Sponsor: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Higher Learning Program
Internal Deadline: Monday, November 3, 2025 at 5:00 pm ET
Sponsor Deadline: December 11, 2025, by 3:00 PM ET
Award Amount: Up to $300,000 over three years
Program Summary
The Mellon Foundation’s Higher Learning program has invited UNCG to nominate one faculty member for the prestigious 2025 New Directions Fellowship. This by-invitation program supports mid-career humanities and humanistic social science faculty (PhD 2013–2019) who seek formal, substantive training outside their primary field. Fellows receive up to $300,000 over three years to pursue advanced cross-disciplinary research that expands the reach of humanistic inquiry and addresses complex societal challenges.
The program invests in the intellectual range and productivity of exceptional scholars whose interdisciplinary research addresses complex societal challenges. Awards may support salary, training costs, research travel, and related project expenses.
Applications can be submitted through UNCG Scholar.
Any questions can be sent to osird-info@uncg.edu.
Eligibility:
- Tenured or tenure-track faculty in the humanities or humanistic social sciences
- PhD received between 2013 and 2019
- Proposed study represents a new intellectual direction—not merely a continuation or skill enhancement within the same discipline
Institutional Process: UNCG may nominate only one faculty member. Interested applicants should submit an internal application for consideration.
