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Humanities Facilitating Fund
Program Description
The goal of the Humanities Facilitating Fund (HFF) is to provide funding that promotes the generation of original scholarship in the humanities at the George Washington University (GW).
Eligibility
This competition is open to all full-time, regular active status faculty conducting research in the humanities. The humanities are understood to be interpretive research into human culture and cultural products. These methods, although occurring most frequently in arts and humanities departments, are also found in work done by faculty whose home departments are in other divisions and schools across GW. Successful applications from the School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) and the Milken Institute School of Public Health (GWSPH) will be approved by the associate deans for research of those schools prior to award.
Review Criteria
Proposals will be reviewed on the following criteria:
Criteria | % of Total Score |
Quality of Proposed Humanistic Research | 50% |
Clarity of Project Goals and Timeline | 25% |
Budget Justification for Project | 25% |
TOTAL | 100% |
Budget
Awards are typically up to $5,000. Allowable costs include:
Service costs (such as mapmaking or image rights) so long as they are important to the project
Travel so long as it is important to the project and can be justified
Supplies so long as they are important to project and can be justified
Student support so long as the student’s role in the overall research plan is clearly articulated
Publication fees or subventions if justification of the necessity is provided
Application Procedures
The application should be no longer than one page, and should include:
A summary of the project, its goals, its timeline and its significance for the humanities
An explanation of why HFF support is necessary to the project
A line-item budget with supporting justifications
Applications must be submitted in .pdf format, and uploaded into the OVPR-InfoReady application portal along with completed required information fields. Applications are due by 1:00 EDT on Thursday, January 16, 2025.
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Deadline
Applications are due by 1:00 p.m. EDT on Thursday, January 16, 2025.
Contact
Programmatic and eligibility questions should be directed to Prof. Lynn Westwater, llww
gwu [dot] edu (llww[at]gwu[dot]edu), or Prof. Jamie Cohen-Cole, jcohencolegwu [dot] edu (jcohencole[at]gwu[dot]edu).
Questions regarding the OVPR-InfoReady system may be directed to intramuralsgwu [dot] edu (intramurals[at]gwu[dot]edu).