Proposal Writing Incentive Awards

In order to encourage the submission of large-scale proposals in the humanities and humanistic social sciences, the Simpson Center invites applications from faculty at any rank who are intending to write proposals to major agencies and foundations, such as the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. Examples might include a proposal to host an NEH Summer Institute at the University of Washington, or a proposal to the Media, Arts, and Culture Division of the Ford Foundation to create an innovative curriculum across media. Proposals for individual fellowship support from NEH, the Guggenheim Foundation, ACLS, and other foundations are not eligible.

Faculty who are granted a Proposal Writing Incentive Award will receive a $1500 research award (to reimburse expenses for travel to archives and scholarly conferences, etc.) upon submittal of the grant proposal. The Simpson Center award applies for major foundation proposals that will be submitted between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010. Priority is given to projects that would be housed at the Simpson Center. If the Simpson Center is to serve as fiscal sponsor for the grant, internal deadlines will be determined accordingly.

Applications for Proposal Writing Incentive Awards can also be incorporated into proposals for other Simpson Center funding initiatives—as one aspect of a Large-Scale Collaborative Project, for instance. In this case, you should apply under the other category, and include plans for foundation/endowment submission in your proposal narrative, and the $1500 incentive award in your budget’s funding request.

Application

Submit the following as one document:

1. A proposal that outlines your project in detail together with a timeline that specifies all deadlines that the grant submission will require.
   
   
2. Curriculum vita(e) for the organizer(s) (maximum five pages per person).

Checklist

• Proposal cover sheet (print out and submit to your departmental chair and administrator/fiscal specialist for signatures, return signed hard copy to the Simpson Center) Download Word Document
  
  
• Complete a brief Catalyst survey. This contains the same information as the paper cover sheet: www.simpsoncenter.org/coversheet
  
  
• Upload project description, including curriculum vita(e) as a single Word or PDF document: www.simpsoncenter.org/application

Assistance

Assistance using Catalyst Tools is available on the Catalyst Website.

Simpson Center Funding Deadlines and Procedures