Humanities Cultivation Fund
Internal — Massachusetts Institute of Technology only
Humanities Cultivation Fund supports MIT scholars’ individual and collaborative humanities and arts research, innovative productions, and public scholarship to advance inquiry and public understanding.
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Funder: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Due Dates: October 19, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. (Application) | December 2026 (Notification) | February 2027 (Earliest start) | March 2028 (Report due)
Funding Amounts: $500,000 combined across projects in 2026; one-year project periods
Summary: Supports individual and collaborative humanities and arts research, innovative productions, and public-facing scholarship at MIT.
Key Information: Project leads must hold a full-time SHASS faculty, academic instructional, or research staff appointment with more than one year of service.
Description
The Humanities Cultivation Fund is funded by MIT and administered by the MIT Human Insight Collaborative (MITHIC). It supports individual and collaborative work across the humanities, arts, and humanistic study of related disciplines. The fund seeks to stimulate generative research and innovative productions, with a commitment to basic research.
The fund also welcomes projects that explore or contribute to the human insights of civil society, including new archives, research conducted with community groups, and public-facing scholarship. Both full proposals and smaller planning grants are considered. As one of MITHIC’s funding pillars, the program contributes to its broader mission of supporting human-centered research and teaching and connecting scholars across MIT to address major global challenges.
