Arts and Humanities Emerging Scholarship Grant

This program is designed to support the professional advancement of faculty engaged in scholarly and creative pursuits that use humanistic or any creative discipline. Awardees will be selected based on peer review of the quality of the proposed project, the degree to which the project will lead to the applicant’s professional advancement, and the potential academic or discipline impact. Projects must result in the presentation of a public forum (gallery exhibition, screenings, performances, etc.) or publicly available printed material (monograph, edited collection, journal article) Maximum request: $12,500 

Faculty members must be in a tenure-line appointment. An individual may be awarded once every four (4) years.

• Early Career (Years 1-7 pre-tenure): This award will be granted only once during the Early Career stage (previously referred to as Junior Faculty).
• Tenured: This award may be granted multiple times over the course of employment as long as all prior award’s reporting and external submission commitment has been met.

Guidelines can be found on the Aspire Program Page.