Penn Faculty

Questions? Please email or call Sara Varney (215.746.5940), the Center's Associate Director.

 

Penn Faculty Fellowships

The Wolf Humanities Center offers fellowships each year to standing faculty at Penn in the humanities and allied departments. The fellowships are for research that relates to the Center's theme for the year in which the award is granted.

Fellows are required to attend the Wolf Humanities Center's weekly Mellon seminars (Tuesdays, noon–1:30pm.)* Fellows present their research at one session and respond to a colleague's paper at another session during the year. In addition to Penn faculty, seminar members include Mellon Postdoctoral Fellows, regional faculty, advanced doctoral students, and the Center's director and topic director. Interested applicants are advised to check well ahead with their department/s to avoid conflicts in scheduling classes and other obligations.


Tenure-track assistant professors may apply for one of the following options:

  • $5000 research fund
  • $3000 research fund and one semester’s course relief, subject to departmental approval

Tenured professors may apply for one of the following options:

  • $5000 research fund
  • $3000 research fund and one semester’s course relief, subject to departmental approval
  • Two semesters’ course relief, subject to departmental approval

Approval of any course relief is required from the applicant’s department chair by the application deadline. Requests for replacement funds from the Wolf Humanities Center must be made by the fellow's department chair. 


Wolf's fellowship program does not support lecturers or professors of practice at this time. Non-tenure-stream faculty are welcome to apply for the Center's professional development and funding opportunities (e.g., Manuscript Workshops, Humanities Against Discrimination, Event Cosponsorship.)

Call for Applications, 2025–2026 

Research Topic: Truth
Application deadline: February 14, 2025

Applications are now being accepted for research on the topic of Truth, the Center's topic for 2025–26. Please apply via the Interfolio application portal.

Applicants are required to submit an up-to-date CV and a single PDF including the following:

  • Project Title
  • Project Abstract (125 words maximum)
  • Project Proposal (approx. 1000 words)

If you are applying for course relief, please ask your department chair to email Sara Varney by February 14, 2025 with their written approval of your application and course relief request. 

Decisions will be announced before Advance Registration for Fall 2025 begins on March 24, 2025.

Questions? Please email or call Sara Varney (215.746.5940), the Center's Associate Director.

 

Penn Faculty Fellows

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