{"id":35,"date":"2025-11-05T16:17:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T21:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/higgins-institute\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2025-11-25T10:12:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:12:32","slug":"funding-opportunies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/higgins-institute\/funding-opportunies\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:4rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull section-intro has-light-warm-gray-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"background-image:url(&apos;https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/higgins-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/higgins-school-of-humanities-faculty-resources-banner.avif&apos;);background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;\" class=\"wp-block-group padded lifted has-white-background-color has-background wp-container-content-69bc4bdf is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:25.625rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group padded has-charcoal-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fb80a1691826284d87e57e49e3b96649 is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"intro has-large-font-size\">The Higgins Institute has a long history of fostering research and creative achievement that provides opportunities for personal career advancement while enhancing the national profile of Clark arts and humanities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Through our long-standing internal grants program, Clark faculty members receive funding for individual projects, collaborative ventures, and classroom-focused initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our mini- and major grant programs currently prioritize:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Individual grants to support faculty research leading to reappointment\/tenure (book subventions, research travel, etc.);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Individual grants to support faculty research leading to promotion (book subventions, research travel, etc.);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Linking grants to support pedagogical innovations and interdisciplinary programming; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Individual or linking grants that will require continued support (subsequent years after an initial conference, for example).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please find additional details below or contact us at <a href=\"mailto:HigginsInstitute@clarku.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HigginsInstitute@clarku.edu<\/a> with questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty grants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Major grants (individual)<\/summary>\n<p>The Higgins Institute offers individual major grants of up to $5,000 to full-time arts and humanities faculty at Clark University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Major grants are intended to support individual faculty research or creative activity and to fund expenses such as research travel, book subventions, materials and equipment, special training, and development opportunities. Early career (untenured or recently tenured) faculty are particularly encouraged to apply for grants to support summer work and other opportunities helpful for career development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications for individual major grants are normally considered only once during the academic year in late fall semester. Faculty may apply for up to $5,000 for a major project in a given academic year grant cycle. Full-time faculty members are normally eligible for a maximum of $8,000 in Higgins grant support (major grants and mini-grants) for their own research, creative work, and conference travel over any five-year period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grants are awarded on the recommendation of the Higgins Steering Committee, which is comprised of chairs from each of the five arts and humanities departments (or their designated proxies). The Higgins Director meets and consults <em>ex officio <\/em>but does not vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grant awards must be spent within one year unless prior arrangements have been made. Recipients may be asked to contribute to Higgins Institute marketing and programming by presenting on and\/or writing informally about their work-in-progress. One recipient of a major grant will be selected as the <strong>Alice and Milton Higgins Faculty Fellow<\/strong>. While this honorary recognition carries no extra funding beyond the grant award, it allows for additional opportunities to present work resulting from the grant.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Major grants (linking)<\/summary>\n<p>The Higgins Institute offers Linking Major Grants of up to $5,000 to full-time arts and humanities faculty at Clark University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Linking grants are intended to provide initial or matching monies for activities linking humanities departments; creating partnerships between humanities departments and departments across the University; creating partnerships between humanities departments and local cultural institutions, to include joint seminar programs, research projects, exhibitions, public programs, teaching activities, and regional, national, and international conferences. Grants might also support major initiatives in undergraduate and graduate programs in the humanities for course development, acquisition of library or other learning materials and equipment, and undergraduate and graduate research or creative activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications for linking grants are normally considered only once during the academic year in late fall semester. Applicants may apply for up to $5,000 for a major project in a given academic year grant cycle. Support for linking grants does not normally count toward the $8,000 limit per five-year period designated for individual research, creative work, and conference travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grants are awarded on the recommendation of the Higgins Steering Committee, which is comprised of chairs from each of the five arts and humanities departments (or their designated proxies). The Higgins Director meets and consults <em>ex officio <\/em>but does not vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grant awards must be spent within one year unless prior arrangements have been made. Recipients may be asked to contribute to Higgins Institute marketing and programming by presenting on and\/or writing informally about work related to the linking grant.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Mini-Grants<\/summary>\n<p>The Higgins Institute offers mini-grants of up to $750 to full- and part-time arts and humanities faculty at Clark. These funds are intended to cover special or unforeseen expenses and opportunities for research, travel, programming, or teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mini-grant applications are considered on a rolling cycle throughout the academic year\u2014<strong>November 15, <\/strong><strong>Jan<\/strong><strong>uary<\/strong><strong> 15, Feb<\/strong><strong>ruary<\/strong><strong> 15, March 15, April 15, <\/strong><strong>and <\/strong><strong>May 15<\/strong>\u2014with notifications by the first day of the following month. No applications are considered in December and from June through September. Please note that mini-grant funding frequently runs out before the later submission deadlines listed above. Faculty are encouraged to plan ahead and to submit early whenever possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mini-grant decisions are made by the Higgins Director in consultation with members of the Higgins Steering Committee, made up of the Chairs of each of the five arts and humanities departments (or their designated proxies).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grant awards must be spent within one year unless prior arrangements have been made. Recipients may be asked to contribute to Higgins Institute marketing and programming by presenting on and\/or writing informally\u00a0about the work or experiences supported by the funding.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Higgins Institute has a long history of fostering research and creative achievement that provides opportunities for personal career advancement while enhancing the national profile of Clark arts and humanities. 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