NEH Fellowships and Grants Workshop

Event Type

Conference/Workshop

Sponsor

Presented by the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics. Cosponsored by the Humanities Research Institute and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation.

Location

Levis Faculty Center (Room 210) and Zoom

Date

Oct 31, 2022   2:00 - 5:00 pm  

Speaker

Dr. Christopher Thornton, director of the Division of Research Programs at the National Endowment for the Humanities

Registration

Register by Friday, October 21

Contact

Dania De La Hoya Rojas

E-Mail

delahoy2@illinois.edu

Views

180

Originating Calendar

HRI

Dr. Christopher Thornton, director of the Division of Research Programs at the National Endowment for the Humanities, will speak in-depth about NEH grant opportunities and offer suggestions for submitting a successful application at this upcoming workshop. It will include a mock panel, where four University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty members will judge NEH fellowship proposals and offer feedback. This session will be helpful to anyone interested in applying for NEH funding and will be followed by a reception.

Registration and RSVP are required for both. The deadline to RSVP is Friday, October 21.

• Presentation: 2 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
• Panel: 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
• In-person reception: 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
  
  

About the Speaker
Dr. Christopher Thornton is the director of the Division of Research Programs at the National Endowment for the Humanities, overseeing grants and fellowships in support of academic and public scholarship.  He joined the NEH in 2018 from the National Geographic Society, where he served as acting head of the grants program in support of science, education, and storytelling. Dr. Thornton sits on the scientific board of three international journals, was a member of the U.S. Commission to UNESCO, and is director emeritus of the World Heritage Site of Bat in the Sultanate of Oman.