National Humanities Center Summer Residency

This annual, four-week summer residency program hosted by the NHC each June is intended to assist faculty in jump-starting or making substantial progress on a current research project. It permits scholars to experience a concentrated period of supported research and intellectual exchange at the Center located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (near Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh), a setting customized for and highly conducive to humanities research and writing. 

Application deadline: February 1, 2025 (11:59 P.M.)

About the National Humanities Center Summer Residency Program

National Humanities Center summer residents are provided individual studies in the NHC's quiet, light-filled, glass building in the woods of Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. They have access to their studies 24/7 during the summer residency program. NHC's renowned library staff assists residents in procuring all books needed for their research by the time they arrive, as well as any requests during their time in residence.

Residents are housed in a hotel located near the Center and provided with continental breakfast and a full lunch from an in-house chef and baker during regular business hours. Lunch in the Commons is famous for the vibrant exchange of ideas and synergistic discussions that inevitably lead to enhanced scholarly output.

NHC Summer Residency Program website

UB an NHC Institutional Sponsor

The UB Humanities Institute (HI), through the support of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development (OVPRED), is pleased to be an NHC Institutional Sponsor, making our faculty eligible to participate in the Summer Residency Program.

HI is soliciting applications from tenure-stream faculty for the National Humanities Center (NHC) 2025 Summer Residency Program (June 2-27) in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (near Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh). This opportunity is open exclusively to faculty at NHC Institutional Sponsors. In fall 2024, the University at Buffalo became one of them.

About the Selection Process

HI will send one UB tenure-stream faculty member to participate as a fellow in the Summer Residency program. The scholar will be selected by an ad hoc committee and must be a faculty member working in the humanities or on a humanities-based project.

How to Apply

Go to the application form

DEADLINE: February 1, 2025 (11:59 P.M., Eastern)

Please provide the following via the online application form:

  • 1-2 page rationale and description of the project
  • Curriculum Vitae 

By submitting your application for the NHC Summer Residency Program, if awarded, you agree to attend, in-person at the National Humanities Center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina from June 2-27, 2025.

A person is seated at a round table with multiple chairs, reading papers on the table in an atrium-like glass walled and ceilinged space, surrounded by woods outside.

A scene from the National Humanities Center.

What's Included

With the generous support of OVPRED, HI will pay for all the expenses of the program ($8,000 for 2025), which covers:

  • housing
  • shuttle service
  • breakfasts and lunches
  • a private study
  • library and administrative support
  • plus, an allocation of $200 towards travel/airfare. 
About UB OVPRED
An OVPRED/HI Program

The Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development advances the university’s scholarly and economic enterprises by nurturing research endeavors and entrepreneurial pursuits within the institution and community, furthering UB’s ambition to be recognized among the Top 25 public research universities in the nation.