Mellon Foundation New Directions Fellowships
Harvard Pre-Proposal Deadline: July 19, 2021 by 5 PM
Sponsor Deadline (if nominated): September 24, 2021
Award Amount: Up to $300,000; budgets commonly range from $175,000 to $250,000
Eligible Applicants: Faculty members who were awarded a doctorate in the humanities or humanistic social sciences within the last six to twelve years (between 2009 and 2015) and whose research interests call for formal training in a discipline other than the one in which they are expert.

New Directions Fellowships assist faculty members in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who seek to acquire systematic training outside their own areas of special interest. The program is intended to enable scholars in the humanities to work on problems that interest them most, at an appropriately advanced level of sophistication. In addition to facilitating the work of individual faculty members, these awards should benefit scholarship in the humanities more generally by encouraging the highest standards in cross-disciplinary research. The principal criteria for selection are:

  • The overall significance of the research;
  • The case for the importance of extra-disciplinary training for furthering the research;
  • The likely ability of the candidate to derive satisfactory results from the training program proposed; and
  • A well-developed plan for acquiring the necessary training within a reasonable period of time.
Priority will be given to applications that manifest a strong focus on issues of race, ethnicity, and migration or, a focus on filling in the gaps left by more traditional narratives in the history of the Americas.
 
Fellows will receive: (1) the equivalent of one academic year's salary; (2) two summers of additional support, each at the equivalent of two-ninths of the previous academic year salary; and (3) tuition or course fees or equivalent direct costs associated with the fellows' training programs. To permit flexibility in meeting individual scholars' needs, these funds may be expended over a period not to exceed three full academic years following the date of the award. Full details from the Mellon Foundation can be found here.

Past Harvard recipients include Ian Jared Miller (History, 2016) and Ann Blair (History, 2002).

This is a limited submission opportunity. Harvard may nominate only one candidate for this opportunity. To be considered for the Harvard nomination, potential applicants must submit an internal pre-proposal at the link above by 5 PM on July 19, 2021.

 

Questions about this announcement may be directed to Erin Hale at erin_hale@fas.harvard.edu or Susan Gomes at sgomes@fas.harvard.edu.

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