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Carl Albert Center (Norman, OK). VISITING SCHOLARS PROGRAM
Focus is placed on research proposals centered on the U.S. Congress and its members, but given the wide-ranging subject matter of the archival holdings other topics will be considered. Scholars of history and political science pursuing postdoctoral research are especially encouraged to apply. Monographs and journal articles will receive primary emphasis for funding, and theses and dissertations will receive serious consideration. This program strives to open the archival holdings to as wide an audience as possible and no serious researcher will be excluded from consideration.
Maximum Award: $1,000. Deadline: Open.
W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (Jerusalem, Israel).
Fellowships are open to pre- and post-doctoral scholars in ancient Near Eastern studies, including the fields of archaeology, anthropology, art history, Bible, history, language, literature, and religion or related disciplines from pre-history, through the early Islamic period. All Deadlines: October 1.
• ANNUAL PROFESSORSHIP – For 4.5 months to post-doctoral scholars who are US citizens. Award: $15,000.
• NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES (NEH) FELLOWSHIPS - For post-doctoral scholars who are U.S. citizens (or alien residents for at least three years). Residence at the Albright is preferred. Maximum Award: $37,800 for 9 months and $18,900 for 4.5 months.
• ERNEST S. FRERICHS FELLOW AND PROGRAM COORDINATOR - Open to doctoral and post-doctoral scholars. Recipient is expected to assist the Albright’s Director in planning and implementing the Ernest S. Frerichs Program for Albright Fellows which requires a working knowledge of living and traveling in Israel. Award: $11,500 for 9 months.
• GEORGE A. BARTON FELLOWSHIP - Open to all doctoral students and recent Ph.D. recipients for 2 months. Award: $5,000.
• EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS FELLOW (ECA) - For doctoral students and recent Ph.D. recipients who are U.S. citizens. Four Junior Research Fellowships are available for 4.5 - 9 months. Award: $48,000.
• CAROL AND ERIC MAYERS DOCTORAL DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP - For doctoral students whose research involves the study of archaeology and society in the biblical or early post-biblical periods. Topics dealing with society at the household level are encouraged. Award is for two months. Award: $5,000.
• SEYMOUR GITIN DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP - Open to internationally recognized senior scholars of all nationalities who have made significant contributions to their field of study. Award: $45,000 for 9 months.
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library (New Haven, CT). VISITING FELLOWSHIPS
The Library is Yale University's principal repository for literary papers and for rare books and early manuscripts in the fields of literature, history, theology, and the natural sciences. The collections afford opportunities for interdisciplinary research in such fields as medieval, Renaissance, and 18th-century studies, German and French Literature, Tibetan studies, art history, photography, American studies and literature, the history of printing, maps, and modernism in art and literature. One month fellowships are provided for scholars pursuing post-doctoral or equivalent research in its collections. Award: $4,000. Deadline: December 7.
Bentley Historical Library (Ann Arbor, MI). TRAVEL AND RESEARCH GRANTS – MARK C. STEVENS FELLOWSHIP & BORDIN/GILLETTE FELLOWSHIP - Encourage research and writing based on the library's holdings and collections that document every period of Michigan's history, from the territorial era to the present day. Eligible applicants are scholars working on doctoral dissertations or conducting post-doctoral research. A researcher's topic need not be specific to the history of Michigan, but in all cases, it must require significant use of the holdings of the library. Award: $1,500. Deadline: October 15.
John Carter Brown Library (Providence, RI). LONG & SHORT TERM FELLOWSHIPS
For scholars whose research is centered on the colonial history of the Americas, including all aspects of the European, African, and Native American involvement. Short-Term Fellowships are available for periods of two to four months and carry a stipend of $2,100 per month. These fellowships are open to Americans and foreign nationals who are engaged in pre- or post-doctoral, or independent research. Long-Term Fellowships are awarded for five to nine months with a stipend of $4,200 per month. All Deadlines: January 3.
• THE RUTH AND LINCOLN EKSTROM FELLOWSHIP - For research on the history of women and the family in the Americas prior to 1825, including the question of cultural influences on gender formation. Award: $2,100.
• ALEXANDER O. VIETOR MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP - Supports research in early maritime history. Award: $2,100.
• THE TUORO NATIONAL HERITAGE TRUST FELLOWSHIP - Support for research on some aspect of the Jewish experience in the New World before 1825. Award: $2,100.
George Bush Presidential Library (College Station, Texas). O’DONNELL GRANT PROGRAM - Provides grants to aid scholars doing research at the Library. Research must include, but not be limited to, holdings of the Library. Funding priority will be given to proposals that have the greatest likelihood of publication and subsequent usefulness to educators, scholars, students, and policymakers. Award: $2,500. Deadline: November 15.
Center for Afroamerican & African Studies (Ann Arbor, MI). DU BOIS-MANDELA-RODNEY POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP - Supports scholars working on Africa or the African Diaspora. All disciplines are eligible including: the humanities, social sciences, physical sciences and professional schools. Candidates must have a Ph.D. and be no more than five years beyond the completion of their degree. Award: $45,000. Deadline: December 1.
Center for Creative Photography (Tucson, AZ). ANSEL ADAMS RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP Supports scholars who need to use the archives, photograph collection, and/or library of the Center for two to four weeks. Fellowships are open to scholars from any discipline, as well as museum professionals, independent researchers, artists, and candidates for advanced degrees. U.S. citizenship is not required. Award: $5,000. Deadline: November 15.
NEW! Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs. RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
The Centre at the University of St. Andrew’s, Scotland, offers fellowships for professional philosophers and social or political theorists on study leave from their own institutions. Fellows must engage in an area of philosophy relevant to the work of the Centre, but this requirement is broadly interpreted. Housing, an office in the Department of Moral Philosophy, and travel funds are included. Deadline: November 30.
Center for the Humanities at Wesleyan University (Middletown, MA). ANDREW W. MELLON POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP - Provides scholars with free time to further their own work in a cross-disciplinary setting, and to associate them with a distinguished faculty. Scholars who have received their Ph.D. after June 2009 in any field of inquiry in the humanities or humanistic social sciences broadly conceived are eligible. Award: $40,000. Deadline: January 1.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg , VA). GILDER LEHRMAN SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL FELLOWSHIPS - Support research at the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library on British America, the revolutionary era, and early republic, with particular strengths in areas relating to eighteenth-century Williamsburg and Virginia, the colonial Chesapeake, African American studies, decorative arts and material culture through 1830, archaeology, architectural history, and historical preservation. Fellowships are open to doctoral candidates, scholars, and independent researchers and are available for one to three months. Award: $2,000 per month. All Deadlines: November 1.
• ROBERT M. & ANNETTA J. COFFELT AND ROBERT M. COFFELT, JR. FELLOWSHIP
Open to doctoral candidates and junior scholars working on topics related to the American Revolution, Early Republic, or ideas and philosophies of America's founding fathers. Fellowships are available for one to three months at the John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Library. Award: $2,000 per month.
•NEW! AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE FELLOWSHIP - To support research on topics related to African and African American history, including the Atlantic slave trade, the development and practice of slavery, the experience of free blacks, the formation of early black institutions and economies, and the emergence of African American expressive culture. The Fellowship is available for between one and three months. Award: $2,000 per month.
•NEW! 3D VISUALIZATION FELLOWSHIP - A two-month residential appointment to explore innovative ways in which 3D visualization technologies can enhance understanding of Early American History or a closely-related field. The Fellow will be based in the Digital History Center’s 3D Visualization Lab at the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library and will work alongside staff engaged in the ongoing Virtual Williamsburg 1776 project. Successful proposals will clearly demonstrate the potential for the creative use of 3D visualization technologies for enhancing new or ongoing research. Applicants are not required to have 3D modeling experience, but preference will be given to those who have some familiarity with computer-aided drafting and/or spatial technologies. Award: $4,000.
Columbia University Society of Fellows in the Humanities (New York, NY). POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS - Applicants must have received their Ph.D.’s between January 1, 2011 and July 1, 2013. Maximum Award: $65,000. Deadline: October 1.
Duke University (Durham, NC). LIBRARY RESEARCH GRANTS
The Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library of Duke University offer grants for researchers in its archival and rare printed collections. Researchers may apply for grants from more than one center. Maximum Award: $1,000. All Deadlines: January 31.
• THE SALLIE BINGHAM CENTER FOR WOMEN’S HISTORY AND CULTURE (CWHC)
Particular strengths of the CWHC are feminism and radical feminism in the U.S., women's prescriptive literature from the 19th and 20th centuries, girls' literature, artists’ books by women, and the history and culture of women in the South. Also, a number of prominent women writers have placed their personal and professional papers at Duke.
• THE JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN RESEARCH CENTER FOR AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE- The holdings include letters, diaries, ledgers, photographs, films, and rare books documenting three centuries of African-American experience.
• THE JOHN W. HARTMAN CENTER FOR SALES, ADVERTISING & MARKETING HISTORY
The major collections available at the Center are the extensive Archives of the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT), the oldest advertising agency in the U.S. and a major international agency since the 1920s; the advertisements and agency documentation from both D'Arcy, Masius, Benton & Bowles (DMB&B) and Wells Rich Greene; and the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) archives and related collections documenting billboard history. The Center holds several other smaller collections relating to 19th and 20th century advertising and marketing.
The Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection (Washington, DC).
Holds important research resources in the areas of Byzantine studies, the history of landscape architecture, and Pre-Columbian studies. Eligible applicants are scholars who hold a doctorate or have established themselves in their field and wish to pursue their own research, or graduate students who expect to have the Ph.D. prior to taking up residence. Award: $28,000 plus housing and travel expenses. Deadline: November 1.
Emory University - James Weldon Johnson Institute (Atlanta, GA). VISITING SCHOLARS PROGRAM - Fosters new research that examines the origins, evolution, impact and legacy of the modern civil rights movement as well as its impact upon other social justice movements in the U.S. and abroad. These social movements include: the Women’s Movement, the Gay and Lesbian Movement and the Human Rights Movement. For research projects in American Studies, African American Studies, English, Ethnic Studies, Gay and Lesbian Studies, History, Law, Music and Women’s Studies that examine the origins, evolution, impact and legacy of the modern civil rights movement from 1905, to the present. Candidates must hold a Ph. D. at the time of application. Award: $60,000 full Professor; $40,000 Associate Professor; $30,000 Assistant Professor. Deadline: January 27.
NEW! Field Museum (Chicago, IL). VISITING SCHOLARSHIPS
Support scientists who wish to use the Field Museum's collections; funds are earmarked for travel and subsistence while visitors are conducting their research. Applications must be endorsed by a Field Museum curator. Individuals must identify scientists from the list of curators who are responsible for the collection they wish to study, and contact them before applying. Award: $1,500. Deadline: November 1.
Folger Library (Washington, DC). FELLOWSHIPS
Pre-eminent in the world for its Shakespeare Collection, the Library supports projects in English, American, and European literature and drama, continental history, political, economic and legal history, and history of philosophy, art, religion, science, and exploration. Ongoing cross-disciplinary dialogue among scholars of the early modern period is encouraged. Short-term postdoctoral fellowships are offered for one to three months. Long-term fellowships for senior scholars are for six to nine months. Short-term Fellowship Award: $2,500 per month; Long-term Fellowships, Maximum Award: $50,000. Long-term Deadline: November 1. Short-term Deadline: March 1.
Gerald R. Ford Foundation (Ann Arbor, MI). RESEARCH TRAVEL GRANTS PROGRAM
Supports research in Federal policies, institutions, and politics of the 1970s. Selected strengths of the holdings are domestic affairs and policies, economics, media relations, the 1976 presidential campaign, White House management, congressional relations, and foreign policy. Award: $2,000. Deadline: September 15.
J. Paul Getty Trust (Los Angeles, CA).
Offers grants to institutions and individuals that promote the understanding of art and its history and the conservation of cultural heritage. The theme for 2012-13 is “Color”. All Deadlines: November 1.
• GETTY SCHOLARS - For established scholars, artists, or writers who have attained distinction in their fields. Applications are welcome from researchers of all nationalities who are working in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. The three to nine month residency grant also includes an office at the Research Institute, research assistance, travel funds, an apartment in the Getty Scholar housing complex, and airfare. Maximum Award: $65,000.
• LIBRARY RESEARCH GRANTS - Grantees will receive partial support for costs related to research, travel, and living expenses for periods ranging from several days to a maximum of three months, which must take place in 2012. Award: $500 - $2,500.
•CONSERVATION GUEST SCHOLARS - For professionals and scholars in conservation and allied fields for three to nine months of independent research. The program encourages innovative ideas and perspectives on heritage conservation, and welcomes proposals that address the theoretical underpinnings of conservation and/or explore issues related to conservation of the visual arts (including sites, buildings and objects). The grant also includes a workstation at the Conservation Institute, research assistance, airfare, an apartment, and health benefits. Award: $3,500 per month.
• PREDOCTORAL AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS - Provide support for emerging scholars to complete work on projects related to the Getty Research Institute's annual theme. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute, where they pursue research to complete their dissertations or to expand them for publication. Residencies are from September to June and include workspace at the Getty Research Institute or the Getty Villa, an apartment in the Getty scholar housing complex, and airfare. Awards: Predoctoral $25,000; Postdoctoral $30,000.
Harvard University Center for Hellenic Studies (Washington, D.C.). FELLOWSHIPS IN ANCIENT GREEK STUDIES - Support scholarship of the highest quality on various aspects of ancient Greek civilization. Appropriate fields of research include archaeology, art history, epigraphy, history, literary criticism, philology, philosophy, and interdisciplinary research. Prerequisites for the Fellowships are a Ph.D. degree or its equivalent, and professional competence in ancient Greek studies, as documented by published work. The fellowship includes free housing for the Fellows and their families, and research and travel expenses. Award: $34,000. Deadline: October 21.
Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies (Firenze, Italy). VILLA I TATTI FELLOWSHIPS - For scholars who are in the earlier stages of their career, up to fifteen postdoctoral fellowships are awarded each academic year for research in any aspect of the Italian Renaissance at Villa I Tatti in Florence. Each Fellow is offered a place to study, use of the Biblioteca and Fototeca Berenson, lunches on weekdays, and various other privileges. Award: $55,000 – $60,000. Deadline: October 15.
Harvard University Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (Cambridge, MA). ACADEMY SCHOLARS PROGRAM – To train pre- and post-doctoral social scientists in area studies, focusing especially on the non-Western areas of the world. Academy Scholars are given time, guidance, and access to Harvard facilities. The award is supplemented by funding for conference and research travel, and some health insurance coverage. Predoctoral Award: $28,000; Postdoctoral: $62,000. Deadline: October 1.
The Historic New Orleans Collection. WOEST FELLOWSHIP
Supports scholarly research on the history and culture of Louisiana and the Gulf South. While THNOC resources should play a central role in the proposed research agenda, fellows are also encouraged to explore other research facilities in the Greater New Orleans area. Fellows may select their period of residence within the fellowship term of April 1, 2012- March 31, 2013. Doctoral candidates, academic and museum professionals, and independent scholars are eligible. Award: $4,000 per month. Deadline: November 1.
NEW! The Humanities Research Center at Rice University (Houston, TX). AUTREY VISITING SCHOLARS - One-semester or year-long appointments for research in the humanities. The fellows will teach one course affiliated with a humanities department, be in-residence at the Center during the appointment, and be at least three years beyond receipt of the Ph.D. Salary is commensurate with rank and experience, and fellows are awarded an allowance for relocation. Deadline: October 29.
The Huntington Library (San Marino, CA).
Collections are from the 19th to 20th centuries in British and American history, literature, art history, the history of science, and photography. The Art Galleries contain notable British and American paintings, fine prints, photographs, and an art reference library. All Deadlines: November 30.
• HUNTINGTON FELLOWSHIPS - Support research-in-residence for one to five months on the literature, history, or art of Britain or America. Applicants may either have their Ph.D. or be a doctoral candidate at the dissertation stage. Award: $3,000 per month.
• MELLON POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS - Applicants must have received the Ph.D. by June 2012. Tenure is from nine to twelve months. Award: $50,000.
• NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES FELLOWSHIPS - Applicants must have received the Ph.D. by June 2012. Tenure is from four to twelve months. Maximum Award: $50,400.
• BARBARA THOM POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS - For non-tenured faculty members who are revising a manuscript for publication and are pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to the Huntington's collections. Preference will be given to scholars who received their Ph.D. between 2008 and 2010. Tenure is from nine to twelve months. Award: $50,000.
• CLARK-HUNTINGTON JOINT BIBLIOGRAPHICAL FELLOWSHIP - Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent for a two month fellowship (one month at the William Andrews Clark Library; one month at the Huntington). Deadline: February 1. Award: $5,500.
NEW! Institute for Advanced Study. SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL STUDIES FELLOWSHIPS (PRINCETON, NJ) - An independent private institution founded in 1930 to create a community of scholars focused on intellectual inquiry, free from teaching and other university obligations. Each year scholars from around the world apply to come to the Institute to pursue their own research. Fellowships for one or two terms support scholarship in all fields of historical research, concerned principally with the history of Western, Near Eastern and Asian civilizations. Qualified candidates of any nationality are invited to apply. Eligibility requirements include the Ph.D. or equivalent at the time of application and a substantial record of publication. Award: $70,000. Deadline: November 1.
• MELLON FELLOWSHIPS FOR ASSISTANT PROFESSORS - Support promising young scholars who have embarked on professional careers. Scholars are expected to engage exclusively in research and writing for one year. The stipend will match the combined salary and benefits at the applicant’s home institution. Deadline: November 1.
The Institute of Historical Research (London, UK). MELLON FELLOWSHIPS IN THE HUMANITIES The collection encompasses the historical period from the middle of the fifth century AD to the present. It covers the history of Western Europe and its expansion overseas from the fall of the Western Roman Empire. For both pre-dissertation and dissertation research in the humanities using original source materials in the UK. Dissertation Award: $25,000; Pre-Dissertation Award: $5,000. Deadline: January 15.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation (Austin, Texas). GRANTS-IN-AID OF RESEARCH
For scholars conducting research using the Library’s collection of memorabilia and papers of President Johnson and his contemporaries. Award: $500 - $2,500. Deadlines: September 15, March 15.
• HARRY MIDDLETON FELLOWSHIP IN PRESIDENTIAL STUDIES - Fellows will be able to study at any Presidential library or other facility in the National Archives and Records Administration system. They will develop at least a portion of their work from original research in the collections of the LBJ Library in Austin, Texas. Post-doctoral fellows may apply, but preference will be given to doctoral candidates whose dissertation research highlights how history can illuminate current and future policy issues. Award: $5,000. Deadlines: September 15, March 15.
John F. Kennedy Library Foundation (Boston, MA). ERNEST HEMINGWAY RESEARCH GRANTS Support for scholars and students to help defray living, travel, and related costs incurred while conducting research in the Hemingway Collection of the Kennedy Library. Preference is given to dissertation research by Ph.D. candidates in newly opened or relatively unused portions of the Collection, but all proposals are welcome. Maximum Award: $1,000.
Deadline: November 1.
Howard V. and Edna H. Hong Kierkegaard Library (Northfield MN). KIERKEGAARD HOUSE FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS - Advanced graduate students, professors and other serious students of Kierkegaard are invited to apply for four to twelve month resident fellowships. Award: $1,500 per month. Deadline: February 1.
Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.). FLORENCE TAN MOESON FELLOWSHIP
For research on East, Southeast, and/or South Asia (including the overseas Asian communities), using the unparalleled collections of the Library of Congress. The Asian Division especially encourages humanistic and social science research that makes use of the Division’s large and varied collections. Interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, or multi-lingual research is particularly welcome. Among the collections available to the researchers are the outstanding multi-lingual collections of books, periodicals, microfilms, and databases, the largest Chinese and Japanese collections outside of China and Japan as well as the world’s largest law library. Extensive special collections of manuscripts, maps, music, films, recorded sound, prints and photographs are also available. Graduate students, independent scholars, community college teachers, researchers without regular teaching appointments, and librarians are especially encouraged to apply. The grants are for a minimum of five business days of research. Maximum Award: $2,500. Deadline: September 30.
Lilly Library (Bloomington, IN). THE EVERETT HELM VISITING FELLOWSHIPS
The Library’s holdings support research in British, French and American Literature and History, European expansion in America, children’s literature, film, radio, television, architecture, food and drink. Short-term fellowships support visiting scholars pursuing graduate, postdoctoral, or equivalent research in the Library’s collections. Maximum Award: $1,500. Deadlines: October 15, April 15.
• MENDEL FELLOWSHIPS - Support research by scholars, ranging from doctoral students to senior scholars from around the world. Areas of particular interest include 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, history; and music. Stipend amount is based on the length of stay, which may be from one week to a full academic year. Maximum Award: $40,000. Deadline: October 15.
H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies (Grand Rapids, MI). FACULTY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP - The Center has one of the largest collection of sixteenth-century imprints of the works of Calvin and other reformers. Residence periods are six to 14 weeks. Eligible applicants are faculty members from colleges, universities or institutes as well as independent scholars. Applicants should have completed their Ph.D. prior to tenure of the fellowship. Award: $2,000 - $4,000. Deadline: January 1.
Michigan Society of Fellows (Ann Arbor, MI). POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
Candidates should be near the beginning of their professional careers in the humanities and arts, sciences, and professions. Those selected for these three-year fellowships must have completed their doctoral training within the previous three years. Award: $52,000. Deadline: October 2.
Miller Center of Public Affairs (Charlottesville, VA) NATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS
For individuals completing their dissertations on American politics, foreign policy and world politics, or the impact of global affairs on the United States. Fellows are paired with an academic mentor, a leading scholar in the fellow’s own field of study. Fellows are encouraged to establish residence at the Miller Center and to complete their dissertation or book during the fellowship year. Award: $20,000. Deadline: February 1.
National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC). CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDY IN THE VISUAL ARTS Fosters the study of the production, use, and cultural meaning of art, artifacts, architecture, and urbanism, from prehistoric times to the present. The Center encourages a variety of approaches by historians, critics, and theorists of art, as well as by scholars in related disciplines of the humanities and social sciences. Awards approximately six Senior Fellowships and twelve Visiting Fellowships each year. Applicants should have a Ph.D. for five years or more or possess a record of professional accomplishment. Awards vary. Maximum Award for Senior Fellowship and Associate Appointments: $50,000. Deadline: October 15. Award for Visiting Senior Fellowships and Associate Appointments: $8,000. Deadline: September 21.
National Humanities Center (Raleigh/Durham, NC). FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Areas of special interest are art history, visual culture, French history or culture, and humanistic fields involving religion. Applicants must hold the doctorate or have equivalent credentials and a record of publication. Most fellowships are unrestricted, with the following exceptions: one fellowship for a young woman in philosophy and fellowships for environmental studies; English literature; art history; Asian Studies; and theology. Award: $60,000 plus travel expenses. Deadline: October 15.
The National Museum of American Art (Washington, DC).
Offers fellowships in art and visual culture of the United States, which support independent, dissertation, or curatorial research. Residency is twelve months, but shorter terms will be considered. Awards: Predoctoral, $30,000; Postdoctoral: $49,000. Deadline: January 15.
Newberry Library (Chicago, IL).
Offers fellowships to researchers based on financial need. The collection’s focus is on European discovery, exploration and settlement of the Americas, the American West, local history, family history, genealogy, Native American history, the Renaissance, history of the mid-west especially Chicago, French Revolutionary era, Portuguese, Brazilian, and British history. Short term fellowships are for up to two months; Award: $2,000 per month. Deadline: January 15. Long term fellowships are six to eleven months; Award: $4,200 per month. Deadline December 1.
New York Public Library - Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (NYC). SCHOLARS-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM - For scholars studying the history, literature, and culture of peoples of African descent from a humanistic perspective and to professionals in fields related to the Schomburg Center's collections and program activities. Studies in the social sciences, the arts, science and technology, psychology, education, and religion are eligible if they utilize a humanistic approach and contribute to humanistic knowledge. Candidates for advanced degrees must have received the degree no later than December 1, 2011. Foreign nationals are eligible if they will have resided in the U.S. for three years immediately preceding the deadline. Awards: $30,000 for six months, and $60,000 for twelve months. Deadline: December 1.
New York State Archives Partnership Trust (Albany, NY). LARRY J. HACKMAN RESEARCH RESIDENCY PROGRAM - Supports applicants from a variety of backgrounds with awards for advanced research in New York State history, government, or public policy. Projects involving alternative uses of the Archives, such as background research for multimedia projects, exhibits, documentary films, and historical novels, are also eligible. Maximum Award: $4,500. Deadline: January 15.
• QUINN ARCHIVES RESEARCH RESIDENCY - To facilitate up to one year of research on New Netherland and on the Dutch Colonial Atlantic World. Pre- or postdoctoral candidates in any discipline are eligible, and any project dealing with the Dutch experience in the new world before 1800 will be considered. Award: $2,500. Deadline: January 15.
NEW! Oregon Historical Society Research Library. DONALD J. STERLING JR. RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST HISTORY - The Library holds strong collections in business and economic development, labor, arts, conservation and land use, migration, politics and government, and the activities of women and ethnic groups. The recipients will be in residence in the OHS Research Library and be given free access to its extensive collection of manuscripts, maps, photographs, and other resources for four weeks during the calendar year. Award: Senior Fellowship: $2,500. Graduate Research Fellowship: $2,000. Deadline: October 1.
Princeton University (Princeton, NJ). POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
Fellows spend three years in Princeton, teaching and pursuing their own research. Fellowships offered in: Humanities and Social Sciences; Humanistic Studies; LGBT Studies; Race/Ethnicity. Candidates must have fulfilled the requirements of their Ph.D. by June 15, 2013. Award: $83,000. Deadline: October 1.
Princeton University Center for Human Values (Princeton, NJ). LAURANCE S. ROCKEFELLER VISITING FELLOWSHIPS - Allow scholars and teachers to spend an academic year in residence at Princeton, writing about ethics and human values. Applicants typically have a doctorate or a professional postgraduate degree and cannot be in the process of writing a dissertation. Fellows will have access to Firestone Library and to a wide range of activities throughout the University. The fellows' home institutions are expected to provide at least half of their salaries, plus all benefits. Award: Varies. Deadline: November 5.
Rockefeller Archive Center (Sleepy Hollow, NY). GRANTS-IN-AID
Promotes and supports periods of graduate and postdoctoral research in its archival collections of members of the Rockefeller family and of various philanthropic and educational institutions founded by members of the Rockefeller family. Major subjects at the Center include labor, politics, agriculture, the arts, African-American history, education, international relations and economic development, philanthropy, population, religion, science, social welfare and the social sciences, and women's history. Award: $5,000 per month. Deadline: November 15.
•NEW! SHORT-TERM RESEARCH - Open to U.S. citizens and citizens of foreign countries who are interested in utilizing the Paul Ehrlich Collection at the Archive Center. The Ehrlich Collection is the largest and most important body of original and facsimile materials documenting the life and scientific-medical research program of Nobel Laureate Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915). Award: $2,500. Deadline: Open.
The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (Hyde Park, NY). GRANTS-IN-AID
Encourage younger scholars to expand the knowledge and understanding of the Roosevelt period. Funds are to defray living, travel, and related expenses incurred while conducting research at the Roosevelt Library. Award: $2,500. Deadline: January 30.
The Rutgers University Center for Cultural Analysis (New Brunswick, NJ). VISITING FELLOWSHIPS - Invites research proposals on themed topics for one year at the interdisciplinary research center, for visiting postdoctoral fellowships. Fellows will be invited to teach one honors seminar in one semester, and will be expected to participate in all of the Center's programs. Award: $45,000. Deadline: January 2.
Saint Louis University (St. Louis, MO). VATICAN FILM LIBRARY MELLON FELLOWSHIPS
For scholars wishing to conduct research in the manuscript collections in the Library. Applicants may be researchers at the postdoctoral level or graduate students formally admitted to Ph.D. candidacy and working on dissertations. Topics may include illumination, textual criticism, medieval/renaissance/religious history, classical/ancient/romantic/religious languages and/or literature. Travel expenses and a per diem are provided for a period of two to eight weeks. Award: $2,250 per month. Deadlines: October 1, March 1.
Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies (Charlottesville, VA). GILDER LEHRMAN JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP – For scholars to devote their time to research and writing on topics directly related to Thomas Jefferson, his times and legacy. The award supports revision of the fellow's book manuscript, but consideration will be given to candidates who propose to undertake original research. Office space will be provided for nine months in the Foundation's Jefferson Library. The University of Virginia Press will consider the resulting manuscript for publication in the Jeffersonian America Series. Award: $35,000. Deadline: November 1.
• SHORT-TERM FELLOWSHIPS. For doctoral candidates and postdoctoral scholars from any country working on Jefferson-related projects for periods of one to four monthsAward: $2,000 per month. Deadline: November 1.
Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C.).
Many opportunities for internships and fellowships will be available to conduct research in a discipline pursued at the Smithsonian. For details, check the website in late September. Predoctoral fellowships: $30,000. Postdoctoral fellowships: $45,000. Deadline: January 15.
• GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIP - For students formally enrolled in a graduate program, who have completed at least one semester and not yet advanced to candidacy if in a Ph.D. program. Applicants must submit a proposal for research in a discipline which is pursued at the Smithsonian. The term is 10 weeks. Award: $6,500. Deadline: January 15.
Tanner Humanities Center. VISITING RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS - See Research in the Humanities.
The Harry S. Truman Library Institute (Independence, MO). RESEARCH GRANTS
Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars are particularly encouraged to apply, but applications from others engaged in advanced research will also be considered. Preference will be given to projects that have application to enduring public policy and foreign policy issues and that have a high probability of being published or publicly disseminated in some other way. Award: $2,500. Deadline: October 1.
• DISSERTATION YEAR FELLOWSHIPS - Supports graduate students working on some aspect of the life and career of Harry S. Truman or of the public and foreign policy issues which were prominent during the Truman years. Applicants should have substantially completed their research and be prepared to work full time on writing their dissertation. Award: $16,000. Deadline: February 1.
• SCHOLARS AWARD - For postdoctoral scholars engaged in work on some aspect of the life and career of Truman or of the public and foreign policy issues which were prominent during the Truman years. An applicant's work should be based in part on extensive research at the Library and result in the publication of a book-length manuscript. Award: $30,000. Deadline: December 15.
UCLA Center for Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Studies (Los Angeles, CA).
A rare books and manuscripts collection, with particular strengths in English literature and history (1641 1800), Oscar Wilde, and fine printing. All Deadlines: February 1.
• AHMANSON GETTY POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS - Scholars who have received their Ph.D. in the last six years and are engaged in research pertaining to the current theme are eligible to apply. Award: $39,264 for the academic year.
• CLARK SHORT TERM FELLOWSHIPS - For postdoctoral scholars with research projects that require work in any area of the Clark's collections, for periods of one to three months in residence. Award: $2,500 per month.
• AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR EIGHTEENTH CENTURY STUDIES /CLARK FELLOWSHIPS - One-month residencies are available to postdoctoral scholars with projects in the Restoration or the eighteenth century. Fellowship holders must be members of ASECS. Award: $2,500.
• KANNER FELLOWSHIP IN BRITISH STUDIES - Supports pre- and postdoctoral research pertaining to British history and culture. Award: $7,500 for 3 months.
• CLARK HUNTINGTON JOINT BIBLIOGRAPHICAL FELLOWSHIP - For bibliographical research in early modern British literature and history as well as other areas where the two libraries have common strengths. Award: $5,500 for 2 months.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. FELLOWSHIP
See Writing.
United States Institute of Peace (Washington, D.C). JENNINGS RANDOLPH SENIOR FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM - Supports practitioners and scholars working on research projects concerning the sources and nature of international conflict and ways of preventing, managing, or resolving conflict. Fellowships are awarded annually to individuals from a variety of professions, including college and university faculty. Award: $100,000, travel to Washington, D.C. for the fellow and dependents, health insurance, an office and a part-time research assistant. Deadline: September 10.
The University of Cincinnati Burnam Classics Library (Cincinnati, OH). MARGO TYTUS VISITING SCHOLARS PROGRAM. - The Library is one of the world's premier collections in the field of Classical Studies covering all aspects of the Classics: the languages and literatures, history, civilization, art, and archaeology. Long Term Fellows stay for a minimum of one academic quarter and a maximum of three during the regular academic year. Short Term Fellows will receive housing and a transportation allowance for one to two months. All Fellows receive office space and enjoy the use of the University of Cincinnati and Hebrew Union College Libraries and will be free to pursue their own research. Award: $1,000 per month, plus housing & transportation. Deadline: January 15.
University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK). VISITING RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
For the study of the arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas for an academic year. Applications are welcomed from scholars in such fields of the humanities and social sciences as Anthropology, Art History, Archaeology, History and related disciplines. Applicants must be holders of a doctorate (or appropriate final degree) who are undertaking research for publication. The fellow is provided with an office in the Sainsbury Centre, and will have full access to the Robert Sainsbury Library (a specialized anthropology/art history/archaeology research library of over 20,000 volumes), as well as other University facilities. Award: £1,50 sterling per month, plus return travel costs. Deadline: November 30.
University of Rochester - Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies (Rochester, NY). POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP - Annual residential fellowship awarded to support a scholar in the completion of his/her research project. Applicant must hold a Ph.D. in a field related to the African and African-American experience, and teach one course per semester. Award: $40,000. Deadline: December 31.
•PRE-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP – Awarded to a graduate student of any university who studies aspects of the African and African-American experience. Intended to expedite the completion of the Fellow’s dissertation. Requires the recipient to work with the Institute’s Director in organizing colloquium, lectures, and other events. Award: $26,000. Deadline: December 31.
University of Virginia Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies. (Charlottesville, VA). RESIDENTIAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP - For scholars in the humanities and social sciences whose work on a wide array of topics in African-American and African studies and related fields for a two-year post-doctoral research and teaching fellowship. Applicants for the post-doctoral fellowship must have been awarded their Ph.D. by the time of application and no earlier than 2007. Predoctoral Award: $20,000. Postdoctoral Award: $45,000. Deadline: December 1.
University of Wisconsin at Madison - Institute for Research in the Humanities (Madison, Wisconsin). SOLMSEN POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP - Eligible fields of study are literary and historical studies of the European Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance periods up to about the year 1700. Applicants must be in possession of the doctorate at the time of application. Award: $45,000. Deadline: October 15.
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (Charlottesville, VA). FELLOW IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM - Provides funding to make the humanities more visible to the public by applying the tools of history, philosophy, ethics, cultural studies, and literary criticism to matters of public concern. This year proposals on subjects with strong public interest in any field of the humanities are being accepted. Projects on violence and its intergenerational effects, the South Atlantic U.S., Revolutionary War history, folklife, and African American and Virginia history are also encouraged. Award: $15,000 per semester. Deadline: December 1.
Research in Art History
W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (Jerusalem, Israel).
See Institution-Based Research.
American Academy in Berlin. FELLOWSHIPS. See Visual Arts.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS). VISITING ACADEMIC RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
For historical research by art historians, visual culture specialists, historians, writers, filmmakers, and journalists. AAS houses books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, sheet music, and graphic arts materials, offering broad research opportunities in American history and culture through 1876. Short-term Award: $1,850 per month. Long-term Award: $50,400. Deadline: January 15.
• HENCH POST-DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS - Provide the recipient with time and resources to extend research and/or to revise their dissertation for publication. Available for a minimum of twelve months. Scholars who are no more than three years beyond receipt of the doctorate are eligible to apply. Award: $35,000. Deadline: October 15.
• CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTISTS AND WRITERS FELLOWSHIPS - For historical research by creative and performing artists, writers, film makers, journalists, and others whose work is for the general public rather than for academic or educational audiences. Projects may include, but are not limited to: historical novels, poetry, costume designs, set designs, illustrations and other graphic arts, paintings, and other works of fine and applied arts. Fellowships will be awarded for residence of four weeks at the Society located in Worcester, Massachusetts. Award: $1,850. Deadline: October 5.
• DRAWN TO ART FELLOWSHIPS - Support research on American art, visual culture, or other projects that will make substantial use of graphic materials as primary sources. Award: $1,850. Deadline: January 15.
• JOYCE TRACY FELLOWSHIP - For research on newspapers and magazines or for projects using these resources as primary documentation. Award: $1,850. Deadline: January 15.
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). LUCE/ACLS DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS IN AMERICAN ART - For Ph.D. dissertation work in the history of art of the U.S. in any period for one year beginning summer 2013. Award: $25,000, plus $2,000 for travel. Deadline: October 24.
NEW! The Frick Collection, Center for the History of Collecting (New York, NY).
The Collection houses world-renowned paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts and includes some of the best-known paintings by the greatest European artists, major works of sculpture, and superb eighteenth-century French furniture and porcelains. Fellowship proposals may address wide-ranging aspects of the history of collecting in the U.S., from Colonial times to the present, and may focus on individual collectors, dealers, developments or trends in the art market. Interdisciplinary research subjects are especially encouraged. Applicants may come from the academic or museum worlds, or from other relevant professional backgrounds or independent art historians, historians, and/or curators. All Deadlines: September 15.
•SHORT-TERM FELLOWSHIPS. Research for eight to ten weeks for graduate and pre-doctoral students. Award: Junior Scholar: $5,000. Post-doctoral/senior scholars: $10,000.
•LEON LEVY FELLOWSHIP. For one to two semesters to support a senior scholar engaged in research in the history of collecting. Award: $25,000 and $1,250 for travel.
Kress Foundation. TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS IN ART HISTORY
For predoctoral candidates to travel to view materials essential for the completion of dissertation research on the history of European art. Awards: $30,000 per year, for two years. Deadline: November 30.
Medieval Academy of America. SCHALLEK FELLOWSHIP
Supports Ph.D. dissertation research in any relevant discipline dealing with late-medieval Britain (ca. 1350-1500). Applicants must work full-time on the dissertation project and may not hold any job or teaching position or work on another project during the term of the fellowship. Award: $30,000. Deadline: October 15. The
Metropolitan Museum of Art. FELLOWSHIPS IN ART HISTORY
Supports pre-doctoral and post-doctoral researchers whose projects relate to the Museum’s collections of 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. Some art history fellowships are also available for students whose projects involve first-hand examination of paintings in major European collections. Award: $40,000 for senior fellows; $30,000 for pre-doctoral fellows, with up to an additional $5,000 for travel. Deadline: November 4.
The Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, IL). MARJORIE SUSMAN CURATORIAL FELLOWSHIP Offers an exceptional graduate-level candidate the opportunity to gain professional curatorial experience in a major museum setting. The Fellow will be primarily responsible for exhibition- and/or collection-related research. The MCA will consider candidates in art history, museum studies, and related fields with a strong emphasis on art historical research and methodology. Qualified applicants must possess an M.A. degree or be in their final year of graduate work. Award: $25,000. Deadline: January 31.
National Gallery of Art – Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts. PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM - Supports doctoral dissertation research in the history, theory, and criticism of art, architecture, urbanism, and photographic media. Applicants must have completed their residence requirements and coursework for the Ph.D. as well as preliminary examinations, and certification in two foreign languages. Award: $20,000. All Deadlines: November 15.
• WYETH FELLOWSHIP - For the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation that concerns aspects of art of the U.S., including native and pre-Revolutionary America. Fellows spend one year on dissertation research in the U.S. or abroad, and one year at the Center to complete the dissertation. Award: $24,000 plus $5,000 in publication subvention for first-time authors.
The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center. STIPENDS
Funds research in American Modernism for periods of 3 to 12 months. Doctoral candidates who have fulfilled all preliminary requirements for the Ph.D.; and scholars who hold a doctorate (or comparable degree and/or experience) are eligible. Deadline: November 26.
The Renaissance Society of America (RSA.) SAMUEL H. KRESS FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP IN RENAISSANCE ART HISTORY – The leading organization in the Americas for the interdisciplinary study of the period 1300-1650 in Western history. Open to art historians in the Younger Scholar and Senior Scholar categories as mid-career fellowships for five awards. Award: $3,000. Deadline: December 31.
• THE RENSSELAER W. LEE MEMORIAL GRANT IN ART HISTORY - Open to one applicant in any of the three career categories: Non-Doctoral; Younger Scholar; and Senior Scholar. Award: $1,000-3,000. Deadline: December 31.
Walters Art Museum. CAROL BATES FELLOWSHIP
For art history researchers interested in pursuing a museum career, and who have completed the M.A. degree and are enrolled in a Ph.D. program. The fellow will work in the curatorial division on research projects related to the permanent collection and special exhibitions. The rest of the fellow’s time may be devoted to dissertation research. Award: $17,000. Deadline: December 1.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences. VISITING SCHOLARS PROGRAM
Supports the work of younger public policy analysts, humanists, and social scientists that show promise of becoming leaders in their field, especially those who work on multidisciplinary topics. The Academy’s four major research areas are: Science and Global Security; Social Policy and American Institutions; Humanities and Culture; and Education. Fellowships are open to postdoctoral students and untenured junior faculty. Post Doctorate Award: $40,000. Faculty Award: $60,000. Deadline: October 15.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS). VISITING ACADEMIC RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
See Research in Art History.
NEW! American Councils for International Education. TITLE VIII RESEARCH SCHOLAR PROGRAM - Provides full support for graduate students, faculty, and independent scholars seeking to conduct in-country, independent research and language training opportunities in the humanities, social sciences, linguistics, and area studies for three to nine months in Central Asia, Moldova, Russia, the South Caucasus, Southeast Europe, and Ukraine. While a wide-range of topics receive support each year, all funded research must contribute to a body of knowledge enabling the U.S. to better understand the region and formulate effective policies within it. All applicants should clearly describe the policy-relevance of their work, be it in anthropology, history, international relations, political science, or some other field. Maximum Award: $25,000. Deadline: October 1.
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
Awarded in the humanities and humanities-related social sciences; supports six to twelve months of full-time research. Open to scholars at all stages of their careers, including independent and non-tenured scholars. Award: $35,000-$65,000. All Deadlines: September 28.
• ACLS DIGITAL INNOVATION FELLOWSHIPS - Support digitally based research projects in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences. Projects may involve development of new digital tools that further humanistic research (such as digital research archives or innovative databases), research that depends on or is greatly enhanced by the use of such tools, or some combination of these features. Award: $60,000 and project costs of up to $25,000.
• CHARLES A. RYSKAMP RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS - Support Assistant Professors in the humanities and related social sciences whose scholarly contributions have advanced their fields and who have well designed and carefully developed plans for new research. Open to tenure track Assistant Professors who have successfully completed their institution's review for reappointment but have not yet been reviewed for tenure. Appropriate disciplines include but are not limited to: anthropology, archaeology, art history, economic history, geography, history, languages and literatures, linguistics, philosophy, political science, religion, and historical sociology. Award: $64,000, plus $2,500 for expenses.
• AMERICAN RESEARCH IN THE HUMANITIES IN CHINA - Scholarly research for post doctorates in the People's Republic of China. For U.S. citizens or permanent residents who have lived in the U.S. continuously for at least three years by the application deadline. Grants are offered for four to twelve months. Maximum Award: $50,400.
• COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS - Offer teams of two or more scholars the opportunity to collaborate intensively on a single, substantive project. Each project should provide release time to pursue collaborative research and yield tangible research outcomes, such as joint publications, web projects, or other collaboratively produced projects. Appropriate fields of specialization include but are not limited to: American studies; anthropology; archaeology; art and architectural history; classics; economics; film; geography; history; languages and literatures; linguistics; political science; psychology; rhetoric, communication, and media studies; science, technology, sociology; and theater, dance, and performance studies. Proposals in the social sciences are eligible only if they employ predominantly humanistic approaches (e.g., economic history, law and literature, political theory). Proposals in interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary studies, and those focused on any geographic region or on any cultural or linguistic group are welcome. Fellowships are for up to 24 months, to be initiated between July 1, 2013 and September 1, 2015. Maximum Award: $140,000.
American Philosophical Society.
The Society, located in Philadelphia, is a leading international center for research in the history of American science and technology and its European roots, as well as early American history and culture.
• FRANKLIN RESEARCH GRANTS - Support the cost of travel to libraries and archives for research, the purchase of microfilm and the costs associated with fieldwork by young scholars who have recently received their doctorate. Maximum Award: $6,000. Deadlines: October 1, December 1.
American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT). FELLOWSHIPS IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES IN TURKEY - Scholars and advanced graduate students engaged in research on ancient, medieval, or modern times in Turkey, in any field of the humanities and social sciences, are eligible. Student applicants must have fulfilled all requirements for the doctorate except the dissertation. Hostel, research, and study facilities are available at ARIT’s branch centers in Istanbul and Ankara. Award: $4,000 - $16,000. Deadline: November 1.
Archaeological Institute of America. OLIVIA JAMES TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP
For travel and study in Greece, Aegean Islands, Sicily, Southern Italy, Asia Minor, and Mesopotamia, to be conducted between July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2014. Supports long-term projects in the classics, sculpture, architecture, archaeology, and history. Preference is given to doctoral candidates and recent recipients of the Ph.D. Award: $25,000. Deadline: November 1.
• HARRIET AND LEON POMERANCE FELLOWSHIP - Supports individual projects of a scholarly nature related to Aegean Bronze Age archaeology. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or Canada, or be actively pursuing an advanced degree at a North American college or university. Preference is given to candidates whose projects require travel to the Mediterranean. Award: $5,000. Deadline: November 1.
Leo Baeck Institute (LBI). DAVID BAUMGARDT MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP
For academics affiliated with an accredited institution of higher education whose research projects are connected with the writings of Professor David Baumgardt or his scholarly interests, including Ethics, Wissenschaft des Judentums and the Modern Intellectual History of German-speaking Jewry. Award: $3,000. All Deadlines: November 1.
• FRED GRUBEL FELLOWSHIP –For work on a specific research topic related to LBI collections, which can include archives, library, photo collection, and art collection. The project should pertain to the lives of refugees of the 1930’s and 1940’s in New York. The fellow will be supervised by the director of research and will work on a day-to-day basis with archives and library staff. Ph.D. candidates from history, sociology, literature, or Jewish studies programs are eligible. Award: $1,500 per month.
• FRITZ HALBERS FELLOWSHIP – Project support for Ph.D. candidates whose research is connected with the culture and history of German-speaking Jewry. Maximum Award: $3,000.
The British Council. BRITISH MARSHALL SCHOLARSHIPS
Up to 40 scholarships are available to enable graduates of American colleges and universities to study for a degree in any discipline at a university in the UK for a period of two years. The objectives of the program are to help scholars gain an understanding and appreciation of contemporary Britain, to contribute to the advancement of knowledge in science, technology, the humanities and social sciences and the creative arts at Britain's centres of academic excellence, and to motivate scholars to act as ambassadors from the U.S. to the UK and vice versa. Award: $25,000. Deadline: Early October.
Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
Enable scholars from a wide range of disciplinary and linguistic backgrounds (Church history, classical literature, the various branches of late Roman history, archaeology and art history, history of religions, liturgical and ritual studies, and rhetorical and cultural studies) to assess and explore the state of the field. Eligible applicants are scholars in the humanities and social sciences at all levels, including outstanding graduate students in the final stages of writing their dissertations. Maximum Award: $45,000. Deadline: November 10.
Center for Afroamerican & African Studies (Ann Arbor, MI). Du Bois-Mandela-Rodney Postdoctoral Fellowship
Supports scholars working on Africa or the African Diaspora. All disciplines are eligible including: the humanities, social sciences, physical sciences and professional schools. Candidates must have a Ph.D. and be no more than five years beyond the completion of their degree. Award: $45,000. Deadline: December 1.
Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies. JOAN HELLER-DIANE BERNARD FELLOWSHIP
Supports research by a junior scholar (graduate student, untenured university professor or independent researcher) and a senior scholar (tenured university professor or advanced independent scholar) into the impact of lesbians and/or gay men on U.S. society and culture. Scholars conducting research on lesbians are especially encouraged to apply. Award: $6,250. Deadline: November 15.
Center for the Humanities at Wesleyan University (Middletown, MA) ANDREW W. MELLON POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
- See Institution-Based Research.
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange. RESEARCH GRANTS Support is provided for scholars at academic institutions to conduct research on Chinese studies in the humanities and social sciences. Studies focusing on the political, social, economic, and cultural development of Taiwan over the past few decades are especially encouraged. The budget for research grants does not include salary for the researcher except for summer salary calculated at 1/9 of the scholar's annual salary plus fringe benefits. An average research grant might also include costs for research assistants, living costs, and travel expenses. All Deadlines: October 15.
• DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS - Provide financial support for the writing of Ph.D. dissertations relating to Chinese studies in the humanities and the social sciences. Applicants must have completed all other requirements for their Ph.D., except the dissertation and be legal permanent residents or citizens of the U.S. Award: $15,000.
• SCHOLAR GRANTS - Tenured faculty, including full professors and associate professors, may apply for Scholar Grants of up to $40,000 and $35,000, respectively, to help replace half of the salary of faculty on sabbatical, or for time off for research and writing.
• WALTER JUDD RESEARCH GRANT - Provides one year of support for research projects on subjects related to Chinese studies in the humanities and the social sciences. Award: $15,000.
• RESEARCH GRANTS FOR THE ASIAN/PACIFIC REGION – Researchers focusing on the political, social, economic, or cultural development of Taiwan over the past few decades are especially encouraged to apply. Priority will be given to collaborative projects involving institutions in Taiwan. Support is usually given for no more than three years. Maximum Award: $120,000.
• SENIOR SCHOLAR GRANTS – For full professors or senior scholars wishing to take one year's sabbatical leave in order to do research and writing. Award: $40,000.
Clark Art Institute (Williamstown, MA). CLARK/OAKLEY HUMANITIES FELLOWSHIP
In conjunction with the Oakley Center for the Humanities and Social Sciences at Williams College, this fellowship provides research opportunities for a scholar in the humanities whose work takes an interdisciplinary approach to some aspect of the visual arts. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. or demonstrate equivalent professional experience. The preferred term of the fellowship is for one academic year, though applicants available for only one semester will also be considered. Office and residence provided. Maximum Award: $60,000. Deadline: October 15.
• CLARK/CENTRE ALLEMAND FELLOWSHIP - For a project centered on French art and culture. Jointly sponsored by the two institutions, the fellowship recognizes both the Clark’s close relationship with the Centre Allemand and its traditionally strong emphasis on French art and culture. This fellowship will enable a scholar to benefit from one semester in Paris and one semester in Williamstown. Housing and office space are provided. Open to academics, curators, and independent scholars whose projects deepen the knowledge, understanding, and interpretation of art and visual culture. Candidates must already have a Ph.D. or equivalent professional experience. Maximum Award: $60,000. Deadline: October 15.
Clements Center for Southwest Studies. RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
Provides time for senior or junior scholars to bring book-length manuscripts to completion. For applicants in any field in the humanities or social sciences doing research on Southwestern America or the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. Each fellow will receive the support of the Center and access to its extraordinary holdings. Award: $43,000 for a full-year fellowship; $22,500 for a single semester. Deadline: January 25.
Cornell University. SOCIETY FOR THE HUMANITIES FELLOWSHIP
Fellows should be working on topics related to this year's theme, “Occupation: From Space and Time to Practice and Politics.“ Interdisciplinary projects should reflect on the historical, theoretical, and global understandings of risk as a concept and a reality that lies at the heart of the humanities and the arts. Fellows approach to the humanities should be broad enough to appeal to students and scholars in several humanistic disciplines. Applicants must have completed the Ph.D. degree by January1, 2011. Award: $45,000. Deadline: October 1.
• MELLON POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS – For teaching and research in the humanities for the two-year period beginning July 2012. While in residence at Cornell in Ithaca, NY, fellows hold department affiliation and have limited teaching duties and the opportunity for scholarly work.
Fellowships are available in two areas of specialization: Department of Science and Technology Studies and Department of Theatre, Film, and Dance. Award: $45,000. Deadline: January 6.
Council of American Overseas Research Centers. MULTI-COUNTRY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS For scholars who wish to carry out research on broad questions of multi-country significance in the fields of humanities, social sciences and related natural sciences. Postdoctoral scholars and doctoral candidates who have completed all Ph.D. requirements with the exception of the dissertation are eligible to apply. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and carry out research in one of the countries which host overseas research centers. Award: $12,000. Deadline: January 17.
• MASTER’S STUDENT COMPETITION – U.S. citizens enrolled in a master's degree granting program who wish to carry out research on broad questions of multi-country significance in the fields of humanities, social sciences and related natural sciences. Award: $8,000. Deadline: January 12.
The Dirksen Congressional Center. CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH AWARDS PROGRAM
To support research on the U.S. Congress and particularly on congressional leadership. The competition is open to anyone with a serious research interest in Congress, although applicants are usually political scientists, historians, biographers, scholars of public administration or American Studies, or journalists. Graduate students at the Ph.D. dissertation stage may apply. Maximum Award: $3,500. Deadline: March 1.
Emory University - Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL). FELLOWSHIPS - To help defray expenses in traveling to and residing in Atlanta for one month to support scholarly use of the Library's research collections in three areas: English-language literature; The Raymond Danowski Poetry Library; and African American history and culture. MARBL holds particularly rich manuscript collections documenting: The Irish literary revival (e.g., W. B. Yeats and his circle); 20th-century American, British, and Irish poetry (e.g., Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, and Anthony Hecht); African American literature (e.g., Alice Walker, Langston Hughes, and the Camille Billops and James V. Hatch Archives); Georgia authors (e.g., Flannery O'Connor, Joel Chandler Harris, and James Dickey). Award: $2,000. Deadline: February 28.
Frankel Center for Judaic Studies. FRANKEL INSTITUTE FELLOWSHIPS
For artists, documentary film-makers, writers and scholars to build upon a framework and explore webs of meaning attached to Jewish objects woven by families and communities in which Jews live. In focusing on the culture of Jewish objects, the Institute explores relationships among the physical, visual, spiritual, and textual over a broad span of time and place. Applications are accepted from both tenured and untenured faculty as well as from recent Ph.D.s without a tenure-track position and professors emeriti. Award: $60,000. Deadline: October 10.
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation. DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS
Sponsors scholarly research from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promises to increase the understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance. For individuals who will complete the writing of the dissertation within the award year. Award: $20,000. Deadline: February 1.
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
To further the development of scholars and artists by assisting them to engage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible conditions. Fellowships are for six to twelve months for writers, scholars, or scientists who have a significant record of publication, or artists, playwrights, film makers, photographers, composers, who have a significant record of exhibition or performance of their work. The average grant is approximately $43,200. Fellows may spend their funds in any manner they deem necessary to their work. Deadlines: For North American citizens: September 15.
The Hebrew University. FELLOWSHIPS FOR VISITING PROFESSORS
Provide support for full or associate professors to teach or conduct research for two to four months at the Hebrew University of Israel or three to nine months at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem comprises the following units for research: humanities; social sciences; social work; business administration; mathematics, and science. The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa includes several departments of engineering. Support includes a stipend of $2,400 for professors and $2,000 for associate professors, the cost of travel, and a housing allowance. Deadline: November 30.
Institute for Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP). POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
Year-long fellowship for scholars in the field of the Aegean Bronze Age/Early Iron Age who have received a Ph.D. degree in the past five years. Award: $30,000. All Deadlines: November 1.
• SIX-WEEK RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP - Post-doctoral fellowships for research to be conducted for a six week period from March 1 - May 30, 2012 or September 1- December 31, 2012 at the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete (SCEC). For scholars in the field of the Aegean Bronze Age/Early Iron Age who already have received the Ph.D. Applicants must be prepared to show that travel to the SCEC Library or its other facilities is necessary for completing a specific project designed to advance scholarship. Award: $3,000 plus round-trip travel.
• NEW RESEARCH GRANTS – For work in connection with an ongoing excavation or publication of a recently terminated excavation, or long-term research projects. Maximum Award: $60,000 for field work, $30,000 for research.
• LIBRARIAN FELLOWSHIP - One-year experience at the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete (SCEC) in Pacheia Ammos, Greece. The fellowship entails overseeing the more than 5,000 volume archaeological library at the SCEC. Duties will include acquisition of appropriate additions to the collection, implementation of a web-accessible database catalog, and maintenance of the collection. This fellowship is intended for librarians or library students, or for scholars in the field of the Aegean Bronze Age/Early Iron Age. Candidates with course work in Library Science or library work experience are preferred. Award: $8,000 plus travel.
• NEW! RICHARD SEAGAL DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP - For scholars in the field of the Aegean Bronze Age/Early Iron Age who are working to complete their Ph.D. Dissertation. Research will take place at the Study Center in Pacheia Ammos, Crete, for a minimum of four weeks. Award: $4,000.
Institute for Humane Studies (IHS). HUMANE STUDIES FELLOWSHIPS
For graduate students in any field, MBA students, and other professional students interested in exploring the principles, practices, and institutions necessary for a free society through their academic work. Fellowships may be used for study at degree-granting institutions anywhere in the world. Maximum Award: $15,000. Deadline: December 31.
• NEW! HAYEK FUND FOR SCHOLARS - Grants for aspiring and established academics pursuing liberty-advancing careers and educational initiatives that go beyond standard curricula. The two-fold aim is to help scholars advance their careers, and to innovatively connect students with the ideas of liberty. For students and untenured scholars; can cover travel, application fees, conference fees, and other career-related expenses. Eligible career-advancing activities include, but are not limited to: presentations at academic or professional conferences; travel to archives or libraries for research; distribution of a published article to colleagues in your field. Award: $750. Deadline: Open.
• NEW! HAYEK FUND FOR FACULTY - Student educational enhancement grants for full-time faculty (including tenured) and teaching fellows working to share the ideas of liberty with undergraduate and master's degree students. Eligible activities include, but are not limited to: reading groups; class trips; guest lectures; developing new courses. Award: $5,000. Deadline: Open.
International Research and Exchanges Board. SHORT-TERM TRAVEL GRANTS
For up to eight weeks to U.S. postdoctoral scholars and holders of other professional terminal graduate degrees for independent or collaborative research projects in the humanities or social sciences at institutions in Europe and Eurasia. For U.S. scholars who have been formally invited to lecture, consult, or present a paper at a conference. Maximum Award: $5,000. Deadline: February 1.
Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. FELLOWSHIPS
Eligible applicants are scholars in the humanities and social sciences at all levels, as well as outstanding graduate students in the final stages of writing their dissertations. The proposed fellowship year will bring together scholars of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic social and intellectual history. The aim of this interdisciplinary enterprise will be to develop a more fully integrated account of Europe and the Mediterranean basin in the 13th century. This year’s theme: Constructing Borders and Crossing Boundaries: Social, Cultural and Religious Change in Early Modern Jewish History. Award: $50,000 plus travel. Deadline: November 10.
Keats-Shelley Association of America, Inc. CARL H. PFORZHEIMER, JR. RESEARCH GRANTS Support research in the field of British Romanticism and literary culture between 1789 and 1832, especially projects involving authors featured in the Keats Shelley Journal bibliography. Advanced graduate students, independent scholars, and untenured faculty are eligible. Award: $2,500. Deadline: November 1.
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. GRANTS FOR VENETIAN RESEARCH
Support travel to and residence in Venice for pre- and postdoctoral research on Venice and the former Venetian empire, and for the study of contemporary Venetian society and culture through the humanities and social sciences. Maximum Award: $19,900. Deadline: December 15.
Leslie Center for the Humanities at Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH). MELLON POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS - Fosters the academic careers of scholars who have recently received their Ph.D. degrees, by permitting them to pursue their research while gaining mentored experience as teachers. Fellows appointed will have access to the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences, the Dickey Center for International Understanding, the Hood Museum of Art, and the Hopkins Center. Award: $55,045. Deadline: October 1.
Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies. SNORRI STURLSON ICELANDIC FELLOWSHIP
For writers, translators and scholars (not university students) in the field of humanities to enable them to stay in Iceland for a period of at least three months, in order to improve their knowledge of the Icelandic language, culture and society. Award: covers travel expenses to and from Iceland, plus living expenses while in the country. Deadline: October 31.
National Academy of Education. SPENCER DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Encourages scholars whose dissertations show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education. Applicants must have completed pre dissertation requirements by June 1 of the fellowship year. Fellowships should support the writing, not the research, of the dissertation during the last year(s) of doctoral work. Award: $25,000. Deadline: October 5.
National Endowment for the Arts/National Foundation on the Arts & Humanities. NEA RESEARCH: ART WORKS, FY 2013
To support research that investigates the value of the U.S. arts ecosystem and the impact of the arts on other domains of American life. Such research also may probe the underlying conditions and vehicles for arts participation; for instance, it can examine how key inputs such as training, education, and infrastructure, directly affect arts creation, arts audiences, or other aspects of arts engagement. The NEA also will consider strong research proposals measuring the effects of arts participation on broader-level outcomes, such as new forms of self-expression, new outlets for creative activity, and the overall creative and expressive capacity of U.S. society. Applicants from diverse research backgrounds, including applicants who have not specialized in arts-related research are encouraged to apply. Maximum Award: $30,000. Deadline: November 6.
National Endowment for the Humanities. SUMMER STIPENDS
For research in the humanities that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the public's understanding of the humanities. Award is for two consecutive, uninterrupted months of full time independent study and research between May 1 and September 30. Each college and university in the U.S. and its jurisdictions may nominate two members of its faculty for this program. Award: $6,000. Deadline: September 27.
• COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH GRANTS - Support original research undertaken by a team of two or more scholars, for various combinations of scholars, consultants, and research assistants. Eligible projects include: research that significantly adds to knowledge and understanding in the humanities; conferences on topics of major importance in the humanities that will benefit scholarly research; archaeological projects that include the interpretation and communication of results; and research that uses the knowledge and perspectives of the humanities and historical or philosophical methods to enhance understanding of science, technology, and the social sciences. Supports project-related travel; field work; applications of information technology; and technical support and services. Grants support full-time or part-time activities for periods of one to three years. Sample narratives from successful grant applications are available. Maximum Award: $300,000. Deadline: December 1.
National Research Council. FORD FOUNDATION DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIPS
See Research in Science.
NEW! New Mexico Office of the State Historian. HISTORY SCHOLARS PROGRAM
Provides support for graduate students and established scholars to encourage research on topics of New Mexico history and culture in New Mexico archival repositories. Award: $1,000. Deadline: November 1.
NEW! New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. HISTORY RESEARCH TRUST FUND
Offers financial assistance to carry out projects that will significantly enhance the understanding of New Zealand's past. The funding can be used to: enable historians to work full-time on a project; pay for research and writing costs; and pay for travel costs associated with research. Only works of non-fiction are eligible, and the scheme does not provide assistance for the collection or arrangement of archival material, the preparation of databases, or the publication of a work. Maximum Award: $60,000. Deadline: October 15.
Northeast Consortium for Faculty Diversity. DISSERTATION-YEAR VISITING FELLOWSHIPS
This informal consortium of colleges and universities in the Northeast aims to increase the number of U.S. citizen African Americans, Mexican Americans, Puerto Rican Americans, and Native Americans who become college and university faculty. Visiting Scholars will be given special opportunities to consider possible faculty positions at the host campuses or elsewhere. While most student applicants will probably be in the humanities, social sciences, or business disciplines, those in other areas will also be considered. Award: $25,000 – 33,000. Deadline: January 9.
Phi Beta Kappa Society. MARY ISABEL SIBLEY FELLOWSHIP
See Women.
Princeton University Center for the Creative and Performing Arts. HODDER FELLOWSHIPS
For humanists in the early stages of their careers, during that crucial period when they have demonstrated exceptional promise but have not yet received widespread recognition. Typically, Hodder Fellows have published one highly acclaimed book and are undertaking significant new work that might not be possible without the "studious leisure" afforded by this fellowship. Preference is given to individuals outside of academia, and candidates for the Ph.D. degree are not eligible. Award: $68,000. Deadline: November 1.
The Renaissance Society of America (RSA). RESEARCH GRANTS
The leading organization in the Americas for the interdisciplinary study of the period 1300-1650 in Western history. Projects in all subjects and language areas within Renaissance studies are eligible for support. Three grants will be awarded in each of the three categories of Non-doctoral Scholar, Younger Scholar, and Senior Scholar. Deadline: December 31. Award: $1,000 - $3,000.
Russell Sage Foundation.
Supports basic social science research within the following announced programs: the future of work, current U.S. immigration focused on the entry of immigrant families into the civic and political life of the country, and on immigrant experiences outside the traditional gateway cities, and a program of Cultural Contact that is investigating how well U.S. institutions are managing to respond to the growing diversity of the American population. The Foundation mainly provides support for analyzing and writing up data results. Awards range from $35,000 to $500,000, with an average of about $150,000. Deadline: Open.
• RUSSELL SAGE VISITING SCHOLAR – For selected scholars in the social sciences, who are at least several years beyond the Ph.D. to investigate topics in the social and behavioral sciences analyzing the shifting nature of social and economic life in the U.S. A special effort is made to include promising younger scholars and mix together representatives of a variety of social science disciplines in each cohort accepted into the program. Maximum Award: $110,000. Deadline: September 30.
School of American Research (Santa Fe, NM). RESIDENT SCHOLAR FELLOWSHIPS
Support scholars who have completed their research and analysis and who need time to think and write about topics important to the understanding of humankind. Resident scholars may approach their research from the perspective of anthropology or from anthropologically informed perspectives in such fields as history, sociology, art, and philosophy. An apartment and office on campus, stipends, a small reference library and library assistance are provided during a nine-month tenure. The SAR Press may consider books written by resident scholars for publication. Maximum Award: $40,000. Deadline: November 1.
Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study. BIRGIT BALDWIN FELLOWSHIP
Encourages the research and writing of dissertations for the Ph.D. on topics concerned with Scandinavian (Nordic) literature or film that can be most effectively pursued in the archives and libraries of the Nordic countries. Award: $20,000. Deadline: November 1.
Stanford Humanities Center. EXTERNAL FACULTY FELLOWSHIPS
Six to eight fellowships are available for research in humanistic issues. Applicants with Ph.D.s awarded on or before September 2008 are eligible. Junior Fellowships are for scholars who will be at least three, and no more than ten years beyond receipt of the Ph.D. by the start of their prospective fellowship year. Senior Fellowships are for established scholars who are more than ten years beyond receipt of their Ph.D. Maximum Award: $60,000. In addition, a housing and moving allowance of up to $15,000 is offered. Deadline: October 3.
The Caroline and Erwin Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon.
Awards one fellowship annually to assist ongoing scholarly research and writing projects in the field of caricature and cartoon. To be eligible, one must be a candidate for an M.A. or Ph.D. degree and working toward the completion of a dissertation or thesis for that degree, or be engaged in postgraduate research within three years of receiving an M.A. or Ph.D. Award: $15,000. Deadline: February 15.
Tanner Humanities Center. VISITING RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
In-residence fellowships for one academic year are provided to faculty affiliated with colleges and universities, and independent scholars, for humanistic research and education at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Projects are supported in communication, history, religious studies, ethnic and cultural studies, history/theory/criticism of the arts, languages and linguistics, literature, gender studies, historical or philosophical issues in social and natural sciences, or the professions. Projects which are interdisciplinary are encouraged. Applicants must have their Ph.D. by August 1, 2010. Award: $45,000. Deadline: December 1.
Texas State Historical Association. MARY M. HUGHES FELLOWSHIPS IN TEXAS HISTORY
Funds the best research proposal on twentieth-century Texas history. Award: $1,000. Deadline: December 31.
•CECILIA STEINFELDT FELLOWSHIPS FOR RESEARCH IN THE ARTS AND MATERIAL CULTURE For the best research proposal on decorative and fine arts, material culture, preservation, and architecture in Texas from the seventeenth century to the present. Award: $1,000. December 31.
•LIZ CARPENTER AWARD FOR RESEARCH IN THE HISTORY OF WOMEN - For the best scholarly book on the history of women and Texas published during the calendar year. Award: $1,000. Deadline: October 12.
University of Connecticut Humanities Institute (Storrs, CT). EXTERNAL FELLOWSHIPS
Opportunities for scholars who have held the Ph.D. for five years or more, or possess a record of professional accomplishment, to pursue advanced work in the humanities. Tenure covers an uninterrupted period from nine to twelve months. Fellows receive library privileges, and assistance in locating housing. Award: $40,000. Deadline: January 15.
University of Pennsylvania. ANDREW W. MELLON POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN THE HUMANITIES - For untenured scholars who received or will receive their Ph.D. between December 2004 and December 2012. Humanists and those in related fields are invited to submit research proposals on any aspect of this year’s theme “Violence”. Award: $49,000. Deadline: October 15.
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. NEWCOMBE DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS
A twelve-month fellowship for scholars who have completed all pre dissertation requirements by application deadline; are writing on a topic of ethical or religious values; and are enrolled in graduate school in the U.S. Award: $25,000. Deadline: November 15.
Research in the Social Sciences
American Antiquarian Society (AAS). VISITING ACADEMIC RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
See Research in Art History.
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). See Research in the Humanities.
• POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
• CHARLES A. RYSKAMP RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
American Historical Association (AHA). RESEARCH GRANTS
To further research in progress by AHA members. Grants may be used by advanced doctoral students, non tenured faculty, and unaffiliated scholars for travel to a library or archive; microfilming, photography, or photocopying; borrowing or access fees; and similar research expenses. All Deadlines: February 15.
• ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE RESEARCH GRANTS - Support research in the history of the Western hemisphere. Maximum Award: $1,000.
• THE MICHAEL KRAUS RESEARCH GRANT – For research that references the intercultural aspects of American and European relations in colonial American history. Maximum Award: $800.
• THE LITTLETON GRISWOLD GRANT - For research in U.S. legal history and the field of law and society. Maximum Award: $1,000.
• BERNADOTTE SCHMITT GRANTS - Support research in the history of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Maximum Award: $1,000.
American Philosophical Society. FRANKLIN RESEARCH GRANTS
See Research in the Humanities.
American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT). FELLOWSHIPS IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES IN TURKEY
See Research in the Humanities.
Archaeological Institute of America. OLIVIA JAMES TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP
See Research in the Humanities.
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library (New Haven, CT). VISITING FELLOWSHIPS
See Institution-Based Research.
The British Council. BRITISH MARSHALL SCHOLARSHIPS
See Research in the Humanities.
Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS - See Research in the Humanities.
Center for Afroamerican & African Studies (Ann Arbor, MI). DU BOIS-MANDELA-RODNEY POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
- See Institution-Based Research.
Center for the Humanities at Wesleyan University (Middletown, MA). ANDREW W. MELLON POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
- See Institution-Based Research.
Clements Center for Southwest Studies. RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
See Research in the Humanities.
Council of American Overseas Research Centers. MULTI-COUNTRY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
See Research in the Humanities.
European University Institute (Florence, ITALY). MAX WEBER PROGRAM
The Program is open to all nationalities and is designed for junior post-docs who have received a doctorate in economics, law, history, social and political sciences, or a related field, within the last five years and who want to advance in their research and academic training, in an active multidisciplinary environment before entering the international job market, or in the early stages of their academic careers. Fellows are selected on the basis of their research accomplishments and potential, their academic career interests, and the availability of the EUI faculty to provide mentorship. Fellows are required to live in Florence, Italy for the duration of their fellowship so that they may take an active part in the program and in the academic activities of their department. Candidates are eligible during the five-year period following the successful completion of their Ph.D. Deadline: October 25.
Award: € 2,000 per month.
•NEW! VINCENT WRIGHT FELLOWSHIPS - For research on European Comparative Politics or European Comparative History at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS). The current core research themes of the RSCAS are: Institutions, Governance, and Democracy; Migration; Economic and Monetary Policy; Competition Policy and Market Regulation; and International and Transnational Relations. Candidates are eligible during the seven-year period following the successful completion of their Ph.D. Fellows must live in Florence for the duration of the Fellowship so that they can take an active part in the academic activities of the Centre. Award: £2,000 per month. Deadline: October 25.
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation. See Research in the Humanities.
Horowitz Foundation.
Supports work in major areas of the social sciences including area studies, economics, political science, psychology, sociology, urban studies, and evaluation research. Preference given to projects that deal with contemporary issues in the social sciences and issues of policy relevance and to scholars in the initial stages of work. Funds new projects, or research in progress including final work on a dissertation, travel funds, or preparing a work for publication. Award: $2,500 - $5,000. Deadline: January 31.
Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science (Princeton, NJ). VISITING MEMBER AWARDS - For visiting scholars at the junior and senior levels to pursue research in the social sciences. The focus of this year's program is "The Environmental Turn and Human Sciences." Areas of study include: economics, political science, law, psychology, sociology, and anthropology. The Institute encourages social scientific work with a historical and humanistic focus and also accepts applications in history, philosophy, literary criticism, literature, and linguistics. Up to 20 awards will be made. Maximum Award: $65,000. Deadline: November 1.
International Research and Exchanges Board. SHORT-TERM TRAVEL GRANTS
See Research in the Humanities.
Hebert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. FELLOWSHIPS
See Research in the Humanities.
Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies (Notre Dame, IN). VISITING RESIDENTIAL FELLOWSHIPS - For research in comparative international studies. Research themes include: democratization and the quality of democracy; growth and development in the global economy; society and its influence on political, social and cultural change; public policies for social justice; and social movements and organized civil society. Eligible applicants may come from any country, and hold a Ph.D. or its equivalent in a social science discipline or in history. Fellowships include stipend, travel expenses and housing subsidy. Deadline: November 1.
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. GRANTS FOR VENETIAN RESEARCH
See Research in the Humanities.
Leslie Center for the Humanities at Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH). MELLON POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS - See Research in the Humanities.
Library of Congress (Washington, DC). FLORENCE TAN MOESON FELLOWSHIP
See Institution-Based Research.
National Research Council. FORD FOUNDATION DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIPS
Seek to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties in traditionally under-represented fields including science and mathematics, and the humanities and social sciences. Awards for individuals who show strong promise of future achievement in academic research and teaching in higher education. Award: $20,000 - $40,000. Deadlines: Predoctoral, November 14; Dissertation, November 19; Postdoctoral, November 19. .
National Science Foundation.
The Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES) supports research to develop and advance scientific knowledge focusing on economic, legal, political and social systems, organizations and institutions. All programs in SES consider proposals for research projects, conferences, and workshops.
•ECONOMICS PROGRAM - Supports projects in computational economics, the transformation of command economies, human resource-related issues (poverty, gender, labor productivity, etc.), and global environmental change. Research in the subfields of economics is also supported, including economic history, finance, industrial organization, international economics, labor economics, public finance, macroeconomics, and mathematical economics. Funds for conferences and interdisciplinary research that strengthens links between economics and other social sciences. Average Award: $75,000. Deadline: January 18.
• FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM - See Research in Science.
• GRANTS FOR IMPROVING DOCTORAL DISSERTATION RESEARCH - Funds for items not normally available through a student’s university. Allow candidates to conduct field research away from their home campus. Subjects: Anthropology, Geography & Regional Science, Sociology, Technology and Society (including Ethics and Values Studies). Award: $20,000. Deadline: January 15.
• LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCE PROGRAM - Supports studies of law and law like systems of rules, institutions, processes, and behaviors. Research on social control, crime causation, violence, victimization, legal and social change, patterns of discretion, procedural justice, and regulatory enforcement are among the areas that have recently received support. Planning grant proposals, travel support requests, and proposals for improving doctoral dissertation research are welcome. Award: $5,000 - $10,000. Deadline: January 15.
• METHODOLOGY, MEASUREMENT, AND STATISTICS PROGRAM - Supports proposals that are interdisciplinary in nature, methodologically innovative, and grounded in theory. Deadline: January 16.
Northeast Consortium for Faculty Diversity. DISSERTATION-YEAR VISITING FELLOWSHIPS
This informal consortium of colleges and universities in the Northeast aims to increase the number of U.S. citizen African Americans, Mexican Americans, Puerto Rican Americans, and Native Americans who become college and university faculty. Visiting Scholars will be given special opportunities to consider possible faculty positions at the host campuses or elsewhere. While most student applicants will probably be in the humanities, social sciences, or business disciplines, those in other areas will also be considered. Award: $25,000 – 33,000. Deadline: January 9.
Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.
The Institute's scope encompasses the history and cultures of North America's indigenous and immigrant peoples during the colonial, Revolutionary, and early national periods of the U.S. and the related histories of Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America, the British Isles, Europe, and Africa, from the sixteenth century to approximately 1815. All Deadlines: November 1.
• POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP - Offers a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in any area of early American studies, to begin July 1, 2012. A candidate's dissertation or other manuscripts must have significant potential as a distinguished, book length contribution to scholarship. 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. Office, research, and computer facilities as well as some travel funds for research and conferences are also provided. Award: $50,400.
Rockefeller Archive Center (Sleepy Hollow, NY). See Institution-Based Research.
Russell Sage Foundation.
Supports basic social science research within the following announced programs: the future of work, current U.S. immigration focused on the entry of immigrant families into the civic and political life of the country, and on immigrant experiences outside the traditional gateway cities, and a program of Cultural Contact that is investigating how well U.S. institutions are managing to respond to the growing diversity of the American population. The Foundation mainly provides support for analyzing and writing up data results. Awards range from $35,000 to $500,000, with an average of about $150,000. Deadline: Open.
The Santa Fe Institute. OMIDYAR POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
Seek to catalyze new collaborative, multidisciplinary projects that break down the barriers between the traditional disciplines. Research topics span the full range of natural and social sciences and often make connections with the humanities. Candidates should have a Ph.D. before September 2012, a strong interest in interdisciplinary collaboration and evidence of the ability to think outside traditional paradigms. Deadline: November 1.
Social Science Research Council (SSRC).
Supports pre- and postdoctoral research in Eastern Europe, Japan, Near and Middle East, South Asia, and the former Soviet Union and its successor states. Provides travel, language, research, and conference awards. Awards and deadlines vary among programs.
American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies. FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Supports two to nine months of research in Sri Lanka by U.S. citizens who already hold a Ph.D. or the equivalent at the time they begin their fellowship tenure. Both scholars with little or no experience in Sri Lanka as well as specialists are encouraged to apply. Projects in all fields in the social sciences, humanities and policy sciences are eligible. Applicants must complete the fellowship before August 31, 2014. The time in Sri Lanka supported by the fellowship need not be continuous. Award: $3,200 per month plus roundtrip airfare. Deadline: December 1.
• DISSERTATION PLANNING GRANTS - For graduate students intending to do dissertation research in Sri Lanka to make a pre-dissertation visit to investigate the feasibility of their topic, to sharpen their research design, or to make other practical arrangements for future research. Projects in all fields in the social sciences and humanities are eligible. Applicants should plan to spend at least six weeks in Sri Lanka. Applicants whose research will also require spending time in libraries or archives in a third country may request funds for an additional two weeks for this purpose. Award: $425 per week plus roundtrip airfare. Deadline: December 1.
American Philosophical Society. FRANKLIN RESEARCH GRANTS
Support the cost of travel to libraries and archives for research, the purchase of microfilm and the costs associated with fieldwork by young scholars who have recently received their doctorate. Maximum Award: $6,000. Deadlines: October 1, December 1.
American-Scandinavian Foundation. AWARDS FOR STUDY IN SCANDINAVIA
Grants are for post-graduate scholars, professionals, and candidates in the arts, to carry out research or study in one or more Scandinavian countries for one to three months. Fellowships are intended to support a yearlong stay for dissertation research or study. Grants: $5,000. Fellowships: $23,000.
Deadline: November 1.
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Weiner Laboratory (Athens, Greece). TRAVEL GRANT - To conduct a research project in archaeological science in Greece for graduate or post-graduate students with a Ph.D. granted in the past five years from a North American college or university. Award: $2,000. Deadline: December 1.
NEW! Association for Women in Science. EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARDS
Support travel for professional development, broadly defined. Any woman who works in a STEMM discipline (science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine) and who has earned at least a bachelor’s degree is eligible to apply. Individuals may be graduate students, faculty, postdoctoral fellows, employed scientists and engineers, or those seeking employment or to return to school. Early-career scientists are particularly encouraged. Individuals may request funding to attend a conference, to acquire specialized training, or to pursue professional development in other ways that take them from home. Maximum Award: $3,000. Deadline: September 16.
Archaeological Institute of America. OLIVIA JAMES TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP
For travel and study in Greece, Aegean Islands, Sicily, Southern Italy, Asia Minor, and Mesopotamia, to be conducted between July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2014. Supports long-term projects in the classics, sculpture, architecture, archaeology, and history. Preference is given to doctoral candidates and recent recipients of the Ph.D. Award: $25,000. Deadline: November 1.
• HARRIET AND LEON POMERANCE FELLOWSHIP - Supports individual projects of a scholarly nature related to Aegean Bronze Age archaeology. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or Canada, or be actively pursuing an advanced degree at a North American college or university. Preference is given to candidates whose projects require travel to the Mediterranean. Award: $5,000. Deadline: November 1.
Leo Baeck Institute LBI/DAAD. FELLOWSHIP
For doctoral students doing research for their dissertation and for academics in the preparation of a scholarly essay or book that requires a period of research in libraries, archives or research institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany. The research must be in the field of study served by the LBI, i.e., the social, communal and intellectual history of German-speaking Jewry. The tenure of the fellowship must be for 3 or 6 months and fall within the period July through January. Award: €975. Deadline: November 1.
Citizens Exchange Council. ARTSLINK PROJECTS
Support U.S. artists, curators, presenters, and non profit arts organizations to engage in visual and media arts projects with their colleagues in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and Eurasia. Projects should be designed to benefit participants or audiences in both countries. Maximum Award: $10,000. Deadline: January 15.
• INDEPENDENT PARTNERSHIP GRANTS - For artists and arts managers in Russia, Eurasia and Central/Eastern Europe to come to the U.S. to pursue projects with their colleagues here. Applicants must have a letter of invitation from a U.S. non-profit organization in order to apply. Award: $5,000 to host institution. Deadline: December 1.
Clements Center for Southwest Studies DeGolyer Library. RESEARCH TRAVEL GRANTS
For one to four weeks of research in Dallas, Texas. The Library’s major focus includes the European exploration and discovery of America, the development of the Spanish and Mexican borderlands, and the history of the Trans-Mississippi West. Maximum Award: $2,800. Deadline: Open.
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. GRANTS FOR VENETIAN RESEARCH
Support travel to and residence in Venice for pre- and postdoctoral research on Venice and the former Venetian empire, and for the study of contemporary Venetian society and culture through the humanities and social sciences. Maximum Award: $19,900. Deadline: December 15.
Dumbarton Oaks. PROJECT GRANTS
For scholarly projects in Byzantine Studies, Pre-Columbian Studies, and Garden and Landscape Studies. Support is generally for archeological research, as well as for the recovery, recording, and analysis of materials that would otherwise be lost. Eligible projects may include, but are not limited to the following: non-destructive investigation and/or excavation of a site or a (Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, Garden) component of a site; materials analyses; surveying or photographing monuments and objects that are at risk e.g. architecture, gardens, paintings, mosaics, and sculptures in situ, as well as objects that have already been collected but are largely unrecorded and endangered. Project grants are limited to applicants holding a doctorate or the equivalent. Funding is typically awarded for transportation, meals, housing, vehicle rental, workmen's wages, costs of technical analyses, etc. Award: $3,000–$10,000. Deadline: October 1.
National Gallery of Art. PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR HISTORIANS OF AMERICAN ART TO TRAVEL ABROAD - For doctoral students in art history studying aspects of art and architecture of the U.S. including native and pre-Revolutionary America. The fellowship period is for six to eight weeks of travel abroad in areas such as Africa, Asia, Europe, or South America to museums, exhibitions, collections, monuments, and historic sites. This fellowship is intended to encourage a breadth of art-historical experience beyond the candidate's major field. Maximum Award: $6,000. All Deadlines: November 15.
• DAVID E. FINLEY FELLOWSHIP - Predoctoral fellowship for travel and research for two years in Europe to advance work on a dissertation in Western Art and an additional year in residence at the National Gallery of Art, Center for Advanced Study of the Visual Arts. Candidates should have a significant interest in curatorial work, which could be furthered during travel. Award: $20,000.
• PAUL MELLON FELLOWSHIP - For the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation in Western Art and to enable a candidate to reside abroad for two years and develop expertise in a specific city, locality, or region related to the dissertation. Award: $20,000.
• THE ITTLESON FELLOWSHIP - For the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation in the visual arts in a field other than European or American art. Fellows are expected to spend one year on dissertation research abroad, and one year at the Center to complete the dissertation. Award: $20,000.
Organization of American Historians (OAH). JAPANESE RESIDENCIES PROGRAM
Provides support to send two American scholars in the spring of 2013 to Japanese universities for two-week residencies. The historians give lectures and seminars in English in their specialty and provide individual consultation to Japanese scholars, graduate students and sometimes undergraduates studying American history and culture. Applicants must be members of the OAH, have a Ph.D., and be scholars of American history. Round-trip airfare to Japan, housing, and modest daily expenses are covered. Deadline: October 8.
Phi Beta Kappa Society. WALTER J. JENSEN FELLOWSHIP FOR FRENCH LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND CULTURE - For at least six months of study in France to help educators and researchers improve education in standard French language, literature, and culture and in the study of standard French in the U.S. Eligible applicants are U.S. citizens under the age of 40 who can demonstrate superior competence in French and that their career does or will involve active use of the French language. Award: $13,000 plus round-trip travel to France. Deadline: October 1.
• MARY ISABEL SIBLEY FELLOWSHIP - For the study of Greek language, literature, history, or archaeology, or the study of French language or literature. Candidates must be unmarried women 25 to 35 years of age who have demonstrated their ability to carry on original research. They must hold a doctorate or have fulfilled all the requirements for a doctorate except the dissertation, and they must be planning to devote full-time work to research during the fellowship year. Award: $20,000. Deadline: January 15.
Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies (Charlottesville, VA). TRAVEL GRANTS - For scholars and teachers to make short-term visits to Monticello to pursue research or educational projects related to Jefferson. Deadline: November 1.
Social Science Research Council (SSRC).
Supports pre- and postdoctoral research in Eastern Europe, Japan, Near and Middle East, South Asia, and the former Soviet Union and its successor states. Provides travel, language, research, and conference awards. Awards and deadlines vary among programs.
Swedish Institute. THE BICENTENNIAL SWEDISH-AMERICAN EXCHANGE FUND
For professional enrichment within the fields to which the Fund gives priority, i.e., politics, public administration, working life, human environment, mass media, business and industry, education and culture. For visits of two to four weeks between March 1- December 31. Award: SEK 30,000. Deadline: November 15.
University Association for Contemporary European Studies. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Awarded to Association members to undertake research in another country. Funds must be used for field work that occurs between February and July 2013. The proposed research project must be in the 'Contemporary European Studies subject area, post WW2, and European Studies, as an aspect of European Integration or related areas. Award: £1,500. Deadline: October 14.
New York Council for the Humanities. NEW! PLANNING GRANTS
All projects supported by the Council must be intended for and open to a general public audience, with priority given to projects serving people for whom such opportunities are rare. Grants support the preparation of humanities-based public programs, such as convening scholar-advisors, working with community members, and creating interpretive plans. Award: $1,500. Deadline: Three months before start of project.
•NEW! PROJECT GRANTS - Support implementation of humanities-based public programs. Award: $3,000. Deadline: Three months before start of project.
•NEW! DIRECTORS’ PROJECT GRANTS - Support the implementation of exemplary humanities-based public programs that significantly further the Council’s goals of encouraging informed public discourse in communities across the State and actively engaging New Yorkers with issues and ideas. These grants will be awarded only to projects where dialogue (formats could include facilitated conversations, moderated online discussion boards) is integral to actively engaging the project’s target audience. Award: $10,000. Deadline: September 15, December 15.
• WAR OF 1812 MINI GRANTS - For public programming commemorating the War of 1812 in New York State. New York’s economic prominence and long border with Canada gave the State a central role in the War of 1812, from the militarization of the Great Lakes to the decisive American victory at Plattsburgh. The State’s experience is critical to understanding the developing political and military mindset of the young U.S. Award: $3,000. Deadline: September 30.