CLA Grants, Fellowships,
and Research Funding

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April 30, 2010

Finnish Centre for International Mobility:
Scholarships for Advanced Studies of the Finnish Language at Finnish Universities

  • http://www.studyinfinland.fi/scholarships/ungergraduate_studies/finnish_studies_and_research.html
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Preference is given to applicants who are working on their Master's thesis.
  • Award: 800 Euros/month
  • Deadline: 10/31/2009 Second Deadline: 4/30/2010
  • Details: The sponsor offers scholarships for advanced studies of the Finnish language at Finnish universities. The scholarships are meant mainly for degree students of Finnish language and literature at universities outside Finland.
  • Keywords: Finnish, Finland, language, literature

NB: Note: the applicant must establish contact with the host university department before applying.

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.

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

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 15, 2010

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

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

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 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 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

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

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: 12/1/2009
  • 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.

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

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

American Antiquarian Society:
Kate B. and Hall J. Peterson Fellowship

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

Foundation for Jewish Culture:
Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Fund for Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships in Jewish Studies

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

Fondation des Etats-Unis:
Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship

  • http://www.feusa.org/en/culture/harriet-hale-woolley-scholarship
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: See Full Program Announcement; * Applicants must possess American citizenship. * Applicants must be between 21 and 35 years of age. * Applicants must have graduated with high academic standing from an American college, university or professional school of recognized standing. Preference is given to mature students who have already done some graduate study. * Applicants must show evidence of high-level artistic or musical accomplishment. * Applicants must have good moral character, personality and adaptability. They must also be in good physical health and emotional stability. * Applicants must submit a completed application dossier. Incomplete dossiers will not be accepted.
  • Award: 8,500 € and a residential artist atelier or music studio at the Fondation des Etats-Unis
  • Deadline: 1/31/2010
  • Details: The Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship is a private grant awarded annually to up to four graduate and post-graduate American students in the visual fine arts (painting, graphic design, print-making, sculpture, photography) and music (composition, instrumental or vocal performance). The scholarship is not intended for research in art history, or musicology, nor for dance or theatre.
  • Keywords: Visual Arts, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Music, Music Composition, Music Education, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Art Education

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

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

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

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 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

American Museum of Natural History:
Collection Study Grants

  • http://research.amnh.org/grants/grantsprog.html
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Pre-doctoral and recent postdoctoral students.
  • Award: up to $1,500
  • Deadline: 5/1/2009 Second Deadline: 11/1/2009
  • Details: Maximum grants of $1,500 enable pre-doctoral and recent postdoctoral investigators to study any of the scientific collections at the American Museum Awards partially support travel and subsistence while in residence.
  • Keywords: Natural history museum, anthropology, zoology, paleontology, physical sciences, research

NB: DEADLINE NOTE: Application deadlines are May 1 and November 1 with the exception of the Herpetology, Ichthyology and Mammalogy departments which have one deadline, November 1. Ornithology proposals can be submitted two months prior to visit.

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

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

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 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

American Geological Institute:
AGI/AAPG Semester Internships in Geoscience and Public Policy

  • http://www.agiweb.org/gap/interns/internse.html
  • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Undergraduates and Masters level students.
  • Award: $5,000 stipend
  • Deadline: 4/15/2009 Second Deadline: 10/15/2009
  • Details: Support is provided to students in the geosciences for a semester-long internship in geoscience and public policy.
  • Keywords: Geology, geoscience, public policy, internship, government affairs

NB: DEADLINE NOTE: The deadline for Fall internships is April 15. The deadline for Spring internships is October 15.

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

British Schools and Universities Foundation:
Marshall Scholarship

  • http://www.marshallscholarship.org
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Open only to United States citizens who (at the time they take up their Scholarship) hold a first degree from an accredited four-year college or university in the United States with a minimum GPA of 3.7.
  • Award: University fees, cost of living expenses, annual book grant, thesis grant, research and daily travel grants, fares to and from the United States and, where applicable, a contribution towards the support of a dependent spouse.
  • Deadline: 10/1/2009
  • Details: The sponsor provides scholarships to young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. At least forty Scholars are selected each year to study either at graduate or occasionally undergraduate level at an UK institution. Each scholarship is held for two years.
  • Keywords: British Universities, United Kingdom, travel, scholarship, humanities, science, social sciences

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.

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.

September 30, 2009

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 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 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.

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.

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 1, 2009

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

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

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).

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.

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.