Faculty Research Grant - The Humanities Center - Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences

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Grant Overview

The Humanities Center seeks to serve as an incubator for original, innovative, cutting-edge, and interdisciplinary humanistic research. To support this mission, the Center has established the Faculty Research Grant, designed to provide support for all regular-track faculty. This grant aims to empower faculty to study the human condition and human experience, as well as develop human-centered solutions to real-world challenges in our increasingly technology-driven society. Awards will be granted to faculty members at the beginning, middle and end of their projects.

The objectives of the grant are articulated as follows:

Advance faculty research and creative endeavors from conception to fruition, moving researchers through the stages of their projects and careers.
Embolden and make possible ambitious and/or public-facing research.
Create a supportive and collaborative research community among humanities researchers at �鶹��.

Grant Duration: One (1) year.

Application Form

Deadline: January 18, 2027

How we define projects

Projects encompass a broad spectrum of scholarly and creative endeavors, including, but not limited to, academic publications such as books, digital platforms or resources like websites and podcasts, exhibits and artistic works.

Eligibility

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All essentially humanistic projects — including the digital, the collaborative, critical archival studies or critical editions — are eligible for consideration.

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All regular track �鶹�� faculty from the four humanities departments (English, History, Languages, Cultures and Applied Linguistics, and Philosophy).

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�鶹�� faculty from the arts, social sciences, and sciences who engage in studying the human experience, human condition and human-centered responses to real-world challenges.

Project Stages

Beginning

Identification, experimentation and conceptualization.

Middle

Execution, analysis and revision/refinement.

End

Publication, production and exhibition.

Funding Details

$5,000

Project Stage	Beginning
Grant Amount	$5,000
Funding slots available	2

$10,000

Project Stage	Middle
Grant Amount	$10,000
Funding slots available	3

$5,000

Project Stage	Completion
Grant Amount	$5,000
Funding slots available	3

Application Process

A one-time application will be submitted via a form. The following information will be submitted as part of the application

The application packet will include:

1. Project Summary containing:

detailed description of your project
statement on the broader impact of the project
statement on how your project studies the human condition, the human experience and/or provide a human-centered solution to real-world challenges
statement on the innovativeness of the project and how your previous work connects to the project

2. Work Plan and Project Deliverables:

A high-level work plan outlining your project from its current stage through completion, including the deliverables to be completed by the end of the grant period.

3. Budget:

A budget detailing the activities you will carry out in your current project phase.

4. Future Funding:

A statement on how you plan to secure funding for the next phase of your project and a list of potential funding sources.

5. Overall Budget:

A projected overall budget for your project (beyond the Humanities Center funding support).

Key Timelines

November 9,
2026

Applications Open

January 18,
2027

Applications Close

April 16,
2027

Decision Notifications

April 23,
2027

Funding Awarded

Application review process

Each application will be reviewed by the Grant Review Committee, which is comprised of the Humanities Center director and faculty who were previously awarded grants. Grant applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

alignment with grant objectives
intellectual merits and broader impacts of the project and its deliverables.
impact the grant will have on moving the project to its next stage.
feasibility of the proposed project plan and budget/funding plan to moving your project to the next phase.

Awardee Expectations

Recipients of the Faculty Research Grant will be required to:

Participate in the review process for future grant cycles.
Present their research at an informal Humanities Center event.
Engage with the intellectual community of the Humanities Center.
Apply for external funding to extend or expand their project if external funding is available.
Provide final project and financial report at the end of the grant period
Consent to the Humanities Center spotlighting and project on its website, social media, and other communications.

For questions or further details, please contact humanitiescenter@andrew.cmu.edu