The Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Minnesota is pleased to announce that we have received a Reciprocity & Redistribution in Action Grant for the graduate student summer internship program, “Grounded Knowledge.”
Serious interdisciplinary research often requires established scholar-teachers to pursue formal substantive and methodological training in addition to pursuing their PhD. New Directions Fellowships assist faculty members in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who seek to acquire systematic training outside their own areas of special interest.
Application Deadline:
May 1, 2025, by 11:59 pm Central Daylight Time (GMT -5)
Institute / Diplomado Dates: January 5-16, 2026
February 27, 2025
The Institute for Advanced Study is pleased to announce that a project that will engage community members in identifying environmentally sound food justice solutions—helmed by two faculty members from the University of Minnesota Duluth’s (UMD) College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS)—was awarded a $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation.
February 25, 2025
The Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Minnesota is pleased to announce that the Center for Canon Expansion and Change (CCEC) has received a $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support and expand its mission of broadening the philosophical canon and training educators to teach around a broader set of ideas.
February 21, 2025
By Kylie Message-Jones, Director of the ANU Humanities Research Centre
Originally published at ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences News
January 27, 2025
Eight major event projects across the University were awarded grants
The Institute for Advanced Study announces more than $60,000 in funding to support eight new Special Events grant projects across the University of Minnesota focused on the arts, humanities, and design.
January 15, 2025
The Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine (WHL) and Digital Library Services (DLS) have been awarded a $100,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Research and Development Grant. “Making Meaning from Movement: Piloting a Digital Workflow for Interactive Flap Books” will develop a workflow for digitizing and hosting interactive flap books in online digital collections environments.
An ambitious new planning project aims to radically remake the role of predominantly white institutions in STEM graduate education by centering Tribal Colleges and Universities in tribal land- and self-determination-based science training.