NEH ODH Update: Tips, Deadlines, JISC Awards, New Summer Institute

1) Important Tip for How to Write Your Application: If you are considering applying for an ODH grant, remember to write your application in a clear fashion that can be understood by a non-technical audience. 2) Three Deadlines Rapidly Approaching: Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants due October 6; DFG/NEH Enriching Digital Collections due October 8; DFG/NEH Symposia and Workshops due October 29. 3) The NEH has just announced 3 new awards from the JISC/NEH Transatlantic Digitization Collaboration grant program. Congratulations to the three awardees: American Museum of Natural History -- New York, NY; Arizona State University -- Tempe, AZ; Yale University --New Haven. 4)Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digial Humanities is now taking applications to attend. With funding from the NEH program, the Institute for Pure & Applied Mathematics at UCLA is hosting a summer institute entitled "Networks and Network Analysis for the Humanities." The institute will be held from August 15 - 27, 2010. The institute will focus on the study of large corpora to see how complex networks enable ideas, language, and texts to move across time and space, for more information on the institute.

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Competitive Grant Writing Strategies for Faculty, Post-Docs, Advanced Graduate Students, and Research/Professional Staff

Grant Writing Workshop by the Office of Proposal Development at Texas A&M University to be held Wednesday, October 7th by Mike Cronan, PE, and Dr. John Ivy. This grant writing seminar covers five key topics related to finding and successfully competing for research and educational funding at federal agencies and foundations. It will be held from 1:30 - 3:45 p.m., in 601 Rudder. Topics covered include: “How To” Strategies for Finding Research Funding, Analyzing the RFP & Its Role in Proposal Development, Analyzing the Agency Culture, Mission and Research Priorities, Understanding the Review Process & Writing for Reviewers, “How to Write” a Competitive Project Summary and Proposal Narrative.

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Fall 2009 International Research Travel Assistance Grant and International Curriculum Development Grant Programs

The Office of the Vice President for Research and the International Programs Office have joined efforts to encourage international research by the faculty of Texas A&M University. The International Research Travel Assistance Grant program funds international travel to carry out scholarly research. Proposals to travel anywhere outside the United States will be accepted. In addition, the International Programs Office will continue supporting the International Curriculum Development Grant, which provides funding to faculty for the purpose of creating new courses or redesigning existing ones to embrace an international perspective. A total of $2,500 is available this semester for curriculum grants, which typically average about $800 each. The ICDG may be used for any professional expense related to curriculum development effort. Both grants are open to all Texas A&M University tenured and tenure-track faculty as well as distinguished and senior lecturers with a 50 percent or greater appointment in College Station or Galveston.

Due September 30, 2009

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Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies

The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies at the University of Virginia invites scholars whose work focuses on Africa and/or the African Diaspora to apply for a two-year post-doctoral research and teaching fellowship, beginning August 25, 2010 and ending August 24, 2012. This residential fellowship is a two year appointment and carries an annual salary of $45,000 plus benefits. The competition for the Woodson Institute fellowship is open to qualified candidates without restriction as to citizenship or current residence. Applicants for the post-doctoral fellowship must have been awarded their Ph.D. by the time of application or furnish proof that it will be received prior to June 30, 2010. The post-doctoral fellow must be in residence at the University of Virginia for the duration of the award period, and must agree to teach one course per year in the African-American and African Studies program to be offered in the Fall or the Spring.

Due December 1, 2009

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Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program

The Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (PA) Program supports overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies for groups of teachers, students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Projects are short-term and include seminars, curriculum development, or group research or study. Applications for grants under the GPA Program, CFDA number 84.021A, must be submitted electronically by using e-Application, accessible through the Department's e-Grants portal page at: http://e-grants.ed.gov.

Due October 6, 2009

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Sabbatical Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences

The Sabbatical Fellowships program is open to mid-career faculty of universities and four-year colleges in the United States who have been granted a sabbatical/research leave, but for whom financial support from the home institution is available for only part of the year. Candidates must not have had financially supported leave at any time subsequent to September 1, 2006. The total of institutional and external support should not exceed the academic year salary for the year in which the fellowship is held. There is no restriction on where the fellow resides; indicate the appropriateness of available resources. The candidate's doctoral degree must have been conferred no later than 2001, and no earlier than 1988.

Due October 15, 2009

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Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships

ACLS invites applications for the ninth annual competition for the Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships. These fellowships support advanced assistant professors and untenured associate professors in the humanities and related social sciences whose scholarly contributions have advanced their fields and who have well-designed and carefully developed plans for new research. The fellowships are intended to provide time and resources to enable these faculty members to conduct their research under optimal conditions. The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant. ACLS will award up to 12 Fellowships in the 2009-2010 competition. Each fellowship carries a stipend of $64,000, a fund of $2,500 for research and travel, and an additional 2/9 of the stipend ($14,222) for one summer's support, if justified by a persuasive case. Ryskamp Fellowships are intended to support an academic year of research, plus an additional summer's research if justified.

Due September 30, 2009

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