Faculty invited to apply for humanities grants to support research, travel, student internships and experiential learning

Ohio University humanities faculty are encouraged to apply by March 15 for grants from Ohio University's Central Region Humanities Center.

These grants are open to faculty and students in the humanities, which includes disciplines such as classics, English, languages, linguistics, history, philosophy, anthropology, religion and art history. The humanities also include social sciences in areas that delve into the diverse heritage, traditions, and history of the human condition relative to today.  

Student Internship and Experiential Learning Grants up to $1,000 are available to support Ohio University student internships or experiential learning experiences in calendar year 2023.

Student projects must relate in some fashion to the state of Ohio and/or one of the larger geographic regions of which it is a part. Persons representing area public humanities institutions (museums, libraries, cultural sites, etc.) and Ohio University faculty members in humanities or humanities-related disciplines are eligible to apply.

"Past examples that the center has funded included a Black history walking tour of Ohio University and its surrounding neighborhood and an oral history project about the spring 1970 protests at Ohio University over the war in Cambodia and the shootings at Kent State," said Katherine Jellison, professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of the center.

Faculty and Graduate Student Research and Travel Grants up to $750 to are available to support acquisition of research materials or research-related travel in calendar year 2023.

Research projects must relate in some fashion to Ohio and/or one of the larger geographic regions of which it is a part: e.g. the Ohio River Valley, the Great Lakes Region, the Old Northwest Territory, or the Midwest. Any Ohio University faculty member or graduate student in a humanities or humanities-related discipline is eligible to apply.

"Last year, for example, the center funded a faculty and student project involving Payne's Crossing, an African American settlement dating back to the 1800s," Jellison noted.

All applications are due March 15, and the center's executive committee will begin evaluating applications immediately following that deadline with the goal of informing recipients no later than March 31.

Application instructions can be found on the web pages for each type of grant. For more information, contact Jellison at jellison@ohio.edu or 740-593-0438.