UO faculty: Apply for a 2026–27 OHC research or teaching fellowship

Deadline: Monday, October 20, 2025 at 4 p.m. 

The Oregon Humanities Center’s (OHC) Research Fellowships provide faculty with one course release so they can have a term free of teaching to pursue full-time research as part of a community of scholars. 

The OHC Faculty Research Fellowship program identifies, fosters, and promotes innovative humanities research produced by University of Oregon (UO) faculty. These fellowships are for UO tenure-track faculty only, and are awarded annually on a competitive basis.

The term humanities, as used here, includes literature; philosophy; history; religion; ethics; linguistics; the history, theory, and criticism of the arts; and historical or interpretive aspects of the social and natural sciences and the professions.

OHC Teaching Fellowships support the development of new humanistic undergraduate courses or the substantial redesign of existing courses. Teaching fellows are offered summer pay and have the option to request course enrichment funds to support course development and to enhance students’ classroom experience.

Courses are listed in the fellows’ home departments. Proposed courses may be of any size, and they may be introductory or advanced. While courses developed under the OHC Teaching Fellowship program must be primarily intended for undergraduate students, they may also be open to graduate students.

Faculty from diverse backgrounds and disciplines are encouraged to apply.