Funder: University of Notre Dame
Due Dates (Anticipated): February 2027 (Application) | February 2027 (External recommendation letters)
Funding Amounts: One semester of leave at full salary and benefits, up to $5,000 in research funds, and manuscript workshop support
Summary: Supports Notre Dame Arts and Letters faculty undertaking humanities research through dedicated research time and manuscript discussion.
Key Information: Only tenured or tenure-track faculty with a primary appointment in the College of Arts and Letters are eligible.
Description
The Franco Institute at the University of Notre Dame supports full-time humanities research by individual faculty in the College of Arts and Letters. Fellowships combine a semester free from teaching and service with research funding and a manuscript workshop involving an external reviewer. The program provides dedicated time for research and writing alongside opportunities to share and discuss work in progress.
The Institute takes a broad view of the humanities, encompassing languages, linguistics, literature, history, jurisprudence, philosophy, archaeology, comparative religion, ethics, and the history, criticism, and theory of the arts. Social science projects with humanistic content and methods also qualify. Projects must use interpretive methods and advance humanistic scholarship, with potential contributions to scholarship, the wider public, or both.
