The Furman Humanities Center (FHC) proudly supports travel to research libraries, archives, and exhibitions, given the centrality of archival and immersive research to advancing and opening up avenues of human inquiry, creative inquiry, and producing serious scholarly studies. We therefore offer travel funding during the summer months to catalyze and enrich humanities and humanities-adjacent research and creative projects undertaken by current Furman faculty, staff, and students. The FHC Archival Research Fellowship aims to enhance the study of the human condition and human experience, as well as to develop human-centered solutions to real-world challenges in our increasingly technology-driven society. The objectives of FHC archival research fellowships are articulated as follows: 1) Advance research and creative endeavors from conception to fruition, supporting researchers through beginning, middle, and final stages of their projects and careers; 2) Foster and make possible ambitious and/or public-facing research; 3) Create a supportive and collaborative research community among humanities researchers at Furman. FHC Archival Research Fellowships of up to $2,500 per person are typically used for travel between the months of May and August of the current year. Exceptions can be made in terms of timing, but rationale and justification for diverting from conducting archival research over the summer must be provided. NB: Except in extraordinary circumstances, the Furman Humanities Center cannot fund archival research projects that can be covered by departmental endowments or research funds provided through endowed chairships or named professorships. FHC Archival Fellows may travel to source archives, archival research sites, research libraries, exhibitions, and performances in and outside the US that are central to developing research and/or creative projects. Applicants must be full-time students or employees at Furman University. Students must be declared humanities majors or working under the close mentorship of humanities faculty. FHC Archival Fellowships cannot be used for travel to deliver papers at conferences or professional meetings; for the purchase of books, articles, software, or hardware; for help with manuscript preparation; or for non-research project or non-creative-project purposes. ****Applications are vetted on a rolling basis by FHC Faculty and Student Board Members through March 20; applicants will be notified shortly after evaluation about whether they have been awarded funding.**** Recipients will be asked to share and celebrate their archival research discoveries and project progress in an FHC-sponsored CLP. These CLP events typically occur the semester following the FHC funded archival research trip.