Marquette University Philosophy Department

Welcome to the website of the Professional Development and Publications Committee of the Department of Philosophy at Marquette University. This site contains information for faculty and graduate students on research funding opportunities and other matters of professional development.

Current information on Grant Opportunities from the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs can be found here:

http://www.marquette.edu/orsp/planning/findfunding.shtml

The Helen Way Klinger College of Arts and Sciences has announced its annual call for applications for "Humanities-oriented academic projects designed to improve undergraduate education." These grants are given to projects "based primarily on the promise of the project to significantly advance undergraduate learning in the College." Average grant amount is ca. $4500.
Timetable:
November 1: The Professional Development and Publications Committee will accept drafts of proposals and work with faculty to polish the drafts into final versions.
November 22: Deadline for submission of final version of application to the Professional Development and Publications Committee.
December 5: Applications and ranking by the Professional Development and Publications Committee given to Dr South and the Executive Committee for approval and / or modification and ranking.
December 16: Department proposals due in the College office
Week of Jan.9, 2006: College Mellon Review Committee reviews proposals
January 30, 2006: Notification of recommended projects.

Smith Family Fellowships - support doctoral dissertation research away from Milwaukee with both a monthly stipend and travel funds.

Arthur J. Schmitt Fellowships - support students doing doctoral dissertation research and writing with a monthly stipend.

John P. Raynor, S.J. Fellowships - support students doing doctoral dissertation research and writing with a monthly stipend.

For the forms for these, see http://www.grad.mu.edu/finaid/forms.shtml

The Stanford Humanities Center will award six to eight external faculty fellowships for the academic year 2006-2007. Awards are made from an applicant pool of approximately 200. See: http://shc.stanford.edu/fellowships/external_fac.htm for details and forms.

Digital Humanities Fellowship, 2006-2007
Stanford University, Stanford Humanities Center
Completed application materials must be postmarked by October 17, 2005. See: http://shc.stanford.edu/fellowships/digital_hum.htm

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Various deadlines. See: http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/programme/stip_aus/index.htm

Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies of the Freie Universitat Berlin: See: http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~bprogram/

The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. Application deadline: March 3, 2006. The Institute offers two-six month fellowships at the University of Edinburgh. See: http://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/