Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere

Bess de Farber (UF Smathers Libraries Grants Manager)

This humanities fellowship- and grant-writing workshop will teach humanities scholars and students how to navigate funding websites in the humanities to confirm eligibility and appropriateness, and to create a checklist to plan a successful proposal submission. Participants will learn how to prepare proposal checklists using sponsor guidelines that can be found on the funding agency’s website, to ensure that applicants can successfully prepare a competitive proposal that fulfills the sponsor’s requirements to the letter.

What should you bring?

We will meet in a computer lab, but some participants may be sharing a computer. Please bring a suitable method of taking notes.
If you have an idea of a funding agency whose fellowships and grants you are interested in exploring, please bring it with you.
What will you get from this?

An understanding of how to navigate funding agency websites
An understanding of how to know what a funding agency does and does not want to fund
A concrete plan for undertaking your next fellowship or grant proposal for a specific funding opportunity
How do I RSVP?

This event is open to all faculty and graduate students in the humanities, as well as advanced undergraduate students preparing funding proposals.
Seating is limited so please RSVP to humanities-center@ufl.edu with your name, department, and appointment (e.g., faculty, PhD student, MA student, etc.) by Wednesday November 8th.

Bess de Farber is the University of Florida Libraries’ grants manager, and previously served as the University of Arizona Libraries’ grants manager. She has provided grantsmanship instruction throughout the past 28 years, and has led efforts to secure millions in grant funding for nonprofits and academic libraries. Her research interest is asset-based collaboration development. As a certified professional facilitator through the International Association of Facilitators, she invented the CoLAB Planning Series®, large group processes, for individuals and organizations seeking new collaborative partnerships. This process has served more than 2,500 individuals and 600 organizations since 2002. de Farber has served on grants panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, Education Foundation of Palm Beach County, Arizona State TRIF (Technology Research Initiative Fund) Awards, and The Children’s Trust (Dade County). As program officer for the Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin Counties and Palm Beach County Cultural Council she managed the allocation of funds for arts and culture, human and race relations, and social services. She holds a Master of Nonprofit Management from Florida Atlantic University, and Bachelor of Music from the University of Southern California. She is the author of Collaborative Grant-Seeking: A Practical Guide for Librarians (2016), and co-author of Collaborating with Strangers: Facilitating Workshops in Libraries, Classes, and Nonprofits (2017).

This event is part of the 2017-18 humanities fellowship- and grant-writing series organized by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere with support from the CLAS Dean’s Office and the UF Office of Research.
For more information, please email humanities-center@ufl.edu. You can also find this event on Facebook!