The University of Richmond may nominate two individuals (at any rank) for the annual NEH Summer Stipend competition. NEH Summer Stipends for 2012 will be $6,000 for two consecutive and uninterrupted months of full-time independent study and research on a project that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the public's understanding of the humanities. Projects may address broad topics or consist of study and research in a specialized field. (NEH defines its coverage as extending to "language, both modern and classical; linguistics; literature; history; jurisprudence; philosophy; archaeology; comparative religion; ethics; the history, criticism, and theory of the arts; those aspects of social sciences which have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods; and the study and application of the humanities to the human environment with particular attention to reflecting our diverse heritage, traditions, and history and to the relevance of the humanities to the current conditions of national life.")
Projects may be completed during the stipend period, or be part of a long-range endeavor. Recipients usually produce scholarly articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources. NEW LAST YEAR: The Summer Stipends program welcomes projects that respond to NEH’s new Bridging Cultures initiative. Such projects could focus on cultures internationally or within the United States. International projects might seek to enlarge Americans’ understanding of other places and times, as well as other perspectives and intellectual traditions. American projects might explore the great variety of cultural influences on, and myriad subcultures within, American society. These projects might also investigate how Americans have approached and attempted to surmount seemingly unbridgeable cultural divides, or examine the ideals of civility and civic discourse that have informed this quest.
Individuals who have held a major fellowship or research grant or its equivalent within the last three academic years prior to the deadline are ineligible. A “major fellowship or research grant” is a postdoctoral research award that provides a stipend of at least $15,000. Sabbaticals and grants from an individual’s own institution and stipends and grants from other sources supporting study and research during the summer are not considered major fellowships.
For a fuller description of the stipend program, its selection criteria, application format, and specific examples, see the NEH announcement that is available at http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html . You may also wish to contact Diana Vincelli in the Office of Foundation and Government Grants, 289-8005 or dvincell@richmond.edu.
Since the deadline for the nomination from the university to NEH is September 29, THE DEADLINE FOR THE PRELIMINARY INTERNAL COMPETITION IS 12:00 NOON, MONDAY, AUGUST 22. All those who would like to be considered as potential nominees should submit proposals consisting of a brief (3- to 5-page) project description, an up-to-date vita, a paragraph-length overview of their preparation to undertake the proposed project, a paragraph-length description of any progress-to-date, and a preliminary bibliography, to Kathy Hoke in the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences at or before noontime, August 22. BY AUGUST 31, TWO APPLICANTS WILL BE INVITED TO WRITE A MORE FORMAL PROPOSAL FOR SUBMISSION TO NEH BY THE SEPTEMBER 30 DEADLINE.
Projects may be completed during the stipend period, or be part of a long-range endeavor. Recipients usually produce scholarly articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources. NEW LAST YEAR: The Summer Stipends program welcomes projects that respond to NEH’s new Bridging Cultures initiative. Such projects could focus on cultures internationally or within the United States. International projects might seek to enlarge Americans’ understanding of other places and times, as well as other perspectives and intellectual traditions. American projects might explore the great variety of cultural influences on, and myriad subcultures within, American society. These projects might also investigate how Americans have approached and attempted to surmount seemingly unbridgeable cultural divides, or examine the ideals of civility and civic discourse that have informed this quest.
Individuals who have held a major fellowship or research grant or its equivalent within the last three academic years prior to the deadline are ineligible. A “major fellowship or research grant” is a postdoctoral research award that provides a stipend of at least $15,000. Sabbaticals and grants from an individual’s own institution and stipends and grants from other sources supporting study and research during the summer are not considered major fellowships.
For a fuller description of the stipend program, its selection criteria, application format, and specific examples, see the NEH announcement that is available at http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html . You may also wish to contact Diana Vincelli in the Office of Foundation and Government Grants, 289-8005 or dvincell@richmond.edu.
Since the deadline for the nomination from the university to NEH is September 29, THE DEADLINE FOR THE PRELIMINARY INTERNAL COMPETITION IS 12:00 NOON, MONDAY, AUGUST 22. All those who would like to be considered as potential nominees should submit proposals consisting of a brief (3- to 5-page) project description, an up-to-date vita, a paragraph-length overview of their preparation to undertake the proposed project, a paragraph-length description of any progress-to-date, and a preliminary bibliography, to Kathy Hoke in the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences at or before noontime, August 22. BY AUGUST 31, TWO APPLICANTS WILL BE INVITED TO WRITE A MORE FORMAL PROPOSAL FOR SUBMISSION TO NEH BY THE SEPTEMBER 30 DEADLINE.
