Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Troth Yeddha' Collective
May 12, 2025
The º£½ÇÂÛ̳ has been awarded $1,000,000 from the Mellon Foundation to establish the Troth Yeddha’ Collective for transdisciplinary research. The mission of the Troth Collective at the º£½ÇÂÛ̳ is to form a collective focused on growing a community of scholars committed to transdisciplinary research that centers Indigenous knowledge at the core of the arts and humanities.
The Mellon Troth Collective will support graduate students, faculty, and community members to work together to conduct transdisciplinary research. Graduate students from the humanities will be selected as fellows and engage in a two-year program. The cohort of fellows will participate in a seminar series and work on their degrees throughout the academic year.
The Collective will meet for an intensive three-week summer session on the UAF Troth Yeddha’ campus allowing peer interactions between fellows, community members, and faculty members. Finally, students will present their work at a conference as a cohort.
The goals of the Troth Collective are to strengthen ties between Alaska Native communities and the university, transform curricula and practices at the university in support of transdisciplinary scholarship, and support students in conducting transdisciplinary research. The Collective will include faculty and students from both the College of Indigenous Studies and the College of Liberal Arts.
For more information regarding this opportunity, please visit this page.
Applications are due June 16, 2025. .
For questions, please reach out to Emeline Jones at ehjones@alaska.edu and Sabine Siekmann at ssiekmann@alaska.edu.