UCSD CAMPUS NOTICE University of California, San Diego |
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES November 20, 1998 BY EMAIL to ALL UCSD ACADEMIC SENATE MEMBERS SUBJECT: Call for Program Proposals The UCSD Center for the Humanities is pleased to announce a call for program proposals for the 1999/2000 academic year. The Center will consider support in the following categories: 1. Collaborative Group Research Planning Grants: Maximum award $10,000 The Center will provide initial support for group projects that have the potential of attracting outside support or for projects seeking seed funds to develop applications for foundations or specific programs. Interdisciplinary research will be supported under this category. 2. Conferences: Maximum award $20,000 The Center will provide funds, matching grants, and seed money for the organization of conferences on significant issues in the humanities that are of interest to the university and the community. 3. Humanities Faculty Fellow: Maximum award $5,000 The Humanities Center will support research of faculty from the Division of Arts & Humanities by providing the opportunity for full-time research effort. Up to $5000 will be made available to the Fellow's home department to cover temporary teaching replacement needs. Faculty Fellows will remain in residence at UCSD and be asked to present their research at the Center's faculty luncheon series. Faculty are not eligible if, within the last two years, they have received a UC President's Fellowship in the Humanities or a major fellowship such as a Guggenheim or NEH that provided a leave of two quarters or more. Applications should include a description of the project and a short list of recent publications. 4. Humanities Graduate Student Fellowship: Maximum award $4,000 The Center will support dissertation research of graduate students from the Division of Arts and Humanities. Each department within the Division may submit two candidates for consideration. 5. African-American Literature and History: Maximum award $10,000 The Center will support research, conferences, and a lectureship in this area. 6. Ethnic Literature and History: Maximum award 10,000 The Center will support research, conferences, and a lectureship in this area. 7. Community Outreach: Maximum award $10,000 The Center will support events that involve the local community and community organizations, and contribute to the interaction of UCSD faculty and the San Diego community. 8. Conference Attendance: The Center will support travel to a conference in which the faculty member is presenting his/her research. Please submit abstract and invitation. 9. Humanities Research Institute (Irvine) Bridge Grants: Maximum award $5,000 Funds are available for the support of proposals that have the potential of becoming Humanities Research Institute (HRI) resident research groups: Resident research groups at HRI bring together scholars to work in collaboration on interdisciplinary topics of special significance. The evaluation of HRI resident research group proposals includes a consideration of how well they advance the Institute's commitment to promote new and exciting scholarship in the humanities and to foster the intellectual community across the nine campuses of the University of California. An expected outcome of the resident research groups is the publication of a volume based on research pursued at HRI. The deadline for submitting for Resident Research Group at HRI is December 15th of each year. Thus, a project submitted in 1999 would be for the residence period 2000-2001. ELIGIBILITY Faculty: All members of the Academic Senate who are eligible for funds from the Academic Senate Committee on Research are eligible, except as follows: Members of the Executive Committee of the UCSD Center for the Humanities are not eligible to apply during the time of their service. Recipients of a Humanities Center Award are not eligible to apply for a period of three years. Unless otherwise stated in the category. Graduate students: Full-time graduate students in the Division of Arts and Humanities in good standing are eligible for the dissertation awards. They may also serve as research fellows on research projects initiated by faculty. DEADLINE: Proposal should be submitted no later than Wednesday, January 27, 1999. Submissions received later than January 27, will not be considered. Please forward proposals to: UCSD Center for the Humanities Mail Code 0406 Awards will be announced by the end of February, 1999. Frantisek Deak Director, UCSD Center for the Humanities UCSD Center for the Humanities Executive Committee: Ann duCille - Professor, Literature Hasan Kayali - Associate Professor, History Paul Churchland - Professor, Philosophy Sheldon Nodelman - Professor, Visual Arts Marianne McDonald - Professor, Theatre & Dance Rand Steiger - Professor, Music Tracy Strong - Professor, Political Science |