Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Deadline: September 15
The Fulbright Core Scholar Program supports activities and projects that recognize and promote the critical relationship between educational exchange and international understanding, in addition to the intellectual merit of the proposals. Applications with broad multiplier effects are particularly welcome, as are projects that are conducive to candidates’ sharing of their experiences and knowledge with colleagues, students and, ideally, with the general public in their host country and, upon return, in the United States.
http://www.cies.org/program/core-fulbright-us-scholar-program
Fulbright Distinguished Chair Awards
Deadline: September 15
The Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program comprises approximately forty distinguished lecturing, distinguished research and distinguished lecturing/research awards ranging from three to 12 months. Awards in the Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program are viewed as among the most prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholar Program.
https://awards.cies.org/search?search_api_views_fulltext=&field_award_multi_country=All&field_award_type_list%5B%5D=1793&field_award_grant_length=All&field_award_degree_reqs=All
The Henry Moore Foundation Research Fellowships
Deadlines: September 2, December 9
The Henry Moore Institute is a world-recognised centre for the study of sculpture. We host a year-round programme of exhibitions, conferences and lectures, as well as developing research and publications, to expand the understanding and scholarship of historical and contemporary sculpture. Each year we offer a number of Fellowships to enable researchers of different backgrounds and disciplines to develop their work.
http://www.henry-moore.org/grants/grants-programme
Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies Core Fellowship Program
Deadline: September 9
The Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies was established on 1 January 2001 as an independent institute to enhance scholarly excellence in the humanities and social sciences, promote interaction between different fields of academic research and to further international cooperation.
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-collegium-for-advanced-studies/fellowships/hcas-core-fellowship#section-53601
Harvard Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fellowships
Deadline: September 9
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study is defined by a program that provides one-year fellowships for projects in a variety of disciplines in an open intellectual atmosphere. The Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program has awarded more than 700 fellowships since our founding in 1999. As a fellow, you will focus on your individual project while benefiting from a dynamic, multidisciplinary community at Harvard University.
https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/radcliffe-fellowship/become-a-fellow
National Endowment for the Humanities Documenting Endangered Languages
Deadline: September 15
The Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL) program is a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop and advance knowledge concerning endangered human languages. Made urgent by the imminent death of an estimated half of the 6000-7000 currently used languages, this effort aims also to exploit advances in information technology.
http://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/documenting-endangered-languages
The Graham Foundation Individual Grants
Deadline: September 15
The Graham Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2015 Grants to Individuals. Since 1956, the Graham Foundation has provided direct funding to individuals to produce publications, exhibitions, films, research, and other projects that foster the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society. As one of the few funders of individuals working on projects about architecture, the foundation’s grants provide important support for architects, artists, curators, designers, scholars, writers, and other individuals. The Graham Foundation offers two types of grants to support projects by individuals: Production & Presentation Grants and Research & Development Grants.
http://www.grahamfoundation.org/grant_programs?mode=individual
University of Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies: Marie S. Curie “FRIAS COFUND Fellowship Programme (FCFP)
Deadline: September 3
The University of Freiburg, one of the strongest research universities in Germany and member of LERU (the League of European Research Universities), offers a fellowship programme, the Marie S. Curie “FRIAS COFUND Fellowship Programme (FCFP).” The Institute supports internationally outstanding researchers with academically excellent and innovative research projects through individual or group fellowships. FRIAS unites research in the humanities and social sciences, the natural and life sciences, engineering and medicine. Both the University of Freiburg and FRIAS take pride in a specific institutional culture that encourages and supports exchange and collaboration. It is the philosophy of FRIAS to support the career development of its fellows by integrating them into ambitious research communities here in Freiburg, as well as by supporting the international network of FRIAS fellows and alumni.
https://www.frias.uni-freiburg.de/en/funding-programmes/cofund
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships to Assist Research and Artistic Creation
Deadline: September 17
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation provides fellowships for advanced professionals in all fields -- including the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and creative arts -- except the performing arts.
https://www.gf.org/applicants/apply/
Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study Residential Fellowships
Deadline: September 27
The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study (NDIAS) is dedicated to fostering and supporting integrative scholarship addressing ultimate questions at the intersection of the arts, engineering, humanities, law, and natural, physical, and social sciences, especially those which transcend disciplinary boundaries. The NDIAS encourages scholars to include questions of values in their analyses, to integrate diverse disciplines, and to ask how their findings advance civilization.
http://ndias.nd.edu/fellowships/residential/
The National Gallery of Art Visiting Senior Fellowship Program
Deadline: September 21
The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts announces its program for Paul Mellon and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Visiting Senior Fellowships. Fellowships are for full-time research, and scholars are expected to reside in Washington and to participate in the activities of the Center throughout the fellowship period. Lectures, colloquia, and informal discussions complement the fellowship program.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/research/casva/fellowships/visiting-senior-fellowships.html
American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships and Grants
Deadline: Deadlines vary by specific program (September 30-December 5)
ACLS is one of the leading private institutions supporting scholars in the humanities and related social sciences at the doctoral and postdoctoral levels. Fellows and grantees in all programs are selected by committees of scholars appointed for this purpose. ACLS seeks to embed our commitment to inclusive excellence in all of our fellowship and grant programs, from our recruitment of peer reviewers to the evaluation of proposals and the administration of awards..
https://www.acls.org/Fellowship-and-Grant-Programs/Fellowships-and-Grants-Overview
American Council of Learned Societies African Humanities Program
Deadline: December 4
The African Humanities Program (AHP) seeks to reinvigorate the humanities in Africa through fellowship competitions and related activities in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. In partnership with the Carnegie Corporation of New York, AHP offers African scholars an integrated set of opportunities to develop individual capacities and to promote formation of scholarly networks.
http://www.acls.org/programs/ahp/
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipends
Deadline: September 22
Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources. Summer Stipends support continuous full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two months. Each National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend provides $6,000 for two consecutive, uninterrupted months of full-time independent study and research.
http://www.neh.gov/grants/research/summer-stipends
New York Public Library Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers
Deadline: September 24
The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers supports projects that draw on the research collections at The New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. The Center looks for top-quality writing from academics as well as from creative writers and independent scholars. It aims to promote dynamic conversation about the humanities, social sciences, and scholarship at the very highest level — within the Center, in public forums throughout the Library, and in the Fellows’ published work.
https://nypl.onlineapplicationportal.com/misc/guidelines/default.aspx
The Society of Architectural Historians Edilia and François-Auguste de Montêquin Fellowship
Deadline: TBA
*Due to travel restrictions, the Edilia and François-Auguste de Montêquin Fellowship has been temporarily suspended until further notice
This fellowship is intended to support the research of junior scholars (usually scholars engaged in doctoral dissertation research) annually, and senior scholars (scholars who have completed their Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree) every other year in even-numbered years - 2014, 2016, 2018, etc. The research to be supported must focus on Spanish, Portuguese, or Ibero-American architecture, including colonial architecture produced by the Spaniards in the Philippines and what is today the United States.
http://www.sah.org/jobs-and-careers/sah-fellowships-and-grants/research-fellowships
The Society of Architectural Historians H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship
Deadline: TBA
*Due to travel restrictions, the H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship has been temporarily suspended until further notice
The Society of Architectural Historians’ prestigious H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship will be offered for 2014 and will allow a recent graduate or emerging scholar to study by travel for one year. The fellowship is not for the purpose of doing research for an advanced academic degree. Instead, Prof. Brooks intended the recipient to study by travel and contemplation while observing, reading, writing, or sketching.
http://www.sah.org/jobs-and-careers/sah-fellowships-and-grants/h-allen-brooks-travelling-fellowship
American Philosophical Society Franklin Research Grants
Deadline: October 1; December 1
The Franklin program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses. Franklin grants are made for noncommercial research. They are not intended to meet the expenses of attending conferences or the costs of publication.
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin
The Louisville Institute Project Grant for Researchers
Deadline: October 1
The Louisville Institute’s Project Grant for Researchers Program supports research, reflection, and writing by academics and pastors concerning Christian faith and life, the practice of ministry, and/or religious institutions. Grants of up to $25,000 support a diverse range of projects that may involve independent study, consultations, or collaborative projects involving pastors and academics.
http://www.louisville-institute.org/Grants/programs/pgfrdetail.aspx
Cornell University Society for the Humanities Fellowships
Deadline: October 1
The focal theme for 2016-2017 is “SKIN.” Six to eight Fellows will be appointed. Selected Fellows will collaborate with the Director of the Society for the Humanities, Timothy Murray, Professor of Comparative Literature and English and Curator of the Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art, an international research center on new media.
http://societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/society-fellowships
The Getty Foundation Scholar Grants
Deadline: October 1
Getty Scholar grants are for established scholars, or writers who have attained distinction in their fields. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute, where they pursue their own projects free from academic obligations, make use of Getty collections, join their colleagues in a weekly meeting devoted to an annual theme, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty.
http://www.getty.edu/foundation/initiatives/residential/getty_scholars.html
Stanford University Humanities Center External Faculty Fellowships
Deadline: October 1
The Stanford Humanities Center provides a collegial environment for faculty who are undertaking innovative projects in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. Fellows participate in the intellectual life of the Humanities Center and the broader Stanford community, sharing ideas and work in progress with a diverse cohort of scholars and benefitting from a wide variety of campus resources.
http://shc.stanford.edu/fellowships/non-stanford-faculty
The American Academy in Berlin: The Berlin Prize
Deadline: September 25
The American Academy in Berlin is a private, independent, nonprofit institute for advanced study located in Berlin, Germany. Its fellowship program promotes advanced research in a variety of academic, cultural, and political disciplines. The Academy’s public outreach, which facilitates the introduction of a fellow's work to a wider audience, serves its mission of fostering transatlantic ties through cultural exchange. Fellowships are typically awarded for an academic semester or, in some cases, for an entire academic year. Candidates in academic disciplines are expected to have completed a doctorate at the time of application.
http://www.americanacademy.de/apply/apply-for-a-fellowship/
University of Surrey Institute for Advanced Studies Santander Fellowship
Deadline: October 30
The Santander Fellowship, aimed at fostering interdisciplinary collaboration at the University of Surrey, will allow scholars to study with University academics in areas of mutual interest.
http://www.ias.surrey.ac.uk/fellows.php
University of Chicago Harper & Schmidt Fellowship
Deadline: October 16
The Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts at the University of Chicago is an interdisciplinary organization of both senior and junior fellows, dedicated to promoting liberal arts teaching and scholarship. Harper-Schmidt Fellows at the University of Chicago teach in the College's core courses in Humanities, Social Sciences, and Western Civilization.
https://fellows.uchicago.edu/
The Getty Foundation Library Research Grants
Deadline: NA
*The 2021-2022 cycle has been canceled in order to accommodate the 2020-2021 Library Research Grant recipients whose visits were deferred due to COVID-1
Getty Library Research Grants provide partial, short-term support for costs relating to travel and living expenses to scholars whose research requires use of specific collections housed in the Getty Research Institute. A Library Research Grant is not a prerequisite for obtaining access to the Research Library.
http://www.getty.edu/foundation/initiatives/residential/library_research_grants.html
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Fellowship
Deadline: October 15
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute combines a public art museum with a complex of research and academic programs, including a major art history library. Fellowships are awarded every year to established and promising scholars with the aim of fostering a critical commitment to inquiry in the theory, history, and interpretation of art and visual culture. As part of our commitment to fostering diverse engagements with the visual arts, RAP particularly seeks to elevate constituencies, subjects, and methods that have historically been underrepresented in the discipline. These fellowships are intended to nurture a variety of disciplinary approaches and support new voices in art history.
https://www.clarkart.edu/Research-Academic/Fellowship-Program/About-Clark-Fellows
Villa I Tatti Fellowship
Deadline: October 15
Fellows are selected by an international and interdisciplinary committee that welcomes applications from Italian Renaissance scholars from all nations. The committee aims to assess the ability of candidates to contribute in a collegial way to the intellectual life of the Harvard Center. It pays special attention to the candidate’s curriculum vitae, the strength of the proposed project, and its potential to yield original results.
http://itatti.harvard.edu/research/fellowships/i-tatti-fellowship
The National Gallery of Art Senior Fellowship Program
Deadline: October 15
The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts announces its program for senior fellowships. Fellowships are for full-time research, and scholars are expected to reside in Washington and to participate in the activities of the Center throughout the fellowship period. Lectures, colloquia, and informal discussions complement the fellowship program. Each senior fellow is provided with a study.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/research/casva/fellowships/senior-fellowships.html
American Antiquarian Society Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowship
Deadline: October 15
Scholars who are no more than three years beyond receipt of the doctorate are eligible to apply for a special year-long residential fellowship at the American Antiquarian Society to revise their dissertation for publication. Established as the Mellon Post-Dissertation Fellowship in 1998, the fellowship has been renamed in honor of John B. Hench, who retired in August 2007 as vice president for collections and programs after thirty-three years on the staff of the American Antiquarian Society.
http://www.americanantiquarian.org/hench.htm
Harvard Divinity School Women’s Studies in Religion Research & Visiting Faculty Position
Deadline: October 15
Each year Harvard Divinity School selects five candidates for full-time Research Associate and Visiting Faculty positions in its Women's Studies in Religion Program. Proposals for book-length research projects using both religion and gender as central categories of analysis are welcomed. They may address women and religion in any time, place, or religious tradition, and may utilize disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches from across the fields of theology, the humanities, and the social sciences.
http://wsrp.hds.harvard.edu/apply
Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas Simons Public Humanities Fellowship
Deadline: October 14
This innovative program brings one Simons Fellow to the Hall Center and KU to participate in the intellectual life of the university for a period ranging from one month to one semester. Made possible by a gift from the Simons Family of Lawrence with matching funds from a National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant, the Fellowship gives individuals of experience and accomplishment from outside the university the time and freedom to re-engage with humanities-based learning.
http://www.hallcenter.ku.edu/simons-public-humanities-fellow
The National Humanities Center Fellowships
Deadline: October 8
The National Humanities Center invites applications for academic-year or one-semester residencies. Fellowship applicants must have a PhD or equivalent scholarly credentials. Mid-career as well as senior scholars from all areas of the humanities are welcome; emerging scholars with a strong record of peer-reviewed work are also invited to apply. The Center does not normally support the revision of a doctoral dissertation. In addition to scholars from all fields of the humanities, the Center accepts individuals from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects.
http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/fellowships/index.htm
Hagley Museum & Library Exploratory Research Grant
Deadline: October 31
These grants support one-week visits by scholars who believe that their project will benefit from Hagley research collections, but need the opportunity to explore them on-site to determine if a Henry Belin du Pont research grant application is warranted. Priority will be given to junior scholars with innovative projects that seek to expand on existing scholarship. Proposals must demonstrate which Hagley collections might be pertinent to the project.
http://www.hagley.org/library-exploratorygrant
Hagley Museum & Library Henry Belin du Pont Research Grants
Deadline: October 31
These grants are intended to support serious scholarly work that makes use of Hagley's research collections and expands on prior scholarship. Application materials should explain the research project's focus, methodology, engagement with existing scholarship, and the intended product, as well as Hagley collection(s) to be used during the proposed grant residency. Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to consult with Hagley staff prior to submitting their application.
http://www.hagley.org/library-researchgrants
The Smithsonian Institute American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery (SAAM) Joe and Wanda Corn Fellowship
Deadline: November 1
The Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery invite applications for research fellowships in art and visual culture of the United States. Fellowships are residential and support full-time independent and dissertation research.
http://www.americanart.si.edu/research/opportunity/fellows/
The Smithsonian Institute Lemelson Center Travel to Collections Awards
Deadline: TBA
The Lemelson Center Fellowship Program supports projects that present creative approaches to the study of invention and innovation in American society. These include, but are not limited to, historical research and documentation projects resulting in publications, exhibitions, educational initiatives, and multimedia products.
http://invention.si.edu/lemelson-center-travel-collections-awards
The Louisville Institute Sabbatical Grant for Researchers
Deadline: November 1
The Louisville Institute’s Sabbatical Grant for Researchers Program enables ecclesially-engaged academics and scholarly religious leaders to conduct a major study that can contribute to the vitality of Christianity in North America. Grants of up to $40,000 support year-long research projects that address Christian faith and life, the practice of ministry, and/or religious institutions.
http://www.louisville-institute.org/Grants/programs/sgfrdetail.aspx
American Academy in Rome’s Rome Prize
Deadline: TBA
*DUE TO COVID-19, THE ACADEMY IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED
Each year, the Rome Prize is awarded to about thirty emerging artists and scholars who represent the highest standard of excellence and who are in the early or middle stages of their working lives.
http://www.aarome.org/apply/rome-prize/procedure-requirements
The School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study Mellon Fellowships for Assistant Professors
Deadline: October 15
The School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, with the support of the Andrew Mellon Foundation, established a program of one year memberships for assistant professors at universities and colleges in the United States and Canada to support promising young scholars who have embarked on professional careers. While at the Institute they will be expected to engage exclusively in scholarly research and writing. Scholars must also be able to return to their current institution after the fellowship.
https://www.hs.ias.edu/mellon
University of Delaware Library and the Delaware Art Museum Pre-Raphaelite Fellowship
Deadline: November 1
The University of Delaware Library, in Newark, Delaware, and the Delaware Art Museum are pleased to offer a joint Fellowship in Pre-Raphaelite studies. This short-term, one-month Fellowship, awarded annually, is intended for scholars conducting significant research in the lives and works of the Pre-Raphaelites and their friends, associates, and followers. Research of a wider scope, which considers the Pre-Raphaelite movement and related topics in relation to Victorian art and literature, and cultural or social history, will also be considered.
http://www.delart.org/about/opportunities/#preraphfellowship
University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Deadline: November 1
The University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program was established in 1984 to encourage outstanding women and minority Ph.D. recipients to pursue academic careers at the University of California. The current program offers postdoctoral research fellowships, professional development and faculty mentoring to outstanding scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity at UC.
http://ppfp.ucop.edu/info/how-to-apply/index.html
The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program
Deadline: November 1
Smithsonian Institution Fellows conduct independent study and research related to SI collections, experts, or facilities in cooperation with at least one Smithsonian advisor. The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program is administered through the Smithsonian Office of Fellowships and Internships (OFI). The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program is open to: Graduate Students, Predoctoral Students, Postdoctoral Researchers and Senior Researchers.
http://www.smithsonianofi.com/fellowship-opportunities/smithsonian-institution-fellowship-program/
American Research Institute in the Turkey Fellowship Program
Deadline: November 1
ARIT supports and administers programs of fellowships for scholarly research and for language study in Turkey. Programs for scholars and graduate students based in the U.S. and Canada include the ARIT, the ARIT National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship programs, and the ARIT Summer Language Program at Boğazici University in Istanbul.
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ARIT/FellowshipPrograms.html
Brown University Howard Foundation Fellowship
Deadline: November 1
Howard Fellowships are intended primarily to provide artists, scholars, and writers with time to complete their work. They are not intended for publication subsidies, for equipment purchase, for preparation of exhibits, or to support institutional programs. Fellowships are offered in a five-year sequence of fields.
https://howardfoundation.fluidreview.com/
University of Wisconsin Robert M. Kingdon Fellowships
Deadline: October 29
Robert M. Kingdon, a distinguished historian of early modern Europe, generously donated funds for one to two Kingdon Fellowships to scholars outside UW-Madison who are engaged in historical, literary, and philosophical studies of Judeo-Christian religious traditions and their role in society from antiquity to the present, broadly understood.
https://irh.wisc.edu/irh-fellowships/
University of Wisconsin Solmsen Fellowships
Deadline: October 29
Through a generous bequest from Friedrich and Lieselotte Solmsen, the Institute offers four to five Solmsen Fellowships each year to scholars outside UW-Madison working in the humanities on European history and culture in the classical, medieval, and/or early modern periods before 1700.
https://irh.wisc.edu/irh-fellowships/
NYU Abu Dhabi Research Fellowships in the Humanities
Deadline: October 1
The NYUAD Institute has embarked on a multi-year research fellowship program in the Humanities. This program aims to help create an energetic, multi-faceted research environment for the Humanities at NYUAD's campus.
http://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/research/nyuad-institute/institute-research/research-fellowships-in-the-humanities.html
Newberry Library Long-Term and Short-Term Fellowships
Deadline: November 1 an December 15
The Newberry’s long-standing fellowship program provides outstanding scholars with the time, space, and community required to pursue innovative and ground-breaking scholarship. Fellows have access to the Newberry’s wide-ranging and rare archival materials as well as to a lively, interdisciplinary community of researchers, curators, and librarians. We expect recipients to advance scholarship in various fields, develop new interpretations, and expand our understandings of the past.
http://www.newberry.org/fellowships
American Association of University Women Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowships
Deadline: November 1
Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowships are designed to assist scholars in obtaining tenure and other promotions by enabling them to spend a year pursuing independent research. The primary purpose of the fellowship is to increase the number of women in tenure-track faculty positions and to promote equality for women in higher education. Tenured professors are not eligible.
https://www.aauw.org/resources/programs/fellowships-grants/current-opportunities/american/postdoctoral-research-leave-fellowships/#:~:text=The%20primary%20purpose%20of%20the,for%20women%20in%20higher%20education.&text=Tenured%20professors%20are%20not%20eligible,August%201%20to%20November%201.
American Association of University Women Summer & Short-Term Research Publication Grants
Deadline: November 1
Summer & Short-Term Research Publication Grants provide funds for women college and university faculty and independent researchers to prepare research for publication. Time must be available for eight consecutive weeks of final writing and editing in response to issues raised in critical reviews.
https://www.aauw.org/resources/programs/fellowships-grants/current-opportunities/american/short-term-research-publication-grants/
School for Advanced Research (SAR) Resident Scholars Fellowship
Deadline: First Monday in November
Resident scholar fellowships are awarded annually by the School for Advanced Research (SAR) to four or five scholars who have completed their research and who need time to prepare manuscripts or dissertations on topics important to the understanding of humankind. Resident scholars may approach their research from the perspective of anthropology or from related fields such as history, sociology, art, and philosophy. Scholars from the humanities and social sciences are encouraged to apply.
https://sarweb.org/scholars/resident/
The Henry Luce Foundation & American Council of Learned Societies Collaborative Reading-Workshop Grants in China Studies
Deadline: November 2
These grants provide support for collaborative reading of texts in a workshop format that is interdisciplinary and crosses scholarly generations. A wealth of often complex and challenging texts is a distinctive feature of the Chinese cultural record, making close reading by a group of scholars especially fruitful, because they can bring to bear diversity of research, experience, and expertise.
http://www.acls.org/programs/china-studies/
Princeton University Fung Global Fellows Program
Deadline: November 16
The growth of international organizations and transnational actors has brought about the emergence of a dense international society above the nation-state. This year’s cohort of Fung fellows will examine the emergence, functioning, and effects of international organizations and transnational associations of all types (state and non-state, focused on a single issue or world region, or examined comparatively) from a cultural, historical, political, sociological, or other perspective. Researchers working on any historical period or region of the world and from any disciplinary background in the humanities and social sciences are encouraged to apply.
http://www.princeton.edu/funggfp/
Princeton University Program in Law and Public Affairs
Deadline: TBA
*There will be no LAPA Fellowships awarded for the 2021-2022 academic year, while the program will be under review
The Program in Law and Public Affairs (LAPA) at Princeton University invites outstanding faculty members, independent scholars, lawyers, and judges to apply for visiting, residential appointments for the academic year 2015–2016. Each year, through its fellows program, LAPA brings to Princeton world-class experts on the law.
http://lapa.princeton.edu/content/lapa-fellowships
The Huntington Library Long-Term and Short-Term Fellowships
Deadline: November 16
*Short term grants are suspended, long term grants deadline is November 16th
These short-term and long-term awards are for scholars with a PhD or equivalent; or doctoral candidate at the dissertation stage. The majority of “Huntington Fellowships” will be awarded to scholars working in the general holdings of the Library; however, we do offer a number of specialized fellowships (see website for more information).
http://www.huntington.org/fellowships/
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Mellon-Schlesinger Summer Research Grant
Deadline: November 16
The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America invites scholars who are conducting oral history interviews relevant to the history of women or gender in the United States to apply for support of up to $3,000. This grant stipulates that the interviews take place in accordance with guidelines of the Oral History Association, that consent is obtained from interviewees for their words to be viewed by researchers worldwide, and that true copies or transcripts of the original recording of the oral interviews, as well as copies of the consent forms, be deposited in the Schlesinger Library.
https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/schlesinger-library/grants
The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library Swenson Family Fellowships in Eastern Christian Manuscript Studies for Junior Scholars
Deadline: October 15
The purpose of the Fellowship is to support residencies at HMML for graduate students or postdoctoral scholars with demonstrated expertise in the languages and cultures of Eastern Christianity. Awardees must be undertaking research on some aspect of Eastern Christian studies requiring use of the digital or microfilm manuscript collections at HMML.
http://hmml.org/research/fellowships/
University of Texas-Austin Harry Ransom Center Post-doctoral Research Fellowships
Deadline: TBA
*Center temporarily closed
The Harry Ransom Center, an internationally renowned humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, will award approximately 70 fellowships for 2015–2016 for projects that require substantial on-site use of its collections. The fellowships support research in all areas of the humanities, including literature, photography, film, art, the performing arts, music, and cultural history.
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fellowships/application/
The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library Heckman Stipends
Deadline: October 15
The purpose of the Fellowship is to support residencies at HMML for graduate students or postdoctoral scholars with demonstrated expertise in the languages and cultures of Eastern Christianity. Awardees must be undertaking research on some aspect of Eastern Christian studies requiring use of the digital or microfilm manuscript collections at HMML.
http://hmml.org/heckman-stipend-deadline-april-15/
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library Nicky B. Carpenter Fellowship in Manuscript Studies
Deadline: October 15
The purpose of the Fellowship is to support residencies at Hill Museum & Manuscript Library for research by senior scholars using the digital or a microfilm manuscript collection at HMML. The award is $5,000 in support of a residency of at least two weeks. Funds may be applied toward travel to and from Collegeville, housing and meals at Saint John’s University, and costs related to duplication of HMML’s microfilm or digital resources. The Fellowship may be supplemented by other sources of funding but may not be held simultaneously with another HMML fellowship.
http://hmml.org/research/fellowships/
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation/ACLS Collaborative Research Grants in Buddhist Studies
Deadline: November 16
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation/ACLS Collaborative Research Grants in Buddhist Studies will support work that may be interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary. International and multilingual projects are encouraged. Especially welcome are projects that relate different Buddhist traditions to each other or that relate scholarship on the broad Buddhist tradition to contemporary concerns in other academic fields.
http://www.acls.org/programs/buddhist-studies/
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity
Deadline: November 15
As part of a continuing commitment to building a culturally diverse intellectual community and advancing scholars from underrepresented groups in higher education, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity (CPPFD) is pleased to offer postdoctoral research appointments for a period of two years.
http://research.unc.edu/carolina-postdocs/applicants/
The Society for Classical Studies Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Institute in Munich Fellowship
Deadline: November 6
The Society for Classical Studies invites applications for a one-year Fellowship, tenable from July 2015 through June 2016, which will enable an American scholar to participate in the work of the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Institute in Munich.
https://classicalstudies.org/awards-and-fellowships/thesaurus-linguae-latinae-tll-fellowship
The Dave Abrams and Gene Banning Pan Am Research Grant
Deadline: TBA
The Pan Am Historical Foundation announces the eleventh annual Dave Abrams and Gene Banning Pan Am Research Grant competition. Up to $1,500 will be awarded to support scholarly research using the Pan American World Airways, Inc. Records held by the University of Miami Libraries’ Special Collections. The grant honors two of Pan Am’s most avid historians, Dave Abrams and Gene Banning.
https://www.library.miami.edu/specialcollections/abrams-banning-grant.html
American Philosophical Society A.W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Curatorial Fellowship
Deadline: TBA
The American Philosophical Society (APS), the nation’s first learned society, invites applications for its two-year Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Curatorial Fellowship. The APS seeks applications from recent PhDs in the fields of history of science, art history, 18th- or 19th-century American history, or any other related humanities disciplines.
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/curatorialfellowship
Center for Jewish History Fellows
Deadline: TBA
The Center for Jewish History welcomes a new cohort of outstanding fellows to spend the 2019-2020 academic year engaged in their cutting-edge research. Varying in their disciplinary and chronological scope, the fellows’ scholarship weaves a fascinating and complex picture of the field of Jewish studies today. Each year the Center for Jewish History hosts a cohort of scholars as well as a distinguished senior scholar.
https://www.cjh.org/research/fellowships-at-the-center#availablefellowships
New York Public Library Schomburg Center Black Culture Scholars-in-Residence Program Fellowship
Deadline: December 1
The Schomburg Center residency program assists scholars and professionals whose research on the black experience can benefit from extended access to the Center's resources. Fellowships funded by the Center will allow recipients to spend six months in residence with access to resources at the Schomburg Center and other research units of The New York Public Library.
https://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/fellowships-institutes/schomburg-center-scholars-in-residency
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Residential Fellowship
Deadline: TBA
*Due to COVID-19, the fellowship review cycle for fall 2021 and spring 2022 semesters and the application deadline (December 1, 2020) have been cancelled.
The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities offers residential fellowships to scholars and writers in the humanities. All fellows have private offices as well as University of Virginia faculty privileges. Applicants should have completed most of their research before the start of the fellowship period which should be devoted primarily to writing. This does not include dissertation research or writing. Any area of the humanties is welcome to apply.
https://www.virginiahumanities.org/fellowships/residential-fellowships/
Washington University in St. Louis Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry Postdoctoral Fellowship
Deadline: December 4
Washington University announces the fifteenth year of Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry, a postdoctoral fellowship program endowed by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and designed to encourage interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching across the humanities and social sciences. We invite applications from recent Ph.D.s for the position as Fellow.
https://mii.wustl.edu/page/2/
Columbia University Italian Academy Alexander Bodini Fellowship
Deadline: TBA
The Alexander Bodini Fellowship in culture and religion will be offered to the candidate whose work most closely reflects the investigation of the relation between culture and religion in both modern and historical societies.
http://italianacademy.columbia.edu/bodini-fellowships
American Philosophical Society Franklin Research Grants
Deadline: October 1 and December 1
The Franklin program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses. Franklin grants are made for noncommercial research. They are not intended to meet the expenses of attending conferences or the costs of publication.
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin
Institute of Historical Research Fellowships
Deadline: Deadlines Vary by Fellowship
The IHR runs an extensive and prestigious programme of Fellowships, including those for Junior and Senior scholars, as well as offering a number of Prizes and bursaries to undertake historical research.
https://www.history.ac.uk/join-ihr/fellowships
Stanford University Center for East Asian Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chinese Studies
Deadline: December 1
The Center for East Asian Studies at Stanford University is pleased to offer a postdoctoral fellowship in Chinese Studies. This award is open to scholars in the humanities and social sciences studying any historical period. Fellows are required to be in residence in the Stanford area during the appointment period; to teach one course during the academic year; and to participate in all regular Center activities.
https://ceas.stanford.edu/academics/how-apply
National Endowment for the Humanities Scholarly Editions and Translations Grants
Deadline: December 2
Scholarly Editions and Translations grants support the preparation of editions and translations of pre-existing texts and documents of value to the humanities that are currently inaccessible or available in inadequate editions. These grants support full-time or part-time activities for periods of one to three years. Projects must be undertaken by a team of at least one editor or translator and one other staff member.
http://www.neh.gov/grants/research/scholarly-editions-and-translations-grants
National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Grants
Deadline: December 2
Collaborative Research Grants support interpretive humanities research undertaken by a team of two or more scholars, for full-time or part-time activities for periods of one to three years. Support is available for various combinations of scholars, consultants, and research assistants; project-related travel; field work; applications of information technology; and technical support and services.
http://www.neh.gov/grants/research/collaborative-research-grants
Library of Congress Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies
Deadline: December 6
The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress announces a new Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies to examine the impact of the digital revolution on society, culture and international relations using the Library’s collections and resources. History teaches that groundbreaking technological innovations can be agents of broad and profound change.
https://www.loc.gov/programs/john-w-kluge-center/chairs-fellowships/fellowships/kluge-fellowships-in-digital-studies/
Rice University Lynette S. Autrey Visiting Scholars in the Rice Seminars
Deadline: TBA
The Humanities Research Center hosts yearlong residential faculty fellowships at Rice University for outstanding external scholars. By engaging in new research, symposia, and works-in-progress discussions, the fellows play an active scholarly role in the Center. Fellows participate in the Rice Seminars, yearlong research seminars designed to study a broad topic from an interdisciplinary perspective.
https://hrc.rice.edu/visitingfaculty
Casa de Velázquez Residency
Deadline: TBA
Casa de Velázquez proposes the award of places as "resident researchers" to facilitate mobility for researchers. It is aimed at French and foreign researchers and teacher/researchers with a contract of employment at a research or university teaching institution. The term of residence in Casa de Velázquez is variable, from one to ten months on a continuous basis.
https://www.casadevelazquez.org/en/
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Venetian Program Grants
Deadline: TBA
The Foundation awards grants (pre-doctoral and post-doctoral) for travel to and residence in Venice and the Veneto. These grants are made to individuals to support historical study of Venice and the former Venetian empire and the study of contemporary Venice. Grants will be awarded for historical research specifically on Venice and the former Venetian empire, and for study of contemporary Venetian society and culture. Disciplines of the humanities and social sciences are eligible areas of study, including (but not limited to) archaeology, architecture, art, bibliography, economics, history, history of science, law, literature, music, political science, religion, and theater.
http://delmas.org/
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) Fellowship
Deadline: Deadlines Vary by Fellowship
The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies has partnered with the seventeen research institutions listed below to jointly fund fellowships for projects in eighteenth-century studies. ASECS also supports research at other institutions through the ASECS Travel Grants program. Scholars of eighteenth-century studies who hold a PhD or are graduate students working on their dissertations are eligible for ASECS library fellowships. Applicants need not be members of ASECS when submitting their applications, but they must be members of the Society in good standing for a fellowship to be awarded.
https://www.asecs.org/library-fellowships
The Smithsonian Institution Freer Sackler Galleries (FSGA) Anne van Biema Fellowship
Deadline: December 15
*Applications will not be accepted for the 2020-2021 fellowship cycle. The deadline for the next application cycle for 2021-2022 is December 15, 2020.
The Anne van Biema Fellowship was established by bequest to promote excellence in research and publication on the Japanese visual arts. Fellowships support research at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. The Galleries provide magnificent opportunities for collections-based study, and hold world-class library and archival collections related to Japanese visual arts.
http://www.asia.si.edu/research/vanBiemaFellowship.asp
The American Philosophical Association Visiting Research Fellowship at the University of Edinburgh
Deadline: December 15
The APA sponsors one visiting research fellowship per year at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh. There is no funding associated with this award but the APA fellow has a private office in the Institute, is a member of the Institute's lively research community, and has full borrowing rights at Edinburgh University Library.
http://www.apaonline.org/?edinburgh
The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington Research Fellowships
Deadline: TBA
*The Library is temporarily closed
Applications are now being accepted for 2015-16 fellowships from The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon. Generous short- and long-term awards are available to doctoral candidates, recent PhDs, mid-career faculty, as well as advanced scholars and independent researchers with relevant topics. All fellowships are residential with housing provided on the Mount Vernon campus.
http://www.mountvernon.org/library/fellows-program/how-to-apply/
The Henry Moore Foundation Research Fellowships
Deadline: TBA
The Henry Moore Institute is a world-recognised centre for the study of sculpture. We host a year-round programme of exhibitions, conferences and lectures, as well as developing research and publications, to expand the understanding and scholarship of historical and contemporary sculpture. Each year we offer a number of Fellowships to enable researchers of different backgrounds and disciplines to develop their work.
http://www.henry-moore.org/research/opportunities/research-fellowships
Royal Museums Greenwich Fellowships & Internships
Deadline: November 2
The Museum is keen to encourage proposals from both maritime historians and scholars from other disciplines who are interested in exploring the cultural, social and political aspects of maritime history. Fellowships include the Sackler Short Term Research Fellowship, Caird Short Term Research Fellowship, and the Caird Senior Research Fellowship.
https://www.rmg.co.uk/research-collections/research-fellowships
University of Chicago Provost's Career Enhancement Postdoctoral Scholarship
Deadline: TBA
This year, with generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Office of the Provost will award five 2-year postdoctoral scholarships to promising junior scholars in all fields. Candidates must have completed all requirements for their doctoral degree (Ph.D., M.D., J.D., or foreign equivalent) before the scholarship start date, and must be no more than three years beyond receiving that degree.
https://provostpostdoc.uchicago.edu/
National Academy of Education Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship
Deadline: November 18
The National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports early career scholars working in critical areas of education research. This nonresidential postdoctoral fellowship funds proposals that make significant scholarly contributions to the field of education. The program also develops the careers of its recipients through professional development activities involving National Academy of Education members.
https://naeducation.org/naedspencer-postdoctoral-fellowship-program/
Bard Graduate Center Research Fellowship
Deadline: TBA
The Bard Graduate Center invites scholars from university, museum, and independent backgrounds with a PhD or equivalent professional experience to apply for funded research fellowships, to be held during the 2015-2016 academic year. Eligible disciplines and fields of study include—but are not limited to—art history, architecture and design history, economic and cultural history, history of technology, philosophy, anthropology, and archaeology.
https://www.bgc.bard.edu/bgc-research-fellowship
Brown University John Carter Brown Library Fellowships
Deadline: December 1
The John Carter Brown Library Fellowship Program offers graduate students and scholars of the early Americas from the U.S. and abroad an opportunity to pursue their work in proximity to a distinguished collection of primary sources. Approximately forty fellowships are awarded annually for periods of two to ten months.
https://www.brown.edu/academics/libraries/john-carter-brown/fellowships/description-fellowship-program
Princeton University American Studies Anschutz Distinguished Fellowship
Deadline: TBA
The Anschutz Distinguished Fellowship, created through an endowment by the Anschutz family, will be awarded in the academic year 2018-19 to a writer, critic, journalist, musician, artist, or other contributor to the arts, letters, public service, or commerce. The fellowship holder need not be an academic scholar. However, the selection committee will place great weight on indicia of the candidate’s teaching ability as well as the rigor, innovation, and interdisciplinary emphasis of the proposed seminar course.
https://ams.princeton.edu/people/anschutz-distinguished-fellows#:~:text=Endowed%20in%201997%20through%20the,letters%2C%20politics%2C%20or%20commerce.
Lemelson Center Fellowships
Deadline: TBA
The Lemelson Center Fellowship Program supports projects that present creative approaches to the study of invention and innovation in American society. These include, but are not limited to, historical research and documentation projects resulting in publications, exhibitions, educational initiatives, and multimedia products.
https://invention.si.edu/lemelson-center-fellowship-program
Wellesley College Newhouse Center for the Humanities Fellows
Deadline: TBA
The Newhouse Center hosts three to five external fellows each academic year. Residencies are ordinarily for the full academic year, but one-semester residencies may also be considered. Resident fellows devote themselves primarily to their own research, but they also participate actively in the intellectual life of the institution, attending fellows’ lunches and sharing their work in progress with one another and with the larger Wellesley community. Fellows may also work with the director to develop programming for the center in the form of guest speakers, a faculty series, or a mini-conference.
https://www.wellesley.edu/newhouse/fellowships#external
