Funding
National Endowment for the Humanities
In 1995 the Project received a three-year grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities. This consists of an outright grant of
$45,000 and a matching grant of just under $50,000. The matching
grant means that the Endowment will match outside contributions to the
project dollar for dollar up to $50,000. To date, approximately
$43,000 have been raised toward the match. The present level of
funding is sufficient for conducting research on site for one month
per summer for three summers, and for funding some research assistance
during the academic year.
As the project in its present
collaborative and interdisciplinary form would not exist without the
support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, my collaborators
and I acknowledge both the importance of NEH support for American
scholarly research in the humanities in general and our enormous
appreciation to the Endowment for its confidence, encouragement, and
financial contribution in this specific case.
The University of Virginia
Contributions from the Associate Provost for Research in the form of
Summer Research Grants to the Project Director have been vital in the
development of this project.
Continued support from the Institute for Advance
Technology in the Humanities where the Project Director is an
Associate Fellow is equally vital to the project. The ability to
present this report on the World Wide Web is merely one example
of the integral role played by the Institute in the Pompeii Forum Project.
Grants from the Dean's Forum of the School of Architecture have
helped to support the research being conducted by C. W. Westfall and
Kirk Martini.
Private Contributors
The Project is grateful to those who have contributed. All
contributions received so far from private individuals have counted
toward the NEH Match. Many thanks to R. Victor Bernstein, Vera
A. Carver, Roderick H. Cushman, Laura L. Fox, Gilbert and Judy
Shelton!!
Corporate Contributors
WSA Architecture and Development, Charlottesville
Organizations
Brush and Palette Club
Contributions
Contributions are welcome and will help us meet the NEH match. As
contributions to the Project are contributions to the University of
Virginia, they are fully tax deductible. Individuals or businesses
interested in making a contribution should send a check payable to
"U.VA.--Pompeii Forum Project" to the Project Director at the address
below.
Professor John J. Dobbins
Director, Pompeii Forum Project
McIntire Department of Art
Fayerweather Hall
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22903
804-924-6128
dobbins@virginia.edu