The deadline for applications for the 2021-2022 Faculty Funds Competition is March 11, 2022. We will accept applications in the spring for Subvention Funds, ARHU Advancement Grants (formerly Innovation Grants), Special Purpose Advancement Grants, and Junior Faculty Summer Fellowships.
ARHU Advancement Grants: Up to $5,000 will be awarded to TTK and PTK faculty for projects that advance faculty’s professional advancement in their field and at UMD. Work proposed can be ongoing efforts, a new idea, or the completion of a project. Successful applications must demonstrate 1) how the project meets the faculty member’s professional advancement at UMD, and 2) how the work contributes to the faculty member’s field of study. Funds are intended to support research expenses such as hiring assistants, studio or rehearsal costs, materials, participant incentives, and archives. Funds awarded will not support course releases or classroom-only projects--pedagogical projects must show a link to the faculty member’s scholarly advancement to be considered. Priority will be given to projects that advance promotion goals and/or tenure goals and to applicants who have not won a grant previously.
Special Purpose Advancement Grant in Equity and Justice: In addition to the regular Advancement Grants, the Dean will award a special purpose fund as part of the ARHU campaign to address racism, equity and justice. Up to $5,000 will be awarded to projects that demonstrate all of the Advancement Grant criteria listed above, plus directly contribute to equity and/or social justice in one’s field.
Subvention Funds: Funds can cover costs required by a publisher that are assigned to faculty, such as reproduction of images and permissions. Up to $2,000 may be requested. TTK and PTK are eligible to apply. Preference will be given to faculty preparing a product for academic promotion or tenure review. In addition to application documents listed below, applications must include 1) a letter from the unit head confirming a match of the amount requested, and 2) a copy of the publisher contract. Subvention won't cover marketing and promotion related costs.
Required application documents for ALL submissions:
Project Description (three pages maximum, single-spaced with one-inch margins, at least 11-point font): Summarize the proposed project’s objectives, approach or method, and activities, as well as expected outcomes. Address significance to the field and include a clear argument for how the work fits into promotion/tenure timeline and purpose. For special purpose funding, make clear the contribution to anti-racism, equity, or social justice.
Timeline (one page maximum): List project elements and note when each task will be accomplished during the funding period. Also include timeline for promotion/tenure as it relates to this project.
Budget and Justification (two pages maximum): Provide an itemized budget and justify planned expenditures. All project elements and associated costs should be anticipated. Budget categories will vary depending on the project. Include any other sources of funding and whether those funds are committed or pending.
Submission Process: Combine all application documents into a single PDF file and submit electronically to the ARHU Application Portal (http://apply.arhu.umd.edu) by 5 pm on October 15, 2021.
Post Award Expectations: A final report will be required one year after award date, summarizing use of funds and achievements. All awarded funds must be spent within a year of award notification; funds not spent within a year will be refunded to the college. Successful applicants will receive specific guidance on further reporting requirements in their award letter.
Awardees must acknowledge ARHU in any reports, presentations, and materials produced by the funding. Funded projects will be featured on the Maryland Center for Humanities Research website, humanities.umd.edu.
The deadline for applications for the fall 2021 Faculty Funds Competition is 5pm October 15, 2021. We will accept applications in the fall for Subvention Funds, Advancement Grants (formerly Innovation Grants), and Special Purpose Advancement Grants.
In light of current budget cuts, travel restrictions and social distancing guidelines due to COVID-19, we are postponing Conference Grants until further notice.
Congratulations to our faculty who have been awarded Faculty Funds for Advancement Grants, Special Purpose Advancement Grants, Subvention Funds, and Junior Faculty Summer Fellowships.
Advancement Grants (Formerly Innovation Grants)
Alicia Volk - ARTH Book Project: Democratizing Japanese Art, 1945-1960
Piotr Kosicki - HIST Book Project: New King of Progressive: How Poles, Germans, and the CIA Re-made Venezuela
Abigail McEwen - ARTH Exhibition Digitization: María Martínez-Cañas: Rebus and Remembrance
Vessela Valiavitcharska - ENGL Collaborative Translation Project: The Synopsis of Rhetoric of Joseph Rhakendytes: An Outline of Fourteenth Century Rhetorical Education
Special Purpose Advancement Grants
Jose Magro - SLLC/SPAP Book Project: Language and Antiracism in the (Spanish) Language Classroom
Junior Faculty Summer Fellowship
Elisa Gironzetti - SLLC/SPAP Book Project: The Multimodal Performance of Conversational Humor
Emily Egan - ARTH Book Project: Palace of Nestor VII: The Painted Floors of the Megaron
Patrick Chung - HIST Book Project: Making Korea Global
Subvention
Peter Grybauskas - ENGL A Sense of Tales Untold: Exploring the Edges of Tolkien’s Literary Canvas
Thayse Lima - SLLC/SPAP Latin Americanizing Brazil: Intellectual Exchanges and Brazil’s Integration in Latin America
Amanda Dykema, Research and Grant Writing Coordinator, will discuss the new funding call, different types of funding, and some tips for proposal development.
Please contact Amanda, adykema@umd.edu for further information or to register and receive the zoom information.
Tamanika Ferguson - COMM Voices From the Inside: Incarcerated Women Speak Book Project
Siv Lie - MUSC Django Generations: Hearing Ethnorace, Citizenship, and Jazz Manouche in France Book Project
Anita Atwell Seate - COMM ‘I Can’t Breathe’ and Police Brutality: Expanding Our Understanding of Group-based Conflict through Methodological Innovation
Subvention
Ivan Ramos - WGSS Sonic Negations: Unbelonging Subjects, Inauthentic Objects, and Sound Between Mexico and the United States