The Monroe Fellowship aims to promote humanities research on Louisiana, New Orleans, the Gulf South, the Global South, and the Tulane Global Humanities Center (TGHC)’s biennial theme. This program is open to both scholars in the Tulane School of Liberal Arts and scholars based in the New Orleans region. Scholars whose work includes the Gulf South or can incorporate the Gulf South in their work as the region relates to a global or Global South dimension are given special consideration. Work that reflects and includes the TGHC’s biennial theme is also desired. This program is seeking research and scholarship that fits within a humanities or humanistic social science framework.
Each 12-month award offers up to $10,000 in funding. Grant funds must be used to support research activities, including (but not limited to) travel to collections and sites, purchase of essential materials or equipment for research, hiring research assistant(s), and hiring translators to translate primary documents. Grant funds may not be used for honoraria for the applicant(s); translation of applicant’s articles or manuscripts; or conference, presentation, or other outreach expenses.
Grants will be awarded on the merit of the proposed research and its potential to result in new understandings.
Awardees are required to do the following:
- Submit a web-ready summary of the project, including pictures and a short personal bio, along with the signed grant agreement.
- Make a public presentation of their work at a TGHC meeting during the year of their award.
- Submit a final report that includes an accounting of expenses and an updated web-ready summary of the project, including pictures and a short personal bio.
Monroe Fellows Research Grant proposals should include the following:
- Project summary with a funding request, max $10,000 (500-word limit).
- Project narrative of no more than four double-spaced pages.
- Detailed budget that includes all project expenses and delineates which expenses will be covered by the requested funds.
- Up-to-date CV.
- Work sample, such as pertinent or previous scholarly article, essay, film, audio, or images. All film and audio project proposals must be accompanied by an online video and/or audio work sample. If film and audio work sample products exceed 10 minutes, send a link and note time code start and end of a 10-minute excerpt.
To apply, please complete the Monroe Fellowship 2025 Proposal Submission form. Applications are due by October 15, 2025.
Please note that the form will ask for contact information, personal and project-related demographic information, and a prose bio, and will ask applicants to upload project proposals. All project proposals must be submitted as one compiled PDF.