Revised: May 2015
Application
Summer 2016 Research Seed Grant
for the preparation of a major grant application*
Faculty of the Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences
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Deadline: October 1, 2015
Email the application to humapp@artsci.wustl.edu.
Awards will be announced by December 2015.
Name:
Academic Rank & Department:
Telephone Number:
Campus Box Number:
(Each space below will increase as you type.)
A. Project Status: (600 words maximum)
Provide a title and summary of the project for which you seek outside funding, including:
The status of the project in terms of completed work (chapters in MS, portions previously published), work to
be completed during the tenure of the major grant, if it is awarded, and any work that you anticipate will be
accomplished following the grant period.
B. Grant Opportunity (applications due fall 2016 and/or spring 2017):
Name the major grant(s), the criteria, the award amount, and the proposal deadline.
* American Council of Learned Societies, Guggenheim, Mellon Foundation, National Endowment of the Humanities,
Social Science Research Council, National Humanities Center, and the Fulbright Distinguished Chair program. This list is
not exhaustive, but captures the emphasis on competitive, peer reviewed, prestigious awards.
C. Budget and Summer Research Plan: (300 words maximum)
You may request up to $2,000 in your budget as a writing stipend to support time to prepare the research
narrative that will be part of your grant submission. The stipend is considered taxable income. Up to a
maximum of $5,000 (including the stipend) may be requested to support archival or other research related
expenses that will advance the project described in section A. Please provide details on travel and living
expenses in relation to any archival or site specific research.
Describe below your research plan for summer 2016 and the support required to carry out the plan.
D. Publications: (Use the blank page at the end of this application to list your recent publications that are
pertinent to the research proposed.)
E. Institutional Research Support: (e.g. Departmental, Summer Faculty Research Grant, Grimm Travel
Award, Collaborative Research Seed Grant) received during the past five years (list opportunity, year, and
amount, and indicate whether publications, grant proposals or awards resulted from this support).
F. Non-institutional Research Support: (e.g. ACLS, NEH, federal agencies, private foundations) received
during the past five years or currently pending (list agency, year and amount).
Signature of Department Chairperson:__________________ Date:____________________
Signature of Applicant:_______________________________ Date:____________________
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Publications: (Use this page to list your recent publications pertinent to the research proposed.)
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