Humanities Book Support Awards

Funds provide support for the production of book-length scholarship by UConn tenured, tenure-track, and in-residence faculty and published by professional presses. It aims to ensure that books of significant scholarly value by University of Connecticut CLAS faculty can be published expeditiously.

This money is provided for the expenses that arise from the final stage of publishing and thus does not fund research or travel expenses. Funds provided by the Humanities Book Support Award most often support a publisher-required subvention, but may also support other requirements, e.g., fees associated with the rights for use of copyrighted material, illustration costs, indexing, and printing costs. Faculty seeking research and travel support should contact their departments and consider applying to the OVPR’s Scholarship Facilitation Fund and CLAS Internal Funding Opportunities. Faculty may also consult our guide to humanities funding for more resources.

The Humanities Book Support Award offers a maximum of $2000 to fund single-authored/co-authored monographs, edited/co-edited collections, and/or scholarly editions. Textbooks are not eligible. The money will be paid directly to the scholar’s research account. It will be expected that if awarded, this funding will be recognized in the acknowledgements of the published book and other materials relating to the promotion of the publication.