The U of A Humanities Center is happy to announce their fall funding competitions to help support humanities research. Since 2020, UAHC research support was instrumental to the completion of eight books, four book proposals, 11 articles, 23 conference papers, one dissertation, two web projects and two conferences, in addition to numerous talks, exhibitions and community events. 

All U of A faculty of any standing working with humanities content are encouraged to apply. This year's competitions include the following opportunities:

UAHC Research Fellows
The UAHC will provide teaching release for two U of A humanities faculty per academic year to serve as UAHC Fellows. The UAHC will pay the home departments of fellows $10,000-plus fringe to buy out teaching to give fellows a semester without teaching or a reduction of two courses over the course of the year as agreed upon between the fellow, their chair and the center. Faculty of all standing are encouraged to apply.

UAHC Summer Research Fellowships
The UAHC will provide two summer research fellowships of up to $5,000 each for humanities faculty. These funds must be used for research expenses, such as travel or materials, and cannot be used as salary replacement. 

UAHC Publishing/Subvention/Presentation/Distribution Grants
Five awards of up to $1,000 each can be used to defray production costs associated with humanities research publications, presentations or scholarly products. Permissible expenses include obtaining publication rights for art works, purchase of high-resolution visuals, translation costs, creation of maps by a third party, design of graphs or charts by a third party, podcast production costs, presentation expenses or other justified field-specific expenditures.

UAHC Outreach Incentive Funds
Two grants of up to $2,500 are available for U of A faculty to support humanities-focused, community-based events for the campus or the region. These events should include humanities and interdisciplinary content and focus on outreach to a broad constituency.

Proposals should be uploaded to the UARK InfoReady portal by end of day Nov. 1.

The UAHC also provides co-sponsorships for workshops, talks and events on a rolling deadline and accepts applications for matching funds for external grants. Please see the website for application instructions or reach out to uahc@uark.edu.

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About the University of Arkansas Humanities Center: The University of Arkansas Humanities Center, in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, promotes cross-disciplinary research and inquiry in the humanities, sponsors programs that engage humanities scholars and the wider public in conversations about critical topics, and fosters a strong role for the humanities in an increasingly global society.