5x5 Incubator Grants
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5x5 Incubator Grants
The 5×5 Incubator Grants support faculty and research specialists from a variety of fields to organize around a theme or topic of shared interest, an approach to work in the humanities, an experimental form of dissemination, or simply a productive common ground for future research explorations. Five faculty will meet five times over a period of five months.
To learn more about the about the 5x5 awards, see current 5x5 research teams.
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- Award: Each team member of an awarded grant will receive $500 in funding for 5x5 activity over the course of one semester.
- Program requirements: Each team member of an awarded grant will receive $500 in salary or research funds upon submission of a short description of the conversations and the ideas that emerged from the five meetings. We anticipate teams to complete their grant within 6 months of being accepted. Groups will encourage collaborative thinking about work in the humanities, create a space for low-stakes exploration of shared interests, and facilitate the development of collaborative scholarship in the humanities.
- Next Deadline: Spring semester
- Next Start Date: Fall semester
Questions about the RWG program or application can be directed to Scott Graham.
Eligibility: Each group must include a minimum of three tenure track faculty and can also include lecturers, research scientists, librarians, curators, archivists, post-docs, and other university scholars (this grant is not intended for graduate students). Preference will be given to teams with representatives from at least two departments or schools. The team organizer must be a member of the tenure-track faculty. While five faculty members is the ideal number, HI will consider proposals from teams comprising four to six members.
The application will request a 1-2 page proposal that includes:
- 5x5 faculty lead, position, department
- Additional 5x5 members, positions, and departments
- Explanation of focal theme or area with specific attention to its relationship to the humanities or the humanistic social sciences
- Proposed 5x5 meeting plan