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WCAS Grant Coordinator for the
Humanities and Social Sciences

The first step in submitting a formal funding application is to notify the WCAS Grant Coordinator:

Contact: Eliza Earle, eearle@wcas.northwestern.edu 

1922 Sheridan Road, phone: 847-491-6655  fax: 847-467-7251

The grant coordinator assists faculty and graduate students with any issue related to funding for research, including:

  • Finding funding opportunities
  • Guidelines and application forms
  • Budgets and third party agreements
  • Electronic proposals: Fastlane, Grants.gov
  • OSR forms and other NU procedures
  • Advocate and liaison to university administrators and sponsoring agencies
 

Research Funding Opportunities

An annotated list of research funding databases, plus federal and internal grant opportunities.

Fellowships Database for Faculty

  • Fellowships with no residency requirements
  • Resident Fellowships and Visiting Scholars
 

How to Submit Grant Proposals

A timeline for the process, with suggestions and tips for proposal writing.

 

Humanities and Social Sciences/External Awards

For funding opportunities in your field, review the sponsors that have supported your department colleagues in the past.

Useful Research links at NU: