— Investing in the Future of Humanities at UC Riverside —
The Mellon Humanities Grant at the UCR Center for Ideas and Society seeks to enrich research and collegiality in the humanities at the University of California, Riverside by supporting the development and promotion of humanities-related projects of the highest merit and significance.
The grant offers release from teaching for one academic year and comprises two categories of award: Mellon Term Professorships and Mellon Second Project Fellowships. Depending on eligibility, candidates may apply for one or the other but not both.
Note: The grant does not support projects in creative writing, fine arts or performance, or projects that are primarily quantitative or experimental in scope.
Mellon Term Professorships in Residence
Deadline: February 27, 2023
What: 4 course releases over one academic year plus $2850 in research funds
Award period: July 1, 2023- June 30, 2024
The Center for Ideas and Society invites applications from Associate and Full Professors in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences for a year’s release from teaching to pursue a humanities-related project.
Mellon Term Professors occupy offices at the Center for Ideas and Society and meet monthly to discuss on-going work. They receive funds to offset four (4) course releases (over one academic year) as well as $2850 in research monies to be used for manuscript preparation, research assistance, subvention requests and/or travel to conferences and short-term visits to research sites or other universities. Some portion of these funds may also be used for a manuscript workshop in which invited external scholars comment on the Mellon Professor’s work in progress.
Applicants must provide evidence of having applied for at least one external award granting course releases for the same period of time as the Mellon grant. (Eligible NEH applications are those that were due in April, 2022 for fellowships to be held for the full 2023-24 academic year.)
Mellon Term Professors are in residence at the Center for Ideas and Society and receive funds to offset four (4) course releases (over one academic year) as well as $2850 in research monies to be used for manuscript preparation, research assistance, subvention requests and/or travel to conferences and short-term visits to research sites or other universities.
Mellon Second-Project Fellowships in Residence
Deadline: February 27, 2023
What: 4 course releases over one academic year plus $2850 in research funds
Award period: July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024
The Center for Ideas and Society invites applications from Assistant and Associate Professors in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences for a year’s release from teaching to pursue work on their second humanities-related project after completing their first (usually related to tenure.)
Mellon Second Project Fellows occupy offices at the Center for Ideas and Society and meet monthly to discuss on-going work. They receive funds to offset four (4) course releases (over one academic year) as well as $2850 in research monies to be used for manuscript preparation, research assistance, subvention requests and/or travel to conferences and short-term visits to research sites or other universities. Some portion of these funds may also be used for a manuscript workshop in which invited external scholars comment on a Fellow’s work in progress.
Applicants must provide evidence of having applied for at least one external award granting course releases for the same period of time as the Mellon grant. (Eligible NEH applications are those that were due in April, 2022 for fellowships to be held for the full 2023-24 academic year.)
For questions, please contact Katharine Henshaw, Executive Director, at katharine.henshaw@ucr.edu.
Learn more about current and past fellows’ research on our Fellows page.
Sponsored by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Center for Ideas and Society.