Grants and Initiatives

University of Minnesota Duluth researchers receive $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to launch new food justice hub

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.

Center for Canon Expansion and Change Receives $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.

Institute for Advanced Study awards more than $60,000 through Imagine Fund Special Events Grants to promote interdisciplinary dialogue and public engagement

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. 

National Endowment for the Humanities grant allows U of M Libraries to pilot digital workflow for interactive flap books

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. 

University of Minnesota Receives $75,000 Seed Grant to Partner with Tribal Colleges to Transform STEM Education for Indigenous Students

May 14, 2024
 

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.

Consortial Partners Reflect on Humanities Without Walls’s Evolution

September 25, 2023

The Mellon-funded Humanities Without Walls network has created stronger, lasting institutional connections.

In the beginning, Humanities Without Walls was an untested idea. An experiment. Building HWW’s infrastructure was an evolutionary process, with several of the consortial partners finding ways to map or adapt HWW ideologies onto pre-existing institutional landscapes, while other members of the consortium forged ahead into more uncharted territory.