The Office of the Vice Provost for Research is proud to announce the inaugural recipients of seed funding from the MUSE: Arts, Humanities, and Humanistic Social Sciences Funding at Tufts.

The goal of MUSE is to provide support for arts, humanities, and humanistic social sciences projects that have limited options for extramural funding.

In this initial round, seven proposals totaling $50,000 were funded to propel the field forward, elevate the visibility of scholarly and artistic endeavors at Tufts, and/or further Tufts' commitment to social justice and racial equity.

Please join us in congratulating the following teams who were selected for awards:

ReSentencing Volume Two: an arts journal on the impact of incarceration
Team Lead: Hilary Binda (TUPIT, Tisch College)
Team Members: John Lurz (A&S), Chantal Zakari (SMFA), Abigail Child (SMFA), Kevin Dunn (A&S), Michael Smoot (SMFA), Simon Han (A&S), Ravi Shankar (A&S), Erin Kelly (A&S), Daniel Santamaria (DCA, Tisch Library), students and external collaborators

The Stories We Tell: A History of African American Genealogy
Team Lead: Kendra Field (History, A&S)

A Life at the Crossroads: A Biography of Alioune Diop
Team Lead: Elizabeth Foster (History, A&S)

Modeling American Migration Aspirations – Third Wave (10-Year Follow-Up)
Team Lead: Helen Marrow (Sociology, A&S)

Terra Plena: Indigenous Sovereignty, Land Art and Conservation
Team Lead: Lilian Mengesha (Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, A&S)
Team Members: Elisa Peebles (A&S) and Dina Deitch (Art Gallery)

Archiving Political Resistance - Woman Life Freedom (WLF) Online Museum
Team Lead: Neda Moridpour (3D, Sculpture, and Performance Area, SMFA)

Teaching Sinai: An Interdisciplinary Workshop
Team Lead: Alice Sullivan (History of Art and Architecture, A&S)

For more information about MUSE or other OVPR internal funding programs, please contact us at springboard@tufts.edu.