Skip to main content

Provost's Grants for Research in Humanities, Social Sciences and the Arts

The Office of the Provost supports excellence in faculty scholarly and creative work through the Provost's Grants for Research in Humanities, Social Sciences and the Arts (HSSA). Faculty in the humanities, social sciences and the arts are eligible for grants awards, which are intended to provide funding in fields with little external or start-up funding.

To apply, please visit the About the Grants page for additional information about the grants and the application process and to access the online proposal form. The deadline for 2023-2024 is January 19, 2024.

Questions may be directed to faculty@northwestern.edu.

2023 Grant Recipients

  • Masi Asare, Theatre, School of Communication - "Rishvor"
  • Danielle Bainbridge, Theatre, School of Communication - "Curio: A Short Documentary"
  • Eliza Bent, Radio/TV/Film, School of Communication - "The Regulars"
  • Clayton Brown, Radio/TV/Film, School of Communication - "Pere Marquette"
  • Larissa Buchholz, Communication Studies and Sociology (by courtesy), School of Communication, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences - "Taste and Value in a Global Cultural Market"
  • Danny M. Cohen, SESP, School of Education and Social Policy - "Choose-Your-Own-Hidden-History"
  • Zayd Dohrn, Radio/TV/Film, School of Communication - "Mother Country Radicals"
  • Sheila Donohue, English, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences - "Woman in Bed: A Portrait of Displaced Identity"
  • Jillana Enteen, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Asian American Studies, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences - "Transitioning in Thailand: The history, development, and future of Trans-related Surgeries by Thais for non-Thais"
  • Mehrnoosh Fetrat, Radio/TV/Film, School of Communication - "Raw, Cooked, Burned"
  • Myrna Garcia, Latina and Latino Studies, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences - "Somos Un Pueblo Sin Fronteras: Contending with INS Terror during Chicago’s Chicano Movement"
  • Pierce Gradone, Radio/TV/Film, School of Communication - "The Winter Way"
  • Sara Hernandez-Saborit, Economics, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences - "The Effects of Montessori Public Schools: A Case Study In Puerto Rico"
  • Brent Huffman, Medill, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications - "Saving the Cultural Heritage of Yemen"
  • Jingjing Ji, Asian Languages and Cultures, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences - "Second-generation Chinese American Mothers' Family Language Policy"
  • Martina Kerlova, German, Slavic, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences - "Lost Home – Return to Home"
  • Fatima Khan, MENA Languages, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences - "Beginning Arabic Letters and Sounds"
  • Greg MacAyeal, McCormick Library of Special Collections, University Libraries, Bienen School of Music - "Dragonetti at Northwestern"
  • Quinn Mulroy, Human Development & Social Policy, School of Education and Social Policy - "The Development of (E)Quality Politics in Higher Education and Workplace Civil Rights Policy"
  • Brett Neveu, Radio/TV/Film, School of Communication - "Behind a Clear Blue Sky"
  • Christina Nguyen, Radio/TV/Film, School of Communication - "Double Vision Double"
  • Kirsten Pike, Communication Program, Northwestern University in Qatar - "Girls' Media in the Women's Liberation Era: Girls Act and Talk Back"
  • Ozge Samanci, Radio/TV/Film, School of Communication - "Evil Eye"
  • Raymond San Diego, Asian American Studies, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences - "Ecologies of Kink"
  • Charif Shanahan, English, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences - "Trace Evidence: Poems"
  • Ines Sommer, Radio/TV/Film, School of Communication - "The Fair"
  • Eric Southern, Theater, School of Communication - "Sin-Eater Lighting Design"
  • Ariel Stess, Radio/TV/Film, School of Communication - "Score"
  • Spencer Striker, Communication Department, Northwestern University in Qatar - "Disinformation, Journalistic Freedom, & Digital Literacy in the Philippines A Learning Game"
  • Ava Thompson Greenwell, Journalism, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications - "Black Woman Professor Magic@ NU"
  • Yan Zhou, Asian Languages and Cultures, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences - "Engaging students in Chinese second language classrooms with multimodal interactional resources"