Opportunities and Resources
Upcoming Opportunities of Note:
Partners in Training, Historic Preservation Education Foundation
Deadline: June 1, 2026
Funding: $5,000-$20,000 (1:1 cost share required)
HPEF’s Partners in Training program furthers its mission of providing training opportunities on technical topics associated with preservation technology. Partners in Training seeks to replicate the success HPEF has enjoyed working with other educational institutions and organizations based in the United States that share its passion for the technical aspects of preservation.
NM Arts
Deadline: Internal competition deadline in late June/early July; NM Arts deadline in October
Funding: $10,000 for two years; requires 2:1 cost share
New Mexico Arts funds nonprofits and governmental organizations for arts activities in the following discipline areas: performing arts, visual arts, literary arts, media arts, multidisciplinary arts (involving more than one artistic discipline), and interdisciplinary arts (relating two or more artistic disciplines). We support programs that foster arts education, arts economic development, performing and visual arts, and contemporary and traditional folk arts in New Mexico.
H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship
Deadline: August 31, 2026
Funding: $18,750-$75,000
The Society of Architectural Historians’ prestigious H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship will be offered for 2026 and will allow a recent graduate or emerging scholar to study by travel for a continuous period of three, six or twelve months. The goal of the fellowship is to provide an opportunity for a recent graduate with an advanced degree or an emerging scholar to see and experience architecture and landscapes firsthand, think about their profession deeply, and acquire knowledge useful for the recipient’s future work, contribution to their profession, and contribution to society.
2027 Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program
Deadline: UNM Limited Competition, late August/early September
Funding: $200,000
Fellowships of $200,000 are awarded annually to about 30 exceptional scholars, journalists, and public intellectuals. The funding is for a period of one or two years with the anticipated result of a book or major study. The criteria prioritize the originality and promise of the research, its promise to offer actionable solutions, and the scholar’s plans for communicating the findings to a broad audience.
Resources for Publishing and Book Subventions:
For University Presses, including resources for the “life cycle” of a book:
- Association of University Presses: https://ask.up.hcommons.org/faqs/
For general advice about publishing:
- Manuscript Works: https://manuscriptworks.com/archive
- Jane Friedman, Reporting on the Publishing Industry: https://janefriedman.com/ [See especially the 2025-2025 Key Book Publishing Paths]
- William Germano, Getting It Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books, 3rd ed. (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2016).
On subventions:
- Subvention 101: Funding Support for Scholarly Books (H-Net Book Channel): https://networks.h-net.org/group/discussions/20027501/subvention-101-funding-support-scholarly-books
- “‘A Sub-What?’ FAQs on the Mysterious Book Subvention” (Chronicle of Higher Education): https://www.chronicle.com/article/a-sub-what-faqs-on-the-mysterious-book-subvention
- Out-of-Pocket Costs for Academic Book Authors: https://manuscriptworks.com/blog/costs
On Open Access (OA):
- UNM University Libraries have compiled helpful resources for Open Access Publishing and what to expect in terms of Open Access Fees: https://libguides.unm.edu/openaccess/openaccessandresearch
- ACLS Open Access Book Prize: https://www.acls.org/programs/open-access-book-prize/
- Open Access in the Humanities: https://newbooksnetwork.com/open-access-in-humanities-publishing-a-discussion-with-irene-van-rossom
- A more sobering survey of the OA landscape: https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-corporate-capture-of-open-access-publishing
