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Fellowship and Grant Opportunities
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Humanities and Social Sciences
Deadlines: February 2008 - July 2008


  • Alphabetical Listing of Awards by Funding Source


ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF AWARDS BY FUNDING SOURCE


NOTE: Many deadlines are anticipated deadlines, based on prior application cycles. Please confirm deadlines with the funding agencies

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Transatlantic Cooperation in Research (TransCoop)
DEADLINE: April 30, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: A research cooperation among German, American, or Canadian scholars in the humanities, social sciences, economics, or law is intended. The American or Canadian partner must provide matching funds at least equal the amount applied for within the TransCoop Programme.
CITIZENSHIP: Canada; Germany; United States
ABSTRACT: Through the TransCoop Program, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation supports transatlantic research cooperation among German, American, and Canadian scholars in the humanities, social sciences, economics, and law. The funds may be used to finance short-term research visits and travel, special conferences and workshops, material and equipment, printing costs, and research assistance. The foundation expects that the home institutions will continue to pay the salaries of the scholars and their assistants. The Transcoop funds and the partners' matching funds may not be applied to overhead costs.
URL: http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/programme/stip_aus/transcoop.htm

American Educational Research Association
Research Grants Program
DEADLINE: February 22, 2008 (to be reviewed in March)
ELIGIBILITY: Research Grants are available for faculty at institutions of higher education, postdoctoral researchers, and other doctoral-level researchers. Applicants must have received the doctoral degree by the start date of the grant. Researchers who have previously received a Research Grant as a PI or Co-PI, a Postdoctoral Fellowship, or an AERA Fellowship through the AERA Grants Program may not apply for a Research Grant.
ABSTRACT: The program's goals are (1) to stimulate research on issues related to U.S. education policy and practice using NCES and NSF data sets; (2) to improve the educational research community's firsthand knowledge of the range of data available at the two agencies and how to use them; and (3) to increase the number of educational researchers using the data sets. The program supports research projects that are quantitative in nature, include the analysis of existing data from NCES and NSF, and have U.S. education policy relevance. AERA invites education policy- and practice-related research proposals using NCES, NSF, and other national data bases. Applications are encouraged from a variety of disciplines, such as but not limited to, education, sociology, economics, psychology, demography, statistics, and psychometrics.
URL: http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/res_grants/RGFly.html

American Historical Association
J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship in American History
DEADLINE: March 15, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: At the time of application, applicants must hold the Ph.D. degree or equivalent; must have received this degree within the past seven years, and must not have published or had accepted for publication a book-length historical work. The AHA encourages non-tenured faculty, public historians, independent scholars, and faculty at two-year colleges to apply.
ABSTRACT: The Franklin Jameson Fellowship in American History is offered annually to support significant scholarly research for one semester in the collections of the Library of Congress by scholars at an early stage in their careers in history. The applicant's project in American history must be one for which the general and special collections of the Library of Congress offer unique research support
URL: http://www.historians.org/prizes/Jameson_fellowship.htm

American Historical Association
Small Research Grants
DEADLINE: February 15, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Only AHA members are eligible. Preference will be given to junior scholars and Ph.D. candidates.
ABSTRACT: The American Historical Association offers the following four small grants:
Beveridge Grant: supports research in the history of the Western Hemisphere; Kraus Research Grant: supports research in colonial American history, especially the intercultural aspects of American/European relations; Littleton-Griswold Grant: supports research in U.S. legal history and the field of law and society; Schmitt Grants: support research in the history of Europe, Asia, and Africa. The grants are intended to further research in progress and may be used, for example, for travel to a library or archive, for microfilms, for photographs, or for photocopying (other expenses, such as child care, can be included).
URL: http://www.historians.org/prizes/index.cfm

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies
DAAD-AICGS Research Fellowship
DEADLINE: June 30, 2008
ABSTRACT: The American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, the leading resource and research center for analysis and assessment of the German-American relationship in an evolving Europe and changing world, is pleased to announce the DAAD/AICGS Research Fellowship Program. The program is designed to bring scholars and specialists working on Germany, Europe, or transatlantic relations to the AICGS, which is located in Washington, District of Columbia, for stays of two months each.
URL: http://www.daad.org/?p=aicgsresearch

American Institute of Indian Studies
Senior Long-Term Research Fellowships
DEADLINE: July 1, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Senior Long-Term Research Fellowships are available to established academic specialists in Indian studies who hold the Ph.D. or its equivalent. Non-U.S. citizens are welcome to apply if they are full-time faculty at a college or university in the United States. However, U.S. citizens may apply even if they are not affiliated with an institution in the United States.
ABSTRACT: The American Institute of Indian Studies offers fellowships to bring scholars to India to assist them in their study of all aspects of Indian history, culture, and contemporary life. AIIS offers Senior Long-Term Research Fellowships to enable established scholars in all disciplines who specialize in South Asia to pursue further research in India. The following disciplines are eligible: anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art, behavioral sciences, communications, cultural studies, economics, education, environmental studies, ethnomusicology, film or photography, geography, history of art or history of architecture, history of science, history, linguistics, literature, medicine, natural sciences, performing arts, philosophy, political science, public health, religious studies, sociology, theater or dance, and urban planning. Pursuant to Indian government requirements, each research fellow is formally affiliated with an Indian university during the course of work in India.
URL: http://www.indiastudies.org/fellow.htm

American Institute of Indian Studies
Senior Short-Term Research Fellowships
DEADLINE: July 1, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: The fellowships are available to established academic specialists in Indian studies who possess the Ph.D. or equivalent. Non-U.S. citizens are welcome to apply if they are full-time faculty at a college or university in the United States. However, U.S. citizens may apply even if they are not affiliated with an institution in the United States.
ABSTRACT: The institute offers fellowships to bring scholars to India to assist them in their study of all aspects of Indian history, culture, and contemporary life. AIIS offers Senior Short-Term Research Fellowships to enable established scholars in all disciplines who specialize in Indian studies to pursue further research in India. The following disciplines are eligible: anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art, behavioral sciences, communications, cultural studies, economics, education, environmental studies, ethnomusicology, film or photography, geography, history of art or history of architecture, history of science, history, linguistics, literature, medicine, natural sciences, performing arts, philosophy, political science, public health, religious studies, sociology, theater or dance, and urban planning. Pursuant to Indian government requirements, each research fellow is formally affiliated with an Indian university during the course of work in India
URL: http://www.indiastudies.org/fellow.htm

American Institute of Indian Studies
Senior Scholarly/Professional Development Fellowships
DEADLINE: July 1, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Applications will be accepted from established scholars who have not previously specialized in Indian studies and from established professionals who have not previously worked or studied in India. Non-U.S. citizens are welcome to apply if they are full-time faculty at a college or university in the United States. However, U.S. citizens may apply even if they are not affiliated with an institution in the United States.
ABSTRACT: The American Institute of Indian Studies offers fellowships to bring scholars to India to assist them in their study of all aspects of Indian history, culture, and contemporary life. Proposals must have a substantial research or project component and clearly defined anticipated results. The following disciplines are eligible: anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art, behavioral sciences, communications, cultural studies, economics, education, environmental studies, ethnomusicology, film or photography, geography, history of art or history of architecture, history of science, history, linguistics, literature, medicine, natural sciences, performing arts, philosophy, political science, public health, religious studies, sociology, theater or dance, and urban planning. Pursuant to Indian government requirements, each research fellow is formally affiliated with an Indian university during the course of work in India.
URL: http://www.indiastudies.org/fellow.htm

American Jewish Archives
Fellowship Program
DEADLINE: March 18, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be conducting research in some area relating to the history of North American Jewry. Typically, fellowships will be awarded to postdoctoral scholars, Ph.D. candidates who are completing dissertations, and senior or independent scholars.
ABSTRACT: The annual Fellowship Program provides recipients with month-long fellowships for research and writing at the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, located on the Cincinnati campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Scholars come to conduct in-depth research and to take part in the academic community of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. The program provides fellows with an opportunity not only to pursue their own research, but also to interact and exchange ideas with research peers as well as with the faculty and students of HUC-JIR. The research proposal must detail the precise nature of the applicant's research interests. The proposal must demonstrate clearly how the resources and holdings of the AJA are vital to the applicant's research.
URL: http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/aja/programs/index.html

American Philosophical Society
Library Resident Research Fellowships
DEADLINE: March 1, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: The fellowships are open to both U.S. citizens and foreign nationals who are holders of the Ph.D. or the equivalent, Ph.D. candidates who have passed their preliminary examinations, and independent scholars. Applicants in any relevant field of scholarship may apply. Candidates who live 75 or more miles from Philadelphia will receive some preference.
ABSTRACT: The American Philosophical Society Library offers the Library Resident Research Fellowships as short-term residential fellowships for conducting research in its collections. Located near Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the APS Library is a leading international center for research in the history of American science and technology and its European roots, as well as early American history and culture. Outstanding historical collections and subject areas include the papers of Benjamin Franklin; the American Revolution; 18th- and 19th-century natural history; western scientific expeditions and travel including the journals of Lewis and Clark; polar exploration; the papers of Charles Willson Peale, his family and descendants; American Indian languages; anthropology including the papers of Franz Boas; the papers of Charles Darwin and his forerunners, colleagues, critics, and successors; history of genetics, eugenics, and evolution; history of biochemistry, physiology, and biophysics; 20th-century medical research; and history of physics.
URL: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/resident.htm

American Philosophical Society
Phillips Fund Grant for Native American Research
DEADLINE: March 3, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: The committee prefers to support the work of younger scholars who have received the doctorate. Applications are also accepted from graduate students for research on master's theses or doctoral dissertations.
ABSTRACT: The Phillips Fund of the American Philosophical Society provides grants for research in Native American linguistics, ethnohistory, and the history of studies of Native Americans in the continental United States and Canada. The committee distinguishes ethnohistory from contemporary ethnography as the study of cultures and culture change through time. Grants are not made for projects in archaeology, ethnography, psycholinguistics, or for the preparation of pedagogical materials.
URL: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/phillips.htm

American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Wiener Laboratory Research Associateships
DEADLINE: April 1, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Preference will be given to projects that make significant use of the facilities of the Wiener Laboratory. Priority will also be given to applicants who have not received significant support from the Wiener Laboratory in the past three years.
ABSTRACT: The Wiener Laboratory at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens offers the Wiener Laboratory Research Associateships. These awards are available on a limited basis each year for the purpose of accommodating well-defined research by qualified scholars undertaking limited investigations.
URL: http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/fellowship/fellowships.htm

American Sociological Association
Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline
DEADLINE: June 15, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Awards are limited to individuals with Ph.D. degrees or the equivalent. Preference is given to applicants who have not previously received an award from this fund.
ABSTRACT: The American Sociological Association invites submissions for the Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline awards. Supported by the ASA and the National Science Foundation, the goal of this award is to nurture the development of scientific knowledge by funding small, ground-breaking research initiatives and other important scientific research activities, such as conferences. FAD awards provide scholars with venture capital for innovative research that has the potential for challenging the discipline, stimulating new lines of research, and creating new networks of scientific collaboration. The award is intended to provide opportunities for substantive and methodological breakthroughs, broaden the dissemination of scientific knowledge, and provide leverage for acquisition of additional research funds.
URL: http://www.asanet.org

Archives of the History of American Psychology at the University of Akron
Kantor Research Fellowship
DEADLINE: June 1, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Preference will be given to applicants who have received the doctoral degree within the last five years.
ABSTRACT: Fellows are expected to utilize the resources of the Archives of the History of American Psychology in support of a program of research and scholarship in the history of psychology. Proposals are welcome on any topic relating to the evolution of scientific psychology.
URL: http://www3.uakron.edu/ahap/news/news.phtml

Association for Asian Studies, Inc.
Research Travel - North America Awards
DEADLINE: February 15, 2008 for spring/summer awards
ABSTRACT: The Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies, in conjunction with the Korea Foundation, offers a grant program in Korean studies designed to assist the research of individual scholars based in North America, to improve the quality of teaching about Korea on both the college and precollege levels, and to integrate the study of Korea into the major academic disciplines. The Research Travel - North America Awards are available to scholars who are engaged in research on Korea and wish to use museum, library, or other archival materials located in the United States and Canada. The awards are primarily intended to support postdoctoral research. Predoctoral dissertation research will be considered.
URL: http://www.aasianst.org/grants/main.htm

Association for Asian Studies, Inc.
Short-Term Travel to Japan for Professional Purposes
DEADLINE: February 15, 2008 for spring/summer awards
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must have a Ph.D. or comparable professional qualifications. Applicants must not have received funds in this category within the past five years.
CITIZENSHIP: Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
ABSTRACT: The Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies, in conjunction with the Japan-United States Friendship Commission, supports a variety of grant programs in Japanese studies designed to facilitate the research of individual scholars, to improve the quality of teaching about Japan on both the college and precollege levels, and to integrate the study of Japan into the major academic disciplines. Grants are available to cover expenses in Japan while conducting a specific project explicitly related to Japan, which can be accomplished in the period of time requested.
URL: http://www.aasianst.org/grants/main.htm

Association for Asian Studies, Inc.
Short-Term Research Travel to Korea Grants
DEADLINE: February 15, 2008 for spring/summer awards
ELIGIBILITY: Individual scholars should be based in North America.
CITIZENSHIP: US or Canadian citizenship
ABSTRACT: The Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies, in conjunction with the Korea Foundation, offers a grant program in Korean studies designed to assist the research of individual scholars based in North America, to improve the quality of teaching about Korea on both the college and precollege levels, and to integrate the study of Korea into the major academic disciplines. Short-Term Research Travel to Korea Grants are available to cover travel, research, and subsistence expenses on trips to Korea for projects explicitly related to Korean studies that can be accomplished in a relatively short period. These grants are intended for use by scholars who are already familiar with Korea and with their topic, but who need time in Korea in order to complete their work.
URL: http://www.aasianst.org/grants/main.htm

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Mass Communication and Society Division Research Award
DEADLINE: May 1, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: The applicant must be a member of the MC&S Division who is currently teaching, researching, or studying mass communication full time. Members of the MC&S executive committee and the selection committee are ineligible.
ABSTRACT: The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s Mass Communication and Society Division offers the MC&S Research Award to encourage high-quality research on media and society. Research may be on any topic that advances mass communication research, especially at the societal or macrosocial level. Proposals must emphasize the interaction with society and fit with the division's mission. All methods are welcome, whether qualitative or quantitative
URL: http://aejmc.net/mcs/researchaward.php

Association for the Sociology of Religion
Fichter Research Grants
DEADLINE: March 1, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be members of the ASR and also have been members at least during the year prior to that in which they submit their application. Scholars at the beginning of their careers are particularly encouraged to apply. Dissertation research qualifies for funding.
ABSTRACT: The Association for the Sociology of Religion invites applications for the 2008 Fichter Research Grant Competition from scholars involved in promising research in either of two areas, prioritized as follows: (1) women and religion, gender issues, and feminist perspectives on religion; and (2) sociology of the parish.
URL: http://www.sociologyofreligion.com/FICHEXLP2004.html

Bogliasco Foundation
Bogliasco Fellowships
DEADLINE: April 15, 2008 for the semester beginning in February, 2009
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants for fellowships are expected to demonstrate significant achievement in their disciplines, commensurate with their age and experience. In the arts, the Liguria Study Center welcomes persons doing both creative and scholarly work (such as art history, musicology, film criticism, and so on).
ABSTRACT: Located on the Italian Riviera in the village of Bogliasco, the Liguria Study Center provides residential fellowships for qualified persons working on advanced creative or scholarly projects in the arts and humanities. Bogliasco Fellowships are awarded to qualified persons doing advanced creative work or scholarly research in the following disciplines: archaeology, architecture, classics, dance, film or video, history, landscape architecture, literature, music, philosophy, theater, and visual arts.
URL: http://www.liguriastudycenter.org/english/fellowships.cfm

Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging
Academic Research Grant Program
DEADLINE: March 15, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: This RFP is open to all interested and qualified legal, health sciences, social sciences, and gerontology scholars and professionals. Two or more individuals in the same institution or different institutions may submit a collaborative proposal.
ABSTRACT: The Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging has initiated and underwrites an Academic Research Grant Program to further research and scholarship about new or improved public policies, laws, or programs that will enhance the quality of life for the elderly (including those who are poor or otherwise isolated by lack of education, language, culture, disability, or other barriers). Scholars in the fields of health, law, medicine, and sociology have been awarded grants. Each grant recipient is required to publish an article on the subject of their research in a top-flight journal.
URL: http://www.borchardcenter.org/argp.html

Center for the Study of Law and Culture at Columbia University
Law and Culture Fellowship
DEADLINE: February 15, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: The Law and Culture Fellowship is available to postdoctoral candidates, including untenured faculty.
ABSTRACT: The Center for the Study of Law and Culture at Columbia University invites applications for residential fellowships for the 2008-2009 academic year to undertake research, writing, and discussion in ways that span traditional academic disciplines. The CSLC welcomes scholars from any field who are interested in spending the academic year in residence at Columbia Law School working on scholarly projects relating to the CSLC's 2008-2009 theme, "Legal Theologies." The center aims to appoint fellows whose scholarship addresses the implications of legal, religious, and political ideologies and practice.
URL: http://www.law.columbia.edu/center_program/law_culture/Fellowships

Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University
Butler Faculty Research Awards
DEADLINE: March 15, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants should be faculty members at an institution of higher education.
ABSTRACT: The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University invites applications for the John Topham and Susan Redd Butler Faculty Research Awards, funded by the John Topham and Susan Redd Butler Research Endowment. The proposed research should illuminate some aspect of the American experience in the Mountain West (defined as including the states of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico). Both new and ongoing projects are eligible.
URL: http://fhss.byu.edu/reddcent/NEWPAGES/AWARDS/NEWFACULTY.htm

Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University
Visiting Scholar Program in Western Studies
DEADLINE: March 15, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: University faculty of all ranks who are working on a significant article- or book-length study are eligible to apply for this position.
ABSTRACT: The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University invites applications for its Visiting Scholar Program in Western Studies from individuals who are working on a significant article- or book-length study. Visiting Scholars enjoy the luxury of time away from heavy teaching loads and other responsibilities so that they can focus almost exclusively on their research and writing. Visiting Scholars fully participate in the intellectual life of the center and the university. During their time at BYU, they give a public talk on their research and lead a seminar session with interested faculty and students. They also make themselves available for a small number of guest presentations to BYU classes on their research.
URL: http://fhss.byu.edu/reddcent/NEWPAGES/AWARDS/NEWHBLL.htm

Charlotte Newcomb College Center for Research on Women at Tulane University
Travel-To-Collections Grants
DEADLINE: March 31, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: The grants are available to graduate students for research towards M.A., Ph.D. or other postgraduate degrees; faculty members working on research projects; or independent scholars working on nonprofit projects.
ABSTRACT: The Newcomb Archives awards Travel-to-Collections Grants to scholars wishing to conduct research in the Newcomb Archives. Preference is given to researchers interested in Newcomb pottery; the lives of artists educated at Newcomb, particularly Sadie Irvine, Harriet Joor or Juanita Mauras; or the life courses of educated women during the 1900-1950s.
URL: http://8.12.35.67/nccrow-research-grants

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
Congressional Fellows Program
DEADLINE: March 31, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: The CBCF Fellows Program is open to individuals who are full-time graduate or law students, recent graduates, professionals with five or more years of experience who are pursuing part-time graduate studies, or college faculty members who have an interest in the legislative policy-making process.
CITIZENSHIP: United States
ABSTRACT: The Congressional Fellows Program is the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's premier leadership development program for persons with graduate or professional degrees. Fellows work 40 hours per week on a range of staff assignments including, but not limited to, conducting research and analysis, responding to constituent mail, drafting legislation, and coordinating logistics and public testimony for congressional hearings. In some instances, Fellows are also placed in the offices of federal agencies or public policy institutes during the summer. This supplemental experience illuminates how such agencies interface with Congress and affords Fellows with new opportunities to apply the knowledge and skills learned on Capitol Hill.
URL: http://www.cbcfinc.org/Leadership%20Education/Fellowships/congressional.html

David Library of the American Revolution
Research Fellowships
DEADLINE: March 2, 2008
ABSTRACT: The David Library offers research fellowships for the study of America in the last half of the eighteenth century to qualified doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers. The fellowship is intended primarily for researchers using the collections assembled at the David Library. Project descriptions must demonstrate how the collections will be utilized.
URL: http://www.dlar.org/#Research_Fellowships

East-West Center and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Southeast Asia Fellowship Program
DEADLINE: July 31, 2008
CITIZENSHIP: Asia; United States
ABSTRACT: The East-West Center and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore are pleased to announce the Southeast Asia Fellowship Program. The program is designed to offer young scholars from Southeast Asia and the United States the opportunity to undertake serious academic writing on the management of internal and international conflicts and political change in Southeast Asia, U.S.-Southeast Asia relations, and to contribute to the development of Southeast Asian studies in the Washington area.
URL: http://www.eastwestcenterwashington.org

Foundation for the Future
Research Grants
DEADLINE: April 30, 2008 for preliminary grant applications
ABSTRACT: The Foundation for the Future has developed a research grant program to provide financial support to scholars undertaking research that is directly related to a better understanding of the factors affecting the quality of life for the long-term future of humanity. The foundation invites applications in one or more of the following categories:1. Future of Humanity Research Programs 2. International Collaboration on the Future of Humanity. In the first category, areas of interest within the physical and social sciences include, but are not limited to, research into the social, genetic, biological, medical, psychological, physiological, cultural, and environmental factors that may affect the quality of the human condition. Projects in the second category include those that develop international collaboration through cooperative research, or those that enable individuals at smaller institutions to participate in international future of humanity research projects.
URL: http://www.futurefoundation.org/awards/rga_home.htm

Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University
Junior Fellowships
DEADLINE: February 28, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Junior Fellows are scholars who, at the beginning of the fellowship year, will be at least three years and no more than ten years beyond receipt of the Ph.D. Research projects must be humanistic, but fellows may hold the Ph.D. in any discipline. The Ph.D. must be awarded before the application deadline.
ABSTRACT: Emory University's Center for Humanistic Inquiry announces Junior Fellowships for an academic year of study, teaching, and residence in the center. The purpose of the CHI Junior Fellows Program is to stimulate and support humanistic research by providing scholars in the early stages of their careers with the necessary time, space, and other resources. Junior Fellows will be expected to offer an upper-level undergraduate course on a subject of their choice during the spring of their fellowship year.
URL: http://www.chi.emory.edu/fellowships/index.html#3

Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University
Postdoctoral Fellowships
DEADLINE: February 28, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Postdoctoral fellowships are awarded to those who have held the Ph.D. for no more than three years before receiving the fellowship. The Ph.D. must have been awarded before the application deadline.
ABSTRACT: Emory University's Center for Humanistic Inquiry announces Postdoctoral Fellowships for an academic year of study, teaching, and residence in the center. The purpose of the CHI Postdoctoral Fellows Program is to stimulate and support humanistic research by providing scholars in early stages of their careers with the necessary time, space, and other resources. Postdoctoral Fellows will be expected to offer an upper-level undergraduate course on a subject of their choice during the spring of their fellowship year.
URL: http://www.chi.emory.edu/fellowships/index.html#3

George Bush Presidential Library and Museum
O'Donnell Grant Program
DEADLINE: March 15, 2008
ABSTRACT: The Peter and Edith O'Donnell Endowment in the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation provides grants to aid scholars doing research at the George Bush Presidential Library. Research must include, but not be limited to, holdings of the George Bush Presidential Library. Funding priority will be given to proposals that have the greatest likelihood of publication and subsequent usefulness to educators, scholars, students, and policymakers.
URL: http://www.georgebushfoundation.org/

Gerald R. Ford Library
Research Travel Grants Program
DEADLINE: March 15, 2008
ABSTRACT: In honoring President Ford's lifelong commitment to public service, the Foundation's focus is on exhibits, community affairs and educational programs, conferences, symposia, research grants and special projects that improve citizen interest and understanding of the challenges that confront government, particularly the presidency.
URL: http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/hpgrants.asp

Gerda Henkel Foundation
Research Scholarships
DEADLINE: June 29, 2008. Applications for research grants may be submitted to the Gerda Henkel Foundation's head office at any time. The foundation committees meet twice a year, usually in April and October, to consider the applications and decide on funding grants. June 29 is the deadline for consideration at the October meeting.
ABSTRACT: The Gerda Henkel Foundation's funding activities concentrate basically on German and foreign academia in the following fields of historical humanities: History; Prehistory and early history; Archaeology; Art history; History of Islam; Legal history. The foundation will consider applications for financial support for a research project submitted by universities, other research institutes, or similar institutions. The foundation will also consider limited travel and material grants, funding for conferences, and publishing aid.
URL: http://www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Fellowships
DEADLINE: May 1, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Fellowships are not available for scholars who live within commuting distance of New York City.
ABSTRACT: The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History invites applications for short-term fellowships to support work in one of five archives: 1. The Gilder Lehrman Collection, on deposit at the New York Historical Society; 2. The Library of the New York Historical Society; 3. The Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library; 4. The New York Public Library Humanities and Social Sciences Library; 5. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
URL: http://www.gilderlehrman.org/historians/fellowship1.html

Greenwall Foundation
Interdisciplinary Program in Bioethics
DEADLINE: August 1, 2008
CITIZENSHIP: United States
ABSTRACT: Through its Interdisciplinary Program in Bioethics, The Greenwall Foundation provides funding for physicians, lawyers, philosophers, economists, theologians, and other professionals to address micro and macro issues in bioethics, providing guidance for those engaged in decision making at the bedside as well as those responsible for shaping institutional and public policy. The foundation is especially interested in supporting pilot projects and the work of junior investigators, and it is prepared to address issues regarded by some as sensitive or potentially controversial.
URL: http://www.greenwall.org/guidebio.htm

Hagley Museum and Library
Grants-in-Aid
DEADLINE: March 31, 2008; June 30, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: These grants are available to both degree candidates and senior scholars. Applications are welcome from scholars and writers working independently as well as college and university teachers, librarians, archivists, museum curators, and scholars from fields other than the humanities.
ABSTRACT: Short-term grants-in-aid support visits to Hagley for scholarly research in the imprint, manuscript, pictorial, and artifact collections. They are designed to assist researchers with travel and living expenses while using the research collections. Scholars receive a stipend, make use of the research holdings, and participate in the programs of the Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society. Grant recipients are required to spend their time in residence at Hagley, or at least to travel there on a regular and consistent basis.
URL: http://www.hagley.lib.de.us/grants.html

Harry S. Truman Library Institute
Research Grants
DEADLINE: April 1, 2008
ABSTRACT: Research grants are awarded biannually and are intended to enable graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and other researchers to come to the library for one to three weeks to use its collections. Awards are intended to offset expenses for that purpose only. Preference will be given to projects that have application to enduring public policy and foreign policy issues and that have a high probability of being published or publicly disseminated in some other way. The potential contribution of a project to an applicant's development as a scholar will also be considered.
URL: http://www.trumanlibrary.org/grants/#ress

Hartford Seminary Religious Research Association
Constant H. Jacquet Research Awards
DEADLINE: April 1, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: The committee especially encourages proposal submissions from scholars who are in the early stages of their careers, as well as proposals from students. Applicants are required to be members of the RRA. Full-time students may join the Association at the time of their application. All others must hold membership in the RRA for at least one full year prior to the application deadline.
ABSTRACT: The Religious Research Association gives awards for applied and basic research on religion each year on a competitive basis, with priority being given to applied projects. In this competition, applied research is that which has an identifiable organizational or institutional client who will use the research results for specific goal-centered activities.
URL: http://rra.hartsem.edu/constant.htm

Hill Monastic Manuscript Library
Heckman Stipends
DEADLINE: April 15, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Undergraduate, graduate, or postdoctoral scholars (those who are within three years of completing a terminal master's or doctoral degree) are eligible.
ABSTRACT: The Hill Monastic Manuscript Library invites applications for research stipends, made possible by the A.A. Heckman Fund. The stipends may be used to defray the cost of travel, room and board, microfilm reproduction, photo-duplication, and other expenses associated with research at the library. The program is specifically intended to help scholars who have not yet established themselves professionally and whose research cannot progress satisfactorily without consulting materials to be found in the collections of the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library. HMML represents one of the largest and most comprehensive archives of medieval and Renaissance sources in the world. The collection includes substantial holdings from Germany and Austria (including the National Library in Vienna), Spain, Portugal, England, Malta, Ethiopia, and smaller collections from other countries. Virtually every subject of knowledge - theology, philosophy, law (canon and civil), music, art, science and medicine, the mechanical arts, and the liberal arts - is reflected in this vast collection.
URL: http://www.hmml.org/research06/opportunities/heckman.htm

Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin, Madison
Visiting Scholars Program
DEADLINE: June 29, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: The invitation extends (but is not restricted) to those who are in the early years of their academic careers.
ABSTRACT: The Institute for Research on Poverty invites applications from social science scholars to visit IRP, interact with its faculty in residence, and become acquainted with the staff and resources of the institute. The intent of the program, which is supported by the University of Wisconsin, Madison, is to enhance the research interests and resources available to visitors, to foster interaction between resident IRP affiliates and a diverse set of scholars, and to broaden the corps of poverty researchers.
URL: http://www.irp.wisc.edu/initiatives/funding/vscholars.htm

International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello
Travel Grants
DEADLINE: April 1, 2008
ABSTRACT: Travel grants are available on a limited basis for scholars and teachers wishing to make short-term visits to Monticello to pursue research or educational projects related to Jefferson.
URL: http://monticello.org/research/fellowships/travelgrants.html

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library and Museum
Kennedy Research Grants
DEADLINE: March 15, 2008 for spring grants
ELIGIBILITY: Preference is given to dissertation research by Ph.D. candidates working in newly opened or relatively unused collections, and to the work of recent Ph.D. recipients who are expanding or revising their dissertations for publication.
ABSTRACT: Each year in the spring and fall, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation provides funds for the award of a number of research grants. The purpose of these grants is to help defray living, travel, and related costs incurred while doing research in the textual and non-textual holdings of the library in Boston, Massachusetts. Grant applications are evaluated on the basis of expected utilization of available holdings of the Library, the degree to which they address research needs in Kennedy period studies, and the qualifications of applicants. Preference will be given to projects not supported by large grants from other institutions.
URL: http://www.jfklibrary.org

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library and Museum
Research Fellowships
DEADLINE: March 15, 2008
ABSTRACT: The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation invites scholars to apply for support of their research and use of the archival, manuscript, and audiovisual holdings of the Library. Several fellowship programs support research in specific areas such as foreign intelligence and the presidency; immigration, naturalization, or refugee policy; domestic policy, political journalism, polling or press relations; and research in recently opened or relatively unused collections.
URL: http://www.jfklibrary.org

Library Company of Philadelphia
Visiting Research Fellowships in Colonial and U.S. History and Culture
DEADLINE: March 1, 2008
ABSTRACT: The Library Company of Philadelphia and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania jointly award fellowships for research in residence in their collections, which contain printed materials relating to all aspects of American history and culture up to about 1880. These fellowships support advanced, post-doctoral, or dissertation research. The two libraries combined have extraordinary strength in the history of women and African-Americans, popular print culture, business and banking, philanthropy and reform, education, natural sciences, medicine, technology, art, architecture, German Americana, American Judaica, and a host of other subjects.
URL: http://www.librarycompany.org/fellowships/american.htm

Library of Congress American Folklife Center
Parsons Fund Award
DEADLINE: March 30, 2008
ABSTRACT: The purpose of the fund is to make the collections of primary ethnographic materials housed anywhere at the Library of Congress available to the needs and uses of those in the private sector. Projects may lead to publication in media of all types, both commercial and non-commercial; underwrite new works of art, music, or fiction; involve academic research; contribute to the theoretical development of archival science; explore practical possibilities for processing ethnographic collections in the Archive of Folk Culture or elsewhere in the Library of Congress; develop new means of providing reference service; support student work; experiment with conservation techniques; and support ethnographic field research leading to new library acquisitions.
URL: http://www.loc.gov/folklife/grants.html

Lilly Library at Indiana University
Everett Helm Visiting Fellowships
DEADLINE: April 15, 2008
ABSTRACT: 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.
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/fellowships.shtml

Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation
Grant-in-Aid of Research
DEADLINE: March 15, 2008
ABSTRACT: A limited number of grants-in-aid will be awarded by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation to defray living, travel, and related expenses for scholars conducting research at the LBJ Library in Austin, Texas.
URL: http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/resinfo.asp

Massachusetts Historical Society
Short-Term Research Fellowship Program
DEADLINE: March 1, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Short-term awards are open to independent scholars, advanced graduate students, and holders of the Ph.D. or the equivalent, with candidates who live fifty or more miles from Boston receiving preference.
CITIZENSHIP: Recipients must be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals holding the appropriate U.S. government documents.
ABSTRACT: MHS awards fellowships to support twenty days of research at MSH. Stipends vary.
URL: http://www.masshist.org/fellowships/short_term.cfm

Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University
Visiting Fellows
DEADLINE: March 1, 2008
ABSTRACT: The ideal applicant seeks affiliation with the Medieval Institute to further his or her research program in a supportive and collegial atmosphere. The award will supplement a sabbatical leave or an external grant so that the fellow can maintain residence at Western Michigan University and pursue the proposed research agenda. The visiting fellow will not teach during the period of the award and will offer one public lecture on his or her research in the spring term.
URL: http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/announcements/visitingfellow.html

National Council for Eurasian and East European Research
National Research Competition: Research Contracts
DEADLINE: February 15, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Research contracts are limited exclusively to collaborative research projects conducted by multiple post-doctoral scholars or individuals with comparable research skills who do not hold Ph.Ds, including at least one scholar or researcher based in the U.S.
CITIZENSHIP: United States
ABSTRACT: The National Council for Eurasian and East European Research was created in 1978 to develop and sustain long-term, high-quality programs of postdoctoral research in the social, political, economic, environmental, and historical development of Russia, Eurasia, and Southeast Europe. From broad, cross-cultural analyses to more focused studies of particular problems, NCEEER supports research projects that facilitate a mutually beneficial exchange of information between scholars and policy-makers.
URL: http://www.nceeer.org/Programs/programs.html

National Council for Eurasian and East European Research
NEH Collaborative Humanities Research Fellowship
DEADLINE: February 15, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: U.S. citizenship, permanent resident status, or residence in the United States for three years before date of application are required. Candidates must have a working knowledge of one or more of the languages of East-Central Europe or the NIS, unless they can demonstrate that their research does not require it.
ABSTRACT: Postdoctoral scholars from the United States in the humanities may apply for collaborative research opportunities at universities and institutes in any country of East-Central Europe and the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union. Topics are not restricted to regional or area studies; however, the project must involve at least one collaborator from the region and research in the region itself. Especially encouraged are applications with a strong regional focus and the potential to broaden and strengthen international academic linkages beyond the traditional centers such as Moscow, St. Petersburg, Warsaw, and Prague.
URL: http://www.nceeer.org/Programs/NEH_fellowship.html

National Endowment for the Arts
Literature Program
Poetry Fellowships
DEADLINE: March 3, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Poets are eligible to apply if, between January 1, 2001, and March 3, 2008, they have had published (1) a volume of 48 or more pages of poetry; or (2) 20 or more different poems or pages of poetry in five or more literary journals, anthologies, or publications that regularly include poetry as a portion of their format. Up to 16 poems may be in a single volume of poetry of fewer than 48 pages. This volume, however, may count as only one of the required five places of publication. Applicants may use online publications to establish up to 50 percent of their eligibility, provided that such publications have competitive selection processes and stated editorial policies.
CITIZENSHIP: United States citizenship
ABSTRACT: Through Literature Fellowships to published creative writers and translators of exceptional talent in the areas of prose and poetry, the NEA advances its goal of encouraging and supporting artistic creativity and preserving the United States' diverse cultural heritage. Creative Writing Fellowships are available to exceptionally talented, published creative writers. These 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 and poetry available in alternating years. Fellowships in poetry will be available in FY 2009.
URL: http://www.arts.endow.gov/grants/apply/Lit/Calendar.html

National Endowment for the Humanities
Fellowships for University and College Faculty
DEADLINE: May 1, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants for Fellowships may be faculty members of colleges or universities, or independent scholars or writers.
CITIZENSHIP: U.S. citizens are eligible to apply. Foreign nationals who have been living in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the three years prior to the application deadline are also eligible.
ABSTRACT: Fellowships support individuals pursuing advanced research in the humanities that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the general public's understanding of the humanities. Recipients usually produce scholarly articles, monographs on specialized subjects, books on broad topics, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly tools. Fellowships support full-time work on a humanities project for a period of six to twelve months.
URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fellowships.html

National Gallery of Art
Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts
Visiting Senior Fellowships and Associate Appointments
DEADLINE: March 21, 2008 for the award period of September 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009
ELIGIBILITY: Visiting Senior Fellowships are intended for those who have held a Ph.D. for five years or more or who possess an equivalent record of professional accomplishment at the time of application.
ABSTRACT: The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, a part of the National Gallery of Art, Visiting Senior Fellowships are for full-time research, and scholars are expected to reside in Washington, District of Columbia, throughout their fellowship period and participate in the activities of the center. Visiting Senior Fellowship applications will be considered for study in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts (painting, sculpture, architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, prints and drawings, film, photography, decorative arts, industrial design, and other arts) of any geographical area and of any period. Applications are also solicited from scholars in other disciplines whose work examines artifacts or has implications for the analysis and criticism of physical form.
URL: http://www.nga.gov/resources/casvavissen.htm

New York Academy of Medicine
Audrey and William H. Helfand Fellowship in the Medical Humanities
DEADLINE: March 4, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: The academy invites applications from anyone, regardless of citizenship, academic discipline, or academic status. Preference will be given to those whose research will take advantage of resources that are uniquely available at the academy, and to individuals in the early stages of their careers.
ABSTRACT: Each year the New York Academy of Medicine offers the Audrey and William H. Helfand Fellowship to support work in history and the humanities as they relate to health, medicine, and the biomedical sciences, including works of non-fiction, visual or performing arts, biography, and memoir, as well as scholarly research in a humanistic discipline other than the history of medicine. Preference in the selection process will be given to applicants whose projects require use of the resources of the academy library and who plan to spend time at the academy.
URL: http://www.nyam.org/grants/history.shtml

New York Academy of Medicine
Klemperer Research Fellowship in the History of Medicine
DEADLINE: March 4, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: The academy invites applications from anyone, regardless of citizenship, academic discipline, or academic status. Preference will be given to those whose research will take advantage of resources that are uniquely available at the academy, and to individuals in the early stages of their careers.
ABSTRACT: Each year the New York Academy of Medicine offers the Paul Klemperer Fellowship to support work in history and the humanities as they relate to health, medicine, and the biomedical sciences. The fellowship supports research using the academy library's resources for scholarly study of the history of medicine. It is intended specifically for a scholar in residence at the academy library.
URL: http://www.nyam.org/grants/history.shtml

Newberry Library
Various Short-Term Fellowships for Individual Research
DEADLINE: March 1, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Fellowships are generally restricted to scholars from outside the Chicago area who have specific need for Newberry collections. Several of the short-term fellowships have restricted eligibility. See the website for details.
ABSTRACT: The Newberry Library is an independent research library concentrating in the humanities. It houses a non-circulating collection of rare books, maps, and manuscripts. The library's holdings span the history and culture of western Europe from the Middle Ages to the mid-twentieth century and the Americas from the time of first contact between Europeans and Native Americans. Its strengths include European discovery, exploration, and settlement of the Americas; the American West; local history, family history, and genealogy; literature and history of the Midwest, especially the Chicago Renaissance; Native American history and literature; the Renaissance; the French Revolution; Portuguese and Brazilian history; British literature and history; the history of cartography; the history and theory of music; the history of printing; and early philology and linguistics. The tenure of short-term fellowships varies from one week to two months, but a majority of the awards will be for one month or less.
URL: http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/short-term.html

Pennsylvania State Universeity
Arthur W. Page Center
Page and Johnson Legacy Scholars Grants
DEADLINE: March 10, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Page and Johnson Legacy Scholars may come from a variety of academic disciplines and professional fields. Proposals from any perspective, paradigm, or methodological orientation are welcome. Joint applications and collaborative projects are especially encouraged.
ABSTRACT: The Arthur W. Page Center is a research center at the Penn State College of Communications dedicated to the study and advancement of ethics and responsibility in corporate communication and other forms of public communication. The themes for this year's call for proposals include the following: 1. Ethics in public communication; 2. The role of public relations in fostering corporate responsibility; 3. How company credos and codes of ethics affect corporate behavior: Do they positively influence the way that some corporations respond to ethical dilemmas or matters of public importance? If so, why? Are they largely window dressing for other companies? Why? What accounts for the differences, and what are the implications? 4. Women and minorities in public relations: What is the status of women and minorities in public relations? What challenges do they face? How can opportunities in the field be expanded for them? 5. Curriculum development in and pedagogical approaches to ethics in public relations; 6. Other areas of Page's or Johnson's legacy, including political communication, public opinion formation and attitude change, history of public relations, health communication, and international broadcasting.
URL: http://www.comm.psu.edu/pagecenter/grants.htm

Program for Cultural Cooperation Between Spain and U.S. Universities
Research Grants
DEADLINE: April 1, 2008
ABSTRACT: The Program for Cultural Cooperation Between Spain's Ministry of Culture and U.S. Universities is designed to promote closer ties between scholarly Hispanicism in the United States in the areas of humanities, social sciences, and the cultural and academic developments of Spain. Projects oriented toward the dissemination of Spanish culture throughout the academic systems of the United States are reviewed for subsidy. Priority is given to those proposals of high scholarly quality that will have an important impact upon the field of Hispanicism, both regionally and nationwide.
URL: http://www.umabroad.umn.edu/pcc/

Religious Research Association
Jacquet Research Awards
DEADLINE: April 1, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must hold a membership with RRA for at least one full year prior to the application deadline.
ABSTRACT: The Religious Research Association gives awards for applied and basic research on religion each year on a competitive basis with priority being given to applied projects. Applied client-centered projects are given priority, but basic research is also regularly funded.
URL: http://rra.hartsem.edu/constant.htm

Resources for the Future
Krutilla Research Stipend
DEADLINE: February 29, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: The award is open to young scholars who are no more than five years beyond receipt of the doctorate.
ABSTRACT: The focus of the award is research related to environmental and resource economics. The awardee may be invited to present the results of the research activities at RFF in the year after completion of the work.
URL: http://www.rff.org

Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships
DEADLINE: March 1, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: The fellowships are open to scholars who have either received an advanced degree from a North American university, or who are currently employed by a North American academic institution or museum. Candidates should normally have received their Ph.D. within the last five years.
ABSTRACT: Designed to strengthen academic ties with Japan studies programs in the United States and Canada, the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures offers fellowships on an annual basis to scholars. Any area of Japanese culture is eligible, though preference will be given to applications having a strong visual component. The fellowships are intended to provide recipients with an opportunity to work in a scholarly environment conducive to completing a publication project. Fellows will be expected to reside in the United Kingdom and to participate, depending on their research interests, in the scholarly activities and intellectual exchange of either the University of East Anglia in Norwich or the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. Fellows will be expected to give at least one lecture at either place.
URL: http://www.sainsbury-institute.org/fellowships.html

Smithsonian Institution
Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology Resident Scholar Program
DEADLINE: March 1, 2008
ABSTRACT: The Smithsonian Institution Libraries Resident Scholar Program offers two short-term in-residence study grants for terms of one to six months. The awards are designed to encourage study of the history of science and technology and use of the collections of the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology. Those interested in the history and bibliography of science and technology are invited to apply.
URL: http://www.si.edu/ofg/fell.htm#fsil

Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
SPSSI Action Grants for Experienced Scholars
DEADLINE: April 30, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be SPSSI members over the age of 60 or retired.
ABSTRACT: The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Action Grants for Experienced Scholars Program was set up to encourage retired members and those over the age of 60 to apply their knowledge to helping solve social problems or to assist policy makers to solve social problems. Proposals are invited that use social science research findings to address social problems through direct action projects, consulting with nonprofit groups, or through preparing reviews of existing social science literature that could be used by policy makers.
URL: http://www.spssi.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewpage&pageid=732

Swedish Information Services
SASS Swedish Travel Grant
DEADLINE: April 15, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: The grant is open to all residents of the United States, with priority given to members of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study and, in particular, to graduate students and untenured faculty.
ABSTRACT: The SASS Swedish Travel Grant is an academic travel grant in support of study or research in Swedish literature, culture or social sciences.
URL: http://www.swedenabroad.com/pages/general____18552.asp

United States Department of Justice
National Institute of Justice
Crime and Justice Research - 2008-NIJ-1730
DEADLINE: March 5, 2008
CITIZENSHIP: United States
ABSTRACT: NIJ is seeking applications for funding of social and behavioral research on, and evaluations related to, crime and justice topics relevant to state or local criminal and juvenile justice policy and practice.
URL: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/funding.htm

University of London School of Advanced Study Institute of Historical Research
Past and Present Society Postdoctoral Fellowships
DEADLINE: April 16, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants may be of any nationality, and their Ph.D. (or equivalent) may have been awarded in any country. Those who have previously held another postdoctoral research fellowship will not normally be eligible.
ABSTRACT: The Past and Present Society and the Institute of Historical Research offer a postdoctoral research fellowship in history, tenable at the institute. Preference will be given to applicants who demonstrate a broad interest in processes of social, economic, political, and cultural change, as manifested in their particular field of study.
URL: http://www.history.ac.uk/awards/index.html#PandP

University of Missouri-St. Louis Center for International Studies
Lentz Fellowship in Peace and Conflict Resolution Research
DEADLINE: April 15, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: A completed Ph.D. is required. Preference will be given to graduates of university programs in peace studies and conflict resolution. Graduates of political science, international relations, and other social science programs who specialize in peace and conflict resolution are also invited to apply.
ABSTRACT: The Center for International Studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis invites applications for a one-year residential postdoctoral or sabbatical fellowship to support scholarly research on peace and conflict resolution in the international arena, in intercultural conflicts, and in other settings of conflict and violence. Evidence of scholarly research capability is required The fellow will teach one introductory undergraduate peace studies course in the fall semester, and develop a second course to be taught in the spring semester.
URL: http://www.umsl.edu/services/cis/research/lentz_fellow.html

Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.
Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships
DEADLINE: May 1, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must have received a Ph.D. or equivalent within 10 years of the application deadline. Preference is given to applicants who are untenured or do not yet have a permanent academic position.
ABSTRACT: Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships support the writing-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. The Wenner-Gren Foundation pursues its two major goals - advancing basic research in anthropology and building an international community of anthropologists - through several funding programs.
URL: http://www.wennergren.org

Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.
International Collaborative Research Grants
DEADLINE: June 1, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Proposals must involve collaboration between two or more researchers of different nationalities who are working in different countries. Each researcher must hold a doctorate or equivalent qualification in anthropology or a related discipline. Scholars are eligible without regard to institutional or departmental affiliation. Priority is given to those projects involving at least one principal investigator who is a citizen of, and is working and residing in, a country where anthropology is underrepresented and where there are limited resources to develop the discipline.
ABSTRACT: The International Collaborative Research Grant supports international research collaborations between two or more qualified scholars, where the principal investigators bring different and complementary perspectives, knowledge, or skills to the project. Supplemental funds are also available to provide essential training for academic research participants in ICRG-funded projects (co-applicants, students, as well as other professional colleagues). By encouraging international collaborations, the grant contributes to the development of an international anthropology that values and incorporates different national perspectives and resources. By providing training funds, the grant helps to build capacity in countries were anthropology may be under-resourced.
URL: http://www.wennergren.org

Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.
Postdoctoral Research Grants
DEADLINE: May 1, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants can apply regardless of institutional affiliation, country of residence, or nationality. Current grantees must have completed all requirements of their existing grant, including submission of the final report, before an application for a new project can be accepted.
Postdoctoral Research Grant applications that were unsuccessful in a prior funding cycle may be resubmitted only if they are accompanied by a resubmission statement, explaining how the application is different from the prior application and how the referees' comments have been addressed.
ABSTRACT: The program contributes to the foundation's overall mission to support basic research in anthropology and to ensure that the discipline continues to be a source of vibrant and significant work that furthers understanding of humanity's cultural and biological origins, development, and variation. The foundation supports research that demonstrates a clear link to anthropological theory and debates, and promises to make a solid contribution to advancing these ideas. There is no preference for any methodology, research location, or subfield. The foundation particularly welcomes proposals that employ a comparative perspective, can generate innovative approaches or ideas, or integrate two or more subfields.
URL: http://www.wennergren.org

Whatcom Museum of History and Art
Jacobs Research Funds
DEADLINE: February 15, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: For any funding year, a researcher can be an applicant or co-applicant on at most one grant. Researchers may hold grants in consecutive years, but the final report must be filed and materials must be archived before subsequent funding can be received.
ABSTRACT: The Jacobs Research Funds is a grant program supporting anthropological research (socio-cultural or linguistic in content) on the indigenous peoples of Canada, Mexico, and mainland United States, including Alaska, with a focus on the Pacific Northwest. Grants are given for work on problems in language, social organization, political organization, religion, mythology, music, other arts, psychology and folk science. There are three categories of Jacobs Funds grants: Individual Grants support research projects administered by a single investigator on a focused problem; Group Grants support work by two or more researchers who will be cooperating on the same or similar projects. The researchers should be sharing field expenses working with the same language, with the same speakers, or in the same geographical area. Kinkade Grants support projects requiring an intense period of fieldwork, such as research leading to a major work such as a dictionary, collection of texts, etc. If the project is not awarded a Kinkade Grant, applicants can nevertheless be eligible to receive an Individual Grant.
URL: http://www.whatcommuseum.org/pages/index.php?page=info

White House Historical Association
Research Grants Program
DEADLINE: March 1, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: Preference is given to those undertaking dissertation research or postdoctoral research with plans for publication, but all proposals, including graduate-level research and independent projects, will be considered.
ABSTRACT: The White House Historical Association invites scholars who are conducting research at the National Archives and Records Administration, Presidential Library System, Library of Congress, or other appropriate repository, to apply for grants that will defray costs of travel and accommodations. The association wishes to encourage new scholarship on the history of the White House. For the research grants program, the association will consider projects that make use of textual and non-textual records pertinent to the president, first family and subordinates while the president lives in the White House.
URL: http://www.whitehousehistory.org/08/subs/08_a.html

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Short-Term Grants in East European Studies
DEADLINE: March 1, 2008; June 1, 2008
ELIGIBILITY: These Title VIII grants are available to American academic experts and practitioners, including advanced graduate students, engaged in specialized research requiring access to Washington, DC and its research institutions.
CITIZENSHIP: United States citizens and permanent residents
ABSTRACT: With funding provided by Title VIII (the Act for Research and Training for Eastern Europe and Independent States of Former Soviet Union), East European Studies offers short-term grants to scholars working on policy-relevant projects on East Europe. Special consideration will be given to projects on Southeast Europe, or projects that can be credibly linked to issues in the Western Balkans. Projects should focus on fields in the social sciences and humanities including, but not limited to, anthropology, history, political science, Slavic languages and literatures, and sociology. All projects should aim to highlight their potential policy relevance.
URL: http://www.wilsoncenter.org