Opportunities

With support from the VCU Office of Research and Innovation and the College of Humanities and Sciences, the Humanities Research Center is pleased to support VCU faculty at all stages of their career through grants, fellowships, co-sponsorships, and more.

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Call for Applications: HRC Environmental Humanities Lab Student Fellowship Applications, Spring 2025

Deadline: December 1, 2024

The HRC Environmental Humanities Lab is seeking up to three undergraduate student fellows for Spring 2025. The fellowships are open to any undergraduate student at VCU, although preference will be given to students who have taken INTL 325. Fellows will help the co-director develop and pilot a plan for an online repository of resources concerning the environmental history of Richmond, including narrative and visual storytelling. Over the course of the semester, we will meet once every two weeks as a group to coordinate. Finally, fellows will participate in an event with the HRC to present the ongoing development of our toxic tour, and an event in situ in which we conduct part of the tour itself. A stipend of $500 will be awarded to each fellow.

Please submit your proposal using the form below. If you have any questions, please reach out to Kai Bosworth at bosworthk@vcu.edu.

Submit your application

Call for Applications: HRC Fellowship - Migration Studies Lab Undergraduate Fellowships, Spring 2025

The Migration Studies Lab Undergraduate Fellowship is an opportunity to participate in research with the Humanities Research Center’s Migration Studies Lab. This experience will prepare fellows for graduate programs, as well as for jobs in industries and organizations that highly value these skills. The fellow would help to run the Migration Studies Lab and its ongoing research projects, assist the directors of the lab in various aspects of coordinating its research projects, and learn about oral interviews, the IRB process, and more. A stipend of $500 will be awarded to each fellow.

Deadline: December 12, 2024

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Co-sponsorship Funding

Deadline: Rolling

The Humanities Research Center is pleased to provide co-sponsorship funding and support to a variety of events, programs, and academic initiatives at VCU each year. Co-sponsorship requests are reviewed on a regular basis, and funding decisions are based on availability of funds and expected reach and impact of the event. If you have any questions, please contact Rani Sisavath (sisavathr@vcu.edu).

HRC Co-sponsorship Request Form

Grants

Fellowships