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Support the Humanities

Through your generosity, the UF humanities scholarship can thrive and make a lasting impact in our community.

 

CHPS exists because people choose to invest in the humanities — not as an “extra,” but as a vital part of how we understand our world, strengthen our communities, and prepare students to lead with clarity, empathy, and insight. Your gift helps keep humanities work visible and active at UF: supporting research and teaching, building hands-on opportunities for students, and creating public programs that invite broader audiences into meaningful conversations about culture, history, and the stories that shape civic life.

With the support of generous friends like you, CHPS can keep offering the kinds of opportunities that turn curiosity into research, research into public engagement, and learning into real-world pathways: through grants and fellowships, student programs, events and workshops, and new initiatives like digital humanities that expand access to knowledge in creative, interactive ways.

If you would like more information about additional giving opportunities in the center, please contact Rothman Chair and Director, Prof. Jaime Ahlberg at jlahlberg@ufl.edu.

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GIVING DAY IS FEB. 19, 2026Invest in the Humanities. Support scholarship, research and our community.

Because of donor support, CHPS has funded more than $122,000 in grants and fellowships and supported 100+ events connecting scholarship with community.

On Giving Day, you can help us continue this momentum — expanding research support, student opportunities, and public humanities programming at UF and beyond.

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How You Can Support

 

The Tedder Family Endowment

Based on a gift by Susan and Warren Tedder, the Tedder Family Doctoral Fellowship supports humanities research by UF doctoral students. Annual funds cover research expenses, including travel, related to dissertation projects. The Advisory Board of the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere selects two Tedder Family Doctoral Fellows in the Humanities per year. Gifts made to the Tedder Family Doctoral Fellowship in the Humanities Fund will be dedicated to doctoral research.

The Humanities Fund

The Humanities Fund is an endowment that supports a range of programming and activities related to teaching, research, and service in the humanities in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The spendable funds have been used to advance scholarship and international research exchange at UF. In recent years, for example, the fund has supported an international symposium on “Imagining Congo, Imagining Africa, and Text-Image Assemblages” and the “XII Florida Cervantes Symposium.”

The Center for Humanities and Public Sphere Fund

The Humanities Center’s newest fund is non-endowed and dedicated to supporting short term projects and one-off programming. For example, a one-time gift may make possible a symposium, a conference, or the invitation of a significant speaker.

 

Contributions by check can be made to the center at any time. Simply send your check made payable to “UF Foundation” with the fund name referenced in the memo to:

UF CLAS Development, PO Box 117300, Gainesville, FL 32611

To learn more about the various ways you can make a gift including pledges, employer matching, and a variety of planned giving opportunities, please visit https://advancement.clas.ufl.edu/ or contact Advancement by phone 352-294-1971.

The University of Florida Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)3 organization; therefore, your gift may be eligible for a charitable income tax deduction.