Fund Details
Mellon New Directions Fellowships 2016
Maximum Award Amount
$300,000
Sponsor Name
AW Mellon Foundation
Nominations Available to Institution
1
Sponsor Deadline
10/09/2015

Brief Description:

The Mellon New Directions Fellowships assist faculty members in the humanities, broadly understood to include the arts, history, languages, area studies, and zones of such fields as anthropology and geography that bridge the humanities and social sciences, who seek to acquire systematic training outside their own areas of special interest.

Description:

The Mellon New Directions Fellowships assist faculty members in the humanities, broadly understood to include the arts, history, languages, area studies, and zones of such fields as anthropology and geography that bridge the humanities and social sciences, who seek to acquire systematic training outside their own areas of special interest.  Fellows pursue systematic training and academic competencies outside their own special fields in order to advance a cross-disciplinary research agenda.  Such training may consist of coursework or other programs of organized study.  It may take place either at fellows' home institutions or elsewhere, as appropriate.
 
Fellows will receive:  (1) the equivalent of one academic year's salary; (2) two summers of additional support, each at the equivalent two-ninths of the previous academic year salary, and (3) tuition or course fees or equivalent direct costs associated with the fellows' training programs.  To permit flexibility in meeting individual scholars' needs, these funds may be expended over a period not to exceed three full academic years.  No overhead or indirect costs are permitted, and no funding for staging conferences, symposia, seminars or events related to the project is allowed.

Application Information:

Harvard Pre-Proposal:

Harvard has been invited to submit one proposal to the Mellon Foundation for consideration.  The Office of the Vice Provost for Research (OVPR) will hold an internal competition to select one candidate to submit a full proposal to the foundation.  Harvard pre-proposals must be submitted by July 24, 2015 by 5:00pm by clicking the Apply button on the top right corner of this page. 

Pre-proposals must include the following materials uploaded as separate documents:
  1. Summary of the proposal (limit two pages. A third page may be used for references and graphics.)
  2. Current CV (limit 5 pages)
Full Proposal (if nominated):

One applicant will be selected to submit a full proposals to the foundation by the October 9, 2015 deadline.  All full proposals must be submitted to the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) for review at least five business days in advance of the sponsor deadline.  The Mellon Foundation advises candidates to seek assistance from experienced department and sponsored-research staff in preparing the application and budget for submission.  For a list of contacts by school, see here.

Eligibility Criteria:

Candidates will be exceptional faculty in the humanities who received their doctorates between 2003 and 2009 and whose research interests call for formal training in a discipline other than the one in which they are expert. 


Review Criteria:

The principal criteria for selection are:
  1. the overall significance of the research
  2. the case for the importance of extra-disciplinary training for furthering the research
  3. the likely ability of the candidate to derive satisfactory results from the training program proposed; and
  4. a well-developed plan for acquiring the necessary training within a reasonable period of time.


Additional Information, Related Websites, and Proxy Instructions:

More information on the program, including information on previously funded projects, can be found here.

Applicants with questions about this opportunity or other funding opportunities should contact the appropriate research administration professional at the school where they hold a primary appointment. A list of names by school is available here.

Problems, questions or comments concerning HUFP (Harvard University Funding Portal) should be brought to the attention of Autumn Bennett in the Office of the Vice Provost for Research.

Contact Information:

For questions about this application, please contact Autumn Bennett at autumn_bennett@harvard.edu

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