Guidelines for Grant Recipients
The Posen Grant Program supports the development and implementation of one or more “core courses” in the history of secular Jewish thought and/or culture. These courses in Jewish thought, history, sociology, anthropology, and other related disciplines—or ideally an interdisciplinary course—examine the process of Jewish secularization over the past three centuries or focus specifically and explicitly on the secular traditions within modernity. The courses must be broadly conceived and not limited to one national experience.
In addition to the core course or courses, the Program funds peripheral—or more specialized—courses on subjects related to the core courses. The peripheral courses need to explicitly examine themes of secularism and secularization, not just cover secular topics, and grant recipients must demonstrate an ability to integrate these courses over time and make them permanent.
Grants may not be used to support existing courses in Jewish culture and civilization, but upon written approval, some funds may be considered to extend such courses to specifically explore issues of Jewish secularisms and secularization. Departments are encouraged to allocate a portion of the grant to faculty seminars and conferences. In order to encourage enrollment by the largest number of students, we prefer that the courses do not have a language requirement. Courses on antisemitism, Middle Eastern politics, or the Holocaust are not included in this grant.
The funds may also be used for guest lecturers or faculty seminars on subjects related to the grant. Finally, while the grants may be used to hire a lecturer or post-doc to teach some of the courses, the Foundation requires that academic programs commit some of their own faculty resources to implement the grant (the grant may be used to “buy-out” such faculty time). The Posen Foundation does not allow the grant budget to be used for overhead or indirect costs.
Guidelines for Grant Continuation:
After the third year with a Posen grant, it is expected that, according to the original grant guidelines, the Posen courses are institutionalized or there is demonstrated progress toward institutionalizing and regularizing the courses with the university absorbing more of the cost of the courses as the Posen grant begins to decrease over time.
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