Programs & Projects
IPRH To Recognize Excellence in Humanities Research
The IPRH has recognized outstanding humanities research in numerous ways during the past decade: from fellowship awards that provide release time and stipends, to support for reading groups that investigate matters that are central to the humanities, to conferences and symposia that disseminate humanities scholarship to wide academic and general audiences, the IPRH has always been committed to the support and advancement of humanities research in the broadest sense.
This year, the IPRH is pleased to announce the inaugural IPRH Prizes for Research in the Humanities. These prizes will recognize excellence in humanities research at the University of Illinois, with awards given at the undergraduate, graduate, and faculty levels. The awards will be presented at a reception in late spring 2010. Submissions are invited from scholars in all sectors of the university with focus on the humanities and humanities-inflected research.
Eligibility: The awards are open to all full-time U of I students and faculty
Application deadline: Friday, March 19, 2010
The awards will be determined by a selection committee comprised of three members of the IPRH Advisory Committee. Submissions will be judged in a blind review process; names and other identifying details should not be included in the essay itself. The essays will be evaluated on their scholarly merit, the intellectual rigor of the questions being posed, and the quality of the writing. All submissions must be accompanied by a completed nomination form, which can be downloaded here.
Faculty: $500 (awarded as research funds)
- Submission must be typed, double-spaced, with a length of 15-25 pages.
- Submissions must have been published between January 1, 2009 and the application deadline in a book, journal, edited collection, or peer-reviewed electronic or online publication; the submission may be an excerpt of appropriate length from a longer work.
- The submission may be nominated by a full-time U of I faculty member, or self-nominated.
Graduate Student: $250.
- Submissions must be typed, double-spaced, with a length of 10-20 pages.
- The submitted essay must have been completed for a U of I course taken for credit during the 2009-10 academic year; the submission may be an excerpt of appropriate length from the graduate student’s thesis, dissertation, or equivalent research project.
- The submission may be nominated by the faculty member of the course for which the paper was written; or self-nominated, with the signature approval of the faculty member on the nomination form.
Undergraduate Student: $250.
- Submissions must be typed, double-spaced, with a length of 10-20 pages.
- The submitted essay must have been completed for a U of I course taken for credit during the 2009-10 academic year.
- The submission may be nominated by the faculty member of the course for which the paper was written; or self-nominated, with the signature approval of the faculty member on the nomination form.
Questions about these awards and the nomination procedures should be addressed to Christine Catanzarite.