Full-Scale Projects : The Humanities Project : Humanities Center : University of Rochester

Full-Scale Projects

Full-time faculty members or postdoctoral fellows in eligible departments and programs.
Applicants who have previously received Humanities Project funding must have submitted final reports for all prior projects before they are eligible to apply again.

Maximum award: $10,000 per project.
Honoraria limited to $1,500 per speaker.
All funds must be spent in the same fiscal year in which the Project took place. This means all payments must be submitted and processed prior to June 30. Any remaining funds after June 30 will be swept and cannot be carried forward to be spent after that date.

Applications are due by the 1st of each month. Reviews will take place during the second or third week of each month, with award letters sent out following committee review.
Proposals must be submitted no less than three weeks in advance of the first proposed event date in order to be considered.
Applications for projects that will take place between June and September must be submitted by May 1 for consideration.

Projects must be based in humanistic research or artistic production. Projects that are not based fundamentally in research, research-intensive projects with students, or creative production are unlikely to be approved.
The committee welcomes proposals of broad appeal that are interdisciplinary in nature, and it also endorses smaller projects aimed at more specialized audiences. It is especially interested projects that can have a tangible impact on the URochester community and beyond, and/or in those that might have a continuing presence or effect.
Department administrators are responsible for assisting faculty with project logistics including speaker travel, room reservations, food and beverage arrangements, etc. and processing all payments.
Projects cannot include:
- Requests for teaching release.
- Individual research or travel.
- Payments to University of Rochester faculty or staff for their time.
Priority is given to projects that:
- Advance faculty research.
- Elevate the profile of the humanities at URochester.
- Are interdisciplinary or have campus/community impact.

All applications should demonstrate efforts to obtain co-funding from relevant departments.
Established and continuous projects should plan to transition to departmental funding after initial Humanities Center support.
In an effort to better promote, track, and archive awarded projects, all Humanities Project events must be added to the University calendar and Humanities Project website before funds will be released for the project.
- All pertinent information to complete this requirement will be included in award letters.
Faculty must demonstrate that they have kept their departmental faculty web page up to date, including publications, awards, courses taught, and other relevant activities.
Within two weeks of completion of the project, it is the responsibility of the Principal Investigator to furnish the Humanities Project Committee with a final report, including a description of the project, an assessment of its success and what, in hindsight, you may have done differently and, most importantly, thoughts on the contributions the project has made to the University and to the College. Submit your final report.