International Travel Fund for Humanistic Research

• Eligible applicants must be full time teaching or research professors; full time multiterm lecturers; or tenured or tenure-track faculty members at KU who engage in humanistic research. Such faculty do not have to occupy faculty lines in explicitly “humanities” disciplines, departments, or schools. 
• Proposed international travel must initiate prior to June 30, 2026.
• Proposed research topics must have a humanistic dimension. Interdisciplinary projects are encouraged.
• Attendance or participation in an international conference are not eligible activities under this fund.
• Applicants must seek funding to pursue research on an international topic that will lead to scholarly publication.
• Applicants who have previously received support from this fund must submit a one-page, post-activity report detailing project outcomes of the funded travel to be considered for the current award competition.
• Applicants who have not received support from the International Travel Fund for Humanistic Research fund within the past three years will receive priority. 

In addition to supporting the faculty member’s research activity, this award is intended to help develop the international orientation, expertise, and outreach of KU.

• Interdisciplinary humanistic proposals involving STEM disciplines are especially encouraged.
• While KUIA will review all proposals submitted for faculty research, the most compelling proposals will:
  • show how the project will contribute in a direct way to the internationalization of KU’s curriculum by, for example, showing how the contents of at least one of their regular courses will be modified or how a new course will be developed;
  • speak to the project’s contribution to institutional internationalization as a core foundation that informs Jayhawks Rising. Examples might include, and are not limited to: the development of new collaborative research projects; faculty mobility toward joint funding or publication opportunities; international partnership or collaboration development; international student recruitment; and/or outbound student mobility;
  • engage with two or more strategic priorities within the Jayhawks Rising Framework that grow KU research, expand research impact, further student success, or promote healthy and vibrant communities.

Grants are awarded based on the quality of proposals as evaluated against the review criteria. This program neither collects nor considers information about applicants' legally protected identities, and grants are awarded without regard for race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability, status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, gender identity, gender expression, and genetic information.

KUIA is currently accepting proposals through an online application form.

The application will require you to upload the following PDF documents:

• full project description, 3-page maximum
• detailed budget with other sources of funding; note matching funds are required for partnership development projects
• letter of endorsement from your Dean or department chair

Only complete proposal submissions will be considered. Proposals must be submitted no later than 5 p.m. on March 5, 2025.