Current opportunities
As funding opportunities change, this page will be updated regularly. Other opportunities coming soon! For questions, contact us at humanities@uwyo.edu.
Fellowships are awarded through our Humanities Research Group program, open to UW faculty and staff. The application cycle is currently closed but will open again in Fall 2025.
All fellows receive a $4000 stipend. Fellows in the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Agriculture, Honors College, and the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources will also receive one course replacement during the fellowship year. Fellows in the Libraries, UW Museum, and American Heritage Center will receive an equivalent amount of release time. Fellows in other units may receive a course release, at the discretion of their dean or director.
In partnership with UW's College of Arts & Sciences, we provide a $1000 scholarship opportunity to undergraduates studying the humanities. Applicants must be full-time undergraduate students within the College of Arts & Scienes and majoring in the humanities. Successful candidates will demonstrate both academic excellence and community involvement during their studies. Applicants must demonstrate a minimum GPA of 3.0 and must provide a short essay on community involvement not to exceed one page. Eligible students should apply through the WyoScholarships portal. Applications are typically due in March, with the winner receiving their award in the subsequent semester.
With donor support, we hope to create a scholarship opportunity for graduate students in the near future.
We invite applications for subvention funds to help defray costs of publishing original research with significant humanities content. Funds may be used only for current or upcoming expenses directly related to publication, such as image preparation, permissions, indexing, proofreading, or the like. We will also consider covering open-access fees if the author provides context about a) why the journal or press requires such fees and b) why it is important that they publish in this particular venue. These funds may only be used for publications in not-for-profit presses, journals, or other venues.
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. To apply, submit a contract or communication from the publishing venue stating that the work has been accepted for publication, together with a statement of no longer than one page, including an abstract of the publication, its publishing venue, the status of the publication, a brief budget describing how the funds will be used.
Please send questions and applications to humanities@uwyo.edu. Recipients of subventions are requested to forward a copy of the final product (book, article, resource) to WIHR upon publication. Recipients are required to credit the Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research in the publication’s acknowledgments.
Average award: $750
