Funding for short- (of four weeks or more) and long-term (of one semester or more) research periods at specific libraries, collections, humanities centers, universities, and other sites. Apply to these opportunities to support summer research, semester and year-length research leave, and sabbatical/professional development leave periods.
January
Clements Library Fellowships
The William L. Clements Library offers fellowships to help scholars access the Library’s rich primary source collections for research. The four broad categories are Long-term, Short-term, Week-long, and Digital fellowships. The application requires a selection of which type of fellowship you would like to be considered for and the duration you expect your research visit to take.
Folger Institute Research Fellowship
The Folger Institute will offer non-residential research fellowships, in the amount of $3,500, to support four continuous weeks of research and writing, located in Washington, DC.
The New-York Historical Society and The Patricia D. Klingenstein Library at the New-York Historical Society
This fellowship takes place in New York. This is a two-year, full-time position, with the anticipated dates of Sept. 2021 through Aug. 2023, with the possibility of remote work during the first year. The position comes with a stipend of $50,000 per year and benefits. Some travel may be required.
Oxford Center for Islamic Studies Visiting Fellowships
Research at the Centre is currently focused within the following broad areas: Classical Islamic sciences, Muslim societies past and present, Identity and citizenship (with special reference to Muslims in the West), Islamic finance and economic and human development. Applications are decided on the merits of the particular research the applicant is proposing to do or to complete, and scholars working in other areas are encouraged to apply.
Faculty Development Seminar on Palestine Travel Fellowships
The program will host 10 to 12 U.S. faculty members to participate in roundtable discussions; visits to Palestinian universities, research institutes, and cultural institutions; tours of historic cities; as well as meetings with Palestinian colleagues. PARC will provide three travel stipends up to $1,000 each for airfare for professors from Minority Serving Institutions and/or Community Colleges.
Anna C. & Oliver C. Colburn Fellowships
The purpose of this fellowship is to support studies undertaken at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece. Two Fellowships of $5,500 each are given.
The American Antiquarian Society Short Term Fellowship
The American Antiquarian Society offers short-term visiting academic research fellowships tenable for one to two months at their location in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Cary Graphic Arts Collection Summer Fellowship
The fellowship is open to scholars engaged with subject areas covered by the library’s holdings. A stipend of $2,800 covers travel and living expenses. This fellowship will take place in Rochester, NY.
Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships
The scheme provides three year fellowships for early career researchers. Fellowships are tenable in all fields, except for projects which would be better funded by the MRC. This fellowship will take place at King’s College in London.
Donald Bullough Fellowship
The Fellowship is open to any academic in a permanent university post with research interests in mediaeval history. The financial aspect of the fellowship is a subsidy (up to £3000) towards the cost of travel to St Andrews in the United Kingdom and accommodation during your stay.
The Fred and Ellen Lewis Fellowship
One (1) or two (2) fellowships will be awarded each year to deserving scholars engaged in graduate level, post-doctoral, or independent study to conduct research in the JDC Archives facility in New York or Jerusalem. The amount granted will range from $2,000 to $5,000 per fellow.
The Nathan & Sarah Chesin and Bernard & Mollie Steuer Fellowships
One (1) fellowship will be awarded each year to a deserving scholar engaged in graduate level, post-doctoral, or independent study to conduct research in the JDC Archives. The amount granted will be $2,500.
The Ruth and David Musher Fellowship
One (1) fellowship will be awarded each year to a deserving scholar engaged in graduate level, post-doctoral, or independent study to conduct research in the JDC Archives facility in New York or Jerusalem. The amount granted will be $2,500 per fellow per year.
The Ruth and David Musher JDC Archives Regional Fellowship
The Ruth and David Musher/JDC Archives Regional Fellowship for regional research is focused on Israel and North African Jewish communities. Four fellowships will be granted in total over several years to deserving scholars engaged in graduate level, post-doctoral, or independent study to conduct research in the JDC Archives.
The Sorrell and Lorraine Chesin Fellowship
One (1) fellowship will be awarded each year to a deserving scholar engaged in graduate level, post-doctoral, or independent study to conduct research in the JDC Archives. The amount granted will be $2,500. Dr. Sorrell Chesin has dedicated his career to the advancement of higher education.
*J.S. Lee Memorial Fellowship Programme
The Programme supports outstanding and promising museum professionals and scholars in the field of Chinese art and culture to conduct research or gain curatorial and museum experience through fellowship attachments at foreign museums and academic institutions for a period of 4 to 12 months. The Programme covers the costs of round-trip air tickets, visa application, medical insurance, accommodation, as well as living expenses while in China.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Native American Scholars Initiative (NASI) Fellowship
The APS Fellowship is open to scholars at all stages of their careers, especially Native American scholars in training, tribal college and university faculty members, and other scholars working closely with Native communities on projects. Fellows will be associated with the APS’s new Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR), which aims to promote greater collaboration between scholars, archives, and Indigenous communities. This fellowship is located in Philadelphia.
David Center for the American Revolution Fellowships
David Center Fellowships continue the 30-year tradition of the David Library awarding over 200 fellowships to scholars who have gone on to write hundreds of dissertations, academic articles, academic papers and books, and to teach at major institutions of higher learning worldwide, about the American Revolution and Founding Era. These funding opportunities provide support to scholars in all fields who show a demonstrated need to use the collections for their projects and takes place in Pennsylvania.
The Spencer Education Journalism Fellowship
The Spencer Fellowship offers opportunities for journalists and educators in- and outside of the U.S. to spend an academic year at Columbia University researching and producing journalism about a significant topic in education.
February
Gerda Henkel Fellowship in Digital History
This fellowship will provide a unique opportunity for the recipient to work on his or her research project, where she/he will be in residence for one year at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media in Virginia.
Humanity in Action Fellowship
Humanity in Action Fellowship programs look at the ways in which communities co-exist to create a society. Each program investigates human rights, democracy, and structural injustice. Each bridges the international and the domestic, the theoretical and the practical, the political and the personal. Applicants can apply for fellowships in Amsterdam, Berlin, Sarajevo, Warsaw and Copenhagen.
Arizona State University Institute for Humanities Research Fellowship Program
The new IHR Fellows program advances the scholarly writing and research of humanities faculty. The program includes registration for the National Council for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) Faculty Success Program, which provides faculty with the skills needed to increase both research and writing productivity while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
Israel Institute Faculty Development Grants
The Israel Institute offers Faculty Development Grants to tenure-track faculty members in the United States and Canada who want to add Israel-focused courses to their teaching portfolios. Faculty Development Grants enable select scholars to conduct research, travel to Israel, hone language skills, or pursue any other activity that would be conducive to developing and teaching courses about modern Israel. Grant amounts vary depending on the proposal and expected enrollments. The average grant award is $8,000.
Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies at UCLA Clark Short-Term Fellowships
Fellowship support is available to scholars with research projects that require work in any area of the Clark Library’s collections. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. degree or have equivalent academic experience. Awards are for periods of one to three months in residence and include a stipend for $3,000 per month.
March
Hill Museum and Manuscript Library Nicky B. Carter Fellowship in Manuscript Studies
For senior scholars using the digital or microfilm manuscript collections at HMML. The program welcomes international applicants, but does not sponsor J visas. Up to $5,000 to support a residency of at least two weeks.
*Olivia James Traveling Fellowship
The award is to be used for travel and study in Greece, Cyprus, the Aegean Islands, Sicily, southern Italy, Asia Minor (Turkey) or Mesopotamia. A $24,000 stipend is provided. To be eligible, applicants must have been Archaeological Institute of America members (Graduate or Professional level) in good standing for at least two consecutive years (or one year for graduate students) by the application deadline.
GHI Fellowships at the Horner Library
The GHI Fellowship at the Horner Library will provide a travel subsidy and an allowance of $1,000 to $3,500 depending on the length of the stay and the qualifications of the fellows in Pennsylvania.
Indigenous Community Research Fellowships
The American Philosophical Society (APS)’s Indigenous Community Research Fellowships support research by Indigenous community members, elders, teachers, knowledge keepers, tribal officials, traditional leaders, museum and archive professionals, scholars, and others, regardless of academic background, seeking to examine materials at the APS Library & Museum (Pennsylvania) in support of Indigenous community-based priorities.
Swan Foundation Short-Term Resident Research Fellowship for Revolutionary-Era Material Culture
This funding opportunity provides one month of support for researchers to work in the artifact collections of the Swan Historical Foundation, the American Philosophical Society, and other repositories in the Greater Philadelphia Region. The fellowship is open to scholars in all fields who show a demonstrated need to use the collections for their project.
Charles Redd Center for Western Studies
The Charles Redd Center provides awards, fellowships, and grants in a variety of categories to individuals engaged in a wide variety of disciplines.
Texas Tech University Visiting Scholar Fellowship
Scholars in any Humanities field are welcome to apply, but special consideration will be given to applicants who plan to use libraries, archives, and other resources at Texas Tech and/or the Lubbock area. The selected Fellow will ideally hold the Ph.D., but an exceptional ABD would be considered.
European University Institute Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowships
Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowships provide a framework for established academics with an international reputation to pursue their research at the European University Institute. Fellowships last for up to ten months in one of the EUI’s four Departments which in turn invite fellows to participate in departmental activities (seminars, workshops, colloquia, etc.).
The Bogliasco Foundation Residential Fellowship
Bogliasco Fellowships are awarded are awarded to artists and scholars in the various disciplines of the Arts and Humanities (Archaeology, Architecture, Classics, Dance, Film/Video, History, Landscape Architecture, Literature, Music, Philosophy, Theater, and Visual Arts) per year. Residencies at the Bogliasco Study Center in Genoa last approximately one month and cover room and board.
April
*Elizabeth Bartman Museum Internship
A scholarship established in honor of the Archaeological Institute of America Honorary President Elizabeth Bartman to assist graduate students or those who have recently completed a master’s degree with the expenses associated with participating in a museum internship either in the United States or abroad. The internship fund is intended to help graduate students, or those who have recently completed a master’s degree, in Archaeology or a related field (e.g., Anthropology, Art History, Classics, History, etc.) meet expenses associated with undertaking a museum internship (minimum duration a summer or semester.
*Gonda Fellowship at the International Institute for Asian Studies
The J. Gonda Fund Foundation supports the scholarly study of Sanskrit, other classical Indian languages and literatures, and Indian cultural history at the IIAS in the Netherlands.
*Peace, Security and Development Fellowship for African Scholars
The Peace, Security and Development Fellowships for African Scholars seeks to nurture and equip junior African Scholars interested in pursuing careers in peace and security in King’s College London. The programme encourages academic expertise on peace and security, grounded in a pursuit of excellence and integrity.
*Peace and Security Fellowship for African Women
The Peace and Security Fellowships for African Women bring together African women at the early stages of their career to undertake a carefully designed training programme in Leadership, Development and Security at the ALC. The fellowship programme is designed to expose young professional African women to the complexities of conflict, security and development and equip them for careers in this field.
Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan
The Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan program is a joint activity of the Japan – United States Friendship Commission (JUSFC) and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The program aims to promote Japan studies in the United States, to encourage U.S. – Japanese scholarly exchange, and to support the next generation of Japan scholars in the United States.
May
International Institute for Jewish Genealogy Research Grants
The Institute invites proposals for original work squarely in the field of Jewish Genealogy, broadly defined. Proposals may be in the categories of pure genealogical research, or inter-disciplinary research. They may also seek to provide Jewish genealogists and family historians with innovative “tools and technologies” to advance their work.
J. Robert Beyster Visiting Professor Fellowship
The Fellowship for a Visiting Professor Fellowship of $25,000 supports a professor from another institution who comes to SMLR to complete a research or writing project that is judged to have a large potential impact on the field of employee ownership. The professor/scholar will visit SMLR for the duration of one semester to one year in order to write up their thesis and/or complete publications under the guidance of SMLR faculty experts.
June
Durham University Institute of Advanced Study Fellowship
IAS fellowships are normally available based on nominations by Durham academics, and on open applications. Fellows come from across the disciplinary spectrum and from across the globe. IAS Fellowships include an honorarium, funds for travel, and accommodation at Durham University.
July
*Taiwan Fellowship
The Taiwan Fellowship is established by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) to encourage foreign experts and scholars in the fields of social sciences and humanities interested in researches related to Taiwan, cross-strait relations, mainland China, Asia-Pacific region and Chinese studies to conduct advanced research at universities or academic institutions in Taiwan.
August
Harvard University Society of Fellows
The purpose of the Society is to give men and women at an early stage of their scholarly careers an opportunity to pursue their studies in any department of the University, free from formal requirements.
Marie S. Curie Frias Cofund Fellowships
The Marie S. Curie Frias Cofund Fellowship Program supports 15 fellows per year (juniors and seniors) from all disciplines with the opportunity of spending three to twelve months working on their own research project at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), the international research college of the University of Freiburg in Germany.
September
Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship
Radcliffe fellows are exceptional scientists, writers, scholars, public intellectuals, practitioners, and artists whose work is making a difference in their professional fields and in the larger world. Based in Radcliffe Yard—a sanctuary in the heart of Harvard University—fellows join a uniquely interdisciplinary and creative community. A fellowship at Radcliffe is an opportunity to step away from usual routines and dive deeply into a project. With access to Harvard’s unparalleled resources, Radcliffe fellows develop new tools and methods, challenge artistic and scholarly conventions, and illuminate our past and our present.
Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Visiting Senior Fellowship Program
The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts announces its program for visiting fellowships. Up to seven two-month visiting senior fellowships are awarded. Fellowships are for full-time research, and scholars are expected to reside in Washington.
Depauw University Faculty Fellowships
The Faculty Fellowship program is designed to stimulate and facilitate projects by faculty members to improve their teaching, to advance their scholarly and creative work, to enhance the University’s academic programs, and to realize institutional goals at Depauw University in Indiana. A salary supplement of $5,000 each year is given.
Depauw University Fisher Fellowship
The Fellow is granted a one-semester paid leave to work on a scholarly, creative, teaching, or curricular project. In addition to the regular salary, he or she shall receive a $5000 stipend as well as $1000 for project expenses at Depauw University in Indiana.
Jacyk Distinguished Fellowships
The Jacyk Distinguished Fellowship is designed to bring senior scholars to Harvard University for a period of five months for focused research in Ukrainian history, literature, philology, culture, and other related areas of study in the humanities and social sciences fields. A stipend of $5,000 per month is offered to cover the cost of housing, health insurance, and other living expenses for a total of five months.
*Wilson Center East European Studies Short-term Research Scholarships
The Wilson Center’s European Studies Program is now accepting applications for the EES Short-term Grant competition, which is open to academic experts and practitioners, including advanced graduate students, engaged in specialized research requiring access to Washington, DC and its research institutions. Grants are for one month and do not include residence at the Wilson Center. Candidates must be U.S. citizens, in order to be considered eligible for this grant opportunity.
The American-Scandinavian Foundation Grants
The American-Scandinavian Foundation promotes the cultures of the Nordic countries in the United States and American culture in the Nordic countries by encouraging programs that will enhance public appreciation of culture, art, and thought. The maximum award amount is $5,000; however, average grants range between $1,000 to $2,000.
Israel Institute Teaching Fellow Program
Teaching Fellow placements are open to academics who possess PhDs and strong English skills, can teach a wide variety of classes about modern Israel, and are willing to commit to multi-year placements at colleges and universities in the United States. Applicants must have expertise in modern Israel as demonstrated by a dissertation or at least two peer-reviewed publications about modern Israel.
The Berlin Prize
Fellowship benefits include round-trip airfare, housing at the Hans Arnhold Center, partial board, and a stipend of $5,000 per month. Fellows are expected to be in residence at the Academy in Berlin during the entire term of the award, generally one academic semester, and to offer two public events about their work. The Academy supports the projects of the Berlin Prize fellows in a variety of ways, from building a strong interdisciplinary community and active networking, to an excellent library service.
The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study Residential Fellowships
Faculty Fellows receive half their salary per academic year (up to $75,000), subsidized housing (for those who currently reside outside of the South Bend area), a research allowance of up to $500 per semester, and a private office at the NDIAS. Faculty Fellowships are open to scholars, scientists, social scientists, and artists in all disciplines who are conducting research related to The Public.
European University Institute Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowships
Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowships provide a framework for established academics with an international reputation to pursue their research at the European University Institute. Fellowships last for up to ten months in one of the EUI’s four Departments which in turn invite fellows to participate in departmental activities (seminars, workshops, colloquia, etc.).
The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study Fellowships
This fellowship at the University of Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study in Indiana focuses on various research topics pertaining to public health, environmental science, technology, engineering, political science, architecture/urban planning, philosophy, history, religion and culture.
New York Public Library Cullman Center Fellowship
The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers offers Fellowships to people whose work will benefit directly from access to the research collections at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. A Cullman Center Fellow receives a stipend of up to $75,000, the use of an office with a computer, and full access to the Library’s physical and electronic resources. Fellows work at the Center for the duration of the Fellowship term, which runs from September through May.
October
Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Senior Fellowship Program
The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts announces its program for fellowships. Up to seven senior fellowships are awarded for the 2023–2024 academic year. Fellowships are for full-time research, and scholars are expected to reside in Washington.
Hill Museum and Manuscript Library Nicky B. Carter Fellowship in Manuscript Studies
For senior scholars using the digital or microfilm manuscript collections at HMML. The program welcomes international applicants, but does not sponsor J visas. Up to $5,000 to support a residency of at least two weeks.
Institute for Advanced Study School of Historical Studies
Each year scholars from around the world apply to come to the Institute to pursue their own research. Those who are chosen are offered a membership for a set period. Members receive access to the extensive resources of the Institute, including offices, access to libraries, subsidized restaurant and housing facilities, and some secretarial services.
Camargo Core Fellowship Program
The Core Program is the flagship program of the Camargo Foundation. Applicants must submit a proposal of work they would like to accomplish during their residencies. The Camargo Core Program welcomes both open-ended exploration, or more focused works.
Gonda Fellowship at the International Institute for Asian Studies
The J. Gonda Fund Foundation supports the scholarly study of Sanskrit, other classical Indian languages and literatures, and Indian cultural history at the IIAS in the Netherlands.
The Getty Foundation – Getty Scholar Grants
Getty Scholar Grants are for established scholars, or individuals who have attained distinction in their fields. Recipients may be in residence at the Getty Research Institute or Getty Villa, where they pursue their own projects free from work-related obligations, make use of Getty collections, join their colleagues in a weekly meeting devoted to an annual research theme or the African American Art History Initiative, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty.
National Humanities Center Residential Fellowship
Applicants must have a doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials. Mid-career and senior scholars are encouraged to apply. Emerging scholars with a strong record of peer-reviewed work may also apply. The Center does not support the revision of doctoral dissertations. This fellowship takes place at the NHC in North Carolina.
Gerald D. Feldman Travel Grants
The travel grants are meant to improve the career opportunities for humanities and social science academics in their qualification phase. The scientists conduct a self-chosen research project in at least two and at most three host countries which are home to MWS institutes and branches or at the Richard Koebner Minerva Center for German History.
The Socieity for the Humanities at Cornell University Fellowship
The Society for the Humanities at Cornell University seeks interdisciplinary research projects for year-long residencies that reflect on the theme of Crossing. Recipients earn a one-year residential fellowship at Cornell University with a $56,000 stipend. Fellows live and work in Ithaca, NY.
November
Bodleian Visiting Fellowships
The Bodleian Libraries seek to fund researchers external to the University of Oxford who will benefit from access to the collections and who will contribute to the research culture of the Bodleian and of the wider university during their residency. Applications for all fellowships should clearly convey the training and professional experience of the researcher; the significance of the project for research in the applicant’s field of study; the need for access to Bodleian Libraries special collections; and the outcomes to be expected during and after the fellowship period.
Huntington Longterm Research Fellowships
The Huntington will award 14 Long-Term Fellowships for nine to 12 months in residence, each with a stipend of $50,000. Although nine of these awards are open to scholars working on projects in any area where The Huntington’s collections are strong, there are specific awards for the study of Octavia E. Butler (the Butler Fellowship), maritime history (The Kemble Fellowship), the history of medicine (The Molina Fellowship) and the history of science (The Dibner Fellowships). Three awards (the Thom Fellowships) are reserved for recent post-doctoral scholars.
Huntington Short term Research Fellowships
Approximately 140 Short-Term Fellowships are available for one to five months in residence and carry monthly stipends of $3,500. They are open to scholars in any field where The Huntington’s collections are strong.
*United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Annual Fellowships
These fellowships support significant research and writing about the Holocaust and related topics that would benefit from a period of residence at the Museum and access to its resources. Fellows receive a monthly stipend of $5,000.
The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies Berenson Fellowship
Designed for scholars who explore “Italy in the World.” Projects should address the transnational dialogues between Italy and other cultures (e.g. Latin American, Mediterranean, African, Asian etc.) during the Renaissance, broadly understood historically to include the period from the 14th to the 17th century. This is a residential fellowship of 4 or 6 months in length. Up to four fellowships will be awarded every year.
The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies Craig Hugh Smyth Fellowship
The Craig Hugh Smyth Fellowship is designed for curators and conservators pursuing advanced research in any aspect of the Italian Renaissance. Applicants should be scholars who work for an educational or cultural institution as a curator or conservator. They may apply to carry out research on behalf of their home institution or propose projects relating to their personal research interests. This is a residential fellowship of 4 or 6 months in length. Two fellowships are available every year.
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships for Research in Turkey
The American Research Institute in Turkey is pleased to invite applications for one to three advanced long-term fellowships for research in affiliation with ARIT centers in Turkey, supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The fields of study cover all periods of history in the general range of the humanities and include humanistically oriented aspects of the social sciences, prehistory, history, art, archaeology, literature, and linguistics, as well as interdisciplinary aspects of cultural history. Stipends of $5,000 per month are awarded on the basis of individual proposals.
The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies David and Julie Tobey Fellowship
The David and Julie Tobey Fellowship supports research on drawings, prints, and illustrated manuscripts from the Italian Renaissance, and especially the role that these works played in the creative process, the history of taste and collecting, and questions of connoisseurship. Proposals on a variety of subjects with a substantive component of research on drawings, prints, and illustrated manuscripts done on paper or parchment types are welcome. This is a residential fellowship of 4 or 6 months in length. One fellowship is available every year.
The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies Fellowship in the Digital Humanities
This fellowship aims to support the work of scholars in the humanities or social sciences, librarians, archivists, and data science professionals whose research interests or practice cut across traditional disciplinary boundaries and actively employ technology in their work. Projects can address any aspect of the Italian Renaissance, broadly understood historically to include the period from the 14th to the 17th century, and geographically to include transnational dialogues between Italy and other cultures (e.g. Latin American, Mediterranean, African, Asian, etc.). Projects should apply digital technologies such as mapping, textual analysis, visualization, or the semantic web to topics in fields such as art and architecture, history, literature, material culture, music, philosophy, religion, and the history of science. This is a residential fellowship of 4 or 6 months in length. Up to two fellowships will be awarded every year.
The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies Wallace Fellowship
Wallace Fellowships are designed for scholars who explore the historiography and impact of the Italian Renaissance in the Modern Era (19th-21st centuries). Projects could address a range of topics from historiography to the reaction to, transformation of, and commentary on the Italian Renaissance and its ties to modernity. Also welcome are projects on museum and collecting history and on the survival of the Renaissance in modern art and architecture (including photography and landscape architecture), in literature and music, and in philosophy and political thought. This is a residential fellowship of 4 or 6 months in length. Up to four fellowships will be awarded every year.
Wenner-Gren Fellowship in Anthropology and Black Experiences
This fellowship aims to expand the anthropological conversation and build capacity in anthropology by amplifying perspectives previously under-represented in the discipline. Fellows receive a stipend of $50,000. Located at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Rockefeller Archive Center Research Stipend
The Rockefeller Archive Center offers a competitive research stipend program that provides individuals (not institutions) up to $5,000 for reimbursement of travel and accommodation expenses. The stipend can only be used to facilitate research at the Rockefeller Archive Center in New York, not for research at other archival repositories or for tuition support.
*Dumbarton Oaks Research Fellowships
Available to Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, and Garden and Landscape scholars with a terminal degree (Fellowships) or degree candidates who have fulfilled all preliminary requirements for a terminal degree (Junior Fellowships), and awarded for an academic year or semester. Summer Fellowships are available to Byzantine and Pre-Columbian scholars at on any level of advancement beyond the first year of graduate (post-baccalaureate) study. Fellowships located at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, DC.
John R. Coleman Traveling Fellowship
The Coleman Fellowship is to be used for travel and study in Italy, the western Mediterranean, or North Africa, between July 1 of the award year and the following June 30. Applicants must be engaged in dissertation research in a U.S. graduate program. A $10,000 stipend is offered.
Olivia James Traveling Fellowship
The award is to be used for travel and study in Greece, Cyprus, the Aegean Islands, Sicily, southern Italy, Asia Minor (Turkey) or Mesopotamia. A $24,000 stipend is provided. To be eligible, applicants must have been Archaeological Institute of America members (Graduate or Professional level) in good standing for at least two consecutive years (or one year for graduate students) by the application deadline.
The Archaeology of Portugal Fellowship
The fellowship can be used to support research and study related to the archaeology of Portugal, including the Autonomous Regions of the Azores and Madeira. Typical awards range from $2,000 to $8,000 ($7,500 is the current maximum).
Richard C. MacDonald Iliad Endowment For Archaeological Research
The Archaeological Institute of America announces a new grant program, the Richard C. MacDonald Iliad Endowment for Archaeological Research. The grant amount will be $20,000. This grant will be awarded to projects that support research in regions that supply context to the study of Troy and generally help elucidate the Trojan War and its impact on ancient Mediterranean civilization.
Newberry Library Long Term Fellowships
Fellowships are available for 4 to 9 months. These fellowships are generally available without regard to an applicant’s place of residence and are intended to support significant works of scholarship that draw on the strengths of the Newberry’s collection.
Omohundro Institute Georgian Papers Programme – Library of Congress Fellowships
Fellows spend one month at the Royal Archives in Windsor and one month at the Kluge Center of the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Each fellow will receive a stipend of $8,000 from the Kluge Center of the Library of Congress, intended to cover the costs of one month of research at the Royal Archives and one month of research at the Library of Congress.
Omohundro Institute Digital Collections Fellowship
The fellowship awards up to $5,000 to the holding library/archive and to the scholar whose research relies on, or will be greatly enhanced by, the digitization of a collection or partial collection of materials related to early America, broadly conceived, before 1820.
Omohundro Institute and the Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation Short-term Fellowships
The Omohundro Institute and the Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation offer a Short-Term Visiting Fellowship (1–2 months) for scholars—from advanced graduate students to senior scholars. Scholars with strong interests in colonial history, historical archaeology, Atlantic history, Native American history, African American studies, early Jamestown, the Chesapeake, and material culture, 1500–1720, are encouraged to apply. Fellowships carry a stipend of $2,500 per month.
Omohundro Institute Fort Ticonderoga Short-term Fellowship
The Omohundro Institute and Fort Ticonderoga offer a Short-Term Visiting Fellowship (one month or four working weeks) for scholars—from advanced graduate students to senior scholars. Scholars with strong interests in early America, broadly understood to mean the Atlantic World in the years between roughly 1450 and 1820, are encouraged to apply.
The Rome Prize
For over a century, the American Academy in Rome has awarded the Rome Prize to support innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities. Winners of half- and full-term fellowships receive stipends of $16,000 and $28,000, respectively.
Helen M. Woodruff Fellowship Of The Archaeological Institute of America And The American Academy In Rome
The Helen M. Woodruff Fellowship is awarded every other year to help support a Rome Prize at the American Academy in Rome, and provides for pre- or post-doctoral studies of archaeology and classical studies. A $9,000 stipend is provided.
American Institute of Indian Studies Fellowships
Types of Fellowships:
- Junior Fellowships are for graduate students conducting research for their doctoral dissertations in India.
- Senior Long- and Short-term Fellowships are for those holding the PhD degree.
- Performing and Creative Arts Fellowships are available to accomplished practitioners of the arts to conduct their projects in India.
H. and T. King Grant for Precolumbian Archaeology
The H. and T. King Grant for Precolumbian Archaeology will award up to $60,000 per year to fund at least two, but preferably more, winning proposals for archaeological research, laboratory or collections study, or fieldwork focusing on the indigenous cultures from Mesoamerica, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.
Newberry Research Library Fellowships
The Newberry’s long-standing fellowship program provides outstanding scholars with the time, space, and community required to pursue innovative and ground-breaking scholarship. Short-term and long-term fellowships are available.
The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP)
The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program offers opportunities for independent research or study related to Smithsonian collections, facilities, and/or research interests of the Institution and its staff. The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program offers fellowships for research and study in the following fields and encourages applications of an interdisciplinary nature.
December
D. Kim Foundation Fellowships for the History of Science and Technology in East Asia
The Foundation provides fellowships and grants to support graduate students and young scholars who are working in the history of science and technology in modern East Asia. Monetary support is provided based on varying fellowships and grants.
The Wolfsonian-FIU Fellowship Program
The Wolfsonian-Florida International University is a museum and research center that promotes the examination of modern visual and material culture. The focus of the Wolfsonian collection is on North American and European decorative arts, propaganda, architecture, and industrial and graphic design of the period 1851–1950. Fellowships are intended to support full-time research, generally for a period of three to five weeks. The program is open to holders of master’s or doctoral degrees, Ph.D. candidates, and to others who have a significant record of professional achievement in relevant fields.
Washington Library Research Fellowship
Awards are available for research focused on the life and leadership of George Washington, and his place in the development of American civic life and culture. Fellowships less than three months provide a stipend of $3,000 per month, three-month fellowships provide $10,000, and six-month fellowships provide $20,000.
Newberry Library Short Term Fellowships
Fellowships are available for 1 to 2 months. These fellowships are intended to assist researchers who need to examine specific items in the Newberry’s collection in order to advance a significant scholarly project. These fellowships are mainly restricted to individuals who live outside of the Chicago metropolitan area.
New York Public Library Scholars-in-Residence Fellowship
The Scholars-in-Residence Program offers both long-term and short-term fellowships designed to support and encourage top-quality research and writing on the history, politics, literature, and culture of the peoples of Africa and the African diaspora, as well as to promote and facilitate interdisciplinary exchange among scholars and writers in residence at the Schomburg Center.
Center for Jewish History Fellowships
Fellowship awards at the Center for Jewish History support research in the rich collections of the Center’s partners – American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York.
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Weatherhead Fellowship
Scholars with doctorates who plan to write their books and PhD candidates who plan to write their dissertations are eligible. Fellows receive a stipend ($40,000 for doctoral level scholars and $35,000 for PhD candidates). Located at theSchool for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Paloheimo Foundation Fellowship
One nine-month residential fellowship is available for scholars working in the humanities or social sciences. PhD candidates who plan to write their dissertations are eligible. Fellows receive a stipend of $35,000 in addition to low-cost housing and free office space on the School for Advanced Research campus in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship in Latino Studies
Two nine-month residential fellowships in Latino Studies are available. Scholars with doctorates at the assistant professor level who plan to complete book-length projects and PhD candidates who plan to write their dissertations are eligible. Doctoral fellows receive a $50,000 stipend in addition to office space and low-cost housing on or near the School for Advanced Research campus in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
*Katrin H. Lamon Fellowship
One nine-month residential fellowship is available for a Native scholar working in the humanities or the social sciences. Scholars with doctorates who plan to write their books and PhD candidates who plan to write their dissertations are eligible. Fellows receive a stipend ($40,000 for doctoral level scholars and $35,000 for PhD candidates) in addition to low-cost housing and free office space on the School for Advanced Research campus in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Rare Book School Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in Critical Bibliography
During their three-year fellowship tenure, fellows received intensive training at RBS, working with mentors from the bibliographical community who guided their archivally based scholarship and helped connect them with professionals in allied fields.
The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency Program
The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency Program offers academics, artists, policymakers, and practitioners a serene setting for focused, goal-oriented work, and the opportunity to establish new connections with residents from a wide array of backgrounds, disciplines, and geographies.
The International Fellowship Programme at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
The International Fellowship Programme offers scholars from around the world the opportunity to spend one to three months on a research residency at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The programme supports research projects that bear direct relation to the diverse institutions and rich collections of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.