Major Grants
institute for the liberal arts
The Institute for the Liberal Arts at Boston College is accepting proposals for projects that will be funded during the 2012-2013 academic year in two categories.
Major Grants
Major grants will be awarded to creative, innovative projects that will make a contribution to education or scholarship in the liberal arts at Boston College and that will need between $2,500 and $25,000 in funding per year. Proposals can request funding for one, two, or three years beginning in June 2012, and may be submitted by any full-time faculty member at Boston College. Proposals should be submitted via e-mail to Susan Dunn at the Center for Centers. The ILA Board will consider proposals in two cycles. In the fall, we will begin accepting proposals on September 12, 2011 until a fall deadline of October 31, 2011. Decisions about fall proposals will be announced by December 1, 2011, although decisions on some proposals may be deferred until the spring. We will accept proposals in the spring between February 1, 2012 and April 2, 2012, and will announce results by May 1, 2012.
The academic year 2012-2013 will mark the Boston College Sesquicentennial. There are a range of public events—conferences, speakers, and symposia—being planned for that year by the Sesquicentennial Committee. The ILA does not want to crowd the calendar with competing events so we plan to fund fewer large public events than usual. We encourage proposals for seminars, working groups, and other smaller gatherings. If you are planning to propose a conference or other large public event, please contact Mary Crane before submitting your proposal.
Proposals for smaller projects and speakers are accepted on a rolling basis. There will be pools of money for funding smaller projects needing less than $2,500, and another pool for funding to bring a single speaker to campus.
Smaller Grants
In addition to the larger grants for up to $25,000, the ILA welcomes proposals for projects to be undertaken during the 2010-2011 or 2011-2012 academic years that require smaller amounts of funding up to $2,500. Proposals will be considered on a rolling basis until all funds are committed. Proposals should be submitted to Mary Crane via email cranem@bc.edu and should include a one-page description of the proposal and a budget.
These grants can help fund a conference or symposium that has the majority of its funding from another source. They can be used to bring in a speaker, or can fund activities related to a performance or museum exhibit, or other events that require less than $2,500. They will not normally fund travel and cannot be used to pay for equipment. Preference will be given to interdisciplinary proposals and to proposals that involve Boston College students in some way.
