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New Requirement: All applications for this internal competition must be submitted via InfoReady. You can sign in using your Net-ID and your @stonybrook.edu email address. Please allow sufficient time to familiarize yourself with the portal prior to submitting your pre-application. Pre-application requirements are listed in the announcement below.

The Office for Research and Innovation invites applications to the NEH Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence program. The program aims to support a more holistic understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) in the modern world through the creation of new humanities research centers on artificial intelligence at eligible institutions. Stony Brook University can submit ONE application for this program.

Please see below for details. If you are interested in applying, you must submit a pre-application via the Humanities Research Centers on AI Portal in InfoReady by Monday, August 11, 2025 at 9 am. Pre-applications for internal review and selection must be uploaded to the portal as a single PDF document.

WHAT DOES IT FUND: The purpose of this program is to support the establishment of new collaborative humanities research centers focused on gaining a clearer understanding of AI and its implications for the United States. A center supports collaboration among scholars to explore a specific topic through research, as well as spreading knowledge about that research through educational or outreach activities. Centers may include scholars from diverse disciplines, but must be focused on asking humanities questions and should be led by humanists. Successful applicants will work to establish a sustainable center and engage in at least two activities that support research into the social and cultural aspects of AI.

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS: No restrictions. Scholars may come from one or more institutions. NEH welcomes international collaboration, but scholars at U.S. institutions must oversee and set the agenda for the center.

AWARD: Up to $500,000 for 36 months, with a maximum of $200,000 per year. You may also request an additional $250,000 in federal matching funds. NEH does not require cost sharing in this program unless you request federal matching funds.

SPONSOR DEADLINE: October 1, 2025

A complete pre-application should comprise of the following:
  • Project team (2 pages maximum): List the members of the core project team, surname first. Designate the project director and any co-directors, then group other team members by institutional affiliation. Explain how each team member will contribute to the creation and/or operation of the Center.
  • Narrative (5 pages maximum, single-spaced. Do not include an executive summary, cover page, or table of contents. You may include images, charts, diagrams, footnotes, or endnotes if they fit within the page limit) that includes a project overview, thematic research focus and significance, proposed activities, list of proposed deliverables, institutional context and collaboration, and future plans. 
  • Résumés for core project team members (2 pages maximum per team member)