Harvard Radcliffe Institute Dissertation Grants
Deadline: September 8
The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America invites scholars whose dissertation research requires use of the library's collections to apply for research support. Applications will be evaluated on the significance of the research and the project's potential contribution to the advancement of knowledge as well as its creativity in drawing on the library's holdings.
https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/radcliffe-fellowship/become-a-fellow
American Council of Learned Societies Public Fellows Competition for Recent Ph.Ds.
Deadline: September 9
ACLS invites applications for the fourth competition of the Public Fellows program. This year, the program will place 20 recent PhDs from the humanities and humanistic social sciences in two-year staff positions at partnering organizations in government and the nonprofit sector. Fellows will participate in the substantive work of these organizations and receive professional mentoring.
https://www.acls.org/programs/acls-fellowship-program/
The Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies Core Fellowship Program
Deadline: September 13
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/hcas-core-fellowship-how-to-apply
University of Michigan Society of Fellows Postdoctoral Fellowships
Deadline: September 15
The Society of Fellows is an interdisciplinary intellectual community in which the postdoctoral Fellows are joined by Senior Fellows to share their work in progress. Fellows are expected to participate in monthly colloquia, attend dinners of the Society, and to engage in conversation with other members about their intellectual interests.
http://societyoffellows.umich.edu/the-fellowship/
University of Cambridge St. John's College Research Fellowships
Deadline: September 15
Applications are invited for Research Fellowships intended for outstanding researchers early in their careers. The Fellowships offer an opportunity to carry out independent research in a stimulating and supportive academic environment. Applications will be accepted from any graduate of a university within or outside the United Kingdom.
https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/graduates-invited-apply-research-fellowships-2023
University of Cambridge King's College Junior Research Fellowships
Deadline: September 19
The Governing Body of King's College invites applications for Junior Research Fellowships in the following three fields: (i) Biological Sciences; (ii) International Law and the History of Political Thought; (iii) Economics, Philosophy, and the History & Philosophy of Science. The Junior Research Fellows are members of the Governing Body, with full privileges of Fellows. In addition to pursuing research, a Junior Research Fellow is required to live in Cambridge or close by and to participate in College life and activity.
http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/research/jrfs/jrfs-apply.html
Dartmouth College Leslie Center for the Humanities, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships
Deadline: September 19
These fellowships foster the academic careers of scholars who have recently received their Ph.D. degrees by permitting them to pursue their research while gaining mentored experience as teachers and members of the departments and/or programs in which they are housed. The program also benefits Dartmouth by complementing existing curricula with underrepresented fields.
https://leslie.dartmouth.edu/opportunities/post-docs/mellon-postdoctoral-fellowships
Renaissance Society of America Fellowships
Deadline: September 20
Paul Oskar Kristeller Fellowships, the RSA-Kress Pedretti Fellowship, and the RSA-Kress Short-Term Research Fellowships in Renaissance Art History, cover expenses related to research that are not explicitly travel. RSA-Virginia Stern Fox Residential Fellowship funds one month of research utilizing the rare book and manuscript collections of the Sheridan Libraries at Johns Hopkins University, specifically the Women of the Book Collection. Applicants must be RSA members in good standing.
http://www.rsa.org/page/fellowships
The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program
Deadline: September 21
The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships program provides funding to the very best postdoctoral applicants, both nationally and internationally, who will positively contribute to the country's economic, social and research‑based growth.
https://banting.fellowships-bourses.gc.ca/en/home-accueil.html
Harvard Academy Scholars Program
Deadline: September 23
The Academy Scholars Program identifies and supports outstanding scholars at the start of their careers whose work combines disciplinary excellence in the social sciences with a command of the language, history, or culture of non-Western countries or regions. Their scholarship may elucidate domestic, comparative, or transnational issues, past or present.
http://academy.wcfia.harvard.edu/
Society of Architectural Historians Edilia and François-Auguste de Montêquin Fellowship
Deadline: September 30
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. You must be a current member of SAH.
http://www.sah.org/jobs-and-careers/sah-fellowships-and-grants/research-fellowships
University of Minnesota Elmer L. Andersen Research Scholars Program
Deadline: September 30
The program will provide support for research projects that require use of one or more of the collections. Awards range from $500 to $2,000 and provide funds for travel, housing, and other research related costs. The final research product (e.g. journal article, documentary film) must acknowledge the Libraries' support and be deposited with the University Libraries.
https://www.lib.umn.edu/collections/special/andersen-research-scholars
American Councils for International Education Title VIII Combined Research and Language Training Program
Deadline: October 1
Funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII), the American Councils Combined Research and Language Training (CRLT) Programserves graduate students and scholars who, in addition to support for research in the independent states of the former Soviet Union, require supplemental language instruction.
https://www.studyabroad.americancouncils.org/crlthttp://researchfellowships.americancouncils.org/crlt
American Councils for International Education Title VIII Research Scholar Program
Deadline: October 1
Funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII), the American Councils Research Scholar Program provides full support for graduate students, faculty, and independent scholars seeking to conduct in-country, independent research for three consecutive months to nine consecutive months in Central Asia, Moldova, Russia, the South Caucasus, Southeast Europe, and Ukraine.
https://www.studyabroad.americancouncils.org/rsphttp://researchfellowships.americancouncils.org/researchscholar
American Philosophical Society Franklin Research Grants
Deadline: October 3 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
The Getty Foundation Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships
Deadline: October 3
Getty Pre-doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships are intended for emerging scholars to complete work on projects related to the Getty Research Institute's annual theme. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute, where they pursue research to complete their dissertations or to expand them for publication. Fellows make use of the Getty collections, join in a weekly meeting devoted to the annual theme, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty.
http://www.getty.edu/foundation/initiatives/residential/getty_pre_postdoctoral_fellowships.html
Columbia University Society of Fellows for the Humanities Fellowship
Deadline: October 3
The Columbia Society of Fellows in the Humanities, with grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the William R. Kenan Trust, will appoint a number of postdoctoral fellows in the humanities for the academic year.
http://societyoffellows.columbia.edu/fellowship/
NYU Abu Dhabi Research Fellowships in the Humanities
Deadline: October 3
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. To this end, NYUAD is annually inviting applications from distinguished senior scholars as well as from promising junior scholars for residential fellowships at NYUAD’s Institute. Fellows are contributing to NYUAD's intellectual community through research and research-related activities, including sharing their work-in-progress with NYUAD faculty and students and participating in scholarly networks engaged in ongoing research centered at the NYUAD Institute.
http://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/research/nyuad-institute/institute-research/research-fellowships-in-the-humanities.html
National Academy of Education Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program
Deadline: October 6
The Dissertation Fellowship Program seeks to encourage a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education.
https://naeducation.org/naedspencer-dissertation-fellowship-program/
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Deadline: October 11
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides grants for individually designed study/research projects or for English Teaching Assistant Programs. During their grants, Fulbrighters will meet, work, live with and learn from the people of the host country, sharing daily experiences.
http://us.fulbrightonline.org/
University of Chicago Harper & Schmidt Fellowship
Deadline: October 14
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. These Junior Fellows receive four year appointments as Collegiate Assistant Professors.
https://societyoffellows.uchicago.edu/
The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies
Deadline: October 14
The Women’s Studies Fellowships are provided to Ph.D. candidates at institutions in the United States who will complete their dissertations during the fellowship year. The most competitive applications include not only a clear, thorough, and compelling description of the candidate’s work, but also evidence of an enduring interest in and commitment to women’s issues and scholarship on women.
https://citizensandscholars.org/fellowships/for-scholars-education-leaders/dissertation-fellowship-in-womens-studies/
The Louisville Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship
Deadline: October 15
The Postdoctoral Fellowship program provides up to six awards of $25,000 each year to support a two-year teaching experience in a theological school. Postdoctoral Fellows will constitute a peer cohort along with two experienced co-mentors (one professor and one pastor). Each cohort will meet a total of six times over two years.
http://www.louisville-institute.org/fellowships/pffdetail.aspx
Center for the Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Fellowship Program
Deadline: October 15
The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts announces its annual program of support for advanced graduate research in the history, theory, and criticism of art, architecture, and urbanism. The following nine fellowships each has specific requirements and intents, including support for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation, for residency and travel during the period of dissertation research, and for postdoctoral research.
https://www.nga.gov/research/casva/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.
http://www.americanantiquarian.org/hench.htm
Stanford University A.W Mellon Postdoctoral Program
Deadline: October 15
The Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities is a unique opportunity for the best recent PhD recipients in the humanities to develop as scholars and teachers. Fellows teach two courses per year in one of Stanford’s 15 humanities departments, and are expected to participate in the intellectual life of the program, which includes regular meetings with other fellows and faculty to share work in progress and to discuss topics of mutual interest. Fellows will also be affiliated with the Stanford Humanities Center and will have the opportunity to be active in its programs and workshops.
http://shc.stanford.edu/fellowships/mellon
The National Gallery of Art Beinecke Postdoctoral Fellowship
Deadline: October 15
The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts currently offers, in alternating years, two postdoctoral fellowships for two consecutive academic years each. The A. W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and the Beinecke Postdoctoral Fellow will reside in Washington. During both years of a two-year residency, the A. W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and the Beinecke Postdoctoral Fellow carry out research and writing for publication while in resisdence at the Center.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/research/casva/fellowships/mellon-postdoctoral-fellowships.html
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/research/fellowships/
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.
https://hmml.org/research/heckman/
The Getty Foundation Library Research Grants
Deadline: October 17
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
Villa I Tatti Fellowship
Deadline: October 17
Fifteen I Tatti Fellowships, each for twelve months, are available annually for post doctorate research in any aspect of the Italian Renaissance. 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://www.itatti.harvard.edu/research/fellowships/i-tatti-fellowship
European University Institute Max Weber Postdoctoral Program
Deadline: October 18
The Max Weber Programme is the largest international postdoctoral programme in the Social Sciences and Humanities in Europe. It offers around 50-55 fully funded Fellowships to suitably qualified researchers from anywhere in the world who work in or across the relevant disciplines of the EUI (Economics, History, Law and Social and Political Sciences and their subfields). The working language of the Programme is English.
https://www.eui.eu/apply?id=max-weber-fellowships
The Society for Classical Studies Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Institute in Munich Fellowship
Deadline: October 21
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. Fellows at the TLL develop a broadened perspective of the range and complexity of the Latin language and culture from the classical period through the early Middle Ages, contribute signed articles to the Thesaurus, have the opportunity to participate in a collaborative international research project in a collegial environment, and work with senior scholars in the field of Latin lexicography.
https://classicalstudies.org/awards-and-fellowships/thesaurus-linguae-latinae-tll-fellowship
UPenn Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship
Deadline: October 24
The fellowship program invites roughly twenty scholars each year to conduct research on a specific theme within the various fields of Judaic studies. Each fellow is given an office at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies in downtown Philadelphia, and receives research support from the Katz Center's staff and librarians. During the course of the year the fellows work on their individual projects and meet at weekly seminars to discuss their on-going research in the company of their colleagues.
https://katz.sas.upenn.edu/fellowship-program
Princeton In Africa Fellowship Program
Deadline: October 26
Princeton in Africa helps future leaders develop lifelong connections to the people and nations of Africa. We match talented and passionate college graduates or young professionals with high-impact organizations working across Africa for paid year-long service placements. Our Fellowship program enables our Fellows, through their skills, knowledge, and technical expertise, to make significant contributions to Africa’s well-being and cultivate meaningful relationships with communities in Africa and one another.
https://aas.princeton.edu/jobs-opportunities/princeton-africa-fellowship-program-2023-2024
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Short-Term Fellowships
Deadline: October 31
With more than 500 fellowships awarded since 1994, the Gilder Lehrman Institute offers short-term research fellowships to doctoral candidates, postdoctoral scholars, college and university faculty at every rank, and independent scholars working in American history.
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/content/how-apply-0
UPenn Humanities Forum W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities
Deadline: November 1
The Penn Humanities Forum awards five (5) one-year Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships each academic year to junior scholars in the humanities who are no more than eight years out of their doctorate and who are not yet tenured (may not be tenured during the fellowship year). Scholars are required to spend the year (September–May) in residence at Penn.
http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu/applications/postdoc/cfa.shtml
Postdoctoral Fellowship for the Getty Villa Scholars Program
Deadline: November 1
The 2023–2024 Getty Villa Scholars Program launches a two-year initiative on the interconnectivities that conditioned relations between East Greeks and their Anatolian neighbors, and the consequent impact on the wider Mediterranean. Priority will be given to research projects that explore multidisciplinary approaches to art and material culture, texts, and other sources.
https://www.getty.edu/foundation/initiatives/residential/getty_pre_postdoctoral_fellowships.html
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.
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
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. ARIT Fellows come from all regions of North America and represent many fields of the humanities and social sciences.
https://aritweb.org/fellowships/
American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowships
Deadline: November 1
Fellowship must be used for the final year of writing the dissertation. Applicants must have completed all course work, passed all preliminary examinations, and received approval for their research proposals or plans by the preceding November. Students holding fellowships for writing a dissertation in the year prior to the AAUW fellowships year are not eligible. Open to applicants in all fields of study.
https://www.aauw.org/resources/programs/fellowships-grants/current-opportunities/american/dissertation-fellowships/
The Smithsonian Institution 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. The Joe and Wanda Corn Fellowship, endowed by their former students Mike Wilkins and Sheila Duignan, supports scholars whose research interests span American art and American history. Recipients will draw on the Smithsonian’s broad resources in both areas.
https://americanart.si.edu/research/fellowships
The Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History (NMAH) Lemelson Center Fellowships
Deadline: November 1
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. The Lemelson Center invites applications covering a broad spectrum of research topics that resonate with its mission to foster a greater understanding of invention and innovation, broadly defined.
https://invention.si.edu/lemelson-center-fellowship-program
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/
Dumbarton Oaks Fellowships and Junior Fellowships
Deadline: November 1
Available to Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, and Garden and Landscape scholars with a terminal degree (Fellowships) or to degree candidates who have fulfilled all preliminary requirements for a terminal degree (Junior Fellowships). Both categories are awarded for an academic year or semester. Fellowships and Junior Fellowships are normally awarded for the academic year. During this time, recipients are expected to be in residence at Dumbarton Oaks and to devote full time to their study projects without undertaking any other major activities.
https://www.doaks.org/research/fellowships-and-awards
The Henry Luce Foundation & American Council of Learned Societies Program in China Studies
Deadline: November 2
Predissertation-Summer Grants, for graduate students who wish to conduct preliminary preparations in China prior to beginning basic research for the dissertation. The grants are for graduate students -- with a Ph.D. prospectus in hand or developing one -- to investigate the research currently underway in Chinese archives and field sites, to establish contact with Chinese scholars, and to secure necessary permissions for their own fieldwork or archival research.
https://www.acls.org/competitions/henry-luce-foundation-acls-program-in-china-studies/
Indiana University Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society Postdoctoral Fellowships
Deadline: November 5
These fellowships provide support to scholars studying race and ethnicity from a broad range of fields in the social sciences and humanities, especially in the areas of education, public and environmental affairs, art and design, public health, business, law, and media. CRRES fellowships are designed to advance the careers of new scholars by providing opportunities to research, teach, and connect with mentors and other faculty in host departments or schools across campus.
https://crres.indiana.edu/programs/postdoctoral-fellowships/index.html
University of Texas-Austin Harry Ransom Center Post-doctoral Research Fellowships
Deadline: November 14
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.
https://www.hrc.utexas.edu/fellowships/
Hagley Museum & Library Henry Belin du Pont Dissertation Fellowships
Deadline: November 15
Henry Belin du Pont Dissertation Fellowships are designed for graduate students who have completed all course work for the doctoral degree and are conducting research on their dissertation. We invite applications from Ph.D. candidates whose research on important historical questions would benefit from use of Hagley's research collections.
http://www.hagley.org/library-fellowships
Huntington Library Long-Term Fellowships
Deadline: November 15
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.
http://www.huntington.org/fellowships/
The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
Deadline: November 15
The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships are designed to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences, and particularly to help Ph.D. candidates in these fields complete their dissertation work in a timely manner. In the current Newcombe competition, at least 20 non-renewable Fellowships of $25,000 will be awarded for 12 months of full-time dissertation writing; in addition, Fellows' graduate schools will be asked to waive tuition and/or remit some portion of their fees.
https://woodrow.org/fellowships/newcombe/
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. The purpose of CPPFD is to develop scholars from underrepresented groups for possible tenure track appointments at the University of North Carolina and other research universities.
http://research.unc.edu/carolina-postdocs/applicants/
Williams College Gaius Charles Bolin Dissertation and Post-MFA Fellowships
Deadline: November 15
The Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowships at Williams College are designed to promote diversity on college faculties by encouraging students from underrepresented groups to complete a terminal graduate degree and to pursue careers in college teaching. The Bolin Fellowships are two-year residencies at Williams, and two scholars or artists are appointed each year.
http://faculty.williams.edu/graduate-fellowships-2/graduate-fellowships/
The Huntington Library Dibner Program in the History of Science Short-Term Awards
Deadline: November 16
The Dibner Program in the History of Science offers historians of science and technology the opportunity to study in the Burndy Library and to work in the other resources for the history of science and technology at the Huntington.
http://www.huntington.org/WebAssets/Templates/content.aspx?id=21991#dibner
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellowships in Buddhist Studies
Deadline: November 16
These summer grants are designed for graduate students who wish to conduct preliminary preparations in China prior to beginning basic research for the dissertation. The grants are for graduate students—with a PhD prospectus in hand or developing one—to investigate the research currently underway in Chinese archives and field sites, to establish contact with Chinese scholars, and to secure necessary permissions for their own fieldwork or archival research.
https://www.acls.org/competitions/the-robert-h-n-ho-family-foundation-dissertation-fellowships-in-buddhist-studies/
Dartmouth College Neukom Institute Fellowships
Deadline: November 17
Neukom Fellows are interdisciplinary positions for recent Ph.D.s, DMAs, or MFAs whose research interests or practice cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries, but has some computational component, whether it be a framing concept for intellectual exploration or an explicit component of the work that is pursued. The successful candidate should have a history of collaborative work across disciplines, but still show good evidence of independence and initiative.
https://neukom.dartmouth.edu/funding/faculty/postdoctoral-fellows
Brown University Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women Postdoctoral Fellowships
Deadline: November 21
For the 2023-24 academic year, the Pembroke Center is awarding one-year residential postdoctoral research fellow positions to scholars from any field whose research relates to the theme of the seminar, "De-Colonial Retro-Speculation." Fellows are required to participate weekly in the Pembroke Seminar, teach one undergraduate course, and pursue individual research.
https://pembroke.brown.edu/funding-opportunities/postdoctoral-research-fellowships
Folger Shakespeare Library Long-term Fellowships
Deadline: December 1
These fellowships are designed to support full-time scholarly work on significant research projects that draw on the strengths of the Folger’s collections and programs. Scholars must hold a terminal degree in their field in order to be eligible for a long-term fellowship.
https://www.folger.edu/institute/fellowships/long-term
Yale University Beinecke Library Visiting Graduate Student Fellowships
Deadline: December 1
The Beinecke Library offers a limited number of fellowships for non-Yale graduate students (doctoral candidates) wishing to conduct primary research for their dissertations or doctoral thesis. The fellowships pay for travel costs to and from New Haven and a living allowance of $3,000 per month.
https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/programs/fellowships
Wellesley College Newhouse Center for the Humanities Fellows
Deadline: December 2
The Newhouse Center for the Humanities hosts ten to twelve resident fellows each year. Resident fellows devote themselves primarily to their own research but also participate actively in the intellectual life of the institution: developing programming, meeting at weekly luncheons and salons, sharing their work in progress with one another and with the larger Wellesley community.
http://www.wellesley.edu/newhouse/people/fellows/node/64756
Washington University at St. Louis Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Program in the Humanities & Social Sciences
Deadline: December 7
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.
https://mii.wustl.edu/how-to-apply/
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships
Deadline: December 8
This year the program will award approximately 30 dissertation fellowships. The dissertation fellowships provide one year of support for individuals working to complete a dissertation leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree. The Ford Foundation Dissertation fellowship is intended to support the final year of writing and defense of the dissertation.
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fordfellowships/index.htm
Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships
Deadline: December 8
Through its Fellowship Programs, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fordfellowships/index.htm
The Council of Overseas Research Center Multi-Country Research Fellowship
Deadline: December 8
The Multi-Country Research Fellowship enables US scholars to carry out trans-regional and comparative research in countries across the network of Overseas Research Centers as well as other countries. The fellowship supports advanced research in the humanities, social sciences, and allied natural sciences for US doctoral candidates, who are all but dissertation, and scholars who have earned their PhD. Applicants are eligible to apply as individuals or as teams. Scholars must carry out research in two or more countries outside the US, at least one of which must host a participating Overseas Research Center. Approximately nine awards of $12,000 each will be awarded.
https://www.caorc.org/multi-fellowship-guidelines
The Bibliographical Society of Canada Bernard Amtmann Fellowship
Deadline: December 12
The Bernard Amtmann Fellowship is offered in memory of Bernard Amtmann (1907-1979), the noted bookseller and specialist in Canadiana. The Fellowship was offered for the first time in 1992 and will be offered every three years thereafter to support the work of a scholar in one of Bernard Amtmann’s principal areas of interest: Canadiana, book collecting, bookselling, and bibliography. Special consideration will be given to applicants working on some aspect of the book trade.
https://www.bsc-sbc.ca/en/fellowship-awards/
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Venetian Research Program
Deadline: December 15
The Foundation intends to further the humanities along a broad front, supporting projects which address the concerns of the historical studia humanitatis: a humanistic education rooted in the great traditions of the past; the formation of human beings according to cultural, moral, and aesthetic ideals derived from that past; and the ongoing debate over how these ideals may best be conceived and realized. The Foundation welcomes projects that cross the boundaries between humanistic disciplines and explore the connection between the humanities and other areas of scholarship.
https://www.delmas.org/venetian-research-program
Newberry Library Short-Term Fellowships
Deadline: December 15
Short-Term Fellowships provide opportunities for individuals who have a specific need for the Newberry’s collection. Postdoctoral scholars, PhD candidates, and scholars with terminal degrees who live and work outside of the Chicago metropolitan area are eligible. Most fellowships are available for one month with a stipend of $2,500 per month.
http://www.newberry.org/short-term-fellowships
Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowships
Deadline: December 15
This year the program will award approximately 60 predoctoral fellowships. These fellowships provide three years of support for individuals engaged in graduate study leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree. The awards will be made to individuals who, in the judgment of the review panels, have demonstrated superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, show promise of future achievement as scholars and teachers, and are well prepared to use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fordfellowships/
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
British Library Eccles Centre Visiting Fellowship
Deadline: December 16
These awards are offered to help support individuals wishing to visit London to use the British Library’s collections relating to the Americas (North America, the Caribbean, Central America, South America).
https://www.bl.uk/eccles-centre/fellowships-and-awards/fellowships
The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington Research Fellowships
Deadline: December 31
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/
University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Grants to Scholars
Deadline: December 31
The Friends of the Library Grants to Scholars program helps to fund visiting scholars with particular research needs in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. The Friends award a number of grants-in-aid annually, each of which is generally for one month’s duration, for research in the humanities, sciences, and related fields appropriate to the libraries’ collection strengths. The purpose of this program is to foster the high-level use of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries’ rich holdings, and to make them better known and more accessible to a wider circle of scholars. Awards are up to $2000.
https://www.library.wisc.edu/friends/friends-grants/grants-in-aid/
Society of Architectural Historians Charles E. Peterson Fellowship of the Buildings of the United States and the Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Deadline: December 31
In a joint program with the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, the Society of Architectural Historians is pleased to offer an annual fellowship that will support the participation of a graduate student in the research and writing for a volume in the Buildings of the United States (BUS) series and/or SAH Archipedia, the Society’s online architectural resource.
http://www.sah.org/jobs-and-careers/sah-fellowships-and-grants/research-fellowships
University of Chicago Provost's Postdoctoral Fellows Program
Deadline: by invitation
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.
http://provostpostdoc.uchicago.edu/
Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study Graduate Student Fellowships
Deadline: The application for 2023-2024 Graduate fellowships will open in Spring 2023
The NDIAS offers fellowships to advanced graduate students for a full academic year (fall and spring semesters, August through May). The Institute also encourages graduate students to address ultimate questions and questions of value while a member of the Institute’s academic community. The Institute welcomes applications from graduate students in all disciplines, including the arts, engineering, the humanities, law, and the social and physical sciences with projects that are creative, innovative, or align with the intellectual orientation of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study.
Cambridge University, Early Career Research Fellowships
Deadline: Applications will open the second week of October
Churchill College, Fitzwilliam College, Murray Edwards College, St Edmund’s College, Robinson College, Selwyn College & Trinity Hall: Joint Application Scheme for Early Career Research Fellowships. A number of Early Career Research Fellowships are offered each year by the 7 colleges. The Fellowships are normally tenable for three years and are open to graduates of any University who have recently completed their doctorate or are close to completion. These Fellowships are intended to be early (first or second) post-doctoral positions appropriate to the start of an academic career.
http://ndias.nd.edu/fellowships/graduate-student/
Royal Museums Greenwich Fellowships & Internships
Deadline: TBA for 2023-24
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 Fellowship, Caird Short Term Fellowship, and Caird Senior Research Fellowship.
https://www.rmg.co.uk/research-collections/research-fellowships
McNeil Center for Early American Studies Postdoctoral Fellowships
Deadline: TBA for 2023-24
The McNeil Center expects to appoint postdoctoral fellows in two distinct categories for terms beginning in 2015. Each fellow will enjoy private office space in the Center's building at the northeastern gateway to the University of Pennsylvania's historic campus; library, computer, and other privileges at the university; and access to the Philadelphia area's magnificent manuscript, rare book and museum collections. Within parameters described below, applications are welcome from scholars whose work focuses on any aspect of the histories and cultures of North America in the Atlantic world before 1850.
https://www.mceas.org/fellowships/postdoctoral-fellowships
American Philosophical Society A.W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Curatorial Fellowship
Deadline: TBA for 2023-24
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. The fellowship, based in the APS Museum, will provide hands-on experience in curatorial work and the opportunity to pursue an independent research project, preferably one related to the collections or programs of the Society’s library and museum.
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/curatorialfellowship
Rice University Humanities Research Center Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Rice Seminars
Deadline: TBA for 2023-24
The Humanities Research Center at Rice University hosts yearlong residential postdoctoral fellowships at Rice University for outstanding junior scholars. The program is designed to encourage interdisciplinary teaching and research, facilitate new research communities at Rice, and prepare junior scholars for future faculty positions.
https://hrc.rice.edu/calls-deadlines
Library of Congress Junior Fellows Summer Intern Program
Deadline: TBA for 2023-24
The Library of Congress Junior Fellows Summer Intern program (10 weeks) offers undergraduate and graduate students insights into the environment, culture and collections of the world's largest and most comprehensive repository of human knowledge. Through the Junior Fellows program, the Library of Congress furthers its mission to provide access to a universal record of knowledge, culture and creativity as exemplified by its collections, while supporting current and future generations of students and scholars. The fellows explore digital initiatives and inventory, catalog, arrange, preserve and research a backlog of special, legal or copyright collections in many different formats. The stipend is $3000 and US citizenship is required to apply.
https://www.loc.gov/item/internships/junior-fellows-program/
Columbia-Harvard China and the World Program Postdoctoral Research Associates
Deadline: TBA for 2023-24
Princeton University and Harvard University jointly founded the fellowship program for the advanced study of China’s international relations, the Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program (CWP), in 2005. The program’s co-directors are Thomas J. Christensen of Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Alastair Iain Johnston of Harvard’s Government Department. The China and the World Program supports research that integrates theoretical innovations in the field of international relations with the rigorous study of China’s interactions with countries, regions, institutions, and non-state actors.
https://cwp.sipa.columbia.edu/fellowships
