Funding Opportunity

In partnership with the New York Council for the Humanities, the Heyman Center Public Humanities Initiative offers graduate students the opportunity to explore the public dimensions of their own scholarship by supporting projects that are situated in the public sphere. Public Humanities Fellows receive training in the methods and approaches of public scholarship, often working closely with organizations committed to serving public audiences.The Heyman Center Public Humanities Fellowship supports proposed projects that connect humanities research to non-academic audiences. In partnership with The New York Council for the Humanities and six other university humanities centers across the state, Public Humanities Fellows receive training and support as they develop projects that bring their humanities scholarship to the public sphere.