Virginia Humanities Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Scholars Fellowship 2026 – YOA

Deadline: March 1, 2026

Applications are open for the Virginia Humanities Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Scholars Fellowship 2026. The Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Scholars Fellowship seeks to develop and amplify underrepresented voices and analysis inside the academy and utilized humanities areas. This fellowship helps HBCU-affiliated writers, group students, and college members with their analysis course of via funding, entry to educational publishing shops (journals and presses), public promotion of their work, and skilled group/peer assist.

Projects of curiosity can vary throughout the disciplines of conventional, public, and digital humanities, and human-centered social sciences. Preference is given, however not restricted to, initiatives that have interaction Virginia’s historic significance, elevate traditionally marginalized narratives, and discover broader South Atlantic themes. They supply each quick-time period (3-6 months) and lengthy-time period (9-12 months) choices.

grant

• Short-term fellowship awards vary from $5,000 to $15,000 based mostly on the applicant’s proposed price range.
• Long-term fellowship awards vary from $20,000 to $45,000 based mostly on the applicant’s proposed price range.

Eligibility

• HBCU affiliation is required and outlined as present college or alumni (does NOT should be a Virginia-based establishment).
• No residential requirement or Virginia deal with wanted. This is a principally distant OPPORTUNITY with at the very least one in-individual dedication at their workplace in Charlottesville.
• Fellowship deliverables ought to lead to a scholarly contribution or significant public humanities work partaking a big viewers (e.g., journal article, ebook proposal, chapter, or folio, larger-ed associated pedagogical or curricular end result, documentary, public challenge, and so forth.). Take time to view the work of prior fellows and different Virginia Humanities sponsored initiatives to see the kind of work they assist.
• They don’t fund advocacy or political motion initiatives that promote a sure coverage, completely Ok-12 targeted work, or non-humanities associated initiatives.

Application

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For extra info, go to HBCU Scholars Fellowship.