With generous funding from the Lynette S. Autrey Endowment and the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Humanities Research Center at Rice University hosts four visiting professors for one semester each academic year. The fellows teach a course affiliated with a humanities department and take part in the intellectual life of the Center. The HRC sponsors special symposia or conferences centered on their research. These programs give Rice faculty and students significant exposure to eminent scholars from around the world.

DEADLINE: May 15, 2009

This CUR Institute will be held July 19-23, 2009 at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. The institute will bring together faculty and administrators interested in preparing proposals for submission to external funding agencies. This four-day institute will consist of one-on-one work with a mentor, small group discussions, writing and critiquing of proposals, and plenary sessions. The institute has been developed to assist novice to experienced proposal writers in drafting complete proposals for submission.

Application is available by visiting: http://www.cur.org/institutes/proposal.html