2022 Mellon Foundation Higher Learning Program: 2022 Call for Concepts

2022 Mellon Foundation Higher Learning Program: 2022 Call for Concepts

D. Carter
J. Duran
A. McComb Sanchez

UArizona is limited to three concept papers total.

Submission will be coordinated with the UA Foundation.

Note: UAF and RDS will work with the selected applicants to provide the "letter from leadership" that is required by the Mellon Foundation for the April 20th registration step. A leadership letter is not required as part of this expedited internal UArizona competition.

In the interest of maintaining a grantmaking portfolio that supports inquiry into issues of vital social, cultural, and historical import, the Higher Learning program at the Mellon Foundation invites ideas for research and/or curricular projects focused on any of the three areas outlined below:

  • Civic Engagement and Voting Rights
  • Race and Racialization in the United States
  • Social Justice and the Literary Imagination

Please see the Mellon Foundation website for full concept paper guidelines.

Internal Deadline
External Deadline
04/20/2022 (Registration) 05/16/2022 (Application)
Solicitation Type

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