The Division of Research and Innovation has extended the deadline to apply to the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipends competition. The deadline to apply internally is now 5 p.m. CDT Tuesday, Aug. 15.

The NEH Summer Stipends program aims to stimulate new research in the humanities and its publication. The program works to accomplish this goal by:

• Providing small awards to individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences or both;
• Supporting projects at any stage of development, but especially early-stage research and late-stage writing, in which small awards are most effective; and
• Funding a wide range of individuals, including independent scholars, community college faculty and non-teaching staff at universities.

Summer stipends support continuous full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two consecutive months. NEH funds may support recipients' compensation, travel and other costs related to the proposed scholarly research.

The U of A can nominate two tenured or tenure-track faculty members for this deadline. For full consideration, applicants should provide the committee with their proposed NEH application narrative, bibliography, resume and previous reviews (if applicable) through the university's InfoReady system by Aug. 15.

You may apply without a nomination if you are:

• non-tenure-track faculty at an institution of higher education;
• a staff member, but not faculty, at an institution of higher education (you may not teach during the academic year preceding the award); or
• emeritus faculty.

For questions, please contact Tricia Starks or Molly Throgmorton.