2026 CHC Summer Collaboratory

Live, learn, and earn through a paid research experience at CWRU!

The Cleveland Humanities Collaborative is hosting its annual residential program for community college students. The Summer Collaboratory will take place June 1–12, 2026, and participants will receive a $2,500 stipend upon completion.

Led by CWRU faculty and staff, this year’s program focuses on Community-Engaged Learning and Interdisciplinary Narratives, helping students translate humanities-based learning into professional skills. Students will participate in hands-on research projects in community-based work and museum archival practices with organizations including the Institute for Population and Community Health (ICPH), the Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health at the Midtown Collaboration Center, and the Western Reserve Historical Society.

Applicants should have experience and interest in the humanities. (Areas include Art History, Languages, Literature, Philosophy, Africana Studies, Classics, Music, Theater, History, Latinx Studies, Gender Studies, Anthropology, International Studies, and Religion.) and show a related interest or curiosity in application material.

Students from all regional community colleges are eligible to apply (including Tri-C, Lakeland, & Lorain County), as well as current CHC Students. Applicants must be at least 18 years old at the start of the program. Previous program participants are not eligible to apply. Apply at 2026 CHC Summer Collaboratory Application. Applications are due by April 18, 2026 at 5:00pm.

If you have questions about the seminar, please contact the CHC’s Associate Director, Mr. Jamaal Hill, via email at jamaal.hill@case.edu.

This research Collaboratory is made possible by a generous grant from the Mellon Foundation.