Support Services

Fellowship and Grant Opportunities
for Faculty

Humanities and Social Sciences
Deadlines: February 2008 - July 2008


  • Fellowships (Stipend Only)


FELLOWSHIPS (STIPEND ONLY)

(by deadline)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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