External Funding Sources
This page is divided in two parts. The first section lists fellowships and grants by the granting organization, roughly divided by type of institution. Below, you'll find a table organized alphabetically, which provides more information on specific fellowships and grants, including relevant humanities subfields and deadlines for applications.
In both sections we have tried to link as closely as possible to information about the fellowships and grants. However, in some cases the link will direct you to the home page of the granting institution; you can search from there for fellowship and grant details.
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Link to beta page organized by grant type
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Links to Fellowships and Grants by Organization
Research Funding Through the Five Colleges
- Five College Women's Studies Research Center (Mount Holyoke College)
- Five College Fellowship
- Residencies
State and Local Organizations
National Government Resources
National Foundations
- American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- American Philosophical Society
- Foundation Finder
- Fulbright Scholars Program
- The Foundation Center
- The Ford Foundation
- The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- The James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation (direct link to the Mid-Career Fellowship)
- Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
- includes both graduate and postdoctoral fellowships
- Boren Awards for International Study
- for graduate and undergraduate students
National Organizations
Fellowships at Universities
- W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research (Harvard Univ.)
- Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History (Harvard Univ.)
- Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies (Univ. of Rochester)
- Institute for Comparative Literature and Society Postdoctoral Fellowship (Columbia Univ.)
- Jackie McLean Fellowship (Univ. of Hartford)
- Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity (Ohio State Univ.)
- Brown University International Writers Program Fellowship
- Stanford Humanities Center: Digital Humanities Fellowship
- Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry (Emory University)
- Cambridge University Postdoctoral Fellowships
Residential Fellowships not Affiliated with a University
- National Humanities Center
- American Academy in Rome
- American Antiquarian Society
- ACLS Burkhardt Fellowships
- American Association of University Women
- Clark Art Institute
- Folger Shakespeare Library
- Getty Research Institute
- Huntington Library
- Institute for Advanced Study
- Library of Congress
- J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship in American History (sponsored jointly with the American Historical Association)
- Newberry Library
- Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
- Villa I Tatti (Florence)
- The Camargo Foundation (Cassis, France)
- Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (National Gallery of Art)
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Fellowships and Grants Information Table
| Fellowship Name | Fields | Notes and Comments | Application Deadline |
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Arts: Architecture, Design, Historic Preservation and Conservation, Landscape Architecture, Literature, Musical Composition, Visual Arts Humanities: Ancient Studies, Medieval Studies, Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, Modern Italian Studies |
Literature fellowships only available after nomination by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Priority given to applicants for whom study in Italy/Rome is essential and have not had prior experience there. Requires application fee. |
November 1 |
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Short-term Academic Fellowships |
see specific fellowship information pages for fields | Both short- and long-term fellowships aimed at researchers studying the lives of Americans from the colonial era through Reconstruction; fellowships are to use the AAS library and its resources in residence. | varies; see website for details on specific fellowships |
| American Association of University Women (AAUW) | all | Multiple fellowship and grant programs available to women. Separate programs for U.S. citizens/permanent residents and non-citizens. | varies; see website for details on specific fellowships |
| humanities and related social sciences | ACLS administers 21 separate fellowship and grant programs for humanities research. | varies; see website for details on specific fellowships | |
| American history | sponsored jointly with the LIbrary of Congress; provides 2-3 months of residential support for historical research at the Library | March 16 | |
| all (specifically not just philosophy) | offers a variety of grants and fellowships at different locations; some are small ($1000-$6000), others large and highly selective ($25,000-$50,000) | varies; see website for details on specific fellowships and grants | |
| Brown University International Writers Program Fellowship | creative writers (international) | only for established international writers facing persecution in home countries. | February 15 |
| Camargo Foundation | French/Francophone Studies, creative writing, visual art, filmmaking, photography, composing | offers residential fellowships at their study center in Cassis, France for humanities scholars and creative writers/artists | accepting applications beginning mid-Sept 2009 for Fall 2010/ Spring 2011 fellowships |
Cambridge University Postdoctoral Fellowships |
varies by College | The four colleges listed offer 12 fellowships between them in various humanities and science disciplines. They use a joint application form, so candidates apply once and the colleges jointly review information and ultimately determine assignments. The fellowships last three years. | November 23 |
Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (National Gallery of Art) |
history, theory, criticism of visual arts; also open to applications from scholars in other disciplines whose work examines artifacts or has implications for the analysis, interpretation, and criticism of visual form. | multiple fellowships available through Senior Fellowship program. Visiting Senior Fellowships are for 2-month residencies. | varies |
| Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History (Harvard University) | American history | sponsors residential fellowship program based on a seminar theme (see website for current and future themes and seminar descriptions) | January 15
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| Clark Art Institute | |||
| Council on Library and Information Resources | |||
| Digital Humanities Fellowship (Stanford Humanities Center) | |||
| historic preservation, architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, environmental planning, architectural history, decorative arts | intended for mid-career scholars; focused on historc preservation. | September 19 | |
Five College Women's Studies Research Center (Mount Holyoke College) |
any discipline, as long as work focuses on women or gender | no stipend; FCWSRC provides associates with office space, library privileges, and community of scholars | February 9 |
| Research fellowships providing access to the Library's collections. Short-term (1-3 months) and long-term (6-9 months) fellowships are available. | November 1 (long-term fellowships); March 1 (short-term fellowships) | ||
| virtually all academic fields eligible | focused on increasing diversity in the professoriate | November 28 | |
| Foundation Center | |||
| Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry (Emory University) | |||
| Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies | |||
| Fulbright Scholars Program | |||
| Getty Research Institute | |||
| Huntington Library | |||
| Institute for Advanced Study | |||
| Institute for Comparative Literature and Society Postdoctoral Fellowship | |||
| Jackie McLean Fellowship (University of Hartford) | |||
| Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity (Ohio State University) | |||
| Library of Congress | |||
Lilly Library (Indiana University) |
Helm: any areas needing the use of the Lilly collections Mendel: esp. interested in scholars working on the history of the Spanish Colonial Empire; Latin Am. independence movements; European expansion in the Americas; voyages, travels and exploration; geography, navigation and cartography; German literature and history; and music, including sheet music. |
The Lilly houses the University's rare books, manuscripts, and special collections. | April 15, October 15 |
| John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | |||
| Mass. Humanities | |||
| Mass. Cultural Council | |||
| Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | |||
| National Council of University Research Administrators | |||
| Literature Fellowships are for creative writing or translation. | Most NEA funding is made to organizations. | for 2009, Creative Writing deadline extended to March 19, 2009 | |
| all humanities; may vary by specific grant | varies; see specific program details for further information | ||
| history, languages and literature, philosophy, and other fields of the humanities. Other fields may apply if their work has "humanistic dimensions." | Fellows are expected to be in residence at the Center. Academic-year term. Fellowships are not available for dissertation revisions. | October 15 | |
| graduate students in language/cultural studies [not postdoctoral awards] | residential fellowships in country of language/culture study | late January | |
| New York Public Library | |||
| Newberry Library | |||
| Remarque Institute (New York University) | (for AY 2009-2011): preference may be given to candidates whose interests lie in the fields of intellectual history, the history of ideas and/or modern political thought | ||
| varies by program | varies, see website for specific information | ||
| W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African and African-American Research (Harvard University) | |||
| Villa I Tatti |
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