Grants & Research Resources: A Regional Listing
The following list of external funding & resources for research, scholarship and teaching is designed primarially for faculty, post-doctoral researchers and staff, although some opportunities and awards are also available to advanced-level graduate students.
Alphabetical Listing of All Grants & Funding
Center for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia HIV Corps
In 2004, the Center for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) started HIV Corps, a program to involve volunteers in international HIV care and prevention initiatives. Over the past 4 years, CIDRZ has become a key collaborator in the expansion of HIV health services and HIV research in Zambia. The program will last 10-12 months (with allowances made for medical school interviews if needed). We are currently looking for program assistants to help expand HIV care and treatment services. Assignments are based on individual interests and programmatic needs. Volunteers receive a monthly stipend of $1000 to cover: (1) basic living expenses and (2) international airfare to Zambia. Housing; costs related to program activities; and local and emergency evacuation insurance will also be provided.
Documenting Endangered Languages Funding from the National Science Foundation, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities, will support fieldwork and other activities relevant to recording, documenting, and archiving endangered languages, including the preparation of lexicons, grammars, text samples, and databases.
The Fulbright Program provides grants for graduate students, scholars and professionals, as well as teachers and administrators from the U.S. and other countries. Fulbright is sponsored by the United States Government.
The Fulbright New Century Scholars Program seeks to create a platform for collaborative thinking and analysis by combining the traditional Fulbright research exchange experience with a series of three seminar meetings and ongoing communication among the multinational and multidisciplinary participants. At the end of the program year, NCS Scholars will again convene to share the results of their individual research and collaborative engagement and to develop a set of recommendations for initiatives that will translate the results of their collaborative thinking into tangible impact on the local, regional or global level.
Fullbright-Hays Doctoral Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program provides grants to colleges and universities to fund individual faculty members to maintain and improve their area studies and language skills by conducting research abroad for periods of 6 to 12 months.
Fulbright Group Projects Abroad Program supports overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies by teachers, students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Projects may include short-term seminars, curriculum development, group research or study, or advanced language programs. Projects must focus on the humanities, social sciences, or languages and must concentrate on one or more of the following areas: Africa, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States and Canada), East Central Europe and Eurasia, and the Near East .
Fulbright Seminars Abroad Program provides short-term study/travel seminars abroad for U.S. educators in the social sciences and humanities to improve their understanding and knowledge of the people and culture of another country or countries. There are approximately seven to ten seminars with 14 to 16 participants in each seminar annually. Seminars are four to six weeks in duration.
Fulbright Programs for US Scholars
The traditional Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. The Fulbright Senior Specialist Program is designed to provide short-term academic opportunities (two to six weeks) for U.S. faculty and professionals.
HED – Higher Education for Development
The Higher Education for Development (HED) program office promotes higher education's engagement in social and economic development through institutional and human capacity building in developing countries. If your work, study or research is related to this topic, please visit HED’s website to learn how you can get involved.
IREX – International Research and Exchanges Board
IREX is an international nonprofit organization providing leadership and innovative programs to improve the quality of education, strengthen independent media, and foster pluralistic civil society development. IREX facilitates the international exchange of students, scholars, and professionals through educational advising, standardized testing, study, research, and internships abroad, and fellowship administration.
National Academies Fellowships and Post-Doc Opportunities
The National Academies -- a comprehensive portal to the National Academy of Science, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council -- offer several different fellowships in science, engineering and medicine. Information on eligibility guidelines and application deadlines is available on specific programs' Web sites.
Project HOPE entertains programs in Africa, Asia, and the Americas aiming at providing Health Opportunities for People Everywhere (HOPE). There are employment, funding and volunteer opportunities for professionals in a variety of medical fields.
Open Society Institute & Soros Foundation Network (OIS)
OSI initiatives award grants, scholarships, and fellowships for individuals and institutions in all regions of the world on a regular basis throughout the year. Applicants can determine their eligibility and view relevant initiatives and application guidelines by searching the research link above by region or initiative.
National Research Council: The Research Associateship Programs
These programs administer Postdoctoral (within 5 years of the doctorate) and Senior (normally 5 years or more beyond the doctorate) Research Awards sponsored by federal laboratories at over one hundred locations in the United States and overseas and are given for the purpose of conducting research in areas that are of interest to them and to the host laboratories and centers.
Unless noted otherwise, all Smithsonian fellowships (graduate, pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, senior) opportunities are open to non-U.S. citizens.
U.S. National Institutes of Health – John E. Fogarty International Center
This is a directory of grants and fellowships in the global health sciences. Since 1988, the Fogarty International Center, part of the National Institutes of Health, has published the Directory of International Grants and Fellowships in the Health Sciences, a comprehensive compilation of international funding opportunities in biomedical and behavioral research. It includes nearly 500 funding opportunities related to biomedical and behavioral sciences, with a special emphasis on researchers in the developing world and their collaborators. An addendum listing 100 grants specifically for short-term travel and exchange is also available.
Drawing upon extensive contacts throughout industry, media, government, and non-profit institutions in Russia, the Alfa Fellowship Program will place participants in professional assignments at leading Russian institutions in business, media, and civil society. US citizenship, 25-35 years of age at time of application, and at least beginning Russian are required for eligibility. A graduate degree and professional experience in business, economics, journalism/mass communications, international relations, political science, government, or public policy will further your application.
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
This is an international non-profit organization working to advance education, research, and mutual understanding across the United States, Canada and the nations of Southeastern Europe, Eurasia, and South Asia. American Councils designs, implements, and supports innovative programs in education, professional development, and scholarly research. Founded in 1974 as an association for area and language professionals, American Councils has focused its expertise on academic exchange, professional training, distance learning, curriculum and test development, delivery of technical assistance, research, evaluation, and institution building. US citizenship is required to apply.
See in particular the following programs:
Title VIII Research Scholar Program
This American Councils program provides full support for graduate students, faculty, and independent scholars seeking to conduct research for three to nine months in Belarus, Central Asia, Russia, the South Caucasus, Ukraine, and Moldova. Scholars may apply for support for research in more than one country during a single trip, provided they intend to work in the field for a total of three to nine months. Advanced language skills and US citizenship/permanent residency are required.
Title VIII Combined Research and Language Training Program
Offers research and advanced language instruction opportunities in Russia, Central Asia, the Southern Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova.
Title VIII Special Initiatives Fellowship Program
Provides grants of up to $35,000 for field research on policy-relevant topics in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Eurasian Regional Language Program
Provides graduate students, advanced undergraduates, scholars, and professionals the unique opportunity to study the languages of the independent states of the former Soviet Union in an overseas, immersion setting for a summer, semester or academic year.
National Endowment for the Humanities & National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Grant
Fellowships provide up to $40,000 for four to nine months of research in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. The merit-based competition is open to all U.S. post-doctoral scholars in the humanities and most social sciences, including modern and classical languages, history, linguistics, literature, jurisprudence, philosophy, archaeology, comparative religion, sociology, and ethics.
Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program (RLASP)
American Councils' longest-running study abroad program provides intensive Russian-language immersion for US undergraduate and graduate students in Russia.
Documenting Endangered Languages Funding from the National Science Foundation, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities, will support fieldwork and other activities relevant to recording, documenting, and archiving endangered languages, including the preparation of lexicons, grammars, text samples, and databases.
Echoing Green Public Service Fellowships
Funding to conduct public service projects anywhere in the world for up to two years of support. Open to non-U.S. Citizens.
The Fulbright Program provides grants for Graduate Students, scholars and professionals, as well as teachers and administrators from the U.S. and other countries. Fulbright is sponsored by the United States Government.
The Fulbright New Century Scholars Program seeks to create a platform for collaborative thinking and analysis by combining the traditional Fulbright research exchange experience with a series of three seminar meetings and ongoing communication among the multinational and multidisciplinary participants. At the end of the program year, NCS Scholars will again convene to share the results of their individual research and collaborative engagement and to develop a set of recommendations for initiatives that will translate the results of their collaborative thinking into tangible impact on the local, regional or global level.
Fullbright-Hays Doctoral Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program provides grants to colleges and universities to fund individual faculty members to maintain and improve their area studies and language skills by conducting research abroad for periods of 6 to 12 months.
Fulbright Group Projects Abroad Program supports overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies by teachers, students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Projects may include short-term seminars, curriculum development, group research or study, or advanced language programs. Projects must focus on the humanities, social sciences, or languages and must concentrate on one or more of the following areas: Africa, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States and Canada), East Central Europe and Eurasia, and the Near East .
Fulbright Seminars Abroad Program provides short-term study/travel seminars abroad for U.S. educators in the social sciences and humanities to improve their understanding and knowledge of the people and culture of another country or countries. There are approximately seven to ten seminars with 14 to 16 participants in each seminar annually. Seminars are four to six weeks in duration.
Fulbright Programs for US Scholars
The traditional Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. The Fulbright Senior Specialist Program is designed to provide short-term academic opportunities (two to six weeks) for U.S. faculty and professionals.
HED – Higher Education for Development
The Higher Education for Development (HED) program office promotes higher education's engagement in social and economic development through institutional and human capacity building in developing countries. If your work, study or research is related to this topic, please visit HED’s website to learn how you can get involved.
IREX – International Research and Exchanges Board
IREX is an international nonprofit organization providing leadership and innovative programs to improve the quality of education, strengthen independent media, and foster pluralistic civil society development. IREX facilitates the international exchange of students, scholars, and professionals through educational advising, standardized testing, study, research, and internships abroad, and fellowship administration.
IREX Small Grants Fund for the Middle East and North Africa
Grants between $2,500 and $10,000 for projects to support civil society organizations, education professionals, media, and journalists in the Middle East and North Africa. Open to non-U.S. Citizens.
National Academies Fellowships and Post-Doc Opportunities
The National Academies -- a comprehensive portal to the National Academy of Science, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council -- offer several different fellowships in science, engineering and medicine. Information on eligibility guidelines and application deadlines is available on specific programs' Web sites.
Project HOPE entertains programs in Africa, Asia, and the Americas aiming at providing Health Opportunities for People Everywhere (HOPE). There are employment, funding and volunteer opportunities for professionals in a variety of medical fields.
Open Society Institute & Soros Foundation Network (OIS)
OSI initiatives award grants, scholarships, and fellowships for individuals and institutions in all regions of the world on a regular basis throughout the year. Applicants can determine their eligibility and view relevant initiatives and application guidelines by searching the research link above by region or initiative.
Unless noted otherwise, all Smithsonian fellowships (graduate, pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, senior) opportunities are open to non-U.S. citizens.
The foundation seeks to improve the science infrastructure in Vietnam. Fellowships are provided to Vietnamese students who wish to pursue graduate degrees in fields of science in the United States.
AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, & OCEANIA
Documenting Endangered Languages Funding from the National Science Foundation, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities, will support fieldwork and other activities relevant to recording, documenting, and archiving endangered languages, including the preparation of lexicons, grammars, text samples, and databases.
Echoing Green Public Service Fellowships
Funding to conduct public service projects anywhere in the world. For up to two years of support. Open to non-U.S. Citizens.
The Fulbright Program provides grants for Graduate Students, scholars and professionals, as well as teachers and administrators from the U.S. and other countries. Fulbright is sponsored by the United States Government.
The Fulbright New Century Scholars Program seeks to create a platform for collaborative thinking and analysis by combining the traditional Fulbright research exchange experience with a series of three seminar meetings and ongoing communication among the multinational and multidisciplinary participants. At the end of the program year, NCS Scholars will again convene to share the results of their individual research and collaborative engagement and to develop a set of recommendations for initiatives that will translate the results of their collaborative thinking into tangible impact on the local, regional or global level.
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program provides grants to colleges and universities to fund individual faculty members to maintain and improve their area studies and language skills by conducting research abroad for periods of 6 to 12 months.
Fulbright Group Projects Abroad Program supports overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies by teachers, students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Projects may include short-term seminars, curriculum development, group research or study, or advanced language programs. Projects must focus on the humanities, social sciences, or languages and must concentrate on one or more of the following areas: Africa, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States and Canada), East Central Europe and Eurasia, and the Near East .
Fulbright Seminars Abroad Program provides short-term study/travel seminars abroad for U.S. educators in the social sciences and humanities to improve their understanding and knowledge of the people and culture of another country or countries. There are approximately seven to ten seminars with 14 to 16 participants in each seminar annually. Seminars are four to six weeks in duration.
Fulbright Programs for US Scholars
The traditional Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. The Fulbright Senior Specialist Program is designed to provide short-term academic opportunities (two to six weeks) for U.S. faculty and professionals.
HED – Higher Education for Development
The Higher Education for Development (HED) program office promotes higher education's engagement in social and economic development through institutional and human capacity building in developing countries. If your work, study or research is related to this topic, please visit HED’s website to learn how you can get involved.
National Academies Fellowships and Post-Doc Opportunities
The National Academies -- a comprehensive portal to the National Academy of Science, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council -- offer several different fellowships in science, engineering and medicine. Information on eligibility guidelines and application deadlines is available on specific programs' Web sites.
National Research Council: The Research Associateship Programs
These programs administer Postdoctoral (within 5 years of the doctorate) and Senior (normally 5 years or more beyond the doctorate) Research Awards sponsored by federal laboratories at over one hundred locations in the United States and overseas and are given for the purpose of conducting research in areas that are of interest to them and to the host laboratories and centers.
Unless noted otherwise, all Smithsonian fellowships (graduate, pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, senior) opportunities are open to non-U.S. citizens.
U.S. National Institutes of Health – John E. Fogarty International Center
A directory of grants and fellowships in the global health sciences. Since 1988, the Fogarty International Center, part of the National Institutes of Health, has published the Directory of International Grants and Fellowships in the Health Sciences, a comprehensive compilation of international funding opportunities in biomedical and behavioral research. It includes nearly 500 funding opportunities related to biomedical and behavioral sciences, with a special emphasis on researchers in the developing world and their collaborators. An addendum listing 100 grants specifically for short-term travel and exchange is also available.
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
This is an international non-profit organization working to advance education, research, and mutual understanding across the United States, Canada and the nations of Southeastern Europe, Eurasia, and South Asia. American Councils designs, implements, and supports innovative programs in education, professional development, and scholarly research. Founded in 1974 as an association for area and language professionals, American Councils has focused its expertise on academic exchange, professional training, distance learning, curriculum and test development, delivery of technical assistance, research, evaluation, and institution building. US citizenship is required to apply.
See in particular the following programs:
Title VIII Southeast European Research Programs
Provides full support for research in Southeast Europe. Open to U.S. graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and faculty.
Title VIII Southeast European Language Program
Offers international travel, housing, living stipends, visas, tuition, insurance, and affiliation fees for one to nine months of intensive language study at major universities throughout Southeast Europe. Open to U.S. students at the MA and Ph.D. level, as well as faculty and post-doctoral scholars.
National Endowment for the Humanities & National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Grant
Fellowships provide up to $40,000 for four to nine months of research in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. The merit-based competition is open to all U.S. post-doctoral scholars in the humanities and most social sciences, including modern and classical languages, history, linguistics, literature, jurisprudence, philosophy, archaeology, comparative religion, sociology, and ethics.
The DAAD is a publicly-funded independent organization of higher education institutions in Germany. They provide information from 14 international offices as well as financial support to over 50,000 highly-qualified students and faculty per year for international research and study. Available to undergraduates, graduates, PhD and postdocs as well as to faculty in almost all academic fields.
Documenting Endangered Languages Funding from the National Science Foundation, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities, will support fieldwork and other activities relevant to recording, documenting, and archiving endangered languages, including the preparation of lexicons, grammars, text samples, and databases.
Echoing Green Public Service Fellowships
Funding to conduct public service projects anywhere in the world for up to two years of support. Open to non-U.S. Citizens.
The Fulbright Program provides grants for Graduate Students, scholars and professionals, as well as teachers and administrators from the U.S. and other countries. Fulbright is sponsored by the United States Government.
The Fulbright New Century Scholars Program seeks to create a platform for collaborative thinking and analysis by combining the traditional Fulbright research exchange experience with a series of three seminar meetings and ongoing communication among the multinational and multidisciplinary participants. At the end of the program year, NCS Scholars will again convene to share the results of their individual research and collaborative engagement and to develop a set of recommendations for initiatives that will translate the results of their collaborative thinking into tangible impact on the local, regional or global level.
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program provides grants to colleges and universities to fund individual faculty members to maintain and improve their area studies and language skills by conducting research abroad for periods of 6 to 12 months.
Fulbright Group Projects Abroad Program supports overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies by teachers, students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Projects may include short-term seminars, curriculum development, group research or study, or advanced language programs. Projects must focus on the humanities, social sciences, or languages and must concentrate on one or more of the following areas: Africa, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States and Canada), East Central Europe and Eurasia, and the Near East .
Fulbright Seminars Abroad Program provides short-term study/travel seminars abroad for U.S. educators in the social sciences and humanities to improve their understanding and knowledge of the people and culture of another country or countries. There are approximately seven to ten seminars with 14 to 16 participants in each seminar annually. Seminars are four to six weeks in duration.
Fulbright Programs for US Scholars
The traditional Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. The Fulbright Senior Specialist Program is designed to provide short-term academic opportunities (two to six weeks) for U.S. faculty and professionals.
HED – Higher Education for Development
The Higher Education for Development (HED) program office promotes higher education's engagement in social and economic development through institutional and human capacity building in developing countries. If your work, study or research is related to this topic, please visit HED’s website to learn how you can get involved.
Humboldt Research Fellowship Program
The Humboldt Research Fellowship Program supports highly qualified scholars of all nationalities and disciplines so that they may carry out long-term research projects in Germany. The Humboldt Research Fellowship program provides for a stay of 6 to 12 months in Germany for research. Applicants design their own research projects and select hosts at German institutions. Monthly stipends range from EUR 2,100 to 3,000; special allowances are available for accompanying family members, travel expenses, and German language instruction.
Fellowships for applicants outside Germany
Fellowships for German applicants
IREX – International Research and Exchanges Board
IREX is an international nonprofit organization providing leadership and innovative programs to improve the quality of education, strengthen independent media, and foster pluralistic civil society development. IREX facilitates the international exchange of students, scholars, and professionals through educational advising, standardized testing, study, research, and internships abroad, and fellowship administration.
Marshall Sherfield Fellowships
Designed to provide support for post-doctoral research at a British university or research institution. Candidates must be citizens of the United States normally resident in the United States and hold a doctorate in a science or engineering subject by the start of the award year. The fellowship provides airfare, stipend, and research funding.
National Academies Fellowships and Post-Doc Opportunities
The National Academies -- a comprehensive portal to the National Academy of Science, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council -- offer several different fellowships in science, engineering and medicine. Information on eligibility guidelines and application deadlines is available on specific programs' Web sites.
Open Society Institute & Soros Foundation Network (OIS)
OSI initiatives award grants, scholarships, and fellowships for individuals and institutions in all regions of the world on a regular basis throughout the year. Applicants can determine their eligibility and view relevant initiatives and application guidelines by searching the research link above by region or initiative.
National Research Council: The Research Associateship Programs
These programs administer Postdoctoral (within 5 years of the doctorate) and Senior (normally 5 years or more beyond the doctorate) Research Awards sponsored by federal laboratories at over one hundred locations in the United States and overseas and are given for the purpose of conducting research in areas that are of interest to them and to the host laboratories and centers.
Unless noted otherwise, all Smithsonian fellowships (graduate, pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, senior) opportunities are open to non-U.S. citizens.
Swiss Benevolent Society of New York Scholarships
Merit based awards for study at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels both in the U.S. and abroad. Open to Non-U.S. citizens.
U.S. National Institutes of Health – John E. Fogarty International Center
A directory of grants and fellowships in the global health sciences. Since 1988, the Fogarty International Center, part of the National Institutes of Health, has published the Directory of International Grants and Fellowships in the Health Sciences, a comprehensive compilation of international funding opportunities in biomedical and behavioral research. It includes nearly 500 funding opportunities related to biomedical and behavioral sciences, with a special emphasis on researchers in the developing world and their collaborators. An addendum listing 100 grants specifically for short-term travel and exchange is also available.
Documenting Endangered Languages Funding from the National Science Foundation, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities, will support fieldwork and other activities relevant to recording, documenting, and archiving endangered languages, including the preparation of lexicons, grammars, text samples, and databases.
Echoing Green Public Service Fellowships
Funding to conduct public service projects anywhere in the world for up to two years of support. Open to non-U.S. Citizens.
The Fulbright Program provides grants for Graduate Students, scholars and professionals, as well as teachers and administrators from the U.S. and other countries. Fulbright is sponsored by the United States Government.
The Fulbright New Century Scholars Program seeks to create a platform for collaborative thinking and analysis by combining the traditional Fulbright research exchange experience with a series of three seminar meetings and ongoing communication among the multinational and multidisciplinary participants. At the end of the program year, NCS Scholars will again convene to share the results of their individual research and collaborative engagement and to develop a set of recommendations for initiatives that will translate the results of their collaborative thinking into tangible impact on the local, regional or global level.
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program provides grants to colleges and universities to fund individual faculty members to maintain and improve their area studies and language skills by conducting research abroad for periods of 6 to 12 months.
Fulbright Group Projects Abroad Program supports overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies by teachers, students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Projects may include short-term seminars, curriculum development, group research or study, or advanced language programs. Projects must focus on the humanities, social sciences, or languages and must concentrate on one or more of the following areas: Africa, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States and Canada), East Central Europe and Eurasia, and the Near East .
Fulbright Seminars Abroad Program provides short-term study/travel seminars abroad for U.S. educators in the social sciences and humanities to improve their understanding and knowledge of the people and culture of another country or countries. There are approximately seven to ten seminars with 14 to 16 participants in each seminar annually. Seminars are four to six weeks in duration.
Fulbright Programs for US Scholars
The traditional Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. The Fulbright Senior Specialist Program is designed to provide short-term academic opportunities (two to six weeks) for U.S. faculty and professionals.
HED – Higher Education for Development
The Higher Education for Development (HED) program office promotes higher education's engagement in social and economic development through institutional and human capacity building in developing countries. If your work, study or research is related to this topic, please visit HED’s website to learn how you can get involved.
IREX – International Research and Exchanges Board
IREX is an international nonprofit organization providing leadership and innovative programs to improve the quality of education, strengthen independent media, and foster pluralistic civil society development. IREX facilitates the international exchange of students, scholars, and professionals through educational advising, standardized testing, study, research, and internships abroad, and fellowship administration.
IREX Small Grants Fund for the Middle East and North Africa
Grants between $2,500 and $10,000 for projects to support civil society organizations, education professionals, media, and journalists in the Middle East and North Africa. Open to non-U.S. Citizens.
National Academies Fellowships and Post-Doc Opportunities
The National Academies -- a comprehensive portal to the National Academy of Science, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council -- offer several different fellowships in science, engineering and medicine. Information on eligibility guidelines and application deadlines is available on specific programs' Web sites.
Open Society Institute & Soros Foundation Network (OIS)
OSI initiatives award grants, scholarships, and fellowships for individuals and institutions in all regions of the world on a regular basis throughout the year. Applicants can determine their eligibility and view relevant initiatives and application guidelines by searching the research link above by region or initiative.
Unless noted otherwise, all Smithsonian fellowships (graduate, pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, senior) opportunities are open to non-U.S. citizens.
U.S. National Institutes of Health – John E. Fogarty International Center
A directory of grants and fellowships in the global health sciences. Since 1988, the Fogarty International Center, part of the National Institutes of Health, has published the Directory of International Grants and Fellowships in the Health Sciences, a comprehensive compilation of international funding opportunities in biomedical and behavioral research. It includes nearly 500 funding opportunities related to biomedical and behavioral sciences, with a special emphasis on researchers in the developing world and their collaborators. An addendum listing 100 grants specifically for short-term travel and exchange is also available.
NORTH, CENTRAL, SOUTH AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
BARRA Foundation International Fellowships
Two one-month fellowships are available to support research in residence in their collections by foreign national scholars of early American history and culture living outside the US.
Documenting Endangered Languages Funding from the National Science Foundation, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities, will support fieldwork and other activities relevant to recording, documenting, and archiving endangered languages, including the preparation of lexicons, grammars, text samples, and databases.
Echoing Green Public Service Fellowships
Funding to conduct public service projects anywhere in the world for up to two years of support. Open to non-U.S. Citizens.
The Fulbright Program provides grants for Graduate Students, scholars and professionals, as well as teachers and administrators from the U.S. and other countries. Fulbright is sponsored by the United States Government.
Vanderbilt has established an extensive Fulbright Visiting Research Chairs Program in Canada, with awards, normally valued at US$ 25,000 for one semester, available in the following areas: Business, Trade and Finance; Education; Environment, Health and Sustainability; Governance, Peace and Security; Identity, Citizenship and Globalization; Law; Native Studies; and North American Studies.
Additional information on the Canadian research community
The Fulbright New Century Scholars Program seeks to create a platform for collaborative thinking and analysis by combining the traditional Fulbright research exchange experience with a series of three seminar meetings and ongoing communication among the multinational and multidisciplinary participants. At the end of the program year, NCS Scholars will again convene to share the results of their individual research and collaborative engagement and to develop a set of recommendations for initiatives that will translate the results of their collaborative thinking into tangible impact on the local, regional or global level.
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program provides grants to colleges and universities to fund individual faculty members to maintain and improve their area studies and language skills by conducting research abroad for periods of 6 to 12 months.
Fulbright Group Projects Abroad Program supports overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies by teachers, students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Projects may include short-term seminars, curriculum development, group research or study, or advanced language programs. Projects must focus on the humanities, social sciences, or languages and must concentrate on one or more of the following areas: Africa, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States and Canada), East Central Europe and Eurasia, and the Near East .
Fulbright Seminars Abroad Program provides short-term study/travel seminars abroad for U.S. educators in the social sciences and humanities to improve their understanding and knowledge of the people and culture of another country or countries. There are approximately seven to ten seminars with 14 to 16 participants in each seminar annually. Seminars are four to six weeks in duration.
Fulbright Programs for US Scholars
The traditional Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. The Fulbright Senior Specialist Program is designed to provide short-term academic opportunities (two to six weeks) for U.S. faculty and professionals.
HED – Higher Education for Development
The Higher Education for Development (HED) program office promotes higher education's engagement in social and economic development through institutional and human capacity building in developing countries. If your work, study or research is related to this topic, please visit HED’s website to learn how you can get involved.
National Academies Fellowships and Post-Doc Opportunities
The National Academies -- a comprehensive portal to the National Academy of Science, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council -- offer several different fellowships in science, engineering and medicine. Information on eligibility guidelines and application deadlines is available on specific programs' Web sites.
Fellowships & Scholarships promote educational opportunities for women. The P.E.O. Sisterhood proudly sponsors no less than five international philanthropies, or projects, designed to assist women with their educational goals.
Project HOPE entertains programs in Africa, Asia, and the Americas aiming at providing Health Opportunities for People Everywhere (HOPE). There are employment, funding and volunteer opportunities for professionals in a variety of medical fields.
Open Society Institute & Soros Foundation Network (OIS)
OSI initiatives award grants, scholarships, and fellowships for individuals and institutions in all regions of the world on a regular basis throughout the year. Applicants can determine their eligibility and view relevant initiatives and application guidelines by searching the research link above by region or initiative.
Unless noted otherwise, all Smithsonian fellowships (graduate, pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, senior) opportunities are open to non-U.S. citizens.
U.S. National Institutes of Health – John E. Fogarty International Center
A directory of grants and fellowships in the global health sciences. Since 1988, the Fogarty International Center, part of the National Institutes of Health, has published the Directory of International Grants and Fellowships in the Health Sciences, a comprehensive compilation of international funding opportunities in biomedical and behavioral research. It includes nearly 500 funding opportunities related to biomedical and behavioral sciences, with a special emphasis on researchers in the developing world and their collaborators. An addendum listing 100 grants specifically for short-term travel and exchange is also available.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Science and Technology Fellowship
The Fellowships help to establish and nurture critical links between federal decision-makers and scientific professionals to support public policy that benefits the well-being of the nation and the planet. The Fellowships are designed to educate scientists and engineers on the intricacies of federal policymaking; provide scientific expertise and analysis to support decision-makers confronting increasingly complex scientific and technical issues; foster positive exchange between scientists and policymakers; empower scientists and engineers to conduct policy-relevant research that addresses challenges facing society; and increase the involvement and visibility of scientists and engineers in the public policy realm. The Fellowships support the AAAS objectives to improve public policymaking through the infusion of science, and to increase public understanding of science and technology and are part of AAAS Science & Policy Programs.
Albert M. Greenfield Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
This fellowship supports dissertation research in residence at the Library Company of Philadelphia on any subject relevant to its collections. The term of the fellowship is from September 2007 to May 2008, with a stipend of $1,800 per month.
American Association of University Women – International Fellowships
International Fellowships are awarded for full-time study or research to women who are not United States citizens or permanent residents. Both graduate and postgraduate studies at accredited institutions are supported.
American Historical Association – Prizes and Fellowships
The American Historical Association (AHA) encompasses every historical period and geographical area and serves professional historians in all areas of employment. Membership required.
Documenting Endangered Languages Funding from the National Science Foundation, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities, will support fieldwork and other activities relevant to recording, documenting, and archiving endangered languages, including the preparation of lexicons, grammars, text samples, and databases.
Echoing Green Public Service Fellowships
Funding to conduct public service projects anywhere in the world for up to two years of support. Open to non-U.S. Citizens.
The Fulbright Program provides grants for Graduate Students, scholars and professionals, as well as teachers and administrators from the U.S. and other countries. Fulbright is sponsored by the United States Government.
The Fulbright New Century Scholars Program seeks to create a platform for collaborative thinking and analysis by combining the traditional Fulbright research exchange experience with a series of three seminar meetings and ongoing communication among the multinational and multidisciplinary participants. At the end of the program year, NCS Scholars will again convene to share the results of their individual research and collaborative engagement and to develop a set of recommendations for initiatives that will translate the results of their collaborative thinking into tangible impact on the local, regional or global level.
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program provides grants to colleges and universities to fund individual faculty members to maintain and improve their area studies and language skills by conducting research abroad for periods of 6 to 12 months.
Fulbright Group Projects Abroad Program supports overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies by teachers, students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Projects may include short-term seminars, curriculum development, group research or study, or advanced language programs. Projects must focus on the humanities, social sciences, or languages and must concentrate on one or more of the following areas: Africa, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States and Canada), East Central Europe and Eurasia, and the Near East .
Fulbright Seminars Abroad Program provides short-term study/travel seminars abroad for U.S. educators in the social sciences and humanities to improve their understanding and knowledge of the people and culture of another country or countries. There are approximately seven to ten seminars with 14 to 16 participants in each seminar annually. Seminars are four to six weeks in duration.
Fulbright Programs for US Scholars
The traditional Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. The Fulbright Senior Specialist Program is designed to provide short-term academic opportunities (two to six weeks) for U.S. faculty and professionals.
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, a unique public-private partnership dedicated to attracting and disbursing additional resources to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, invites grant proposals from countries striving to combat these diseases.
HED – Higher Education for Development
The Higher Education for Development (HED) program office promotes higher education's engagement in social and economic development through institutional and human capacity building in developing countries. If your work, study or research is related to this topic, please visit HED’s website to learn how you can get involved.
IOM Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship
The Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowships Program provides an opportunity for outstanding mid-career health professionals to gain an understanding of the health policy process, to contribute to the formulation of new policies and programs, and to develop in their careers as leaders in academic health centers and in health policy. Initiated in 1973, the program is funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and conducted by the Institute of Medicine.
National Academies Fellowships and Post-Doc Opportunities
The National Academies -- a comprehensive portal to the National Academy of Science, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council -- offer several different fellowships in science, engineering and medicine. Information on eligibility guidelines and application deadlines is available on specific programs' Web sites.
Fellowships & Scholarships promote educational opportunities for women. The P.E.O. Sisterhood proudly sponsors no less than five international philanthropies, or projects, designed to assist women with their educational goals.
Project HOPE entertains programs in Africa, Asia, and the Americas aiming at providing Health Opportunities for People Everywhere (HOPE). There are employment, funding and volunteer opportunities for professionals in a variety of medical fields.
Open Society Institute & Soros Foundation Network (OIS)
OSI initiatives award grants, scholarships, and fellowships for individuals and institutions in all regions of the world on a regular basis throughout the year. Applicants can determine their eligibility and view relevant initiatives and application guidelines by searching the research link above by region or initiative.
The Educational Programs Division of The Rotary Foundation exists to achieve understanding and world peace through the exchange of people internationally. It is the specific mission of the Educational Programs Division to provide quality programs and services to those individuals who apply for funding and logistical support to undertake a term of study or teaching abroad that is enhanced by becoming involved with Rotary before, during, and after their travel. The division, in conjunction with Rotarians, Rotary clubs, and Rotary districts, shall provide its assistance through scholarship, fellowship, and grant processes.
National Research Council: The Research Associateship Programs
These programs administer Postdoctoral (within 5 years of the doctorate) and Senior (normally 5 years or more beyond the doctorate) Research Awards sponsored by federal laboratories at over one hundred locations in the United States and overseas and are given for the purpose of conducting research in areas that are of interest to them and to the host laboratories and centers.
Unless noted otherwise, all Smithsonian fellowships (graduate, pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, senior) opportunities are open to non-U.S. citizens.
These fellowships are awarded as part of the "For Women in Science" program. The Fellowships support women engaged in promising research in the life sciences. Each is worth a maximum of $20,000 toward doctoral or post-doctoral research projects.
UNICEF recruits specialists & offers funding in cooperation with other governments and organizations relating to areas such as Child Protection, Public Health, Nutrition, Education, HIV/AIDS, Human Resources, Finance, Auditing, Water and Sanitation, Administration, Accounting, Information Systems, Logistics, Communication, Fund Raising, Marketing and Management for worldwide service.
U.S. National Institutes of Health – John E. Fogarty International Center
A directory of grants and fellowships in the global health sciences. Since 1988, the Fogarty International Center, part of the National Institutes of Health, has published the Directory of International Grants and Fellowships in the Health Sciences, a comprehensive compilation of international funding opportunities in biomedical and behavioral research. It includes nearly 500 funding opportunities related to biomedical and behavioral sciences, with a special emphasis on researchers in the developing world and their collaborators. An addendum listing 100 grants specifically for short-term travel and exchange is also available.
U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (formerly USIA)
Official information about all Fulbright programs, other official exchange programs, and information about U.S. government regulations concerning international educational exchange.
Van Andel Institute Postdoctoral Program
The Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) provides postdoctoral training opportunities to scientists beginning their research careers. The fellowships are to help promising scientists advance their knowledge and research experience and at the same time support the research endeavors of VARI under the mentorship of a VARI Scientific Investigator. Postdoctoral fellows are appointed for a limited period of time, usually three years but no more than five years.
Visiting Scholars Program
This program at the American Academy of Arts and Science will give scholars the opportunity to carry out their individual research as well as to collaborate with academy fellows on shared scholarly or policy-related interests. Funding is for up to $35,000 for postdocs or $50,000 for faculty.
Woodrow Wilson Center Fellowships Available in the Humanities and Social Sciences
The Center awards approximately 20-25 residential fellowships annually to individuals with outstanding project proposals in a broad range of the social sciences and humanities on national and/or international issues. Topics and scholarship should relate to key public policy challenges or provide the historical and/or cultural framework to illumine policy issues of contemporary importance.