Faculty Resources

Summer Grants

The Humanities Institute Summer Grants are open to tenure-earning and tenured faculty whose research falls under the NEH definition of the humanities. Awards are up to $5,000. These funds may be used for travel for research, archival work, essential project-driven equipment, publishing support, research assistance, or summary salary.


2025 SUMMER GRANT RECIPIENTS

Elizabeth Aranda (Im/migrant Well-Being Research Center)

Zaib un Nisa Aziz (History)
Toil and Trouble: A Global History of South Asian Labour

Maria Cizmic (Humanities & Cultural Studies)
“Story of an Artist”: Psychiatric Disability, Complex Embodiment, and the Music of Singer-Songwriter Daniel Johnston

Olivia Cosentino (Humanities & Cultural Studies)
Starscapes: Youth, Media, and Modernity in Mexico

Thomas Hallock (English)
Tampa Bay and the Blue Humanities: Local Approach, Global Vision

Julia Koets (English)
Someone Will Remember Us: A Collection of Essays on Queerness, Loss, Memory, & Poetry

Quynh Nhu Le (English)
Asian Americans in the Re-narrations of Florida’s Citrus Empire

Philip Levy (History)
Sarah Tayloe Washington’s Recipe Book: A Revolutionary-Era Plantation Wife’s Life Told Through Her Food

Vrinda Marwah (SIGS)
State of Intimacy: Hope and Healthcare in India

Jason Nethercut (World Languages)
Ennius and Homeric Culture in Republican Rome


Summer Grant Award Timeline

  • Call for Applications

    December / January

    Summer Grant Applications Open

  • Applications Due

    February

    Submit PDF document containing:

    • Application cover sheet
    • Description of project
    • Budget
    • Funding disclosure
    • 2 page CV

  • Applicants Notified

    March

    After applications are reviewed and scored, applicants will be notified via email of the decision.

  • Fund Transfer

    April

    The Humanities Institute will work with department managers or URAs to transfer funds to faculty research chartfields. 

  • Spend Grant Funds

    May - August

    Faculty spend their awarded grant funds. 

    A grant report will be sent out at the end of August to complete.

  • Summer Grant Reports Due

    October

    • Faculty submit Summer Grant Reports to Liz Kicak. 
    • Unspent funds will be returned to the Humanities Institute

  • View Previous Faculty Summer Grant Awards 2005-2024