Mellon Sawyer Seminar Proposals | UCI Internal Selection Call 2021
Download the the full RFP.
The Mellon Foundation has invited UCI to submit one proposal for a Sawyer Seminar to be held in 2022-2023. The call for proposals is attached. The Sawyer Seminars program was established in 1994 to provide support for comparative research on historical and contemporary topics of major scholarly significance. The seminars provide an opportunity for intensive study of subjects chosen by the participants. Per Provost Stern’s authorization, an internal selection process will be coordinated by the Humanities Center under the direction of Tyrus Miller, Dean, School of Humanities.
Internal Pre-Proposal deadline: April 8, 2021
By email to Amanda Swain, Humanities Center Executive Director, ajswain@uci.edu
Submit a pre-proposal narrative (max 5 pages) outlining the topic of the seminar and including the names of potential collaborators both on and off campus. As you consider possible topics for the pre-proposal, please pay particular attention to the criteria that the Mellon Foundation has articulated for the full-length proposals: (1) The rationale for raising the central questions to be addressed and the potential significance of the inquiry to be pursued; (2) A description of the cases to be studied (e.g., nations, regions, time periods, cultural trends, social tensions) and the perspectives to be brought to bear on them; the humanities thematic “threads” that will run through the seminar; and the institution’s resources and suitability for the proposed seminar; and (3) a preliminary plan for the seminar that outlines the specific topics to be addressed in each session and provides the names and qualifications of the scholars who would ideally participate.
The faculty project director(s) for the selected proposal will be notified on April 12. The final proposal will be submitted through the Humanities Center with the faculty project director as the PI. Humanities Center and Humanities’ finance staff will work with the project director(s) to develop the project plan and budget, finalize the proposal for Sponsored Projects review and submit to the Mellon Foundation by the May 3application deadline.
More information is available at http://www.mellon.org/programs/higher-education-and-scholarship-humanities/fellowships/sawyer-seminars/
Questions? Please contact Amanda Swain, Humanities Commons Executive Director, ajswain@uci.edu or 949-824-1948.
Download the the full RFP.
The Mellon Foundation has invited UCI to submit one proposal for a Sawyer Seminar to be held in 2022-2023. The call for proposals is attached. The Sawyer Seminars program was established in 1994 to provide support for comparative research on historical and contemporary topics of major scholarly significance. The seminars provide an opportunity for intensive study of subjects chosen by the participants. Per Provost Stern’s authorization, an internal selection process will be coordinated by the Humanities Center under the direction of Tyrus Miller, Dean, School of Humanities.
Internal Pre-Proposal deadline: April 8, 2021
By email to Amanda Swain, Humanities Center Executive Director, ajswain@uci.edu
Submit a pre-proposal narrative (max 5 pages) outlining the topic of the seminar and including the names of potential collaborators both on and off campus. As you consider possible topics for the pre-proposal, please pay particular attention to the criteria that the Mellon Foundation has articulated for the full-length proposals: (1) The rationale for raising the central questions to be addressed and the potential significance of the inquiry to be pursued; (2) A description of the cases to be studied (e.g., nations, regions, time periods, cultural trends, social tensions) and the perspectives to be brought to bear on them; the humanities thematic “threads” that will run through the seminar; and the institution’s resources and suitability for the proposed seminar; and (3) a preliminary plan for the seminar that outlines the specific topics to be addressed in each session and provides the names and qualifications of the scholars who would ideally participate.
The faculty project director(s) for the selected proposal will be notified on April 12. The final proposal will be submitted through the Humanities Center with the faculty project director as the PI. Humanities Center and Humanities’ finance staff will work with the project director(s) to develop the project plan and budget, finalize the proposal for Sponsored Projects review and submit to the Mellon Foundation by the May 3application deadline.
More information is available at http://www.mellon.org/programs/higher-education-and-scholarship-humanities/fellowships/sawyer-seminars/
Questions? Please contact Amanda Swain, Humanities Commons Executive Director, ajswain@uci.edu or 949-824-1948.