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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.

RESIDENCIES AT RESEARCH CENTERS

(by deadline)


Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton University

Visiting Scholars Program
DEADLINE: November 15, 2009 –ANTICIPATED DEADLINE
ELIGIBILITY: Applications are welcome from political scientists and scholars in related social science disciplines at any career stage from "all but dissertation" to senior faculty.
ABSTRACT: The Center supports empirical research on democratic political processes and institutions, with a particular focus on the relationship between democratic theory and democratic practice. Applications are welcome from political scientists and scholars in related social science disciplines at any career stage from "all but dissertation" to senior faculty. Each visitor will pursue research and contribute to the intellectual life of the Center, the Department of Politics, and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
URL: http://web.princeton.edu/sites/wws/csdp/application.html

Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies at the University of Virginia

Predoctoral Residential Research and Teaching Fellowships
DEADLINE: December 1, 2009
ELIGIBILITY: The competition for the Woodson Institute fellowship is open to qualified candidates without restriction as to citizenship or current residence. Applicants for the predoctoral fellowships must have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. except the dissertation prior to August 1, 2010.
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 predoctoral research fellowship. The predoctoral fellow must be in residence at the University of Virginia for the duration of the award period. Fellows are expected to make periodic presentations of their work to the Woodson fellows and the larger academic community.
URL: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/woodson/fellowship/predoc.html

Freie Universitat Berlin

Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies
DEADLINE: December 1, 2009
ELIGIBILITY: The program accepts applications from U.S. and Canadian nationals or permanent residents. Applicants for a dissertation fellowship must be full-time graduate students who have completed all coursework required for the Ph.D. and must have achieved ABD (all but dissertation) status by the time the proposed research stay in Berlin begins. Applicants should show German fluency adequate to complete the project and participate in the seminar at the Freie Universitat Berlin, which is conducted in German.
ABSTRACT: The Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies was established at the Freie Universitat Berlin to provide 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. Fellows have access to Berlin's broader intellectual community and extensive libraries.
URL: http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~bprogram/

German Historical Institute

Transatlantic Doctoral Seminar
DEADLINE: December 1, 2009
ELIGIBILITY: GHI accepts applications from doctoral students whose dissertations are at an advanced stage but who will be granted their degrees after June in the year of the seminar.
CITIZENSHIP: Europe; United States
ABSTRACT: The seminar brings together young scholars from Europe and North America who are nearing completion of their doctoral degrees. The institute plans to invite eight doctoral students from each side of the Atlantic to discuss their research projects. The organizers welcome proposals on any aspect of German history from 1945 to 1990. Doctoral students working in related disciplines, such as art history, legal history or the history of science, are also encouraged to apply, as are students working on comparative projects or on the history of Austria or German-speaking Switzerland. The discussions will be based on papers (in German or English) submitted in advance of the conference. The seminar will be conducted bilingually, in German and English.
URL: http://www.ghi-dc.org/index.php

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Eastern European Studies Short-Term Grants
DEADLINE: December 1, 2009; March 1, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: These 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.
ABSTRACT: With funding provided by Title VIII (the Act for Research and Training for Eastern Europe and Independent States of Former Soviet Union), EES 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/index.cfm

John Carter Brown Library at Brown University

Short-Term Fellowships
DEADLINE: January 10, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: These fellowships are open to Americans and foreign nationals who are engaged in pre- or postdoctoral, or independent, research. Graduate students must have passed their preliminary or general examinations at the time of application.
ABSTRACT: The John Carter Brown Library is an independently administered and funded center for advanced research in history and the humanities located on the campus of Brown University. Sponsorship of research at the JCB is reserved exclusively for scholars whose work is centered on the colonial history of the Americas, North and South, including all aspects of the European, African, and Native American involvement. Recipients of all fellowships are expected to relocate to Providence and to be in continuous residence at the JCB for the entire term of the award.
URL: http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/John_Carter_Brown_Library

Stanford University

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Predoctoral Fellowships in International Security
DEADLINE: February 1, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: Fellowships are available to Ph.D. candidates who have made substantial progress toward the completion of their dissertation. The center invites applications from a variety of areas of expertise, including anthropology, economics, history, law, political science, sociology, medicine, and the natural and physical sciences. Stanford University encourages women and minority applicants.
ABSTRACT: CISAC offers predoctoral fellowships for concentrated study in a multidisciplinary environment. Fellows spend the academic year at Stanford University, where they participate in seminars and interact with each other as well as faculty and researchers. They are expected to produce a research product (e.g., dissertation chapters, draft articles, a book manuscript). The center considers applicants working within a broad range of topics related to peace and international security.
URL: http://cisac.stanford.edu/fellowships/

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/

University of Pennsylvania

McNeil Center for Early American Studies
Barra Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
DEADLINE: March 1, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: Doctoral candidates from any Ph.D.-granting institution who are in the research or writing stage of the dissertation are eligible to compete for these fellowships.
ABSTRACT: The Barra Foundation Fellowship is designed primarily for candidates specializing in Early American art or material culture. All McNeil Center fellows are expected to be in residence in Philadelphia during the academic year and to participate regularly in the center's program of seminars and other activities. Any project dealing with the histories and cultures of North America in the Atlantic world before 1850 will be considered. Proposals dependent on the use of Philadelphia-area archives and libraries are particularly welcome. Applications are encouraged from students of all relevant disciplines, including African American studies, American studies, anthropology, economics, folklore, gender studies, history, law, literature, music, political science, religion, urban studies, and women’s studies.
URL: http://www.mceas.org/dissertationfellowships.htm

University of Pennsylvania

McNeil Center for Early American Studies
E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Fellowship in Early American Religious Studies
DEADLINE: March 1, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: Doctoral candidates from any Ph.D.-granting institution who are in the research or writing stage of the dissertation are eligible to compete for these fellowships.
ABSTRACT: The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Fellowship in Early American Religious Studies is open to Ph.D. candidates in any discipline who are in the research or writing phase of a dissertation on any aspect of religion in North America in the Atlantic world before 1850. All McNeil Center fellows are expected to be in residence in Philadelphia during the academic year and to participate regularly in the center's program of seminars and other activities. Any project dealing with the histories and cultures of North America in the Atlantic world before 1850 will be considered. Proposals dependent on the use of Philadelphia-area archives and libraries are particularly welcome. Applications are encouraged from students of all relevant disciplines, including African American studies, American studies, anthropology, economics, folklore, gender studies, history, law, literature, music, political science, religion, urban studies, and women's studies.
URL: http://www.mceas.org/dissertationfellowships.htm

Lemmermann Foundation

Lemmermann Foundation Scholarship Awards
DEADLINE: March 15, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants should be students holding a B.A. or M.S. who are attending a recognized university course and have a basic knowledge of the Italian language.
ABSTRACT: The foundation awards scholarships to university students who need to study in Rome to carry out research and prepare their theses concerning Rome and the Roman culture from the pre-Roman period to the present day in classical studies. The scholarships are reserved for humanities and classics scholars only, and are not applicable to language study.
URL: http://www.nexus.it/lemmermann/

Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives

Fellowship Program
DEADLINE: March 18, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be conducting serious research in some area relating to the history of North American Jewry. Typically, fellowships will be awarded to postdoctoral candidates, Ph.D. candidates who are completing dissertations, and senior or independent scholars.
ABSTRACT: The fellowship program supports 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. The program will support serious research in some area relating to the history of North American jewry.
URL: http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/programs_fellowship.php