Extramural Coordinated Funding

UM Submission Instructions: Humanities Without Walls 2022 Grand Research Challenge 2022

Sponsor:	Humanities Without Walls
Award Title:	Humanities Without Walls 2022 Grand Research Challenge
Amount:	$150,000 Up to $150,000
UM Deadline:	10/01/2022
Sponsor Deadline:	11/15/2022
Description:	To be eligible for funding, research teams must: include participants from at least two HWW Consortial partner Institutions OR include participants from one HWW consortial partner institution and one of more of the following: -- Regional and Community Colleges -- Predominantly Minority Serving Institutions -- Historically Black Colleges and Universities -- Tribal Colleges and Universities -- Community organizations The Principal Investigator (PI) on the primary project must be tenure-line faculty at any of the Humanities Without Walls consortial institutions and come from a discipline within the humanities and/or arts. If partnering with one or more HWW consortial partner institutions, the PIs on the collaborating universities’ subawards must also be tenure-line faculty members. Teams may include scholars from any discipline. For-profit entities are not eligible to be project partners.
Number of Applicants University is Allowed to submit:	Unlimited; LOI Required
Additional Requirements:	None
Sponsor Guidelines:	https://www.humanitieswithoutwalls.illinois.edu/initiatives/HWW3-research-challenge/rfp.html
UM Nominations Process:	LOI Instructions: UMN PIs must contact the Institute for Advanced Study, and their department chair and college dean, no later than October 1, 2022 with an email indicating intent to apply for this grant, the project title, and all external collaborators and their institutions. Send the LOI via email to ias@umn.edu and jburba@umn.edu with “HWW - Intent to Apply” in subject line. Subaward PIs must contact their HWW consortial institution contact (https://www.humanitieswithoutwalls.illinois.edu/contact.html), department chairs, and college deans (when applicable) no later than October 1, 2022 with an email indicating intent to apply for this challenge, the project title, and all external collaborators and their institutions. All applicants from consortial institutions are encouraged to inform their member institution contacts of interest in this opportunity as early as possible.
Peer Review Coordination:	Institute for Advanced Study contact email
Status:	No longer accepting applications.
Please note:	To be considered for peer review and internal selection, faculty must follow the above submission guidelines and meet the UM deadline as set by the office coordinating the peer review for this opportunity.

General Information

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Internal Requirements

Sponsor: Name of funder.
Award Title: Funding opportunity nameAmount: Range/Maximum dollar amount awarded.
UMN Deadline: Submission deadline for internal proposal as determined by the coordinating office.
Sponsor Deadline: External deadline identified by the sponsor.
Description: General information about the sponsor and the funding opportunity. Usually describes the purpose of the funding opportunity, overview of what the sponsor is looking for, including distinctive criteria. This is not meant to take the place of the sponsor guidelines; please read the sponsor guidelines before deciding to apply.
Number of Applicants University is Allowed to Submit: The maximum number of applications the sponsor will allow the university to submit.
Additional Requirements: Identifies any special requirements such as cost sharing, partners, etc.
Sponsor Guidelines: Link to the sponsor’s funding opportunity website.
UMN Nominations Process: Contains specific internal submission requirements including internal proposal instructions, deadline, eligibility, internal nomination process, contact information.
Peer Review Coordination: The name and contact email of the office coordinating the funding opportunity. RIO coordinates most limited submissions, but opportunities coordinated by other offices or programs are also posted on this webpage.
Status:
- Open: UM deadline has not passed and the opportunity is open for application.
- Forecasted: The funder has not yet formally published the opportunity. The deadline has yet to be determined.
- Archived: The opportunity has been archived by the funder.
- Spots Remaining: UMN deadline has passed, with some applicant spots still available. Contact collabor@umn.edu if interested
- First-Come, First-Served: Applicants accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact collabor@umn.edu if interested
- Contact Us: The internal deadline has passed, but no applicants were selected. Please contact the office coordinating the peer review for more information.
- In Review: Peer review process is in progress for the opportunity.
- PI Selected: The PI(s) have been selected as the official UMN nominees.
- Closed: UMN is no longer accepting applications.

UMN Selection Process

Once the internal deadline has passed, if the number of applicants is less than or equal to the number of spots the university is allowed to send forward, the applicants automatically become the UMN nominee(s).
If the status of an opportunity is "First-Come, First-Served", there was not time to hold an internal review. Applicants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
If there are no applicants, the status will change to "Contact Us". At this point, the opportunity changes to a first-come, first-served opportunity.
If there are multiple applicants, the office coordinating the nomination will determine the review criteria and coordinate the review process. The status will change to "In Review".
Once the review has been completed all parties will be notified via email.
Nominees will be provided with an email from RIO (or the designated coordinating office) indicating that they are the university's nominee. This letter should accompany the nominee's proposal.
SPA is notified of the university's nominee(s) and the status is updated to "PI(s) Selected".

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