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Externally funded research opportunities

The Center for 21st Century Studies provides UWM faculty a central venue for the pursuit of externally funded, collaborative interdisciplinary research projects involving the humanities.

Our emphasis is on working with faculty who are seeking external funding for collaborative projects that can be housed at the Center, although we can also assist individual humanities faculty members who are seeking external funding for their research. We also welcome inquiries from faculty in the sciences, engineering, and professional schools who are interested in partnering with humanities faculty on collaborative projects.

In providing this venue to UWM faculty, the Center is looking to

• Increase faculty awareness about the need for, and sources of, external funding by
  • conducting targeted searches of external funding sources for project ideas
  • connecting faculty with similar interests to build a base for collaborative interdisciplinary research
  • recruiting faculty to apply for competitive grant proposals
• Assist faculty in developing competitive grant proposals
• Make the preparation of grant proposals less onerous by
  • adhering to UWM and UW System standards, such as using approved budgetary numbers and boilerplate language
  • assisting with the legwork of gathering letters of support and getting appropriate signatures
  • organizing complex proposals according to grantmakers' guidelines

Providing these grant-seeking services is a natural extension of the Center’s mission, which since 1968 has been to promote research and encourage dialogue across disciplinary boundaries in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. By working with faculty in search of external funding for interdisciplinary projects, the Center looks to continue its many intellectual conversations through generating a variety of self-sustaining activities.

If you have a project in mind or have questions about the Center’s efforts to secure external funding, feel free to contact John Blum, Associate Director for Advancement and Planning, at 414.229.3781, blumj@uwm.edu, or visit him at Curtin 916.

Center for 21st Century Studies

Daniel J. Sherman, Director

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Center for 21st Century Studies / University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Postal Address: P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
Street Address: 929 Curtin Hall, 3243 N. Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211
tel: 414-229-4141; fax: 414-229-5964; email: ctr21cs@uwm.edu