Workshop, Symposia & Conference Awards
Deadline: February 5, 2024
Eligibility
Award Period
July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025
Award Amount
Award Description
Note: CIS awards do not support meetings or annual conferences of professional societies or organizations with paid memberships. All events funded by the Center are free and open to the public.
Workshop, Symposia and Conference Awards support skill-building, research development and/or dissemination events hosted at UC Riverside. Though ranging in scale and audience, these events bring a variety of UC, national and international scholars/artists together at UC Riverside (in person or online) for one or more days to learn, share research and explore topics of mutual interest in an interdisciplinary environment.
Of particular interest in these calls are projects that draw upon multiple intellectual traditions and/or interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary fields in order to develop more robust and nuanced understandings of topics than are possible within traditional disciplinary vocabularies, categories, and self-descriptions. Though proposals should demonstrate emphasis on the humanities, special consideration will be given to projects that engage the arts, social sciences, physical sciences, engineering, and other fields of study.
Project Types
Workshops: Public or campus-facing learning experiences that teach skills and develop understanding and/or application of new knowledge.
Symposia: Smaller scale, public or campus-facing research presentations, typically with 1-2 panels of interlocutors. May also include a keynote speaker.
Complete Applications Include
Project Information
Project title and abstract (250-word limit), PDF of description of proposed project (Limit the proposal to 1000 words or less, not including bibliography).
Budget
Participants
PDF list of organizers and confirmed or invited participants.
Applications due by 11:59 PM on the deadline.
Online ApplicationAward Guidelines
Final awards are based on available funding. In order to support as many projects as possible, projects may be offered an award for less than requested. Lower awards do not reflect on the quality or importance of the work being conducted.
Note on research awards and honoraria for presenters: UCR faculty are eligible for research awards ($250-$500) for presentations at conferences or on symposia. Faculty from other UC campuses may receive research awards ($250-$500), to be transferred to their home departments. Faculty from other institutions and guest presenters may be paid honoraria.
Evaluation
In addition to humanities-emphasis, interdisciplinary collaboration, and location, the advisory committee looks for intellectually sound, clear, and well-organized proposals that, as the format of the project allows, represent the following values and standards:
Focus
The importance of the themes and/or issues of the conference, symposium and workshop seeks to address.
The capacity of the format of the conference, symposium or workshop to help develop insights into these themes of issues.
The suitability of proposed participants given the conference, symposium or workshop themes and/or issues.
Potential of the conference, symposium or workshop to inspire future research, programs, grants, or community relationships.
Management
The clarity of lines of responsibility and accountability.
The transparency and appropriateness of the conference, symposium or workshop budget
The scalability of the conference, symposium or workshop to accommodate less funding if required, or its potential to leverage additional funding through co-sponsorships, additional grants, or other fund-raising.
Reports
Project organizers are required to submit a final report within 30 days following the event date. The final narrative should assess the outcomes (both planned and unexpected) and compare the project as proposed with the project as experienced. What progress was made toward the stated goals? What questions were uncovered or resolved? What challenges were faced? What new areas of research and collaboration were opened? Reports should include a list of participants, audiences reached, and impact on students, classes, teaching, publications, community service, and other methods of research, engagement and service.
Acknowledgements and Publicity
In papers, event presentations, or other methods of sharing the results of your project, please acknowledge the support of the Center for Ideas and Society.
From time to time, we may share your name, conference title, and/or portions of your narrative report on our website or other reports and promotional materials. This serves our mission by sharing the research of our college with the wider public and helps us emphasize the importance and relevance of humanities-focused projects.