FUNDING/OPPORTUNITY: Public Humanities Fellowship

Applications are open for the 2025-26 Public Humanities Fellowship program offered by Oregon State University’s PRAx Center. The theme of this year’s fellowship is “Trust in the Age of Generative AI,” asking applicants to consider how they might contribute to public-facing projects “that will deepen political, ethical and/or social engagement with issues related to data and generative AI.” From the opportunity page:

[F]ellows will explore issues related to privacy, agency, and public trust, from copyright and compensation to the right to a human decision to whether machines can and should “forget.” When we can no longer rely on traditional understandings of when and where records are being kept, how do we develop new understandings informed by current technology? As understandings of privacy, agency, and public information are disrupted, is it possible or desirable to restore human trust in the age of generative AI?

Applications are welcome from scholars, writers, and community/non-profit leaders whose work engages with humanistic forms of inquiry, and are due April 25, 2025. The fellowship will involve one in-person meeting in Oregon in September 2025, followed by monthly online cohort meetings and culminating in the delivery of a public humanities project in summer 2026. The fellowship carries a stipend of $4,000.