Application Instructions:

To apply, please submit a proposal through the Franco Institute's web portal with the following:

- The original funding proposal submitted to the relevant governmental agency, compiled as a single PDF (including narrative, budget, and any supporting documents)
 

- A one-page (~500 word) summary / overview of:

• The current state of the project, including any milestones that have been hit as well as progress toward medium- and long-term goals. 
• High-level revisions to scope or focus, including shift in geographic focus / range, timelines, events cancelled or shifted online, etc.      
  
   

- Revised budget (please use the Institute’s budget template)

 

- Documentation of Grant Cancellation

• We understand that communication regarding the cancellation of these grants may be inconsistent, unclear, or non-standard. Emailed announcements (with sender name/office included), scans of hard-copy cancellation notices, or other non-standard communications can and will serve as evidence of a cancelled grant. If you were informed of a cancelled grant through ND Research or another on-campus office, please include a copy of that email including the relevant ND staff member’s name. 

Franco  Seminars are designed to open up spaces for focused, interdisciplinary dialogue on novel or enduring questions in the liberal arts. Scholars are invited to propose a series of workshops, reading groups, or public events in combination over a period of no longer than 18 months. Although Franco Seminars may initiate a longer project or program of study, they are designed to be self-contained opportunities for faculty and students in the College to come together around an idea or problem for a set period of time.

Franco Faculty Seminars will take one of two forms:

1. Reading groups or workshops culminating in a large-scale event organized by seminar participants.
2. A series of two-to-three public lectures or discussions addressing the proposed topic.

These seminars will be hosted by the Franco Institute and supported by the Institute’s events team. Aside from reading groups, workshops, and planning meetings, all sponsored events must be open to the public and take place on the University of Notre Dame main campus or in South Bend.

Applications must be submitted through the Franco Institute’s Submittable portal by 11:59 p.m. on September 1, 2025. Late submissions or submissions submitted via email will not be accepted. Decisions will be announced in mid-October.