Main Humanities Funders
This is a general list of significant federal, foundation, corporate, and regional funding bodies in the humanities. Many of these organizations fund collaborative project funding that involves more than one scholar, as well as projects that may involve activities beyond writing books and papers.
Learn about Main Humanities Funders
Opportunities and Deadlines
These funding opportunities are broken down by types of research project and organized by deadlines to assist you in planning your time. Select a list and scroll by deadline, or use the keyboard shortcut “Control+F” (or “Command+F” on a Mac) to search by field, discipline, or interest area.
Research Funding
This is a list of specific awards that fund research, travel, writing, residential fellowships, and diversity fellowships (including individual and collaborative undertakings).
Postdoctoral Fellowships
Fellowships and residential fellowships for scholars in their final year of the Ph.D. program and within a certain number of years of completing the Ph.D. (typically within five years).
Residential Fellowships
Funding for short- and long-term (of one semester or more) research periods at specific libraries, collections, humanities centers, universities, and other sites.
Conference, Workshop, and Exhibition Support
Grants to fund research meetings, workshops, conferences, and exhibitions
Documentaries and Filmmaking Support
Grants and fellowships to support documentary- and film-making in the humanities, as well as other humanistic media products.
Library and Archival Development
UF’s George A. Smathers Libraries maintains a world-class funding resources website and grant-seeking program. If you are interested in any kind of project in archives, digitization, or preservation, start by contacting your UF subject liaison librarian.
Prizes and Awards
Awards for faculty achievement.
Publication Support
Grants and subventions to assist faculty in completing writing and publication of their work, including creative writing, translations, and edited texts.
Digital Humanities
Grants, fellowships, and funding to assist faculty creating digital projects and research.
Public Humanities
Support for publicly-engaged research, public programs, and K-12 teaching in the humanities.