UCHRI SEMINAR Grants 2012-13
The UC Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI) invites proposals for seminars to be held on the UC campuses during one quarter or one semester in the 2012-13 academic year (July 1 to June 30).
Who Can Apply: UC Ladder Rank Faculty
Level of Award: $1,500 to 4,000. Awards are contingent upon available funding.
Funding Source: UCHRI
Deadline: 5 pm PST on Thursday, November 10, 2011. FastApps opens on October 17, 2011.
Program Overview
The UC Humanities Research Institute invites proposals for seminars for small groups of UC faculty and advanced graduate students to engage in intensive study of topics chosen by the participants. Seminars may be from a variety of fields in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.Proposed seminars should draw participants from across humanistic disciplines around a clearly defined topic or from a discrete discipline to explore interdisciplinary approaches to a defined topic. Seminars should provide an opportunity for sustained engagement around a shared set of research materials or texts, broadly defined, which might include recent or innovative publications in a field, classic texts or archival material revisited, performances, exhibitions, screenings, etc. Topics and materials should encourage innovative thinking, approaches, or new directions in humanities scholarship.
In order to support sustained engagement on a focused theme, the seminars should meet regularly over the course of a single quarter or semester. Weekly or bi-weekly meetings are strongly suggested.
Proposals should include clear goals and a preliminary schedule for the seminar that outlines the specific topics and potential readings, speakers, activities and/or field trips for each session.
A group of five to ten scholars should be identified who would be committed to participating, with a brief comment about each person’s relevance to the seminar. Tentative commitments from each scholar named in the proposal should be secured. Participation by advanced graduate students is highly encouraged but not required.
Each seminar participant will be expected to produce a brief online report for the UC humanities community about the work of the seminar and their experience. Ideally, the seminar would also produce, collectively or individually, proposals or syllabi for new courses, proposals for conference talks or panels, smaller publications such as book reviews or articles. Seminars with the potential to lead to ongoing collaboration or funding proposals for conferences, working groups, etc. are particularly encouraged.
Funding
Seminar awards will range from $1,500 to $4,000 per group. Examples of typical expenses to be considered include books or other course materials for participants collectively, travel and honoraria for visiting speakers, participants’ travel and admission fees to relevant performances, exhibits, museums, etc.In preparing budgets, please keep in mind that no more than $500 in UCHRI funds can be used toward refreshments.
Because of funding limitations, UCHRI is unable to support annual meetings of professional organizations and groups or ongoing scholarly gatherings.
Past experience has demonstrated that early consultation is instrumental in developing successful proposals. Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the respective campus representative on the UCHRI Advisory Committee for advice regarding criteria of assessment. Proposers may also contact UCHRI as a resource in developing proposals. Awards will be announced no later than March 2012.
Selection Criteria
Proposals will be evaluated on 1) the intellectual quality of the proposed topic; 2) its perceived potential to engage participants; 3) its perceived potential of the seminar to further scholarly thinking, research and engagement beyond the seminar itself.Proposals will be selected by the UCHRI Advisory Committee.
How to Apply
Applications from prospective conference or seminar organizers are accepted exclusively online via UCHRI's FastApps system.
Required documents include:
- Seminar Title and Abstract (150 words max.)
- Description of the Proposed Seminar (1000 words max.)
- Proposed Seminar Schedule/Readings (500 words max.)
- Proposed Itemized Budget. Explain how estimates were determined.
- Curriculum Vitae of the organizer (and co-organizer, if applicable) are required. (2 pages max.)
The principal applicant must be a UC ladder rank faculty member who will be responsible for the organization and execution of the proposed seminar.
For program-related questions, please contact Suedine Nakano, UCHRI Program Manager, at snakano@hri.uci.edu.