Apply for a Lepage Center Grant

The Lepage Center is funding up to six grants of up to $5000 this year on the topic of “Labor in Historical Perspective” for projects that creatively engage with the broad range of questions, concerns, policies, and practices raised by the study of the role of labor in history, and how historical study can further public understanding of the present moment.

This theme can encompass any number of historical topics. Examples include but are not limited to agricultural labor, migrant labor, child labor, gig labor, unionization, depictions of labor in media and mass culture, gender and labor, and others. What is most important is historical focus on labor, historical methodology, and a strong component of public engagement.

Each grantee will receive up to $5,000 depending on scope, size and need.

The Lepage Center sponsors an annual public grant program that supports individuals and institutions pursuing historical projects in the public interest. The Center seeks a wide range of submissions from a diverse pool of applicants that are original and imaginative in content and form. Examples include but are not limited to a series of blog posts or podcast conversations, digital and in-person exhibits, an oral history project, an initiative to write a series of op-eds, a mapping project, a digital timeline, a crowd-sourced syllabus, an educational workshop, a multimedia resource, a collaboration with local activists, a monograph, or a walking tour.

Applications are due to the Lepage Center by 11:59 p.m. EST on October 14, 2024. Applications should be emailed as a single attachment (PDF) to lepage@villanova.edu and should not exceed 15 pages. We will respond to applicants by the first week of November.

Applications must include:

• A title 
• A project abstract (250 words)
• A project description, purpose, and its contribution to history in the public interest (1-2 pages)
• A plan of execution, including deliverables, partners, and expected outcomes (1-2 pages)
• A proposed budget (1 page)
• Resumes of principal participants (the total of resumes not to exceed 10 pages)

Further details here: https://www1.villanova.edu/content/university/liberal-arts-sciences/scholarship/centers/lepage-center/grants-outreach/proposals.html