Frequently Asked Questions

The CHA reports directly to the Graduate School (not the College of Arts & Sciences) and serves all CU Boulder faculty and students working in the arts and humanities. In addition to bringing together academics and students across disciplines, the CHA also interfaces with the Boulder and larger Colorado communities.

            The CHA uses the National Endowment for the Humanities' definition of the humanities:

“The term ‘humanities’ includes, but is not limited to, the study of the following: language, both modern and classical; linguistics; literature; history; jurisprudence; philosophy; archaeology; comparative religion; ethics; the history, criticism and theory of the arts; those aspects of social sciences which have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods; and the study and application of the humanities to the human environment with particular attention to reflecting our diverse heritage, traditions, and history and to the relevance of the humanities to the current conditions of national life.”

In addition, CHA supports work in the creative and performing arts including but not limited to creative writing, painting, sculpting, composing or performing music, acting, directing, and dance, as well as critical, historical, and theoretical studies of the arts.

Subscribe to CHA's Listserve for information on upcoming grants and fellowship deadlines, events, and more. You can visit CHA's event page to find upcoming events.

To Unsubscribe: simply email cu-cha@colorado.edu and ask to be removed from our mailing list.

The CHA has an office suite on the 2^nd floor (suite 201) of Macky Auditorium. Our address is: 

Center for Humanities & the Arts
1595 Pleasant St / 285 UCB
Macky Auditorium, Room 201
Boulder, CO 80309

The CHA office is open on Tuesday & Wednesday from 10am-4pm during the Fall and Spring semester. Over the summer, the CHA primarily works remotely.

The CHA staff works remotely most days, so we recommend reaching out via email at cu-cha@colorado.edu to connect with us. If you plan to stop by, please send us an email (cu-cha@colorado.edu) to let us know when you plan to arrive so we can be sure someone is on hand to greet you.

We'd be happy to help advertise your events, opportunities, or announcements. However, for greater impact, we limit the amount of emails we send to our listserve. If you'd like the CHA to help advertise, we can promote in two ways:

• CHA Newsletter: highlight in the CHA's monthly newsletter that's sent out the first week of the month
• CHA Social Media: Posting on CHA's social media; you can tag us or find us on most major platforms @cuboudercha. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, YouTube, and Threads.

To share your story, visit our submission form at www.colorado.edu/cha/submit-your-story.

View the university’s travel policies related to CU sponsored and personal travel and the Procurement Service Center Travel Procedural Statement for more information. Travel restrictions are currently in place, click here on information on how to policies related to travelling during the pandemic and to request authorization to travel. 

Per CU policies, travel is reimbursed upon the conclusion of the trip.

Typically, a copy of your e-ticket documenting dates of travel and proof of purchase plus any lodging, conference registration, uber/taxi receipts are enough to get you to your award amount. If not, then we can add per diem to get you to your final award.

For non-employees, when emailing receipts, please also make sure to include the mailing address where you’d like the hard copy check sent.

How to Request: https://www.cu.edu/psc/training/booking-travel/requesting-approval-international-travel
More travel information can be found here: https://www.cu.edu/psc/travel
Travel restrictions are currently in place, click here on information on how to policies related to travelling during the pandemic and to request authorization to travel. 

To reserve the Hazel Barnes Flat (HBF) in London, visit the CHA’s Hazel Barnes Flat page and follow the application procedures. Contact us via email at hazelbarnesflat@colorado.edu with questions.

Graduate Students: If you received a Schwalbe Research award with your HBF acceptance notification, your award will be processed via a Payment Authorization Form prior to your travel to London. 

Faculty/Other: Sharon Van Boven will work directly with your unit’s finance manager to reallocate your travel expenses to London and per diem while using the Hazel Barnes Flat. Please either send her their contact information or have them reach out directly to Sharon Van Boven. Note that per diem is processed at the conclusion of the trip.

How to Request: https://www.cu.edu/psc/training/booking-travel/requesting-approval-international-travel
More travel information can be found here: https://www.cu.edu/psc/travel

IMPORTANT: The Schwalbe Research Award is a gift fund, not an external grant. So, when prompted for a yes/no on the question, “is this grant funded?” please select “no.” Also, the “Submit Request to” field should be set to HR Supervisor since standard practice indicates travel is approved at the department level by the traveler’s HR Supervisor.

A daily written summary of the activities and research completed is due within 30 days of vacating the flat. See more information and examples here.

If you need to adjust your stay due to illness, please contact the CHA to see about the possiblity of extending your stay. The flat is typically fully booked so there are no guarantees.

No, a letter of support from the Chair of your department is no longer needed.

Applications go through a review process that takes approximately 2-3 weeks. Applicants can typically expect to hear back about 3 weeks after the deadline.

No, the Small Grant cannot be used for conference travel.

One. Applicants can receive one grant per academic year.

Please be advised that the appropriate University committee must first approve any research project that requires the use of animals or human subjects. For animal research, please contact Richard Husser of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at (303)492-8187.  For human subject research, please contact the Human Research and IRB Office at (303)735-3702.