Wayne State University is pleased to host an in-person National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant application workshop on October 23, 2024. The workshop location will be on Wayne State University's main campus. The workshop will be held at McGregor Memorial Conference Center.

Our guest speaker will be Dr. Mark Silver, senior program officer in the Division of Research Programs at NEH, who will conduct this free workshop on applying for NEH grants. The workshop is open to the public.  Anyone interested in learning about NEH funding opportunities and application strategies is encouraged to register to attend this event. 

The schedule will be as follows:

8:30 - Registration

8:45 - Welcome by host institution

9:00 a.m. - Virtual presentation by Michigan Humanities (James Nelson)

9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Overview of NEH programs plus application tips (Mark Silver)

10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Question and comment period

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. Break

11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Mock Panel Session (Mark Silver with local faculty volunteers)

12:15 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. Question and comment period

12:30-12:35 p.m. - Closing by hosts

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Private appointments with Mark Silver.

Day 2

8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. - Private appointments with Mark Silver.

In addition to providing general information at the workshop, Dr. Silver will be available to meet individually with prospective applicants to discuss their projects and offer advice about proposals. Space is limited, and priority for individual appointments will be given to those who submit a one-page, single-spaced statement of their project by October 9th to research@wayne.edu. While it is best and highly encouraged to participate in the full workshop, you may schedule an individual appointment if you cannot attend the main session. Appointments for one-on-one meetings are in person and will be available on October 23 from 2 to 5:00 p.m., and October 24 from 9 a.m. to noon. Each appointment will last 15 minutes. To request a one-on-one meeting, please complete the registration, and select the timeframe that you are interested in, and we will do our best to accomodate your selection. 

The one-page document should include your name, and if applicable, your title, department and institution at the top of the page. Your statement should focus on the intellectual significance of your project. 

About Dr. Mark Silver: 

Mark Silver is a senior program officer in NEH’s Division of Research Programs. He works primarily with the Fellowships, Summer Stipends, and Public Scholars programs, but he has also chaired review panels in the Collaborative Research and Scholarly Editions and Translations programs. He has taught Japanese language and literature as a faculty member at Middlebury College, Connecticut College, and Colgate University. He is the author of reviews and peer-reviewed articles in Japanese Studies, as well as a book titled Purloined Letters: Cultural Borrowing and Japanese Crime Literature, 1868-1937 (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2008). He holds a Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Literatures from Yale University.