Grant Opportunities: Humanities
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Department of Education: International Research and Studies Program This program supports surveys, studies, and development of instructional materials to improve and strengthen instruction in modern foreign languages, area studies, and other international fields. |
March |
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Council of American Overseas Research Centers The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) Multi-Country Fellowship Program supports advanced regional or trans-regional research in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences for U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. Preference will be given to candidates examining comparative and/or cross-regional research. |
January |
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Long-term fellowships are available to post-doctoral scholars who want to be in residence at the Newberry for periods of four to twelve months. |
January |
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National Endowment for the Arts Through fellowships to published translators, the Arts Endowment supports projects for the translation of specific works of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English. |
January |
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Fellowships are offered by the Smithsonian Institution to provide opportunities for graduate students, predoctoral students, and postdoctoral and senior investigators to conduct research in association with members of the Smithsonian professional research staff, and to utilize the resources of the Institution. |
January |
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Five College Women's Studies Research Center Each year, ten to twelve scholars, teachers, artists, writers, and activists from the United States and abroad are provided with offices in our spacious facility, library privileges, and participation in a faculty seminar with a diverse community of colleagues in gender studies. |
March |
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National Endowment for the Arts The NEA Literature Fellowships program offers $25,000 grants in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) and poetry to published creative writers that enable the recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement. The NEA Literature Fellowships program operates on a two-year cycle with fellowships in prose and poetry available in alternating years. For FY 2013, which is covered by these guidelines, fellowships in poetry are available. |
March |
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National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipends Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Recipients usually produce scholarly articles, monograph on a specialized subject, a book on a broad topic, an archaeological site report, a translation, an edition, a database, or other scholarly tools. The award is $6,000 for two consecutive months of full-time research and writing. Summer Stipends require institutional nomination. If you are are interested in Summer Stipends please contact the Grants Office. |
September |
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National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships Fellowships support individuals pursuing advanced research in the humanities that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the general public's understanding of the humanities. Support is provided for projects that can be completed during the tenure of the award as well as for work that is part of a long-term endeavor. Recipients usually produce scholarly articles, monograph on a specialized subject, a book on a broad topic, an archaeological site report, a translation, an edition, a database, or other scholarly tools. Awards are $4,200 per month for awards of six to twelve months in duration. |
May |
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National Endowment for the Humanities Enduring Questions Course Grants Enduring Question grants support the development by up to four faculty members of a new course that will foster intellectual community through the study of an enduring question. Grant amounts can be up to $25,000. |
September |
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American Institute of of Indian Studies Provides funding to pre- and post-doctoral scholars and artists in pursuit of knowledge about India. |
July
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Council for International Exchange of Scholars Traditional Fulbright Scholar Program. The core Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. |
August |
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Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation The foundation welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence and aggression. Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence and aggression in the modern world. Most awards fall within the range of $15,000 to $40,000 per year for periods of one or two years. |
August |
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John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships to assist research and artistic creation. |
September |
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American Philosophical Society 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. APS/British Academy Fellowship for Research in London APS/Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Fellowship for Research in Edinburgh In collaboration with the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh, the APS offers a visiting fellowship of between two and four months for research in Edinburgh in the calendar year 2013 in any aspect of the humanities and social sciences. |
October & December |
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Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study The Radcliffe Institute has supported the work of 50 fellows annually in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. |
October |
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Each year, the Center hosts around 160 scholars who conduct independent research on national and/or international issues addressing key public policy challenges. |
October |
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American Academy of Arts & Sciences The Visiting Scholars Program (VSP) is an interdisciplinary research fellowship housed at the headquarters of the Academy in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its purpose is to stimulate and support scholarly work by promising scholars and practitioners in the early stages of their careers and to foster exchange between an emerging generation of scholars and Academy members with shared interests. |
October |
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The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities during the academic year. Most of the Center's fellowships are unrestricted. Several, however, are designated for particular areas of research. These include a fellowship for a young woman in philosophy and fellowships for environmental studies, English literature, art history, Asian Studies, and theology. |
October |
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Council for International Exchange of Scholars Participants in this seminar gain a firsthand look into how Germany's political, economic and cultural systems deal with contemporary issues. For U.S. scholars, the engagement in substantive dialogue with political, academic, scientific, journalistic and cultural leaders in Germany can strengthen research and teaching. Check website for most up-to-date topic. |
October |
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For established scholars, artists, or writers who have attained distinction in their fields. |
November |
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American Association of University Women American Fellowships support women scholars completing doctoral dissertations, conducting postdoctoral research, or finishing research for publication. Recipients must be United States citizens or permanent residents. |
November |
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George A. & Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation The Howard Foundation awards a limited number of fellowships each year for independent projects in selected fields (selected on a rotational basis). The Foundation targets its support specifically to early mid-career individuals, those who have achieved recognition for at least one major project. Fields for 2012-2013 are: Photography, Anthropology, and Archeology. |
November |
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Fellowships for research on British and American history, literature, art history, and the history of science and medicine. |
December |
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Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Provide fellowships that promote academic cooperation between excellent scientists and scholars from abroad and in Germany. |
Rolling |
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Each year, the Foundation designs funding opportunities that ask researchers and other project leaders to focus their attention on a group of particularly compelling topics. These Funding Competitions challenge grant-seekers to develop proposals that specifically address one or more of the Big Questions. |
Rolling |
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American Council of Learned Societies ACLS continues to be the leading private institution supporting scholars in the humanities and related social sciences at the doctoral and postdoctoral levels. In 2012, the Council gave over $15 million in fellowship stipends and other awards to more than 320 scholars in the United States and abroad. |
Various |
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National Council for Eurasian & East European Research Established in January 2001 by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Carnegie Research Fellowship Program brings Russian and former Soviet scholars to the United States for short-term, non-degree research at American universities and research institutions. |
Various |
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Senior fellowships (up to $50,000) in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts; residential senior fellowships (in D.C. limited to 60 days) |
Various |
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The Trustees of The Rotary Foundation have identified six areas of focus for the new grant structure. These areas reflect critical humanitarian issues and needs that Rotarians are addressing worldwide. Areas of focus include: 1. Peace and conflict prevent/resolution 2. Disease prevention and treatment 3. Water and sanitation 4. Maternal and child health 5. Basic education and literacy 6. Economic and community development. |
Various |
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Business Language Research and Teaching Grants Providing incentives for foreign language faculty to teach and do research in a business context. |
December |
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Grants Advisor Plus - Humanities The Grant Advisor Plus provides an exciting new way to quickly and easily conduct exhaustive searches of external funding opportunities in YOUR field! Listings are presented in a table format and dedicated to funding in the Humanities and include links directly to the following (all where applicable): (a) web pages of the funding agency or organization; (b) complete program reviews from "The Grant Advisor" newsletter; (c) complete text from all current Federal Register grant listings; (d) complete text of National Science Foundation documents; and (e) e-mail addresses.
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