The History of Economics Society is pleased to announce a new call for submissions for the New Initiatives Fund program (deadline May 15).

Created in 2013, the New Initiatives Fund is one of the most recent instruments devised by the society to fulfill its institutional goals. The program supports projects that will provide benefits to the community of historians of economics beyond the creation of new knowledge per se. Such projects might include building interaction, disseminating knowledge and access to resources, engaging younger scholars, or reaching out to broader audiences both within and outside of academia, as well other endeavors that promote a public good for our community. (Note that the NIF currently does not provide funding to cover open-access fees or similar publication subventions.)

The title New Initiatives Fund signals our openness to creative, out-of-the-box proposals. Our purpose is to rely on the knowledge, experience, and insight of our members to devise ways to build and promote the history of economics community. The Society is particularly receptive to proposals that bring new scholars into our conferences or otherwise create scholarly interaction between members and non-members. Initiatives funded in the past have ranged from summer schools, through digital resources to a podcast series.

Competition for funding is open to HES members only. The Society allocates a total of $35,000 per year in support of New Initiatives. Each proposal may request up to $10,000 in funding. The submissions received will be vetted by a New Initiatives Committee appointed by the HES President; recommendations of this committee are then voted on by the full Executive Committee. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the ways in which the project could have a lasting impact in the field and support the mission of HES, as specified above.

Multi-year initiatives will be viewed more favorably if they include plausible plans for developing independent sources of ongoing funding. Funding from the Society is not an ongoing commitment but may be renewed at the committee’s discretion.

Details on the submission process can be found on our website at:

 

 

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