What We Fund
FELLOWSHIPS & MINI GRANTS
The Institute for the Humanities funds Faculty Fellowships, Graduate Student Fellowships, and mini-grants in support of interdisciplinary projects with a public component.
This year we have simplified our fellowship application process for faculty and graduate students. We ask for only one complete copy of your application and will accept it in one of two forms: 1) a single pdf file that contains all the required elements excepting letters of recommendation (which should be send to us under separate cover) or 2) one hard copy that is presented on single-sided paper held together with a binder clip (no staples). Please observe the writing sample word limits. Those submitting work samples that are musical or visual will need to place them on a web site and provide the relevant URL so that the selection committee can easily hear or view the work.
FACULTY FELLOWSHIP
Faculty Fellows are released from their usual teaching and service duties to pursue their research while continuing to receive their normal salary and benefits. Faculty Fellows take up residence at the Institute for the full academic year, participate in the weekly Fellows’ Seminar, and fulfill a service-to-undergraduates component.
Tenured and tenure-track professors from the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses are eligible to apply. Please review carefully the Faculty Fellowship application form for detailed eligibility requirements and LSA policies.
Deadline: Friday, December 4, 2009 at 5 pm
GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIP
Graduate Student Fellows are resident in the Institute, where they are provided an office, a stipend of $27,000 over a ten-month period, candidacy tuition for the fall and winter terms, GradCare health insurance, and a $600 special research fund. They are resident in the Institute and participate in the weekly two-hour Fellows Seminar.
University of Michigan graduate students who have achieved candidacy and have not previously held a Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship are eligible to apply. Please review carefully the Graduation Student Fellowship application form for further details.
Deadline: Friday, January 8, 2010, at 5 pm
MINI-GRANTS
All Michigan faculty and graduate students are eligible to apply for mini grants. Applications may be made at any time and must include a proposal, a budget, and a list of other funding sources, actual and/or solicited. A condition of funding is that the event have a component open to the university public (no grants will be awarded to entirely closed workshops, courses, etc…). Awardees must acknowledge the Institute’s support in their publicity and submit a report to the Institute at the end of the project. Funds will be disbursed upon receipt of the report; if this presents a hardship, exceptions to this policy may be granted on a case-by-case basis. Apply through eGiF (Electronic Gateway to Internal Funding).
