HWW’s third Grand Research Challenge will require applicants to build a commitment to methodologies of reciprocity and redistribution into their project design that is clearly communicated in their proposal narratives, regardless of the research topic or theme they focus on.
A professional development opportunity for tenured faculty in the humanities to cultivate new ways of thinking and doing humanities-based work on campus and beyond.
The Interseminars initiative provides funding and administrative infrastructure for collaborative teaching, sustained interdisciplinary inquiry, and public- and community-facing research in the humanities and arts.
Provides support for tenure-line faculty in the humanities or related fields who wish to take an existing undergraduate course and re-fashion it as a local community-based research experience.
Faculty and graduate student reading groups meet regularly throughout the year and may organize public events on topics of interest to a broad range of disciplines.
Seed Grant Funding of up to $2,000 awarded per collaborative team to support proposal development leading up to the Humanities Without Walls (HWW) Grand Research Challenge application deadline in November 2022.
Interseminars is designed to prepare graduate students to be adept at both navigating and actively shaping the kind of higher education landscapes and cultures they want to see in the 21st century.
A Humanities Without Walls pilot program in which UIUC PhD students use their strengths to make an impact while learning new skills and exploring new career paths.
The Supplemental Event Fund (SEF) is designed to support events centered in the humanities and arts that have significant funding elsewhere on campus and are seeking supplemental co-sponsorship. Funds awarded on a rolling basis.
HRI Research Clusters enable faculty and graduate students in the humanities and arts from the University of Illinois to develop questions or subjects of inquiry that require or would be enhanced by collaborative work.
This program serves as a bridge between humanists all over campus and the units (the I-School, LAS, the Library/Scholarly Commons, NCSA, and department-specific spaces) where methodological training in the digital domain is happening.
HRI’s Summer Faculty Research Fellowships provide an infusion of resources designed to jump-start or fuel an ongoing research project over the summer months.
The HRI-Mellon Pre-Doctoral Fellow engages in a research-based project using an interdisciplinary approach to engage audiences beyond the walls of the university. They also maintain a one-year residency with the Odyssey Project.
Summer fellowship opportunity at Ragdale for Illinois tenure-track and specialized faculty who hold full-time positions in Creative Writing, Art + Design, Music, Dance, Theatre, Architecture, and Landscape Architecture.