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Research and Fellowship Opportunities for Humanities Scholars
The links listed below lead to a variety of research opportunities for scholars of the humanities and related fields. The University at Buffalo Humanities Institute offers various fellowships and funding opportunities to both faculty and graduate students..
Humanities Institute Faculty Research Fellowships
Humanities Institute Advanced PhD Fellowships
Graduate Student Public Humanities Fellowship
Fellowships to attend the Futures of American Studies Institute
UB Libraries Special Collections Fellowships
Digital Humanities Initiative at Buffalo Research Funding
Graduate Student Public Humanities Fellowship
The Humanities Institute will award one $5000 Graduate Student Public Humanities Fellowship in 2013-14. The Fellowship, developed with the New York Council for the Humanities, will involve a combination of training in the methods of public scholarship and work by the Fellow to explore the public dimensions of his or her scholarship in partnership with a community organization.
For the full announcement, click here.
UB Fellows will be part of a cohort of Fellows from the CUNY Graduate Center, Columbia University, Cornell University, New York University, and Syracuse University.
REQUIREMENTS: Fellows are required to attend a two-day orientation and facilitation training run by the Council on August 12 and 13, 2013. Fellows will then spend the fall semester researching methods in the public humanities and developing a plan to give a public dimension to some aspect of their scholarly interests. As part of this process, Fellows will identify potential community partners. The spring semester will be devoted to executing some type of public humanities program with a community-based partner. Finally, Fellows will be asked to present the outcomes of their public work to the university community and to submit a final report to the Council.
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be enrolled Ph.D. students in a humanities field (broadly defined) at UB, and must be ABD: they must have completed all coursework and oral exams by September 1, 2012.
DURATION & STIPEND: Duration of the Fellowship is August 2013 to May 2014, including mandatory attendance at a two-day training on August 12-13 in New York City. The stipend is $5000 plus travel funds to attend the August training and other Fellowship-related events.
TO APPLY: Interested applicants should submit an online application, including cv and references, by Friday February 1, 2013. The cv should indicate when the applicant achieved ABD status. The link to the application is here: https://nych.wufoo.com/forms/x7p9a5/
Applicants will be notified of final decisions by Monday April 1, 2013.
Fellowships to attend the Futures of American Studies Institute
The Humanities Institute provides support for at least two Ph.D. students to attend the Futures of American Studies Institute at Dartmouth College, held annually in June.
The FAS Institute is a week-long workshop led by Donald Pease, a former HI
Distinguished-Scholar-in-Residence, and several other leading Americanists (in
literature, critical theory, and history). Participating students and faculty present and discuss works in progress.
The fee for participating in the Institute, including housing and registration, is $695,
which will be paid by the Humanities Institute for three successful applicants. Students
are responsible for travel, meals, and all other expenses.
For more information about the Institute, go to: <http://www.dartmouth.edu/~futures>
To apply for the Humanities Institute subsidy, send application materials to Jinhee Song <huminst@buffalo.edu> by April 29. Successful applicants will be notified by May 6.
They then must apply to the Institute by its deadline of May 18. The subsidy is available
only to Ph.D. students who have completed their oral exams.
Application for the HI subsidy must include:
- one-page single-spaced description of the dissertation and the portion to be presented at
the Institute
- two-page cv, including date oral exams completed
- letter of support from dissertation chair