The Humanities Institute will make available a limited number of subventions up to $1,000 to assist fulltime tenured and tenure-track, or other faculty eligible for a research release, in any Humanities unit from any ASU campus. ASU humanities faculty with subvention costs for single-authored and co-authored works in any language, including creative works (novels, books of essays or poetry). These funds are designed to support those whose publishers make an explicit requirement of subvention funding.
Subventions of up to $1,000 are available on a rolling basis from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 or until funds are depleted.
Eligible expenses also include those that, if not funded, would prevent the publication from going forward, such as extraordinary printing costs for:
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Cover art
- Indexing or copyright permissions, and rights
Ineligible expenses include:
- Costs for publishing textbooks
- Costs for hiring an outside editor
Criteria for the subventions include:
- Publisher’s request for subvention (please include publisher’s email in your application)
- Stature of the press
- Scholarly record of the applicant (please include a short CV detailing the past 3 years of publications and other research output)