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Funding & Grants


Grants and Funding Opportunities 

This information is provided by NCIS as a guide only. Many states offer grants, and colleges and universities often have grants for alumni. Disciplinary organizations also offer grants and awards to members. Always check the websites for individual grants to confirm deadlines and for complete application information.

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Alger Fellowship for the Study of American Popular Culture (Horatio)
http://www.ulib.niu.edu/rarebooks/fellowships.cfm
Application Deadline: May 15
Northern Illinois University Libraries invites applications for the Horatio Alger Fellowship for the Study of American Popular Culture. Funding is available to scholars who will be using materials from the Libraries’ major holdings in American popular culture. Preference will be given to applicants who signify an interest in conducting research related to Horatio Alger, Jr.

American Council of Learned Societies
http://www.acls.org/

Application deadline: Varies by grant
The American Council of Learned Societies offers fellowship competitions, international exchange programs, and other opportunities for scholars. Visit the web site to review Fellowship & Grant Competitions to be held.

American Philosophical Society
Fellowships and Research Grants
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/

Application deadline: April 1
The American Philosophical Society supports several major grant or fellowship programs to continue in the promotion of useful knowledge.

Brown Foundation (Arch and Bruce)
http://www.aabbfoundation.org/

Application deadline: November 30
The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation awards yearly grants to writers in three rotating disciplines: Theatre, Full-length Fiction, and Short Stories. All works submitted must present the gay and lesbian lifestyle in a positive manner and be based on, or inspired by, a historic person, culture, event, or work of art.  

The William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies

http://www.smu.edu/swcenter/clemdeg.asp

Application deadline: Rolling

The Center offers the Clements Center-DeGolyer Research Travel Grants to applicants who live outside the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area to encourage a broader and more intensive use of the special collections at DeGolyer Library. Major subject strengths include the European exploration and discovery of America, the development of the Spanish and Mexican borderlands, and the history of the Trans-Mississippi West. 

Cornell University Society for the Humanities Fellows

http://www.arts.cornell.edu/sochum/

Application deadline: October 1

The Society for the Humanities calls for scholarly reflection on a particular theme each year from a broad range of disciplinary and inter-disciplinary perspectives. Six to eight Fellows will be appointed.  Selected Fellows will collaborate with two Senior Scholars in Residence. 

DAAD
http://www.daad.org/

Application deadline: Varies by grant
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is the German national agency for the support of international academic cooperation. DAAD offers programs and funding for students, faculty, researchers and others in higher education.  

The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation

http://www.delmas.org/

Application deadline: April 1

The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation offers grants for travel to and residence in Venice and the Veneto. Grants will be awarded for historical research specifically on Venice and the former Venetian empire, and for study of contemporary Venetian society and culture. Disciplines of the humanities and social sciences are eligible areas of study, including (but not limited to) archaeology, architecture, art, bibliography, economics, history, history of science, law, literature, music, political science, religion, and theater. 

Duke University Libraries Research Fellowship

http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/

Application deadline: January 15

The Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library of Duke University announces the availability of grants for researchers whose work would benefit from access to the library's archival and rare printed collections. These grants are offered by the library's research centers: The Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture; The John Hope Franklin Collection of African and African-American Documentation; and The John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History. Researchers may apply for grants from more than one center. 

Folger Shakespeare Library
Short- and Long-Term Fellowships
http://www.folger.edu/academic/fellows.asp

Application deadline: November 1
The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research facility with about 300,000 books and manuscripts on British and European literary, cultural, political, religious, and social history from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries and offers short and long-term research fellowships. 

Fulbright Scholar Programs

http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/

Application deadline: Varies by grant

The traditional 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. The Fulbright Senior Specialists Program is designed to provide short-term academic opportunities (two to six weeks) for U.S. faculty and professionals.

The J. Paul Getty Museum Research Program

http://www.getty.edu/grants/research/scholars/

Application deadline: Varies by grant

Offers support for individuals and institutions throughout the world to promote scholarship in the history of art. 

Grants.gov: Current Federal Funding Opportunities for Humanities
http://www.grants.gov/search/category.do

Application deadline: Varies by grant
Note: Select humanities as funding activity category. Includes information on National Endowment for the Humanities grants and fellowships, summer stipends, and more.

Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (John Simon)
http://www.gf.org/

Application deadline: September 15
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation provides fellowships for advanced professionals in all fields (natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, creative arts) except the performing arts.  

Institute for Advanced Study

http://www.ias.edu/

Application deadline: Varies by grant

Each year, the Institute for Advanced Study selects approximately 190 Members from an average of more than 1,500 applicants. Members are selected by the Faculty of each School, and come to the Institute for periods as short as one term or as long as several years. Young scholars and applicants from non-traditional backgrounds who have outstanding promise are considered, as are senior scholars whose reputations are already well established. 

Institute for Comparative Literature and Society Postdoctoral Fellowship

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/icls/special/postdoc/intro/index.aspl

Application deadline: January 31

The Institute for Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University offers postdoctoral positions for the Spring semester The fellow must have received a PhD between January 1, 2002 and July 1, 2008. As one of the Institute's primary goals is to provide institutional support for the best in cross-disciplinary and cross-regional comparative work, we encourage applications from a wide variety of humanities and social science disciplines. 

Institute for Humane Studies
Hayek Fund for Scholars
http://www.theihs.org/grants_and_contest/id.712/default.asp

Application deadline: Varies by grant
The Hayek Fund for Scholars makes strategic awards of up to $1,000 to graduate students and untenured faculty members for career-enhancing activities.

The Library of the Boston Athenæum

http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/fellowships.aspl

Application deadline: April 15

The Library of the Boston Athenæum is pleased to offer up to seven short-term fellowships each year. Grants will support the use of Athenæum collections for research, publication, curriculum and program development, or other creative projects. 

The Library Company of Philadelphia

http://www.librarycompany.org/

Application deadline: March 1

The Library Company of Philadelphia and The Historical Society of Pennsylvania will jointly award approximately thirty one-month fellowships for research in residence in either or both collections during the academic year. 

The Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/index.aspl

Application deadline: Varies by grant

The John W. Kluge Center also accommodates up to two dozen post-doctoral Fellows pursuing resident research, usually for periods from six to twelve months. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural topics of a kind normally not encouraged in specialized departmental settings are welcome. 

The National Archives

http://www.archives.gov/grants/

Application deadline: Varies by grant

You can apply for grants to assist you with your study of Federal Records or Presidential Papers. You can also apply for grants to collect, preserve, and publish documents important to understanding American history. 

National Endowment for the Humanities
Grant Programs and Deadlines
see Grants.gov above 

National Foundation for Jewish Culture
Grant Programs
http://www.jewishculture.org/docs/grants.aspl

Application deadline: Varies by grant
Provides financial support for theater, music, dance, filmmaking, fiction, and Jewish Studies scholarship.

National Humanities Center Fellowships
http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/fellowships/appltoc.asp
Application deadline: October 15
The National Humanities Center offers 35-40 residential fellowships for advanced study in all fields of the humanities. Both senior and younger scholars are eligible for fellowships, but the latter should be engaged in research well beyond the subject of their doctoral dissertations. Fellowships are for the academic year (September through May).   

National Flagship Language Program
http://www.iie.org/programs/nsep/flagship/default.asp
Deadline: January 17, 2007
The National Flagship Language Program (NFLP) advanced language training in Arabic, Korean, Mandarin, Persian, and Russian. NFLP is designed to train participants to reach professional working proficiency in a target language, as measured by the federal Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) level 3 and/or the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) superior level.  

National Sporting Library in Middleburg, Virginia
John H. Daniels Fellowship
http://www.nsl.org/fellowship.aspl
Deadline: September 30
The National Sporting Library, a research institution specializing in horse and field sports, invites applications for research fellowships from university faculty in the humanities and social sciences, museum professionals, journalists, and independent scholars.  

Newberry Library
Fellowships in the Humanities
http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/fellowshome.aspl
Fellowships at the Newberry Library are of two types: short-term fellowships with terms of one week to two months and long-term fellowships of six to eleven months.  

The New York Public Library Fellowships

http://www.nypl.org/research/general/scholars.aspl

Application deadline: Varies by grant

Offers several grants for use of the NYPL’s collections. 

The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture

http://oieahc.wm.edu/fello.aspl

Application deadline: Varies by grant

The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture offers annually a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in any area of early American studies and a one-year Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in any area of early American studies. The principal criterion for selection is that the candidate's manuscript have significant potential for publication as a distinguished, book-length contribution to scholarship. 

Oregon State University Center for the Humanities

http://oregonstate.edu/dept/humanities/

Application deadline: December 10

The resident research Fellowships, awarded for one to three terms, provide a stipend as well as a comfortable office, computer, and support services. In addition to the Fellowship program, the Center supports humanities research and teaching through the sponsoring of conferences, seminars, lecture series, and other events.  

The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

http://www.radcliffe.edu/index.php

Application deadline: October 1

The Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program is a scholarly community where individuals pursue advanced work across a wide range of academic disciplines, professions, and creative arts. Radcliffe Institute fellowships are designed to support scholars, scientists, artists, and writers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment who wish to pursue work in academic and professional fields and in the creative arts.  

Smithsonian Institution
Office of Fellowships and Grants
http://www.si.edu/ofg/infotoapply.asp

Application deadline: January 15

Applicants to the Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program must propose to conduct research in a discipline pursued at the Smithsonian and must submit a specific and detailed research proposal indicating why the Smithsonian is an appropriate place to carry out the study. Projects that broaden and diversify the research conducted within these disciplines are encouraged.

Social Sciences Research Council Fellowships
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/

Application deadline: Varies by grant
The SSRC sponsors fellowship and grant programs on a wide range of topics, and across many different career stages. Although most programs target the social sciences, many are also open to applicants from the humanities, the natural sciences, and relevant professional and practitioner communities.

Stanford Humanities Center

http://shc.stanford.edu/

Application deadline: October 15

Since its inception in 1980, the Humanities Center has offered external fellowships to more than 550 faculty from nearly 100 universities in the United States and other countries. External fellows come from all ranks of the professoriate and from a wide variety of disciplinary fields, colleges and universities. The Center typically offers six to eight external fellowships each year.  

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Fellowships in the Social Sciences and Humanities, 2006-2007
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/fellowships
Application deadline: Oct. 1, 2005
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars offers residential fellowships for the entire U.S. academic year (September through May), or for a minimum of four months during the academic year, to individuals in the social sciences and humanities who submit outstanding project proposals on a broad range of national and/or international issues.  

Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Visiting Scholar Fellowships

http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/index.aspl

Application deadline: December 15

The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University's principal repository for literary papers and for rare books and early manuscripts, offers fellowships for visiting scholars and Yale graduate students pursuing research in its collections.

 

Databases for further grant opportunities

 

Foundation Grants to Individuals Online
http://gtionline.fdncenter.org/ipl.php
Requires subscription. Includes descriptions of more than 6,000 foundations and public charities that fund individual grantseekers, and is searchable by nine different criteria. Records provide contact information, financial data, application information, and program descriptions, with links to more than 500 foundation Web sites. Updated quarterly.

GrantSelect
http://72.3.247.11/gs/cgi-bin/welcome.pl
Requires subscription. GrantSelect is the online version of the GRANTS Database containing over 10,000 funding opportunities provided by over 3,400 sponsoring organizations. Michigan State university faculty, staff, and students can identify additional funding opportunities by searching this database.

 Michigan State Libraries Grant Guide

http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/3humane.asp

Lists grants in the humanities and social sciences, as well as databases and books for grant-seekers.

 

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