Preparing Humanities PhDs for Careers in Grant-Writing and Resource Development

May 1, 2024
2:00-3:00pm ET

Whether they continue in academia or pursue careers in other sectors of the workforce, PhD alumni in the humanities often require skills in entrepreneurship, grant-writing, and the cultivation of funders to support research, scholarship, and programs. Responsibilities may involve writing compelling grant proposals as well as understanding the broad range of potential funders and their expectations. Yet based on data from the PhD Career Pathways project, grant-writing was identified as an area where many PhD alumni had not received formal preparation.

To remedy this gap, institutions participating in the Mellon-funded Humanities Coalition have developed projects that provide current humanities doctoral students with the skills and knowledge needed to effectively secure resources for the work they will undertake in their future careers. While these projects are focused on the humanities, many of their lessons are transferable to training in other disciplines.