Humanities Cultivation Fund
MIT's Humanities Cultivation Fund supports innovative research and creative projects in the humanities and humanistic disciplines to advance scholarship and community at MIT.
Funder: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Due Dates (Anticipated): October 2026 (full application deadline, projected)
Funding Amounts: Multiple awards; typical full award up to $200,000 (direct costs) per project; total pool approx. $500,000
Summary: Supports individual or collaborative humanities and arts projects at MIT to advance research and creative work in human-centered disciplines.
Key Information: Funding is for MIT-based projects only; no subawards outside MIT permitted.
Description
The Humanities Cultivation Fund, administered by the MIT Human Insight Collaborative (MITHIC), is designed to stimulate and nurture generative research and innovative productions across the humanities and humanistic study of related disciplines at MIT. The fund supports both individual and collaborative projects, with an emphasis on proposals that leverage MIT’s unique environment for humanities research and lay the groundwork for broader contributions within and beyond the Institute. Projects may include scholarly research, creative work, or activities that build and strengthen scholarly communities in the humanities.
