Flexible Research Grants for Scholars: Educational Entrepreneurship Grants
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
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Grant Type
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Eligible organizations
- Full-time faculty at an accredited college or university
Other requirements
- We welcome applicants from outside the US to apply.
Not eligible / not funded
- Not eligible: Institutional overhead
- Not eligible: Indirect costs
Overview
The Institute for Humane Studies provides Flexible Research Grants for Scholars focused on Educational Entrepreneurship. These grants support full-time faculty in enhancing undergraduate programs in the classical liberal tradition. Eligible projects include mentorship, reading groups, and innovative initiatives that encourage student engagement and research. The grants also offer exclusive access to the IHS Digital Community, facilitating successful event management and fostering meaningful interactions between students and speakers, particularly around America's 250th anniversary.
Flexible Research Grants for Scholars: Educational Entrepreneurship Grants
The Institute for Humane Studies offers grants for entrepreneurial faculty to support their undergraduate programming and teaching in the classical liberal tradition.
Eligible projects can include mentorship, reading groups, discussion colloquia, student symposia, and innovative requests that help students with their research and conference presentations or enable undergraduates to explore and apply classical liberal ideas.
If you’re planning to host public lectures, please consider incorporating opportunities for students to engage with the speakers in a meaningful way, such as reading groups or pre-event/post-event meetings with the speakers. We’re particularly interested in funding lectures that engage with liberal themes related to America’s 250th anniversary.
All grants include exclusive access to the IHS Digital Community, which offers digital tools including registration to support you in running a successful event.
Eligibility
Applicants must be full-time faculty at an accredited college or university.We welcome applicants from outside the US to apply.
Ineligibility
IHS grants cannot support institutional overhead or indirect costs.
What Institute for Humane Studies actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 71
- Total given
- $1.76M
- Median grant
- $20K
- Range
- $5,430–$93K
- By dollars: Virginia 10%, New York 10%, California 8%. Top recipient cities: Washington, DC; New York, NY; New Orleans, LA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY
Student development & education/research grants
$93K
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA
Student development & education/research grants
$62K
Cairn University-Langhorne · Langhorne, PA
Student development & education/research grants
$60K
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI
Student development & education/research grants
$55K
Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL
Student development & education/research grants
$50K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Education
- Teacher development
- Academic enrichment
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