External Funding Opportunities

National Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Fellowships Workshop

February 6, 2024, 12 noon - Zoom, registration required

Workshop for faculty preparing applications for individual research fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities National Endowment for the Humanities (deadline April 10, 2024). Topics covered include reviewing guidelines, preparing proposal narratives, requesting recommendations, and anticipating financial arrangements. Workshop is open to all faculty in the liberal arts and human sciences. Contact Tom Ewing, Associate Dean for Research (etewing@vt.edu) with any questions. Resources for the workshop

Other fellowships to be discussed in the workshop include:

• Guggenheim Foundation, deadline September
• American Council of Learned Societies, deadline September
• Spencer Foundation / National Academy of Education Post-docs, deadline November
• National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholars, deadline November

Faculty Fellowships Workshop

August 30, 11:00 a.m. - Room 005 Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Building and Zoom

Workshop for faculty preparing applications for individual research fellowships. Topics covered include finding funding, preparing proposal narratives, requesting recommendations, and reviewing financial arrangements. Workshop is open to all faculty in the liberal arts and human sciences. Contact Tom Ewing, Associate Dean for Research (etewing@vt.edu) with any questions.

Faculty fellowships to be discussed in the workshop include:

• Guggenheim Foundation, deadline September (TBA)
• American Council of Learned Societies, deadline September 28
• Spencer Foundation / National Academy of Education Post-docs, deadline November 15
• National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholars, deadline November 29
• National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships, deadline April 10

Grants Workshop: NEH Dangers and Opportunities of Technology

September 5, 10:00 a.m. - Zoom (Registration required)

This workshop will provide guidance on preparing applications for the National Endowment for the Humanities competition, Dangers and Opportunities of Technology, with a deadline of October 11, 2023. Two types of grants are available from the program: individual researchers (up to $75,000) and collaborative teams (up to $150,000). The workshop will review the guidelines, discuss projects funded in the first round, and provide guidance on developing proposals for this year or future competitions.  Contact Tom Ewing (etewing@vt.edu) with questions.

Resources:

• Dangers and Opportunities of Technology Information Sheet
  

More information on external fellowships for faculty and graduate students along with information on writing and preparing proposals are at the page below.