CLA Grants, Fellowships,
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Grants & Fellowships Database

This database, developed by the CLA grants team, lists over 400 funding opportunities in fields across the College of Liberal Arts. Please note that the Categories listed below are neither mutually exclusive nor comprehensive. Use a variety of subject matter and funding type keywords to search for opportunities in your area.

Warning: Deadline change. Be sure to check the deadlines of programs on the funders’ websites.

October 19, 2010

The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS), CUNY:
The Joan Heller-Diane Bernard Fellowship in Lesbian and Gay Studies

  • http://web.gc.cuny.edu/clags/awards.shtml#heller
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; a junior scholar (graduate student, untenured university professor or independent researcher) or a senior scholar (tenured university professor or advanced independent scholar)
  • Award: $5,000
  • Deadline: 11/15/2009
  • Details: This fellowship supports research 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.
  • Keywords: lesbian /gay/ bisexual/ transgender/ queer studies, gay and lesbian studies, American culture, culture studies, GLBT

May 9, 2010

National Foundation for the Arts and the Humanities (NEH):
NEH/CNR Fellowships for Research on Italian Cultural Heritage

  • http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fellowships-italy.html
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; The Fellowships program accepts applications from researchers, teachers, and writers, whether they have an institutional affiliation or not.
  • Award: $50,400 for 12 months (or $4,200/month)
  • Deadline: 5/9/2010
  • Details: NEH and the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) of the government of Italy are cooperating in the support of scholarly research. NEH invites applications for humanities research focusing on Italy's cultural heritage in relation to that of the United States.
  • Keywords: Italy, Italian studies, humanities, heritage

NB: Deadline note: Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been confirmed.

May 5, 2010

National Endowment for the Humanities / National Foundation on the Arts & Humanities:
Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan

  • http://fundingopps.cos.com/alerts/97219
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; All applicants must have completed their formal education by the application deadline. While applicants need not have advanced degrees, individuals currently enrolled in a degree-granting program are ineligible to apply. The fellowships are designed for researchers with advanced language skills.
  • Award: $4,200/month for 6-12 months
  • Deadline: 5/5/2010
  • Details: Awards support research on modern Japanese society and political economy, Japan's international relations, and U.S.-Japan relations. Program encourages innovative research that puts these subjects in wider regional and global contexts and is comparative and contemporary. Research should contribute to scholarly knowledge or to the general public's understanding of issues of concern to Japan and the United States. Disciplines include: anthropology, economics, geography, history, international relations, linguistics, political science, psychology, public administration, and sociology.
  • Keywords: Social science research, Japan, Japanese society, history, international relations, linguistics, political science, psychology, public administration, sociology, anthropology, economics, geography

NB: Deadline note: Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been confirmed.

National Foundation for the Arts and the Humanities / National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH):
Fellowships

  • http://fundingopps.cos.com/alerts/48068
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; The Fellowships program accepts applications from researchers, teachers, and writers, whether they have an institutional affiliation or not.
  • Award: $50,400 for 12 months (or $4,200/month)
  • Deadline: 5/5/2010
  • Details: Fellowships support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to scholars and general audiences in the humanities. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, and other scholarly tools.
  • Keywords: Humanities, writing, research, publication

NB: Deadline notes: Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been confirmed.

April 15, 2010

International Textile and Apparel Association:
Sara Douglas Fellowship for International Study in Textiles and Apparel

  • http://www.itaaonline.org/template.asp?intPageId=186
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Faculty; Applicant must be an ITAA member.
  • Award: $2,000
  • Deadline: 4/15/2010
  • Details: This faculty fellowship is intended to support a project that will develop international linkages and collaborative cross-cultural research and/or teaching in textiles and apparel. For example, this award could support visiting scholars or travel to work on specific collaborative projects. This award may NOT be used to support travel to international meetings.
  • Keywords: Arts, textiles, apparel, international

March 16, 2010

Fulbright Program:
Various Fellowships & Grants

  • http://www.iie.org/Template.cfm?section=Fulbright1
  • Fund Type: Fellowships and Grants. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility
  • Award: varies
  • Deadline:
  • Details: Fulbright has a variety of programs for students, faculty, scholars, teachers, administrators, and institutions. Established in 1946, the Fulbright Program aims to increase mutual understanding between the peoples of the United States and other countries, through the exchange of persons, knowledge, and skills.
  • Keywords: exchange programs, international studies

March 4, 2010

National Endowment for the Arts:
Literature Fellowships in Creative Writing

  • http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/Lit/index.html
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Published creative writers.
  • Award: $25,000
  • Deadline: 3/5/2009 Second Deadline: 3/4/2010
  • Details: Fellowships in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) or poetry are available to published creative writers. Fellowships enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement.

    This program operates on a two-year cycle with fellowships in prose available in FY 2010 and fellowships in poetry available in FY 2011. Individuals may apply only once each year.


  • Keywords: Literature, prose, non-fiction, fiction, poetry, creative writing


NB: Deadline for fiction & creative non-fiction: March 5, 2009
Deadline for poetry: March 4, 2010

March 2, 2010

US Department of Justice:
WEB Du Bois Fellowship

  • http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=51898&mode=VIEW
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: . Eligibility: Faculty
  • Award: Up to $100,000
  • Deadline: April 16
  • Details: The W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship Program seeks to advance knowledge regarding the confluence of crime, justice, and culture in various societal contexts. The Fellowship places particular emphasis on crime, violence, and the administration of justice in diverse cultural contexts within the United States. Researchers from all academic disciplines are encouraged to apply. Due to the nature of this Fellowship, NIJ strongly encourages applicants with diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds.
  • Keywords: Courts, sentencing, and corrections Police-community relations Civil Rights Immigration, crime and victimization Trafficking in human beings Transnational crime Ethnographic studies

March 1, 2010

Harvard University:
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Visiting Fellows

  • http://www.gsas.harvard.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=321&Itemid=330
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Post-doctoral
  • Award: Reduced tuition
  • Deadline: 10/1/2009 Second Deadline: 3/1/2010
  • Details: The sponsor offers Visiting Fellow status to persons holding a doctoral degree (or its equivalent) or those with comparable professional experience at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
  • Keywords: Libreral arts, humanities, sciences, visiting fellow

NB: DEADLINE NOTE: The March 1 deadline date is for receipt of applications for a full academic year, or fall term only. The October 1 deadline date is for receipt of applications for the spring term only.

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force:
Summer Academy Fellowship

  • http://www.thetaskforce.org/about_us/interns_and_fellows/academy_fellowship
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility
  • Award: Summer fellows are paid a net stipend of $500 per week. Organizing fellows work out of our offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, or Minneapolis, MN. Summer organizers are responsible for their own housing and living expenses.
  • Deadline: March 31
  • Details: This is not your average fellowship -- this is your chance to create change. The Summer Academy Fellowship is a paid social justice fellowship that's furiously intense. The program provides the first-hand, real-world experience working for social justice necessary for becoming professional organizers or capacity builders. You'll learn to develop and disseminate a progressive worldview that connects LGBT issues to struggles against racism, classism, ableism, and spiritual oppression; to build relationships with a broad-cross section of other LGBT movement leaders, especially in communities of faith and communities of color, that will endure for the long-term; and to mobilize mass numbers of people for direct action targeted at achieving immediate political gains for the LGBT community.
  • Keywords: Social Change, Transgender, Sexuality, Homosexual Female/Lesbian, Discrimination, Civil/Human Rights, Homosexual Male/Gay

Harriman Institute at Columbia University:
Postdoctoral Fellowships

  • http://www.harrimaninstitute.org/courses/fellows_visiting_scholars.html
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Postdoctoral; Eligibility is restricted to those applicants who have received the Ph.D. within the three years prior to the fellowship period for which they are applying. Candidates cannot hold a faculty position and must have successfully defended and deposited their dissertations prior to the commencement of the fellowship.
  • Award: Amount not indicated
  • Deadline: 3/1/2010
  • Details: The Postdoctoral Fellows Program enables junior scholars who have recently received the Ph.D. to spend a specified term in residence at the Institute (usually a semester or an academic year) without any obligations other than the revision of their dissertation for publication in book form. Evidence of the dissertation’s potential to make a significant contribution to Russian, Soviet or post-Soviet studies weighs most in the Fellowship Committee's selection of fellows.
  • Keywords: Russian studies, Soviet studies, post-Soviet studies

February 1, 2010

Institute of Current World Affairs:
Fellowships

  • http://www.icwa.org/apply.asp
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Candidates must be under 36 years of age. Applicants must have a good command of written and spoken English and must have completed the current phase of their formal education.
  • Award: Sufficient funding to allow fellows and their families to live in good health and reasonable comfort and to fulfill the purposes of the fellowship
  • Deadline: 2/1/2010
  • Details: Fellowships are for self-designed, independent study only. Fellowships are not scholarships and are not awarded to support work toward academic degrees or for research projects or the writing of books. While many fellows go on to pursue political or social causes at home and abroad, the purpose of a fellowship is to learn about other societies, not to change them. Fellows are not permitted to engage in overtly political activities during their fellowship.
  • Keywords: Current world affairs, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Burma, India, Iran, North Africa, Russia, Venezuela, and Southeast Asia, social sciences, humanities, forestry, forest resources

Truman (Harry S.) Library Institute:
Dissertation Year Fellowships

  • 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

Geological Society of America:
Congressional Science Fellowship

  • http://www.geosociety.org/csf/index.htm
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Prospective candidates should be GSA members with a broad geoscience background and excellent written and oral communication skills. Minimum requirements are a Master's degree with at least five years professional experience or a Ph.D. at the time of appointment.
  • Award: $56,000 plus limited allowances for health insurance, relocation, and travel
  • Deadline: 2/1/2010
  • Details: Congressional Science Fellows work as special legislative assistants within the congressional staff system. Fellows select positions to work on varied legislative, oversight, and investigative activities. Postdoctoral scholars may apply.
  • Keywords: Geology, geological engineering, congress, legislature, science

January 31, 2010

University of California, San Diego:
Center for U.S-Mexican Studies Visiting Fellows Program and Postdoctoral Program

  • http://usmex.ucsd.edu/
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; The majority of Visiting Fellows and Scholars are expected to be at the postdoctoral level. PhD candidates who are ABD and have completed a substantial portion of their dissertations will also be considered. Senior scholars are encouraged to apply.
  • Award: Stipends are commensurate with experience and academic rank.
  • Deadline: 1/31/2010
  • Details: The Center's Visiting Fellows Program is the largest residential fellowship program in the United States for research on Mexico. Each year the program brings together scholars from the social sciences, history, and related fields. The Center's current research interests focus on economic development and social policy. Specific issues include regional divergence and inequality; infrastructure and public goods; local government accountability, corruption, and civil society; social insurance and poverty alleviation.
  • Keywords: Mexico, Mexican history, international relations, social sciences, economic development, government, poverty

NB: Deadline note: Applications will begin to be accepted in September 2009 for the 2010-2011 competition.

January 29, 2010

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS):
Fellowships and Grants

  • 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.

January 26, 2010

Columbia University, The Journalism School:
The Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism

  • http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/cs/ContentServer/jrn/1165270051346/page/1165270092425/JRNSimplePage2.htm
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Journalists with at least 4 years experience
  • Award: $50,000 living stipend and free tuition
  • Deadline: March 1
  • Details: The Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism offers qualified journalists the opportunity to enhance their understanding and knowledge of business, economics and finance in a year-long, full-time program administered by the journalism school. Fellows take courses at Columbia's graduate schools of journalism, business, law and international affairs; participate in off-the-record seminars and dinner meetings with corporate executives, economists and academics; and attend briefings and field trips to New York-based media companies and financial institutions.

    The program is designed to meet the public interest in business and economics news and the demand for trained editors and reporters in the field. In scope and depth, it is considered the most comprehensive business journalism fellowship in the country. Eligible Knight-Bagehot fellows may qualify for a Master of Science degree in journalism upon completion of this rigorous program.

    Conducted during Columbia's academic year from August through May, the fellowship accepts up to 10 fellows each year. Fellows receive free tuition plus a stipend to offset living expenses in New York City. For the 2010 academic year, a stipend of $50,000 will be granted to each fellow. Housing is available in a Columbia-affiliated facility.


  • Keywords: Journalism, Economics, Finance, Business

January 15, 2010

Smithsonian Institution, Office of Research Training and Services:
Guggenheim Fellowship, A. Verville Fellowship, and Ramsey Fellowship in Naval Aviation History

  • http://www.nasm.si.edu/getinvolved/fellow/gvrfellowinfo.cfm
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Postdoctoral; Graduate students (ABD) may also apply.
  • Award: $20,000-$45,000
  • Deadline: 1/15/2010
  • Details: The Guggenheim, Verville and Ramsey Fellowships are designed to promote research into, and writing about, the history of aviation and space flight. Staff members of the Aeronautics Division currently conduct research into aviation history including such themes as the growth and impact of aeronautics on society, the evolution of aircraft technology, and the development of air transport and military aviation. The Division emphasizes both U.S. and international aspects of aviation history.
  • Keywords: History, aviation, space flight, air transport, military

The British School at Rome:
Abbey Rome Awards for Painters

  • http://www.abbey.org.uk/page4.htm
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; There is no age limit. Abbey Awards are open to citizens of the UK and the US and to painters of other nationalities resident in the UK or US for at least five years.
  • Award: Up to £500/month for Scholars and £700/month for Fellows plus accommodations (approx. $700-$1,000)
  • Deadline: 1/15/2010
  • Details: The Abbey Scholarship offers an emergent painter a full academic year at the British School at Rome, while Abbey Fellowships offer mid-career painters three months at the School.
  • Keywords: Visual arts, painting

U.S Department of State / MacArthur Foundation / Carnegie Foundation:
Jefferson Science Fellows Program

  • http://www7.nationalacademies.org/jefferson/
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Faculty; Tenured academic scientists and engineers from U.S. institutions of higher learning are eligible for selection to be Jefferson Science Fellows.
  • Award: $50,000
  • Deadline: 1/15/2010
  • Details: Each Fellow will spend one year at the U.S. Department of State for an on-site assignment in Washington, D.C. that may also involve extended stays at U.S. foreign embassies and/or missions. All JSF assignments will be designed in consultation with regional and/or functional bureaus within the U.S. Department of State. While in general JSF assignments will involve providing up-to-date expertise in the rapidly advancing STE arenas that routinely impact the policy decisions encountered by the U.S. Department of State, each Fellow will also be expected to become conversant with the functional operation of the U.S. Department of State.
  • Keywords: Science, technology, engineering, public policy

Smithsonian Institution:
Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program

  • http://www.si.edu/ofg/Applications/SIFELL/SIFELLapp.htm
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Fellowships for post- and pre-doctoral scholars, as well as for graduate students.
  • Award: $6,000 - $47,000
  • Deadline: January 15
  • Details: The sponsor offers a variety of fellowships and grants. Please refer to the website for the details. At present, the fields fellowship are available for: Animal behavior, ecology, and environmental science, including an emphasis on the tropics, Anthropology, including archaeology, Astrophysics and astronomy, Earth sciences and paleobiology, Evolutionary and systematic biology, History of science and technology History of art, especially American contemporary, African, and Asian art, twentieth-century American crafts, and decorative arts, Social and cultural history of the United States, Folklife, Materials Research
  • Keywords: Animal behavior, ecology, environmental science, tropics, anthropology, archaeology, astrophysics, astronomy, earth sciences, paleobiology, evolutionary biology, systematic biology, history of science and technology, art history, American contemporary art, African art, Asian art, twentieth-century American crafts, decorative arts, American social and cultural history, folklife, materials research

January 12, 2010

Camargo Foundation:
Fellowship

  • http://www.camargofoundation.org/toapply.asp
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; See website for details.
  • Award: $2,500 stipend
  • Deadline: 1/12/2010
  • Details: The Camargo Foundation, located in Cassis, France, is an interdisciplinary and multicultural residential center for scholars pursuing studies in the humanities and social sciences related to French and francophone cultures as well as for composers, writers, and visual artists (painters, sculptors, photographers, filmmakers, video artists, and new media artists) pursuing creative projects.

    The Foundation's campus includes thirteen furnished apartments, a reference library, a music/conference room, an artist's studio with darkroom, a composer's studio, and a studio for either an artist or a composer. Residencies are one semester (either early-September to mid-December or mid-January to the end of May).


  • Keywords: Humanities, social sciences, visual arts, music, film, writing, France, French, Francophone cultures

January 8, 2010

American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE):
ARCE Funded Fellowships

  • http://www.arce.org/fellowships
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; For students enrolled in doctoral programs at North American universities, and for postdoctoral scholars and professionals affiliated with North American universities and research institutions.
  • Award: Monthly stipend commensurate with academic status and round-trip air transportation.
  • Deadline: 1/8/2010
  • Details: The goal of ARCE's fellowship program is to promote a more profound knowledge of Egypt and the Near East through study and research and to aid in the training of American specialists in academic disciplines that require familiarity with Egypt.
  • Keywords: Archaeology, architecture, art, economics, Egypt, history, humanistic social sciences, Islamic, Coptic studies, literature, political science, religion, anthropology

NB: Awarded for periods ranging from 3-12 months, depending on the funding source.

University of Wisconsin Law School:
Law and Society Post-doctoral Fellowship

  • http://law.wisc.edu/ils/
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Advanced ABD graduate students may apply, but the PhD must be completed before beginning the fellowship.
  • Award: $21,500 for 9 months plus $5,000 for research and benefits
  • Deadline: 1/8/2010
  • Details: The Institute for Legal Studies of the University of Wisconsin Law School will appoint a post-doctoral fellow for the 2010-11 academic year. We invite applications from scholars who are in the early (pre-tenure) stage of their career or scholars whose careers have been interrupted or delayed. Open to early career scholars in humanities or social science who work in the “law and society” tradition, e.g. anthropologists, economists, historians, political scientists, sociologists.
  • Keywords: Law, society, anthropology, economics, history, political science, sociology

January 1, 2010

Yaddo:
Artists in Residence Program

  • http://yaddo.org/yaddo/ApplicationGuidelines.shtml
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility
  • Award: Financial aid to artists is based on need. Amount not indicated.
  • Deadline: 8/1/2009 Second Deadline: 1/1/2010
  • Details: The sponsor's residency program supports visits by creative artists, enabling them to work without interruption in a supportive environment. Residencies vary in length from two weeks to two months; the average stay is five weeks. Financial assistance towards travel expenses or renting equipment is available to artists in need. Artists may be of any nationality.
  • Keywords: Literature, visual art, music composition, performance, media, film, video

NB: DEADLINE NOTE: The August 1 deadline is for visits requested from late October of the same year through May of the following year. The January 1 deadline is for visits requested from mid-May of the same year through February of the following year.

December 24, 2009

Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin Institute for Advanced Study:
Fellowships

  • http://www.wiko-berlin.de/index.php?id=31&L=1
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Postdoctoral
  • Award: Monthly stipend, housing allowance, and some travel and research expenses
  • Deadline: 12/24/2009
  • Details: The Wissenschaftskolleg actively strives to invite outstanding researchers from all disciplines from all over the world. Our goal every year is to create contexts of work and research constellations that are of the greatest possible use for our community of Fellows. We strive for an interdisciplinary orientation and to welcome the various national traditions of knowledge, as well as for a mixture of generations and the greatest possible proportion of women.
  • Keywords: History, literature, philology, political philosophy, religion, sociology

December 22, 2009

International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS):
Fellowships

  • http://www.iias.nl/?q=iias-fellowships
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Post-doctoral
  • Award: Amount not indicated
  • Deadline: 12/22/2009
  • Details: The International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) is a postdoctoral research centre based in Leiden and Amsterdam, the Netherlands.The International Institute for Asian Studies hosts several categories of postdoctoral researchers (fellows). The fellowship program contributes to IIAS' aim of enhancing and sharing expertise, encouraging underdeveloped areas of study, and mediating between national and international Asian Studies scholars and institutes. IIAS fellows are invited to present lectures, participate in seminars and cooperate in the institute's research projects.
  • Keywords: Asian studies, Asia, international affairs

NB: Deadline note: No deadline. Fellowships become available when there are vacancies.

December 15, 2009

American Musicological Society:
Alvin H. Johnson AMS Dissertation Fellowship

  • 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

Truman (Harry S.) Library Institute:
Scholar's Award

  • http://www.trumanlibrary.org/grants/
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Postdoctoral; An applicant's work should be based in part on extensive research at the Truman Library and be intended to result in the publication of a book-length manuscript.
  • Award: Up to $30,000
  • Deadline: 12/15/2009
  • Details: Grants of up to $30,000 are made to post-doctoral scholars engaged in work on some aspect of the life and career of Harry S. Truman or of the public and foreign policy issues which were prominent during the Truman years. The award is intended to free a scholar from teaching or other employment for a substantial period of time.
  • Keywords: Public, foreign policy, Truman years, American history

December 7, 2009

Yale, MacMillan Center:
Residential Research Fellowship: Program on Order, Conflict, and Violence

  • http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/ocvprogram/fellowships.html
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: PhD student
  • Award: Academic year stipend of $22,000 plus individual health insurance coverage.
  • Deadline: February 1, 2010
  • Details: This is an interdisciplinary research program, based on the social sciences (including history), which aims to promote innovative research on such questions as the causes of breakdown of order and violent conflict, the material and non-material sources and consequences of conflict, the various forms of political violence (e.g. coups, massacres, revolutions, riots, war, and genocide), the likelihood that some types of group conflict may be more or less prone to escalating into violent conflict, the evolution of national, subnational, or transnational political orders, and the social and political conditions and institutions associated with the emergence and breakdown of order. Under the direction of Professor Stathis Kalyvas, the Program fosters an intellectual community at Yale through the interaction of students, faculty, and visiting scholars interested in questions of order, conflict, and violence, and organizes various activities, including lectures, speaker series, workshops, and conferences.
  • Keywords: social sciences, history, conflict, political violence

December 3, 2009

Irish American Cultural Institute (IACI):
Visiting Fellowship in Irish Studies at National University of Ireland-Galway

  • http://www.iaci-usa.org/fellowship.html
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility
  • Award: $13,000 plus transatlantic travel.
  • Deadline: December 31
  • Details: The sponsor provides funding for fellowships of four months or more at the National University Ireland-Galway, for scholars normally resident in the United States whose work deals with any aspect of Irish Studies.
  • Keywords: Irish studies

NB: Applications are accepted at anytime. The deadline is December 31st of the year preceding the desired Fellowship year.

December 1, 2009

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History:
Fellowship Programs

  • 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.

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC):
Visiting Fellowships in Canadian Government Laboratories (VF)

  • http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PD-NP/Laboratories-Laboratoires/index_eng.asp
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Post-doctoral; You must have received a doctoral degree in the natural sciences or engineering from a recognized university within the past five years. Your application will be accepted if you are currently enrolled in a doctoral program at a recognized university; however, you must expect to complete all requirements for your degree (including the thesis defence) within six months of submitting your application.
  • Award: $43,724/year
  • Deadline:
  • Details: The Visiting Fellowships in Canadian Government Laboratories (VF) Program provides promising emerging scientists and engineers with the opportunity to work with research groups or leaders in Canadian government laboratories and research institutions. Fellowships are awarded for one year with the possibility of renewal for a second and third year, at the discretion of the government department concerned.
  • Keywords: Natural sciences, engineering, Canada, research

NB: Deadline note: There are no deadlines for application to this program; applications are processed and reviewed as they are received.

Centre for International Mobility (CIMO) - Finland:
CIMO Fellowships

  • http://finland.cimo.fi/scholarships/postgraduate_studies_and_research/cimo_fellowships.html
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: PhD student; The CIMO Fellowships programme is open to young researchers (after Master-level but not post-doctorate) from all countries and from all academic fields.
  • Award: 800-1,200 euros/month (approx. $1,100- $1,700/month)
  • Deadline:
  • Details: CIMO Fellowship program supports young researchers to travel to Finnish universities. The objective is to encourage academic mobility to Finland and to promote international cooperation in research and teaching. The award period is 3-12 months.
  • Keywords: Finland, travel, young researchers, research

NB: Deadline note: No deadline. Applications accepted on a continuous basis.

Virginia Foundation for the Humanities:
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Fellowship

  • http://www.virginiafoundation.org/research/fellowships/index.html
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Applicants need not have advanced degrees, but VFH generally does not support work toward a degree. Postdoctoral applicants are strongly encouraged to apply for projects other than dissertation revisions.
  • Award: $15,000 per semester
  • Deadline: 12/1/2009
  • Details: The VFH Fellowship program offers time, space, and resources to scholars applying the tools of history, philosophy, ethics, cultural studies, and literary criticism to matters of public concern.
  • Keywords: Humanities, history, philosophy, ethics, cultural studies, literature, criticism, public affairs

American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies (AISLS):
Fellowship Program

  • http://www.aisls.org/fellowship-directions.html
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Post-doctoral; U.S. citizens. Applicants must hold a PhD or equivalent academic degree or show that they will hold such a degree before taking up the fellowship.
  • Award: $2,700/month for 2-9 months, round-trip airfare (up to $2,000), and a limited budget for research expenses
  • Deadline: 12/1/2009
  • Details: AISLS fellowships support two to nine months of research in Sri Lanka by US citizens who already hold a PhD 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.
  • Keywords: Sri Lanka, social sciences, humanities, history, culture, society

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation:
Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers

  • http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/771.html
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: . Eligibility: Post-doctoral; 1. Doctorate or comparable academic degree (Ph.D., C.Sc. or equivalent), completed less than four years prior to the date of application. Candidates who have nearly completed their doctoral degrees are eligible to apply provided that they submit the manuscript of their dissertation or publications containing the results of their dissertation. 2. Academic publications reviewed according to international standards and printed in journals and/or by publishing houses. 3. Confirmation that research facilities are available and a detailed expert's report by an academic host at a research institution in Germany. 4. Expert references from the doctoral supervisor and other academics qualified to comment on the applicant's eligibility, preferably including reviewers not working at the applicant's own institute. 5. Language skills: scholars in the humanities or social sciences and physicians must have a good knowledge of German if it is necessary to carry out the project successfully; otherwise a good knowledge of English; scientists and engineers must have a good knowledge of German or English.
  • Award: Stipend of €2,250 per month, plus a mobility lump sum and a contribution towards health and liability insurance. Research costs allowance; intensive language course for the fellow and his/her marital partner; return travel expenses if costs are not borne by a third party; family allowances for visits by family members; research stay at a research institute in another European country if necessary to ensure the success of the research.
  • Deadline: Continuous
  • Details: A Humboldt Research Fellowship enables recipients to carry out a long-term research project (6-24 months) in cooperation with an academic host at a research institution in Germany. The fellowship can be divided up into as many as three stays within three years.
  • Keywords: Research, residential, Germany, humanities, social sciences, sciences

Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown:
Winter Residency Program

  • http://www.fawc.org/
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility
  • Award: $650/month stipend plus living accommodations and studio space
  • Deadline: 2/1/2009 Second Deadline: 12/1/2009
  • Details: The Fine Arts Work Center offers a unique residency for writers and visual artists in the crucial early stages of their careers.
  • Keywords: Writing, visual arts, fiction, poetry, painting, sculpture, photography, installation, printmaking

NB: Deadline note: 2/1 deadline is for Visual Arts and 12/1 deadline is for Writing Fellowships

Dedalus Foundation, Inc.:
Ph.D. dissertation program

  • 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.

German Studies Association:
Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies

  • http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~bprogram/
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Citizens and permanent residents of the U.S. and Canada at the dissertation or postdoctoral level are eligible to apply.
  • Award: EUR 1,100 - 1,400/month, plus travel
  • Deadline: December 1
  • Details: Support is provided to encourage the comparative and interdisciplinary study of the economic, political and social aspect of modern and contemporary German and European affairs.
  • Keywords: German studies, Germany, anthropology, economics, political science, culture, European history

NB: Awards are for a minimum of ten and a maximum of twelve months.

November 30, 2009

Kress (Samuel H.) Foundation:
History of Art Travel Fellowships

  • 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

Kress (Samuel H.) Foundation:
Kress Fellowships in Art History at Foreign Institutions

  • 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.

November 20, 2009

Harvard University, Weatherhead Center for International Affair:
Advanced Research Fellowship

  • http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/application/postdoc_application.htm
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Post-doctoral; 1. Candidates must hold a doctoral or other terminal degree in a discipline bearing on the Program's research areas. Research projects that focus on Japan or Japan's international role from a comparative, historical, or global perspective are welcome. A knowledge of the Japanese language is not required. 2. Because a major aim of the fellowship is to provide talented researchers based outside Japan with an opportunity to carry on a dialogue with the Japanese scholars, officials, businesspeople, and journalists who join the Program each year, preference will be given to non-Japanese.
  • Award: Depending on need, the stipend amounts to as much as: $44,000, and Harvard University Group Health Plan insurance coverage for one. Although these fellowships are normally reserved for scholars for whom the stipend represents their sole source of support, the Program will consider supplementing other grants.
  • Deadline: January 15
  • Details: We seek applications from outstanding scholars in the social sciences who are conducting research that illuminates Japan's relations with the rest of the world in the broadest sense. Thus, we welcome applicants from anthropology, economics, (modern) history, law, political science, public health, and sociology, among other fields. Scholars may examine domestic issues that bear on Japan's external relations or problems that it shares with other countries, and we encourage projects that compare Japan's experience cross-nationally.

    During their term of appointment, Advanced Research Fellows will be expected to contribute to the teaching program at Harvard, normally by offering one undergraduate course during the fall or spring semester of the academic year. Areas of particular interest include Japanese popular culture; Japanese imperialism/ war memory; gender and politics in East Asia; political economy of Japan; and Japanese Americans in history, culture, politics, and/or society. Broader courses that include, but are not limited to, Japan are especially encouraged.


  • Keywords: Japanese popular culture; Japanese imperialism/ war memory; gender and politics in East Asia; political economy of Japan; and Japanese Americans in history, culture, politics, and/or society

University of Cambridge, Magdalene College:
Research Fellowship

  • http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2009-10/weekly/6160/section16.shtml#heading2-62
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Post-doctoral; Candidates should normally have completed two or three years of research and may have written a Ph.D. dissertation.
  • Award: The current gross stipend (2008-09) for a Research Fellow is £17,950 a year, rising by two annual increments to £20,535 a year. This stipend will be reviewed annually in line with University stipends. A reduced scale of stipend will apply to Research Fellows who are full-time students. A deduction of £1,000 a year will be made if the Fellow is resident in College. The net stipend paid to a Research Fellow will take into account any grant or stipend which the Fellow receives from other sources. A Research Fellow will receive all the privileges associated with an Official Fellowship and, in the case of a Research Fellow who has not yet taken the Ph.D. Degree, the College may pay certain approved University fees.
  • Deadline: End of November
  • Details: The Governing Body of Magdalene College expects to elect two stipendiary Research Fellows with tenure for three years. Shortlisted candidates will be called for interview, and the expenses of travel within the UK only will be paid by the College.
  • Keywords: Anglo-Saxon, classics, education, English, linguistics, modern and medieval languages, history, humanities

University of Cambridge, Churchill College, Fitzwilliam College, Murray Edwards College, Selwyn College and Trinity Hall:
Junior Research Fellowship

  • http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/admissions/fellows/jrfapplications/
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Post-doctoral; Junior Research Fellowships are open to graduates of any university who have recently or are about to complete their doctorates.
  • Award: Stipend and accomodations
  • Deadline: End of November of each year
  • Details: Each college offers fellowships in varying disciplines, including Anglo-Saxon, classics, education, English, linguistics, modern and medieval languages, and music.
  • Keywords: Anglo-Saxon, classics, education, English, linguistics, modern and medieval languages,music

Cambridge University, Corpus Christi College:
Research Fellowship

  • http://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/fellowship/research-fellowship
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Post-doctoral; Early career researcher (not more than 5 years of research experience).
  • Award: £17,500/year stipend, plus housing; more if fellow teaches.
  • Deadline: End of November
  • Details: Applications are invited for one or more stipendiary Research Fellowships tenable for three years. Fields considered this year will be: Classics, Economics, Engineering (Materials or Thermodynamics), Renaissance Studies, and Sustainable Development.
  • Keywords: Classics, Economics, Engineering Renaissance Studies, Sustainable Development

November 18, 2009

Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) :
Madelyn Moeller Research Fellowship in Southern Material Culture

  • http://www.oldsalem.org/index.php?id=123
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Fellowships are open to academic, museum and independent scholars. Graduate students are encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to those whose projects have potential for publication in the Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts.
  • Award: Housing in Winston-Salem and travel funds
  • Deadline:
  • Details: A fellowship is offered by the sponsor and is designed to promote the use of its research center and collection in the interpretation of early southern material culture. The sponsor is the only museum in the nation dedicated to exhibiting and researching the regional decorative arts of the early South.
  • Keywords: American art, early American South, regional decorative arts, material culture, museum research

NB: DEADLINE NOTE: No deadline. Applications are accepted year-round.

November 9, 2009

Ford Foundation:
Dissertation Fellowships

  • 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

Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study:
Lorentz Fellowships

  • http://www.nias.knaw.nl/en/fellowships/lorentz_fellowships/
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: . Eligibility: Faculty, post doc
  • Award: The value of the stipend will never be higher than 50% of the gross salary paid to a researcher of equivalent rank at a Dutch university with a maximum of € 4300 per month.
  • Deadline:
  • Details: The program was launched to promote interdisciplinary research that bridges the gap between the humanities and/or the social sciences on the one hand and the natural sciences on the other. Lorentz Fellowships are awarded by the sponsor to scholars whose research projects cross the boundaries of the humanities, the social sciences and the natural sciences.
  • Keywords: Netherlands, Humanities, General/Other Social Sciences--Humanistic Emphasis, Natural Sciences

Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study:
Fellowship Programme

  • http://www.nias.knaw.nl/en/fellowships/regular_fellowships/
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Faculty
  • Award: € 2000 to € 4300 per month
  • Deadline: The deadline for scholars from outside the Netherlands is 1 March 2010. For scholars from the Netherlands the deadline is 1 July 2010.
  • Details: The sponsor provides support for prominent researchers and senior scholars in the humanities and social sciences who have already made a contribution to scholarship and who are able to continue their research and to advance knowledge in their particular fields during their stay at NIAS.
  • Keywords: Netherlands, Humanities, General/Other Social Sciences--Humanistic Emphasis

Ford Foundation:
Postdoctoral Fellowships for Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching

  • http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/fordpost.html
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Postdoctoral; Individuals awarded a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree no earlier than November 30, 2002 and no later than November 9, 2009 in an eligible research-based field from a U.S. educational institution.
  • Award: $40,000
  • Deadline: 11/9/2009
  • Details: Postdoctoral fellowships will be awarded 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. A wide variety of major disciplines and related interdisciplinary fields are accepted. Fellows propose a host institution appropriate for their study.
  • 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

November 4, 2009

The South Asian Studies Council of The MacMillan Center, Yale University :
Post Doctoral Fellowships in South Asian Studies

  • http://h-net.org/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=39534
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Post-doctoral; Candidates must have research and teaching experience relevant to modern and contemporary South Asia, in the humanities or social sciences; have in-depth knowledge of at least one SA-related language and fluency in English; and must have completed the PhD by the time of appointment.
  • Award: Annual salary of $50,000 and health coverage.
  • Deadline: We will accept applications immediately with review beginning on January 5, 2010 and continuing until the selections are final.
  • Details: The post-doctoral fellow will teach one course in each of two terms related to his/her interests, pursue his/her own research, and participate in the activities of the South Asian Studies Council.
  • Keywords: Asia, Southern; Asian Studies

November 3, 2009

Dartmouth College, Leslie Center for the Humanities :
Short-Term Visiting Fellowships

  • http://www.dartmouth.edu/~lhc/events/2010/institute2010externalfel.html
  • Fund Type: . Residential: . Eligibility:
  • Award:
  • Deadline: Dec 1, 2009
  • Details: The Leslie Center is offering five, short-term visiting fellowships to participate in a Humanities Institute devoted to the study of the Mark Lansburgh collection of Plains Indian art, which was acquired by Dartmouth College in 2007. Preference will be given to scholars in early stages of their careers. Send letters application, CV, and a two-page description of a research project to be pursued during the Institute, to the Institute director: COLIN.CALLOWAY@DARTMOUTH.EDU by December 1, 2009.
  • Keywords: Plains Indian, art

Humanities Center at Harvard (HCH):
Postdoctoral Fellowships

  • http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~humcentr/fellowships/postdoctoral.shtml
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Post-doctoral; Applicants must have received the PhD after May 2007. Applicants without the Ph.D. must receive the Ph.D. in or before June 2010.
  • Award: $59,000 (stipend + moving expenses, medical insurance, research funds)
  • Deadline: Dec 1, 2009(postmark)
  • Details: Fellowships support projects committed to interdisciplinarity and internationalism. All fields within the humanities and the allied social sciences.
  • Keywords: humanities, social sciences, residential, international, interdisciplinary

Harvard University, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies :
An Wang Postdoctoral Fellowship

  • http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~fairbank/anwang.html
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Post-doctoral; Candidates must be able to provide evidence of successful completion of their PhD degree by June 1, 2009, and may not be more than five years beyond receipt of the PhD. Harvard University PhD recipients are not eligible for this fellowship.
  • Award: $45,000
  • Deadline: Feb 1, 2010
  • Details: Fellowships support research in Chinese studies.
  • Keywords: Chinese history, contemporary China, fellowship

Institute of International Education (IIE):
The Inter-American Foundation's (IAF) Grassroots Development Fellowship Program

  • http://www.iie.org/Website/WPreview.cfm?WID=187
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: PhD student; PhD student and citizen of the US or an Independent Latin American or Caribbean country (except Cuba).
  • Award: $21,000
  • Deadline: Dec 31, 2009
  • Details: Dissertation field work in the Caribbean, Latin America, and United States related to the social sciences, physical sciences, technical fields, and the professions as related to grassroots development issues.
  • Keywords: Research, social sciences, fieldwork

British Association for American Studies (BAAS):
Eccles Centre Visiting Professorships, Fellowships, and Postgraduate Awards

  • http://www.baas.ac.uk/awards/eccles.asp
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: See Full Program Announcement
  • Award: £500 to £6000
  • Deadline: Jan 29, 2010
  • Details: Applicants are invited to apply for one of several awards being offered in 2009-2010 to help support scholars who need to visit London to use the British Library's collections relating to North America.

    The available awards are:

    Visiting Professor Award. Support for three months research at the British Library by a senior scholar from North America;

    Postdoctoral Eccles Centre Visiting European Fellowship, supports at least one month of research at the British Library by a researcher normally resident outside the UK in a country that has membership in the European Association for American Studies (EAAS); and

    European Postgraduate Award. Supports research visits to the British Library by a researcher normally resident outside the UK in a country that has membership in the EAAS.


  • Keywords: Research, Travel, fellowship, American Studies

American Antiquarian Society (AAS):
AAS-American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Fellowships

  • http://www.americanantiquarian.org/acafellowship.htm
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: See Full Program Announcement; A short-term fellowship holder must be an ABD graduate student or postdoctoral, holding the Ph.D. or equivalent degree at the time of the application. A long-term fellowship holder must be a scholar with PhD or advanced graduate student working on the dissertation.
  • Award: Short-term: $1,200 and $1,700/month and Long-term: $35,000, $40,000, or $75,000/year, depending on fellowship.
  • Deadline: Jan 13, 2010; Oct 15, 2010 (anticipated)
  • Details: Short-Term (1-3 months) AND Long-Term (up to 12 months) Visiting Academic Research Fellowships
  • Keywords: Research, History, American History

November 2, 2009

Ford Foundation:
Predoctoral Fellowships For Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching

  • http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/FordFellowships/index.htm
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: PhD student; Individuals enrolled in or planning to enroll in an eligible research-based program leading to a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree at a U.S. educational institution. All citizens or nationals* of the United States regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation (must have become a U.S. citizen by November 9, 2009).
  • Award: $20,000 annual stipend
  • Deadline: 11/2/2009
  • Details: Predoctoral 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

National Science Foundation Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences:
Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

  • http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06586/nsf06586.htm
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Postdoctoral
  • Award: Amount not indicated
  • Deadline: 11/2/2009
  • Details: For training and research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields in a host institution only in the areas of biology and social, behavioral, and economic sciences.
  • Keywords: Social sciences, minority education, humanities

November 1, 2009

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation:
Gilder Lehrman Short-Term Residential Fellowships

  • http://research.history.org/Fellowships.cfm
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Fellowships are open to doctoral candidates, scholars, and independent researchers.
  • Award: $2,000/month
  • Deadline: 4/1/2009 Second Deadline: 11/1/2009
  • Details: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is pleased to invite applications for short-term residential fellowships at the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library. The Library supports research on British America, the American Revolution, and Early Republic, and has 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.
  • 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

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation:
Robert M. & Annetta J. Coffelt and Robert M. Coffelt, Jr. Fellowships

  • 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

School for Advanced Research (SAR):
Katrin H. Lamon Fellowship

  • http://sarweb.org/index.php?resident_scholars
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: PhD student; Native American scholar, either pre- or post-doctoral, working in either the humanities or the sciences.
  • Award: $40,000
  • Deadline: 11/1/2009
  • Details: The School for Advanced Research (SAR) awards approximately six Resident Scholar Fellowships each year to 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 anthropology or from related fields such as history, sociology, art, and philosophy. Both humanistically and scientifically oriented scholars are encouraged to apply.
  • Keywords: Anthropology, history, sociology, art, philosophy, Native American

Women's Studio Workshop:
Special Ceramics Fellowships

  • http://wsworkshop.org/_art_opp/artopp_fellow_clay.htm
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Women ceramics artists.
  • Award: Potters who will make 50 glazed bowls or 100 bisque bowls will receive a 50% discount off the fellowship fee (i.e. the bowls plus $200 will cover a two-week residency).
  • Deadline: 3/15/2009 Second Deadline: 11/1/2009
  • Details: The sponsor offers special fellowships ranging from three to six weeks to female clay artists who make bowls for the annual WSW Chili Bowl Fiesta. At Chili Bowl Fiesta, one of our local fundraising events, community members choose from over 800 handmade bowls and tumblers filled with piping hot chili or drink.
  • Keywords: Arts, ceramics, potters, women artisits

Archaeological Institute of America (AIA):
Harriet and Leon Pomerance Fellowship

  • http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10007
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or Canada, or be actively pursuing an advance degree at a North American College or University.
  • Award: $5,000
  • Deadline: 11/1/2009
  • Details: To support an individual project of a scholarly nature, related to Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology. Preference will be given to candidates whose project requires travel to the Mediterranean for the purpose stated above.
  • Keywords: Archaeology, field research, Aegean Bronze Age, Mediterranean, travel

Wenner-Gren Foundation:
Individual Research Grants Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships

  • http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=368531&attrib_id=13233
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Post-doctoral; Scholars with a Ph.D. in hand for no more than ten years (from the application deadline) are eligible to apply.
  • Award: Up to $40,000
  • Deadline: 5/1/2009 Second Deadline: 11/1/2009
  • Details: Support of up to $40,000 is provided for the write-up of already completed research. The fellowship is awarded to scholars in the earlier stages of their careers, when they frequently lack the time and resources to develop their research for publication. Applicants are individual scholars within ten years of receipt of the doctorate.
  • Keywords: Anthropology, research publication

Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies:
Mellon Fellowships for Assistant Professors

  • http://www.hs.ias.edu/mellon.htm
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Faculty; To be eligible, scholars must have held the title "Assistant Professor" at an institution of higher learning in the United States or Canada for at least two and not more than four years at the proposed time of arrival at the Institute and must be able to return to their institution after the fellowship.
  • Award: Stipend will match the combined salary and benefits at the Member's home institution at the time of application.
  • Deadline: 11/1/2009
  • Details: THE SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL STUDIES at the Institute for Advanced Study, with the support of the Andrew Mellon Foundation, has established a program of one year memberships for assistant professors at universities and colleges in the United States and Canada to support promising young scholars who have embarked on professional careers. While at the Institute they will be expected to engage exclusively in scholarly research and writing.

    To be considered, assistant professors must be working on projects in areas represented in the School of Historical Studies, and should preferably have gone beyond revising the dissertation. The School is interested in all fields of historical research, but is concerned principally with the history of Western, Near Eastern and Far Eastern civilizations, with particular emphasis upon Greek and Roman civilization, the history of Europe (medieval, early modern, and modern), the Islamic world, East Asian studies, the history of art, the history of science, and modern international relations.


  • Keywords: History, European, medieval, modern, Near Eastern, Far Eastern, Greek, Roman civilization, Islamic world, East Asian studies, art, science, international relations

Dumbarton Oaks:
Fellowship

  • http://www.doaks.org/research
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; For doctoral candidates, as well as postdoctoral scholars and faculty.
  • Award: $22,110 to $43,400
  • Deadline: 11/1/2009
  • Details: Dumbarton Oaks offers residential fellowships in three areas of study: Byzantine Studies (including related aspects of late Roman, early Christian, Western medieval, Slavic, and Near Eastern studies), Pre-Columbian Studies (of Mexico, Central America, and Andean South America), and Garden and Landscape Studies.


  • Keywords: Byzantine studies, Roman, early Christian, western medieval, Slavic, Near Eastern, Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Central America, Andean South America, garden, landscape

School of American Research:
Resident Scholars Program

  • http://www.sarweb.org/scholars/description.htm
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Postdoctoral; Scholars who have completed their research and analysis and who need time to think and write about topics important to the understanding of humankind.
  • Award: $40,000
  • Deadline: 11/1/2009
  • Details: Resident scholars may approach their research from the perspective of anthropology or from anthropologically informed perspectives in such fields as history, sociology, art, law, and philosophy. Both humanistically and scientifically oriented scholars are encouraged to apply.
  • Keywords: Humanities, social sciences, history, sociology, art, law, philosophy, anthropology

October 31, 2009

Hagley Museum and Library Foundation, Center for History of Business, Technology, and Society:
Henry Belin Du Pont Fellowship

  • http://www.hagley.org/library/center/grants.html
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: See Full Program Announcement
  • Award: Up to $1,600/month
  • Deadline: 3/31/2009 Second Deadline: 10/31/2009
  • Details: Hagley’s collections document the interaction between business and the cultural, social, and political dimensions of our society from the late 18th century to the present. The Library offers two to six month fellowships to scholars.
  • Keywords: American history, enterprise, culture, society, politics

NB: Deadlines: March 31, June 30 and October 31

A Room of Her Own Foundation:
Gift of Freedom Award

  • http://www.aroomofherown.org/giftfreedom.php
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; The 2009 Literary Gift of Freedom Award will be given to an American woman writer who is a U.S. citizen and will be living in the U.S. during the grant period.
  • Award: $50,000
  • Deadline: 10/31/2009
  • Details: Acceptable genres for this grant are poetry, playwriting, creative nonfiction and fiction.
  • Keywords: Arts, writing, fiction

NB: Deadline note: 10/31/09 is the anticipated deadline for 2010.

October 25, 2009

Kennedy (John F.) Center for the Performing Arts:
Arts Management Internships

  • http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/artsmanagement/internships/home.cfm
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; College juniors/seniors, graduate students, and recent college graduates (within two years of graduation).
  • Award: $225/week stipend
  • Deadline: 3/1/2009 Second Deadline: 10/25/2009
  • Details: The sponsor provides support for internships that offer learning opportunities and on-the-job experiences to college students and graduates who are interested in beginning careers in performing arts management and/or arts education. Approximately twenty students are selected each semester to participate in a three to four month long, full-time (37.5 to 40 hours per week) internship.
  • Keywords: Theater, performing arts management, arts education, undergraduate students, graduate students, internship.

NB: Deadline(s): 03/01/2009, 06/15/2009, 10/25/2009 DEADLINE NOTE: The March 1 deadline refers to the Summer 2009 Program (May 26 through August 7). The June 15 deadline refers to the Fall 2009 Program (September 8 through December 11). The October 25 deadline refers to the Winter/Spring 2010 Program (January 19 through May 7).

October 24, 2009

Williams College:
John William Miller Fellowship Fund--Research Fellowship

  • http://www.williams.edu/resources/miller/fellowship.html
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility
  • Award: Up to $45,000
  • Deadline:
  • Details: Fellowships in the amount of up to $45,000 are available in support of research on Miller's philosophy with attention to his published and unpublished works looking to book-length publication.
  • Keywords: Philosophy, John William Miller, research

October 23, 2009

The Center for Khmer Studies (CKS):
Senior Short-Term Research Fellowships

  • http://www.khmerstudies.org/fellowships/senior.htm
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Senior Fellowships are open to scholars in all disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities to pursue further research in Cambodia and Southeast Asia. Short-term awards are available for up to four months. Long-term awards are available for six to nine months. Fellowships for four months or less have some travel restrictions.
  • Award: up to $15,000
  • Deadline: 11/15/2009
  • Details: Sponsor provides support for 6 to 11 months to U.S. scholars holding a Ph.D. or its equivalent. Senior Fellowships are designed to enable scholars in the social sciences and the humanities focusing on Southeast Asia to pursue further research in Cambodia and Southeast Asia. Doctoral candidates can apply for dissertation research.
  • Keywords: khmer studies, Cambodia, research, humanities, social sciences, Asia, Southeast Asia

NB: Applications sent by mail must be sent at least three weeks prior to the deadline date.

Luce Foundation / ACLS:
Luce Initiative on East and Southeast Asian Archaeology and Early History

  • http://www.hluce.org/lucearchaelogy.aspx
  • Fund Type: Fellowships and Grants. Residential: . Eligibility: See Full Program Announcement
  • Award: up to $28,000 to $32,000; translation grants, $20,000
  • Deadline: (US applicants); Nov 13, 2009
  • Details: In partnership with the ACLS. Archaeological discoveries in China and other parts of East and Southeast Asia are revolutionizing understanding of the origins and the social, cultural and political development of Asian civilizations. Urgent needs: to interpret sites, artifacts, materials and texts; help train the next generation of scholars; build relationships between North American and Asian specialists; and bring wider visibility and public appreciation to this subject.
  • Keywords: Asia, Asian studies, social sciences, archeology, history, translation

October 21, 2009

The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS), CUNY:
The Martin Duberman Fellowship

  • http://web.gc.cuny.edu/clags/awards.shtml#duberman
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Faculty; This fellowship is awarded to a senior scholar (tenured university professor or advanced independent scholar) from any country doing scholarly research on the lesbian/ gay/ bisexual/ transgender/ queer (LGBTQ) experience.
  • Award: $7,500
  • Deadline: 11/15/2009
  • Keywords: research, arts, humanities, social sciences, glbt, gay, lesbian, transgender, queer

Dumbarton Oaks:
Fellowships and Junior Fellowships

  • http://www.doaks.org/research/info_fellowships.html
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: See Full Program Announcement; Junior Fellowships are for degree candidates who at the time of application have fulfilled all preliminary requirements for a Ph.D. (or appropriate final degree) and will be working on a dissertation or final project at Dumbarton Oaks under the direction of a faculty member at their own university.

    Fellowships are for scholars who hold a doctorate (or appropriate final degree) or have established themselves in their field and wish to pursue their own research. Applications will also be accepted from graduate students who expect to have the Ph.D. in hand prior to taking up residence at Dumbarton Oaks.


  • Award: Fellowship awards range from an equivalent of approximately $27,000 for an unmarried Junior Fellow to a maximum of $47,000; lunch on weekdays; and the health insurance contribution from Dumbarton Oaks.

  • Deadline: 11/1/2009

  • Details: Fellowships and Junior Fellowships are normally awarded for the academic year (September 13, 2010 - May 13, 2011). During this time, recipients are expected to be in residence at Dumbarton Oaks and to devote full time to their study projects without undertaking any other major activities. Awards may also be made for a single term (either September 13, 2010 - January 7, 2011 or January 17 - May 13, 2011).

  • Keywords: Byzantine studies, Roman, early Christian, western medieval, Slavic, Near Eastern, Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Central America, Andean South America, garden, landscape

Dumbarton Oaks:
Summer Fellowship

  • http://www.doaks.org/research/info_fellowships.html
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: See Full Program Announcement; Summer Fellowships are for Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, or Garden and Landscape scholars on any level of advancement beyond the first year of graduate (post-baccalaureate) study.
  • Award: Awards provide a maintenance allowance of $250 per week; housing in a Dumbarton Oaks apartment; lunch on weekdays; health insurance contribution from Dumbarton Oaks; and travel expense reimbursement (not to exceed the lowest available airfare, to a maximum of $1,300) if other travel support cannot be obtained. No housing allowances or dependents' allowances for families are available in the summer.
  • Deadline: 11/1/2009
  • Details: Summer Fellowships are awarded for periods of seven to nine weeks. Fellows may choose from one of three terms: * June 7 - July 30, 2010 (8 weeks) * June 7 - August 6, 2010 (9 weeks) * June 21 - August 6, 2010 (7 weeks)
  • Keywords: Byzantine studies, Roman, early Christian, western medieval, Slavic, Near Eastern, Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Central America, Andean South America, garden, landscape

October 15, 2009

Indiana University, Lilly Library:
Everett Helm Visiting Fellowships

  • http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/fellowships.shtml
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility
  • Award: Up to $1,500
  • Deadline: 4/15/2009 Second Deadline: 10/15/2009
  • Details: The Everett Helm Visiting Fellowship program supports research and provides access to the collections of the Lilly Library for scholars residing outside the Bloomington area. Project proposals should demonstrate that the Lilly Library's resources are integral to proposed research topics.
  • Keywords: British, French, American history, voyages, exploration, European expansion, early printing, church, children's literature, music, film, radio, television, medicine, science, architecture

Harvard University, Center for Italian Renaissance Studies:
Villa I Tatti Fellowship

  • http://www.itatti.it/menu3/fellow_tatti.html
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Postdoctoral; Applicants must have completed all the requirements of the Ph.D., the D. Phil., the dottorato di ricerca, or an equivalent doctorate at the time of application, including submission and examination of the thesis.
  • Award: $50,000 to $55,000
  • Deadline: 10/15/2009
  • Details: For advanced research in any aspect of the Italian Renaissance.
  • Keywords: Italian Renaissance, literature, history, fine arts, music, philosophy, science, ideas

University of Pennsylvania Humanities Forum:
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships

  • http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu/
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Postdoctoral; Untenured scholars in the humanities who received or will receive their Ph.D. between December 2001 and December 2009.
  • Award: $46,500 plus health insurance
  • Deadline: 10/15/2009
  • Details: Five (5) one-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships are available for the 2010-2011 academic year for untenured scholars in the humanities who received or will receive their Ph.D. between December 2001 and December 2009. The fellowship is open to all scholars, national and international, who meet application terms.
  • Keywords: Humanities

Stanford Humanities Center:
External Faculty Fellowships

  • http://shc.stanford.edu/fellowships/external_fac.htm
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Post-doctoral; Applicants must have a PhD and will normally be at least three years beyond receipt of the degree at the start of the fellowship year (i.e., will have received the PhD in or before September 2006 for the 2009-2010 fellowship). 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 the PhD. Fellows are required to live within a ten-mile radius of Stanford University and to be in residence during Autumn, Winter, and Spring Quarters.
  • Award: Stipends of up to $60,000 and a housing and moving allowance of up to $15,000
  • Deadline: 10/15/2009
  • Details: Fellowships are awarded to support research projects in the humanities; creative arts projects are not eligible. The Humanities Center seeks candidates whose research is likely to contribute to intellectual exchange among a diverse group of scholars within the disciplines of the humanities.
  • Keywords: history; philosophy; humanities; languages; literature; linguistics; archeology; ethics; religion; social sciences

NB:

Indiana University, Lilly Library:
Mendel Fellowships

  • http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/fellowships.shtml
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Candidates range from doctoral research students to senior scholars.
  • Award: up to $40,000
  • Deadline: 4/15/2009 Second Deadline: 10/15/2009
  • Details: Mendel Fellowships are intended to support research by scholars from around the world in areas of particular interest to the Mendels, including: the history of the Spanish Colonial Empire; Latin American independence movements; European expansion in the Americas; voyages, travels and exploration; geography, navigation and cartography; German literature and history; and music, including sheet music. The amount of the stipend is based on the length of stay, which may range from one week to a full academic year. The fellowship is intended to cover travel to the Lilly Library and living expenses while in residence.
  • Keywords: History, Spanish Colonial Empire, Latin American independence movements, European expansion, voyages, travels, exploration, geography, navigation, cartography, German literature, music, library research

October 1, 2009

Harvard University:
Harvard-Newcomen Postdoctoral Fellowship

  • http://www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/fellowships.html
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Post-doctoral; Ph.D. in history, economics, or a related discipline within the past ten years.
  • Award: $60,000
  • Deadline: 10/1/2009
  • Details: The purpose of the fellowship is to enable scholars to improve their professional acquaintance with business and economic history, to increase their skills as they relate to this field, and to engage in research that will benefit from the resources of the Harvard Business School and the Boston-area scholarly community.
  • Keywords: Business history, economics

Wilson (Woodrow) International Center for Scholars :
Fellowships

  • http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=fellowships.welcome
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Post-doctoral; Academic candidates holding a Ph.D. (Ph.D. must be received by the application deadline) and demonstrating scholarly achievement by publications beyond their doctoral dissertations.
  • Award: $26,000-$85,000 (the maximum possible). Stipends include round trip travel.
  • Deadline: 10/1/2009
  • Details: Residential fellowships for projects in the social sciences and humanities on national and/or international issues. Primary themes are: 1. governance, including such issues as the key features of the development of democratic institutions, democratic society, civil society, and citizen participation; 2. the U.S. role in the world and issues of partnership and leadership—military, political, and economic dimensions; and 3. key long-term future challenges confronting the United States and the world.
  • Keywords: Social sciences, humanities, international relations, political science

NB: For most academic candidates, a book or monograph is required.

Dedalus Foundation, Inc.:
Senior Fellowship Program

  • http://dedalusfoundation.org/
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Applicants need not be affiliated with educational institutions or museums; they may not, however, be candidates for a degree. Applicants must be U.S. citizens.
  • Award: up to $30,000
  • Deadline: 10/1/2009
  • Details: The Dedalus Foundation invites applications to its program of grants in support of art historians, critics, and curators pursuing projects related to the study of modern art and modernism.
  • Keywords: Art history, criticism, modern art, modernism

NB: Deadline is approximate, based on previous years. The online application for next year's fellowship will be available April 1, 2009.

Ucross Foundation:
Residency Program

  • http://www.ucrossfoundation.org/
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility
  • Award: Room, board and studio space
  • Deadline: 3/1/2009 Second Deadline: 10/1/2009
  • Details: The Ucross Foundation fosters fresh and innovative thinking in the visual arts, literature, and music by providing residencies, work space, and uninterrupted time to individual artists, writers and composers. The Foundation looks for Residents whose work reflects a depth of individual creative exploration and the potential for significant future accomplishments.
  • Keywords: Visual arts, humanities, natural sciences, writing, music, interdisciplinary art, choreography, dance, performance, film, video

NB: Deadline note: March 1 for Fall session, October 1 for Spring session.

Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations:
Michael J. Hogan Fellowship

  • http://www.shafr.org/members/fellowships-grants/
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Post-doctoral; Applicants must be graduate students researching some aspect of U.S. foreign relations history. Membership in SHAFR is not required.
  • Award: $4,000
  • Deadline: 10/1/2009
  • Details: The Hogan Fellowship of $4,000 is intended to promote research in foreign language sources by graduate students. The fellowship is intended to defray the costs of studying foreign languages needed for research.
  • Keywords: Foreign policy, international relations, American history

September 30, 2009

International Communication Foundation:
Korean Literature Translation Fellowship Program

  • http://exam.ybmsisa.com/icf/icfe02_1.asp
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: PhD student; Applicants must have native-speaker level English skills and be engaged in M.A. or Ph.D. studies in Korean literature, English literature, comparative literature, or creative writing in an academic institution, whether in Korea or in an English-speaking country, or have received admission for such studies. Korean nationals with foreign residency status who otherwise meet the requirements are urged to apply.
  • Award: The stipend for the domestic program is two million Korean won per month. The stipend for the overseas program is a quarterly stipend of U.S.$5,000. The term is for one year and is renewable.
  • Deadline: 9/30/2009
  • Details: The International Communication Foundation (ICF) is a non-profit Seoul-based private foundation, established in 1982. The ICF sponsors the Korean Literature Translation Fellowship Program. The program is designed to provide prospective translators with financial assistance for studying at Korean universities or at their home institutions to develop their skills as translators of Korean literature.
  • Keywords: Korean language, translation

European University Institute:
Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowships

  • http://www.iue.it/Servac/Postdoctoral/SeniorFellowships/ConditionsAward.shtml
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Faculty
  • Award: € 3,000/month
  • Deadline: 3/30/2009 Second Deadline: 9/30/2009
  • Details: The fellowship provides established academics with an opportunity to carry out research in one of its four departments. The four departments are as follows: Department of Economics; Department of History and Civilization; Department of Law; and Department of Political and Social Sciences.
  • Keywords: Social sciences, economics, political science, law, history

September 28, 2009

Moore (Henry) Foundation:
Grants Programme

  • http://www.henry-moore-fdn.co.uk
  • Fund Type: Fellowships and Grants. Residential: . Eligibility: See Full Program Announcement; Depends on program.
  • Award: Depends on program. Up to £60,000.
  • Deadline: 12/1/2008 Second Deadline: 9/28/2009
  • Details: The sponsor aims to advance the education of the public by the promotion of their appreciation of the fine arts and in particular the works of Henry Moore. Support is concentrated on sculpture, drawing and printmaking. Various grants and fellowships are available.
  • Keywords: Art, fine arts, sculpture, drawing, printmaking

NB: DEADLINE NOTE: The sponsor's grants committee meets four times per year. Applications must be received before: 1 December 2008 for the 28 January 2009 meeting; 18 March 2009 for the 22 April 2009 meeting; 1 June 2009 for the 1 July 2009 meeting; and 28 September 2009 for the 28 October 2009 meeting.

September 21, 2009

National Gallery of Art, Center for the Advanced Study in the Visual Arts:
Fellowships

  • http://www.nga.gov/resources/casvaflws.htm
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility.
  • Award: varies by program, up to $50,000
  • Deadline: 3/21/2009 Second Deadline: 9/21/2009
  • Details: Various fellowships are available for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts. See website for more details.

NB: Deadline: varies by program, March 21, 2009-September 21, 2009

National Gallery of Art, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA):
Paul Mellon and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Visiting Senior Fellowships

  • http://www.nga.gov/resources/casvavissen.htm
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Post-doctoral; Visiting senior fellowships are intended for those who have held the PhD for five years or more or who possess an equivalent record of professional accomplishment at the time of application.
  • Award: $6,000-$8,000/ 2 month fellowship plus housing in apartments near the Gallery
  • Deadline: 3/21/2009 Second Deadline: 9/21/2009
  • Details: Fellowships are for full-time research, and scholars are expected to reside in Washington and to participate in the activities of the Center throughout the fellowship period. They have access to the notable resources represented by the collections, the library, and the photographic archives of the National Gallery of Art, as well as to the Library of Congress and other specialized research libraries and collections in the Washington area.
  • Keywords: Visual arts, art history, theory, criticism, painting, sculpture, architecture, urbanism, prints, drawings, film, photography, decorative arts, industrial design

September 15, 2009

National Foundation for the Arts and the Humanities / National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH):
Fellowships at Digital Humanities Centers (FDHC)

  • http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=n1YWK6FFGmsBhhTt1YZ1B1CWSrsNhYFsK4QHmRN374xQ94KrPnyS!1215949849?oppId=48020&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: See Full Program Announcement; Each application will include one digital humanities center and one individual scholar.
  • Award: Up to $100,800 ($50,400 for the fellow's stipend and $50,400 for the direct and indirect costs of administering the fellowship)
  • Deadline: 9/15/2009
  • Details: NEH Fellowships at Digital Humanities Centers (FDHC) support collaboration between digital centers and individual scholars. An award provides funding for both a stipend for the fellow and a portion of the center's costs for hosting a fellow. Awards are for periods of six to twelve months of continuous full-time research.
  • Keywords: Digital humanities

Guggenheim (John Simon) Memorial Foundation:
Fellowships to Assist Research and Artistic Creation

  • http://www.gf.org/
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; For those who as writers, scholars, or scientists have a significant record of publication, or as artists, playwrights, filmmakers, photographers, composers, or the like, have a significant record of exhibition or performance of their work.
  • Award: Varies, $40,000 average
  • Deadline: 9/15/2009
  • Details: The Fellowships are awarded to men and women who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. The Foundation consults with distinguished scholars and artists regarding the accomplishments and promise of the applicants and presents this evidence to the Committee of Selection.
  • Keywords: Creative arts, natural sciences, social science, humanities

Sloan (Alfred P.) Foundation:
Research Fellowships

  • http://sloan.org/programs/fellowship_brochure.shtml
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Faculty; Applicants must be no more than six years from completion of the most recent Ph.D. or equivalent, unless they have held a faculty appointment for less than two years or unless one of the following special circumstances apply: military service, a change of field, or child rearing.
  • Award: $50,000 for two-year period
  • Deadline: 9/15/2009
  • Details: The Sloan Research Fellowships seek to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise. These two-year Fellowships are awarded yearly to 118 researchers in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field.
  • Keywords: Chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science, economics, neuroscience, computational, evolutionary molecular biology, interdisciplinary fields

NB: Funds are awarded directly to the Fellow's institution and may be used by the Fellow for such purposes as equipment, technical assistance, professional travel, trainee support, or any other activity directly related to the Fellow's research.

September 9, 2009

Center for Inquiry:
Visiting Research Fellowships

  • http://www.centerforinquiry.net/research/more_information/
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Faculty
  • Award: Stipend (amount not indicated) and accomodations
  • Deadline:
  • Details: The sponsor awards visiting research fellowships and scholarships in the areas of the borderlands of science; religion, ethics, and society; medicine and mental health. All relevant disciplines are welcome.

    Visiting fellows take up residence for at least one semester, receiving a courtesy appointment in the appropriate department at State University of New York at Buffalo, a stipend, and accommodations in the Center's guest residence.


  • Keywords: Science, religion, ethics, society, medicine, mental health


NB: DEADLINE NOTE: Applications are considered on a rolling basis.

Fordham (Thomas B.) Foundation:
Research Internships

  • http://www.edexcellence.net/detail/opportunity.cfm?page_id=134&opportunity_id=1&id=134
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility
  • Award: Stipend, amount not indicated
  • Deadline:
  • Details: The sponsor, based in Washington, D.C., provides internships throughout the year in the area of the reform of K-12 education.
  • Keywords: Education, reform, accountability, assessments, standards, school choice, teacher quality, pedagogy

NB: Deadline note: rolling deadline

September 4, 2009

Folger Institute:
ASECS/Folger Institute Fellowship

  • http://www.folger.edu/Content/Folger-Institute/Application-Guidelines-and-Deadlines/ASECSFolger-Institute-Fellowship.cfm
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: PhD student; Eligible applicants are ABD graduate students or postdoctoral scholars conducting research in the period 1660 to 1815. ASECS/Folger Institute Fellowship recipients must be members in good standing of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.
  • Award: $2,000
  • Deadline: 9/4/2009
  • Details: The sponsor provides support for a $2,000 award for studies in the period of 1660 to 1815. Preference is given to those candidates who are applying for a Folger Institute seminar, but the fellowship may also support independent research at the Folger Shakespeare Library.
  • Keywords: Humanities, literature, theater, history, eighteenth-century studies, research

September 1, 2009

Sundance Institute:
Sundance Screenwriters Lab

  • http://www.sundance.org/press_subgen.html?articleID=8&colorCode=green
  • Fund Type: Meeting/Conference/Seminar. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility
  • Award: Amount not indicated
  • Deadline: 5/1/2009 Second Deadline: 9/1/2009
  • Details: The sponsor supports a five-day writer's workshops that takes place in January and June. The program offers emerging artists the opportunity to work intensively on their feature film scripts with the support of established screenwriters.
  • Keywords: Film, screenwriting, screenwriters, emerging artists, workshop

NB: DEADLINE NOTE: The application deadline for U.S. filmmakers is May 1 and the application deadline for international filmmakers is September 1.

Social Science Research Council:
Abe Fellowship (US-Japan)

  • http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or the terminal degree in their field, or have attained an equivalent level of professional experience. Applications from researchers in professions other than academia are encouraged.
  • Award: 3-12 months "full-time support"
  • Deadline: 9/1/2009
  • Details: Applicants are invited to submit proposals for research in the social sciences and related disciplines relevant to any one or any combination of the three themes below. 1) Traditional and non-traditional approaches to security and diplomacy 2) Global and regional economic issues 3) The role of civil society
  • Keywords: Japan, Japanese studies, social sciences, humanities, policy, civil society, diplomacy, security, global economics

August 31, 2009

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies:
DAAD/AICGS Research Fellowship Program

  • http://www.aicgs.org/fellows/opps/daad.aspx
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Applicants must be German or American citizens
  • Award: Up to $4,725/month
  • Deadline: 2/28/2009 Second Deadline: 8/31/2009
  • Details: The sponsor provides a fellowship designed to bring scholars and specialists working on Germany, Europe, and/or transatlantic relations to AICGS for research stays of two months each.
  • Keywords: German, Germany, Europe, international study, transatlantic relations

August 27, 2009

Wolfson College:
Smuts Visiting Fellowship in Commonwealth Studies

  • http://www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk/membership/smuts/
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Post-doctoral; Applicants should be members of staff of another University or similar institution outside the UK. They should hold a PhD or, if not, be working at a post-doctoral level.
  • Award: Up to £39,920 for 9 months
  • Deadline: 8/27/2009
  • Details: The sponsor invites applications for one or two Smuts Visiting Fellowships in Commonwealth Studies in association with a visiting fellowship at Wolfson College to be held during the academic year 2010-2011. Fellowships are available for research in the field of Commonwealth Studies.
  • Keywords: Commonwealth studies, archaeology, anthropology, economics, history, human geography, law, literature, oriental studies, sociology, politics, social psychology

August 20, 2009

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) / National Foundation on the Arts & Humanities:
Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions

  • http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fpiri.html
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Funding for institutions to host fellowships.
  • Award: $138,000-$618,750 for 1-4 years (based on recent grants awarded)
  • Deadline: 8/20/2009
  • Details: Grants for Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions (FPIRI) support fellowships at institutions devoted to advanced study and research in the humanities.

    Many additional fellowships in the humanities are available through NEH. See website for details.


  • Keywords: Humanities, institutional fellowship programs, research

August 16, 2009

Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences / National Science Foundation (NSF):
Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics--Mid-Career Research Fellowships

  • http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08561/nsf08561.htm#pgm_desc_txt
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Faculty
  • Award: $60,000/ one year plus some research expenses
  • Deadline: 8/16/2009 Second Deadline: 1/16/2010
  • Details: The sponsor supports mid-career research fellowships in the social, behavioral, economic, and statistical sciences. The primary goal of the fellowships is to facilitate the development of innovative methods and models for understanding complex social and behavioral science phenomena. A secondary goal is to facilitate interactions across the social, behavioral, economic, statistical, and other relevant sciences.
  • Keywords: Social, behavioral, economic, statistical sciences, mid-career, research

August 1, 2009

National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences:
Science, Technology, and Society

  • 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

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force:
Law Fellows

  • http://www.thetaskforce.org/about_us/interns_and_fellows/legal_interns
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: See Full Program Announcement; 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls and LL.M candidates are eligible..
  • Award: Modest stipend for summer fellows
  • Deadline: 1/31/2009 Second Deadline: 8/1/2009
  • Details: The sponsor provides full- or part-time law fellowships in their Washington, DC office. Applicants should possess a strong academic record, excellent interpersonal, legal research and writing skills, and an interest in LGBT policy and/or nonprofit lawyering.
  • Keywords: Law, nonprofit law, legislature, LGBT policy, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, civil rights

NB: DEADLINE NOTE: 1/31 deadline is for summer fellowships. For Fall semester fellows, applications should be mailed,faxed, or emailed in August or September.

July 31, 2009

Korea Foundation:
Fellowship for Field Research

  • http://www.kf.or.kr/
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Eligible applicants include doctoral candidates who have completed all academic requirements except their dissertation, university professors and lecturers, and professional researchers who are currently engaged in Korea-related research or courses at universities or research institutes. Applicants with a specific research purpose such as the writing of their dissertations or publication of books are preferred.
  • Award: 1,700,000-2,700,000 Korean won depending on education level
  • Deadline: 7/31/2009
  • Details: Support is provided for scholars who are university professors and instructors, doctoral candidates, professional researchers at research institutes and other qualified professionals who want to conduct field research on relevant subjects in Korea. Duration is from three to twelve months. Fellows receive a monthly stipend and round-trip international airfare.
  • Keywords: Humanities, social sciences, culture, arts, Korean studies, Korea language

NB: Candidates must possess adequate proficiency in Korean or English to conduct their research project and prepare required reports.

Monash University:
Fellowships Program

  • http://www.monash.edu.au/researchoffice/mu/monash-fellowships.html
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Post-doctoral; Applicants will normally have not less than two and not more than eight years of post-doctoral experience. Applicants must demonstrate excellent research outcomes at international level and the capacity to build collaborations across industry and/or research institutions and/or disciplines thus enabling the successful Monash Fellows to apply for externally funded national competitive fellowships.
  • Award: Up to AUD $165,000 (approx. $130,000 U.S.)salary per annum and a research support grant of up to AUD $50,000 (approx. $40,000 U.S.) per annum, for 5 years.
  • Deadline: 7/31/2009
  • Details: The principal aims of the Monash Fellowships Program are to: attract internationally competitive researchers, including outstanding young overseas researchers; provide the best possible research environment in which to undertake research of national and international significance; support and provide access to first-class research infrastructure; and develop and sustain national and international collaborations.
  • Keywords: Area studies, arts, humanities, business, management, education, energy, health, medicine, law, mathematics, technology, social sciences, Australia, international, research

East-West Center:
Visiting Fellowships

  • http://www.eastwestcenter.org/research/visiting-fellow-programs/
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Post-doctoral; Applicants must have a PhD or equivalent. Applicants must be citizens or legal permanent residents of an Asian or Pacific country or of the United States.
  • Award: Amount not indicated
  • Deadline: 7/31/2009
  • Details: East-West Center Visiting Fellowships program enables scholars to undertake research and publication during the academic year 2009-2010 in collaboration with EWC staff on an independent research project related to one of the four Research Program Study areas: Politics, Governance and Security; Economics; Population and Health; and Environmental Change, Vulnerability and Governance OR One of the following research themes: * An Interdisciplinary Framework for Emerging Infectious Disease (EID) Risk Assessment * Sustainable Energy Strategy in China and Sino-U.S. Cooperation on Energy and Climate Control * Assessing Risk from Vegetation Fires * Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in the Asia-Pacific Region * China’s Capitalist Transition * Deepening Democracy in South Asia-Issues and Trends * Understanding the Spatial Dimension of Asian Demography * Very Low Fertility in East Asia
  • Keywords: Political science, public policy research, governance, international development, economics, population studies, environmental change, international security, health, poverty, Asia, the Pacific

NB: Fellowships are typically awarded for between two and five months and must be undertaken during the period October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010. Visiting Fellowships are carried out at the EWC in Honolulu, Hawai'i.

Korea Foundation:
Fellowship

  • http://www.kf.or.kr/
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Graduate students who are majoring or minoring in Korea-related subjects for master's or doctoral degrees; Faculty members and researchers engaged in teaching or research activities at universities or research institutes; or Professionals with cultural/artistic organizations related with Korea (e.g., museum curators, librarians, government officials in charge of Korean affairs, etc.)
  • Award: Up to 1,100,000 Won plus 300,000 Won settling allowance
  • Deadline: 7/31/2009
  • Details: Fellowship for Korean Language Training is designed to enhance competency in Korean language among overseas Korean Studies scholars, graduate students and professionals in Korea-related fields, by providing an opportunity to undertake intensive language training in a Korean language program at the leading universities in Korea.
  • Keywords: Korea, Korean language, East Asian studies

NB: Applicants must have a basic knowledge of and an ability to communicate in the Korean language (intermediate level preferred).

July 13, 2009

Wisconsin Historical Society:
Alice E. Smith Fellowship

  • http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whspress/fellowships.asp
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Professional and nonprofessional writers, academics, and independent scholars are invited to apply.
  • Award: $1,000-$2,000
  • Deadline: 7/13/2009
  • Details: The sponsor provides support for research and writing for publication of books by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press. The Wisconsin Historical Society Press publishes books dealing with Wisconsin history and culture.
  • Keywords: History, culture, Wisconsin, publication, research, writing, books

NB: DEADLINE NOTE: Applications may be submitted throughout the year, but are evaluated during the first week of January, April, July, and October.

July 5, 2009

Brown University, John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage

  • http://www.brown.edu/Research/JNBC/about_the_jnbc.php
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; open to academics, staff at cultural organizations, and independent scholars
  • Award: Stipend of up to $1,500 per month, a place to work, access to Brown University libraries, and participation in a community of interested faculty, students, and public humanists.
  • Deadline:
  • Details: The John Nicholas Brown Center offers several kinds of fellowships to encourage thoughtful reflection on issues of concern to the public humanities and to connect cultural organizations and the public. Three categories of fellowships provide stipends, office space, and access to Brown University resources, a fourth provides funding for a student in the public mumanities M.A. program; and a fifth, support for attendance at the New England Museums Association.
  • Keywords: Public humanities, cultural heritage, history, library research

NB: Applications are accepted and reviewed year round.