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Humanities Faculty Author Subvention Funds
Oregon Humanities Center in Collaboration with CAS
Background:
The Oregon Humanities Center has been offering modest faculty author subvention grants since the mid-1990s to faculty publishing in the humanities and related fields. Recognizing the growing need for funds for humanities publication support, the College of Arts and Sciences has agreed to collaborate with the OHC in a faculty subvention program starting in AY 2008-09, providing matching funds for faculty applicants in the College. (Note: The Oregon Humanities Center will continue to consider applications from humanities faculty who are outside CAS.)
Guidelines:
To be eligible for OHC/CAS subvention funds, applicants must be UO faculty on tenure-related appointments in the humanities or related fields.
Applications will be reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis by the Oregon Humanities Center. Only faculty authors with a signed book contract from an appropriate press are eligible to apply.
Faculty in schools and colleges other than CAS (e.g., Music and Dance, AAA, Journalism, Law) are eligible to apply as long as the book project is humanistic in its focus.
In general, the highest priority will be given to applicants for whom subvention funds are explicitly required for publication—that is, where the publisher’s contract requires an author subvention in order for the book to be published. We will also consider, as a lower priority, cases where subvention is not an absolute requirement, but would allow for the addition of essential material that would not otherwise be included. (The applicant must provide a brief statement explaining how this additional material will significantly enhance the value and effectiveness of the book.)
The Oregon Humanities Center will review all applications, and will forward to CAS copies of any that are approved and eligible for joint OHC/CAS funding. The maximum subvention available will normally be no more than $1,500. (In certain cases where the publisher is requiring a very large subvention, requests for more than $1,500 may be considered.) In cases involving CAS faculty, the CAS Dean’s Office will fund half, and the OHC will fund the other half.
Approved requests from faculty outside of CAS will be funded in full by the Oregon Humanities Center, up to a maximum of $1,500.
Application Procedure:
Faculty members wishing to receive a grant from the OHC/CAS Subvention Fund should submit an e-mail or written letter of request to Barbara Altmann, Director of the Oregon Humanities Center (baltmann@uoregon.edu), with a copy to Julia Heydon, OHC Associate Director (jheydon@uoregon.edu), detailing:
- the title of the book
- the publisher and projected publication date
- a brief description of the book project and statement of its significance in the field
- the amount required by the publisher for subvention
- the dollar amount the faculty person is requesting from the OHC/CAS
- the purpose for which the subvention funds will be used (permissions, photographs, plates, etc.)
Applicants must attach a copy of the signed contract (or relevant pages thereof) and a letter from the publisher documenting that a subvention of a specific amount is a required condition of publication, if that is the case.
Whenever possible, the OHC prefers to pay the publisher directly by invoice rather than reimburse individual faculty members for subvention related costs. Once a request for subvention has been approved, OHC staff will contact the faculty author to arrange for making payment to the publisher or processing the reimbursement.
For more information, or if you have questions, please contact Julia Heydon (346-1001) or Barbara Altmann (346-7017).
Last revised: 1/16/09