Grants for Researchers with Heavy Teaching Loads
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Grants for Researchers with Heavy Teaching Loads support college faculty’s theatre studies research to promote scholarly exchange despite heavy teaching demands and limited institutional research support.
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Funder: American Society for Theatre Research
Due Dates (Anticipated): July 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to $1,000 honorarium, complimentary conference registration, and one-year ASTR membership
Summary: Supports theatre studies research by college faculty with heavy teaching loads and limited institutional research resources.
Key Information: Applicants must hold a terminal degree and teach a 3/3 load or higher, or equivalent production/service load.
Description
The American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) offers these grants to promote scholarly and practical exchange among theatre researchers at institutions with heavy teaching loads and limited support for scholarship. The program responds to disparities in institutional resources that can impede exchange among scholars. Its goal is to ensure that institutional affiliation does not hinder individual faculty members’ contributions to conversations across the broadly defined field of theatre studies.
Supported research activities may lead to a book chapter, an article-length scholarly work, or a specific contribution to a larger research project. Selection emphasizes the feasibility and significance of the proposed research, with additional consideration for previously unsupported projects, faculty with extremely limited institutional research support, and projects that enrich ASTR’s diversity.
