Funding for Research and Creative Work

HFA Arts, Design, & Creative Productions Fund 
Support of up to $5,000 is available annually to two HFA faculty members, one junior and one senior faculty, who are preparing a major exhibition, performance, event, composition, catalogue, or any other form of creative production that is in an advanced level and needs support to be completed.   

HFA Dean’s Manuscript Development and Completion Fund 
This fund provides annual support of up to $5,000 to two HFA faculty members—one junior and one senior—who are completing advanced-stage single-authored monographs or equivalent projects intended for publication or production in the near future.  

Humanities Research and Creative Laboratories Grant 
Up to two Humanities Research and Creative Laboratories grants are offered annually to establish collaborations among HFA faculty and students that foster innovative, collaborative, and outward-facing work in the humanities, performance, and creative arts. This initiative is focused on orienting and supporting work that is outward looking and engages with real and complex problems of our time. Laboratories are expected to create measurable knowledge and/or creative output and engagement that may be disciplinary or interdisciplinary in nature. 

HFA Research Grants
HFA Research Grants of up to $3,000 support ongoing research projects and creative activities.  Funding may be for materials and expenses related to an upcoming or ongoing research project or a creative activity. 

HFA Research Intensive Semester  
The Provost and the Dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts support the Research Intensive Semester (RIS) program developed in collaboration with the Massachusetts Society of Professors. The program gives HFA departments the ability to offer tenure-track junior faculty members who meet the eligibility requirements a “research-intensive semester” during which they can focus on those projects critical to their upcoming tenure review. In this context, we use the word “research” to include a broad range of creative and scholarly work. 

HFA Subvention Grants 
HFA Subvention Grants may provide up to $2,000 to offset expenses incurred in the publication of single-authored scholarly books and monographs, the recording of musical performances, and the installation of art exhibits. Other activities associated with the visual and performing arts may be eligible for subvention.  

HFA Supplemental Research Presentation Fund 
The SRPF program is intended to offset the cost of conference travel for HFA faculty to present research, perform, or participate in similar academic activities. Eligibility guidelines and priority considerations are explained below.