Grants, Fellowships, and Research Funding
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Erin Beeghly receives NEH grant
Erin Beeghly, assistant professor of philosophy, was the only scholar in Utah to receive a fellowship. With the $35,000 grant, she’ll research and write a book-length study on the problem of stereotyping.
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The Second Language Teaching and Research Center designated as a Title VI National Foreign Language Resource Center
Every four years, the U.S. Department of Education designates sixteen Title VI centers across the country to support language teaching and learning.
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Building an Educational Bridge
Strong community, resilient history and vibrant traditions are key elements of the Pacific Islands culture. These same elements are the foundation of a Pacific Islands Studies initiative at the University of Utah—and a new $600,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will allow major acceleration of this effort.
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University of Utah and BYU receive $6.8 million from Department of Education
The grant supports international education and language study.
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Avery Holton receives fellowship exploring the changing identity of journalists
Avery Holton, assistant professor of communication, has been selected from a competitive pool of international scholars as a Digital Journalism Research Fellow by Oslo Metropolitan University, where he will share and advance his work examining the changing identity of journalists.
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Three Humanities Faculty Members Selected for National Humanities Center Summer Fellowships
Avery Holton, Noel Voltz, and Jeremy Rosen have all been selected for a 2018 National Humanities Center (NHC) Summer Fellowship.
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Two Humanities Students Receive Fulbright Awards for 2018-2019
Three University of Utah students have been selected as finalists for the prestigious Fulbright scholarship. Zoe Diener, Kevin Priest and Daniel Ybarra have received a highly competitive Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant.
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Portuguese Immersion Teachers and Students Supported by U
In spring 2018, the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at the University of Utah successfully secured a federal STARTALK grant from the National Security Agency to fund summer teacher and student programs for the study of Portuguese.
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Bradley Parker Awarded NEH Grant
Associate professor of History, Bradley Parker, has been awarded a $200,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant to study Inca and Wari Imperialism in Peru.
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Institute of Education Sciences (IES) funds Utah Dual Language Immersion Study
The University of Utah and the Utah State Board of Education are partnering with the American Councils Research Center (ARC) and American University to study dual language immersion (DLI) in Utah Public Schools.
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Professor Danielle Endres Awarded $25k NSF Grant for Workshop on Energy Democracy
Congratulations to Professor Danielle Endres, who has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.