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Humanities Lecture Series
Susan Estrich
September 23, 2008
Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union

Hall Center Scholar
Brenna Daldorph with Andrei Codrescu

Grant Development Services

The Humanities Grant Development Office stimulates external grant and fellowship activities and enhances the quality of applications by KU humanities scholars.

Grant Development Links

Databases and Search Engines
Foundations
Government Agencies
Humanities Funding Agencies
Humanities Research Centers
Humanities Research Libraries and Museums
In-Residence Opportunities for All Scholarly Ranks
In-Residence Opportunities for Junior Scholars
KU Funding Opportunities
Major Arts Funding Agencies
Opportunities for Graduate Students
Proposal Development Advice
Useful Information Sources

Databases and Search Engines

Foundations

Government Agencies

Humanities Funding Agencies

Humanities Research Centers

Humanities Research Libraries and Museums

In-Residence Opportunities for All Scholarly Ranks

In-Residence Opportunities for Junior Scholars

American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Visiting Scholars Program
Columbia University, Institute for Comparative Literature and Society
Columbia University, Society of Fellows in the Humanities
Cornell University, Society for the Humanities
Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships, Postdoctoral Awards
(Administered by the National Academies of Science)
Mellon: American Antiquarian Society
Mellon: Columbia University, Society of Fellows in the Humanities
Mellon: Cornell Society for the Humanities
Mellon: Folger Shakespeare Library
Mellon: Emory University, Institute of African Studies
Mellon: Fannie and Alan Leslie Center for the Humanities at Dartmouth College
Mellon: Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies
Mellon: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
Mellon: Penn Humanities Forum
Mellon: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies (affiliated with University of Toronto)
Mellon: Rice University, Humanities Reseach Center
Mellon: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Mellon: The Newberry Library
Mellon: The UCLA Center for Seventeenth- & Eighteenth-Century Studies
Mellon: The UCLA Humanities Consortium
Mellon: University of Pennsylvania, The McNeil Center for Early American Studies
Mellon: University of Southern California
Mellon: Washington University, Program in Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry
Mellon: Wesleyan University, Center for the Americas
Mellon: Wesleyan University, Center for the Humanities
Mellon: Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University
Princeton University, Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts
The Calgary Institute for the Humanities
The University of Michigan, William L. Clements Library
The University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
The Michigan Society of Fellows
The Millicent McIntosh Fellowships for Recently Tenured Faculty
(Through The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship
Yale University, Library Fellowship Programs

KU Funding Opportunities

Big XII Faculty Fellowship Program
Center for Teaching Excellence
Hall Center for the Humanities Competitions
Instructional Development and Support
KU Center for Research, Inc.
Office of International Programs
(Offers KU faculty international travel grants for research and conference presentations. Hodgie Bricke, 785/864-6161, assists with CIES Fulbright Scholar applications, and Charles A.S. Bankart, 785/864-7244, assists with Fulbright-Hays applications.)
Office of Research & Graduate Studies
Sabbatical Leave Application

Major Arts Funding Agencies

Opportunities for Graduate Students

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Dissertation Completion Fellowships
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Dissertation Fellowships in Southeast European Studies
American Association of University Women (AAUW) Fellowships
Council on Library and Information Resources, Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research
DePauw University, Consortium for Faculty Diversity in Liberal Arts Colleges
Fast Web
(Tips on financial aid, scholarship and career information)
Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships
(Administered by the National Academies of Science)
Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program
Fulbright Program (Institute for International Education)
(The KU contact for Fulbright applications is Hodgie Bricke, Office of International Programs, 785/864-6161.)
Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art
International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX)
KU Office of Research & Graduate Studies Funding
KU Office of Research & Graduate Studies Graduate Student Paper Presenter Fund
KU Office of Research & Graduate Studies List of External Funding Opportunities
National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
National Security Education Program, Boren Graduate Fellowships and The Language Flagship Fellowships
Scholarship Information for Graduate and Undergraduate Students
Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
The Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Humanistic Studies
The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
The Rhodes Trust, Scholarships
The Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Program
The University of Wisconsin-Madison: Information on Graduate Funding
US Department of Education, Jacob K. Javits Fellowships Program

Proposal Development Advice

By Jeremy T. Miner and Lynn E. Miner
CharityChannel
Developing and Writing Grant Proposals
Elements of Grant Writing
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance)
(Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE))
GrantProposal.com
Grant Search & Information
By Anne Farmer, Allen County Community College, and Mary Pat McQueeney, Johnson County Community College
HGDO Advice: Guide to Proposal Development for Graduate Students in the Humanities
Compiled by Beverly Joyce, Bill Moseley, and Kathy Porsch, Humanities Grant Development Office, The University of Kansas
HGDO Advice: Submitting a Grant Proposal: Risks, Benefits and How to Succeed
By Maria Carlson, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, The University of Kansas
How To Get a FIPSE Grant
(Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE))
Linguistics: Guidelines for Writing Grant Proposals
(National Science Foundation)
NLG Project Planning: A Tutorial
(National Institute of Museum and Library Services advice on applications for National Leadership Grants)
Proposal Writer's Guide
By Don Thackrey
Proposal Writing Short Course
(Foundation Center)
The Art of Writing Proposals: Some Candid Suggestions for Applicants to Social Science Research Council Competitions
By Adam Przeworski and Frank Salomon

Useful Information Sources

Academic Fundraising Web Resources
ACR's International Calling Code Directory
Campus Legal Information Clearinghouse (CLIC)
(How to find topical information and materials on federal higher education legal compliance)
Career: Tomorrow's Professor (SM)
Evaluation: The University of Wisconsin-Extension
(Program development and evaluation using logic model and survey approaches)
Evaluation: W.K. Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook
(Provides a framework for thinking about evaluation as a relevant and useful program tool. PDF format.)
Evaluation: W.K. Kellogg Foundation Logic Model Development Guide
(Orientation to the underlying principles of "logic modeling," for use in program planning, implementation, and dissemination activities. PDF format.)
Express Mail Service: DHL
Express Mail Service: FedEx
Express Mail Service: UPS
Express Mail Service: US Postal Service Express Mail
Guidelines for Promotion and Tenure Dossiers
ProQuest: Dissertation Abstracts database, the University of Microfilms vault
Reference: Edit-Work.com
(Links to resources on writing and editing with special focus on writing for the web)
Reference: Enclylopaedia Britannica
Reference: Merriam-Webster OnLine
Reference: The Chicago Manual of Style FAQs
Style Guide: The Elements of Style
By William Strunk, Jr.
Travel: Airfare.com
(Airfare, hotel)
Travel: Currency Converter
Travel: Expedia.com
(Airfare, hotel, car)
Travel: KU Center for Research Travel Policy and Forms
Travel: MapQuest
Travel: State of Kansas Employee Travel
Travel: Travelocity.com
(Airfare, hotel, car)
Travel: US Department of State Foreign Per Diem Rates
Travel: US Department of State Home Page
Travel: US Domestic Per Diem Rates