Radcliffe Institute Exploratory Seminars
Deadline: October 21, 2019
Award Amount: up to $18,000

The Academic Ventures Exploratory Seminar Program provides funding to scholars, practitioners, and artists for collaboration in an interdisciplinary exploration of early-stage ideas. The program encourages intellectual risk taking as participants gather in an intensive seminar setting to explore new fields of research and inquiry. Radcliffe Academic Ventures welcomes proposals that:

• Explore the viability of early-stage research ideas in any discipline or multiple disciplines
• Invite the perspectives of diverse participants and stakeholders to the discussion
• Integrate senior and junior scholars from institutions in the greater Boston area, across the United States, or around the world
• Demonstrate risk taking and creativity

The lead applicant must be either a Harvard ladder (tenured or tenure-track) faculty member (from any school) or a former or current Radcliffe fellow; co-applicants may apply with lead applicants who meet eligibility requirements. An exploratory seminar accommodates roughly 12-20 participants.