Alan Rutenberg, research development manager in the Office of Research and Engagement, will host two workshops to help researchers become more successful in obtaining funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

Successful NEH Proposals

This workshop will discuss the key elements of a successful fellowship proposal and will analyze successful proposals found on the NEH website as models. The discussion will be highly relevant to other applications, including the NEH summer stipend, NEH digital fellowship, and other national humanities fellowships.

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The start of a new year brings additional recognition and awards for UT faculty, staff, and students: Music student named Marshall Scholar; Assistant Art Professor receives a Creative Capital Award; History professor honored with the James Henry Breasted Prize; Distinguished Professor of Anthropology receives the Patty Jo Watson Award; Nuclear engineering doctoral students recognized for outstanding scientific excellence; Four student researchers from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science received awards at SC20; Child and Family Studies doctoral candidate awarded the Wesley Burr Graduate Student Scholarship. Continue reading →

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Geoffrey Herd’s passion for the violin is infectious. His enthusiasm has attracted students from China, Thailand, and throughout the United States to study at the University of Tennessee. But now he is sharing his love of string instruments a little closer to home. Continue reading →

A study conducted by Stanford University researchers named 156 UT faculty members among the top 2 percent of scientists in the world for research citations. The database includes about 156,000 scientists worldwide whose work has been most cited by peers throughout their careers. The list includes current and former scientists across more than 75 disciplines from UT Knoxville, the UT Institute of Agriculture, and the UT Space Institute.

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International research collaborations have been shown to support robust outcomes due to the diversity of viewpoints, training backgrounds, and methods. In addition, leveraging equipment, research sites, or resources across the globe can be essential to the project and publications with international co-authors tend to increase scope of impact of the publication. Yet, faculty involved in international research face unique challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading →