Humanities Innovation Grants
The Modern Language Association awards $3,000 grants every year to support the development of courses and other educational programs in English, languages, and related disciplines that build enrollments and revitalize student interest in the humanities. The grants seek to recognize interdisciplinary and collaborative projects that engage with questions of global, regional, or local significance; that have the potential to offer transformative experiences for learners; that foster lasting connections between individuals and their communities; and that draw on innovative and effective pedagogical practices. Grant recipients will be honored at the awards ceremony during the MLA convention and will be invited to present their project in the convention’s Language and Literature Program Innovation Room.
2023 Winners
We are pleased to congratulate the 2023 grant winners!
- Edurne Beltrán de Heredia Carmona, Coastal Carolina University, “Global Health in Hispanic Communities: Narrative, Storytelling, and Representation”
- Amanda Hamilton-Hollaway and Celeste Rodriguez Louro, University of Western Australia, “Decolonizing the Introductory Linguistics Curriculum”
- Claire Lutkewitte, Nova Southeastern University, “Writing in the Wilderness”
- Michael Moir and Jennifer Ryer, Georgia Southwestern State University, “Writing Southwest Georgia: A Place-Based Approach to the Public Humanities”
- Carlos Yebra López, University College London, “The Digital Revitalization of Endangered Languages in the 21st Century: The Case of Ladino (Judeo-Spanish)”
Thank you to our committee members:
John C. Baskerville, United States Military Academy
Margaret M. Koehler, Otterbein University
Leah S. Marcus, Vanderbilt University
Christian Rubio, Bentley University
Suwako Watanabe, Portland State University
Learn more about these projects and the projects of past grant winners.
Applications
The deadline for this year has passed.
If you have questions about the grant that are not addressed on the FAQs page, please contact the MLA’s office of academic program services and professional development at grants@mla.org.