-2011

Purpose and Nature of Fellowships: The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities during the academic year, September 2010 through May 2011. 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 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. The Center is also international and gladly accepts applications from scholars outside the United States.

Areas of Special Interest: Most of the Center's fellowships are unrestricted. Several, however, are designated for particular areas of research. These include environmental studies and history; English literature; art history; French history, literature, or culture; Asian Studies; and theology.

ACLS Burkhardt Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars: The National Humanities Center is a participating institution in the Frederick Burkhardt Fellowship Program of the American Council of Learned Societies. Application must be made directly to the ACLS by October 1. Further information is available on the ACLS website. Applications must be submitted through the ACLS Online Fellowship Application system (OFA) or through the Fellowship and Grant Programs section of the ACLS website.

Stipends: Fellowships are individually determined, the amount depending upon the needs of the Fellow and the Center's ability to meet them. The Center seeks to provide at least half salary and also covers travel expenses to and from North Carolina for Fellows and their dependents.

Facilities and Services: Located in the Research Triangle Park of North Carolina, near Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh, the Center provides an environment for individual research and the exchange of ideas. Its building includes private studies for Fellows, conference rooms, a central commons for dining, lounges, reading areas, a reference library, and a Fellows' workroom. The Center's noted library service delivers books and research materials to Fellows, and support for information technology and editorial assistance are also provided. The Center locates housing for Fellows in the neighboring communities.

Support: Fellowships are supported by the Center's own endowment, private foundation grants, alumni contributions, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Deadline and Application Procedures: Applicants submit the Center's form, supported by a curriculum vitae, a 1000-word project proposal, and three letters of recommendation. You may request application material from Fellowship Program, National Humanities Center, Post Office Box 12256, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-2256, or obtain the form and instructions from the Center's website. Applications and letters of recommendation must be postmarked by October 15, 2009.

Materials may also be requested via e-mail at nhc@nationalhumanitiescenter.org.

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Fellowships at Digital Humanities

NEH Fellowships at Digital Humanities Centers (FDHC) support collaboration between digital centers and individual scholars. An award provides funding for both a stipend for the fellow and a portion of the center’s costs for hosting a fellow. Awards are for periods of six to twelve months of continuous full-time research. The intellectual cooperation between the fellow and the center may take many different forms and may involve humanities scholars of any level of digital expertise. Fellows may work exclusively on their own projects in consultation with center staff, collaborate on projects with other scholars affiliated with the center, function as “apprentices” on existing digital center projects, or any combination of these. Awards support projects at any stage of development. FDHC grants are made to digital humanities centers and, therefore, a staff member of the digital humanities center must serve as the project director. Prospective fellows must apply through a digital center. Centers may submit one application per deadline; individual scholars may apply in collaboration with only one digital center per deadline. Scholars are eligible, regardless of their institutional affiliation. Current staff members of the applicant center may not, however, be proposed as fellows. Providing Access to Grant Products As a taxpayer-supported federal agency, NEH endeavors to make the products of its grants available to the broadest possible audience. Our goal is for scholars, educators, students, and the American public to have ready and easy access to the wide range of NEH grant products. All other considerations being equal, NEH gives preference to projects that provide free access to the public.

Due September 15

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imited Submission Proposal for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipends Program.

WHAT: Limited Submission Proposal for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipends Program.

WHO: Texas A&M University faculty, including Agriculture, Engineering and TTI personnel.

WHY: The award is for $6,000 for two consecutive months of full time research and writing.

WHEN: Internal proposal deadline of June 15, 2009.

HOW: Faculty should submit an internal proposal to osppc@tamu.edu for review by the internal selection committee.

THE FINE PRINT:

Details available below and online.

The funding agency below has limited the number of proposals to two per institution for this particular program. If the number of individuals wishing to submit a proposal exceeds the number allowed by the agency, we will conduct an internal selection process. Below are due dates for the program, including the due date for the internal proposal for review by the internal selection committee, the date for announcement of the internal selection and the due date for submission to the agency.

AGENCY: National Endowment for the Humanities

AGENCY PROGRAM TITLE: Summer Stipends Program

BRIEF PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Summer Stipends Program supports individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to scholars and general audiences in the humanities.

Awardees usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions or other scholarly tools. Summer Stipends support projects at any stage of development. Conversely, summer stipends cannot be used for research for doctoral dissertations; specific policy studies, educational or technical impact assessments; preparing or publishing textbooks; works in the creative or performing arts; studies of teaching methods or theories, surveys of courses and programs, or curriculum development; advocating a program of social action; promoting a specific political, philosophical, religious or ideological point of view; or creating inventories of collections.

Summer stipends normally support work carried out during the summer months, but arrangements can be made for other times of the year.

The full announcement can be found at the web page of the sponsor.

AGENCIES ELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT: The Summer Stipends Program is open to U.S. citizens. Foreign nationals who have been living in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the three years prior to the application deadline are also eligible. Faculty members teaching full
time at colleges and universities must be nominated by their institutions to apply for a Summer Stipend. Applications should be submitted online by faculty only after they have been notified by the internal selection committee to go forward with a complete application to NEH.

Each college and university in the United States and its jurisdictions may nominate two faculty members. Faculty members must be teaching full-time at colleges and universities in order to be nominated. Recipients of a summer stipend in 2005 or after are ineligible. Further, individuals who have held a major fellowship or research grant or its equivalent within the last three academic years prior to the deadline are ineligible. A *major fellowship or research grant* is a postdoctoral research award that provides a stipend of at least $15,000.

AWARD INFORMATION: The award is for $6,000 for two consecutive months of full-time research and writing.

ELIGIBLE PROJECTS COSTS: Indirect Cost (F&A) Limitations: Not allowed.

COST SHARING: NONE.

INTERNAL SELECTION PROCEDURES AND DEADLINES:

June 12, 2009: Deadline for an email of intent, including the name of the PI, title of internal proposal and a 1-3 sentence description of the project. Send email of intent to osppc@tamu.edu

June 15, 2009: Deadline to obtain approval from your department head and college dean to submit an internal proposal to the Research Policy and Development Support Office for review by the internal selection committee. The internal proposal should include:

(1) A resume, project narrative (up to three pages), and bibliography, formatted as outlined in the NEH Program Announcement.
(2) Project and management plans;
(3) Summary budget.

The form for completing the internal proposal is located here.

This completed form should be submitted electronically to osppc@tamu.edu for review by the internal selection committee.

*Once your internal proposal has been received with all of the necessary signatures, you will receive an email indicating it will be reviewed by the internal selection committee. If you do not receive the confirmation email, please call 5-1812.*

Please read the RFP carefully for specific requirements of the program at Selection of a proposal will be based on NEH guidelines. Meeting the needs of the university's reinvestment plan will also be taken into account. During the selection process, the internal selection committee may contact departments and colleges for their opinions and comments. They may also request additional information from PIs.

June 26, 2009: The Internal Selection Committee will notify PIs of the result of the internal competition.

October 1, 2009: NEH Deadline: 11:59 Eastern Time.

NEH Summer Stipends

The National Endowment for the Humanities is offering Summer Stipends to 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 projects at any stage of development and are awarded to individual scholars. Organizations are not eligible to apply. Applications may address the holdings or activities of a single institution or may involve collaboration. In all cases, projects should be designed to facilitate sharing, exchange, and interoperability of humanities information and products. Summer Stipends provide $6,000 for two consecutive months of full-time research and writing.

Due October 1, 2009

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Foreign Policy-related Junior Faculty and Doctoral Student Fellowships

The International Security and Foreign Policy Program of the Smith Richardson Foundation will award grants through its annual competitions for junior faculty and Ph.D. students at U.S. institutions. The Junior Faculty Research Grant Program is an annual competition that awards at least three research grants of $60,000 to support tenure-track junior faculty engaged in the research and writing of a scholarly book on an issue or topic of interest to the policy community. The World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship is an annual competition to support Ph.D. dissertation research on American foreign policy, international relations, international security, strategic studies, area studies, and diplomatic and military history. The Foundation will award at least twenty grants of $7,500 each.

Junior Faculty Due June 30, 2009
World Politics Due October 15, 2009

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