Funder: University of Notre Dame
Due Dates: February 1, 2027 (Full application, 11:59 p.m. Eastern)
Funding Amounts: One course release during the fellowship year and up to $5,000 in research funds
Summary: Supports publicly engaged scholarly or creative work by individual faculty in Notre Dame’s College of Arts and Letters.
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 publicly engaged scholarship by individual faculty working in any discipline in Arts and Letters. Public Fellowships fund scholarly or creative activity integral to a faculty member’s academic area that makes knowledge about, for, and with diverse publics and communities. The program seeks purposeful work that contributes to the public good and produces outcomes of public and intellectual value.
The Institute’s approach draws on public scholarship principles outlined by Imagining America and Humanities Without Walls. Applicants should explain how their projects align with these goals, identifying clear objectives, appropriate sources and methods, and contributions to scholarship, society, or both. Collaborative projects are eligible, but fellowships are awarded to individual researchers through separate applications.
