The HistoryMakers, Research Funding
Academic Research, Creative Study & Digital Humanities Fellowship Funds
| Institution Type: | Nonprofit |
| Location: | Illinois, United States |
| Position: | Fellow |
After a successful inaugural round of fellowships in 2019, The HistoryMakers is excited to announce the start of a new round of student and faculty fellowships for the summer of 2020!
The HistoryMakers is inviting applications for one of three sets of fellowships – Academic Research, Digital Humanities, and Creative Study – created from funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, for the period of Summer 2020 (April–September 2020). Applicant’s work must use content from The HistoryMakers Digital Archive. Submission is open to both faculty and students, please see the below descriptions for further details.
Winning applicants will work on projects over the summer of 2020, and finished products will be featured on The HistoryMakers website. They will also compete for inclusion in The HistoryMakers 20th Anniversary Celebration at the Library of Congress (November 6-7, 2020).
Academic Research – (4) $7,500 Awards
The HistoryMakers Academic Research Fellowship awards will be awarded to faculty or graduate students pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Recipients will produce articles, websites, blogs, digital materials, lesson plans and syllabi, conference presentations/papers, and/or other scholarly resources in the humanities. Award funds are meant to enable recipients to set aside time for writing; and provide funding for research, travel, and project support; as well as general career advancement.
The fellowship awards are expected to culminate in the realization of the proposed work, as well as its presentation. Applicants MUST be affiliated with one of The HistoryMakers subscribing colleges and universities (see below listing).
Submit applications online at: https://forms.gle/JXnVLiYj2RcYkBPT8
Fellowship Duration: April 2020 – September 2020
Application Deadline: Monday, March 2, 2020
Digital Humanities – (2) $5,000 Awards
The HistoryMakers Digital Humanities Fellowship awards will be awarded to digital humanities scholars pursuing interpretive research projects that require digital expression, analysis, and/or digital publication. Projects must advance a scholarly argument through digital means and tools, and should incorporate visual, audio, and/or other multimedia materials or flexible reading pathways to address issues in African American history, the digital humanities, or general humanities, as well as an active distribution plan. Stand-alone databases and other projects that lack an interpretive argument are not eligible. Award funds are meant to provide research, travel, and project support; as well as general career advancement.
The fellowship awards are expected to culminate in the realization of the proposed work, as well as its presentation.
Submit applications online at: https://forms.gle/bL381YVtXTYtQoMj7
Fellowship Duration: April 2020 – September 2020
Application Deadline: Monday, March 2, 2020
Creative Study – (2) $5,000 Awards
The HistoryMakers Creative Study Fellowship awards will be awarded to composers, choreographers, performance artists, visual artists, writers or other kinds of artists or humanists working in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction), performance (theatrical productions, documentaries, monologues) and poetry, to enable recipients to set aside time for writing; provide research, travel, and project support; as well as general career advancement.
The fellowship awards are expected to culminate in the realization of the proposed work, as well as its presentation. Applicants MUST be affiliated with one of The HistoryMakers subscribing colleges and universities (see below listing).
Submit applications online at: https://forms.gle/CDvFw7TvEXqof1169
Fellowship Duration: April 2020 – November 2020
Application Deadline: Monday, March 2, 2020
See the above links for full eligibility requirements and application procedures.
Subscribing Institutions -
Alabama A&M University • American University • Arkansas State University • Boston University • Brandeis University • Bryn Mawr College • Carleton College • Carnegie Mellon University • Case Western Reserve University • Chicago State University • College of William and Mary • Columbia University • Cornell University • DePaul University • Dominican University • Duke University • Eastern Kentucky University • Emory University • Georgetown University • Harvard University • Howard University • Indiana University, Bloomington • Johnson C. Smith University • Lesley University • Michigan State University • Morgan State University • New York University • Northeastern University • Northwestern University • Ohio State University • Princeton University • Rutgers University • Savannah State University • Simmons University • Smith College • Southeast Missouri State University • Stanford University • Texas Southern University • United States Air Force Academy • University of Alaska-Anchorage • University of Arkansas • University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff • University of Chicago • University of Illinois, Chicago • University of Iowa • University of Massachusetts, Amherst • University of Massachusetts, Boston • University of Michigan • University of Oregon • University of Pennsylvania • University of Richmond • University of Texas at Austin • University of Virginia • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee • Vanderbilt University • Virginia Commonwealth University • Washington University in St. Louis • Yale University
