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Greetings,
We are excited to share this funding opportunity from the Harvard Office of the Provost. The Provostial Fund for the Arts and Humanities provides support for creative and interdisciplinary curriculum initiatives in the arts and humanities. More information about the award can be found in the synopsis and links below. For a full list of currently open opportunities that have been announced through our office, please visit our Current Opportunities web page. As a reminder, our Research Development team is available to provide proposal development support to FAS ladder faculty.
- Deadline for Spring 2027 Applications: November 9, 2026
- Deadline for Fall 2027 Applications: March 8, 2027
Proposals require review and approval by Chairs of participating departments and the applicant's Department Administrator. Departments or areas may require additional time for proposal review and submission. Please discuss a timeline with your grants administrator.
- Award Amount: Up to $5,000
Program Overview
The Provostial Fund for the Arts and Humanities is intended to support innovative, interdisciplinary initiatives in the arts and humanities, for projects led by ladder and non-ladder faculty within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and/or other schools. Proposals may involve collaborations across departments and divisions. Examples of project types suited for the Provostial Fund include performances, master classes, conferences, workshops, seminars, or visits from external collaborators.
Priority Areas
- The Committee will favor proposals that:
- Foster a sense of intellectual community among faculty colleagues and students;
- Have a strong curricular connection;
- Indicate undergraduate and/or graduate student participation in the intellectual content of an event;
- Lead to or support existing sustained activities rather than one-time events whose trace on campus life is soon erased;
- Promote innovation and interdisciplinarity;
- Propose the prudent use of funds. Honoraria should be kept as modest as possible.
Eligibility Criteria
- Projects may be led by ladder and non-ladder faculty within Harvard University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences and/or other schools.
- Proposals must be tied to the curriculum, whether existing or future courses.
- Research proposals can no longer be considered.
- Proposals must be for activities that have not yet taken place and may not be for retroactive support.
- Applicants must ensure their proposal is reviewed and approved by the Chair (and the Chairs of any participating departments) prior to submission.
- Proposals require the review and approval of the cognizant Department Administrator, with a particular view to logistics and budget.
- Applicants who have received prior Provostial Fund awards must have submitted a report on their previous award before a new proposal is forwarded to the Committee for review.
Application Materials
- Completed application form.
- A 1-3 page account of the event with the following information:
- Colleagues involved;
- Goals of the project;
- Anticipated beginning and end date of the project;
- A detailed budget for the entire project, indicating how Provostial funds will be allocated.
- Approvals from Chair(s) and Department Administrator may be conveyed by signatures within the proposal document itself or via email to the Arts and Humanities Division.
Selection Process
- The Committee for the Provostial Fund for the Arts and Humanities consists of faculty from various departments in the Arts and Humanities.
- The Committee will meet within one month of the deadline and awards will be announced as soon as possible thereafter.
- The Committee's expectation is that, where other standard sources of funding are available, applicants should also apply to these sources; budgets should list such sources and the amounts requested. It is expected as well that departments will contribute, to the extent that their budget allows, to the activities proposed by their faculty members.
Additional Information and Resources
The Provost's Office has made a total of $150,000 available in Provostial Funds for initiatives in the Arts and Humanities. Awardees will be required to return any unused funds to the Committee.
Questions from FAS or SEAS faculty about this opportunity may be directed to the Harvard Arts and Humanities Division. |
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RESOURCES
Research Development maintains a Sample Proposal Library of successful proposals from recent award recipients that are available to FAS and SEAS faculty by request; please email Research Development to request to view a proposal. For more information on Research Development's resources—including lists of internal funding programs, early career funding programs, and sabbatical fellowships—please visit the Funding Opportunities web page. Previous editions of FAS Funding Focus (FFF), a resource series tailored to help FAS faculty and staff navigate the ever-evolving landscape of grants and funding, are accessible in the FFF archive.
SEARCH FOR OPPORTUNITIES WITH PIVOT
All Harvard affiliates can search for opportunities and set up alerts using Pivot, a searchable database of federal and private funding opportunities. Information on Pivot, including a one-page user guide, and other funding opportunity databases available to the Harvard community can be found on the Funding Databases web page.
PIVOT CURATED SEARCHES
Curated funding opportunity lists are funding search topics of broad interest. The following curated lists can be further refined in Pivot based on your funding needs. To view the results you must be on a Harvard network or logged in to your Pivot account. Information on setting up a Pivot account can be found in our one-page Pivot user guide.
Additional curated lists are available on the Funding Databases web page. We continue to add to and refine these lists based on feedback. Please feel free to reach out to us at research_development@fas.harvard.edu with any suggestions you may have. |
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