Welcome to the Humanities Initiative

Deadline: November 12, 2008

The aim of the program is to offer teams of two or more scholars the opportunity to collaborate intensively on a single, substantive project in the humanities and related social sciences. It is hoped that projects of successful applicants will help demonstrate the range and value of both collaborative research and inquiry in the humanities and model how such collaboration may be carried out successfully. Collaborations that involve the participation of assistant and associate faculty members, or that of scholars at different kinds of institutions, are particularly encouraged. Each project should yield tangible research outcomes (e.g., joint publications, Web projects, or other collaboratively produced projects).

One member of the project team must be designated as the project coordinator. It is anticipated that the project coordinator's institution will administer the funds for collaboration costs.

The project coordinator must have an appointment at an institution of higher education; other project members may be independent scholars. The project coordinator must be at a U.S.-based institution; other project members may be at institutions outside the United States. All project participants must hold a Ph.D. degree or its equivalent in publications and professional experience.

Awards will be provided in amounts of up to $140,000 per project, with no more than $60,000 awarded to a single participant for salary replacement, up to a total tenure period of twenty-four months, to be initiated between July 1, 2009, and September 1, 2011.

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