Internal Awards, Fellowships & Prizes

• Available on a rolling basis until funds are exhausted.
• Assistant professors who have exhausted their start-up funds are eligible to apply.
• Faculty with individual research accounts must have exhausted those funds before applying for Small Grants. The unit’s fiscal officer will confirm that research funds are exhausted in Docusign.
• Faculty who receive scholarship support from their departments must have exhausted those funds before applying for Small Grants, or must direct the remainder of those funds towards the Small Grant project (with a combined budget cap of the amount of the request). The unit’s fiscal officer will confirm that this is the case in Docusign.
• Retroactive applications (e.g. for completed travel) will not be considered.
• Grants cannot be used for subscriptions to journals available in University Libraries, the development of teaching materials used in the classroom, administrative expenses, the support of scholars visiting Ohio State, or to purchase a course release from teaching.
• Any equipment purchased with grant funds remains the property of The Ohio State University and is assigned to the TIU of the funding recipient.
• All applications require review and endorsement by the department chair or school director.
• Applications for a second award in a given category may be considered, if funding is available, but require departmental matching funds with the College and the relevant department or school each awarding 50% of the total amount.
• Applications will only be accepted using Docusign form links below. No applications will be accepted through email. 

Please submit proposals using the links below. For questions, please contact Dean of Arts and Humanities Dana Renga.

A. Online Conferences, Performances and Exhibitions, and International Travel

• Grants to cover registration fees for professional conferences or exhibition and performance opportunities taking place in an online format;up to $300 per online conference, performance or exhibition, except in cases of extraordinary circumstances
• Travel grants up to $2,000 used to defray expenses associated with travel to conferences, research sites, and exhibition and performance sites both domestic and international.

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B. Exhibition, Performance, and Studio Work

• Expert Reviewers, Adjudicators, and Consultants. Grants up to $2,000, $500 towards each honoraria and up to $1,500 to defray travel costs if incurred: Used to provide honoraria for expert reviewers, adjudicators, and consultants in order to finish projects, performances, and exhibitions. Virtual collaborations involve one or two experts while in person collaborations host one expert and cover travel, accommodations, and meals up to $1,500. The awardees’ home department will be responsible for all logistical arrangements. Open to all tenure-track faculty, however assistant professors within two years of tenure and promotion will receive priority consideration.
• Grants up to $2,000: Used to defray expenses associated with creation, presentation, and performance of creative work, the cost of tracking, editing, mixing, and mastering a music recording, and the costs related to production of a catalogue in conjunction with an exhibition.

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C. Manuscript Preparation

• Faculty Book Manuscript Workshops. Grants up to $2,000, $500 towards each honoraria and up to $1,500 to defray travel costs if incurred: Used to defray expenses associated with funding one or two expert readers in fields where publishing a monograph is required for tenure and promotion. Experts will be asked to provide substantive written comments prior to participating in a workshop which will also include one or two faculty experts from Ohio State. Virtual workshops host one or two experts while in person workshops host one expert and cover travel, accommodations, and meals up to $1,500. The goal of this award is to transform an already strong manuscript into a work ready to be submitted to a press. The awardees’ home department will be responsible for all logistical arrangements. Open to all tenure-track faculty, however assistant professors within two years of tenure and promotion will receive priority consideration.
• Grants up to $2,000. Used to defray expenses associated with the physical preparation of a manuscript, online materials project, translation, or edition; the purchase of photographs, other images, or illustrations; the cost of permissions; and/or the cost of duplication and postage.
• The cost of book indexing is typically not allowed under the terms of this program.

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D. Publication Subvention

• Available to all tenure-track faculty on all Ohio State campuses.
• Preference given to junior faculty requiring assistance to publish a single-authored monograph.
• Requires cost sharing: grant of up to $4,000, with the College and the relevant department or school each awarding 50% of the total amount.
• Available only to offset required subventions at established presses known to the university community.
• Subventions will not be provided to lower the market price of a manuscript accepted for publication.

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The Course Release Program funds scholarship in the Arts and Humanities, providing instructional replacement for faculty excused from teaching a course to concentrate on scholarly pursuits. All course releases for FY25 will take place in Autumn 2024 or Spring 2025. Applications due on January 19, 2024.

Guidelines

The Course Release Program funds course releases for faculty research/creative activity at any project phase (including time to start a new project, make progress on a project, or complete a project). Priority will be given to faculty who are preparing for promotion, with preference first for promotion to professor and second for promotion to associate professor.

• Retroactive applications for courses already taught will not be considered.
• Faculty members can apply for one course release every other academic year. 
• Faculty members who receive course releases in AY24-25 from special assignment, FPLs, and other grants or fellowship programs are ineligible to apply. If a course release is awarded and then the faculty member receives a special assignment, FPL, or grant to buyout course(s) then the course release will be revoked. Faculty who receive a course release for substantial university service are eligible to apply (e.g. Vice-Chair, DGS, DUS). Department chairs and school directors are ineligible to apply.
• Assistant Professors who have course releases during their first four years of employment are ineligible to apply.
• Faculty awarded a course release will still be expected to perform regular service and advising obligations.
• A committee of Arts & Humanities faculty will oversee the selection process.
• Funding will be provided to units to cover course reductions at a standard lecturer replacement rate.
• All applications require that the department chair, school director, or regional dean (for regional faculty) submit via Docusign a very brief statement of support that also certifies that, at the time of application, the applicant does not have other course releases for the reasons mentioned above.
• In the case of multiple applications in a unit, once the application deadline has passed, the department chair, school director, and/or regional will provide a simple ranking of all applications.
• Applications will only be accepted using Docusign form links below. No applications will be accepted through email. 

For questions, please contact Dean of Arts and Humanities Dana Renga.

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The Larger Grants Program funds individual and collaborative scholarship in the Arts and Humanities. The program supports tenure track A&H faculty in on all Ohio State campuses who are conducting scholarship in the arts or humanities. In FY24 application deadlines are November 3, 2023 and February 2, 2024, for fall and spring allocations, respectively.

A. New Project Gra​nts

• Individual faculty grants up to $7,500
• Collaborative faculty grants up to $15,000

Guidelines

Used to facilitate any aspects of a new scholarly or creative project, including but not restricted to extended scholarship travel (subject to university and other travel restrictions), special language programs, technical training, or other educational opportunities; hiring graduate or undergraduate scholarship assistants; purchasing books, archival materials, special equipment, or necessary materials for scholarship activity.

• Collaborative grants must include at least two tenure track A&H faculty
• Assistant professors who have exhausted their start-up funds are eligible to apply.
• May not be used to fund release time, buy computers, buy equipment already available for loan from the University, support the editorial work of a journal, subsidize conferences hosted by scholarly organizations, or for curriculum development.
• A committee of Arts & Humanities faculty will oversee the selection process.
• Each project is eligible for one award as a "new project." Grants are typically disbursed over an 18-month period beginning with the date of the award. The disbursement timeline may be extended for a further 12 months with the permission of Dean of Arts and Humanities Dana Renga.

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B. Completion Grants

• Individual faculty grants up to $7,500
• Collaborative faculty grants up to $15,000

Guidelines

Used to facilitate any aspect of a scholarly or creative project, with the intention of bringing the project to completion.

• Collaborative grants must include at least two tenure track A&H faculty
• Assistant professors who have exhausted their start-up funds are eligible to apply.
• May not be used to fund release time, buy computers, buy equipment already available for loan from the University, support the editorial work of a journal, subsidize conferences hosted by scholarly organizations, or for curriculum development.
• A committee of Arts & Humanities faculty will oversee the selection process. Each project is eligible for one award as a "completion project.” Grants are typically disbursed over an 18-month period beginning with the date of the award. The disbursement timeline may be extended for a further 12 months with the permission of Dean of Arts and Humanities Dana Renga.

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Conference Support Grants Up to $15,000

GUIDELINES

Used to support organizing scholarly conferences. Scholarly events must be held in person on the Ohio State campus or in Columbus (although event can have a virtual component). Funds can be used to offset the costs of facilities rental; catering; transportation, lodging and, honoraria for speakers, publicity, supplies, etc. In FY24 application deadlines are November 3, 2023 and February 2, 2024, for fall and spring allocations, respectively.

• Assistant professors who have exhausted their start-up funds are eligible to apply.
• May not be used to fund graduate student associates, release time, buy computers, buy equipment already available for loan from the university, support the editorial work of a journal, or for curriculum development.
• A committee of Arts & Humanities faculty will oversee the selection process. 
• Each conference is eligible for one award. Grants are typically disbursed over an 18-month period beginning with the date of the award. The disbursement timeline may be extended for a further 12 months with the permission of Dean of Arts and Humanities Dana Renga.

For questions, please contact Dana Renga.

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In the rare instance when an extension request outside the original timeline and project proposal is necessary, please provide the following to Dean of Arts and Humanties Dana Renga:

• One-page update on the research to date (with a statement for why the project needs to be extended)
• Remaining funds and how the balance of funds will be used
• Projected new timeline

The extension request is circulated to the committee for review and comment and the Associate Dean will notify the researcher of the committee's recommendation.

Arts and Humanities faculty have available to them several resources to support the search for external funding for research and creative activity. These resources include:

1. Grants Support, Grant Writing and Management, and Finding Funds. For information and advice about professional development planning, and to develop proposals for grants and sponsored programs please contact Shelly Anderson (anderson.707@osu.edu), Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist, College of Arts and Sciences.
2. General Grants Support. Associate Dean for Research and Creative Inquiry Christopher Jaroniec.
3. Finding Funding. For general information about an array of grant services available, consult the “Finding Funding” section of the Office of Sponsored Programs website. The manager of that site is Jeff Agnoli, Officer for Funding and Research Development (agnoli.1@osu.edu), who will be able to assist you with a targeted search for available grant opportunities.
4. Grant Submission. For information about federally supported programs and other sponsored research, including the preparation of grants for submission to external organizations, contact Christine Hamble at the Office of Sponsored Programs (hamble.3@osu.edu). Please ensure that the Office of Sponsored Programs is notified of all pending applications for funding from sponsored programs well before the application deadline.

The Barbara and Sheldon Pinchuk Arts-Community Outreach Grant is open for educational and engagement projects connecting the visual and performing arts at The Ohio State University with the Columbus community. Applicants may be Ohio State students, staff, or faculty, and projects should bring the arts to the Columbus community via established centers and schools. The grant may be used for direct or indirect support involving visual and performing arts at The Ohio State University.

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International travel grants support faculty researchers when they are invited to present research findings at professional meetings abroad (outside of the North American continent). Up to $2,000 may be requested from the division, with a required match from the applicant’s department of 25% of the total amount. For example, departments must agree to provide $500 if SBS is providing $2,000.

Application instructions (Note: requests are reviewed on a rolling basis):

• Applicants should discuss the request with the department chair and confirm that the department will cover the required 25%.
• Submit a request to SBS Divisional Dean Ryan King (king.2065@osu.edu) and copy the department chair. Submissions should include the following:
  • a letter requesting funds;
  • documentation of the paper to be presented (e.g., a page from the meeting program listing the presentation or an invitation letter);
  • confirmation that the department chair or school director approves; and
  • an estimated budget including approximate costs for flight, per diem, lodging, ground transportation, etc.

The number funded requests will be determined by the availability of funds.

The Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences supports faculty and students in their efforts to engage in professional development opportunities. The division also supports faculty — tenure track and non-tenure track — in their efforts to enrich existing classes, learn new techniques for effective instruction, and develop new courses or modalities. Faculty may also request funds on behalf of graduate students to participate in methodological training workshops during the summer, such as those offered by the ICPSR, with preference given to workshops that are crucial to the successful completion of the student’s dissertation. The maximum award is $5,000, which can support registration fees and travel.

Application instructions (Note: requests are reviewed on a rolling basis):

1. Consult with the department chair and confirm that the chair or school director supports the request.
2. Submit a 1-2 page description of the professional development opportunity and how it will benefit the faculty member, students, and/or contribute to the teaching or research missing of the college. Submit this document to Divisional Dean Ryan King (king.2065@osu.edu) and copy the department chair. Include an itemized budget estimate.
3. Describe expected deliverables, if relevant.

The number of funded projects will be determined by the availability of funds.