NEA Literature Fellowships: Translation Projects

The National Endowment for the Arts supports projects for the translation of specific works of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English. The NEA encourages translation of writers and works which are not well represented in English translation. Priority will be given to projects that involve work that has not yet been translated into English.

Deadline: 06 January 2011.
Stipend: $12,500 or $25,000, depending upon the artistic excellence and merit of the project.

For more information.

American Philosophical Society Fellowships & Grants

The APS encourages all eligible candidates to apply for their six grant or fellowship programs. Awards are made for non-commercial research only.

Daland Fellowships in Clinical Investigation
Stipend: $40,000 for first year and $40,000 for second year, if renewed.
Deadline: 1 September 2010; notification in January 2011.
Description: This fellowship supports patient-oriented research in internal medicine, neurology, pediatrics, psychiatry, and surgery. The term of the award is one year, with a one-year renewal if satisfactory progress is demonstrated. Candidates are expected to have held their M.D. or M.D./Ph.D degree for fewer than eight years.

Franklin Research Grants
Stipend: $1,000 to $6,000
Deadline: 1 October and 1 December 2010; notifications in February and April 2011.
Description: This program supports the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of study. The Franklin Grant is particularly designed to help meet the cost of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses. Applicants are expected to have a doctorate or to have published work of doctoral character and quality.

Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research
Stipend: Will depend on travel costs but will ordinarily fall in the range of several hundred to $5,000.
Deadline: 17 January 2011; notification in May 2011.
Description: The Lewis and Clark Fund encourages exploratory field studies for the collection of specimens and data and to provide the imaginative stimulus that accompanies direct observation. Applications are invited from disciplines with a large dependence on field studies, but grants will not be restricted to these fields. This grant is only available to doctoral students.

Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research in Astrobiology
Stipend: Will depend on travel costs but will ordinarily fall in the range of several hundred to $5,000.
Deadline: 1 February 2011; notification in May 2011.
Description: The APS partners with the NASA Astrobiology Institute to promote the continued exploration of the world around us by graduate students and by postdoctoral and junior scientists and scholars.

Library Resident Research Fellowships
Stipend: $2,000 per month.
Deadline: 1 March 2011; notification in May 2011.
Description: Applicants must demonstrate a need to work in the Society's collections for a minimum of one month and a maximum of three months. Applicants do not need to hold a doctorate, although Ph.D. candidates must have passed their preliminary examinations.

Phillips Fund Grants for Native American Research
Stipend: From $1,000 to $3,500.
Deadline: 1 March 2011; notification in May 2011.
Description: This grant funds research in Native American linguistics and ethnohistory, focusing on the continental United States and Canada. Awards cover travel, tapes, and consultants' fees. Applicants may be graduate students pursuing either a master's or a doctoral degree. Postdoctoral applicants are also eligible.


For more information and to apply, visit the American Philosophical Society website.

NEH Collaborative Research Grants

Collaborative Research Grants support original research undertaken by a team of two or more scholars, for full-time or part-time activities for periods of at least one year up to a maximum of three years. Eligible projects include:

• Research that significantly adds to knowledge and understanding in the humanities
• Conferences on topics of major importance in the humanities that will benefit scholarly research
• Archaeological projects that include the interpretation and communication of results (projects may encompass excavation, materials analysis, laboratory work, field reports, and preparation of interpretive monographs)
• Research that uses the knowledge and perspectives of the humanities and historical or philosophical methods to enhance understanding of science, technology, medicine, and the social sciences.

Deadline: 28 October 2010
Stipend: normally ranges from $25,000 to $100,000 per year (for 1-3 years)

For more information, click here.

NEH Grants for Undergraduate Teaching - September Deadlines

The National Endowment for the Humanities supports undergraduate course development through:

• Enduring Question Course Grants (new courses)
• Teaching Development Fellowships (existing courses)

Enduring Questions Course Grants
Stipend: up to $25,000
Deadline: 15 September 2010

What is the good life? What is beauty? What is friendship? What is the relationship between humans and the natural world? Enduring questions such as these have long held interest to college students and allow for a special, intense dialogue across generations.

Enduring Questions course grants support up to four faculty members from any discipline with up to $25,000 to develop a new undergraduate humanities course on a question of enduring significance, to be taught at least twice during the grant period.

For more information and instructions, please see the grant guidelines here.


Teaching Development Fellowships
Stipend: up to $21,000 ($4,200 per month)
Deadline: 30 September 2010

Teaching Development Fellowships support faculty pursuing research aimed at improving an existing undergraduate course that has been taught in at least three different terms prior to the application deadline. The research undertaken may involve engaging with fundamental texts or sources, exploring related subjects or disciplines, or cultivating neglected areas of learning. Research in any area of the humanities is welcome. These fellowships cover periods lasting from three to five months.

For more information and instructions, please see the grant guidelines here.

Center for Research Libraries: Latest News

The Center for Research Libraries' Summer 2010 Newsletter is now available at http://www.crl.edu/focus. The issue is Africa-centered, featuring research on the sub-Saharan region that includes digitized African newspapers from the 19th and early 20th centuries. In addition, the newsletter contains a survey of research on the impact of 19th century Christian missionaries in Africa.

Also, on June 30, CRL announced the release of the World Newspaper Archive's South Asian Newspapers (see the article at http://www.crl.edu/news/6699). CRL libraries will have free access to these newspapers, which date from the 19th century and consist of over 400,000 searchable pages, until August 9.

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipends Program

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipends Program supports individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to scholars and general audiences in the humanities. The award is for $6,000 for two consecutive months of full time research and writing. Texas A&M University faculty, including Agriculture, Engineering and TTI personnel, are eligible to submit a proposal. Interested faculty should submit an internal proposal by 25 June to lsppc@tamu.edu for review by the internal selection committee.

For more information, including due dates and proposal forms, click here.

Opportunities in European Union for TAMU Faculty and Students

On Tuesday, May 4, from 12:00-1:00pm, in 2115 Allen, the College of Liberal Arts, the European Union Center, and the Department of Political Science will sponsor a talk by Professor Dr. Hartmut Marhold of the University of Cologne, Germany. The talk is entitled: “Appreciating the European Union Network of Research and Educational Institutes: An Overview of the Opportunities and Options to American Students and Faculty”. Professor Marhold is Director General of the Centre International de Formation Européenne (CIFE) and teaches at the University of Cologne. CIFE is a partner of the Summer European Academy, a Liberal Arts summer faculty-led study abroad program focusing on the governance structure and logic of the EU.

For more information.