A major National Endowment for the Humanities Regional Application Writing Workshop is scheduled Friday, Feb. 13, at the NDSU McGovern Alumni Center. The workshop will start at 8:30 a.m. and is expected to end about 2:30 p.m.
Russell Wyland, National Endowment for the Humanities deputy director of research programs, will present an overview of agency programs and initiatives. He also will offer strategies for application writing and facilitate a mock peer review panel session.
The National Endowment for the Humanities holds only a limited number of regional workshops each year, and local organizers say they are excited to host the event, which is a collaborative effort of NDSU, Concordia College and the North Dakota Humanities Council.
"This is a great opportunity to learn more about grant opportunities and to hear about strategies for writing applications," said Sheri Anderson, NDSU associate vice president for research development. "There will be participation from organizations in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota, so it also will provide opportunities to network with colleagues from throughout the region."
The National Endowment for the Humanities funds individual scholarly work, as well as projects that enrich and benefit communities. Some of those initiatives have included youth programs, collection development at libraries and digitizing community documents and resources, among many others.
"National Endowment for the Humanities funding represents the pinnacle of research success for humanities scholars and the programs are highly competitive – often fewer than 8 percent of proposals are funded in any one funding cycle," said planning committee member Elizabeth Birmingham, associate dean of the NDSU College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. "This workshop will bring together humanities scholars from across the region to work with a program director so participants might have greater success writing individual and collaborative proposals."
Anyone interested in learning about funding opportunities and application strategies is invited to attend. The event is free, but registration is required at https://sites.google.com/a/ndsu.edu/neh-workshop.
The workshop also will be available through the Interactive Videoconferencing Network, known as IVN. Participants may view the presentations at these North Dakota locations:
- Devils Lake; Lake Region State College, Admin 34
- Dickinson; Dickinson State University, Klinefelter Beck Auditorium
- Fort Yates; Sitting Bull College, SBC 114
- Grand Forks; University of North Dakota, Abbott 119
- Mayville; Mayville State University, Library 120B
- Minot; Minot State University, Memorial Hall 422
- Wahpeton; North Dakota State College of Science, Library 117
- Williston; Williston State College, CTE 144
More sites may be added in Minnesota and South Dakota. Updates will be posted at https://sites.google.com/a/ndsu.edu/neh-workshop/location.
For more information about the workshop, contact Kay Sizer in the NDSU Research Development Office at kay.sizer@ndsu.edu.
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