Office of Research

Sawyer Seminar Invitation 2015

Limited Submissions

Dear Colleagues,

 

I am writing to share with you an invitation from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to UW to submit one proposal for a Sawyer Seminar.

 

This program aims to facilitate robust interdisciplinary inquiry over a year, sometimes more, among scholars in the humanities, including the arts and interpretive social sciences (see below) on significant scholarly topics, both historical and contemporary. A number of creative Seminars also have included a role for faculty in professional schools. As the nation’s leading funder of the humanities, the Mellon Foundation seeks proposals in which scholars in the humanities and arts play a prominent role. Requested funding may not exceed $175,000. Please see the complete guidelines below.

 

UW has hosted several Sawyer Seminars, most recently (B)ordering Violence: Boundaries, Indigeneity and Gender in the Americas, led by faculty in English, Political Science, and the Jackson School (2011) and Now Urbanism: City-Making in the 21st Century and Beyond, led by faculty in History and Landscape Architecture (2010).

 

Faculty interested in having their ideas for a Sawyer Seminar considered are requested to submit a 5-page titled pre-proposal and preliminary budget (a general estimate of how the funds would be used with approximate amounts—this is intended to help faculty scope their plans to the award amount) to me at kbogart@uw.edu no later than Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 5:00 pm. The pre-proposal should address the five points outlined in Mellon’s instructions below in the section labeled “Selection and Award Process.”

 

College of Arts and Sciences Divisional Deans Michael Shapiro and Judith Howard and I will coordinate an internal review to identify one proposal to go forward to the Mellon Foundation where it will be due no later than March 1, 2015.

 

Please share this opportunity broadly with your faculty and leadership. And please don’t hesitate to let me know your questions. We look forward to seeing some highly creative ideas for this opportunity!

 

Kim

 

Kim Johnson-Bogart, PhD

Senior Director, Foundation Relations

UW Corporate & Foundation Relations

UW Tower 4333 Brooklyn Avenue NE, Box 359515

Seattle, WA 98195-9515

Tel: 206.221.4337

Fax: 206.221.2966

Opportunity Details

Program Announcement No.

2015

Deadlines
01/20/2015 UW Internal Deadline Closed
02/20/2015 OSP Deadline
03/01/2015 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Maximum Number of Applications

1

Eligible groups
  • All campus

Inquiries and Contact Information

Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.

For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.