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The Organization of American Historians (OAH) sponsors or co-sponsors 17 different Awards, Prizes, Fellowships, and Grants in recognition of scholarly and professional achievements in the field of American history for scholars and historians at all levels. The award amounts vary. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadlines: varies (annual). INQUIRIES: 812/855-9852; EMAIL: oah@oah.org; WEB: http://www.oah.org/activities/awards/
The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) invites applications for the Residential Fellowships in the Creative Arts, providing two weeks to two months in a rural setting where artists may work free from distractions. VCCA is a working retreat for writers, visual artists, composers, and proponents of New Genres. Based on their ability to pay, artists are expected to contribute a portion of the actual cost of residencies ($120 per day), typically about $30 a day. A non-refundable filing fee of $25 is required at application. Scheduling is conducted at three designated times during the year: Sept. 15, Jan. 15, and May 15. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadlines: continuous. INQUIRIES: 434/946-7236; EMAIL: vcca@vcca.com; WEB. The Employee Benefit Research Institute invites applications for the Fellows Program which enables researchers in the employee benefits field to undertake projects on health, retirement, and other economic security issues. Citizenship: US Deadline: open. INQUIRIES: 202/659-0670; EMAIL: fellows@ebri.org; WEB: http://www.ebri.org The Open Society Archives at Central European University in Hungary offers Research Grants to support visiting scholars pursuing research in its holdings. The three areas in which the Archives collects materials are: Communism and the Cold War, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe, in the period after World War II; Human Rights Issues and Movements, with particular emphasis on the second half of the twentieth century; and the Soros Foundations, including records of the Soros Foundations and Open Society Institute organizations. The grants will provide travel to and from Budapest, a stipend, and free accommodation at the CEU Conference Center. Research periods are normally no more than two months. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadlines: open (reviews conducted in Mar., June, Sept. and Dec.). INQUIRIES: Selection Committee 36 1 327 3250; EMAIL: archives@ceu.hu; WEB: http://www.osa.ceu.hu/grants/.
The Rockefeller Foundation's Humanities Fellowships support scholars and writers who are testing disciplinary boundaries or moving into newer fields of inquiry within the humanities. Locations and topics for Fellowships vary from year to year. Fellowships typically last one semester to one year. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadlines: Various - see website for listing. INQUIRIES: Humanities Fellowships, Arts and Humanities Division, The Rockefeller Foundation, 420 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018-2702. WEB: http://www.rockfound.org; (Click on "Programs", then "Creativity and Culture") The Wenner-Gren Foundation offers the Professional Development International Postdoctoral Fellowships intended for scholars from countries in which anthropology or specific subfields of anthropology are underrepresented and who therefore seek additional training to enhance their skills or to develop new areas of expertise in anthropology. The applicant must have a home sponsor who is a member of the institution with which s/he is affiliated in the home country and a host sponsor who is a member of the institution in which the candidate plans to pursue training. The stipend is up to $35,000 for one year, with the possibility of one renewal. Citizenship: less developed countries. Deadline: continuous (Applicant must contact the foundation at least six months prior to enrollment in the host institution). INQUIRIES: 212/683-5000; EMAIL: inquiries@wennergren.org; WEB: http://www.wennergren.org/progpdif.asp
The US Institute of Peace (USIP) invites applications for the Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowships competition in the Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace. The program is open to doctoral students enrolled in a US university and working on a dissertation related to the peaceful resolution of international conflicts. Peace Scholars work at their universities or appropriate field research sites. Priority will be given to projects that contribute knowledge relevant to the formulation of policy on international peace and conflict issues. Applicants must have completed all requirements for the degree except the dissertation by the commencement of the award (September 1, 2005). The dissertation fellowship award is $17,000 for one year and may be used to support writing or field research. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadline: Jan. 10, 2006. INQUIRIES: 202/429-3886, fellows@usip.org; WEB. The Library of Congress offers the Kluge Center Fellowships for residential research in humanities and social sciences that utilizes the collection of the Library of Congress. Grants of $4,000/month for 6-12 months are made. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadline: Aug. 15, 2005. INQUIRIES: 202/707-3302, scholarly@loc.gov; WEB: http://www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/kluge-fellow.html The National Cancer Institute's Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program announces a Postdoctoral Training Opportunity in the Ethics of Public Health and Prevention. The program offers ethicists, physicians, and scienctists the opportunity to study ethical issues in cancer prevention research and their application in public health practice. Fellows are accepted for up to 5 years of training beginning in July. Citizenship: US or resident alien. Deadline: Sept. 1, 2005. INQUIRIES: Douglas Weed 301/496-8640; EMAIL: br24v@nih.gov WEB: http://cancer.gov/prevention/pob
The American Educational Research Association announces its Research Grants Program for postdoctoral researchers. The program's goals are to stimulate research on issues related to US education policy and practice using NCES and NSF data sets, to improve the educational research community's firsthand knowledge of the range of data available at the two agencies and how to use them, and to increase the number of educational researchers using the data sets. Minority researchers are strongly encouraged to apply. Citizenship: Unrestricted. Deadlines: Sep. 1, 2005, Jan. 3, 2006 and Mar. 1, 2006. INQUIRIES: Ms. Jeanie Murdock, 805/964-5264, jmurdock@aera.net; WEB LINK.
The Library of Congress offers a number of competitive grant programs to support research in the Library's collections, as follows:
Citizenship: unrestricted. INQUIRIES: 202/707-3302, scholarly@loc.gov;
WEB: http://www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/kluge-grantopps.html
The Michigan Society of Fellows invites applications for four Postdoctoral Fellows in the Humanities and Arts, Sciences, and Professions. Those selected for fellowships must have received the Ph.D. degree or comparable artistic or professional degree between July 1, 2003, and September 1, 2006. Fellows will be selected for three-year terms. The annual stipend will be $47,271. Citizenship: not restricted. Deadline: Sep. 30, 2005. INQUIRIES: 734/763-1259, society.of.fellows@umich.edu; WEB: http://www.rackham.umich.edu/Faculty/society.html
The Aspen Institute solicits proposals for the Nonprofit Sector Research Fund. Research projects should have the potential to contribute to efficient, effective, and accountable nonprofit practices and organizations. Citizenship: US Deadline: Oct. 1, 2004. INQUIRIES: 202/736-5800, nsrf@aspeninstitute.org; WEB: http://www.nonprofitresearch.org/
The Columbia University's Society of Fellows in the Humanities will appoint a number of Postdoctoral Fellows for the academic year 2005-2006. The Society seeks to enhance the role of the humanities in the University by exploring and clarifying the interrelationships within the humanities as well as their relationship to the natural and social sciences. Fellows newly appointed for 2005-2006 must have received the Ph.D. between January 1, 1999 and July 1, 2005. The stipend is $52,000. Each Fellow also has access to a research fund of $3000. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Oct. 15, 2005 (annual). INQUIRIES: sof-fellows@columbia.edu; WEB: Follow this link. The National Humanities Center offers 40 Fellowships in the Humanities for advanced study in all fields of the humanities. The Center provides an environment for individual research and fosters the exchange of ideas among scholars. Areas of special interest are unrestricted. However, the following designated awards are available for the academic year 2006-07: three fellowships for scholars in any humanistic field whose research concerns religion; three fellowships for young scholars (up to 10 years beyond receipt of doctorate) in literary studies; a fellowship in art history or visual culture; a fellowship for French history or culture; a senior fellowship in Asian Studies, theology, or American art history. Fellowships up to $50,000 are individually determined, the amount depending upon the needs of the Fellow and the Center's ability to meet them. Each Fellow also has access to a research fund of $2500. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Oct. 15, 2005 (annual). INQUIRIES: nhc@ga.unc.edu; WEB: Follow this link.
The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies offers the Academy Scholars Program to identify and support outstanding scholars who are at the start of their careers and whose work combines disciplinary excellence in the social sciences with an in-depth grounding in particular non-Western countries or regions. Those who are selected as Academy scholars are given time, guidance, and access to Harvard facilities, and substantial financial assistance as they work for two years conducting either dissertation or post-doctoral research in their chosen fields and areas. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Oct. 14, 2005. INQUIRIES: 617/495-2137; EMAIL: bbaiter@wcfia.harvard.edu WEB: http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/academy
The Center for Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University
welcomes applications for one postdoctoral Fellowship for the year 2006-2007. The fellows
must have received their PhD’s between January 1, 2000 and July 1, 2006.
The stipend for 2006-2007 will be $41,000. Full fringe benefits will be
added, plus $1,000 for travel. An additional $2,000 will be given for
innovative course planning. EMAIL: ccls@columbia.edu. WEB: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ccls/
The Hagley Museum and Library invites applications for the Henry Belin du Pont Fellowship and the Grants-in-Aid Program. The fellowships enable individual out-of-state scholars to pursue their own research using Hagley's collections for two weeks to two months and to participate in the interchange of ideas among the Center's scholars. Grants-in-Aid are designed to assist researchers with travel and living expenses while conducting scholarly research in the imprint, manuscript, pictorial, and artifact collections. The collections are strong in the areas of American business; economic; industrial; and technological history. Stipends are no more than $1,400 per month. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadlines: Mar. 31, June 30, and Oct. 31, 2006 (annual). WEB: http://www.hagley.lib.de.us/grants.html
The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture invites applications for the Mellon Post-Dissertation Fellowship and the NEH Fellowship to provide candidates with time and resources to extend research or to revise the dissertation for publication. Any topic relevant to the society's library collections and programmatic scope (American history and culture through 1815) is eligible. The Institute also invites applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowship to provide candidates with time and resources to extend research or to revise the dissertation or other manuscript for publication. Stipend: $45,000. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Nov. 1, 2005. INQUIRIES: ieahc1@wm.edu WEB: http://www.wm.edu/oieahc/Fellowships/mellon.html and http://www.wm.edu/oieahc/Fellowships/NEH.html
Dumbarton Oaks offers Residential Fellowships and Summer Fellowships for research in Byzantine Studies, Pre-Columbian Studies, and Landscape Architecture. These residential fellowships are intended for scholars who hold a doctorate (or appropriate final degree) or who have established themselves in their field and wish to pursue their own research. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Nov. 1, 2005 (annual). INQUIRIES: DumbartonOaks@doaks.org; WEB: http://www.doaks.org/fellowshipsann.html
The Leo Baeck Institute (LBI) offers the DAAD Fellowship for research in the social, communal, and intellectual history of German-speaking Jewry. Residential fellowships provide financial assistance to academics for the preparation of a scholarly essay or book requiring extensive use of LBI resources in New York. Stipend is $2,000. Citizenship: US Deadline: Nov. 1, 2005 (annual). INQURIES: 212/744-6400, emusso@lbi.cjh.org; WEB: http://www.lbi.com/daad.html The North Carolina Arts Council provides fellowships to support artists in the development and creation of art because their work is essential to our cultural heritage and the creative vitality of the state. Artists are eligible to apply if they have been a resident of North Carolina for at least one year immediately prior to the application deadline. Artists who receive fellowships must maintain their North Carolina residency status during the grant period. Artists may not receive grants while they are pursuing academic or professional degrees.The North Carolina Arts Council also provides grants each year for visual artists, writers, film and video artists, screenwriters, and playwrights to be in residence at several centers outside the state. Citizenship: US Deadline: Nov. 1, 2005 (annual). WEB: http://www.ncarts.org/services.cfm
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has announced the establishment of the Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program. The program enables democracy activists, practitioners, scholars, and journalists from around the world to deepen their understanding of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change. Fellows maintain full-time residence at the International Forum for Democratic Studies, the research arm of the Endowment, located in Washington, DC. The Forum hosts 12 to 15 Reagan-Fascell fellows per year for periods ranging from three to ten months. Each fellow receives a monthly stipend for living expenses as well as an office and support services, including access to the Forum’s Democracy Resource Center and Library. While the program's scholarly track is intended primarily for accomplished or promising scholars from new and emerging democracies, distinguished scholars from the US are also eligible to apply. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadline: Nov. 1, 2005 (annual).
The Getty Research Institute offers residential grants to scholars through its theme-year scholar programs, library research grants, and conservation guest scholars program. Residence periods vary from a few weeks to two years; stipends and provisions of additional resources to facilitate research also vary. Also provided by the Getty are nonresidential grants that enable scholars to pursue their research wherever necessary to complete their projects. Although grantees are welcome to use the Getty library if their projects bring them to Los Angeles, residence at the Getty Center is not required or provided. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadlines: Nov. 1, 2005 (annual). INQUIRIES: 310/440-7374, researchgrants@getty.edu; WEB: Follow this link.
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation offers two fellowships: Travel Grants are available on a limited basis for scholars and teachers wishing to make short-term visits to Monticello to pursue research or educational projects. Short-Term Fellowships are awarded for periods one to three months. Fellows are expected to be in residence at the International Center for Jefferson Studies during the course of the fellowship. The stipend amounts for the travel grants are $1,500 for United States and Canadian fellows plus pre-approved round-trip airfare, and $2,000 for overseas fellows plus airfare. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadlines: Nov. 1, 2005 and Apr. 1, 2006 (annual). INQUIRIES: 804/984-9864,: icjs@monticello.org; WEB: Follow this link. The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) offers postdoctoral fellowships in East European Studies. The stipend will be for $25,000 for fellowships beginning between July 1 and September 1 and continuing through the 2005-2006 academic year. Citizenship: US Deadline: Nov. 10, 2005 (annual). EMAIL: 212/697-1505, sbradley@acls.org or sbeemer@acls.org; WEB: http://www.acls.org/fel-dead.htm The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) invites applications for the Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowship Program in American Art which support any stage of Ph.D. dissertation work in the art history of the United States in any period. The dissertation topic should be object-oriented. Ten fellowships will be awarded. Students receive a non-renewable stipend of $22,500 for one year. Citizenship: US Deadline: Nov. 10, 2005 (annual). INQUIRIES: 212/697-1505, sbradley@acls.org
or sbeemer@acls.org; WEB: The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers annual Resident Fellowships in Art History to scholars at all levels. The fields of research for art history candidates include Asian art; arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas; antiquities; arms and armor, costumes; drawings, illuminated manuscripts; paintings, photographs, prints, sculpture, textiles, and Western art. Some art history fellowships for travel abroad are also available for students whose projects involve first-hand examination of paintings in major European collections. Projects should relate to the Museum's collections. Stipends vary depending on fund availability, expertise of scholar, and length of term. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadline: Nov. 4, 2005. INQUIRIES: Marcie Karp 212/570-3756, education.grants@metmuseum.org; WEB: http://www.metmuseum.org/education/fellowship.html. The Center for the Humanities at Wesleyan University announces an Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship for scholars who have received their Ph.D. after June 2002 or after in any field of humanities or humanistic social sciences. The purpose of this fellowship is to provide scholars who have lately completed their Ph.D.'s with free time to further their own work in a cross-disciplinary setting, and to associate then with a distinguished faculty. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadline: Nov. 10, 2005. INQUIRIES: S. Ferris sferris@wesleyan.edu WEB: http://www.wesleyan.edu/chum
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) offers the Chinese Fellowships for Scholarly Development and American Research in the Humanities in the People's Republic of China (Postdoctoral Fellowships) to support Chinese scholars in the social sciences and humanities from a Chinese institution to carry out one semester or one year of individual or collaborative research at the invitation of a U.S. host scholar. The fellowships provide a modest living allowance and health insurance, as well as international airfare. Approximately eight fellowships will be available. Candidates must be nominated by the U.S. host. Citizenship: China. Deadline: Nov. 15, 2005. INQUIRIES: grants@acls.org. WEB: http://www.acls.org/csccguid.htm#fellow. The American Educational Research Association (AERA) announces the AERA-ETS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. The program is designed to support junior scholars and early career research scientists in the fields and disciplines related to education research by providing intensive research and training opportunities in such areas as educational measurement, assessment design, psychometrics, statistical analyses, large-scale evaluations, and other studies direct to explaining student progress and achievement. Citizenship: US and permanent residents. Deadlines: Feb. 15, 2006. WEB: Follow this link. The National Academy of Education invites applications for Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowships, designed to insure the future of research in education by supporting young scholars working in critical areas of educational scholarship. Fellows will receive $55,000 for research relevant to education. Applications for all disciplines are encouraged. Up to 20 Spencer Fellowships will be awarded. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadline: Nov. 10, 2005 (annual). INQUIRIES: 212/998-9035; nae.info@nyu.edu; WEB: http://www.nae.nyu.edu/spencer/index.htm
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum's Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies seeks applications for various Fellowships for Research on the Holocaust and Genocide Studies for scholars to be in residence at the museum. Fields include, but are not limited to, historiography and documentation of the Holocaust, ethics and the Holocaust, comparative genocide studies, and the impact of the Holocaust on contemporary society and culture. It especially encourages scholarly work that utilizes the substantial archival holdings that the Museum has collected throughout Europe and the former Soviet Union. The center welcomes a variety of approaches by scholars in history, political science, economics, philosophy, religion, sociology, literature, psychology, medicine, and other disciplines. Citizenship: Unrestricted. Deadlines: Nov. 25, 2005. INQUIRIES: 202/314-7829, visiting_scholars@ushmm.org; WEB: http://www.ushmm.org/research/center/
The Hagley Museum and Library Foundation offers the Hagley Winterthur Fellowships in Arts and Industries. These short- to medium-term research fellowships are for scholars interested in the historical and cultural relationships between economic life and the arts, including design, architecture, crafts, and the fine arts. Fellows receive a stipend, make use of the rich research collections of the Winterthur Museum and Gardens and the Hagley Museum and Library, and participate in a seminar that meets at both sponsoring institutions. Stipends are for a minimum of one month and a maximum of six months at no more than $1400 per month. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Dec. 1, 2005 (annual). INQUIRIES: Dr. Philip Scranton 302/658-2400, clockman@hagley.org; WEB: http://www.hagley.lib.de.us/grants.html
The Bibliographical Society of America (BSA) invites applications for its annual Short-term Fellowship Program, which supports bibliographical inquiry as well as research in the history of the book trades and in publishing history. Research may concentrate on books and documents in any field, but should focus on the book or manuscript (the physical object) as historical evidence. Fellowships may be held for one or two months and include a stipend of up to $2,000 per month in support of travel, living, and research expenses. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadline: Dec. 1, 2005 (annual). INQUIRIES: 212/647-9171; EMAIL: admin@bibsocamer.org; WEB: http://www.bibsocamer.org/fellows.htm.
The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center offers a Research Program by awarding stipends to historians in the fields of art, architecture & design, literature, music, and photography and to museum or other professionals who wish to have or extend curatorial experience. The Research Center offers six stipends annually, one to a qualified individual in each historical discipline as well as one to a qualified individual in each historical discipline as well as one to a scholar or museum curator interested in organizing an exhibition on American Modernism at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Stipends will be awarded for research periods of 3-12 months, and award amounts will be determined individually. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Nov. 28, 2005. INQUIRIES: 505/946-1002, center@okeeffemuseum.org; WEB: Follow this link.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) invites applications for the Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships designed to prepare minority scientists for positions of scientific leadership in academia and industry. The Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) and the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) offer Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and related supporting activities in an effort to increase the participation of underrepresented groups in selected areas of science in the US. These fellowships support training and research at the postdoctoral level in a host institution in the areas of biology and social, behavioral, and economic sciences supported by NSF. Supporting activities are travel grants to graduate students to visit prospective sponsors, starter research grants for Fellows, and an annual meeting of Fellows and their mentors. Approximately 12 fellowships are awarded each year. The stipend is up to $50,000 per year for two or three years. Citizenship: US or permanent resident. Deadline: Dec. 4, 2005 (annual).
The American Planning Association announces Congressional Fellowships for Urban Planning & Community Livability. The Association will award six-month fellowships to two graduate or post-graduate students in urban planning or public policy to work with members of Congress on issues of planning, livability, and smart growth. Each fellow will receive a stipend of $4,000. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Nov. 1, 2004. INQUIRIES: 202/872-0611, CustomerService@planning.org; WEB: http://www.planning.org/fellowships/fellowship.htm
The National Institutes of Health seeks applications for the Individual Postdoctoral Fellowships in Genomics and Related ELSI Topics. The purpose of these fellowships is to train scientists who will have the multidisciplinary skills that will enable them to engage in research to accomplish the short- and long-term objectives of the HGP and similar genomic projects and to take full advantage of the resulting genomic data and resources to solve biomedical and bioethical problems. Broad areas of research that are relevant include genomic analysis (including technology development) and the ethical, legal and social implications of human genetics research. Stipends range from $26,256 to $41,268 per year. Citizenship: US Deadlines: Apr. 5 , Aug. 5, and Dec. 5, 2005 (annual). INQUIRIES: 301/496-7531; EMAIL: Bettie_Graham@nih.gov; WEB: Follow this link.
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) provides National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowships to individuals for research training in specified areas of biomedical and behavioral research related to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to help ensure that highly trained scientists will be available in adequate numbers and in appropriate research areas and fields to meet the nation's health research needs. As such, this program is intended to provide a mechanism to train future generations of outstanding scientists committed to pursuing a research career in CAM. Citizenship: US and permanent residents. Deadlines: Apr. 5, Aug. 5, Dec. 5, 2005 (annual). WEB: Follow this link. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) invites proposals for Postdoctoral Research Fellowships for investigators conducting clinical, biological, or psychosocial research on the problem of suicide. Fellowships are awarded two-year training projects by investigators who have received a Ph.D., M.D., or other doctoral degree within the preceding three years and have not had more than three years of fellowship support. Fellows receive a progressive stipend of $42,000 in the first year and $46,000 in the second, with an Institutional Allowance of $6,000 per year. Citizenship: US Deadline: Dec. 15, 2005 (annual). INQUIRIES: 888/333-2377; bkoestner@afsp.org;
WEB: http://www.afsp.org/research/grants.htm
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens offer a wide variety of Fellowships for scholars to be in residence at the Huntington and to participate in its intellectual life. The Huntington is an independent research center with holdings in British and American history, literature, art history, the history of science, and medicine. Fellowships last from one to nine months. Stipends vary depending on scholar's experience and length of residency. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Dec. 15, 2005 (annual). INQUIRIES: 626/405-2194; EMAIL: cpowell@huntington.org; WEB: Follow this link.
The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University invites nominations or applications for the Italian Academy Fellowships for scholars from the humanities, social and natural sciences, the arts, and from the arena of public affairs. Projects should have an Italian connection--the fellowship applicant may be Italian, or Italy may be the object of study, or the project may have an Italian perspective on universal phenomena, or be related to issues of Italian and/or European concerns. Fellowships are usually awarded for an academic semester and no more than an academic year. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Dec. 15, 2005. INQUIRIES: 212/854-2306, itacademy@columbia.edu. WEB: Follow this link. The Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts offers two-year postdoctoral Teaching Fellowships for teacher-scholars who seek to renew and enrich their intellectual and spiritual lives while preparing for leadership roles in teaching and administration in institutions of Catholic or Protestant higher education. Fellows are appointed for 2 years, and standard salary will be $39,000 plus standard benefits, a moving allowance, and an annual allowance to attend conferences. Fellows are expected to be in local residence throughout the terms of their appointments. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadlines: Dec. 20, 2005. INQUIRIES: 219/464-5317; EMAIL: lillyfellows.program@valpo.edu; WEB: http://www.lillyfellows.org/ The University of California, Los Angeles, Institute of American Cultures, in cooperation with the university's four Ethnic Studies Research Centers, invite applications for Postdoctoral/Visiting Scholars Fellowship Program in Ethnic Studies in support of research on African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans or Chicanas/os. The institute promotes the activities of the four major research centers whose goals are to advance knowledge about these ethnic groups. Awards range from $30,000 to $35,000/year plus health benefits and up to $4,000 in research support. These fellowships can also be awarded for less than a year. Citizenship: US. Deadline: Jan. 13, 2006 (annual). INQUIRIES: IAC Coordinator 310/825-1233; EMAIL: makelly@gdnet.ucla.edu; WEB: http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/iacweb/pstweber.htm. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization provides Manfred Worner Fellowships to scientists from NATO countries to honor the memory of the late secretary general by focusing attention on the his leadership in the transformation of the Alliance, including efforts at extending NATO's relations with CEE countries and promoting the principles and image of the Transatlantic partnership. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Dec. 31, 2005. INQUIRIES: in Belgium +32 2 707 54 57; EMAIL: academics@hq.nato.int WEB: http://www.nato.int/acad/fellow/mw00e.htm
The John Carter Brown Library accepts applications for Research Fellowships in history and the humanities at Brown University. Sponsorship of research at the JCB Library is reserved exclusively for scholars whose work is centered on the colonial history of the Americas, including all aspects of the European, African, and Native American involvement. Approximately twenty-five Research Fellowships will be awarded for the period June 1 - May 31. Short-Term Fellowships are available for periods of two to four months and carry a stipend of $1,400/month. Long-Term Fellowships are for five to ten months with a stipend of $3,500/month. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadline: Jan 10, 2006 (annual). INQUIRIES: 401/863-2725, JCBL_Fellowships@Brown.edu; WEB: Follow this link.
The Library of Congress and the American Historical Association offer the J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship. This postdoctoral fellowship supports one semester of research in the collection of the Library of Congress with a special focus on any area of American history as long as the collections of the Library offer a unique resource. Applicants must be within 5 years of the awarding of the degree. The appointment is for 3 to 9 months in residence, with a grant of $10,000 for the term of the tenure. Citizenship: US or Permanent Resident. Deadline: Jan. 15, 2005. INQUIRIES: 202/707-3302, scholarly@loc.gov; WEB: http://www.historians.org/prizes/Jameson_fellowship.htm
The National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER) offers the Policy Research Fellowships, designed to support the field research of recent graduates. The fellowships are meant to support research that is relevant to United States policy towards the former Soviet Union or Central or Eastern Europe. The stipend will be up to $40,000. Citizenship: US or permanent resident. Deadline: Jan. 15, 2006. INQUIRIES: 202/822-6950; EMAIL: nceeerdc@aol.com; WEB: Follow this link. The Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library invites applications for research in the library and museum collections. Scholars pursuing advanced research are eligible to apply for NEH Fellowships of up to $30,000 for four to 12 months. Winterthur Research Fellowships are also available to support research for one to three months at $1,500/month. Robert Lee Gill Fellowships are available for research into American decorative arts, painting, architecture, or historic preservation. Dwight P. Lanmon Fellowships will support the study of glass and ceramics. Applications are welcome in the following fields of study: anthropology, archaeology, architectural history, art history, cultural history, decorative arts, African American material culture, folklore, historic preservation, history of technology, material culture, social history, urban studies, and women's studies. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadline: Jan. 15, 2006 (annual). INQUIRIES: 302/888-4649, pelliott@winterthur.org; WEB: Follow this link. The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) offers long-term visiting academic research fellowships for four to twelve months each year. (Short-term fellowships are available for scholars holding the Ph.D. and for doctoral candidates engaged in dissertation research.) All awards are for a period of residence to use the AAS library's resources for research and writing. The following long-term awards are intended for scholars beyond the doctorate.
INQUIRIES: 508/755-5221; EMAIL: csloat@mwa.org; WEB: http://www.americanantiquarian.org/fellowships.htm. The Lewis Walpole Library of the Yale University Library invites applications for Visiting Fellowships. The Library has significant holdings of eighteenth-century British prints, drawings, manuscripts, books and paintings, and is able to support advanced research in most aspects of British eighteenth-century studies. The Library offers one-month visiting fellowships to students pursuing advanced degrees and scholars engaged in postdoctoral or equivalent research. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadline: Jan. 15, 2004 (annual). Note for 2005-2006: The visiting research fellowships have been postponed for the academic year 2006--2007 due to library renovations. INQUIRIES: 860/677-2140; EMAIL: walpole@yale.edu; WEB: Follow this link.
The American Psychological Association, with support from the National Institute for Mental Health, invites applications for the Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Neuroscience. A goal of the program is to increase representation of African Americans, Alaskan Natives, American Indians, Mexican Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Puerto Ricans in neuroscience. A postdoctoral fellow is obligated to conduct payback service for the first year of support; if, however, the fellow engages in a second year of training, research, or teaching, then the second year is considered payback. Citizenship: US Deadline: Jan. 15, 2006 (annual). INQUIRIES: 202/336-6027; EMAIL: mfp@apa.org; WEB: http://www.apa.org/mfp/ Phi Beta Kappa offers the Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship alternately in the fields of Greek and French. Areas of study include language, literature, history, or archaeology of Greece, and language and literature of France. The award is made for French studies in even years and Greek studies in odd years. Candidates must be unmarried women between 25 and 35 years of age, holding the doctorate or having fulfilled all the requirements for the doctorate except the dissertation. Eligibility is not restricted to members of Phi Beta Kappa. Award amount is $20,000. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadline: Jan. 15, 2006 (annual). INQUIRIES: 202/745-3235; WEB: http://www.pbk.org/scholarships/sibley.htm
The Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs will sponsor the Fellowship Program for scholars, educators, writers, and policy practitioners engaged in work related to the moral dimensions of international affairs. Fellowships will link individual research projects to ongoing Carnegie Council projects. Up to five non-residential fellows will receive a $5,000 honorarium, and all travel, accommodation, and program related costs. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadline: No open competition for Fellows in 2005-2006. (Deadline usually occurs in Dec. or Jan.) INQUIRIES: fellows@cceia.org; WEB: Follow this link. The Population Council offers a Population Studies Resident Fellowship Program for advanced training in population studies, including demography, population studeies and/or a closely related social science discipline. Priority areas of research include the following: fertility/family planning, health/reproductive health, population aging, population and development, transitions to adulthood, and urban growth. Awards are open to candidates who have a Ph.D. or an equivalent degree in demography or in one of the social sciences. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Jan. 1, 2005 (annual). Currently the Population Council is not accepting applications for this program. INQUIRIES: 212/339-0671; EMAIL: ssfellowship@popcouncil.org; WEB: Follow this link. The Newberry Library offers Short-term and Long-term Fellowships to researchers who wish to use the library's collections but who cannot finance a visit on their own. Short-term fellowships are two weeks to three months and are restricted to individuals from outside the metropolitan Chicago area. Long-term fellowships are six to eleven months, and are available without regard to an applicant's place of residence and are intended to support significant works of scholarship that draw on the Newberry's collections. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Jan. 10, 2006 (Long-term); Mar. 1, 2006 (Short-term). INQUIRIES: 312/255-3666, research@newberry.org; WEB: Follow this link. The Yale Center for British Art at Yale University offers the British Art Visiting Fellowships to scholars in research related to British art and to museum professionals whose research interests include British art. These month-long fellowships allow scholars of literature, history, the history of art, or related fields to study the center's holdings of paintings, drawings, prints, and rare books, and to make use of its research facilities. Fellowships include travel, accommodation, and a living allowance. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadline: Jan. 28, 2005. INQUIRIES: 203/432-2850; EMAIL: bacinfo@yale.edu; WEB: Follow this link.
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) invites applications for Individual Postdoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowships in AIDS Research from physicians and basic scientists interested in pursuing research related to HIV infection of the nervous system. This program is intended to encourage commitment to a research career in the area of NeuroAIDS or in clinically-oriented research. Citizenship: U.S. or permanent resident. Deadlines: Aug. 5, 2005 and Dec 5, 2005. WEB: Follow this link. The Association of Asian Studies supports a variety of Research Assistance and Travel Grants in Asian Studies, designed to facilitate the research of individual scholars, to improve the quality of teaching in the field, and to integrate Asian Studies into the major academic disciplines. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadline: Feb. 1, 2005. INQUIRIES: 734/665-2490; WEB: http://www.aasianst.org/grants/grants.htm The Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia invites applications for the Miller Center Fellowships which promote and disseminate scholarship in contemporary politics, public policy and political history. The Miller Center funds up to eight fellowships for Ph.D. candidates and other scholars who are completing dissertation or books on Twentieth-century politics and governance in the United States. The Miller Center welcomes applicants from a broad range of disciplines, including, but not limited to, history, political science, policy studies, law, political economy and sociology. The fellowships provide a stipend of up to $18,000 to support one year of research and writing. Citizenship: US Deadline: Feb. 1, 2006. INQUIRIES: Chi Lam; EMAIL: ckl2q@virginia.edu; WEB: http://millercenter.virginia.edu/programs/apd/fellowship.html The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas, Austin invites applications for the 2006-2007 Research Fellowships to scholars pursuing post-doctoral or equivalent research projects in all areas of the humanities with priority given to proposals that concentrate on the Center's collections and require substantial on-site use of them. The stipends are $3,000 per month for up to four months. This year's special topic will be "The Post-War Cultures of 20th-Century America." Projects will be welcomed that examine how the major wars of the last century reshaped American consciousness and left in their wake distinct post-war cultures. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Feb. 1, 2006 (annual). INQUIRIES: 512/471-8944; reference@hrc.utexas.edu; WEB: Follow this link.
The UCLA Center for 17th and 18th-Century Studies and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library support postdoctoral, predoctoral, and undergraduate research in areas of interest to the Center and the Clark. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Feb. 1, 2006 (annual). INQUIRIES: 310/206-8552; EMAIL: c1718cs@humnet.ucla.edu; WEB: Follow this link.
The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences invites applications for the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Program in the Humanities. The program will encourage innovative teaching, enrich educational and research opportunities in the humanities, and foster the career development of a select group of promising young scholars. Each fellowship carries a departmental affiliation and the responsibility of teaching one course per semester. The initial stipend is $45,000, with an addition of $1,000 available for research and travel expenses. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadlines: Feb. 1, 2005. INQUIRIES: Sabrina Raymond, 410/516-8483; EMAIL: sraymond@jhu.edu. WEB: http://www.jhu.edu/ksas/ksas_web/mellon.html. The Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) announces its annual competition for Research Fellowships in Palestinian Studies. Fields of study and historical time period are open. Fellowships will be granted for tenures of typically three to four months, and for amounts ranging from $4,500 to $6,000, with up to $1,000 for travel expenses. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Feb. 15, 2005. INQUIRIES: 610/519-7712, parc@villanova.edu; WEB: Follow this link. The Library of Congress invites applications for the Swann Foundation Fellowship to assist ongoing scholarly research and writing projects in the field of caricature and cartoon. Since the fund encourages research in a variety of academic disciplines, there is no restriction upon the university department in which this work is being done, provided the subject pertains to caricature or cartoon art. Stipend award up to $15,000. Citizenship: Canada, Mexico, US Deadline: Feb. 15, 2006 (annual). INQUIRIES: 202/707-9115, swann@loc.gov; WEB: Follow this link. The Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies offers the Audrey Lumsden-Kouvel Fellowship for post-doctoral scholars who wish to use the Newberry's extensive holdings in late medieval and Renaissance history and literature. Provides a stipend of $4,000. Check the Newberry Library web site for additional fellowship listings. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Mar. 1, 2006. INQUIRIES: 312/255-3700; renaissance@newberry.org; WEB: http://www.newberry.org/renaissance/L3rrenaissance.html The Folger Shakespeare Library invites applications for Long- and Short-Term Fellowships. The Library houses one of the world's finest collections of Shakespeare books and manuscripts as well as extensive collections of English Renaissance and Reformation works. Fellowships are offered to encourage access to this exceptional collection and to encourage ongoing intellectual discourse in the humanities of the Renaissance. The Long-Term Fellowships (six to nine months) are: two Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellowships with maximum stipends of $50,000 and $35,000; and up to three NEH Fellowships with maximum stipends of $40,000. Short-Term Fellowships are available for periods of one to three months. Stipends are $2,000 per month. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadlines: Mar. 1, 2006 for short-term fellowships and Nov. 1, 2006 for long-term fellowships (annual). INQUIRIES: Carol Brobeck 202/675-0348; EMAIL: cbrobeck@folger.edu; WEB: http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=298 The Harvard University Program on US-Japan Relations invites applications for a small number of Advanced Research Fellowships for the study of issues in U.S.-Japan relations, Japan's relations with other countries, and domestic issues that bear on Japan's internal behavior. These 10-month awards allow Fellows to complete a major research project while taking part in the activities of the program. Preference will be given to non-Japanese researchers. Stipend amounts to as much as $40,000 and the Harvard University Group Health Plan insurance coverage for one, depending upon need. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Mar. 1, 2006. WEB: http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/
The Hoover Presidential Library Association (HHPLA) seeks applications for the Travel Grant Program for grants to researchers to provide funding for travel and/or research expenses related to the use of the Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa. The program is specifically intended to promote the study of subjects of interest and concern to Herbert Hoover, Lou Henry Hoover, their associates, and other public figures reflected in the Library’s collections. Awards generally range from $500 to $1,500 per applicant. Applicants should consult with archival staff concerning their topic prior to submitting a request for funding. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Mar. 1, 2006 (annual). INQUIRIES: 319/643-5327; EMAIL: info@hooverassociation.org WEB: http://www.aicgs.org/gardinet/prog186.shtml The Library Company of Philadelphia and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania offer Visiting Research Fellowships in Early American History and Culture. These two independent research libraries, adjacent to each other in Center City Philadelphia, have complementary collections capable of supporting research in a variety of fields and disciplines relating to the history of America and the Atlantic world from the 17th through the 19th centuries, and the history of the Philadelphia region well into the 20th century. These fellowships of $1,800 will provide scholars the opportunity to use the collections held by the Library Company, the Historical Society and the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadline: Mar. 1, 2006. INQUIRIES: James Green, 215/546-3181, jgreen@librarycompany.org; WEB: http://www.librarycompany.org/Fellowships.htm
The Phillips Fund of the American Philosophical Society invites applications for the Grants for Native American Research in linguistics and ethnohistory in the continental U.S. and Canada. The committee distinguishes contemporary ethnography from ethnohistory as the study of cultures and culture change through time. The grant does not support work in archaeology, ethnography, psycholinguistics, or pedagogy. The maximum award is $3000 for up to one year, covering travel, tapes, and informants' fees (but not general maintenance or purchase of permanent equipment). Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadline: Mar. 1, 2006 (annual). INQUIRIES: Eleanor Roach 215/440-3429; EMAIL: eroach@amphilsoc.org; WEB: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/. The American Oriental Society accepts applications for the Louise Wallace Hackney Fellowship for the Study of Chinese Art. The Fellowship is conceived to permit the study of Chinese art, with special relation to painting and its reflection of Chinese culture, and to permit the translation into English of works upon the said subject for the purpose of furthering a better understanding of Chinese painting in the United States. Funding will be in the amount of $8,000, and will cover a period of 12 months. Citizenship: US Deadline: Mar. 1, 2006 (annual). INQUIRIES: Jonathan Rodgers 734/764-7555 or 734/647-4760; EMAIL: jrodgers@umich.edu; WEB: http://www.umich.edu/~aos/hackney.htm.
The American Historical Society (AHA) accepts applications for the Fellowship in Aerospace History to support a Fellow with an opportunity to engage in significant and sustained advanced research in all aspects of the history of aerospace from the earliest human interest in flight to the present, including cultural and intellectual history, economic history, history of law and public policy, and the history of science, engineering and management. The stipend is $20,000 for a 6-9 month fellowship. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Mar 1, 2006. WEB: http://www.theaha.org/prizes/NASA.htm Behavioral Sciences Fellowship The Epilepsy Foundation offers Behavioral Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships to develop excellent behavioral scientists to teach the appropriate psychosocial intervention techniques used in working with people with epilepsy, and contribute to the body of behavioral research in epilepsy. Open to applicants who will hve received their doctoral degrees in the field of the social sciences. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadline: Mar. 1, 2006. INQUIRIES: 301/459-3700; EMAIL: grants@efa.org; WEB LINK. The David Library of the American Revolution offers Research Fellowships for the study of America in the last half of the eighteenth century to qualified doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers. The fellowship is intended primarily for researchers using the collections assembled at the David Library. Stipends are based upon $1,600 per month. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Mar. 1, 2006. INQUIRIES: 215/898-9251; EMAIL: rryerson@dlar.org; WEB: http://www.dlar.org/
The John F. Kennedy Library and Foundation invites applications for the Kennedy Research Grants on any topics relating to the Kennedy period or requiring use of the Library's holdings and for the Ernest Hemingway Research Grants in aid of research in the Hemingway Collection. Several grancts are awarded in both categories each year. Kennedy Grants range from $500 to $2,500; Hemingway Grants range from $200 to $1,000. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadlines: Mar. 15 and Aug. 15, 2006 (annual). INQUIRIES: 617/514-1600, kennedy.library@nara.gov;
WEB: http://www.jfklibrary.org/krg.htm
The Gerald R. Ford Foundation seeks applications for Research Travel Grants Program for research trips to the Ford Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Library collections focus on Federal policies, institutions, and politics in the 1970s. Selected strengths of the holdings are domestic affairs and policies, economics, the 1976 presidential campaign, media relations, White house management and decision making, congressional relations, and foreign policy. Awards are up to $2,000 each. Deadline: Mar. 15 and Sept. 15, 2006 (annual). INQUIRIES: 734/205-0555, ford.library@nara.gov; WEB: http://www.ford.utexas.edu/library/hpgrants.htm Ed A. Hewett Policy Fellowship The National Council for Eurasian and East European Research offer the Ed A. Hewett Policy Fellowship. The program supports research on the countries of the former Soveit Union or Centeral and Eastern Europe, conducted under the auspices of and placement in a US government agency. Research areas of interest include social, political, economic, environmental, and historical development of Eurasia and Eastern Europe. Citizenship: US. Deadline: Mar. 15, 2005.
The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives invites applications for its Fellowship Program in American Jewish Studies, providing recipients with month-long fellowships for research and writing at the Center, located on the Cincinnati campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Applicants must be conducting serious research in some area relating to the history of North American Jewry. Stipends will cover transportation and living expenses while in residence in Cincinnati. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Mar. 18, 2006 (annual). INQUIRIES: Kevin Proffitt, 513/221-7444 x304; WEB: Follow this link.
The Boston Athenaeum Library offers the Mooney Research Fellowships. These short-term fellowships will support the use of the Athenaeum collections for research, publication, curriculum and program development, or other creative projects. The Athenaeum, one of the oldest and most distinguished independent libraries in the United States, has important holdings in the fields of Boston history, New England state and local history, biography, English and American literature, and the fine and decorative arts. Each grant provides a stipend of $1,500 for a residency of four weeks. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Apr. 15, 2005. INQUIRIES: Stephan Nonack 617/227-0270 Ext 250; EMAIL: nonack@bostonathenaeum,.org; WEB: Follow this link. Brooke Hindle Fellowship for the History of Technology The Society for the History of Technology offers the Brooke Hindle Postdoctoral Fellowship. The fellowship may be used for any purpose connected with research or writing in the history of technology for a period of not less than four months. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Apr. 15, 2005. INQUIRIES: Bev Sauer, bevsauer@jhu.edu; WEB: http://www.shot.jhu.edu/Awards/hindle.htm.
Duke University's Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy invites applications for the Fleishman Fellows Program. The program will provide a select group of leaders from non-governmental organizations, foundations, and other civil society groups in the United States and internationally with the opportunity to come in residence at the Sanford Institute for four-week mini-sabbaticals. While at Duke, Fellows will perform research and work with Institue faculty and other Duke affiliates on issues related to the development of civil society. Applicants will be selected based upon their proposed research project and on how they intend to utilize Duke's resources to benefit their professional work in civil society. Housing and program expenses are covered by the fellowship. In addition, each Fellow will receive a $6,000 stipend. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadlines: May 1, 2006 (annual). WEB: http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/centers/civil/.
The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) offers the Applied Social Issues Internship Program to encourage intervention projects, non-partisan advocacy projects, applied research, and writing and implementing public policy projects. Proposals are invited for applying social science principles to social issues, in cooperation with a community, city, or state government organization, public interest group, or other non-profit entity. The stipend amount ranges from $300 to $2,500 to cover research costs, community organizing, summer stipends, etc. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadline: Mar. 31, 2006. INQUIRIES: awards@spssi.edu; WEB: http://www.spssi.org/ASIflyer.html Richard Carley Hunt Anthropological Research Fellowships The Wenner-Gren Foundation offers the Richard Carley Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships to support and encourage anthropology scholars early in their careers. The award allows individuals to spend a concentrated period of time writing up the results of their research for publication in either a book or scholarly journals. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadlines: May 1 and Nov. 1, 2005. WEB: http://www.wennergren.org/programsirg.asp. Last updated: January 19, 2006. |
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