The following funders have announced application cycles for artist residency programs and other opportunities. ORCS has compiled this list for faculty in School of the Arts who may have in an interest in such programs. Most of these residencies take place in the summer or winter break, or have flexible start dates.
These opportunities are primarily individual, direct-to-applicant awards. ORCS may be able to provide some application assistance, pending staff availability. Contact orcs@emerson.edu for more details.
The Buinho Residency program is designed for individuals hailing from diverse creative and research backgrounds. Running 2 weeks – 2 months, we empower our residents to delve into an array of cutting-edge technologies, including 3D Printing, Lasercut, CNC, and more.
Based in Buenos Aires, Exploration Residencies provide accompaniment, research resources and local contacts for carrying out projects. All of our residents receive tutoring and mentoring, accompaniment and work critiques from the ´ace team and specialized professionals. This program is aimed at professional and emerging artists from any discipline who want to work on visual, sound or performance art research, or who wish to have a space for reflection to create, investigate or write.b 4-8 weeks.
We offer solo residencies of 1-3 weeks in a well-appointed cottage in deep woods above Hammersley Inlet on Puget Sound. The cottage is five miles from Shelton, a small logging town. The place is good accommodation for writers, visual artists, academics, playwrights and artists in other fields.
The Studios is a unique residency housed in MASS MoCA – one of the world’s largest contemporary art museums. The Studios residency hosts artist and writers within the museum’s factory campus and is surrounded by the beautiful Berkshire Mountains. Operated by MASS MoCA’s Assets for Artists program, the residency runs year-round and hosts up to 10 artists at a time. Artists of any nationality can apply for stays of 2-8 weeks.
Located in the heart of Savannah’s Starland District at Sulfur Studios, the ON::VIEW Artist Residency provides a free, high visibility studio space for artists in all media to complete a new project, to continue an in-progress endeavor, or to conduct research exploring conceptual, material, performative, and social practices.
Chulitna Lodge Wilderness Retreat seeks to provide the time, space, clarity and facilities for all forms of creative professionals or enthusiastic hobbyists to make and meditate. From visual artists, to writers, to scientific researchers, music, dance and more we encourage all to apply for our various programs. 1-6 weeks.
The following funders have announced film grant opportunities for Fall 2023. ORCS has compiled this list for School of the Arts and VMA faculty who have expressed interest in finding funding for film and media projects.
Some of these funders make awards to individual artists; some may require a fiscal sponsor. Emerson can serve as a fiscal sponsor many of those cases. Please contact us at orcs@emerson.edu for more details.
The Episodic Lab is open to any emerging writer applying with a completed draft of a half hour or hour-long television pilot they wish to workshop during the program. The teleplay should have a scientific, mathematical and/or technological theme and storyline or have a leading character that is a scientist, engineer or mathematician.
Hatched provides support to US-based filmmakers who are nearing completion or have recently completed a documentary film and who have plans to strategize, build, and launch an impact campaign.
The Climate Story Fund supports compelling storytelling and impact campaigns from around the world that move us closer to a climate just and biodiverse future. We are looking for creative nonfiction projects that can complete production this year with support from the Fund. Awards will range between $20,000 and $100,000.
The New Filmmaker Program loans digital camera packages (based on availability) to filmmakers for student thesis films and low-budget independent features.
The Ford Foundation seeks to reduce inequality in all of its forms, and artist-driven documentary and emerging media projects are crucial to this effort. As part of the Creativity and Free Expression program, JustFilms funds social justice storytelling and the 21st-century arts infrastructure that supports it.
The National Endowment for the Humanities currently has two open grant opportunities that may be of interest to faculty. Emerson College may submit more than one application to each program, so long as the applications do not contain overlapping activities or costs. If you are interested in applying, please contact Diana Potter or Eric Asetta. All applications must be submitted by Emerson College via ORCS.
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Media Projects (Deadline: January 11, 2024)
The Media Projects program supports the development, production, and distribution of radio programs, podcasts, documentary films, and documentary film series that engage general audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. Projects must be grounded in humanities scholarship and demonstrate an approach that is thoughtful, balanced, and analytical. Media Projects offers two levels of funding: Development and Production.
Development awards (up to $75,000 total funds; $48,077 after overhead) enable media producers to collaborate with scholars to develop humanities content and other program elements. Awards must result in a script or detailed treatment(s). You may also use a Development award to plan for outreach and public engagement.
Production awards (up to $700,000; $448,718 after overhead) must result in the production and distribution of radio, podcast, television, and documentary film projects.
Projects may include supplementary components such as discussion programs or websites.
All Media Projects proposals should be intended for national or regional distribution, and must:
build on sound humanities scholarship
deepen public understanding of significant humanities questions
approach a subject analytically, presenting a variety of perspectives
involve humanities scholars in all phases of development and production
involve appropriate media professionals
employ appealing and accessible formats that will actively engage the general public in learning
A pre-recorded webinar on the program can be viewed here. Additionally, a draft proposal may be submitted to NEH for feedback by November 29, 2023.
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Public Humanities Projects (Deadline: January 11, 2024)
The Public Humanities Projects program supports projects that bring the ideas of the humanities to life for general audiences through public programming. Projects must engage humanities scholarship to analyze significant themes in disciplines such as history, literature, ethics, and art history. Awards support projects that are intended to reach broad and diverse public audiences in non-classroom settings in the United States.
Public Humanities Projects supports projects in three categories (Exhibitions, Historic Places, and Humanities Discussions), and at two funding levels (Planning and Implementation). Proposed projects may include complementary components: for example, a museum exhibition might be accompanied by a website or mobile app.
Project topics may be international, national, regional, or local in focus, but locally focused projects should address topics that are of regional or national relevance by drawing connections to broad themes or historical questions.
Planning awards ($40,000 total; $25,641 after overhead) are available only to Exhibitions and Historic Places applicants. These awards provide up to 24 months of support for projects that have completed preliminary work resulting in the identification of possible analytical themes and interpretive methods that you will further explore during the planning period.
Implementation awards support projects that are in the final stages of preparation to “go live” before the public. Activities may include final scholarly research and consultation, design, production, and installation of a project for presentation to the public. The period of performance must include the required minimum exhibition time. Implementation awards range from $50,000 to $400,000 ($32,051 to $256,410 after overhead) with a period of performance from 12 to 48 months.
You can watch the Applying for Public Humanities Projects webinar here. Additionally, a draft proposal may be submitted to NEH for feedback by November 29, 2023.
In partnership with the Graduate Student Association and the Office of Graduate Studies, the Office of Research and Creative Scholarship (ORCS) is again soliciting proposals to support Graduate Research Assistants to work with and be mentored by a faculty member for the 2023-24 academic year. The intent is to extend the student’s classroom learning, expose them to current challenges in their discipline, build analytical skills, and provide a meaningful work experience that will also benefit faculty in the development of their research and scholarship agenda. Through this program, we also hope to encourage faculty to submit external grant applications that include graduate research assistants.
Funds are available to support a limited number of GRA positions for this academic year. If you are interested in mentoring a GRA this year, please submit a completed proposal, using the GRA Application Form, by October 20, 2023.
Note: Proposals that do not use the required Google Form application will not be reviewed.
Deadlines
The application deadline for the FY2024 GRA grant will be on October 20, 2023.
Upcoming Grant Period
Grants awarded in FY2023 must be conducted between November 1, 2023 and June 15, 2023.
GRA Funding
The maximum award will be $2,000 per student, though amounts awarded are dependent on the number of applications received and availability of funding. The funds can be used to hire a graduate student assistant at a recommended hourly rate of $15.25. Additionally, a portion of the amount requested may be allocated to the costs associated with a mentored GRA attending a relevant academic or professional conference.
Proposals need to include a clear and concise description of the project, the expected outcomes, and how the work will be evaluated and/or disseminated. Applicants should outline how this work benefits their discipline, their professional research/scholarship agenda, and the student. Applicants should include a short job description for the Graduate Research Assistant position, including responsibilities, required skills, and any other pertinent aspects that will be used when the open position gets posted on the Student Employment website. If the application includes funds for conference travel, the applicant must identify the conference, its location and dates, and explain how it will enhance the student’s learning and academic growth.
Eligibility
FOR FACULTY Full-time term and tenured/tenure-track faculty are eligible to apply.
FOR STUDENTS
Students must be enrolled in Emerson graduate courses during the academic year, and not be employed by the College as a teacher or affiliated faculty member.
Eligible Projects
Examples of Eligible Projects:
Support for a student to assist in research, literature review for a book or other project
Support for a student to assist in development or curating of curricular or scholarly materials
Support for a student to assist in data collection, cataloging, and analysis
Support for a student as a film or production assistant
Support for the student to attend an academic or scholarly conference related to their field of study (alongside student wages)
Ineligible Projects Examples of Ineligible Projects:
Support for a student to provide general clerical and administrative assistance for regular academic and teaching duties
Projects that do not clearly demonstrate a meaningful work and learning experience for students
Compensation or support for regular curricular, credit-bearing activities, such as coursework, theses, or directed studies
Requests for travel/conference funds that do not also include student wages
Criteria & Considerations Proposals must include:
A clear and concise description of the project
The expected outcomes of the project or research
How the work will be evaluated
Outline how this work benefits your discipline, your professional research/scholarship agenda, and the student
Include a short job description for the Graduate Research Assistant position, including responsibilities, required skills, and any other pertinent aspects that will be used when the open position gets posted in Workday
If the application includes funds for conference travel, applicants must identify
The name of the conference
The dates and location of the conference
An explanation of how the conference will enhance the student’s learning and academic growth
The maximum award will be $2,000 per student at a recommended hourly rate of $15.25/hour.
GRA Application Form
Eligible faculty members can access the FY2023 GRA Application Formhere. Applicants can fill out the application and make changes to the form until the deadline date of October 20, 2022.
Mneesha Gellman, Associate Professor, Marlboro Institute and Director of the Emerson Prison Initiative was awarded a grant from the New World Foundation to support the Emerson Prison Initiative and its newly-launched Reentry and College Outside Program (RECOUP) to support returning citizens. The New World Foundation supports leaders and organizations that advance democracy, protect community and build a humane social vision.
Assistant Professor in the department of Communication Studies Deion Hawkins authored an article “Lack of access to health care is partly to blame for skyrocketing HIV rates among gay Black men,” published in The Conversation. The article explores the disproportionately high rates of HIV among Black gay and bisexual men in the United States and concludes that structural barriers, such as lack of access to healthcare, affordability issues, and social stigma and discrimination, are the primary drivers of the HIV disparities faced by the Black queer community, and addressing these inequities is crucial to improving health outcomes.
Professor of civic media and the director of the Engagement Lab Eric Gordon co-authored a case study article published in the journal CoDesign. The article explores the Emerson College based storytelling initiative “Transforming Narratives of Gun Violence (TNGV)”, which seeks to transform dominant narratives of gun violence that are harmful and dehumanizing by centering the perspectives of those most impacted, highlighting the potential of collaborative critical making, a practice that unites critical thinking and hands-on experiments to encourage learning by doing to transform harmful narratives and promote social change.
Communication Sciences & Disorders Professor Ruth Grossman was interviewed by Emerson Today about her research on the intersection of autism and gender. Grossman’s goal is to raise awareness and understanding of autism across neurotypes, examining how first impressions and assumptions influence interactions between autistic and neurotypical individuals. Professor Grossman is currently on leave as a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University.On April 10, she presented some of her findings in an online talk hosted by the Harvard Radcliffe Institute.
Wyatt Oswald, a professor in the Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies, co-authored a preprint article currently under review for the international scientific journal Climate of the Past. The article discusses vegetation-atmosphere interactions as a possible explanation for the Holocene Conundrum, a widely studied mismatch between simulated and reconstructed temperatures. Using sedimentary pollen records, the research team aims to determine the pattern and magnitude of North American land cover changes at continental to regional scales.
Malic Amalya, Assistant Professor of Experimental Media and 16mm Film Production, organized a film showcase on March 29th, in collaboration with two Emerson graduate students as part of a year-long 100th birthday celebration of 16mm film. The event was organized in collaboration with AgX, an artist-run film lab and collective, and featured work of AgX members, including Visual and Media Arts Professor Kathryn Ramey.
Kathryn Ramey, Professor and Associate chair of the department of visual and media arts will be screening her film “El Signo Vacío” (the empty sign) on Sunday, May 5 at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge as part of the International Film Festival Boston. Professor Ramey’s film, about the ongoing U.S. occupation of Puerto Rico, was initially supported by an Emerson College Faculty Advancement Fund Grant (FAFG) in 2018.
Marketing Communication associate professor Naa Amoponsah Dodoo co-authored a research article published in March 2024 in the Journal of Advertising. Her research paper “Disclosing AI’s Involvement in Advertising to Consumers: A Task-Dependent Perspective” examines how the disclosure of AI affects consumers’ word-of-mouth (WOM) intent in relation to ads through experimental studies.
Communication Studies associate professor and Chair J. Gregory Payne co-authored a book chapter “Studying FC Barcelona as a Corporate Body” published in the 2024 Routledge book FC Barcelona: History, Politics and Identity. The chapter analyzes the Barcelona Football Club as a global corporate entity and proposes brand territories in which the football (soccer) club can achieve a competitive advantage over its rivals.
Affiliated faculty in Writing, Literature & Publishing and Visual & Media Arts, Jocelyn Marshall was awarded a Yellow Door Fellowship from the Prospect Street Writers House, which will support her hybrid memoir project. She has also been invited to the Editorial Board ofArt Journal, a service which aligns with her commitment to ensuring marginalized histories are widely published and discussed, especially in regard to research related to women, LGBTQ+, and BIPOC artists.
Professor of civic media and journalism Paul Mihailidis co-authored a research article “Researching Social Media and Activism With Children and Youth: A Scoping Review,” published in the International Journal of Communication. The article explores current research on social media and activism involving children and youth and concludes that current research has limited inclusion of diverse participants and future research should prioritize inclusivity.
Associate professor of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Rhiannon Luyster, co-authored a research paper “Do focused interests support word learning? A study with autistic and nonautistic children,” published in March 2024 in Autism Research, the official journal of The International Society for Autism Research. The article examines if autistic and non-autistic children who have focused interests have advantages in word learning.
Marketing Communications professor Thomas Vogel co-authored an article “How does generative artificial intelligence impact student creativity?” published in the April, 2024 issue of the Journal of Creativity, the official journal of the Academy of Creativity. The article explores the role of AI on student creative thinking.
Marketing Communication associate professor Roxana Maiorescu-Murphy has a new research article published in Business and Professional Communication Quarterly. “An Analysis of Online Perceptions in Response to Microsoft’s and Google’s Sexual Harassment Scandals” explores corporate diversity and crisis management through the analyzation of Google’s and Microsoft’s sexual harassment scandals. The findings provide implications for the practice of communication management with respect to scandals.
Associate professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders Robin Danzak co-authored an article, “Family is About Who Loves You: Exploring the Adoption Journey With Photos and Stories” published in the January, 2024 issue of the The International Journal of Reminiscence and Life Review. Her research takes a novel approach in using images, photovoice and focus group methods to research the adoption phenomenon experienced by both adoptees and their families.
Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies professor Tulasi Srinivas will be speaking at Boston University this spring on her latest research on the climate crisis and water in Bangalore, India that she developed with support from Emerson’s Office of Research and Creative Scholarship as well as Harvard Divinity School and the Henry Luce Foundation.
Performing Arts professor Magda Romanska has a research article, “The Bionic Body: Disability, Technology and Posthumanism” published in the 2024 issue of the Journal of Body, Space & Technology, a journal of contemporary artistic practice and research published by the Open Library of Humanities (OLH). Her article explores the new field of critical posthuman disability studies and its engagement with modern technologies.
Visual and Media Arts professor John Gianvito received a 2023 Ford Foundation JustFilms grant through the non-profit Documentary Educational Resources for the production of “Her Socialist Smile,” a documentary film which explores Helen Keller’s advocacy for social justice.
Marketing Communication professor Seounmi Han (Katie) Youn co-authored an article, “Social Presence and Imagery Processing as Predictors of Chatbot Continuance Intention in Human-AI-Interaction,” which was published in a 2023 Special issue on AI in Human-Computer Interaction in the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. The article explores what factors drive consumers to use artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbots.
Communication Sciences & Disorders Scholar-In-Residence Maryam Salehomoum co-authored “Assessment in Farsi–English Emerging Bilingual Children: A Tutorial” published in the December, 2023 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Special Interest Group publication on Cultural and Linguistic Diversity. The tutorial highlights the need for culturally sensitive assessments of bilingual children with regard to their language learning histories.
Journalism professor Paul Mihailidis co-authored a research article “Designing equitable media literacy interventions for critical youth agency” published in January, 2024 in the peer-reviewed SAGE Journal Global Studies of Childhood. The article detailed findings from a national study of impactful media literacy that Professor Mihaildis co-conducted with collaborators at the University of Iowa and Syracuse University among others, and shares the process for creating a Field Guide for Equitable Media Literacy Practices.
Part-time faculty and cultural strategist and co-founder of HowlRound Vijay Mathew will be leading a subject matter expert webinar for the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) in May, 2024. His presentation will be the first time faculty/staff from Emerson is represented at IAAP as an expert contributing to the body of knowledge and practice in the accessibility space.
Comedic Arts assistant professor Ken Feil contributed to a new book, Rolling: Blackness and Mediated Comedy which will be released in April, 2024 by Indiana University Press. This edited volume covers a range of cases representing African American humor across film, television, digital media, and stand-up comedy.
Communication Sciences and Disorders assistant professor Lindsay Griffin recently co-authored a research article, Lingual Pressure Generation Measures Using Two Devices, in the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. The research was conducted at Emerson in 2021–2022 and at Samford University, Case Western Reserve University, James Madison University and Texas Christian University.
Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies professor Tulasi Srinivas was featured on a January 2024 New Books Network podcast in which she discussed her 2023 book Wonder in South Asia, published by SUNY Press.
Communication Studies assistant professor Lauren C. Anderson has a new research article published in December, 2023 in the academic journal Communication & Sport. Revisiting the Relationship Between Sports Fandom and the Black Criminal Stereotype examines whether sports fans’ perceptions of “the Black criminal stereotype” in athletes have changed over the past several years, especially in light of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Writing, Literature & Publishing assistant professor John Rodzvilla has a book review published in the December, 2023 issue of The Journal of Web Librarianship. His piece, Open Access Literature in Libraries (book review) reviews the authors’ assertion that Open Access has evolved into the most complex challenge of the scholarly publishing, and best practices are needed for librarians to confidently engage with Open Access.
Marketing Communication assistant professor Eric Hogue has a new research article published in December, 2023 in the academic journal Applied Economics. “The complementary relationship between live performances and post-concert streaming for top-performing artists” examines the complementary effects of live concerts on incremental post-concert music streams in 29 US cities, with the aim to gain insight into the influence of live performance on post-concert streaming of artists’ recorded music.
Journalism Assistant Professor Zhao Peng has a new research article published in the academic journal Information, Communication & Society. “A privacy calculus model perspective that explains why parents sharent” investigates what factors explain parents’ sharenting behaviors. Sharenting refers to the practice of parents, caregivers or relatives sharing information about their children online.
Marlboro Institute Assistant Professor Ian McManus recently published an article “Workforce automation risks across race and gender in the United States” in the American Journal of Economics and Society. The article examines different effects of workforce automation across race and gender in the US.
Professor and Director of the Engagement Lab, Eric Gordon, co-authored a recent article, “Applied visual art for codesign: three case studies of emergent practices,” published in CoDesign: International Journal of CoCreation in Design and the Arts. Codesign is a set of practices that facilitate collaboration in the design process, leading to shared investment in outcomes. The article reviews three case studies and concludes that applied visual art has great potential to support codesign.
Journalism Assistant Professor Gino Canella‘s research article “Cinematic journalism: the political economy and ‘emotional truth’ of documentary film” was recently published in the academic journal Studies in Documentary Film. Professor Canella’s research examines documentary’s surging popularity among news outlets and its effects on journalistic norms.
Journalism Associate Professor of American Studies, Roger House, wrote an opinion piece for The Messenger about how President Joe Biden can stop his slipping support from Black male voters. Read more in Emerson Today.
Journalism Associate Professor Azeta Hatef wrote an article for the Los Angeles Review of Books about Hulu’s new reality television show Secrets & Sisterhood: The Sozahdahs. The show provides a complicated perspective about growing up Afghan in the United States. Read more in Emerson Today.
Marlboro Institute Associate Professor Mneesha Gellman was interviewed by Bill Ayers on his Under the Tree Podcast on Indigenous Peoples’ Day about her research on the benefits of indigenous languages in the public school classroom and the opposition it faces. Professor Gellman is the author of Indigenous Language Politics in the Schoolroom: Cultural Survival in Mexico and the United States. Read more in Emerson Today.
Communication Sciences and Disorders Assistant Professor Lindsay Griffin co-authored a research article, “Dysphonia Outperforms Voice Change as a Clinical Predictor of Dysphagia,” in the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. The study investigated if voice change or disorders of the voice after swallowing are valid predictors of dysphagia (swallowing difficulties).
Marlboro Institute Assistant Professor Ioana Jucan recently released a new book, Malicious Deceivers: Thinking Machines and Performative Objects published in August, 2023 by Stanford University Press. The book unpacks the notion of fakeness through the related logics of dissimulation (deception) and simulation (performativity) as seen with software/AI, television, plastics, and the internet. Read more in Emerson Today.
Communication Sciences and Disorders Professor Ruth Grossman is one of five investigators receiving a $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the project “Ready to CONNECT: Conversation and Language in Autistic Teens,” funded by the NIH’s National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders. Read more in Emerson Today. Read more in Emerson Today.
Communication Studies Professor Richard West has been named the winner of the National Communication Association’s (NCA) 2023 Samuel L. Becker Distinguished Service Award in recognition of a lifetime of contributions to the field of communication. Read more in Emerson Today.
Visual & Media Arts Assistant Professor Ougie Pak was selected to participate in the 2023 TIFF Filmmaker Lab, a talent development program which provides directors with an exceptional professional development experience at the Toronto International Film Festival and an introduction to the global community of filmmaking.
Visual & Media Arts affiliated faculty Heather Cassano is the recipient of a 2023 LEF/CIFF Fellowship, the LEF Foundation’s partnership with Points North Institute to support five New England-based filmmaker teams to attend the Camden International Film Festival and connect with other filmmakers and industry leaders.
Writing, Literature & Publishing Associate Professor Benoit Denizet-Lewis received a Public Scholars award from the National Endowment for the Humanities for his upcoming book, We Don’t Know You Anymore: Identity Change in America. The NEH Public Scholars program offers grants to individual authors for research, writing, travel, and other activities leading to the publication of well-researched nonfiction books in the humanities.
Assistant professor Novuyo Tshuma‘s new novel ‘Digging Stars’ debuted on September 12, 2023, and was reviewed by the New York Times. Blending drama and satire while examining the complexities of colonialism, racism, and being American, ‘Digging Stars’ probes the universes of love, friendship, family and nationhood.
Associate Professor Vincent Raynauld and his co-author Mireille Lalance at Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières won a 2023 Best Paper Award from The Northeastern Political Science Association. “The Hyper-Masculine Campaign: Party Leader Brand Image, Heteronormativity, and the 2021 Canadian Federal Election,” won in the Identity Issues Best Paper category.
Beginning in September 2023, a faculty or staff member who is planning to submit an application for external funding must first complete and submit a Pre-Approval request using ORCS’s new ORCS Pre-Approval Form. A PDF containing step-by-step instructions on how to do this can be found here.
Developed in collaboration with IT using BP Logix, the new ORCS Pre-Approval Form will replace the hard copy forms that were used for years, as well as the K2 web-based version that many found cumbersome.
The Pre-Approval Form is used to ensure that all relevant administrative leaders are aware of and approve of your intent to submit a proposal, and is required for all grants or contracts which the College will manage and administer, if awarded.
To ensure that ORCS has sufficient time to provide you with the best possible service, it is recommended that you complete the Pre-Approval Form as early as possible, or at least ten business days before the sponsor’s submission deadline.
The 5-Day Rule For Proposals
To effectively manage the review and submission process on behalf of our faculty, the Office of Research & Creative Scholarship will now be adhering to the following proposal submission policy:
A complete proposal, accompanied by the necessary department and school-level approvals –as well as any other attachments or approvals required by the sponsor or the College– must be received by the ORCS office at least five (5) full business days prior to the sponsor’s due date. The proposal components must be in close to final form with the exception of the narrative, which may be submitted in draft form subject to revision.
Proposals received after this date cannot be guaranteed approval and submission. If ORCS does not have sufficient time for a thorough review, the proposal will not be submitted. In cases of extenuating circumstances, a request for exception to this policy must be made to the Executive Director of ORCS. A proposal submitted to ORCS less than 1 business day prior to the sponsor’s due date will not be submitted, and there will be no exceptions granted for same-day submissions.
Thank you in advance for your collaboration on this new system. Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to Eric Asetta, Executive Director of ORCS (eric_asetta@emerson.edu).
The following grant opportunities may be of interest to faculty who are seeking support for planned publications in general and specific disciplines.
Some of these funders make awards to individual writers; some may require a fiscal sponsor. Emerson can serve as a fiscal sponsor many of those cases. Please contact us at orcs@emerson.edu for more details.
Provides funds to a scholar from a group that has experienced discrimination in support of a research and/or publication project. Monies may be used for any expenses integral to research or publication in ethnomusicology.
The AAS administers a program for AAS-member authors who require subventions to ensure publication of their first books. Manuscripts must be in English, must make a substantial contribution to the field of Asian Studies, and must be based on primary research in the appropriate languages.
Furthermore grants assist nonfiction books having to do with art, architecture, and design; cultural history, the city, and related public issues; and conservation and preservation. Funds apply to such specific publication components as writing, research, editing, indexing, design, illustration, photography, and printing and binding.
Fellowship awards may be used to fund travel to collections and other expenses associated with research, publication, or other scholarly outcomes related to biographical work.
Many Emerson School of the Arts and VMA faculty have expressed interest in finding funding for narrative and documentary film, and media projects. ORCS has prepared a list of film and media funders to get you started.
Some of these funders make awards to individual artists; some may require a fiscal sponsor. Emerson can serve as a fiscal sponsor many of those cases. Please contact us at orcs@emerson.edu for more details.
Emerson has a number of internal grant programs with deadlines in the Fall and Spring semesters. Here is a summary of what grant programs are offered this fall, and which ones to look for in the spring.
Formed from a partnership between the Graduate Student Association, the Office of Graduate Studies, and the Office of Research and Creative Scholarship, the Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) grant intends to extend students’ classroom learning, expose them to current challenges in their discipline, build analytical skills, and provide a meaningful work experience that will also benefit faculty in the development of their research and scholarship agenda. Through this program, we also hope to encourage external grant applications that include graduate research assistants.
Faculty Advancement Fund Grant (FAFG) due annually in December; Pre-Approval forms due annually in November. 2023 Pre-Approval Deadline: November 1, 2023 2023 Application Deadline: December 1, 2023
The Faculty Advancement Fund Grant (FAFG) supports the scholarly and creative activities of the full‐time tenured and tenure-track faculty members. The Fund was established to enable the professional work of Emerson’s faculty in its efforts to sustain academic excellence in teaching, research/creative activity, and service. The Faculty Advancement Fund Grant supports proposals deemed likely to substantially improve the quality of research, publication, creative activities, teaching, and service that advance the mission of the College and the careers of its faculty.
The Affiliated Faculty Professional Development Fund (AFDF) supports the scholarly and creative activities of the affiliated faculty members of Emerson College. The AFDF will provide support for approved projects up to $1,500 each. Types of activities include travel and expenses leading to the production of scholarly, creative and artistic works, conference attendance, faculty development seminars, etc.
Internationalization, diversity, equity, and inclusion are strategic priorities for Emerson. Inclusive approaches to curriculum development and equitable pedagogical practices help ensure that learning experiences at Emerson are designed to foster student success in a culturally diverse and global society. The aim is to offer curricula that assists students in developing the required critical consciousness, values, awareness, skills and knowledge of differences to thrive as culturally competent, global citizens.
In 2024, the PFCI will support faculty participation in a Faculty Development Seminar in Ghana. The purpose of this seminar is to provide an intensive short-term faculty development experience that builds on Emerson’s capacity for international education and the internationalization of the curriculum. Faculty selected for the Seminar will receive airfare, lodging and meals for 10 days in Ghana in July, 2024.
The Diversity Fellows Program (formerly known as the Inclusive Excellence Fellows Program) is an annual, cohort-based program. This program invites full-time and affiliated faculty participants to critically reflect upon the relationship between social realities, social futures, and their pedagogical practices. Each Fellow will develop goals unique to one of the courses they teach and a pedagogical action plan based on intertwining sociocultural knowledge, content and industry-based knowledge, and empowering pedagogical practices. Fellows will be compensated $1,000.
Several years ago, the late Dr. Norman Stearns and Irma Mann Stearns, class of 1967, established a distinguished faculty award to honor a full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty member in recognition of outstanding scholarly or creative achievement. A $3,000 award is presented annually to one applicant. This funding may be used to enhance an ongoing project or for the development of a new scholarly or creative endeavor. Travel is strongly encouraged to be a part of the project activity.
The Kasteel Well Faculty Development Fund (KFDF) supports the scholarly and creative activities of the affiliated faculty members of the Emerson College Kasteel Well Program in the Netherlands. Castle administrative staff manage the fund with assistance from the Office of Research and Creative Scholarship (ORCS). Small grants of up to $500 are offered from a total available funding pool of $1,500.
Jeffrey Greenhawt ’68 and Jan Jacobs Greenhawt ’69 have generously provided a gift to Emerson College for the expressed purpose of enabling Emerson faculty to procure resources that might assist them in obtaining external project support. The aim is to assist faculty who desire to pursue external funding for their research and scholarly endeavors, but lack experience in writing successful proposals, or the mentoring connections in grantsmanship that are common at larger institutions.
Funds can be used for activities such as travel to meet with a faculty mentor at another institution for the purpose of assisting in writing a proposal; fees to attend a workshop or seminar on proposal writing and grantsmanship; or consulting services in proposal writing or proposal review. A limited number of grants between $500 and $2,000 will be awarded each year.
As the summer comes to a close, it’s a good time to start thinking ahead to the fall, when a lot of fellowship applications are due. Fellowships have deadlines all year, but a large majority are due in the fall (September through December) for the following academic year.
This post provides examples of some fellowships of interest to Emerson faculty that are due this fall.
For more information about fellowships, how they can supplement a pre-tenure or sabbatical leave, or when to apply for one, please contact us at orcs@emerson.edu.
