Faculty Residency Program
Faculty Residency Program supports UNCF humanities faculty with a semester of research time, library support, and scholarly exchange at the National Humanities Center to enhance their careers.
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Funder: National Humanities Center
Due Dates: January 31, 2027 (UNCF/Mellon application)
Funding Amounts: One-semester residency with research support and access to the Center’s scholarly community
Summary: Supports career enhancement for UNCF humanities faculty through a semester in residence at the National Humanities Center.
Key Information: Open to tenure-track and tenured humanities professors at the 37 UNCF consortium institutions and Hampton University.
Description
The Faculty Residency Program provides a one-semester residency at the National Humanities Center through its partnership with the UNCF/Mellon Programs. Established in 1989 with a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the UNCF/Mellon Programs create faculty career-enhancement opportunities for professors teaching at UNCF institutions. This residency is one opportunity within that broader suite of programs.
The Center offers humanities scholars dedicated time, space, and support for their work in a residential research environment in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Residents have access to library and reference support, dining services, and an in-person community of humanities researchers. The Center emphasizes both benefiting from and contributing to that intellectual community, rather than conducting research remotely or using the fellowship primarily for fieldwork.
