GO News - September 2022

GO News – September 2022

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Why should you write a grant?

  • To secure funding for your research project and pay for things like:
    • Summer salary for yourself
    • Salaries for student researchers, post-bacs or post-docs, technicians, etc.
    • Travel funds (conferences, field work, archive access, meetings with collaborators)
    • Equipment
    • Materials and supplies to do your work
    • Consultants or professional services related to your project
  • For the opportunity to travel to a new and/or necessary location to do your work or network with colleagues essential to your project (think Fulbright, Berlin Prize, in-residence opportunities at libraries or humanities centers, etc.)
  • To add a prestigious grant award to your CV and list of accomplishments
  • To help you to focus your project goals and direction:  writing a grant narrative requires that you zero in on exactly what you are trying to accomplish, why your project is significant, and how it will benefit you, your field, and perhaps even general audiences.

While grant-writing is time consuming and can be difficult, it’s never a wasted effort (even if you don’t receive funding in your first attempt) as the exercise allows you to strengthen your project description and, in many cases receive critical feedback to help you in your research and enable to you write a more compelling proposal in the next round.

Grants Office staff are here to help you prepare a complete, compliant, and competitive proposal.  Reach out to us at any stage of the proposal process.

Did you know?

The Grants Office webpage includes a listing of recent awards (research grants, fellowships, institutional awards, etc.) made to the college, our faculty, and staff.  Check out the list of impressive accomplishments here

Upcoming Events:

ACLS is offering information sessions for potential applicants to their fellowship and grant programs, hosted by ACLS program officers.  The webinars will focus on programs with fall deadlines and include: ACLS Fellowship, Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship, Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowship, and Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowship.  Scroll to bottom for dates, times and webinar registration links.

Upcoming Opportunities:

*Reach out to the grants office if you plan to submit a proposal.

American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship: Open to untenured scholars who have earned a PhD in the humanities or humanistic social sciences on or after September 29, 2014.  Maximum award of $60K for six to twelve consecutive months devoted to full-time research and/or writing.  Applications due by 9pm September 28, 2022.

New York Public Library: Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers Fellowships:  Offers Fellowships to people whose work will benefit directly from access to the research collections at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street.  Renowned for the extraordinary comprehensiveness of its collections, the Library is one of the world’s preeminent resources for study in anthropology, art, geography, history, languages and literature, philosophy, politics, popular culture, psychology, religion, sociology, sports, and urban studies.  Applications due September 30, 2022, 5 p.m. EDT. 

American Philosophical Society – Franklin Research Grants:  Designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses.  Applications due October 3, 2022.

National Humanities Center Fellowships: Residential fellowship providing fellows freedom to work on their projects while benefiting from the services provided by the Center.  Applicants must have a doctorate or equivalent; mid-career and senior scholars are encouraged to apply as well as emerging scholars with a strong record of peer-reviewed work.  Scholars from all humanities fields, as well as those in natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life engaged in humanistic projects are eligible.  Stipend amount individually determined.  Applications due October 6, 2022.

American Chemical Society: Undergraduate Research & New Investigator Grants: Supports fundamental research directly related to petroleum or fossil fuels at nonprofit institutions in the US and other countries.  ACS PRF grants are intended as seed money, to enable investigators to initiate a new research direction.  Undergrad research grants – $70K over 3 years; Undergrad new investigator grants – $55K over 2 years.  Applications due October 14, 2022.

NIH Research Enhancement Award (R15): Supports small-scale research projects at educational institutions that provide baccalaureate or advanced degrees for a significant number of the nation’s research scientists but that have not been major recipients of NIH support.  R15 goals are to: support meritorious research, expose students to research, and strengthen the research environment of the institution.  Awards of up to $300K over three years.  Applications due October 25, 2022.

Arnold & Mabel Beckman Foundation – Mass Spectrometry for Atmospheric Monitoring – CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Support for the development of new instrument designs to bring the most advanced mass spectrometry detection capabilities and sensitivity levels into a lightweight, inexpensive, and easily operated system. Seeking program teams based within a university or non-profit research institution with the ability to engage undergraduate students in research to build novel mass spec instruments. The intent of the program is to support scientists, with a focus on undergrads, to become inventors and innovators.  Funding of up to $1 million per selected team over 3 years.  Applications due November 18, 2022.

ACLS webinars:

Friday, September 9, 3-4pm EDT – ACLS Fellowship (for early career scholars in the humanities and interpretive social sciences): Information Session for Applicants

https://acls-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gU6Ab69HQjicGVWInDpTJg

 Tuesday, September 13, 3-4pm EDT – ACLS Fellowship (for early career scholars in the humanities and interpretive social sciences): Information Session for Applicants

https://acls-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__wQHCJdCRd6vn739LS0uVQ

Tuesday, September 20, 12-1pm EDT – Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of Art: Information Session for International Applicants

https://acls-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nEs_guhhQ9SIk3V96Ae9mA

Thursday, Sept 22, 2-3pm EDT – Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowship in American Art: Information Session for Applicants

https://acls-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SCW7v7sOST-knIpoPUwkcQ

Friday, September 23, 2-3pm EDT – Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship: Information Session for Applicants

https://acls-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Hn9hvH98RwaNLwHABD9Aaw

Thursday, October 6, 930-1030am EDT – Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of Art: Information Session for International Applicants

https://acls-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_i8DK6CnOTJm5l1mFEzOqFA