Grants & Fellowships Database

• http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=367834&attrib_id=13232
• Fund Type: Dissertation. Residential: . Eligibility: PhD student
• Award: 20,000
• Deadline: May 1 Second Deadline: November 1
• Details: Dissertation Fieldwork Grants are awarded to aid doctoral or thesis research. The program contributes to the Foundation's overall mission to support basic research in anthropology and to ensure that the discipline continues to be a source of vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of humanity's cultural and biological origins, development, and variation. The Foundation supports research that demonstrates a clear link to anthropological theory and debates, and promises to make a solid contribution to advancing these ideas. There is no preference for any methodology, research location, or subfield. The Foundation particularly welcomes proposals that employ a comparative perspective, can generate innovative approaches or ideas, and/or integrate two or more subfields.
• Keywords: Anthropology

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• http://www.trumanlibrary.org/grants/
• Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: PhD student; Applicants should have substantially completed their research and be prepared to devote full time to writing their dissertation.
• Award: $16,000
• Deadline: 2/1/2010
• Details: Grants of $16,000 will be given to support 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. One or two dissertation year fellowships will normally be awarded each year.
• Keywords: Public policy, foreign, Truman years, American history, dissertation

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• http://www.acls.org/grants/default.aspx?id=354
• Fund Type: Fellowships and Grants. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; *Residence requirements depend on program
• Award: up to $75,000
• Deadline:
• Details: ACLS offers fellowships and grants in more than a dozen programs for research in the humanities and related social sciences at the doctoral and postdoctoral levels. Please refer to the website for the details
• Keywords: Humanities, social sciences, humanistic approaches

NB: Deadline: varies, deadlines in September 2009-January 2010.

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• http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/bcs/arch/suppdiss.jsp
• Fund Type: Dissertation. Residential: No. Eligibility: PhD student
• Award: Up to $20,000
• Deadline: Any time
• Details: Target Date: Proposals may be submitted at any time

  Project Budget: To meet expenses associated with doctoral dissertation research. Items normally requested include per diem for time spent away from the home institution, travel funds, supplies and equipment, costs associated with field research and analysis fees. Salary for research at one's home institution is not permitted.



• Keywords: Archaeology, dissertation, travel

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• http://www.ams-net.org
• Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: PhD student; Anyone is eligible to apply who is registered in good standing for a doctorate at a North American university and has completed all formal degree requirements except the dissertation at the time of full application.
• Award: $19,000
• Deadline: 12/15/2009
• Details: AHJ AMS 50 Fellowships are awarded solely on the basis of academic merit. Any submission for a doctoral degree in which the emphasis is on musical scholarship will be eligible. Fellows may elect to accept the award on an honorary or partly honorary basis (thus freeing scarce resources for others). The fellowships are intended for full-time study.
• Keywords: Musicology, music, performing arts, dissertation

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• http://www.gilderlehrman.org/historians/fellowship1.html
• Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; See details.
• Award: $1,500-$4,000 stipend
• Deadline: 5/1/2009 Second Deadline: 12/1/2009
• Details: The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History promotes the study and love of American history. The sponsor invites applications for short-term fellowships in several categories: Research Fellowships for post-doctoral scholars at every faculty rank, Dissertation Fellowships for doctoral candidates who have completed exams and begun dissertation reading and writing, and Research Fellowships for journalists and independent scholars.
• Keywords: Social sciences, American history, Revolutionary, Antebellum, Civil War, Reconstruction

NB: Fellowships range in duration from a week to two months.

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• http://dedalusfoundation.org/
• Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: PhD student
• Award: $20,000
• Deadline: 12/1/2009
• Details: The Dedalus Foundation Dissertation Fellowship is awarded annually to a Ph.D. Candidate at an American university who is working on a dissertation related to modern art and modernism. Applications are solicited annually from doctoral art history programs throughout the country, with each program nominating one candidate.
• Keywords: Modern arts, modernism, art history, dissertation

NB: Note: Applications must be made by university departments.

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• http://www.kressfoundation.org/fellowships/default.aspx?id=44
• Fund Type: Dissertation. Residential: No. Eligibility: PhD student; Restricted to pre-doctoral candidates in the history of art. Nominees must be U.S. citizens or individuals matriculated at an American university.
• Award: $3,500-$10,000
• Deadline: 11/30/2009
• Details: The sponsor awards fifteen to twenty fellowships to pre-doctoral candidates for travel related to the completion of dissertation research on European art.
• Keywords: Arts, Eurpoean art history, dissertation research, travel

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• http://www.kressfoundation.org/fellowships/default.aspx?id=42
• Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: PhD student; Restricted to pre-doctoral candidates in the history of art and related disciplines (such as archaeology, architecture, or classics). Nominees must be U.S. citizens or individuals matriculated at an American university. Dissertation research must focus on European art from antiquity to the early 19th century.
• Award: $22,500
• Deadline: 11/30/2009
• Details: The sponsor awards four fellowships to pre-doctoral candidates studying the history of European art for two-year research appointments at selected foreign institutions. Advanced training in European art history requires direct exposure to the object of study, prolonged access to key information resources such as libraries and photographic archives, the development of professional relationships with colleagues, and immersion in European cultures. These related needs are often best satisfied by prolonged engagement with a European art research center. Kress Fellowships in Art History at Foreign Institutions are intended to provide promising young professionals with the opportunity to experience this kind of engagement.
• Keywords: European arts, art history, archaeology, architecture, classics, international travel, dissertation research

NB: Selected institutions in Ankara, Cairo, Florence, Jerusalem, Leiden, London, Munich, Nicosia, Paris, Rome, & Zurich.

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• http://www.americanantiquarian.org/peterson.htm
• Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: PhD student
• Award: $1,700 per month or $1,200 per month including housing in the Society's Goddard-Daniels House
• Deadline: 1/15/2010
• Details: The sponsor funds short-term fellowships for access to the collections at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts. Eligible applicants must be doctoral candidates engaged in dissertation research.
• Keywords: Culture, American History, American Studies,American Literature

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• http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/FordFellowships/index.htm
• Fund Type: Dissertation. Residential: No. Eligibility: PhD student; Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree candidates studying in an eligible research-based discipline at a U.S. educational institution, and Individuals who have not earned a doctoral degree at any time, in any field.
• Award: $21,000 stipend (one year)
• Deadline: 11/9/2009
• Details: Dissertation fellowships will be awarded in a national competition administered by the National Research Council (NRC) on behalf of the Ford Foundation. The awards will be made to individuals who, in the judgment of the review panels, have demonstrated superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, show promise of future achievement as scholars and teachers, and are well prepared to use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
• Keywords: American studies, anthropology, archaeology, art, theater history, astronomy, chemistry, communications, computer science, earth sciences, economics, education, engineering, ethnomusicology, geography, history, international relations, language, linguistics, literature, mathematics, performance study, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religion, sociology, urban planning, women's studies, African American, Native American, interdisciplinary, dissertation

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• http://www.jewishculture.org/?pid=scholarship
• Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: PhD student; * Be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or Canada; * Have completed all academic requirements for the Ph.D., except dissertation, by the date of application; * Demonstrate significant course work in Jewish studies at the graduate level; * Provide evidence of proficiency in a Jewish language (i.e. Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino, Aramaic, etc.); * Be in a reasonable position to complete the work of their thesis during their fellowship year ; * Have a proposal or prospectus that has been approved by a thesis committee; * Complete online application in full. Partially completed applications cannot accepted. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that applications are complete by the deadline.
• Award: $16,000 to $20,000
• Deadline: 1/6/2010
• Details: The sponsor provides support for one-year fellowships to graduate students to encourage scholarly research, publication, and teaching in the various disciplines of Jewish Studies. Eligible applicants are citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. or Canada who have completed all requirements for the doctoral degree except the dissertation.
• Keywords: Jewish Studies

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• http://research.history.org/Fellowships.cfm
• Fund Type: Fellowships. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; American and foreign nationals engaged in doctoral, post-doctoral, or independent research are eligible to apply.
• Award: $2,000/month
• Deadline: 4/1/2009 Second Deadline: 11/1/2009
• Details: The Fellowship is 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.
• Keywords: British America, American history, revolutionary era, early republic, eighteenth-century Williamsburg, Virginia, colonial Chesapeake, African American studies, decorative arts, material culture, archaeology, architectural history, historical preservation

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• http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=367834&attrib_id=13232
• Fund Type: Dissertation. Residential: No. Eligibility: PhD student
• Award: Up to $20,000
• Deadline: 5/1/2009 Second Deadline: 11/1/2009
• Details: Awards of up to $20,000 each support doctoral dissertation or thesis research in all branches of anthropology. Eligible applicants may be of any nationality and must be enrolled for a doctoral degree.
• Keywords: Anthropology, fieldwork, dissertation

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• http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=518
• Fund Type: Fellowships and Grants. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: See Full Program Announcement
• Award: 1. Dissertation Fellowships Award: up to $28,000 for ten months plus travel allowance. 2. Postdoctoral Fellowships Award: up to $32,000 for ten months (amount reduced pro-rata for shorter tenure) plus a travel allowance. 3. Translation Grants Award: $20,000 for six months (amount reduced pro-rata for shorter tenure) plus a travel allowance.
• Deadline: 11/13/2009
• Details: • Curriculum development; college or secondary level. • Conferences and seminars: organization of small conferences and seminars away from major centers of Chinese studies. • Short research trips for advanced graduate students & scholars at non-research institutions to travel to major libraries and collections in North America & Taiwan. • Specialist or regional newsletters or websites disseminating learning in their fields • Translations of scholarly books and articles. • Collaborative projects in which the grant will facilitate communication and limited travel by scholars working on a common project in Taiwan and North America.
• Keywords: research, Asia, curriculum, seminars, translation, collaboration

Posted by Jen Swain at 10:16 AM | Permalink

• http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-250.html
• Fund Type: Dissertation. Residential: No. Eligibility: PhD student; These awards are available to qualified Predoctoral students in accredited research doctoral programs in the United States (including Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories or possessions).
• Award: $50,000-$60,000
• Deadline: 6/16/2009 Second Deadline: 10/16/2009
• Details: The sponsor offers support for dissertation awards in all areas of research within the Institute's mandate to increase diversity of the research workforce on research on aging and aging-related health conditions. This FOA will use the NIH R36 dissertation award mechanism.
• Keywords: Dissertation, aging, elderly, health

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• http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5369&org=NSF&sel_org=SBE&from=fund
• Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility.
• Award:
• Deadline: 1/15/2009 Second Deadline: 10/15/2009
• Details: The Sociology Program supports basic research on all forms of human social organization -- societies, institutions, groups and demography -- and processes of individual and institutional change. Research grants and doctoral dissertation grants available
• Keywords: Sociology, human social organization, societies, institutions, demography, institutional change

NB: Deadline note: Deadlines are 01/15/2009 and 08/15/2009 for Regular Research; 02/15/2009 and 10/15/2009 for Dissertation Research

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• http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=17315&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW
• Fund Type: Fellowships and Grants. Residential: No. Eligibility: See Full Program Announcement; Eligibility depends on grant program. See website for details..
• Award: up to $180,000
• Deadline: 2/1/2009 Second Deadline: 8/1/2009
• Details: STS considers proposals that examine historical, philosophical, and sociological questions that arise in connection with science, engineering, and technology, and their respective interactions with society.
• Keywords: Science, engineering, technology, society

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