Faculty and students who have projects focused on the rural humanities can apply for grants through Cornell’s Society for the Humanities in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Cornell faculty from any discipline can apply for up to $10,000 in support of public-facing research humanities projects and/or engaged community humanities initiatives on rural New York State issues.  And faculty, graduate students and undergraduate students can also apply for rural humanities microgrants of up to $1,000. A public-facing or engaged component is an essential part of a successful application. The funding comes from a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis through spring 2025. Information on how to apply is available on the Rural Humanities website.

The Rural Humanities Initiative uses humanities tools to approach, learn from, make visible and support the realities of rural America, particularly in Central-Western New York.

“Over the past four years, we have been proud to support impactful faculty and student collaborations with indigenous communities and Black farmers, gay campsites and our Latinx neighbors, the St. James AME Zion Church and community colleges, rural poetry initiatives and much more” said Paul Fleming, the Taylor Family Director, Society for the Humanities, and the L. Sanford and Jo Mills Reis Professor of Humanities in the departments of comparative literature and German studies in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Read the full story on The College of Arts & Sciences website.