Funder: University of Notre Dame
Due Dates: February 1, 2027, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: One semester of teaching relief (one course for faculty on a regular 2-1 teaching schedule)
Summary: Supports Notre Dame Arts & Letters associate and full professors in developing new skills for future research.
Key Information: Applicants must be tenured faculty with a primary appointment in the College of Arts and Letters.
Description
The Franco Mid-Career Fellowship supports associate and full professors in any discipline in Notre Dame’s College of Arts and Letters who aim to develop new skills for a future research project. Offered by the Franco Institute in collaboration with the Office of the Dean of Arts & Letters, the fellowship provides teaching relief and opportunities to enroll in Notre Dame courses.
The program connects skills acquisition directly to planned scholarly work. Proposals must explain how the new skills will support research and what that research will contribute to scholarship, society, or both. Review considers scholarly rigor, the research’s dependence on new skills, and the feasibility of the training plan. Collaborative projects are eligible, but fellowships are awarded to individual researchers.
