OHA Indigenous Initiative Research Fund
OHA Indigenous Initiative Research Fund supports oral historians’ collaborative, community-based research with Indigenous peoples, covering project costs to help ongoing oral history work reach completion.
Funder: Oral History Association
Due Dates: June 1, 2027, at 11:59 PM CDT (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $1,250 annual award; project period August 1–July 31
Summary: Supports collaborative, community-based oral history research with Indigenous peoples by offsetting project costs and helping ongoing work move toward completion.
Key Information: Applicants must be oral historians actively engaged in collaborative, community-based research with Indigenous peoples.
Description
The Oral History Association’s Indigenous Initiative Research Fund supports oral historians actively engaged in collaborative, community-based oral history research with Indigenous peoples. The annual award helps offset project costs or otherwise move ongoing research toward completion. Supported costs can include travel, transcription, equipment, per diem, protocol gifts, and time devoted to the project.
The fund is supported by OHA’s Indigenous Initiative, an ongoing fundraising effort to build an endowment for meaningful and ethical oral history projects within Indigenous communities. It reflects the association’s commitment to support oral history work by, of, and for Indigenous peoples. A review committee that includes members of OHA’s Indigenous Caucus and Council assesses project quality and applicants’ ability to fulfill their stated research goals.
