Fellowship and Grant Opportunities
for Faculty

Humanities and Social Sciences
Deadlines: DECEMBER 2009-APRIL 2010


  • Awards for Junior Faculty Only or That Give Priority to Junior Faculty


AWARDS FOR JUNIOR FACULTY ONLY OR THAT GIVE PRIORITY TO JUNIOR FACULTY

by deadline


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

Council on Library and Information Resources
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Academic Libraries for Humanists
DEADLINE: November 30, 2009
ELIGIBILITY: At this time, this program is limited to scholars in the humanities. The applicant must have received a Ph.D. in a humanities discipline no more than five years before applying. Fellows must be in residence at a sponsoring institution for the duration of the fellowship
ABSTRACT: The fellowship provides new scholars in the humanities a unique opportunity to develop expertise in the new forms of scholarly research and the information resources that support them, both traditional and digital, that are challenging research institutions. The program offers fellowships to individuals who believe that there are opportunities to develop meaningful linkages between disciplinary scholarship, libraries, archives, and evolving digital tools. The fellowship program is designed to give the best recent Ph.D. recipients in the humanities a unique opportunity to develop as information professionals and scholars. Fellows are placed at different institutions, each with specific goals and projects for the participants. In addition, fellows contribute to the development of the CLIR program by participating in an intensive summer seminar; sharing work-in-progress through electronic portfolios; and meeting regularly in virtual seminars with leading figures in the fields of librarianship, the humanities, and other related areas. Previous fellows have gone on to launch careers in libraries, archives, and special collections; consulting and writing; digital resource management; pedagogy support; and university faculty positions.
URL: http://www.clir.org/fellowships/postdoc/postdoc.html

 

American Philosophical Society
Franklin Research Grants

DEADLINE: December 1, 2009 for work in April through December
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants are expected to have a doctorate. Ph.D. candidates are not eligible to apply, but the society is particularly interested in supporting the work of young scholars who have recently received the doctorate. American citizens and residents of the United States may use their Franklin awards at home or abroad. Foreign nationals must use their Franklin awards for research in the United States. Applicants who have received Franklin grants may reapply after an interval of two years.
ABSTRACT: The Franklin program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses.
URL: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin

 

Catholic Biblical Association of America
Postdoctoral Fellowships

DEADLINE: December 1, 2009
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be active or associate members of the CBA. They must have recently finished the doctorate and not have taught for more than six years. They must show promise of making a genuine contribution to biblical scholarship, be in financial need, and present a feasible and worthwhile academic project, involving a minimum of six months full-time work.
ABSTRACT: The purpose of the fellowships is to give recent graduates and young scholars the opportunity to continue their studies at another center of learning or do research for publication.
URL: http://cba .cua.edu/ysf.cfm

 

Freie University of Berlin
Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies - Request for Research Proposals in Advanced German and European Studies

DEADLINE: December 1, 2009
ELIGIBILITY: U.S. and Canadian Ph.D.s who have received their doctorates within the past two calendar years are eligible. Applicants should show German fluency adequate to complete the project and participate in the seminar at the Freie University of Berlin which is conducted in German.
ABSTRACT: The Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies was established at the Freie University of Berlin to promote a new generation of young North American scholars with specialized knowledge of modern and contemporary German and European affairs. The program supports scholars in the social and political sciences and economics, modern and contemporary historians, as well as Germanists interested in similar questions. The Berlin Program is a residential program offering a stimulating academic environment that integrates research opportunities with intellectual and cultural interaction. An essential part of the program is the bi-weekly seminar, which brings together the North American fellows and leading German scholars.
URL: http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~bprogram/

 

Harvard University
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Postdoctoral and Senior Fellowships

DEADLINE: December 1, 2009
ABSTRACT: Harvard University's Davis Center for Russian Studies invites applications to its fellowship programs for scholars whose work combines disciplinary excellence in the humanities or social sciences with an area focus on Russia, Eastern Europe, or Central Asia. Postdoctoral fellowships support scholars who are no more than five years beyond the doctorate; senior fellowships support scholars who have already made a significant contribution to the field. Fellowships support a ten-month residency.
URL: http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/research_programs/fellowships.html

 

University of Virginia
The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies
Postdoctoral Residential Research and Teaching Fellowship

DEADLINE: December 1, 2009
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must have been awarded a Ph.D. no earlier than 2002. The institute will favor candidates whose research can be readily adapted for the creation of courses and pedagogies directly pertinent to the institute's curriculum in African American and Diasporic studies. Preference will be given to applicants whose field research is already substantially completed.
ABSTRACT: The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies at the University of Virginia invites scholars whose work focuses on Africa and/or the African Diaspora to apply for a two-year postdoctoral research and teaching fellowship. The postdoctoral fellow must be in residence at the University of Virginia for the duration of the award period, and must agree to teach one course per year in the African-American and African Studies program to be offered in the fall or the spring. Woodson fellows are expected to attend twice-monthly workshops and to make at least one formal presentation of their work to the university community. See the Institute’s website for a complete list of priority topics.
URL: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/woodson/fellowship/postdoc.html

 

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Title VIII Research Scholarships

DEADLINE: December 1, 2009
ELIGIBILITY: Title VIII Research Scholarships are available to academic participants in the early stages of their career (before tenure) or scholars whose careers have been interrupted or delayed. Eligibility is limited to the postdoctoral level for academic participants, although doctoral candidates in the process of completing a dissertation may apply (the dissertation must be successfully defended before taking residence at the Kennan Institute). Awards are limited to scholars who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents upon commencement of their scholarship.
ABSTRACT: Research proposals examining the countries of Central Eurasia are eligible. Those proposals related to regional Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, Belarus, the Caucuses, and contemporary issues are particularly welcome. The center is an international, interdisciplinary scholarly institute which fosters scholarship in the humanities and social sciences and encourages dialogue between the disciplines and the professions. The Kennan Institute is committed to improving American expertise and knowledge about Russia and the former Soviet Union. Grant recipients are required to be in residence at the Institute in Washington, D.C., for the duration of their grant.
URL: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm

 

Indiana University
Center for Law, Society, and Culture
Jerome Hall Postdoctoral Fellowship

DEADLINE: January 4, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: Pre-tenure scholars, recently awarded Ph.D.s, and those with equivalent professional degrees are encouraged to apply.
ABSTRACT: The Center for Law, Society, and Culture invites applications from scholars of law, the humanities, or social sciences working in the field of sociolegal studies. Fellows will devote a full academic year to research and writing in furtherance of a major scholarly project. They will conduct research at Indiana University and participate in the activities of the center, which include an annual symposium, a colloquia series, and regular workshops and lectures. Fellows are expected to be in full-time residence in Bloomington in order to take advantage of the rich intellectual life of the center, the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, and Indiana University.
URL: http://www.law.indiana.edu/students/centers/lawsociety/postdoctoral-fellowship.shtml

 

University of Michigan
Frankel Center for Judaic Studies
Berman Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Contemporary American Jewish Life

DEADLINE: January 4, 2010
ABSTRACT: This two-year postdoctoral fellowship is an opportunity for a recent Ph.D. (since June 2006) to pursue research on American Jews and the American Jewish community in conjunction with University of Michigan faculty. A strong commitment to multidisciplinary work in the social sciences is required. The fellow will be expected to be in residence during the academic years of the fellowship, to conduct research, to participate in the intellectual activities of the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, and to disseminate scholarship to diverse audiences.
URL: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/judaic/

 

Columbia University
Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modern Southeast Asian Studies
DEADLINE: January 6, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must have completed all Ph.D. degree requirements (completed and filed the dissertation) between July 2006, and July 2010. Applicants must have completed their Ph.D. in a social science discipline, including history, working on modern Southeast Asia. Applications from individuals who hold or have held regular faculty positions will not be considered.
ABSTRACT: The Weatherhead East Asian Institute invites applications for its 2010-2011 postdoctoral fellowship in modern Southeast Asian studies. Candidates from all social science disciplines, including history, are welcome to apply. The fellow will devote half time to their own research and will teach one graduate-level course on southeast Asia per semester.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/weai/postdoctoral-fellowship.html

 

Princeton University
Center for the Study of Religion
Fellowships in Religion and Religious History

DEADLINE: January 8, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: The applicant's doctorate may be in any relevant field. Princeton University PhDs are not eligible.
ABSTRACT: The Center for the Study of Religion brings a select number of pre-tenure scholars and recent PhD graduates to Princeton University to study religion and religious history. The fellows, who are appointed by the Dean of the Faculty, devote time to serving the intellectual life of the Center and the University through mentoring graduate and undergraduate students and participating in one of the Center's weekly interdisciplinary seminar. For 2010-2011, fellows will be appointed in the area of Christian Thought and Practice with special emphasis on the religious life of American Christians, congregations, or clergy. Fellows should be engaged in projects that focus attention on North American Christianity and may be relevant for congregations or pastoral leaders. Fellows will conduct their own research on historical or contemporary aspects of Christian thought and practice, attend one of the weekly interdisciplinary workshops, and participate in occasional Center-sponsored events.
URL: http://www.princeton.edu/csr/funding-opportunities/visiting-fellows/

 

Harvard University
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Program on U.S. - Japan Relations - Advanced Research Fellows

DEADLINE: January 15, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: Candidates must hold a doctoral or other terminal degree in a discipline bearing on the study of contemporary United States-Japan relations, other aspects of Japan's foreign relations, or domestic Japanese politics and policy.
ABSTRACT: The program awards several advanced research fellowships for the duration of one academic year to applicants with excellent research credentials. Awards are made annually on a competitive basis, and applicants tend to be in early stages of their careers. 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 program's Japanese associates, preference is given to non-Japanese.
URL: http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/funding/student/us_japan

 

Smithsonian Institution
Postdoctoral Fellowships

DEADLINE: January 15, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants are eligible to apply for postdoctoral fellowships who have held the Ph.D. or equivalent for fewer than seven years as of the application deadline.
ABSTRACT: Fellowships at the Smithsonian Institution provide scholars with opportunities to pursue independent research projects in association with members of the Smithsonian professional research staff. Applicants to the fellowship programs must propose research in a field pursued at the Smithsonian. A specific and detailed research proposal indicating why the Smithsonian is an appropriate place to conduct the studies proposed is required. Fellowships are only offered to support research within Smithsonian facilities or programs. Fellows are expected to spend most of their tenure in residence at the Smithsonian, except when arrangements are made for periods of field work or research travel. For all fellowships, appropriate members of the Smithsonian professional staff must be willing to serve in the capacity of principal advisor or host, and space and facilities must be available to accommodate the proposed research. Fields of research at the Smithsonian include American history, American material and folk culture, and the history of music and musical instruments; history of science and technology, history of art, design, crafts, and the decorative arts; anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, and ethnic studies; evolutionary, systematic, behavioral, environmental biology, and conservation; geological sciences and astrophysics; and materials characterization and conservation.
URL: http://www.si.edu/ofg/Applications/SIFELL/SIFELLapp.htm

 

Stanford University
Center for East Asian Studies
Chinese Studies Postdoctoral Awards

DEADLINE: January 15, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants may not be more than five years beyond receipt of the doctoral degree. Fellowships may be given to those who hold continuing, assistant professor-level teaching positions. U.S. citizenship is not required. Those who have received their Ph.D. from Stanford University will not normally be considered.
ABSTRACT: The Center for East Asian Studies at Stanford University offers two postdoctoral positions in Chinese Studies. The postdocs are open to scholars in the humanities and social sciences studying any historical period. Residence is required at Stanford University.
URL: http://ceas.stanford.edu/funding/postdoc.php

 

Tulane University
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Humanities

DEADLINE: January 20, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: Candidates must have received the Ph.D. by June 30, 2010, and not before September 1, 2006. They must demonstrate successful teaching experience and an interesting and exciting research agenda. Preference may be given to applicants who intend to make use of Tulane's and New Orleans' rich cultural and archival resources, such as the Amistad Research Center, the Hogan Jazz Archive, the Newcomb Center for Research on Women, the Southeastern Architectural Archive, the Latin American Library, the Historic New Orleans Collection, the Louisiana State Museum, and the New Orleans Public Library.
ABSTRACT: The School of Liberal Arts at Tulane University invites applications for a contract as Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities beginning in August 2010. Fellows will be assigned to one of six departments within the School of Liberal Arts: Communication, English, French and Italian, History, Philosophy, or Spanish and Portuguese. Fellows will teach mid- and upper-level courses in their field of expertise, and these courses will be cross-listed with one or more of four interdisciplinary programs: African and African Diaspora Studies, American Studies, Asian Studies, and Jewish Studies. The teaching load will be one course per semester, with the remainder of the fellows' time devoted to strengthening their research profiles. Fellows must be in residence at Tulane during the tenure of their fellowship.
URL: http://h-net.org/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=39536

 

Ohio State University
Mershon Center for International Security Studies
Postdoctoral Fellowships

DEADLINE: January 29, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: The program is open to scholars who have received their doctoral degree in the past five years from institutions other than Ohio State University
ABSTRACT: Each year the Mershon Center for International Security Studies hosts outstanding scholars with a variety of research interests for one-year residential fellowships. The mission of the Mershon Center is to advance the understanding of national security in a global context. One key way the center accomplishes this mission is by supporting research projects in three core dimensions of national security: 1. The use of force and diplomacy; 2. The ideas, identities, and decisional processes that affect security; 3. The institutions that manage violent conflict.
URL: http://mershoncenter.osu.edu/grants/fellowships/post_doc.htm

 

Emory University
Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry
Junior and Postdoctoral Fellowships
DEADLINE: February 18, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: Junior Fellows are scholars who, at the beginning of the fellowship year, will be at least three years beyond receipt of the Ph.D., and normally no more than ten. Post-Doctoral Fellows, who must have the Ph.D. in hand before the submission of their applications, are awarded to those who have held the Ph.D. for no more than three years before receiving the fellowship. Fellows will be expected to be in residence full-time during both terms of the regular academic year.
ABSTRACT: Emory University's Center for Humanistic Inquiry announces fellowships for an academic year of study, teaching, and residence in the center. The purpose of the 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. In addition, the program was created to allow the Emory community access to a range of humanistic work by visiting scholars from other institutions.
URL: http://www.chi.emory.edu/fellowships/index.html#3

 

American Philosophical Society
Phillips Fund Grant for Native American Research

DEADLINE: March 1, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: The committee prefers to support the work of younger scholars who have received the doctorate.
ABSTRACT: The fund provides grants for research in Native American linguistics, ethnohistory, and the history of studies of Native Americans, in the continental United States and Canada. Grants are not made for projects in archaeology, ethnography, psycholinguistics, or for the preparation of pedagogical materials. The committee distinguishes ethnohistory from contemporary ethnography as the study of cultures and culture change through time.
URL: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/phillips

 

Association for the Sociology of Religion
Fichter Research Grants

DEADLINE: March 1, 2010 –ANTICIPATED DEADLINE
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.
ABSTRACT: Applications are invited 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; (2) religion and poverty.
URL: http://www.sociologyofreligion.com/FICHEXLP2004.html

 

Leo Baeck Institute
Career Development Fellowship

DEADLINE: March 1, 2010
ABSTRACT: The LBI is offering a career development award as a personal grant to a scholar or professional in an early career stage, e.g., before gaining tenure in an academic institution or its equivalent, whose proposed work would deal with topics within the LBI's mission, namely historical or cultural issues of the Jewish experience in German-speaking lands. The award is intended to provide for such costs as obtaining scholarly material, temporary research assistance, travel, and summer stipend for nontenured academics.
URL: http://www.lbi.org/career.html

 

New York Academy of Medicine
Research Fellowship in the History of Medicine

DEADLINE: March 1, 2010 –ANTICIPATED DEADLINE
ELIGIBILITY: 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 Klemperer 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

 

Religious Research Association
Jacquet Research Awards

DEADLINE: April 1, 2010 –ANTICIPATED DEADLINE
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants are required to be members of the RRA and must have held 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. The committee especially encourages proposal submissions from scholars who are in the early stages of their careers. Applied, client-centered projects are given priority, but basic research is also regularly funded. Funding may be used for research expenses and release time, but not for supplemental income or capital equipment.
URL: http://rra.hartsem.edu/constant.htm