The Office of Research and Innovation (OORI) Humanities & Humanistic Social Sciences (HHSS) program aims to promote creativity and excellence by supporting humanities and humanistic social science faculty in their individual and collective scholarly work. The activities supported will encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media.
Applicants may only submit one proposal application award cycle as the corresponding PI. Applicants may serve as co-PIs or collaborators on more than one proposal application per award cycle.
The HHSS program consists of two subprograms: (1) HHSS Scholars Award, which will allow faculty to be coached and receive advice on writing more competitive grant applications to external funding organizations; and (2) HHS Initiative Award, which is focused on a larger collaborative effort that includes multiple humanists and humanistic social scientists.
HUMANITIES & HUMANISTIC SOCIAL SCIENCE (HHSS) SCHOLARS AWARD
The HHSS Scholars Award will provide funding to support a faculty coordinator and up to 10 individual humanistic and humanistic social science faculty, from the assistant to full professor level. The award will support an intensive, one-month summer workshop, which will meet at least once per week, with additional meetings for each of the faculty members with the coordinator. The coordinator, a faculty member, will provide guidance, advice, and an intensive hands-on tutorial in all aspects of preparation necessary for the submission of a grant to a federal funding agency, foundation, or other external funding source. This highly interactive experience will allow faculty to receive guidance and advice from a faculty member with a solid understanding of the research methodologies, approaches, lines of inquiry, conventions, critical frameworks, and relevant questions in humanities and humanistic social sciences, as well as an understanding of the expectations of a given external funding source that supports research in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.
HUMANITIES & HUMANISTIC SOCIAL SCIENCE (HHSS) INITIATIVE AWARD
The HHSS Initiative Award will provide funding for research projects focused on humanities and humanistic social science-related topics that are interdisciplinary in scope and could lead to future external funding from an external funding source, e.g., federal funding agencies and foundations. The premise of the initiative is that transformations of societies and their important impact on nature are based on human actions, and human actions stem from cultural, social, and ethical schemes of knowledge, interpretation, and awareness. Applicants are encouraged to develop an initiative that explores our shared human experiences through discussion, learning and reflection by incorporating innovative, community-based activities. Applicants are expected to focus on creative work and ideas that demonstrate the impact of humanistic inquiry on society, promote global understanding and collaboration, and contribute to the debate regarding universal issues. Applicants are strongly encouraged to develop interdisciplinary proposals that bridge multiple disciplines in the humanities, humanistic social sciences. Proposals that also include the arts and other disciplines – e.g., biological science, physical sciences, computer science, digital technologies, and engineering – are also encouraged.
For additional information, and to download the Request for Proposals, please click here.
If you are experiencing technical issues submitting your proposal or have additional questions, please contact rii@usc.edu.
This portal requires information about the PIs and Co-PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.
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The Office of Research and Innovation (OORI) Humanities & Humanistic Social Sciences (HHSS) program aims to promote creativity and excellence by supporting humanities and humanistic social science faculty in their individual and collective scholarly work. The activities supported will encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media.
Applicants may only submit one proposal application award cycle as the corresponding PI. Applicants may serve as co-PIs or collaborators on more than one proposal application per award cycle.
The HHSS program consists of two subprograms: (1) HHSS Scholars Award, which will allow faculty to be coached and receive advice on writing more competitive grant applications to external funding organizations; and (2) HHS Initiative Award, which is focused on a larger collaborative effort that includes multiple humanists and humanistic social scientists.
HUMANITIES & HUMANISTIC SOCIAL SCIENCE (HHSS) SCHOLARS AWARD
The HHSS Scholars Award will provide funding to support a faculty coordinator and up to 10 individual humanistic and humanistic social science faculty, from the assistant to full professor level. The award will support an intensive, one-month summer workshop, which will meet at least once per week, with additional meetings for each of the faculty members with the coordinator. The coordinator, a faculty member, will provide guidance, advice, and an intensive hands-on tutorial in all aspects of preparation necessary for the submission of a grant to a federal funding agency, foundation, or other external funding source. This highly interactive experience will allow faculty to receive guidance and advice from a faculty member with a solid understanding of the research methodologies, approaches, lines of inquiry, conventions, critical frameworks, and relevant questions in humanities and humanistic social sciences, as well as an understanding of the expectations of a given external funding source that supports research in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.
HUMANITIES & HUMANISTIC SOCIAL SCIENCE (HHSS) INITIATIVE AWARD
The HHSS Initiative Award will provide funding for research projects focused on humanities and humanistic social science-related topics that are interdisciplinary in scope and could lead to future external funding from an external funding source, e.g., federal funding agencies and foundations. The premise of the initiative is that transformations of societies and their important impact on nature are based on human actions, and human actions stem from cultural, social, and ethical schemes of knowledge, interpretation, and awareness. Applicants are encouraged to develop an initiative that explores our shared human experiences through discussion, learning and reflection by incorporating innovative, community-based activities. Applicants are expected to focus on creative work and ideas that demonstrate the impact of humanistic inquiry on society, promote global understanding and collaboration, and contribute to the debate regarding universal issues. Applicants are strongly encouraged to develop interdisciplinary proposals that bridge multiple disciplines in the humanities, humanistic social sciences. Proposals that also include the arts and other disciplines – e.g., biological science, physical sciences, computer science, digital technologies, and engineering – are also encouraged.
For additional information, and to download the Request for Proposals, please click here.
If you are experiencing technical issues submitting your proposal or have additional questions, please contact rii@usc.edu.
This portal requires information about the PIs and Co-PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.