Luce Initiative on East and Southeast Asian Archaeology and Early History

To: Chairs, Departments in the Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences
From: Heather Daniels, Graduate School
Date: October 3, 2008
Subject: Luce Initiative on East and Southeast Asian Archaeology and Early History

Deadlines:

Nominations are due at the Graduate School on Friday, October 17; Applications are due for internal review at 4:30 pm, Friday, October 24.

Project Description:

The Program's goals are to strengthen institutional capacity for training and research in the archaeology and early history of East and Southeast Asia; contribute strategically to development of this field in North America and Asia; and build relationships between individual scholars and institutions in North America and Asia.

Proposals may request funding in only one of the two categories listed below.

New Faculty Position: To support the creation of a new faculty position in East/Southeast Asian archaeology. A grant can be applied toward salary and benefits for the new position. Institutions must commit to make the faculty position permanent at the conclusion of the grant. Grants of up to $500,000 will be awarded for new faculty positions

Collaborative Research: To support a collaborative research project involving North American and Asian institutions. A proposed project should fill critical gaps by focusing on new or underdeveloped areas of research and provide opportunities for training. These grants are intended to support collaborations of an institutional nature rather than individual scholarly research projects. Grants of up to $300,000 will be awarded for collaborative research.

Eligibility:

UW-Madison may submit one proposal. The Graduate School will convene an ad hoc review committee to review the proposals internally and select the project to be forwarded.

Website:

Luce Initiative on East and Southeast Asian Archaeology and Early History
This website contains some additional information on the program and a list of previous recipients and their projects.

Grant guidelines and proposal information PDF

Internal Competition Application Instructions:

Notice of intent: Send an email message to gsgrants@bascom.wisc.edu by Friday, October 17, 2008 to inform us of your intention to submit a proposal. Please include the following in your email message:

--name and full contact information for the PI
--names and departments of the Co-PIs
--the type of grant request (new faculty position or collaborative research)

PIs will be notified if an application for internal competition needs to be submitted.

Applications for internal competition: Your application for the internal competition should include the following information:

1. Prepare applications in 12-point font,1.5 or double spaced.

2. Applications should include:

-- Cover page with proposal title, full contact information (building address, phone, email) for the PI
-- 1 page executive summary explaining the scholarly significance and expected outcomes
-- 3 pages describing the nature and goal of the collaboration as well as the background of individual and institutional relationships on which the collaboration is built (for collaborative research projects) OR 3 pages explaining the rationale for, and provide a detailed description of the proposed position (new faculty position).
-- For new faculty position proposals include a letter of support for making the faculty position permanent from the dean of the school/college.

3. Save application as a pdf file.

4. Submit the application as an email attachment to gsgrants@bascom.wisc.edu by 4:30 pm, Friday, October 24, 2008 with Luce-PI’s name in the subject line of the email message.

For the candidate selected, the application must be submitted via paper. Deadline is 5 pm, Monday, December 15, 2008.

If you have any questions about this procedure, please contact Heather Daniels (608) 263-7274 or Petra Schroeder (608) 265-4868 or email gsgrants@bascom.wisc.edu

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