Fellowship & Grant Opportunities
The Bucknell University Humanities Center provides several fellowship and grant opportunities for both faculty and students who wish to study and work in the humanities.
Fellowship & Grant Opportunities
High-Impact Teaching (HIT) Grant
The High-Impact Teaching (HIT) grant of up to $2,000 allows faculty to experiment with course-related activities that are not typical or not fully covered by any other campus resource. Such activities may include, but are not limited to, taking students on class trips; printing posters for poster sessions; experimenting with international foods; inviting guest scholars or practitioners to class; licensing software for use in the class that is not available on campus; hands-on experiences that require equipment or materials; or any other worthwhile, potentially high-impact classroom activities that require a budget. Funds are available only for reimbursable expenses, and may not be requested as a faculty stipend. Funds must be spent by June 30, 2025. This grant will be awarded by the Humanities Center Grant Review Committee on a competitive basis.
Application deadline: Applications are no longer being accepted for the 2024–25 academic year.
Theme Year High-Impact Teaching (TY-HIT) Grant
The Theme Year Mellon High-Impact Teaching (TY-HIT) grant of up to $2,000 allows faculty to experiment with course-related activities that align with and amplify the AY 24-25 Bucknell Humanities Center (BHC) theme: "Narrating Russia's Empires: Eurasian Resistance/s." This grant supports high-impact pedagogical activities that are relevant to the theme. The goal of this grant is to encourage pedagogical innovation that will also enhance the visibility of the BHC’s yearly program. Faculty teaching courses in the humanities, arts, and humanistic social sciences are welcome to apply. Such activities may include, but are not limited to, taking students on class trips; printing posters for poster sessions; experimenting with international foods; inviting guest scholars or practitioners to class; licensing software for use in the class that is not available on campus; hands-on experiences that require equipment or materials; or any other worthwhile, potentially high-impact classroom activities that require a budget. We also encourage collaboration among faculty to create high-impact experience across multiple courses relevant to the BHC theme. Funds are available only for reimbursable expenses, and may not be requested as a faculty stipend. Funds must be spent by June 30, 2025. This grant will be awarded by the Humanities Center Grant Review Committee on a competitive basis.
Applications deadline: Applications are no longer being accepted for the 2024–25 academic year.
Collaborative Research Group (CRG) Grant
The Bucknell Humanities Center (BHC) seeks to foster new and emerging collaborative research groups among faculty with shared interests on a research topic in the humanities. The Collaborative Research Group (CRG) grant is designed to encourage the formation of these research clusters, to provide resources for their ongoing collaborations, and to assist in achieving their objectives. The BHC currently hosts several successful collaborative research groups (a/k/a Working Groups) focused on the Environmental Humanities, Health Humanities, Public Humanities, and Digital Humanities. These groups have generated two consecutive Themed-Year programs for the BHC, won a major NEH grant aimed at curricular innovation, and created new research initiatives like the Bucknell Summer Institute. In order to encourage the growth of additional humanities Collaborative Research Groups in emerging areas of faculty interest, the BHC will offer grants up to $1,500 in start-up funds. Some examples of how the funds may be used include: ordering books for a faculty reading group; as honoraria for an external consultant or visiting scholar; establishing cross-institutional collaborations; funding group trips to nearby sites, archives, or museums relevant to the group’s research focus. Collaborative Research Groups must involve a minimum of three faculty from two or more departments atBucknell. Funds must be spent by June 30, 2025. These grants are awarded by the Humanities Center Grant Review Committee on a competitive basis.
Applications deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis from Sept. 2, 2024 – March 31, 2025.
Faculty Research Fellowship (FRF) Grants
Humanities Center Faculty Research Fellowships (FRF) are intended to provide faculty in the humanities with the resources needed to support and enhance ongoing research leading to publication in peer-reviewed venues (print and/or digital). In AY 2024-25, the fellowship provides $3,000 for research expenses. Funds are only available as a reimbursement account for expenses and may not be requested as a stipend. The fellowship period will be Oct. 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
Application deadline: The Application Period has closed for the 24-25 AY.
High-Impact Research (HIR) Grants
High-Impact Research (HIR) Grants up to $1,500 are provided by the Bucknell Humanities Center (BHC) to assist faculty to engage in short-term research-related activities that are not fully covered by any other campus resource. Such activities may include, but are not limited to, research-related trips to archives, libraries, or museums; purchasing books or software that is not available on campus; meeting with research collaborators; or any other worthwhile, potentially high-impact short-term research activities that require a budget. Funds are available only for reimbursable expenses, and may not be requested as a faculty stipend. Funds must be spent by June 30, 2025. These grants are awarded by the Humanities Center Grant Review Committee on a competitive basis.
Application deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis from Sept. 2, 2024 – March 28, 2025.
Pre-publication Support (PPS) Grants
The Humanities Center provides Pre-publication Support grants (PPS) of up to $1,000 to assist faculty in bringing their research to publication. For example, the PPS grant may be used to support consultations or workshops on an article, chapter, book proposal, digital projects, or other work in progress with an external scholar in the faculty member’s field of expertise. The PPS may also help defray costs of publication when other available university funds are not available. Funds must be spent by June 30, 2025. These grants are awarded by the Humanities Center Grant Review Committee on a competitive basis.
Applications deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis from Sept. 2, 2024 – March 28, 2025.
Student Research (SR) Grant
The Bucknell Humanities Center (BHC) offers a grant of up to $1,500 per project to support students who endeavor to engage in research projects in the Humanities. Funds are available only for reimbursable project expenses, and may not be requested as a stipend. Examples of projects include: travel to an academic conference; organizing a film series; travel to an archive, library, or museum; engaging in a service-learning activity; inviting a speaker to campus. This grant is not intended to fund projects for which academic credit will be awarded. Funds must be spent and purchased materials relating to the project must be received by Monday, June 30, 2025. Each applicant must have a sponsoring faculty member whose primary field is in the humanities.
Faculty-Student Collaboration (FSC) Grant
The Faculty-Student Collaboration (FSC) grant is intended to enable student-faculty teams to conduct collaborative research during one semester or the full academic year. The program is designed to support projects focused on humanistic inquiry and involving faculty-student teams. A variety of configurations are possible, including two-member teams as well as teams of multiple faculty and multiple students. The award provides each student collaborator (SC) with up to $1,000 in wages, paid hourly, for work by semester (10-weeks) or academic year (20 weeks). Each faculty member will receive up to $2,500 in research funds. Faculty funds will be available as a reimbursement account for expenses associated with the collaborative project, and may not be requested as a stipend. The grant period is Oct. 1, 2024—May 31, 2025; for the fall semester, the period is from Oct. 1, 2024—Dec. 31, and for the spring semester, the period is from Feb. 17, 2025—May 31. Allowable expenses are explained below (see "Budget"). These grants will be awarded by the Humanities Center Grant Review Committee on a competitive basis.
Application deadline: Applications are no longer being accepted for the 2024–25 academic year.
For More Information
| Prof. Maria Antonaccio Director, Bucknell Humanities Center Professor of Religious Studies (2013–16) Presidential Professor of Religious Studies Faculty Affiliate, Environmental Email: antonacco@bucknell.ed |
| Kathi Venios Academic Assistant Email: klv006@bucknell.edu |
Notes About Applying
- Before seeking project funding, students should familiarize themselves with the grant application procedures.
- All materials must be submitted via the online application by 11:59 p.m. on the relevant deadline date.
- All applications must be submitted using the online application.