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List of Fellowship Opportunities:
Organization | Opportunity | Award Amount | Deadline Month | Notes |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Hellman Fellowship in Science and Technology Policy | Stipend competitive and commensurate with experience | January | Educates early career scholars with training in science and engineering in public policy and administration; must have a Ph.D in a science or engineering; must be eligible to work in U.S.; Fellows are expected to be in residency at AAAS in Cambridge, MA; one year term with possibility of renewal |
Harry Ransom Center, UTexas Austin | Research Fellowship | $3,000/ month for 1-3 month Fellowships or $1,200 Travel Stipend | January | Supports fellowships for humanities projects that require substantial on-site use of the Center’s collections in Austin, TX; range from less than 1 month-3 months; must have a Ph.D. or be an independent scholar with a substantial record of achievement; no citizenship requirement |
National Endowment for the Arts | Creative Writing Fellowships | $25,000 | February | Prose and poetry grants alternate years; may submit only one application per year; must meet recent publication criteria (see website); no residency requirement |
National Science Foundation | Science, Technology, and Society Scholar Awards | Up to $90,000 stipend plus summer support and funds for research assistance, for up to a total of $240,000 | February/ August | Considers proposals for research pertaining to science, technology, and society; review process is six months; Scholars Awards provide up to full-time release for an academic year and a summer to conduct basic research; no residency requirement |
Open Society Foundation | Open Society Fellowship | Stipend of $80,000 or $100,000 plus project expenses | February | Supports individuals pursuing innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges which cut across at least two of the following areas: human rights, government transparency, access to information and to justice, and the promotion of civil society and social inclusion; most fellowship terms are for one year, though the program will consider requests for shorter or longer durations; Foundation anticipates that most fellows will spend a portion of their fellowship term at one of the organization’s main offices, in New York, Washington, London, Brussels, or Budapest, or at a regional foundation |
National Endowment for the Humanities | NEH Fellowship | $4,200/ month for 6-12 months | April | Supports humanities projects; funding may not be divided between researchers; teaching and administrative assignments or other major activities may not be undertaken during the fellowship period; no residency requirement; must be a U.S. citizen or have permanent residence |
Council for International Exchange for Scholars | Fulbright Scholar Program | varies | August | Teaching and/or research grants to scholars in all fields to spend 2-12 months overseas; must be a U.S. citizen; Ph.D or equivalent required; foreign language proficiency is required in some but not all programs |
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) | ACLS Fellowships | Maximum: $65,000 for full professor; $45,000 for Associate Professor; $35,000 for Assistant Professor | September | Supports research in the humanities and related social sciences; tenure of 6-12 months devoted to full-time research; Ph.D must have been conferred at least 2 years before application deadline; most recent supported research leave must have ended at least 2 years ago; no residency requirement; must be a U.S. citizen or have permanent residence; also includes ACLS/New York Public Library Fellowships as well as ACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellowships |
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) | ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowships | Varies, will not exceed $140,000 for a single project | September | Supports research in the humanities and related social sciences; tenure of up to 24 months, including 6-12 months devoted to full-time research; no residency requirement; all collaborators must hold Ph.D or equivalent; collaborators need not both be from same institution; encourage participation of assistant and associate faculty; Project Coordinator must have an appointment at a U.S.-based institution |
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) | ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowship | Stipend up to $60,000 plus project costs up to $25,000 | September | Supports digitally based research projects in all disciplines of the humanities and related social sciences; must hold Ph.D or equivalent; no residency requirement; must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident |
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) | Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowship | $64,000, plus $2,500 for research and travel, additional summer support possible | September | Supports advanced assistant professors and untenured associate professors in the humanities and related social sciences; open to faculty members who will have successfully completed before the deadline their institution’s last reappointment review before tenure review, and whose tenure review will not be complete before February of the year following the deadline; must hold Ph.D or equivalent; no residency requirement; must be employed at U.S.-based institution for length of fellowship; however, U.S. citizenship/permanent residence not required |
Guggenheim Foundation | Guggenheim Fellowship | Varies | September | Mid-career awards for scholars who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship in any field or exceptional creative ability in the arts; 6-12 months of support available; former Guggenheim Fellows are not eligible to apply for another award |
New York Public Library | Cullman Center Fellowship | Up to $65,000 | September | Supports those who would benefit from access to the collections at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building in New York NY, including academics and independent scholars in the humanities and social sciences, and creative writers; Fellows appointed for nine month terms; awards made based on excellence in previous work and new project’s need for access to NYPL research collection; no citizenship requirement |
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) | Visiting Scholars Program | Up to $65,000 for junior faculty, $45,000 for postdoctoral scholars | October | Supports long-term, unusually ambitious projects in the humanities and related social sciences; open to recently tenured humanists; this is a 9 month residential fellowship – fellows will spend an academic year at one of the 13 national residential research centers participating in the program; do not need to be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, but must be employed by a U.S. institution for duration of fellowship |
Harvard University | Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program | Up to $70,00 for one year, $35,000 for a semester, with additional funds for project expenses | October | Fellows are expected to reside at Radcliffe in Cambridge, MA, for the length of their fellowship, and to have their primary office in the institute for the time period; all disciplines are welcome, including arts, journalism, humanities, sciences, and social sciences; may apply as an individual scholar or in a cluster; former Radcliffe Fellows are not eligible to apply again |
National Humanities Center | National Humanities Center Fellowship | Individually Determined | October | Residential Fellowships in Research Triangle Park, NC, for advanced study in the humanities and scholarship in the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects; must have Ph.D. or equivalent, and a record of publication; support available for junior and senior scholars; no citizenship requirement |
Stanford Humanities Center | External Faculty Fellowship | Stipend up to $70,000 and $30,000 for moving and housing | October | Supports projects in the humanities; must have had Ph.D for at least three years by start of the fellowship year; fellowships are awarded across the spectrum of academic ranks (assistant, associate, and full professor); appointments are for one academic year and require residency in Stanford, CA; no citizenship requirement; applicants who have received a major research grant within the last three years generally will not be as competitive as other applicants; former Fellows are not eligible to apply for another award |
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Fellowship | Varies, includes travel costs for scholar and his/ her family | October | Supports research by outstanding and award winning scholars, practitioners, journalists and public intellectuals addressing public policy challenges both nationally and internationally; 4-9 month residential fellowships in Washington, DC; no citizenship requirement |
American Association of University Women (AAUW) | AAUW Research Leave Fellowships | $30,000 | November | Designed to assist female scholars in obtaining tenure and other promotions by enabling them to spend a year pursuing independent research; no residency requirement; must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident |
Ford Foundation | Fellowships | One year stipend of $45,000 and expenses to attend one conference of Ford Fellows | November | One year awards will be made to early career faculty and postdocs in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences who 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. Open to scholars who obtained PhD or ScD within the last seven years; must be a U.S. citizen, national, or permanent resident. |
Institute for Advanced Studies | The School of Historical Studies | Typically $35,000 per semester | November | Must have several articles published in scholarly publications and must hold Ph.D (or equivalent) at time of application; areas of study include: all fields of historical research, but is concerned principally with the history of Western, Near Eastern and Asian civilizations, with particular emphasis upon Greek and Roman civilization, the history of Europe (medieval, early modern, and modern), the Islamic world, East Asian studies, art history, the history of science and philosophy, and modern international relations; supports one or two semesters of residency at IAS in Princeton, NJ; no citizenship requirement |
Institute for Advanced Studies | The School of Social Science | Up to $65,000 | November | Must hold Ph.D (or equivalent) at time of application; awards are made to both junior and senior scholars; areas of study include economics, political science, law, psychology, sociology and anthropology, history, philosophy, literary criticism, literature and linguistics; fellowships are for full academic year residency at IAS in Princeton, NJ |
Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research | Office of Naval Research Summer Faculty Research & Sabbatical Leave Program | $1,400-$1,900/ week for summer research plus assistance for travel and relocation; Stipend level varies for sabbatical leaves | December | Supports participation of science and engineering faculty in research of mutual interest to the faculty member and peers at U.S. Navy Laboratories; Summer Faculty Research program offers 10 week residency and Sabbatical Leave Program offers fellowships for one semester or one year; at discretion of lab, may bring undergrad or grad student to assist with research; open to U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents who hold teaching or research appointments at U.S. colleges and universities; some restrictions may apply to permanent residents regarding eligibility for a DoD security clearance |
The Newberry Library | Varies | $4,200/ month | December | Supports residential fellowships for 4-12 months at the Library in Chicago, IL; there a number of different fellowship opportunities with specific criteria – see web site for more information; preference given to those who haven’t held major fellowships in last three years; must live and work outside Chicago area |