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GRANTS FOR RESEARCH IN THE HUMANITIES
GRADUATE TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS
MELLON GRANTS FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY WRITING GROUPS
| GRANTS FOR RESEARCH IN THE HUMANITIES |
March 26, 2008
TO: Faculty Members in the Humanities
FROM: Brett de Bary, Director, Society for the Humanities
CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR RESEARCH GRANTS
For seventeen years the Humanities Council has awarded modest grants for research in the humanities from a fund provided by the Vice Provost for Research. We have just received word that Senior Vice Provost Robert Buhrman has agreed to continue this funding arrangement for the academic year 2008-2009.
The Council invites applications under three headings (described below). Applicants may wish to bear in mind that the total amount of money to be awarded is $33,000. These grants are intended for faculty members holding regular appointments in humanities departments. We are especially interested in receiving proposals from untenured/junior faculty in the Humanities. Proposals may be brief (2-4 pages); basic budgets are required.
I. International Collaborative Research
The Humanities Council invites applications for the support of projects involving collaborative work with one or more scholars from abroad. Preference will be given to proposals that are interdisciplinary and innovative which may have a methodological impact and, above all, involve interested faculty and students in such activities as seminars and round-tables.
II. Visits to Cornell for Collaborative Research and Discussion
The Council welcomes applications to help defray expenses for visits of a week or longer by outside scholars who would work collaboratively with groups of faculty and students at Cornell. Visiting scholars might conduct informal seminars, meet with graduate students, and engage in collaborative research projects with scholars and graduate students on campus. The funding in this category might conceivably be applied to organizing a conference that brings several scholars to campus to collaborate on a joint venture with research benefits for the community.
III. Research Support for Non-Tenured Faculty in the Humanities
The Council invites applications from Assistant Professors in the Humanities for support of travel and research projects, especially in cases where a modest grant might help junior faculty put themselves in a stronger position to apply for national competitive grants.
Applicants seeking support under any rubric should send to Mary Ahl at the Society for the Humanities, by April 25, a vita, a brief budget proposal and a brief account of the project sufficiently detailed to make possible informed judgments. Those applying under (I) should provide a description of the accomplishments as well as the relevance to the project of their collaborator. Those applying under (II) should provide a vita of the proposed visitor and an indication of the specific group of people at Cornell who would be involved in meetings and activities.
No extensions on the deadline of April 25th for submission of proposals will be possible.
Please direct any questions to Mary Ahl at 5-4086.
Awards will be announced in May.
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| GRADUATE TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS |
TO: Graduate Students in the Humanities
FROM: Brett de Bary, Director, Society for the Humanities
CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR TRAVEL RESEARCH GRANTS
Thanks to a generous grant from the Humanist Foundation, The Society for the Humanities is pleased to announce a grant competition for Graduate Student Travel Research Grants in the Humanities. Five grants of $1000 will be awarded to post-A exam graduate students whose primary field of study is in the humanities. The competition will be adjudicated by the Humanities Council.
Applicants seeking support should send to Mary Ahl (Society for the Humanities, A. D. White House) by April 25, a vita, a 1 page dissertation abstract, a 1-3 page description of the research plan, and a brief budget proposal. Applicants should request that their Committee Chair send a supporting letter by April 25 to Brett de Bary, Director of The Society for the Humanities, c/o Mary Ahl.
No extensions on the deadline of April 25th for submission of proposals will be possible.
Please direct any questions to Mary Ahl at 5-4086.
Awards will be announced in May.
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MELLON GRANTS
FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY WRITING GROUPS |
March 31, 2008
Dear Colleagues,
Im pleased to announce that the Society for the Humanities has received a new grant from the Mellon Foundation to support research in the humanities. Humanities faculty and graduate students are both eligible to submit applications to the program for Interdisciplinary Writing Groups by May 15, 2008. The new grants are intended to offer modest support for thematically-oriented, cross-departmental or cross-disciplinary groups of scholars who meet regularly to exchange and discuss written work-in-progress. Applications may be submitted by faculty groups, groups including both faculty and graduate students, or by dissertation writing groups with faculty mentors. Up to $10, 000 will be offered to each group to defray the costs of refreshments at meetings, of organizing a workshop or retreat with a visiting scholar, or other costs associated with preparation of work for publication. Please read the description of the new grants featured below, together with the guidelines for applications.
The grant will allow the Society to support two or more writing groups a year for the next five years. We look forward to receiving your applications.
Best,
Brett de Bary
Professor, Asian Studies and Comparative Literature
Director, Society for the Humanities
MELLON GRANTS FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY WRITING GROUPS
The Society for the Humanities is pleased to announce the establishment of a new program of support for Interdisciplinary Writing Groups, generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Faculty and graduate students are encouraged to submit applications for this program. Funds for Interdisciplinary Writing Groups are intended to encourage activities related to writing and publication, to be carried out throughout one academic year by groups of faculty and graduate students in the humanities.
Grants of up to $10, 000 per year will be made available to groups of no less than seven participants, working in at least two different humanities departments, who can demonstrate that their research interests productively converge. Applications should present a schedule of meetings to be held in the course of the academic year, which would necessarily include presentation to the group of a work-in-progress by each member. Such sessions should offer substantive response and discussion, by the group, of each individual paper. Groups may schedule other, optional activities, as desired.
Each group application should include a budget. For a group of seven, funds of up to $3,000 may be used to provide dinner and/or refreshments on the occasions of paper presentations, as well as to provide up to $1,000 of research support for each group member. Alternatively, funds could be pooled to bring a visiting scholar to Cornell for a workshop or retreat focused on participants writing projects, or to support manuscript preparation or other costs associated with publication of participants work.
Mellon Interdisciplinary Writing Group Application Guidelines
Applications for Mellon Interdisciplinary Writing Groups should be submitted by two co-organizers representing different departments or fields within the humanities. Each writing group should consist of a minimum of seven members, including faculty and/or graduate students who have already taken their A-exams.. Applications should be submitted to Mary Ahl (mea4@cornell.edu) at the Society for the Humanities by May, 15, 2008.
Applicants should submit the following materials:
1. A statement of no more than 1,000 words describing a rationale for linking the work of participants from different disciplines. The statement should show how each participants perspective would contribute to elaborating and enriching a common context for research. Priority will be given to groups who demonstrate how their activities might benefit from the presence of visiting scholars at the Society for the Humanities during the year of the grant. The Society's focal theme for 2008-09 is "Water: A Critical Concept for the Humanities." (A list of the Fellows for 2008-09 is attached.)
2. A one-paragraph description of a writing project from each participant, including plans (imminent or long-term) for publication.
3. A CV for each member of the group.
4. A schedule of meetings and activities for the coming year. (A series of meetings organized around the circulation, presentation, and discussion of a work in progress by each member is the basic requirement. Other activities are optional.)
5. A brief budget. Funds may be used for the following four categories: a.) dinner and refreshments at the time of paper presentations, b.) up to $1,000 in research funds per member of the group, c.) bringing a visiting scholar to Cornell to conduct a workshop or retreat for the group, d.) supporting manuscript preparation costs for a collaboratively produced volume.
We invite humanities faculty and graduate students at Cornell to apply for these grants. Applications by groups involving faculty and graduate students (in the phase of dissertation writing) should be authored by two co-organizers representing different departments or disciplines. Co-organizers will be responsible for administering funds transferred to their departmental accounts. Graduate students at the dissertation-writing stage are also welcome to organize groups consisting only of dissertation writers. Dissertation-writing groups must include a faculty mentor.
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