Grant Overview
The Humanities Center seeks to serve as an incubator for original, innovative, cutting-edge, and interdisciplinary humanistic research. To support this mission, the Center has established the Faculty Research Grant, designed to provide support to faculty members across all ranks and tracks. This grant aims to empower faculty to study the human condition and human experience, as well as develop human-centered solutions to real-world challenges in our increasingly technology-driven society. Awards will be granted to faculty members at the beginning, middle and end of their projects.
The objectives of the grant are articulated as follows:
- Advance faculty research and creative endeavors from conception to fruition, moving researchers through the stages of their projects and careers.
- Embolden and make possible ambitious and/or public-facing research.
- Create a supportive and collaborative research community among humanities researchers at CMU.
Grant Duration: One (1) year.
Eligibility
Project Stages
Funding Details
| Project Stage | Beginning |
| Grant Amount | $5,000 |
| Funding slots available | 2 |
| Project Stage | Middle |
| Grant Amount | $10,000 |
| Funding slots available | 3 |
| Project Stage | Completion |
| Grant Amount | $5,000 |
| Funding slots available | 3 |
Application Process
A one-time application will be submitted via a form. The following information will be submitted as part of the application
The application packet will include:
- detailed description of your project
- statement on the broader impact of the project
- statement on how your project studies the human condition, the human experience and/or provide a human-centered solution to real-world challenges
- statement on the innovativeness of the project and how your previous work connects to the project
A high-level work plan outlining the full scope of your project.
A budget detailing the activities you will carry out in your current project phase.
A statement on how you plan to secure funding for the next phase of your project and a list of potential funding sources.
A projected overall budget for your project (beyond the Humanities Center funding support).
Key Timelines
Awardee Expectations
Recipients of the Faculty Research Grant will be required to:
- Participate in the review process for future grant cycles.
- Present their research at an informal Humanities Center event.
- Engage with the intellectual community of the Humanities Center.
- Apply for external funding to extend or expand their project if external funding is available.
- Provide final project and financial report at the end of the grant period
- Consent to the Humanities Center spotlighting and following your project on its social media and website
For questions or further details, please contact humanitiescenter@andrew.cmu.edu
Frequently Asked Questions
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Meet the 2025 Cohort
Uju Anya
Associate Professor of Second Language Acquisition, Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics(LCAL)
Kiyono Fujinaga-Gordon
Assistant Teaching Professor of Japanese Studies, Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics(LCAL)
