Summer Faculty Fellowship Program

The Humanities Center invites applications from all full-time faculty in the humanities, arts, and related disciplines who seek a small summer grant for research projects that will make a significant contribution to the humanities. Proposals will be adjudicated on the merit of the proposed research project, its potential impact on one or more scholarly fields, and its relevance to the humanities more generally.

Applications are due by January 17, 2025.

The Center will fund up to three proposals with up to $5,000 each. Funding may be used for:

Research assistance
Research expenses
Summer salary and fringe benefits
Travel

Recipients will be expected to submit a report about their activities by September 1, 2025.

Eligibility

All WSU full-time faculty in the humanities, arts, and related disciplines are eligible to submit proposals, except those who received a Summer Faculty Fellowship from the Center within the last two years. However, previously funded projects are not eligible for additional support. Although the Center's primary obligation is to tenure-stream faculty, professors of teaching are strongly encouraged to apply.

Conditions

1. A complimentary copy of the final product (book, article, exhibition catalog, video, etc.) must be submitted to the Humanities Center.

2. Recipients must acknowledge the Humanities Center’s support within the publication itself.

3. Recipients must submit a report on their project to the Humanities Center by September 1, 2025.

4. Recipients are encouraged to discuss their projects in a Brown Bag sponsored by the Center.

Guidelines for Proposals

Each proposal must consist of a narrative of no more than eight double spaced pages (excluding the application cover page), a detailed budget, and the professional record(s) of the applicant(s). A faculty member may only submit one proposal.

The body of the proposal must include the following elements:

1. A completed application cover page with all required signatures. Note: if a department head is applying for a fellowship, a signature from their dean is required.

2. A project narrative, which includes sections with the following titles:

Statement of purpose
Significance and contribution to field and career
Theoretical framework and/or methodology
Project overview (for monographs, a chapter breakdown)
Project timeline for grant period
Relation of the project to the humanities
Final product and dissemination
Relation of the project to the humanities (For the Center’s definition of the humanities, click here.)

3. A bibliography of relevant sources (not to exceed one page).

4. A detailed budget and justification by category, explaining the budget summary on the application cover page. Summer salary, if requested, and fringe benefits costs for all relevant employees must also be included in the total budget request. Applicants should limit their total budgets to $5,000 or less.

5. The professional record and contact information of the applicant.