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Fellowship and Grant Opportunities
for Graduate Students

Humanities and Social Sciences

Deadlines: November 2009 – march 2010

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

RESEARCH FUNDING WITHOUT A STIPEND

(by deadline)

Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies

Dissertation Grants for Graduate Students
DEADLINE: November 15, 2009 –ANTICIPATED DEADLINE
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be current AABS members, be enrolled currently in a Ph.D. program, and have completed all requirements for a Ph.D. except the dissertation.
ABSTRACT: The AABS invites applications for grants to support doctoral dissertation research and write-up in any field of Baltic Studies. Proposals will be evaluated according to the scholarly potential of the applicant, and the quality and scholarly importance of the proposed work, especially to the development of Baltic Studies.
URL: http://www.balticstudies-aabs.org/grants-dissertation.html

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library

Grants-in-Aid
DEADLINE: November 15, 2009
ABSTRACT: Grants-in-Aid are awarded to support research on the "Roosevelt Years" and clearly related subjects. The awards are made to assist scholars in conducting research at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, New York. Grants are intended especially to assist younger scholars, and scholars from the emerging democracies and the Third World. Priority is given to proposals that utilize library resources, and which have the greatest likelihood of publication.
URL: http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu

Canadian Embassy—Washington, D.C.

Canadian Studies Grant Program
Doctoral Student Research Award / Graduate Student Fellowship Program
DEADLINE: December 1, 2009
ELIGIBILITY: This program is intended for doctoral students at accredited U.S. and Canadian four-year colleges and universities whose dissertations are related in substantial part to the study of Canada or Canada-U.S. relations. Candidates must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States and should have completed all doctoral requirements except the dissertation when they apply for a grant.
ABSTRACT: The award promotes research that contributes to a better knowledge and understanding of Canada, its relationship with the United States, and its international affairs. The award is designed to give doctoral students an opportunity to conduct part of their research in Canada. The program welcomes submissions from all fields in the social sciences and humanities. The Canadian Embassy is particularly interested in projects that have policy relevance for Canada-U.S. relations. Topics that are highly relevant to Canada-U.S. relations include smart and secure borders; North American economic competitiveness; regulatory cooperation; Canada-U.S. trade and investment partnership; energy security and sustainability; environmental sustainability; emergency planning and management; Canada-U.S. security and defense cooperation; Canada in Afghanistan; global health policy; and changing demographics in North America. The program strongly encourages projects that include collaboration with researchers at Canadian institutions.
URL: http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/washington/studies-etudes

American Institute for Maghrib Studies

Grants Program for U.S. Citizens
DEADLINE: December 31, 2009 –ANTICIPATED DEADLINE
ELIGIBILITY: Graduate students currently enrolled in an M.A. or Ph.D. program are eligible to apply. All applicants must be U.S. citizens and members of AIMS at the time of application. Recipients of AIMS awards in either of the two previous funding cycles are ineligible to apply.
ABSTRACT: The program offers grants to U.S. scholars interested in conducting research on North Africa in any Maghrib country, specifically Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, or Mauritania. These awards are made possible through grants from the U.S. Department of State.
URL: http://aimsnorthafrica.org/fellowships/lstuscitz_grants.cfm?menu=2

American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Cotsen Traveling Fellowship for Research in Greece
DEADLINE: January 15, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: Graduate students may apply. The school is open to qualified students and scholars at colleges or universities in the U.S. or Canada unless otherwise noted. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, sex, sexual orientation, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, or disability when considering admission to any form of membership.
ABSTRACT: The Gennadius Library offers the Cotsen Traveling Fellowship, a short-term grant awarded once a year for scholars and graduate students pursuing research topics that require the use of the Gennadeion collections. The recipient is expected to take part in the activities of the library and of the school in addition to pursuing research.
URL: http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/admission-membership/grants/

American Institute of Pakistan Studies

Fellowship Program
DEADLINE: February 1, 2010 –ANTICIPATED DEADLINE
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be U.S. citizens or be enrolled in an institution of higher education in the USA. Predoctoral applicants should have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. except the dissertation.
ABSTRACT: Applications are invited for research fellowships at the predoctoral or postdoctoral level for short-term research projects. Funds may be used for research on materials relating to the history and culture of Pakistan in any country except Pakistan and the USA.
URL: http://www.pakistanstudies-a ips.org/English/fellowships.htm

University of Texas, Austin

Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
Dissertation Fellowships
DEADLINE: February 1, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: Fellowships are designated for graduate students who are working on doctoral dissertations. United States citizens and foreign nationals are eligible to apply.
ABSTRACT: The Harry Ransom Center announces its 2010-2011 Research Fellowship program. The Ransom Center awards fellowships to support scholarly research projects in all areas of the humanities, including literature, photography, film, art, the performing arts, music, and cultural history. Six fellowships jointly sponsored by the Ransom Center and The University of Texas at Austin Office of Graduate Studies are designated for graduate students who are working on doctoral dissertations.
URL: http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fellowships/application/

American Historical Association

Research Grants
DEADLINE: February 15, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: Only AHA members are eligible to apply. Grants are intended to further research already in progress. Preference is given to advanced doctoral students and junior faculty.
ABSTRACT: Grants in four categories are awarded annually: Albert J. Beveridge Grant: supports research in the history of the Western hemisphere; Michael Kraus Grant: supports research in colonial American history, with particular reference to the intercultural aspects of American and European relations; Littleton-Griswold Grant: supports research in U.S. legal history and the field of law and society: Bernadotte Schmitt Grants: support research in the history of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
URL: http://www.historians.org/prizes/Grants.htm

American Philosophical Society

Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research
DEADLINE: February 15, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: Grants will be available to doctoral students. The competition is open to U.S. residents wishing to carry out research anywhere in the world. Foreign applicants must either be based at a U.S. institution or plan to carry out their work in the United States.
ABSTRACT: The fund encourages exploratory field studies for the collection of specimens and data and to provide the imaginative stimulus that accompanies direct observation. Applications are invited from disciplines with a large dependence on field studies, such as archeology, anthropology, biology, ecology, geography, geology, linguistics, and paleontology, but grants will not be restricted to these fields.
URL: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/lewisandclark

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. Applications are also accepted from graduate students for research on master's theses or doctoral dissertations.
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

Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University

Charles Redd Fellowship Award in Western American History
DEADLINE: March 15, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants with a general scholarly interest in Mountain West history are encouraged to apply.
ABSTRACT: Fellowship awards will be made on an annual basis to students and scholars interested in pursuing research on the Mountain West in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections, which hold extensive manuscript materials documenting 19th and 20th century western American history. Manuscript collections number more than 9,000; almost one million photographic images are held by the L. Tom Perry Collections; and more than 300,000 rare books are available for use. Awards are to be used for scholarly projects including preparation of seminar papers, theses, dissertations, monographs, and book-length projects.
URL: http://reddcenter.byu.edu/Awards/Fellowship.dhtml