RDE Cluster Grants are available through the Mellon Redefining Doctoral Education (RDE) funding at the Center for the Humanities. In the first years of the RDE initiative, individual faculty members applied for funding to create innovative courses or seek out new skills. With this next stage, the Cluster Grant approach asks faculty members to imagine how RDE funding could benefit a department or program as a whole. This approach can build momentum for necessary changes in areas like curriculum, dissertations, mentoring, and diverse career outcomes. With multiple faculty collaborating around shared concerns, the ripple effects of Cluster Grants can be exponential.
We are eager to collaborate with departments and programs seeking to reimagine and redefine doctoral education. Because the needs and aspirations of every program are different, we are taking a tailored approach to best serve those interested rather than a general open call. If this sounds like a good fit, we will work with you to develop a proposal. Efforts that RDE funding could support include (but are not limited to) workshops and trainings, working groups, community partner relationships and other public engagement, site visits, guest speakers, symposia, or other forms of program development.
