MAA GSC Grant for Innovation in Community Building and Professionalization

MAA GSC Grant for Innovation in Community Building and Professionalization

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Medieval Academy Of America
Amount: US $2,000
Last Updated: January 03, 2026

Summary

The MAA GSC Grant for Innovation in Community Building and Professionalization, offered by the Medieval Academy of America, aims to foster innovative projects among graduate students. This annual grant of $2,000 encourages collaboration, communication, and community building among medievalists, supporting initiatives such as conferences, workshops, and digital humanities projects. By providing funding, the grant seeks to enhance professionalization and advance academic careers in medieval studies.

Overview

Medieval Academy of America The Medieval Academy of America is the largest organization in the United States promoting excellence in the field of medieval studies. It was founded in 1925 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. The academy publishes the quarterly journal Speculum, and awards prizes, grants, and fellowships. The Medieval Academy supports research, publication, and teaching in medieval art, archaeology, history, law, literature, music, philosophy, religion, science, social and economic institutions, and all other aspects of the Middle Ages. MAA GSC Grant for Innovation in Community Building and Professionalization Examples of such projects include: a graduate student conference an online journal a lecture or workshop series a collective excursion to an archive, museum, architectural or archaeological siteperformances (of medieval music, medieval drama, etc) or the creation of collaborative digital humanities projects, to name but several possibilities This grant is therefore intended to support a wide range of activities by investing in the merits of innovative new approaches that simultaneously build professional communities and promote research, publication, and teaching. Recipients will be invited to present their activities and findings at a special MAA GSC panel at Kalamazoo, Leeds, or the MAA Annual Meeting. In general, one (1) grant of $2,000 will be awarded, but the award may be divided among multiple projects at the discretion of the adjudication committee.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. The award is available to both individuals and groups. When submitting a group application, one individual must be designated as the primary applicant for the project and must remain in this position throughout the implementation of the award (i.e. 12 months from the date of award).At the time of submission, the primary applicant and all collaborators must be graduate students enrolled in full-time programs (without geographic restriction).The primary applicant must remain enrolled in a graduate program during the course of the grant. However, collaborators who complete their course of study within 12 months of the date of the award, but remain members of the MAA, may continue to participate without affecting the status of the grant. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member. All applicants and collaborators must be MAA members in good standing by January 15 of the year in which the application is submitted.