The Center has contracted with the University of Iowa to offer summer residencies for Drake scholars in the humanities at the Center for Advanced Studies, a scholarly facility maintained on the Oakdale Campus of the University of Iowa. These residencies include two months of study and participation in the life of the Center, full scholarly privileges at the University of Iowa libraries, and a three thousand ($3000) dollar stipend from the Drake Center for the Humanities.

The Oakdale facility offers each faculty member an office along with a full-time support staff, computing and other scholarly resources, and other amenities designed to nurture good scholarly conversation. The Center maintains an environment characterized by state-of-the-art scholarship and interdisciplinary collaboration, makes an ideal residency for University of Iowa faculty members on sabbatical, and occasionally includes faculty from other institutions as well. Access to the main campus and its libraries is available through frequent bus service.

Applications for this program should be submitted to the Board via the director and should meet the following criteria:

• The scholarly project to be conducted must be capable of making a direct contribution to teaching and research in the humanities.
• It must be grounded in the scholarly literature and methods of inquiry distinguishing the humanities, although additional resources may be employed as well.
• It should be intended to culminate in scholarly publication.
• The applicant should demonstrate a relationship between the project and his or her prior academic experience. This criterion should not be interpreted to preclude use of the study period to acquire expertise in a new area of inquiry.
• The applicant must agree to spend the weekdays of the two-month period on the Oakdale or Iowa City campuses.

In addition, the Board encourages projects that:

• foster scholarly exchange among several disciplines or sub-disciplines.
• involve collaboration with a University of Iowa faculty member

Additional residency at other times may also be available, although without the stipend. Such arrangements will be negotiated by the Director of the Center for the Humanities and awarded by the Center for Advanced Studies as space is available.