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Because the requirements are based in state statute, 51���� does not have the flexibility at the campus level to modify the requirements. As a result, the 51���� policy closely aligns with the Board of Regents policy and Universities of Wisconsin 

The Act 15 requirements take effect September 1, 2026, and create minimum teaching load requirements for faculty and instructional academic staff. Under 51����’s interim policy, each college must develop or update its workload policies, including instructional equivalencies, consistent with the 51���� interim policy before the end of the Spring semester.  

Teaching workload assignments will continue to be determined at the department and college level. This includes any adjustments to minimum teaching workload requirements related to administrative duties, market considerations, and career stage, as permitted by the policy and subject to the designated approvals.   

Next Steps:  

• Each school and college must review and update, or develop, if needed, their teaching workload policy, including, where applicable, permitted instructional equivalencies. Many units already have workload policies in place; in those cases, the expectation is that existing policies will be revised as needed to align with Act 15 and SAAP 7-18 requirements. Colleges may adopt policies that distinguish among schools and departments within the college, and schools may similarly distinguish among their academic departments. 
• All unit teaching workload policies must be approved by the dean and the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and must be completed by May 24, 2026. 

Questions: 

• College/unit-specific questions should be directed to the dean.   
• General questions may be directed to the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, Canan Bilen-Green, at bilengre@uwm.edu.

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This program supports humanities and humanistic social science faculty who seek formal training outside their areas of specialization to pursue advanced, cross-disciplinary research. It enables scholars to acquire new competencies that foster innovative and effective ways of bringing humanistic knowledge to address societal challenges. Proposed projects must represent inquiry into a new area of intellectual inquiry and not just an enhancement to go further in the primary field. Language study, technical training, or skills acquisition, such as GIS mapping, do not, by themselves, constitute a new direction.

More information about the program, including example application materials, is available at .

Award Information

• Up to $300,000 over three years
• Funds may be used for salary, training costs (tuition, fees, housing), conference travel, and specialized equipment

Internal Timeline

• November 11, 2025: Applications due to the Office of the Provost (bilengre@uwm.edu)
• December 11, 2025: Full proposal and materials of the selected finalist submitted to Mellon Foundation

Internal Application Requirements:

1. Letter of recommendation from the nominee’s department chair or another senior colleague addressing the nominee’s preparation and how the proposed “new direction” relates to current research and pedagogy
2. Project Description and Significance explaining the overall importance of the proposed research and how the new direction will advance the field (maximum of 2,000 words)
3. Short CV (maximum of 5 pages)

Eligibility

• Faculty in the humanities or humanistic social sciences
• Must have received PhD between 2013 and 2019 (MFAs and EdDs are ineligible)
• Research interests call for formal training in a new discipline

Selection Criteria (from Mellon Foundation)

• Originality and significance of the research
• Appropriateness of the proposed training program
• Case for the importance of extra-disciplinary training
• Likely ability of the candidate to derive satisfactory results from the training program proposed within a reasonable time frame
• Potential for long-term impact on the candidate’s new or proposed field of study, beyond just the individual’s research
• Record of the nominee, including their history of effectively advancing public-facing and/or community-engaged work
• For retraining departing from the humanities, evidence that the proposed interdisciplinary approach reflects an enduring humanities perspective

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