EXTRAMURAL EXPLORATIONS 2010-11

The UC Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI) invites proposals for partnership projects between UC Humanities Initiatives and Community Organizations during the 2010-11 academic year (July 1 to June 30). Applications from prospective organizers are accepted exclusively online via UCHRI's FASTAPPS system. Awards are contingent upon available funding.

Deadline: October 15, 2009                                                                 

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Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the respective campus representative on the UCHRI Advisory Committee for advice regarding criteria of assessment. 

Program Overview
UCHRI is requesting proposals to promote public programming involving vigorous partnerships between any field or organization with significant humanities focus or content and off-campus community organizations with considerable record of public service commitments.

Funding would be available for programming that involves community outreach partnerships with community organizations, museums, or NGOs to bring to off-campus audiences high quality humanities programming such as exhibitions and innovative multi-media events that could include, but should not be limited to, panel discussions or lectures.

A very limited number of grants of up to $20,000 each will be awarded to worthy projects. Grants will be awarded with the expectation that UCHRI money will be matched by additional funding from outside granting agencies and/or from organizers' home campuses in a ratio of one to two. Organizers will secure from some other source at least one additional dollar for every two dollars of UCHRI funds. (For example, UCHRI expects that a $5,000 grant will be matched by at least $2,500.)

The first 50% of award amount is usually transferred prior to the event. The balance of actual expenses, up to the approved amount, will be transferred after the event upon submission to UCHRI of both a satisfactory narrative report and a final, precise budgetary accounting. This accounting should consist of an itemized list of all actual expenses from approved budget categories and an itemized list of all actual expenses supported by cost‑sharing. 

Funding for UCHRI-sponsored events is strictly faculty based, i.e., although UCHRI does not want to discourage student participation, funding is awarded to UC ladder-rank faculty only. UCHRI funds must be spent in accordance with all applicable rules and regulations. Please contact your Office of Research regarding general UC policy if necessary.

Applications will be reviewed by UCHRI's Advisory Committee at its fall 2009 meeting. Decisions are based upon the quality of the project and partnerships proposed, the innovativeness of the proposed project, the qualifications of the applicant(s) and participants, and the track record and likelihood in reaching a significant public audience.


APPLYING FOR EXTRAMURAL EXPLORATIONS
Applications must be submitted through the online FASTAPPS system (e-mailed, mailed, or faxed applications will not be accepted). Applicants must be registered with the online application system. Basic information as well as uploaded documents such as program abstract, project narrative, and abbreviated curriculum vitae of the organizer (and co-organizer, if applicable) are required.

Applicants are strongly advised to read the complete guidelines before filling out their application.
Note: The guidelines for the Extramural Explorations program are identical to those of the long-standing UCHRI Conferences & Seminars program, so they are posted on this Web site for the organizers' reference.

For technical assistance, contact techsupport@hri.uci.edu.

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