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GRANTS FOR RESEARCH IN THE HUMANITIES
The Humanities Council awards modest grants for research in the humanities from a fund provided by the Vice Provost for Research.
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. The Council invites applications under three headings:
I. 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.
II. 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.
III. 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.
Applicants seeking support under any rubric should send to Mary Ahl at the Society for the Humanities, by April 1, 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.
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