Mellon Foundation
Limited Submission
Please follow the Mizzou process for limited submission funding opportunities.
Internal Deadline: December 8
Eligibility
PI must be a faculty member in a department or program in the humanities or humanistic social sciences.
Description
Projects for the Mellon Foundation’s Higher Learning Program may be research and/or curricular projects focused on one of two areas: Unruly Intelligences (understanding and making recommendations about AI) and Normalization and Its Discontents (investigating the structures and systems that govern normalcy). Applications must be demonstrably grounded in the humanities and led by humanities scholars. Experimental methodologies, interdisciplinary and community collaboration, and pathways to informing campus and/or wider policies and practices are welcome.
Keywords:
Humanities, educational improvement, curriculum, research, AI, politics, humanistic social sciences, machine learning, political, relationship, deviance, normalcy
Application due:
02/17/26
Award amount:
$250,000 - $500,000