Updated July 2017 EXTERNAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES OPEN TO GRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE HUMANITIES and HUMANITIES-ORIENTED SOCIAL SCIENCES This document lists both individual fellowships, which you can submit on your own, and grants and fellowships that require institutional sign-off and therefore must be submitted through the University of Kansas Center for Research (KUCR) or KU Endowment Association. Institutional proposals must be submitted on your behalf by your institution. To navigate, keep the document in layout view, scroll to the table of contents, then click on the page number of the agency or program in which you’re interested. This will take you directly to that entry. If you then wish to learn more, click on the agency’s website address (URL), which you will find near the bottom of the entry. If clicking doesn’t work, copy the URL, paste it into the address line of your web browser, and type return. Many humanities and area studies centers offer only thematic fellowships, programs and deadlines can change, and some agencies had not updated their websites at the time this document was compiled, so do check the agency websites and read application instructions carefully. This list is intended for planning purposes. It is our hope that you will be able to use it to help determine which agencies might fund your work, delve deeper by going to the websites of promising agencies for more specifics, and then develop a timeline that will help you stay on task as you prepare your proposals. To this end, while most of the opportunities listed in this document are for current graduate students, we have also listed selected postdoctoral opportunities that graduate students in the year leading up to their defense may find of interest. If you seek an institutional grant or fellowship, please keep in mind that the internal deadline to submit all final materials to KUCR is five (5) working days prior to the agency’s deadline. If want assistance with your budget, submit nearly final drafts of all materials ten (10) working days prior to the agency's deadline. You can submit individual fellowship and grant applications entirely on your own. Institutional proposals must be submitted on your behalf by KUCR. Developing grant and fellowship proposals takes focus and time. Because most agencies have deadlines only once each year and can take from three to six months to announce awards, think long-term when planning your external funding strategies. While you may be able to put together a viable fellowship proposal in as little as six weeks, it will be difficult, if not impossible, to develop an institutional proposal (one that requires
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Updated July 2017
EXTERNAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES OPEN TO GRADUATE STUDENTS INTHE HUMANITIES and HUMANITIES-ORIENTED SOCIAL SCIENCES
This document lists both individual fellowships, which you can submit on your own, and grants and fellowships that require institutional sign-off and therefore must be submitted through the University of Kansas Center for Research (KUCR) or KU Endowment Association. Institutional proposals must be submitted on your behalf by your institution.
To navigate, keep the document in layout view, scroll to the table of contents, then click on the page number of the agency or program in which you’re interested. This will take you directly to that entry. If you then wish to learn more, click on the agency’s website address (URL), which you will find near the bottom of the entry. If clicking doesn’t work, copy the URL, paste it into the address line of your web browser, and type return. Many humanities and area studies centers offer only thematic fellowships, programs and deadlines can change, and some agencies had not updated their websites at the time this document was compiled, so do check the agency websites and read application instructions carefully.
This list is intended for planning purposes. It is our hope that you will be able to use it to help determine which agencies might fund your work, delve deeper by going to the websites of promising agencies for more specifics, and then develop a timeline that will help you stay on task as you prepare your proposals. To this end, while most of the opportunities listed in this document are for current graduate students, we have also listed selected postdoctoral opportunities that graduate students in the year leading up to their defense may find of interest.
If you seek an institutional grant or fellowship, please keep in mind that the internal deadline to submit all final materials to KUCR is five (5) working days prior to the agency’s deadline. If want assistance with your budget, submit nearly final drafts of all materials ten (10) working days prior to the agency's deadline. You can submit individual fellowship and grant applications entirely on your own. Institutional proposals must be submitted on your behalf by KUCR.
Developing grant and fellowship proposals takes focus and time. Because most agencies have deadlines only once each year and can take from three to six months to announce awards, think long-term when planning your external funding strategies. While you may be able to put together a viable fellowship proposal in as little as six weeks, it will be difficult, if not impossible, to develop an institutional proposal (one that requires submission by a 501(c)3 non-profit organization) in that timeframe. Because of their complexity and the necessity for approval and sign-off by KUCR (and probably your advisor), you should begin working on an institutional proposal a minimum of six months prior to the agency’s deadline. Work from the previous year’s grant proposal guidelines until the agency posts new instructions, then tweak as may be necessary. Starting well ahead of the agency's last known deadline will help to ensure that you can complete and finalize all of the proposal components by KUCR's internal deadline and help you to endure that your proposal is as competitive as possible.
This list is not exhaustive. If you know of other sources, please let us know. If you find nothing here that might help you, go to http://pivot.cos.com and conduct a search specific to your needs. This service is free to KU graduate students and faculty courtesy of the KU Center for Research and offers the most comprehensive and dependable compilation of funding opportunities available. You can access it from any KU computer or from your computer at home with a valid KU log-in.
Humanities Grant Development OfficeHall Center for the Humanities
Major Organizations - Multiple Opportunities – All Graduate Levels..................1American Antiquarian Society (AAS)...................................................................................................................................1
AAS-NEH Humanities Long Term Fellowships................................................................................................................1Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowship................................................................................................................................1Short-Term Visiting Academic Research Fellowships......................................................................................................1
American Association of University Women (AAUW)........................................................................................................1American Dissertation Fellowships..................................................................................................................................1Career Development Grants.............................................................................................................................................1International Fellowships.................................................................................................................................................2Selected Professions Fellowships.....................................................................................................................................2
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)...........................................................................................................2Dissertation Completion Fellowship................................................................................................................................2Henry Luce Foundation Dissertation Fellowship in American Art..................................................................................2Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellowships.......................................................................................2Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships......................................................................................3
American Historical Association (AHA)..............................................................................................................................3Research Grants...............................................................................................................................................................3J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship.......................................................................................................................................3Fellowship in Aerospace History......................................................................................................................................3
American Philosophical Society (APS).................................................................................................................................3Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Post-Doctoral Curatorial Fellowship............................................................................3John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship..................................................................................................................4The Lewis and Clark Fund................................................................................................................................................4Long-Term Pre-Doctoral Fellowship...............................................................................................................................4The Phillips Fund for Native North American Research..................................................................................................4
American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA), Advanced Study in Greece.....................................................4American Political Science Association (APSA)..................................................................................................................5
Congressional Fellowship Program.................................................................................................................................5Minority Fellows Program...............................................................................................................................................5Small Research Grants.....................................................................................................................................................5
American Sociological Association (ASA)...........................................................................................................................5Minority Fellowship Program..........................................................................................................................................5Community Action Research Initiative (CARI Grants) The Sydney S. Spivack Program in Applied Social Research and Social Policy..............................................................................................................................................................6
Archaeological Institute of America (AIA)...........................................................................................................................6Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)...............................................................................................6Council for European Studies (CES).....................................................................................................................................6
Mellon- CES Dissertation Completion Fellowship..........................................................................................................6SAE-CES Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship.............................................................................................................7
Ford Foundation Fellowships................................................................................................................................................7Getty Foundation Fellowships...............................................................................................................................................7Harry S. Truman Library Institute / National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)...........................................7
Research Grants...............................................................................................................................................................7Dissertation Year Fellowships..........................................................................................................................................7Scholar’s Award...............................................................................................................................................................8
The Library Company of Philadelphia..................................................................................................................................8Albert M. Greenfield Foundation Dissertation Fellowship..............................................................................................8National Endowment for the Humanities Post-Doctoral Fellowship...............................................................................9Program in Early American Economy and Society (PEAES) Dissertation/Post-Doctoral Fellowship...........................9Mellon Scholars Program in African American History Dissertation/Post-Doctoral Fellowship..................................9
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum / National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).........................9Harry Middleton Fellowship in Presidential Studies.......................................................................................................9Moody Research Grants...................................................................................................................................................9
Metropolitan Museum of Art...............................................................................................................................................10Residential Fellowships..................................................................................................................................................10
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Internships......................................................................................................................................................................10National Science Foundation (NSF)....................................................................................................................................10
Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants...................................................................................................10Graduate Research Fellowship Program.......................................................................................................................10
Samuel H. Kress Foundation Fellowships...........................................................................................................................11History of Art Institutional Fellowships.........................................................................................................................11Interpretive Fellowships.................................................................................................................................................11
Smithsonian Institution........................................................................................................................................................11Smithsonian Institution Fellowships Program...............................................................................................................11Smithsonian Postgraduate Fellowships in Conservation of Museum Collections Program..........................................11George Burch Fellowship in Theoretic Medicine and Affiliated Theoretic Science......................................................12James Smithson Fellowship Program.............................................................................................................................12Minority Visiting Students..............................................................................................................................................12Native American Visiting Student Awards......................................................................................................................12Unit Fellowship Opportunities and Internships.............................................................................................................12
Social Science Research Council (SSRC)...........................................................................................................................12Abe Fellowship...............................................................................................................................................................12International Dissertation Research Fellowship............................................................................................................13Transregional Research Junior Scholar Fellowship: InterAsian Context and Connections.........................................13
Warburg Institute – University of London..........................................................................................................................13Francis A. Yates Long Term Fellowships.......................................................................................................................13Short-Term Research Fellowships..................................................................................................................................13
Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library..........................................................................................................................14Winterthur Research Fellowships...................................................................................................................................14Dissertation Fellowships................................................................................................................................................14Postdoctoral Fellowships...............................................................................................................................................14
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation............................................................................................................14The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship...................................................................................14Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship..........................................................................................14The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies..............................................................................14
Available to Pre-ABD and Above...................................................................15American Councils for International Education – Critical Language Scholarship.............................................................15American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC) Fellowships.....................................................................................................15Hispanic Scholarship Fund..................................................................................................................................................15Institute of Humane Studies (IHS)......................................................................................................................................15Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI)...................................................................................................................................15Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)......................................................................................................................16Korean American Scholarship Fund....................................................................................................................................16National College Athletic Association (NCAA) Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarships Program.................................16Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans......................................................................................................16The United States-Ireland Alliance, The George J. Mitchell Scholarship..........................................................................17
Advanced Graduate Students and Above......................................................17Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Student Academy Awards.......................................................................17American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR).................................................................................................................17American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS)........................................................................................................................17Asian Cultural Council (ACC), Arts and Humanities Fellowships.....................................................................................17Association for Asian Studies (AAS), Asian Studies Grants and Fellowships...................................................................18Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma...........................................................18Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies, University of Virginia..........................................18Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies..............................................................................................................................18Center for US-Mexican Studies, Visiting Fellows Program...............................................................................................19Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation (CCK) for International Scholarly Exchange....................................................................19Community Associations (CAI) Research Foundation.......................................................................................................19The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)..............................................................................................19Duke University, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library......................................................................19Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington (Mount Vernon)...................................................20French Embassy, United States...........................................................................................................................................20Fulbright Awards for US Graduate Students, US Department of State..............................................................................20
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Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program, US Department of Education.....................................20Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library - The Gerald R. Ford Scholar Award........................................................................20The German Historical Institute (GHI)...............................................................................................................................21Hagley Museum and Library: The History of Business, Technology, and Society............................................................21Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, Dissertation Fellowships.......................................................................................21The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies.................................................................................................21The Institute for Political History........................................................................................................................................21Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives...........................................................................................22Constant H. Jacquet Research Awards, Religious Research Association...........................................................................22Japan Foundation Fellowship Program...............................................................................................................................22John Carter Brown Library – Short- and Long-Term Fellowships.....................................................................................22John C. Danforth Center, Washington University, St. Louis..............................................................................................22John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library and Museum..................................................................................................................23The Lilly Library (University of Indiana–Bloomington)....................................................................................................23Leo Baeck Institute Fellowships..........................................................................................................................................23Louisville Institute Dissertation Fellowship........................................................................................................................23The McNeil Center for Early American Studies (MSEAS)................................................................................................23Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture............................................................................................................................23Jefferson Scholars Foundation / University of Virginia......................................................................................................24National Gallery of Art Pre- and post-doctoral Fellowships...............................................................................................24National Women's Studies Association (NWSA)...............................................................................................................24Newberry Library................................................................................................................................................................24Organization of American Historians (OAH).....................................................................................................................24P.E.O....................................................................................................................................................................................25RAND Corporation..............................................................................................................................................................25School for Advanced Research (SAR) Fellowships............................................................................................................25St. Louis University, NEH Research Fellowships...............................................................................................................25Terra Foundation Summer Residency in Giverny...............................................................................................................25Thomas Jefferson Foundation / Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies.............................................26The United States Department of Justice, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) – Graduate Research Fellowships........26The United States Institute of Peace (USIP).......................................................................................................................26Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Dissertation Fieldwork Grants.................................................26W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research...........................................................................................................26William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan.......................................................................................................27Williams College Fellowships for Minority Scholars.........................................................................................................27
Post-Doctoral Fellowships............................................................................27American Academy in Rome..............................................................................................................................................27American Academy of Arts and Sciences...........................................................................................................................27Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships.......................................................................................................................................27Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies, University of Virginia..........................................28Center for Italian Renaissance Studies (Harvard University) I Tatti Fellowship................................................................28Columbia University Society of Fellows in the Humanities...............................................................................................28Clements Center for Southwest Studies (Southern Methodist University).........................................................................28Cornell Society for the Humanities (Cornell University) Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship...............................................28European University Institute (EUI)....................................................................................................................................28
Max Weber Fellowships..................................................................................................................................................28European Institutes for Advanced Study (EURIAS)...........................................................................................................29Folger Shakespeare Library.................................................................................................................................................29UCLA Institute of American Cultures (IAC) Visiting Researcher Program in Ethnic Studies..........................................29Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies (University of Rochester).................................29German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)..................................................................................................................29Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation....................................................................................................................................29The Harvard University Society of Fellows Junior Fellowships.........................................................................................30Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies (University of Pennsylvania)..........................................................30Illinois Program of Research in the Humanities (IPRH; University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign).................................30Institute for Historical Studies (University of Texas at Austin)..........................................................................................31Institute for Research in the Humanities (University of Wisconsin-Madison)...................................................................31
The A. W. Mellon Postdoctoral Program.......................................................................................................................31Kellogg Institute for International Studies (Notre Dame University).................................................................................31Lauro De Bosis Postdoctoral Fellowship (Harvard University)..........................................................................................32Leon Levy Center for Biography Fellowship (CUNY).......................................................................................................32Leslie Center for the Humanities (Dartmouth College)......................................................................................................32Lilly Fellows Program in the Humanities and the Arts at Valparaiso University...............................................................32Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.................................................33Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry: A Postdoctoral Program (Washington University in St. Louis)................................33Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study (NDIAS) (University of Notre Dame).............................................................33Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture (College of William and Mary)............................................33Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, Brown University....................................................................34Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts................................................................................................................34Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society...........................................................................................................34Stanford Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities............................................................................35Trinity College, Cambridge University – Junior Research Fellowships.............................................................................35UCLA Institute of American Cultures (IAC) Visiting Researcher Program in Ethnic Studies..........................................35University of Michigan, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS)........................................................35Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (University of Virginia)......................................................................................35Washington University of St. Louis, Mark Steinberg Weil Early Career Fellowship........................................................35Wesleyan University, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Program....................................................................36William Andrews Clark Memorial Library (UCLA) Center for 17th and 18th Century Studies..........................................36Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars...........................................................................................................36
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Major Organizations - Multiple Opportunities – All Graduate Levels* This list is alphabetized but not categorized. These organizations offer multiple opportunities a year for applicants at a variety of educational levels. Application deadlines generally fall on or close to the same date each year, but always check with the sponsor for current deadlines and application instructions.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS)
AAS-NEH Humanities Long Term FellowshipsThe NEH funds several long term (four to twelve month) postdoctoral fellowships for projects related to the AAS holdings. Recipients must have completed all formal training. AAS-NEH fellows are expected to be in regular and continuous residence at the Society. They must devote full time to their study and may not accept teaching assignments or undertake any other major activities during the tenure of their award. Amount: $4,200 per monthURL: http://www.americanantiquarian.org/nehfellowship.htmCitizenship Requirements: US Citizen, permanent resident, or foreign national with 3+ years of residencyDeadline: January 15
Hench Post-Dissertation FellowshipScholars who are no more than three years beyond receipt of the doctorate are eligible to apply for a special year-long residential fellowship at the American Antiquarian Society to revise their dissertation for publication. Any topic relevant to the Society's library collections and programmatic scope--that is, American history and culture through 1876--is eligible. Applicants may come from such fields as history, literature, American studies, political science, art history, music history, and others relating to America in the period of the Society's coverage. Amount: $35,000URL: http://www.americanantiquarian.org/hench.htm Citizenship Requirements: No RestrictionsDeadline: October 15
Short-Term Visiting Academic Research FellowshipsThe American Antiquarian Society offers short-term visiting academic research fellowships tenable for one to two months each year for research within its collections. Fellowships are available for scholars holding the PhD and for doctoral candidates engaged in dissertation research. Amount: Varies by award. Stipends are $1,850 per month, with options for subsidized short-term accommodations.URL: http://www.americanantiquarian.org/acafellowship.htm Citizenship Requirements: Varies by awardDeadline: January 15
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
American Dissertation FellowshipsAAUW American Fellowships support women scholars who are completing dissertations, planning research leave from accredited institutions, or preparing research for publication. Dissertation Fellowships offset a scholar’s living expenses while she completes her dissertation. The fellowship must be used for the final year of writing the dissertation. URL: http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/american-fellowships/af-dissertation-application/ Citizenship Requirements: US citizens or permanent residentsDeadline: November 15
Career Development Grants provide funding to women who hold a bachelor’s degree and are preparing to advance or change careers or reenter the workforce. Primary consideration is given to women of color and women pursuing their first advanced degree or credentials in nontraditional fields. Grants provide support for course work beyond a bachelor’s degree, including a master’s degree, second bachelor’s degree, certification program, or specialized training in technical or professional fields.URL: http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/career-development-grants/Citizenship Restrictions: US citizens or permanent residentsDeadline: December 15
International FellowshipsInternational Fellowships are awarded for full-time study or research in the United States to women who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Both graduate and postgraduate studies at accredited U.S. institutions are supported. Recipients are selected for academic achievement and demonstrated commitment to women and girls. Recipients return to their home countries to become leaders in business, government, academia, community activism, the arts, and sciences.URL: http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/international-fellowships/Citizenship Requirements: Non-US citizens onlyDeadline: December 1
Selected Professions FellowshipsSelected Professions Fellowships are awarded to women who intend to pursue a full-time course of study at accredited U.S. institutions during the fellowship year in one of the designated degree programs where women’s participation traditionally has been low. Masters Programs in Architecture.URL: http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/selected-professions-fellowships/ Citizenship Requirements: US citizens or permanent residentsDeadline: January 10
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
Dissertation Completion FellowshipThis fellowship assists graduate students in the final year of writing their PhD dissertation. Appropriate fields include the study of dance and theater, the humanities, linguistics, and the social sciences. Social sciences projects are eligible only if they employ predominantly humanistic approaches (e.g., economic history). Amount: up to $39,000 (a stipend of $30,000, plus research costs up to $3,000 and university fees up to $5,000). URL: http://www.acls.org/programs/dcf/Citizenship Restrictions: US citizens and permanent residents onlyDeadline: October 26
Henry Luce Foundation Dissertation Fellowship in American ArtThis fellowship assists doctoral students writing or researching dissertations on a topic in the history of the visual arts of the US. Amount: $30,000, with up to $4,000 travel allowance. URL: http://www.acls.org/programs/american-art/Citizenship Restrictions: US citizens and permanent residents onlyDeadline: October 26
Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation FellowshipsThe Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellowships in Buddhist Studies provide one-year stipends to PhD candidates for full time preparation of dissertations. The fellowship period may be used for fieldwork, archival research, analysis of findings, or for writing after research is complete. Amount: $30,000
URL: http://www.acls.org/programs/buddhist-studies/Citizenship Requirements: No restrictionsDeadline: November 15
Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Postdoctoral FellowshipsThe Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships in Buddhist Studies provide two years of funding to recent recipients of the PhD for residence at a university for the purpose of revising the dissertation into a publishable manuscript or for beginning the first new project after completion of the PhD degree. The teaching of one course per year is encouraged. Priority is given to residence at universities or colleges providing a collegial atmosphere and working conditions enabling the postdoctoral Fellow’s entry into an academic career in Buddhist studies. Amount: $55,000 (plus up to $5,000 in relocation expenses.URL: http://www.acls.org/programs/buddhist-studies/Citizenship Requirements: No restrictionsDeadline: November 15
American Historical Association (AHA)
Research GrantsThe AHA offers small grants to advanced doctoral students and junior scholars studying Europe and the Western hemisphere; some funding is available for those studying Asia or Africa. Only Association members are eligible. Support is intended to further research already in progress and may be used for travel to a library or archive or photocopying. Amount: $800 – $1,500.URL: http://www.historians.org/prizes/Grants.htmCitizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: February 15
J. Franklin Jameson FellowshipThis fellowship is sponsored jointly by the AHA and the Library of Congress. It is awarded annually to support significant scholarly research in the collections of the Library of Congress by scholars at an early stage in their careers in history. Applicants must have received the PhD within the past seven years, and must not have published or had accepted for publication a book-length historical work. Amount: $5,000.
URL: http://www.historians.org/prizes/Grants.htmDeadline: April 1.
Fellowship in Aerospace HistoryThis fellowship, supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), annually funds one or more research projects from six to nine months. Proposals of advanced research in history related to all aspects of aerospace, from the earliest human interest in flight to the present, are eligible, including cultural and intellectual history, economic history, history of law and public policy, and history of science, engineering, and management. The fellowship is open to applicants who are either doctoral candidates or who hold a PhD in history or a closely related field. Amount: $20,000.URL: http://www.historians.org/prizes/Grants.htmDeadline: April 1.
American Philosophical Society (APS)
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Post-Doctoral Curatorial FellowshipThe APS seeks applications from recent PhDs in the fields of history of science, 18th- or 19th-century American history, art history, museology, or any other related humanities disciplines. The two-year fellowship, based in the APS Museum, will provide hands-on experience in curatorial work and the opportunity to pursue an independent research project, preferably one related to the collections or
programs of the Society’s library and museum. The Fellow’s primary responsibility will be to conduct scholarly research for exhibitions, programs, and other related activities. Amount: $45,000 plus benefits and research support.URL: https://amphilsoc.org/grants/curatorialfellowshipCitizenship Requirements: No requirementsDeadline: November 28 (Last Known)
John Hope Franklin Dissertation FellowshipThis doctoral fellowship is designed to support an outstanding doctoral student at an American university or an exceptional American doctoral student abroad who is completing the dissertation. Amount: $25,000.URL: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/johnhopefranklinCitizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: April 1 (Last Known Deadline)
The Lewis and Clark FundThis funding is available to doctoral students for exploratory field studies and the collection of specimens and data anywhere in the world. Applications are invited from disciplines with a large dependence on field studies, such as archeology, anthropology, biology, geography, geology, linguistics, but grants are not restricted to these fields. Foreign applicants must either be based at a US institution or plan to carry out their work in the US. Amount: up to $5,000.URL: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/lewisandclarkCitizenship Restrictions: US citizens onlyDeadline: February 1 (Last Known)
Long-Term Pre-Doctoral FellowshipThe American Philosophical Society Library in Philadelphia seeks applicants for one-year residential fellowships to assist in the completion of doctoral dissertation research. One fellowship will be awarded in each of three areas of study: Native American and Indigenous Research, Early American History (to 1840), and History of Science, Technology and Medicine. These 12-month fellowships are intended for advanced Ph.D. students working toward the completion of the dissertation and are expected to be in residence. The library also offers short-term one- to three-month resident fellowships. Amount: $25,000URL: https://amphilsoc.org/library/fellowships/long-term-pre-docsCitizenship Restrictions: No restrictionsDeadline: February 1
The Phillips Fund for Native North American Research The fund provides small grants for research in Native American linguistics, ethno history, and the history of studies of Native Americans, in the continental United States and Canada. The committee prefers to support the work of younger scholars who have received the doctorate, but PhD and MA students working on their dissertations and theses respectively may apply. Funds cover travel and other research-related expenses but not equipment. Amount: $2,500 – $3,500. URL: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/phillipsCitizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: March 1
American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA), Advanced Study in GreeceThe School offers pre-doctoral funding, such as traveling fellowships and summer studies in Greece, for PhD students, as well as doctoral fellowships, and postdoctoral positions for recent PhDs in classical studies. Funded fields include architecture, archeology, art history, classical studies, history, and literature.
Amount: up to $30,000. URL: http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/admission-membership/grantsCitizenship Restrictions: VariousDeadline: January 15
American Political Science Association (APSA)
Congressional Fellowship ProgramThis program is for early- to mid-career political scientists and provides direct participation in Congress and the legislative process. Selected political science faculty members serve nine months on congressional staffs. The goal is to enhance participants’ understanding of policy-making and improve the quality of scholarship, teaching, and reporting on US politics. Applicants must have US citizenship or permanent residency, a PhD in political science completed within the last 15 years or a dissertation in political science defended by November of the fellowship year, and a scholarly interest in Congress and the legislative process. Amount: $50,000.URL: http://www.apsanet.org/cfp Deadline: December 1 (Last Known)
Minority Fellows ProgramThe APSA Minority Fellows Program designates twelve minority fellows each year. Additional applicants who do not receive funds from the Association may be recognized and recommended for admission and financial support to graduate political science programs. Fellows receive a $4,000 stipend that is disbursed in two $2,000 payments — one at the end of their first graduate year, the other at the end of their second. Awards are based on students' undergraduate coursework, GPA, extracurricular activities, GRE scores, and recommendations from faculty.URL: http://www.apsanet.org/mfp Citizenship Restrictions: US citizens onlyDeadline: March 31 (Spring) Also has Fall Application Cycle (Last Known)
Small Research GrantsThe intent of these grants is to provide funding opportunities for research conducted by political scientists not employed at PhD-granting departments in the field, or who are in non-tenure track or contingent positions ineligible for departmental funding. Funds may be used for such research activities as travel to archives, travel to conduct interviews, administration and coding of instruments, research assistance, and purchase of datasets. Individual grants may not exceed $2,500 and are not renewable.URL: http://www.apsanet.org/smallresearchgrant Citizenship Restrictions: US citizens onlyDeadline: April 1
American Sociological Association (ASA)
Minority Fellowship Program Through its Minority Fellowship Program (MFP), the American Sociological Association (ASA) supports the development and training of sociologists of color in any sub-area or specialty in the discipline. It is primarily, but not solely, designed for minority students sufficiently advanced in their Ph.D. program to demonstrate their commitment to a research career. MFP applicants must be enrolled in (and have completed one full academic year) in a program that grants the PhD in Sociology. Amount: $18,000 plus tuition. URL: http://www.asanet.org/funding/mfp.cfmCitizenship Restrictions: US citizens, nationals, or permanent residents onlyDeadline: January 31
Community Action Research Initiative (CARI Grants) The Sydney S. Spivack Program in Applied Social Research and Social Policy Grant applications are encouraged from sociologists seeking to work with community organizations, local public interest groups, or community action projects. This program offers small grants to encourage sociologists to undertake community action projects that bring social science knowledge, methods, and expertise to bear in addressing community-identified issues and concerns. Advanced graduate students are eligible, but the funding cannot be used to support doctoral dissertation research. Amount: $1,000 to $3,000. URL: http://www.asanet.org/funding/cari.cfmCitizenship Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadline: February 15
Archaeological Institute of America (AIA)The AIA funds dissertation research or postdoctoral work in Classical studies (sculpture, architecture, archaeology, or history). Awards support travel and study in the Mediterranean region. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the US or Canada, although foreign nationals pursuing PhDs at North American universities are eligible for some awards. A grant is available to assist with travel for graduate students presenting papers at the AIA Annual Meeting. Amounts vary up to $25,000.URL: http://www.archaeological.org/grantsCitizenship Restrictions: VariousDeadline: November 1 (and Various)
Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program – (Different Programs Annually)The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) Multi-Country Fellowship Program supports advanced regional or trans-regional research in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences for U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. Preference will be given to candidates examining comparative and/or cross-regional research. Scholars must carry out research in two or more countries outside the United States, at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center. Approximately nine awards of up to $10,500 each will be given.URL: https://www.caorc.org/fellowships Citizenship Restrictions: US citizens onlyDeadline: January 31 (Last Known)
Council for European Studies (CES)
Mellon- CES Dissertation Completion FellowshipMellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowships are intended to facilitate the timely completion of the doctoral degree by late-stage graduate students focuses on topics in European Studies. To be eligible an applicant must be ABD, must be enrolled at a higher education institution in the U.S., and can have no more than one full year of dissertation work remaining at the start of the fellowship year as certified by his or her dissertation advisor. The applicant must also have exhausted the dissertation completion funding normally provided by his or her academic department or university, and he or she must be working on a topic within or substantially overlapping European Studies. Each fellowship includes a $25,000 stipend, paid in six (6) bi-monthly installments over the course of the fellowship year, as well as assistance in securing reimbursements or waivers in eligible health insurance and candidacy fees.URL: http://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/grants-and-awards/dissertation-completion Citizenship Requirements: US citizens or permanent residentsDeadline: February 1
The Society for the Anthropology of Europe (SAE) and the Council for European Studies (CES) offers funding for two months’ research in Europe with travel support for presenting at the International Conference of Europeanists for students with an interest on European Anthropology. Applicants must not have begun substantial dissertation research or completed the majority of doctoral courseworkURL: http://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/grants-and-awards/19-grants-and-awards/awards/278-alliance-ces-pre-dissertation-research-fellowshipCitizenship Requirements: No requirementsDeadline: January 15
Ford Foundation FellowshipsThe foundation offers pre-doctoral, dissertation, and postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities, behavioral, and social sciences. Applicants must be US citizens. There are no ethnicity restrictions to apply, but applicants of Native American, Alaskan Native, African American, Mexican American/Chicano, Native Pacific Islander, or Puerto Rican descent are preferred. Amount: $24,000 (pre-doctoral); $25,000 (dissertation); $45,000 (postdoctoral).URL: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fordfellowships/ Citizenship Restrictions: US citizens onlyDeadlines: December 14 (pre-doctoral fellowships); December 7 (dissertation and postdoctoral fellowships)
Getty Foundation FellowshipsGetty Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships are intended for emerging scholars to complete work on projects related to the Getty Research Institute's annual research theme. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute or Getty Villa, where they pursue research projects, complete their dissertations, or expand dissertation for publication. Please see website for annual theme. Fellows make use of the Getty collections, join in a weekly meeting devoted to the annual theme, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty. Amount: $25,000 (predoctoral) or $30,000 (postdoctoral); plus, an office at the research institute, airfare to Los Angeles, an apartment in the Getty scholar housing complex, and health benefits. URL: http://www.getty.edu/foundation/initiatives/residential/getty_pre_postdoctoral_fellowships.html Citizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: October 1 (Last Known)
Harry S. Truman Library Institute / National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)Research GrantsResearch grants are offered biannually and are intended to enable graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and other researchers to use the library’s collections for one to three weeks. Awards can be used to offset expenses for travel and lodging while in-residence only. Preference is given to projects that have application to enduring public policy and foreign policy issues and have a high probability of being published or otherwise publicly disseminated. The potential contribution of a project to an applicant's development as a scholar is also considered. The spring round of Research Grants includes one John K. Hulston Scholarship of up to $2,500, to be awarded to a researcher who wishes to visit multiple research facilities – including the Truman Library – for their topic. Amount: up to $2,500.URL: http://trumanlibraryinstitute.org/research-grants/research-grants/Citizenship Restrictions: Unspecified Deadline: October 1 and April 1
Dissertation Year Fellowships Dissertation Year Fellowships are intended to encourage historical scholarship of the public career of Harry S. Truman or the Truman era. This fellowship is intended to free a doctoral student from teaching or other employment to facilitate completion of his or her dissertation. Preference will be given to projects based on extensive research at the Truman Library, but since the research is presumed to be complete, there is no requirement of residence at the Library during the fellowship
year. Amount: $16,000URL: http://trumanlibraryinstitute.org/research-grants/dissertation-year-fellowships/Citizenship Restrictions: Unspecified Deadline: February 1
Scholar’s AwardGrants of up to $30,000 are made to post-doctoral scholars engaged in work on some aspect of the life and career of Harry S. Truman or of the public and foreign policy issues that were prominent during the Truman years.URL: http://www.trumanlibraryinstitute.org/research-grants/scholars-award/ Citizenship Restrictions: Unspecified Deadline: December 15 of odd numbered years
Huntington Library Fellowships
Short-Term AwardsThe Huntington offers fellowships for graduate students and recent PhD recipients to conduct research at the Library. The holdings will be of interest to scholars studying British and American history, literature, theater, art history, and history of science and medicine (11th century to present day). Short-term fellowships (1-5 months) are available for doctoral candidates and PhDs. Amount: up to $3,000 per month (short-term fellowship awards)URL: http://www.huntington.org/fellowships/Citizenship Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadline: November 15
Long-Term AwardsThe Huntington offers several different long-term fellowships for graduate students and recent PhD recipients to conduct research at the Library. The holdings will be of interest to scholars studying British and American history, literature, theater, art history, and history of science and medicine (11th century to present day). Amount: up to $50,000.URL: http://www.huntington.org/fellowships/Citizenship Restrictions: Only US citizens can apply for the National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships, but there is no citizenship restriction specified for other awards.Deadline: November 15 (Check eligibility requirements for dissertation completion date)
The Library Company of PhiladelphiaThe Library Company of Philadelphia and The Historical Society of Pennsylvania jointly award twenty five one-month fellowships for research in residence in either or both collections. They also offer long-term postdoctoral fellowships. These two independent research libraries, adjacent to each other in Center City Philadelphia, have complementary collections capable of supporting research in fields and disciplines relating to the history of America and the Atlantic world from the 17th through the 19th centuries and Mid-Atlantic regional history to the present.
Albert M. Greenfield Foundation Dissertation FellowshipThis fellowship supports dissertation research in residence at the Library Company on any subject relevant to its collections. Amount: $20,000URL: http://www.librarycompany.org/fellowships/dissertation.htmCitizenship Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadline: March 1
National Endowment for the Humanities Post-Doctoral FellowshipThese fellowships support research in residence at the Library Company on any subject relevant to its
collections, which are capable of supporting research in a variety of fields and disciplines relating to the history of America and the Atlantic world form the 17th through the 19th centuries. The stipend is $4,200 per month.URL: http://www.librarycompany.org/fellowships/postdoc.htmCitizenship Restrictions: US citizens or permanent residentsDeadline: November 1
Program in Early American Economy and Society (PEAES) Dissertation/Post-Doctoral FellowshipThese fellowships support research in the collections of the Library Company and other nearby institutions into the origins and development of the early American economy, broadly conceived, to roughly 1850. The fellowships provide scholars the opportunity to investigate the history of commerce, finance, technology, manufacturing, agriculture, internal improvements, economic policy-making and other topics. The stipend is $40,000 (post-doc) or $25,000 (dissertation).URL: http://www.librarycompany.org/fellowships/postdoc.htmCitizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: March 1
Mellon Scholars Program in African American History Dissertation/Post-Doctoral FellowshipThese fellowships are designed to increase the participation of scholars from underrepresented backgrounds and others in the field of African American history prior to 1900. The fellowships promote research in the collections of the Library Company and enhance the production of scholarly work in African American history of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. There are also Summer Internship and Workshop programs. The stipend is $50,000 (post-doc) or $25,000 (dissertation).URL: http://www.librarycompany.org/paah/fellowships.htm Citizenship Restrictions: None.Deadline: March 1
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum / National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Harry Middleton Fellowship in Presidential StudiesThe Harry Middleton Fellowship supports scholarly work in Presidential studies. Middleton Fellows will be able to study at any Presidential library or other facility in the National Archives and Records Administration system, but must develop at least a portion of their work from original research in the collections of the LBJ Library in Austin, TX. Preference will be given to doctoral candidates whose dissertation research highlights how history can illuminate current and future policy issues. Amount: $5,000.URL: http://www.lbjlibrary.org/page/foundation/initiatives/harry-middleton-fellowship-in-presidential-studies/Citizenship Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadline: March 15 (Fall) and September 15 (Spring)
Moody Research GrantsA limited number of grants-in-aid for research at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library are offered by the LBJ Foundation semi-annually. The grant periods are June 1 through December 31 for the Fall term, and January 1 through August 31 for the Spring term. Grants range from $600 to $3,000.URL: http://www.lbjlibrary.org/page/foundation/initiatives/moody-research-grant/Citizenship Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadline: March 15 (Fall) and September 15 (Spring)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Residential FellowshipsThe Museum offers residential fellowships to art history graduate students and postdoctoral
researchers. Recipients must use the collections; some fellowships allow students to gain experience necessary to enter museums as curators. The fields of research include Asian art; arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas; antiquities; arms and armor; costumes; drawings; illuminated manuscripts; paintings; photographs; prints; sculpture; textiles; and Western art. Additional funding is available to help cover travel abroad for fellows whose projects involve firsthand examination of paintings in major European collections. Amount: stipend of $32,000 (junior fellows) or $42,000 (senior fellows), with up to an additional $6,000 for travel. URL: http://www.metmuseum.org/research/internships-and-fellowships/fellowships/art-history-fellowships Citizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: November 4 (Last Known)
InternshipsThe Museum has several internships to allow students to help with projects related to the museum's collections or to a special exhibition, or to develop curatorial experience. Applicants must be enrolled in an art history graduate program. Amount: $4,000 - $25,000, depending on duration of internship.URL: http://www.metmuseum.org/research/internships-and-fellowships/internships/internships-for-college-and-graduate-studentsCitizenship Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadline: January 23 (Last Known)
National Science Foundation (NSF)Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement GrantsThe NSF supports significant data-gathering projects or field research. Guidelines target social science scholars, however, students in the humanities whose dissertation research falls under one of the NSF programs are eligible There is no citizenship requirement, but students must apply through their dissertation advisor, who must be a US citizen or permanent resident. Amount: up to $18,000. Application is allowed via the NSF’s FastLane system or the federal government’s grants.gov system.
NOTES: 1. The HGDO recommends that you use Fastlane because it is more intuitive and less prone to system-wide crashes at deadline time. 2. Most NSF grants are “institutional proposals,” meaning that you must submit through the University of Kansas Center for Research (KUCR) with your dissertation advisor as the Principal Investigator (PI) under his or her FastLane identity, but you must also be registered with FastLane as a Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI). Staff at KUCR can set up your FastLane access, contact: [email protected] . 3. Since this is an institutional proposal, if you’re doing qualitative work in cultural geography, cultural anthropology or any area of the social sciences, the HGDO can assist you and your advisor with these applications. Those of you doing highly quantitative empirical work should seek assistance from the KU research center most akin to your work. In the social sciences, that would be either the Institute for Policy and Social Research (IPSR) http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/grantsup/ or the Lifespan Institute http://www.lsi.ku.edu.
URL: https://www.nsf.gov/funding/education.jsp?fund_type=2 (look at individual programs for further information)Citizenship Restrictions: None, but graduate advisors must be US Citizens or permanent residents.Deadlines: Varies based on Program
Graduate Research Fellowship ProgramGraduate Research Fellowships are open to graduate students pursuing master’s and doctoral degrees in the social sciences. Fellowships provide three years of support usable over a five-year period. For each year of support, NSF provides a stipend of at least $32,000 to the Fellow and a cost-of-education allowance of $12,000 to the fellow's degree-granting institution.URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201 Citizenship Restrictions: US citizens onlyDeadline: October 24-27 (Depending on Program)
History of Art Institutional FellowshipsSix pre-doctoral Kress Institutional Fellowships in the History of European Art will be awarded each year. Each fellowship provides for a two-year research appointment hosted by an associated European art history research centers. Amount: $30,000/year.URL: http://www.kressfoundation.org/fellowships/default.aspx?id=42 Citizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: November 30
Interpretive FellowshipsA minimum of six (6) Kress Interpretive Fellowships are awarded each year to American art museums for 9-12 month professional development opportunities. Typically, Interpretive Fellowships begin in late summer or early fall. The Fellowship award is a stipend of $30,000. A final report will be due from the host institution approximately one month after the completion of the fellowship. URL: http://www.kressfoundation.org/fellowships/default.aspx?id=40 Citizenship Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadline: April 1
Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution offers a wide range of fellowship and internship programs for graduate students, both pre ABD and post ABD, as well as post doctoral opportunities for graduates within the first 7 years after achieving their PhDs, see below for selected descriptions and check the website for special initiatives.URL: https://www.smithsonianofi.com/Citizenship Restrictions: Various.Deadline: Various
Smithsonian Institution Fellowships Program This fellowship is open to scholars in American history, American material and folk culture, and the history of music and musical instruments; history of science and technology, history of art, design, crafts, and the decorative arts; anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, and ethnic studies; evolutionary, systematic, behavioral, environmental biology, and conservation; geological sciences and astrophysics; and materials characterization and conservation. Fellowships are available to graduate students not yet advanced to candidacy in a PhD program for up to 10 weeks; pre-doctoral (dissertation stage) for 3-12 months. There are no citizenship restrictions. Amount: $7,000 (graduate), $32,700 (pre-doctoral), Postdoctoral Research $48,000.URL: https://www.smithsonianofi.com/fellowship-opportunities/smithsonian-institution-fellowship-program/ Deadline: December 1
Smithsonian Postgraduate Fellowships in Conservation of Museum Collections Program These fellowships are offered to recent graduates of masters programs in art conservation or the equivalent or conservation scientists, including those at the postdoctoral level, who wish to conduct research and gain further training in Smithsonian conservation laboratories for a period of one year. Additional facilities may be available to museum or archives fellows for analytical work at the Museum Conservation Institute (MCI). Amount: $35,000 with up to $4,000 research allowance.URL: https://www.smithsonianofi.com/fellowship-opportunities/smithsonian-postgraduate-fellowships-in-conservation-of-museum-collections-program/ Deadline: December 1
George Burch Fellowship in Theoretic Medicine and Affiliated Theoretic Science
The George E. Burch Fellowship Program is a nomination-only opportunity that awards a stipend to defray living expenses during independent research and study to a post-doctoral scholar, whose research interests lie within at least one of the following areas: medicine, biology, physics, chemistry, and fields in the social science and humanities, as it applies to health and medicine. Amount $60,000 plus allowances.URL: https://www.smithsonianofi.com/fellowship-opportunities/george-e-burch-fellowship/
Nomination Deadline: December 1
James Smithson Fellowship ProgramOffered in even numbered years, the James Smithson Fellowship Program was created to offer early career opportunities for post-doctoral researchers interested in gaining a better understanding about the interplay between scholarship and public policy through a Smithsonian lens. The program is open to post-doctoral students in the fields of science, the humanities and the arts. There is an annual theme.URL: https://www.smithsonianofi.com/fellowship-opportunities/james-smithson-fellowship-program/ Deadline: January 15
Minority Visiting StudentsThrough the Minority Student Awards Program, the Office of Fellowships offers internships and visiting student awards to increase participation of U.S. minority groups who are underrepresented in Smithsonian scholarly programs, in the disciplines of research conducted at the Institution, and in the museum field. Visiting Student Awards are available for currently enrolled advanced graduate students. Visiting Students pursue independently designed research projects in association with Smithsonian staff. Amount: $600 per week for ten weeks.URL: https://www.smithsonianofi.com/internship-opportunities/minority-awards-program/ Deadlines: February 1 for Summer and Fall; October 1 for Spring
Native American Visiting Student AwardsAppointments are available for currently enrolled advanced Native American graduate students who are formally or informally related to a Native American community. Visiting Students pursue independent research in association with Smithsonian staff. Amount: $175 per day for up to 21 days, a small research allowance and a possible travel allowance.URL: https://www.smithsonianofi.com/fellowship-opportunities/native-american-visiting-student-awards/
Deadlines: February 1 for Summer and Fall; October 1 for Spring
Unit Fellowship Opportunities and InternshipsThe Institution offers a number of Fellowships and internships, including minority programs, for graduate students in humanities and social science. For specifics, check the website. URL: http://www.smithsonianofi.com/fellowship-opportunities/
Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
Abe FellowshipThe fellowship provides a minimum of 3 and maximum of 12 months of full-time support over a 24-month period. The Abe Fellowship is designed to encourage international multidisciplinary research on topics of pressing global concern. The main themes which will be considered are: Threats to Personal, Societal, and International Security, Growth and Sustainable Development, Social, Scientific, and Cultural Trends and Transformations, and Governance, Empowerment, and Participation. Topics must be contemporary and policy relevant.URL: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/view/abe-fellowship/ Citizenship Requirements: Citizens of US or Japan, or long term academic affiliation with either countryDeadline: September 1
International Dissertation Research FellowshipThe Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) offers nine to twelve months of support to graduate students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who are enrolled in PhD programs in the United States and conducting dissertation research on non-US topics. Eighty fellowships are awarded annually, with a per-fellowship average of $21,000. The program invites proposals for dissertation research conducted, in whole or in part, outside the US, on non-US topics.
Transregional Research Junior Scholar Fellowship: InterAsian Context and ConnectionsThese fellowships support junior scholars (one to five years out of the PhD) as they complete first books or undertake second projects. This program seeks to reconceptualized Asia as an interlinked historical and geographic formation. Research proposals supported by the fellowships examine processes that connect places and peoples (such as migration, media, and resource flows) as well as those that reconfigure local and translocal contexts (such as shifting borders, urbanization, and social movements). Amount: $45,000URL: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/view/transregional-research-fellowship/Citizenship Requirements: NoneDeadline: September 19 (Last Known)
Warburg Institute – University of London
Francis A. Yates Long Term FellowshipsThis fellowship covers nine months of study at the Warburg Institute in London. Fellows’ interests may lie in any aspect of cultural and intellectual history but, other things being equal, preference will be given to those whose work is concerned with those areas of the medieval and Renaissance encyclopedia of knowledge to which Dame Frances contributed. Candidates may be pre- or postdoctoral but must have completed at least one year’s research on their doctoral dissertation by the time they submit their application for a Fellowship and, if postdoctoral, must have been awarded their doctorate within the preceding five years.URL: http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/research/long-term-research-fellowshipsCitizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: December 2
Short-Term Research FellowshipsThe Warburg Institute offers five two-month fellowships to study different aspects of their extensive collection. Topics include the impact of classical cultures on later civilizations, European cultural contacts, or medieval and Renaissance knowledge. Does not provide a stipend, but gives financial support towards living and subsistence costs in London and travel expenses. URL: http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/research/short-term-research-fellowshipsCitizenship Restrictions: VariesDeadline: November 25 (Last Known)
Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library
Winterthur Research FellowshipsAcademic, museum, and independent scholars, including graduate students receive one- to three-month short-term fellowships. Stipend: $1,750 per month. Research areas include: the study of Shaker life and material culture; American decorative arts, painting, architecture, or historic preservation; domestic life; late 19th and early 20th century design and material culture.URL: http://www.winterthur.org/?p=535
Citizenship Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadline: January 15
Dissertation Fellowships Doctoral candidates conducting research or writing a dissertation receive four- to nine-month fellowships. Stipend: up to $7,000 per semester. URL: http://www.winterthur.org/?p=535Citizenship Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadline: January 15
Postdoctoral Fellowships Applicants who have completed their Ph. D. may receive a four-month fellowship to pursue advanced research or revise research for publication. Stipend: up to $16,800.URL: http://www.winterthur.org/?p=535Citizenship Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadline: January 15
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation FellowshipThe Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships support the final year of work on Ph.D. dissertations dealing with ethical or religious values in fields across the humanities and social sciences. Amount: $25,000URL: http://woodrow.org/fellowships/newcombe/ - aboutCitizenship Restrictions: US citizens onlyDeadline: November 15
Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs FellowshipThe Fellowship is designed to attract outstanding individuals from all ethnic, racial and social backgrounds who have an interest in pursuing a Foreign Service career with the U.S. Department of State. Amount: up to $37,500 annually to cover tuition, room, board, and mandatory fees during the senior year of college and the first year of graduate school. Each successful candidate is obligated to a minimum of three years’ service as a Foreign Service Officer. URL: http://www.twc.edu/thomas-r-pickering-foreign-affairs-fellowship-programCitizenship Restrictions: US citizens onlyDeadline: January 13
The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s StudiesThe WW Women’s Studies Fellowships support the final year of dissertation writing for Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences whose work addresses topics of women and gender in interdisciplinary and original ways. Amount: $5,000URL: http://woodrow.org/fellowships/womens-studies/#aboutCitizenship Restrictions: US citizens onlyDeadline: October 15
Available to Pre-ABD and Above* The following opportunities are open to individuals at the beginning, middle and post- stages of graduate programs in humanities and social sciences disciplines. This list is alphabetized but not categorized by discipline. Although application deadlines generally fall on or close to the same date each year, it is critical to first check with the sponsor for current application deadlines and materials.
American Councils for International Education – Critical Language ScholarshipThe Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) is a program of the U.S. Department of State. It is a fully-funded overseas language and cultural immersion program for American undergraduate and graduate students. With the goal of broadening the base of Americans studying and mastering critical languages and building relationships between the people of the United States and other countries, CLS provides study opportunities to a diverse range of students from across the United States at every level of language learning. Languages include: Azerbaijani, Bangla/Bengali, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Punjabi, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu (all beginning through advanced); Arabic and Persian (advanced beginning through advanced); Chinese, Japanese, and Russian (intermediate through advanced).URL: http://www.clscholarship.org Citizenship Restrictions: US citizens onlyDeadline: November 12 (Last Known Deadline)
American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC) FellowshipsThe AIGC offers graduate fellowships for American Indian and Alaskan Native students from federally recognized US tribes. To be considered, applicants must be pursuing a master's or doctoral degree as full-time students at an accredited graduate school in the US, able to demonstrate financial need, be an enrolled member of a federally recognized American Indian tribe. URL: http://www.aigcs.org/scholarships/graduate-fellowships/Citizenship Restrictions: American Indian or Alaskan Native Affiliation.Deadline: June 1
Hispanic Scholarship FundThe fund offers scholarships to full-time graduate students in any field, including the arts; specifically, media, film, performing arts, communications, or writing. Check the website for specific requirements for each scholarship. Amount of award varies by program. URL: https://www.hsf.net/scholarship Citizenship Restrictions: Hispanic US Citizen, Permanent Legal Resident, DACA or Eligible Non-Citizen (as defined by FAFSA)Deadline: April 6
Institute of Humane Studies (IHS)The Institute of Humane Studies offers many opportunities intended to support and inspire students and faculty, including seminars, scholarships, online videos and programming, and career resources. Fellowships are offered to students whose academic work explores the principles, practices, and institutions necessary for a free society. Amounts range between $750 and $15,000.URL: http://www.theihs.org/humane-studies-fellowships Citizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadlines: March 15
Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI)The ISI offers fellowships to graduate students who plan to teach at the college level. The Weaver Fellowship pays tuition. The Salvatori Fellowship funds projects researching the principles of the American Founding Fathers or the culture that formed the Founders’ values and ideas. The Western Civilization Fellowship funds graduate work related to Western Civilization. The Renshaw Fellowship supports the study and shaping of school curricula by providing grants to those seeking to become superintendents; curriculum developers; or influential scholars teaching, writing, and lecturing on educational issues. The Collegiate Network Journalism Fellowship offers paid summer internships and postgraduate, yearlong fellowships at prominent media outlets to promising student journalists. Amount: $5,000 stipend plus $1,000 in ISI books (Weaver); $10,000 (Salvatori); $20,000 (Western Civilization); $12,000 (Renshaw); and $5,000 – $35,000 (Collegiate Network Journalism Fellowship).URL: https://home.isi.org/students/fellowships Citizenship Restrictions: US citizens only
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) This program provides scholarships to students at all levels of postsecondary education, including awards for graduate study in various disciplines, such as social sciences and the creative and performing arts. All scholarships are one-time awards. Applicants must be active National JACL members at either the Individual or Student/Youth Level. Amount: awards vary annually. URL: https://jacl.org/jacl-national-scholarship-program/Citizenship Restrictions: Must be members of JACL, but no other restrictionsDeadline: April 1
Korean American Scholarship FundKorean American students with a 3.0 cumulative GPA and currently enrolled in a full-time undergraduate or graduate program are qualified. Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of financial need, academic achievement, school activities, and community services. Students must submit applications to the respective KASF region designated by the state where their school is located. Amount up to $5,000. URL: http://kasf.org/midwesternCitizenship Restrictions: Korean-American citizens onlyDeadline: June 30
National College Athletic Association (NCAA) Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarships ProgramEligibility is restricted to student-athletes at NCAA member institutions who, in their final year of eligibility, have performed with distinction as members of varsity teams in the sport for which they were nominated. Nominees must have a minimum grade point average of 3.5 (based on a 4.0 scale), be nominated by the faculty athletics representative or athletics director, and intend to continue academic work beyond the baccalaureate degree as a part-time or full-time graduate student. Amount: $24,000.URL: http://www.ncaa.org/walter-byers-postgraduate-scholarship-programCitizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: January 13
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New AmericansEach fellowship supports up to two years of graduate study – in any field and in any advanced degree-granting program – in the United States. To be eligible, an applicant: 1) must have a “Green Card” or US citizenship via naturalization or both parents who are naturalized citizens; 2) cannot be older than 30 on the application due date; and 3) must be a graduate or be enrolled in the last year of a bachelor’s program or first or second year of graduate studies. Each award is for up to $25,000 in maintenance grants and up to $20,000 in tuition support for each year of graduate study supported, a total of as much as $90,000.URL: http://www.pdsoros.org/ Citizenship Restrictions: Green card holders and US citizens onlyDeadline: November 1
The United States-Ireland Alliance, The George J. Mitchell ScholarshipThe Mitchell Scholarship fosters research and networking between college graduates (ages 18-30) in the United States and researchers in Ireland. It funds one year of study or research at one of several universities in Ireland and Northern Ireland. No amount is given, but the scholarship covers tuition, housing, a living expenses stipend, and an international travel stipend. URL: http://www.us-irelandalliance.org/content/44/en/Application%20Process.htmlCitizenship Restrictions: US citizenship is requiredDeadline: September 29
Advanced Graduate Students and Above* This list is alphabetized but not categorized. These opportunities are open to intermediate and advanced graduate students in humanities and social sciences disciplines; some are open to recent PhDs. Application deadlines generally fall on or close to the same date each year, but always check with the sponsor for current deadlines and application instructions.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Student Academy AwardsThese awards are offered to full-time film students at accredited colleges, universities, film schools and art schools. Awards are offered for films in four categories: animation, documentary, narrative and alternative, which are made in a teacher-student relationship within the curricular structure of the student's educational institution. Amount: $2,000 to $5,000. URL: http://www.oscars.org/saaCitizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: June 1
American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR)ACOR offers fellowships for students at all levels, ranging from undergraduate to postdoctoral, for study related to the Near East in all areas of the natural and social sciences, humanities, and associated disciplines. Check web site for specific programs relating to your field and level of study. Note that ACOR has some funding available not only to US residents but also to foreign nationals who have not matriculated at US institutions. Amount: varies, up to $31,800. URL: http://www.bu.edu/acor/fellowsh.htmCitizenship Restrictions: US citizens or foreign nationals who have been living in the US for at least three years prior to the application deadline.Deadline: February 1 (Last Known Deadline)
American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS)Fellowships enable graduate students specializing in any aspect of Indian history, culture, or contemporary life to pursue their PhD dissertation research in India. Eligible disciplines are: anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art, behavioral sciences, communications, cultural studies, economics, education, environmental studies, ethnomusicology, film, photography, geography, history of art or architecture, history of science, history, linguistics, literature, medicine, natural sciences, performing arts, philosophy, political science, public health, religious studies, sociology, theater, dance, and urban planning. URL: http://www.indiastudies.org/research-fellowship-programs/Citizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: July 1
Asian Cultural Council (ACC), Arts and Humanities FellowshipsThis Program primarily supports US scholars, including graduate students, in the humanities to undertake research, training, and study in Asia in archaeology, architecture (design, theory, and history), art history, art and architectural conservation, crafts, dance, film, musicology, music, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, theater, and video. Fellowships range from one to nine months. Some funding is also available for US- and Asia-based scholars participating in international conferences and exhibitions.URL: https://www.asianculturalcouncil.org/our-programs/individual-grantsCitizenship Restrictions: US and Asian scholarsDeadline: November 2 (Last Known)
Association for Asian Studies (AAS), Asian Studies Grants and FellowshipsThese grants encourage research for dissertation stage students to cover travel and research expenses for projects related to Asian studies. Individual awards encourage study in Korea (up to $2,500 for travel and $5,000 for workshops conferences) and Japan (up to $3,000 plus travel expenses). URL: http://www.asian-studies.org/Grants-and-Awards/AAS-Grant-Programs
Citizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: February 1 (Spring/Summer)
Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of OklahomaThe Carl Albert Center accepts applications on a rolling basis for its Visiting Scholars Research Grant Program. The grant provides funding for on-site research in the Congressional Collections to support the creation of monographs, journal articles, books, theses, and dissertations. Primary emphasis is placed on research proposals centered on the US Congress and its members, but given the wide-ranging subject matter of the archival holdings at the Center, other topics will be considered. Amount: $500 for graduate students.URL: http://www.ou.edu/content/carlalbertcenter/congressional-collection/vsp.html Citizenship Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadline: Continuous
Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies, University of VirginiaThe institute offers two-year pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellowships in African-American and African Studies. Applications by scholars whose work focuses on Africa and/or the African Diaspora are encouraged. There is no citizenship restriction, but graduate students should be at the ABD-level. Amount: $20,000 plus health insurance (pre-doctoral) and $45,000 plus benefits (post-doctoral).URL: http://woodson.virginia.edu/fellowship-programCitizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: December 1 (Last Known)
Center for Advanced Holocaust StudiesThe Center awards fellowships for significant research and writing about the Holocaust by students working on their dissertations (ABD), postdoctoral researchers, and senior scholars. The Center welcomes applications by scholars in history, political science, literature, Jewish studies, philosophy, religion, psychology, comparative genocide studies, law, and other disciplines. Individual awards range from three to eight consecutive months of residency with stipends of up to $3,700 per month. URL: https://www.ushmm.org/research/competitive-academic-programs/fellowship-competition Citizenship Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadline: November 15 (Last Known)
Center for Engaged Scholarship Dissertation FellowshipsThe Center for Engaged Scholarship's dissertation fellowships are intended to support graduate students whose research advances progressive values. Their goal is to generate new ideas and first-rate scholarship that have the power to contribute to progressive change. The following areas of study apply: anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, social psychology, sociology. Work inspired by these disciplines carried out in interdisciplinary programs such as ethnic studies, women's studies, or American studies is also accepted. They accept applications from PhD students in the social sciences who have already completed all departmental and institutional requirements for the Ph.D. degree, including approval of the dissertation proposal. The only requirement not completed must be the writing and where required, the defense, of the dissertation. Amount: $25,000URL: http://cescholar.org/dissertation-fellowships/Citizenship Restrictions: Must be enrolled at a US institution Deadline: December 15
Center for US-Mexican Studies, Visiting Fellows ProgramThe Center invites applications from advanced PhD candidates who are ABD and have completed a substantial portion of their dissertations. Fellowships are for four to nine months and support research on any aspect of contemporary Mexico, Mexican history, and US-Mexican relations. Comparative studies with a substantial Mexico component are especially encouraged. Priority will be given to proposals that are relevant to public policy. There is no citizenship or nationality requirement, although special funds are
available for Mexican citizens. Stipends average between $10,000 and $22,500 for the academic year and are determined by UC general policies, and funding availability.URL: http://usmex.ucsd.edu/fellows/application-process.htmlCitizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: Januray 20
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation (CCK) for International Scholarly ExchangeCCK offers dissertation fellowships for doctoral students in Chinese studies. Applicants must be at the ABD-level. Applicants should not be employed or receive grants from other sources. There is a separate application for ROC citizens studying abroad. Amount: up to $18,000. URL: http://www.cckf.org.tw/en/programs/american/doctoral-fellowshipsCitizenship Restrictions: None Deadline: October 15
Community Associations (CAI) Research FoundationThe Byron Hanke Fellowship is available to graduate students working on topics related to community associations. Community associations govern common-interest communities of any kind—condominiums, cooperatives, townhouse developments, planned unit developments, and other developments where homeowners support an association with mandatory financial assessments, and are subject to use and aesthetic restrictions. Stipends range from $3,000-$5,000/yr., or as determined by the Foundation.URL: http://www.cairf.org/scholarships/hanke.aspxCitizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: May 1
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) The Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources supports research primarily in original source material in the holdings of archives, libraries, historical societies, museums, related repositories, or a combination. Only doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences who are ABD are eligible. Amount: a stipend of $2,000 per month for nine to twelve months. Each fellow will receive an additional $1,000 upon participating in a symposium on research in original sources and submitting a report acceptable to CLIR on the research experience. Maximum award will be $25,000.URL: http://www.clir.org/fellowships/mellon/mellon.htmlCitizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: December 2
Duke University, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library Duke University’s Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library and its research centers provide travel grants for researchers whose work would benefit from access to the collections held at Duke. Check the website to see which centers are currently offering funding. PhD students and faculty are eligible. Amount: $1,000 – $4,000. URL: http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/research/grants-and-fellowships Citizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: January 31
Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington (Mount Vernon)This library offers fellowships to support research focused on the life, leadership and legacy of George Washington and his place in the development of American civic life and culture. It offers short-term fellowships of less than three months ($3,000/month), three months’ (worth $10,000) and long-term fellowships of up to six months’ (worth $20,000). These fellowships fund advanced graduate students as well as junior faculty. URL: http://www.mountvernon.org/library/fellowships/fellows-program/Citizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: December 31
French Embassy, United StatesFrance offers Chateaubriand Fellowships of four to eight months to doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences, including anthropology, art history, economics, history, linguistics, literature, musicology, philosophy, political science, and sociology. Applicants must be PhD students enrolled in a US university. No particular level of French is required. Fellowships range from four to eight months. Amount: €1,500/month, health insurance, book allowance, and a round-trip ticket to France.URL: http://highereducation.frenchculture.org/grants-and-fellowships/chateaubriand-fellowship Citizenship Restrictions: French citizens are not eligible to applyDeadline: January 27
Fulbright Awards for US Graduate Students, US Department of StateThis program offers scholarships for foreign study at the pre-doctoral level in over 120 countries. This opportunity allows graduate students to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. Applicants must submit their proposals through an online national portal. Direct questions to the KU Office of International Programs. Amount: varies by country.URL: https://www.iie.org/en/Programs (KU https://international.ku.edu/fulbright )Citizenship Restrictions: US citizens onlyDeadline: October 6 (Institutional Deadline: September 5)
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program, US Department of Education This program funds full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and studies that focus on one or more of the following: Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, the Near East, East Central Europe and Eurasia, and the Western Hemisphere (Central and South America and the Caribbean). Projects focusing on Australia, Canada, and Western Europe are ineligible. Students must apply through their institutions. At KU, students must submit their completed individual applications to the KU Office of International Programs. If interested, contact Sue Lorenz, Office of International Programs, [email protected], (785) 864-6161. Amount: $15,000-$60,000. URL: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsddrap/applicant.htmlCitizenship Restrictions: US citizens or permanent residents only.Deadline: March 14 (Institutional Deadline: March 6)
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library - The Gerald R. Ford Scholar AwardDoctoral students may apply for dissertation research and writing support in any field related to the study of the US political process and public policy during the last half of the 20th century. Of special interest is the role and analysis of public opinion in that process. Applications from doctoral students in Political Science, History, Public Policy, Foreign Relations, or American Studies are especially encouraged. Recipients must conduct at least part of their research at the library. Amount: $5,000. Also provides travel grants bi-annually up to $2,200. URL: https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/fsa.asp Citizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: March 31
The German Historical Institute (GHI) The GHI awards short-term (1-6 months) fellowships to German and American doctoral students in the fields of German history, the history of German-American relations, and the history of the role of Germany and the US in international relations. The research projects must draw upon primary sources located in the United States. Amount: The monthly stipend is € 2,000 for doctoral students and € 3,400 for postdoctoral students.URL: http://www.ghi-dc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=287&Itemid=62Citizenship Restrictions: US and German citizens onlyDeadline: April 1, October 1
Hagley Museum and Library: The History of Business, Technology, and SocietyThe four-month Henry Belin du Pont Dissertation Fellowship in Business, Technology, and Society supports research and dissertation writing for projects that make significant use of the Hagley's collections. Hagley also offers short-term grants and fellowships to assist researchers with travel and living expenses while doing research in the imprint, manuscript, pictorial, or artifact collections. Stipend amounts vary.URL: http://www.hagley.org/library-grants Citizenship Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadline: November 15
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, Dissertation FellowshipsThe Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation welcomes proposals that concern violence and aggression in relation to social change, intergroup conflict, war, terrorism, crime, and family relationships, among other subjects. Dissertations with no relevance to understanding human violence and aggression will not be supported. Priority will also be given to areas and methodologies not receiving adequate attention and support from other funding sources. Applicants must be within one year of completing their PhD. Amount: $20,000 for one year. URL: http://www.hfg.org/df/guidelines.htmCitizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: February 1
The Harvard Academy for International and Area StudiesPre-doctoral Fellowships support outstanding scholars at the start of their careers whose work combines disciplinary excellence in the social sciences (including history and law) with an in-depth grounding in particular non-Western countries or regions, including domestic, comparative, or transnational issues. Academy Scholars are offered time, guidance by the Senior Scholars, access to Harvard facilities, and substantial financial assistance for two years to conduct final-stage dissertation research. Pre-doctoral Scholars will receive an annual stipend of $31,000; Postdoctoral Academy Scholars will receive $67,000. URL: http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/academy/academy_scholars_program.htmlCitizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: October 1
The Institute for Political HistoryThe Institute promotes academic study, scholarly research, and advancement of our understanding American political history through grants for research, publications, conferences, workshops, and seminars. It provides support for interdisciplinary projects and forums for scholars, including graduate students, concerned with the application of historical perspectives to American political development. The focus is on the development of American politics and state formation using diverse methods and theories within an historical perspective. Awards in the past have been up to $1,500.URL: http://www.politicalhistory.org/grants.html Citizenship Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadline: March 15
Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish ArchivesApplicants for the Marcus Center Fellowship Program must be conducting serious research in some area relating to the history of North American Jewry. Typically, Marcus Center Fellowships will be awarded to post-doctoral candidates, PhD candidates who are completing dissertations, and senior or independent scholars. Research must be performed at the Archives in Cincinnati, Ohio. Amount: stipend is sufficient to cover transportation and living expenses while in residence in Cincinnati. URL: http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/programs_fellowship.phpCitizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: February 19
Constant H. Jacquet Research Awards, Religious Research AssociationThese awards are designed to cover research expenses for applied and basic research on religion (priority is offered to applied client-centered projects). Eligibility: both graduate students and PhDs may apply. Applicants are required to be members of the RRA. Amount: up to $4,000. URL: http://www.rraweb.org/constant-h-jacquet-research-awards/ Citizenship Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadline: April 30
Japan Foundation Fellowship ProgramThe Japan Foundation offers a number of fellowships for postdoctoral scholars and graduate students interested in conducting research in Japan with the aim of promoting Japanese studies overseas. Graduate student fellowships range in length from 4-14 months. Long-term fellows receive a monthly stipend and short-term fellows receive a per diem allowance. Both long-term and short-term fellowships cover the cost of travel to and from Japan.URL: http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/program/intel.htmlCitizenship Restrictions: Nationals of Permanent Residents of a Country with Diplomatic Ties to JapanDeadline: December 1 (November 1 for US citizens and US permanent residents)
John Carter Brown Library – Short- and Long-Term FellowshipsThe John Carter Brown Library awards approximately forty residential fellowships annually. Sponsorship of research is reserved exclusively for scholars whose work is centered on the colonial history of the Americas, North and South, including all aspects of the European, African, and Native American engagement. Individual awards focus on different aspects of their collections. Short-term fellowships are available for periods of two to four months and carry a stipend of $2,100 per month. Long-Term Fellowships support five to ten months of research at the library with a monthly stipend of $4,200. URL: http://www.brown.edu/academics/libraries/john-carter-brown/fellowships/description-fellowship-programCitizen Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadline: December 1 (Last Known) ; Interdisciplinary Cluster Fellowship applications are due January 15
John C. Danforth Center, Washington University, St. LouisFellowships offered to support completion of a dissertation on religion and politics in the US. Fellows will spend the academic year in residence researching and writing their dissertations. Fellows will be asked to contribute to the Center’s intellectual life by organizing an event of interest to the wider University and the general public. They will be expected to share in the Center’s ongoing colloquium and some of its other programs. Amount: Stipend of $28,000 and an allowance for relocation. Fellows receive additional support for organizing public events. Some funds may also be available for professional travel. Postdoctoral funding also available. URL: http://rap.wustl.edu/fellowships/Citizenship Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadline: January 15 (Dissertation Program Temporarily Suspended)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library and MuseumThe John F. Kennedy Library Foundation offers competitive research fellowships and grants every year to scholars and students who wish to make use of the archival holdings (including audiovisual materials) of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Candidates may apply for only one fellowship per year. Amount: up to $5,000URL: http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Grants-and-Fellowships.aspxCitizenship Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadline: August 15
The Lilly Library (University of Indiana–Bloomington)The Library offers Mendel Fellowships, which are available to scholars doing research in the history of the
Spanish Colonial Empire; Latin American independence movements; European expansion in the Americas; voyages, travels, and exploration; geography, navigation and cartography; German literature and history; or music, including sheet music. Stipends are based on length of stay, from one week to an academic year. Fellowship stipends are up to $40,000. Applications from doctoral candidates through senior scholars are considered.URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/fellowships.shtml Citizenship Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadline: September 30
Leo Baeck Institute FellowshipsLeo Baeck Institute supports new research on German-Jewish culture and history through several fellowships. Ph.D. candidates and academics working on topics related to the German-Jewish community in a variety of disciplines are encouraged to apply. Amounts vary; check the website. URL: http://www.lbi.org/about/fellowships/Citizenship Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadlines: Various
Louisville Institute Dissertation FellowshipThe fellowship program supports the final year of PhD or ThD dissertation writing for students engaged in research pertaining to North American Christianity. Preference will be offered to proposals addressing contemporary religious communities. There are up to 12 fellows selected. Amount: $22,000. URL: http://www.louisville-institute.org/Grants/programs/dfdetail.aspxCitizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: February 1
The McNeil Center for Early American Studies (MSEAS)The McNeil Center offers several pre-doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships each year for a term of nine months. Advanced graduate students from any PhD-granting institution who are in the dissertation research or writing stage are eligible to compete for these fellowships, which are open to scholars in any discipline for projects focusing on North America and the Caribbean before 1850. Applications are encouraged from students of all relevant disciplines, including African American Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Economics, Folklore, Gender Studies, History, Law, Literature, Music, Political Science, Religion, Urban Studies, and Women’s Studies. McNeil Center fellows are expected to be in residence in Philadelphia. Amount: $21,000 (predoctoral) $44,000 (postdoctoral)URL: http://www.mceas.org/dissertationfellowships.shtml Citizenship Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadline: February 2 (last known)
Memorial Foundation for Jewish CultureThe Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture offers doctoral scholarships to help train qualified individuals for careers in Jewish scholarship and research, and to help Jewish educational, religious, and communal workers obtain advanced training for leadership positions. Any graduate student specializing in a Jewish field who is officially enrolled or registered in a doctoral program at a recognized university and who has had his/her dissertation approved is eligible to apply. Applications only available upon request. Amount: Up to $10,000.URL: http://www.mfjc.org/support/howto.html Citizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: October 31 (Last Known)
Jefferson Scholars Foundation / University of VirginiaNational Fellowships support outstanding scholars at top institutions across the country who are completing dissertations in American history, politics, public policy and foreign relations.Annually funds up to eight fellowships to support one year of dissertation research and writing. Amount:
$25,000 to $32,000.URL: http://www.jeffersonscholars.org/nationalfellowship Citizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: February 1 (Last Known, Likely to Change)
National Gallery of Art Pre- and post-doctoral FellowshipsThe National Gallery of Art offers several fellowships for the advancement or completion of a doctoral dissertation and/or resulting publication in Western art. Eligibility requirements: applicants must be ABD, certify competence in two foreign languages other than English, and be either US citizens or enrolled in a US university. Applicants are nominated by the chair of their art history department. Amount: $30,000 per year (predoctoral) $50,000 (postdoctoral)URL: http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/research/casva/fellowships/predoctoral-dissertation-fellowships.htmlCitizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: November 15
National Women's Studies Association (NWSA)The NWSA offers small scholarships to students who, in the fall of the year of the award, will be engaged in the research or writing stages of a Master's Thesis or PhD dissertation in the interdisciplinary field of women's studies. Applicants must be members of NWSA at the time of application. Amount: $1,000.URL: http://082511c.membershipsoftware.org/content.asp?pl=16&contentid=16Citizenship Restrictions: US citizens onlyDeadline: March 31
Newberry LibraryThe Newberry Library offers fellowships for long- and short-term research in its holdings, which include information on the history and culture of Western Europe and the Americas. Some funding is available for study abroad and there is a special fellowship for women of Native American heritage. Most long-term fellowships are open only to postdocs, but short-term fellowships are open to doctoral candidates. Programs differ on citizenship restriction, check the website. Amount: $2,500/mo. (short-term) or $4,200/mo. (long-term).URL: http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/fellowshome.html Citizenship Restrictions: VariousDeadlines: November 15 (for long-term fellowships) and December 15 (for short-term fellowships)
Organization of American Historians (OAH)The OAH sponsors several small grants and awards for graduate students in American History. Amount: $500 - $2,000. URL: http://www.oah.org/programs/awards/Citizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: Various, depending on the program (see website for details)
P.E.O. P.E.O. is a philanthropic organization where women celebrate the advancement of women; educate women through scholarships, grants, awards, loans, and stewardship of Cottey College and motivate women to achieve their highest aspirations. An applicant for a P.E.O. Scholar Award is required to be nominated by a local P.E.O. chapter.She must be within two years of completing her doctoral-level degree and she must have one full academic year of work remaining at the time the award payment is made in August or September. She must be enrolled full-time in her program at an accredited college or university in the United States or Canada. URL: https://www.peointernational.org/psa-eligibility-requirements Citizenship Restrictions: Citizen or Permanent Resident of U.S. or Canada
RAND CorporationThe Graduate Student Summer Associate Program introduces graduate students to RAND, which conducts research on national security problems and domestic and international social policy issues. Students complete independent research projects during their three months at RAND. Associates are assigned to a project and mentored by senior research staff members, usually with the same academic background. Students who have completed at least two years of graduate work leading to a doctorate or professional degree, and who will not graduate prior to the summer of employment, are eligible. Amount: $13,500 (before taxes).URL: http://www.rand.org/about/edu_op/fellowships/gsap/Citizenship Restrictions: US citizenship is necessary only for positions that require security clearancesDeadline: January 5
School for Advanced Research (SAR) FellowshipsThe SAR is a center for advanced studies in anthropology and related disciplines, supporting scholars doing research in anthropology and allied fields, such as history, sociology, art, law, and philosophy, who approach their research from an anthropologically informed perspective. Four different fellowships are available to both PhD candidates and recent PhD recipients. SAR provides Resident Scholars with low-cost housing and office space on campus, a stipend up to $40,000, library assistance, and other benefits during a nine-month tenure, from September 1 through May 31. URL: http://sarweb.org/index.php?resident_scholars Deadline: First Monday in November
St. Louis University, NEH Research FellowshipsThese fellowships are offered for carrying out research at the Vatican Film Library or in the rare book and manuscript collections of Pius XII Memorial Library at Saint Louis University. Amount: $1,750 per 5-week period, reimbursement for all travel to and from St. Louis, and a fully furnished two-bedroom apartment. Also offers two to eight week Mellon fellowships to investigate the Vatican Film Library.URL: http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/cmrs/fellow.htmlCitizenship Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadline: None; Review of applications begins on April 1, and will be accepted until all time-periods are filled
Terra Foundation Summer Residency in GivernyThis program supports scholars in American art. The eight-week residency is held in the Musée d’Art Américain Giverny. Doctoral students are eligible. Amount: $5,000 + $300 for purchase of materials and up to $1,200 for travel costs. Lodging is provided, as are daily lunches.URL: http://www.terraamericanart.org/grants/academic-program-grants/terra-summer-residency/Citizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: January 15
Thomas Jefferson Foundation / Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson StudiesShort-term residential fellowships for periods of up to four months are offered to doctoral candidates and postdoctoral scholars from any country working on Jefferson-related projects. At least one fellowship is given for related research in African-American history and archaeology for fellows using the Digital Archaeological Archive of Chesapeake Slavery. The stipend is up to $2,000/mo. plus travel costs for US and Canadian scholars. Small travel grants are also available for short-term research visits to Monticello. URL: http://www.monticello.org/research/fellowships/index.htmlCitizenship Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadline: April 1 and November 1
The United States Department of Justice, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) – Graduate Research Fellowships*Note: These are institutional grants, which must go through the University of Kansas Center for Research (KUCR).The NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) Program in Social and Behavioral Sciences is open to doctoral students in all social and behavioral science disciplines. This program provides awards to accredited academic institutions to support graduate research leading to doctoral degrees in areas that are relevant to ensuring public safety, preventing and controlling crime, and ensuring the fair and impartial administration of criminal justice in the United States. Award: up to $32,000URL: http://www.nij.gov/funding/fellowships/graduate-research-fellowship/Pages/grf-sbs.aspxCitizenship Requirements: UnspecifiedDeadline: December 15 (Last Known)
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP)Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowships support the research and writing of dissertations addressing the sources and nature of international conflict and ways to prevent or end conflict and sustain peace. All disciplines are welcome. Priority is given to projects that contribute knowledge relevant to the formulation of policy on international peace and conflict issues. Amount: $20,000. URL: https://www.usip.org/grants-fellowships/fellowships/jennings-randolph-peace-scholarship-dissertation-program Citizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadline: November 20
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Dissertation Fieldwork GrantsThese grants fund projects that demonstrate a clear link to anthropological theory and debates and promise to make solid contributions to advancing these ideas. Proposals that employ a comparative perspective, can generate innovative approaches or ideas, and/or integrate two or more subfields are particularly welcome. Applicants must be ABD and enrolled for a doctoral degree in anthropology or a related discipline. Also offers postdoctoral funding up to $40,000. Amount: up to $20,000. URL: http://www.wennergren.org/programs/dissertation-fieldwork-grantsCitizenship Restrictions: NoneDeadlines: May 1 and November 1
W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological ResearchThe W.F. Albright Institute offers a wide variety of fellowships. Most carry a stipend, and fellowship durations range from one to ten months. Many awards are open to doctoral and/or postdoctoral students, but check the website for eligibility requirements. Amount: up to $40,000.URL: http://www.aiar.org/available-fellowships/ Citizenship Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadline: Various
William L. Clements Library, University of MichiganThe Clements Library research fellowships exist to help scholars gain access to the Library’s rich array of primary sources on early American history. Fellowships for predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships are available, and amounts range from $1,000 to $10,000. See the website for more details.URL: http://www.clements.umich.edu/fellowship.phpCitizenship Restrictions: UnspecifiedDeadline: January 15
Williams College Fellowships for Minority ScholarsWilliams College offers the Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowship for scholars from underrepresented groups and minorities who are either A.B.D. doctoral students or recent MFA graduates. The fellowships require a two-year residency at Williams and provide an annual stipend of $40,000, health benefits, office space,
and an annual research budget of $4,000. URL: http://dean-faculty.williams.edu/prospective-faculty/graduate-fellowships-2/graduate-fellowships/Citizenship Restrictions: US citizens onlyDeadline: November 30
Post-Doctoral Fellowships* This list is alphabetized but not categorized. These opportunities are open only to recent PhDs. Application deadlines generally fall on or close to the same date each year, but always check with the sponsor for current deadlines and application instructions.
American Academy in RomeThe American Academy in Rome awards a variety of prizes and fellowships to scholars in all stages of their careers. Fellows reside at the Academy for periods from four‐weeks to eleven‐months and add to the diversity of the Academy artistic and scholarly community. In particular, the Academy’s Rome Prize is awarded to about thirty emerging artists and scholars who represent the highest standard of excellence and who are in the early or middle stages of their working lives. Fellowships range from four weeks to two years, with stipends between $5,000 and $30,000. The Rome Prize pays up to $28,000/yr.URL: http://www.aarome.org/apply/rome-prize/procedure-requirementsDeadline: November 1
American Academy of Arts and SciencesThis Visiting Scholars Program (VSP) provides residential fellowships to postdoctoral scholars in the humanities and social sciences. The fellowship program offers a collaborative work environment and the opportunity to interact with Academy members. It also creates a national network for these scholars, assisting them in their research and professional development. The fellowship will be a two-year postdoctoral fellowship, with four awards made each year, and that a mentorship program will pair each Visiting Scholar with an Academy Fellow who is an expert in a similar field of study. Amount: $60,000 per year for two yearsURL: https://www.amacad.org/content/about/about.aspx?d=363&t=4&s=0 Deadline: October 23 (Last Known Deadline)
Banting Postdoctoral FellowshipsThese fellowships support two years of research at a host institution in Canada in any field. The stipend is $70,000 (CAD) per year (taxable) for two years (non-renewable). Interested applicants must solicit support from a program at a Canadian university. Applicants must have received PhD by the time of the application and within four years previously.URL: http://banting.fellowships-bourses.gc.ca/en/home-accueil.htmlDeadline: September 20
Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies, University of VirginiaThe institute offers two-year doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships in African-American and African Studies. Applications by scholars whose work focuses on Africa and/or the African Diaspora are encouraged. There is no citizenship restriction. Stipends: $47,476 + full time benefits (post-doctoral). URL: http://www.woodson.virginia.edu/fellowship-program Deadline: December 1
Center for Italian Renaissance Studies (Harvard University) I Tatti FellowshipI Tatti Residential Fellowships, each for twelve months, are available for post doctorate research in any aspect of the Italian Renaissance. Fellows must be conversant in either English or Italian and able to understand both languages. They should be in the early stages of their career, having received a PhD between within last ten years and should be specialists of the Italian Renaissance. Amount: up to $50,000.
URL: http://itatti.harvard.edu/research/fellowships/i-tatti-fellowship Deadline: October 15
Columbia University Society of Fellows in the HumanitiesA one-year fellowship (with the possibility of renewal) that supports scholars who have or will complete their PhD in the humanities within the calendar year of application. During the first year fellow teaches one course per semester, which is reduced to one course per year for the second and third year of the fellowship. The fellowship carries an annual stipend of $62,000 and a research allowance of $6,500 per year.URL: http://societyoffellows.columbia.edu/fellowship/ Deadline: October 3
Clements Center for Southwest Studies (Southern Methodist University)Senor or junior scholars in any humanities or social science field doing research on The US Southwest, the US-Mexico borderlands, or Texas history are eligible for fellowships. Fellows must spend an academic year or semester at SMU and participate in Clements Center activities. Full-year stipends are $45,000 with a $3,000 research and travel allowance and a publication subvention. URL: http://www.smu.edu/Dedman/Academics/InstitutesCenters/swcenter/FellowshipsDeadline: January 19
Cornell Society for the Humanities (Cornell University) Mellon Postdoctoral FellowshipThis Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-supported program offers two-year stipends of $50,000 per year to scholars with recent PhDs in the humanities. While in residence, fellows hold department affiliations, have limited teaching duties, and do scholarly work. Check the website for current areas of specialization.URL: http://www.arts.cornell.edu/sochum/mellon_post-d_fellowships.html Deadline: November 1
European University Institute (EUI) One of the world’s largest doctoral and postdoctoral programs in the social sciences focused on the study of Europe.
Max Weber FellowshipsThe Max Weber Program offers 1-3-year fellowships in Florence (two-year fellowships involve additional activities, such as limited graduate teaching) for early career scholars. It is funded by the European Commission (DG Education and Culture) and hosted by the European University Institute in Florence. Fellows receive € 2,000 a month, which may be reduced based on the amount of supplementary income. There is also a family allowance for dependents (€300 per month for partners, and €200 per month for each dependent child). Candidates are eligible during the five-year period following the successful completion of their PhD. There is no citizenship requirement.URL: http://www.eui.eu/ServicesAndAdmin/AcademicService/Fellowships/MaxWeberFellowships/Index.aspx Deadline: October 25
European Institutes for Advanced Study (EURIAS)EURIAS Fellowships are offered in the fields of the humanities and social sciences for individual work only. This international researcher mobility program offers 10-month residential fellowships at one of 16 participating institutes in Berlin, Bologna, Brussels, Budapest, Cambridge, Delmenhorst, Freiburg, Helsinki, Jerusalem, Lyon, Marseille, Paris, Uppsala, Vienna, Wassenaar, Zürich. The intent is to promote concentrated, self-directed work in a stimulating environment of multidisciplinary and international fellows. Residencies are open to junior and senior scholars and begin in September or October. So long as the residency is 10 months in duration, individual institutes may allow negotiation of the starting date. Amount: €26,000 for a junior fellow, and € 38,000 for a senior fellow. There is no citizenship requirement.URL: http://www.2018-2019.eurias-fp.eu
Folger Shakespeare LibraryThis library offers five long-term fellowships (six to nine months) of up to $50,000 (for nine months, prorated for shorter periods). NEH Fellowships are restricted to US citizens or to foreign nationals who have been living in the US for at least three years. While the Folger Library only rarely awards a scholar for revisions of their doctoral dissertation, it does not want to preempt submissions of exciting projects simply because they derive from the dissertation. Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellowships are open to scholars from any country.URL: http://www.folger.edu/Content/Folger-Institute/Fellowships/Research-Fellowships.cfm Deadline: March 1, November 1
UCLA Institute of American Cultures (IAC) Visiting Researcher Program in Ethnic StudiesIAC offers a Visiting Researcher appointment for newly degreed scholars in support of research on African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Chicanas/os. Recipients will reside at one of the four Ethnic Studies Centers. IAC Visiting Researchers will receive up to a 9-month academic-year stipend and may be eligible for health benefits. Amount: up to $35,000, plus up to $4,000 in research support. URL: http://www.iac.ucla.edu/fellowships_visitingscholar.html Deadline: January 12 (Last Known)
Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies (University of Rochester)The Institute offers a predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowship to humanities and social science scholars who hold a PhD or is ABD (with a finished dissertation chapter) in a field related to the African and African-American experience. Postdoctoral stipend: $40,000 for one academic year to support the completion of a research project with a $3,000 research and travel fund. Predoctoral Stipend: $26,000. The fellowship begins in September and the Fellow will teach one course.URL: http://www.rochester.edu/college/aas/grad_programs/fellowships.html Deadline: February 1
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) DAAD offers funding opportunities to highly qualified graduate students, PhD candidates and post-doctoral researchers for research or a course of study and training in Germany. Funding includes research grants, fellowships, and intensive language courses. Opportunities are also available to help build ties with institutions in Germany and for collaborative research.URL: https://www.daad.org/en/find-funding/graduate-opportunities/research-grants/ Deadline: May 1 and November 1 (Last Known)
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Venetian Research Program. The Foundation awards pre-doctoral and post-doctoral grants for travel to and residence in Venice and the Veneto. Grants are for historical research specifically on Venice and the former Venetian empire, and for study of contemporary Venetian society and culture. Disciplines of the humanities and social sciences are eligible areas of study, including (but not limited to) archaeology, architecture, art, bibliography, economics, history, history of science, law, literature, music, political science, religion, and theater. Award amount: up to a maximum of $20,000 for a full academic year. URL: http://delmas.org/?page_id=97Citizen Restrictions: US citizens or permanent residents onlyDeadline: December 15
The Harvard University Society of Fellows Junior FellowshipsJunior Fellowships are for those who are completing or have just completed their PhD in any field. Junior Fellows hold three-year appointments and are completely free from any requirements that might interfere with the development of their work. They may develop a research project or become familiar with a new
field to prepare for interdisciplinary work. Please note that nominees must be nominated by a faculty member—nominees are barred from applying directly on their own behalf—and the nomination must be sent through the mail in hard copy. Nominees should be either about to complete their PhD or have completed it within the previous year. Amount: $77,000 per year.URL: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Esocfell/about.htmlDeadline: August 11
Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies (University of Pennsylvania)The fellowship program invites roughly twenty scholars of any rank in the humanities and social sciences to conduct thematic research within Judaic studies. During the fellowship year, fellows work on their projects and meet at weekly seminars to discuss their work. At the end of the year, the results of their research are presented at a colloquium and the University of Pennsylvania Press publishes their papers. Themes change each year; check the website. Amount: up to $60,000 plus single-coverage health insurance.URL: https://katz.sas.upenn.edu/fellowship-programDeadline: October 31
Hodder Fellowship (Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University)The Hodder Fellowship will be given to writers and non-literary artists of exceptional promise to pursue independent projects at Princeton University during the academic year. Potential Hodder Fellows are writers, composers, choreographers, visual artists, performance artists, or other kinds of artists or humanists who have “much more than ordinary intellectual and literary gifts”; they are selected more “for promise than for performance.” Given the strength of the applicant pool, most successful Fellows have published a first book or have similar achievements in their own fields; the Hodder is designed to provide fellows with the “studious leisure” to undertake significant new work. Stipend is $80,000.URL: http://www.princeton.edu/arts/lewis_center/society_of_fellows/Deadline: September 19
Illinois Program of Research in the Humanities (IPRH; University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign)The IPRH–Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellows in Environmental Humanities will spend their two-year terms in residence at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and will participate in all activities of the Mellon Environmental Humanities research group, as led by the IPRH–Mellon Faculty Fellow in Environmental Humanities, Professor Robert Morrissey. The Fellows will pursue an individual research project in an area of the environmental humanities; participate in a seminar and programs focused on the methods and challenges of interdisciplinary work in the environmental humanities; work together on a collaborative, public-facing project in the field; and work with the research group to develop the outline for an Environmental Humanities curriculum. Each fellow will be required to teach one of the courses developed in the second year of the fellowship term. Amount: $56,650 with $5,000 research allowanceURL: http://www.iprh.illinois.edu/fellowships/mellon/postDoc.html Deadline: October 30
Institute for Historical Studies (University of Texas at Austin)The Institute offers tenure-track and tenured faculty fellowships and post-doctoral fellowships. Fellowships are not restricted to historians, but projects must have significant historical content. Fellows must be resident in Austin during the term of their appointment and are expected to participate actively and regularly in the Institute's programming. Each fellow will present a pre-circulated paper at the institute's workshops and may also be invited to participate in other programming at The University of Texas at Austin. Annual theme changes. Amount: $47,476 for postdocs.URL: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/historicalstudies/fellowships/resident-fellows.phpDeadline: January 15
Institute for Research in the Humanities (University of Wisconsin-Madison)The Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin offers fellowships for scholars
at different stages in their career and with various specialties.
Kingdon FellowshipsThis fellowship supports research in historical, literary, and philosophical studies of the Judeo-Christian religious tradition and its role in society from antiquity to the present. Projects may focus on any period and part of the world, and be in any field of the humanities. Fellows must be in residence throughout the academic year and may extend their residency through the following summer on a non-stipendiary basis. Applicants must have the doctorate at the time of application. The award provides a stipend of $55,000, office space, support services, and access to all university facilities.URL: https://irh.wisc.edu/fellowships/kingdon Deadline: November 2
Solmsen FellowshipsThe Solmsen Fellowships support four or five scholars from outside UW-Madison working on literary and historical studies of the European Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance periods up to about 1700. Fellows must be in residence throughout the academic year and may extend their residency through the following summer on a non-stipendiary basis. Applicants must have the doctorate in hand at the time of application. The award provides a stipend of $55,000, office space, support services, and access to all university facilities.URL: https://irh.wisc.edu/fellowships/solmsenDeadline: November 2
The A. W. Mellon Postdoctoral ProgramThis two-year fellowship is an interdisciplinary program providing postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. The program, established in 2010, builds upon interdisciplinary initiatives on campus exploring the broad question, “What is human?” These initiatives have been examining the transnational circulations of culture and power on a global landscape, questions of biocultures and biopolitics, and new ways of thinking about media in the context of the digital revolution. Fellows teach one course each semester. Applicants must receive (or have received) their PhD within five years of beginning fellowship. Fellows receive a stipend, adjusted each year for inflation, with a $5,000 per year research allowance. Fellows are also eligible for health insurance.URL: http://humanities.wisc.edu/fellows/about-the-a-w-mellon-postoctoral-program/application-information
Deadline: November 2
Kellogg Institute for International Studies (Notre Dame University)The Visiting Fellowships provide scholars the opportunity to pursue research related to Kellogg Institute themes of democracy and human development, share your research with the Notre Dame scholarly community, and have the opportunity to publish in Kellogg’s peer-reviewed Working Paper Series. Senior and junior scholars may apply. A two-year postdoc is available also. Fellowships offer a stipend and conference travel support.URL: http://kellogg.nd.edu/vfellowships/fellowships.shtml#procCitizenship Restrictions: US citizens and foreign nationalsDeadline: October 1
Lauro De Bosis Postdoctoral Fellowship (Harvard University)The Committee for the Lauro De Bosis Lectureship in the History of Italian Civilization at Harvard University invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in any aspect of Italian culture, history, and society, to be held during the academic year. Candidates must hold a completed Ph.D. or equivalent degree obtained within the past ten years at the time of application. The fellowship may be one or two semesters in length, depending on the proposed research project; it carries a stipend of $28,000 for one semester and $56,000 for two semesters. The recipient of the fellowship will be expected to be in residence in
Cambridge for the entire period of her or his appointment, and to use the resources of the University to pursue a project with a substantial Italian component. He or she will have the opportunity to teach a course or organize a workshop at Harvard as well, and will be expected in any case to make a seminar presentation of his or her work.URL: http://rll.fas.harvard.edu/pages/lauro-de-bosis-postdoctoral-fellowshipDeadline: February 18
Leon Levy Center for Biography Fellowship (CUNY)The Leon Levy Center for Biography at the City University of New York offers four yearlong residential fellowships. Awards offer writing space, full access to research facilities, and a $65,000 stipend. They engage in discussions on the craft of biography, both within and without the academy. Established and emerging biographers, writers moving to biography from other genres, and artists working on biography in film or other media are welcome. Fellows are expected to attend monthly seminars and the conferences and lectures held by the Leon Levy Center, in addition to their own work on their projects. URL: http://www.leonlevycenterforbiography.com/fellows_program.htmlDeadline: December 15
Leslie Center for the Humanities (Dartmouth College)The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation offers leading junior scholars in the vanguard of current research a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the humanities and related social sciences at Dartmouth College. Each fellow is located in a particular department or interdisciplinary program, and linked with one or more Dartmouth faculty mentors. Fellows are expected to teach two courses in their home department(s) or program(s) in each year of their residency. At least one of the four courses should contribute something new to the Dartmouth curriculum; at least one should be an introductory lecture course. Some disciplines not accepted, see website for details. Amount: updated annually for inflation, plus an annual $2,000 research allowance and a one-time computer allowance of $2,500.URL: https://leslie.dartmouth.edu/opportunities/post-docs/mellon-postdoctoral-fellowshipsDeadline: October 1
Lilly Fellows Program in the Humanities and the Arts at Valparaiso UniversityThe Lilly Fellows Program offers a two-year residential postdoctoral fellowship for teacher-scholars who seek careers at church-related institutions of higher learning. Fellows teach seven courses over two years in the appropriate departments and the Honors College. While candidates will be asked to demonstrate their commitment to explore teaching as a Christian vocation, fellows need not research religion to be eligible. The fellowships include a starting salary of $47,800 plus standard benefits, a moving allowance, and an annual professional and travel allowance.URL: http://lillyfellows.org/PostDoctoralFellowsProgram.aspxDeadline: January 10
Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Humanities, Arts, and Social SciencesMIT’s School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences offers a two-year Mellon postdoctoral fellowship to support scholarship across disciplinary boundaries. Four departments are participating in this search: Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Literature, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Music and Theater Arts. Applicants must designate in which of these departments they would like to be located. Fellows will teach one course in the spring semester of the first year and one course per semester for the second year. The fellowship includes an annual salary of $66,000 with standard benefits and a fund of $1,000 to cover travel costs for research and personal development.URL: http://shass.mit.edu/graduate/mellon_postdoctoral_fellowshipDeadline: January 15
Michigan Society of Fellows (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI)Each year the Society awards three-year postdoctoral fellowships to junior scholars in the humanities and social sciences. Fellows are appointed as Assistant Professors in appropriate departments at the University
of Michigan and as Postdoctoral Scholars in the Michigan Society of Fellows. They must be in residence during the academic years of the fellowship, teach for the equivalent of one academic year, participate in the informal intellectual life of the Society, and devote time to their independent research. The annual stipend is $60,000 and fellows can request up to $1,500 for research or travel support. URL: http://societyoffellows.umich.edu/the-fellowship/ Deadline: August 1
Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry: A Postdoctoral Program (Washington University in St. Louis) The Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for new and recent PhD’s is designed to encourage interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching across the humanities and social sciences. Fellows have an opportunity to plan and pursue their own continuing research in association with a senior faculty mentor at Washington University, and, over the course of their two-year appointment, to teach three undergraduate courses and to collaborate in an interdisciplinary theory and methods seminar. Amount: Adjusted annually for inflationURL: http://artsci.wustl.edu/~szwicker/mellonpostdoc/Deadline: December 4
Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study (NDIAS) (University of Notre Dame)NDIAS offers Residential Fellowships to encourage scholars to include questions of values in their analyses, to integrate diverse disciplines, and to ask how their findings advance civilization. The fellowships support research for periods ranging from three weeks to a full academic year. Stipends for the full academic year are up to $60,000, and fellows who do not reside in the greater Michiana area are provided with subsidized visiting faculty housing located adjacent to the University during the fellowship. The Institute welcomes applications from those who are beginning their careers with promise and have appropriate projects.URL: http://ndias.nd.edu/fellowships/residential/Deadline: October 16
Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture (College of William and Mary)The Omohundro Institute offers a two-year post-doctoral fellowship to support the development of fellows’ dissertations into book-length manuscripts in the history and cultures of North America’s indigenous and immigrant peoples during the colonial, Revolutionary, and early national periods of the United States and the related histories of Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America, the British Isles, Europe, and Africa, from the sixteenth century to approximately 1820. Applicants may not have previously published or have under contract a scholarly monograph, and they must have met all requirements for the doctorate before commencing the fellowship. Those who have earned the PhD and begun their career are encouraged to apply. Fellows hold concurrent appointment as visiting assistant professors in the appropriate department of the College of William and Mary and teach a total of six semester hours during the two-year term. Fellows also have the option of spending a summer at the Huntington Library on a full grant within five years of their residency in Williamsburg.URL: http://oieahc.wm.edu/fellowship/submission/index.cfmDeadline: October 30
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, Brown UniversityThe Center annually supports recent PhD recipients drawn from all disciplines whose work is qualitative and humanistic in nature and related to the annual theme. It particularly encourages minority scholars and scholars from developing nations to apply. The Center has an annual research focus, check the website. Amount: $50,000, plus a health and dental insurance supplement and $1,500 for research expenses. URL: http://www.brown.edu/research/pembroke-center/postdoctoral-fellowships Deadline: December 6
Penn Humanities Forum (University of Pennsylvania)This one-year Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship is open to junior scholars in the humanities and related fields who will not yet be tenured during the fellowship year. The award is $54,590 plus health insurance and a $3,000 research fund. Research must relate to the Forum's topic of study for the year in residence at the University of Pennsylvania. Fellows must teach a freshman seminar each term, participate in the weekly Mellon Research Seminar, and present their research at one of those seminars. Preference is given to interdisciplinary proposals and to candidates who have not previously used resources at University of Pennsylvania. URL: http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu/mellon_description.shtmlCitizenship Restrictions: None; international scholars are appointed under a J-1 VisaDeadline: October 15
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies (University of Toronto)The institute provides up to four residential fellowships each year for research in a medieval field of study. The Post-doctoral Mellon Fellowships are intended for young medievalists of exceptional promise who have completed their doctoral work, ordinarily within the previous five years, and have defended their thesis successfully before the 1 February application deadline, and may include those who are starting on their professional academic careers at approximately the Assistant Professor level. Mellon Fellows are required to participate in the interdisciplinary Research Seminar. Amount is approximately Can $40,000URL: http://www.pims.ca/academics/post-doctoral-mellon-fellowships Deadline: February 1
Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal ArtsComprised of recent PhD recipients in the humanities and selected social and natural sciences, the society seeks to promote innovative interdisciplinary approaches to scholarship and teaching. Postdoctoral Fellows are appointed for three-year terms to pursue research and teach half time in their academic department, in the Program in Humanistic Studies, or in other university programs. The stipend will be approximately $84,500. Fellows are provided with a shared office, a personal computer, a research account of $5,000 a year, and access to university grants, benefits and other resources.URL: http://www.princeton.edu/sf/fellowships/ Deadline: September 15
Rachel Carson Center for Environment and SocietyThe Carson Center functions primarily as a research think tank that contributes to public discussions about environmental issues and policies. It offers residential writing fellowships to both senior and postdoctoral scholars working on international, historical, and comparative environmental studies whose projects fall under one of the Center’s research themes. The length of fellowships is flexible. Fellowships are usually granted for six, nine or twelve months, but can also be granted for three months or broken up into individual three-month periods. Residencies are staggered for greater flexibility.URL: http://www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/fellows/fellowship_info/index.html Deadline: January 31
Stanford Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the HumanitiesUp to six two-year postdoctoral scholar-teacher positions in the humanities are offered to recent PhDs (received their degrees within 3.5 years of the fellowships start) each year. Consult the website for eligible fields. Amount: $74,000, plus a full package of employee benefits.URL: http://mellonfellows.stanford.edu Deadline: November 15
Trinity College, Cambridge University – Junior Research FellowshipsThese fellowships support up to four years of research at Trinity College on any topic. Fellows receive a stipend of £25,404 per year, along with a residential set of rooms in the College for free (if single), or a £6,240 annual housing allowance. This should be the applicant’s first substantial paid academic or
research appointment, excluding any scholarship or other assistance toward a degree, and excluding up to nine months of post-doctoral work. URL: https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/applying/jrf/ Deadline: August 31
UCLA Institute of American Cultures (IAC) Visiting Researcher Program in Ethnic StudiesIAC offers a Visiting Researcher appointment for newly degreed scholars researching African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, or Chicanas/os. Recipients will reside at one of the four Ethnic Studies Centers. IAC Visiting Researchers will receive up to a 9-month academic-year stipend of $32,000 to $35,000 plus up to $4,000 in research support and health benefits. URL: http://www.iac.ucla.edu/fellowships_visitingscholar.html Citizenship Restrictions: US citizens onlyDeadline: January 12
University of Michigan, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS)The Du Bois-Mandela-Rodney Post-doctoral Fellowship for scholars working on Africa or the African diaspora is a residential fellowship for the academic year. Fellows are expected to conduct a DAAS work-in-progress seminar on their research during one of the semesters in residence. Applicants must have a PhD in hand from an institution other than Michigan and be no more than five years beyond the completion of their degree at the time the fellowship would begin. The Fellowship package provides a $42,000 stipend and includes health insurance. URL: http://lsa.umich.edu/daas/graduates/fellowship-and-grant-funding/du-bois-mandela-rodney-post-doctoral-fellowship.htmlDeadline: December 1
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (University of Virginia)The Virginia Foundation offers residential fellowships with a maximum stipend of $15,000 per semester for one semester or a full academic year. There are no topic restrictions, and applications from across the broad spectrum of the humanities are invited, however, postdoctoral applicants are strongly encouraged to apply for projects other than dissertation revisions. The fellowships include access to all University of Virginia libraries, University faculty housing, and University recreational facilities. URL: http://virginiahumanities.org/fellowships/Deadline: December 1
Washington University of St. Louis, Mark Steinberg Weil Early Career FellowshipThe Center for the Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis invites applications for the two-year Mark Steinberg Weil Early Career Fellowship in the public humanities, from within a broad range of humanities disciplines or interdisciplinary fields, especially candidates who bring with them experience in community-based projects, data science in the humanities, and/or the urban humanities. The Weil fellowship was established to foster the professional development of gifted scholars, further enrich the university’s vigorous research environment, and advance public humanities through productive interdisciplinary interaction. Fellows are expected to be in residence during the fellowship period, apart from research-related travel. The post-doctoral fellows will be housed in the Center for the Humanities, will teach two courses per year related to their interests, and pursue their own research project. Fellows are expected to participate in the intellectual life of the Center and of other units relevant to the fellow’s research interests. Fellows will receive a salary of $60,000 per year, plus postdoctoral benefits, and a $5,000 annual research/travel stipend.URL: https://cenhum.artsci.wustl.edu/research/mark-steinberg-weil-early-career-fellowship Deadline: January 3 (Last Known)
Wesleyan University, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship ProgramA postdoctoral fellowship supports a scholar who received a Ph.D. in the Humanities or a humanistic social science within four years of the beginning of the fellowship period. The fellow will participate in the
Center for the Humanities programs and teach one undergraduate course on one of the center’s annual themes. The award carries a stipend of $55,000. URL: http://www.wesleyan.edu/humanities/fellowships/mellon.htmlDeadline: January 13
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library (UCLA) Center for 17th and 18th Century StudiesThe library offers the Ahmanson-Getty Postdoctoral Fellowship, which is a theme-based one-year residential fellowship. Applicants must have received a PhD in the last six years and be engaged in research pertaining to the theme. Fellows must make a substantive contribution to the Center's workshops and seminars. Residency is for three consecutive quarters. Amount: Adjusted annually for inflation.URL: http://www.1718.ucla.edu/research/postdoctoral/Deadline: February 1
Woodrow Wilson International Center for ScholarsThrough an international competition, the Center offers 9-month residential Woodrow Wilson Fellowships. Fellows conduct research and write in their areas of expertise, while interacting with policymakers in Washington and Wilson Center staff. The Center accepts non-advocacy, policy-relevant, fellowship proposals that address key policy challenges facing the United States and the world. PhD must be earned by the application deadline. URL: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/fellowship-application-guidelinesDeadline: October 1
