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Funding Deadlines

Mellon/ACLS Innovation Dissertation Fellowship

October 28, 2026 | Link

Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowship in American Art

October 28, 2026 | Link

MLA Pathways Steps Grant

October 30, 2026 | Link

Graduate Working Groups Awards

October 30, 2026 | Link

Humanities Labs Awards

October 30, 2026 | Link

NEH Public Humanities

December 9, 2026 | Link

NEH Collection Stewardship

December 15, 2026 | Link

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Programming Highlights

Faculty Research Fellowship

Our flagship award, to support faculty whose work centers humanistic methodology or artistic practice and who are at an inflection point in a major research project.

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Humanities Labs

Our newest award, pilot funding for interdisciplinary research projects centering the arts and the humanities and engaging students in new ways

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DHI Encounters: The Odyssey

A public event series examining one work of art or culture through multiple disciplinary angles.

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