Funding Available from Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Apply by 4 October 2013 for funding to support academic programming during the 2013-2014 and the 2014-2015 academic years.

Funds will be available to faculty, staff, lecturers, undergraduate and graduate students in English and Comparative Literature for conferences, reading groups, speakers, performances, seminars, workshops, class-related activities, and other initiatives. The goal of this call is to facilitate activities that

• foster the advancement of multidisciplinary and collaborative scholarship in the humanities;
• encourage scholars and students to think beyond their immediate periods and areas of expertise;
• offer opportunities for exchanges among students, alumni, lecturers, faculty, staff, and members of the general public;
• spur new ideas, daring scholarship, and creative activities
• consolidate and extend the global perspective on teaching and scholarship characteristic of the English Department.

Applications for programs for the academic year 2013-2014 are due Friday, October 4, 2013. Applications for academic year 2014-2015 will be due April 18, 2014.

The completed application form should include a 500-word description of the project and its target audience, a list of the participants with affiliations, and a budget that explains how the money will be spent and includes plans for co-sponsorships. If you need assistance as you develop your budget, contact Karen Nelson (knelson@umd.edu). Cross-departmental proposals must have an English Department sponsor. 

Special consideration will be given to proposals that

• Address the Center’s theme: "Sound, Sight, Text: Aural and Visual Culture and the Practice of Literature"
• Involve two or more area groups
• Are comparative and/or interdisciplinary

Applications may be made for grants up to $1,000. Small grants are encouraged.

Examples include: $200 for the purchase of books for a reading group; $400 to offset the cost of tickets for a play or field trip to an exhibit; $200 for a movie rental for a group discussion, or a sum to cover travel expenses and an honorarium for a speaker associated with a class.

Applications also may be made for grants up to $4,000 to support large-scale events.

Eligibility:

This call is open to undergraduate English majors, graduate students, lecturers, faculty, and staff of the English department for public events. Grants do not cover individual research projects and cannot be used to hire research assistants.

For more information, please visit our web site: http://www.english.umd.edu/academics/clcs/cfp or contact Zita Nunes (znunes@umd.edu) or Karen Nelson (knelson@umd.edu).