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Sabbatical and Fellowship Funding Opportunities
Social Sciences and Education
American Antiquarian Society Fellowships (Worcester, MA) One- to 12-month fellowships for
research in American history, art and culture through 1876.
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy
Fellowships Engagement with policymakers to empower policy-relevant research and raise the
involvement and visibility of science in public policy.
American Association of University Women American Fellowships $6,000 fellowships
supporting women finishing research for publication.
American Center of Oriental Research Fellowships (Amman, Jordan) Fellowships in all areas of
the humanities and the natural and social sciences which contribute to scholarship in Near
Eastern studies.
American Council of Learned Societies American Research in the Humanities in China Up to
$50,400 for four-twelve months of research in China for specialists in all fields of the humanities
and humanities-related social sciences.
American Council of Learned Societies Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for
Recently Tenured Scholars $75,000 supporting one academic year’s residence at one of 13
participating research centers to produce a major piece of scholarly work.
American Council of Learned Societies Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowship $64,000 (plus
$2,500 for research and travel) supporting one academic year’s research for tenure-track scholars
toward completion of a major piece of scholarly work.
American Council of Learned Societies Collaborative Research Fellowships Up to $140,000 for
small teams of two or more scholars to collaborate intensively on a single, substantive project.
American Council of Learned Societies Digital Innovation Fellowships Up to $60,000 stipends
(plus up to $25,000 for project costs) to foster digitally based research projects in the humanities
and social sciences. Projects should broaden understanding of digital humanistic scholarship and
exemplify the robust infrastructure necessary.
American Council of Learned Societies Early Career Postdoctoral Fellowships in East European
Studies Up to $25,000 support for research and writing on Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo/a, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia,
Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia, including comparative work.
American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships $35,000 - $65,000 as salary replacement for
six to twelve consecutive months of full-time research toward production of a major piece of
scholarly work.
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American Council of Learned Societies, Social Science Research Council and National
Endowment for the Humanities International and Area Studies Fellowships for research and
writing on societies and cultures of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the
Caribbean, Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union.
American Council of Learned Societies and New York Public Library Fellowships (New York,
NY) $65,000 stipend for September to May residence at the New York Public Library’s Dorothy
and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers.
American Institute of Indian Studies (India) Research fellowships up to nine months in
anthropology, ethnomusicology, history, performing arts, political science, religious studies, and
urban planning of India.
American Philological Association (Munich) One fellowship in residence with the Thesaurus
Linguae Latinae Institute on Latin language and culture from the classical period through the
early Middle Ages. Requires reading knowledge of German and advanced competence in Greek.
American Philosophical Society Grants More than $825,000 in awards to over 170 scholars
across eight grant and fellowship programs, ranging from small ($1,000 – $6,000) to highly
selective ($40,000 - $60,000) across all areas of study.
American Political Science Association
1. Congressional Fellowships for political science, communications, and health policy
scholars
2. Centennial Center for Political Science & Public Affairs (Washington, D.C.) Up to one
year resident visiting scholar in all areas of political science. External funding helpful.
Some funds available for scholars pursuing Latino/political science, comparative
electoral politics, women and politics, the American presidency, or public administration.
3. Additional political science funding sources
American Psychological Association Scholarships, grants, and awards to advance the science
and practice of psychology as a means of understanding behavior and promoting health,
education, and human welfare.
American-Scandinavian Foundation (Scandinavian countries) Support for one year of research or
study relevant to Scandinavian countries in all fields. Command of host country language
expected.
American Schools of Oriental Research Mesopotamian Fellowship $9,000 support for field
research and presentation at the ASOR annual meeting on ancient Mesopotamian civilization.
Archaeological Institute of America Fellowships, grants and scholarships open to members of
the institute.
1. Anna C. & Oliver C. Colburn Fellowship (Athens) $11,000 to support up to one year’s
research at the American School of Classical Studies.
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2. Olivia James Traveling Fellowship $25,000 for travel and archaeological study in Greece,
Cyprus, the Aegean Islands, Sicily, southern Italy, Asia Minor, or Mesopotamia. Preference
given to those who received their Ph.D. within five years of the application deadline.
3. Archaeology of Portugal Fellowship $2,000 - $8,000 for research, colloquia, symposia,
publication and travel pertaining to the archaeology of Portugal.
4. Archaeological Institute of America Site Preservation Grant Up to $25,000 for one- to threeyear grant to maximize global preservation, outreach, and best practices for impact on local
community, students, and discipline of archaeology as a whole.
5. Archaeological Institute of America Publication Subvention Program Support of new booklength publications in the field of Classical Archaeology, defined as Greek, Roman, and
Etruscan archaeology and art history. Grants average $5,000.
Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Fellows (New York, NY) Highly competitive one-year residency
to direct an original project on Asia in international politics and the global economy.
Bank of Montreal Visting Scholar in Women's Studies (Ottawa, Canada) $3,000 for three- to sixmonths’ work on women’s issues.
Bogliasco Foundation Fellowships (Genoa, Italy) Half-semester lodging and board to pursue
creative and scholarly work in archaeology, architecture, classics, dance, film/video, history,
landscape architecture, literature, music, philosophy, theatre, or visual arts.
James McKeen Cattell Fund Fellowships Up to $40,000 to supplement sabbatical pay for
psychology scholars.
Center for the Advanced Study of Behavioral Sciences (Stanford, CA) Residential fellowships
for scholars in anthropology, economics, political science, psychology and sociology as well as
scholars from a wide range of humanistic disciplines, education, linguistics and the biological
sciences.
Center for Khmer Studies (Cambodia) Support for four to eleven months of study focused on
Southeast Asia in all disciplines in the social sciences and humanities.
Chiang Ching Kuo Foundation (Taiwan) Support for scholars from the American region for
research, sabbatical funding, matching funds for conferences, and subsidies for publications on
Chinese Studies in the humanities and social sciences. Preference for collaborative projects with
counterparts in Taiwan.
Cornell University Society for the Humanities Fellowships (Ithaca, NY) Support for
interdisciplinary research projects that reflect on philosophical, aesthetic, political, ecological,
religious, psychoanalytical, and cultural understandings of sensation as a concept and experience
that lies at the heart of the humanities and the arts.
Council of American Overseas Research Centers Fellowships for comparative or cross-regional
research in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences, Mediterranean regional
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research in the humanities and related social sciences, or research in Portugal or Lusophone
Africa in the arts, humanities, or social sciences.
Earhart Foundation Fellowship Grants to support social sciences and humanities, including
economics, international affairs, government/politics, and philosophy.
Engineering Information Foundation Grants to advance EIF’s program areas: enhancing
communication and the use of information in engineering, recruitment and retention of women in
engineering, and closing the technology gap in the developing world.
European Insitutes for Advanced Study (EURIAS) Fellowships 10-month residential fellowships
at one of 16 participating institutes in Berlin, Bologna, Brussels, Budapest, Cambridge,
Delmenhorst, Freiburg, Helsinki, Jerusalem, Lyon, Marseille, Paris, Uppsala, Vienna,
Wassenaar, and Zurich. Fellowships are offered in the fields of the humanities and social
sciences but may also be granted to scholars in life and exact sciences, provided that their
proposed research project does not require laboratory facilities and that it interfaces with
humanities and social sciences.
Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation Up to $20,000 to help develop, refine,
evaluate, or disseminate innovative interventions to prevent or ameliorate major social,
psychological, behavioral, or public health problems affecting children, adults, couples, families,
or communities.
Joseph H. Fichter Research Grant Grants to scholars involved in sociological research on women
in religion or on the intersection between religion and gender or religion and sexualities.
Applicants must be members of the Association for the Sociology of Religion.
Frankel Center for Judaic Studies Fellowships (Ann Arbor, MI) $45,000 - $60,000 for research
on the theme of secularization/sacralization.
Fulbright Scholars 800 awards for research worldwide.
Henry Frank Guggenheim Foundation $15,000-40,000 for individual research to increase
understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence and aggression, particularly
understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence and aggression in the modern
world.
Getty Residential Grants and Fellowships (Los Angeles, CA) Three-, six-, or nine-month
interdisciplinary residency at the Getty, to pursue studies in the arts, humanities, or social
sciences.
William T. Grant Distinguished Fellows Six-month to two-year fellowships for research to
understand and improve the everyday settings of American youth.
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Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Six- to twelve-month fellowships for mid-career faculty
across the arts and sciences, though not for artists who interpret other people’s work (yes for
composers or choreographers, no for performers or directors of compositions or choreography).
Huntington Library Fellowships (San Marino, CA) More than 150 fellowships for resident
research in British and American history, literature, art history, and the history of science and
medicine.
Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, NJ) One term to multi-year visiting member
fellowships in history of arts and sciences (combining humanistic disciplines, from
socioeconomic developments, political theory, and modern international relations, to the history
of art, science, philosophy, music, and literature), math, and natural and social sciences.
International Monetary Fund Fellowship Program One-year fellowships to support policyrelevant research of interest to the international financial community.
International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Travel Grants Through the U.S.
Department of State to allow scholars to conduct short, targeted projects in Eastern Europe and
Eurasia on issues relevant to the U.S. Government.
Italian Academy at Columbia University Resident Fellowships (New York, NY) One- and twosemester resident fellowships to pursue studies in cultural memory in global society, including
scientific and technological connections and the neuroscience of cultural memory.
Japan Foundation New York Japanese Studies Fellowship Program Two- to 12-month
fellowships for scholars researching topics related to Japan, and for specialists in cultural and
academic fields who need to learn Japanese for their academic pursuits.
Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace (Washington, D.C.) Ten-month resident
fellowship to reflect and write on pressing international peace and security challenges.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows (Washington, D.C.) Health care policy
fellowship with a residential experience in Washington, DC, with additional support for
continued health policy leadership development activities for up to one year for mid-career
health professionals and behavioral and social scientists with an interest in health and healthcare.
Kagan Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies Up to $20,000 for research on the Holocaust,
including political, economic, legal, religious or socio-political aspects of the immediate
historical context, ethical and moral implications, as well as contemporary anti-Semitism.
Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation Grants $3,500-$150,000 grants for elevating
national understanding of economics.
Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellowships (Notre Dame, IN) Support for accomplished and rising
scholars to conduct international research on democracy and human development in
contemporary society.
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JFK Presidential Library Fellowships and Grants Funds for research by scholars producing
substantial works on the foreign or domestic policy of the Kennedy administration; foreign
intelligence and the presidency; immigration, naturalization, or refugee policy; or domestic
policy, political journalism, polling, or press relations.
Kluge Center at the Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.) Resident distinguished chairs and
fellowships for up to one year for research in all areas of the arts and sciences. Topic-specific
funds include astrobiology, political economy, foreign policy and international relations, health
and spirituality, American studies, ethics and American history, and folklife studies.
Lady Davis Fellowship Trust (Israel) Fellowships at Hebrew University and Visiting
Professorships at Technion in Haifa.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (New York, NY) $3,000 for short term
fellowships.
Library Company of Philadelphia Fellowships (Philadelphia, PA) Residential fellowships for
research relating to the history of the American and Atlantic world in the 17th, 18th, and 19th
centuries.
Murphy Institute/Center for Ethics and Public Affairs (New Orleans, LA) $60,000 for year-long
fellowships at Tulane for research on ethics, political philosophy, political theory, and morality
in business, government, law, economics, and medicine.
Naropa University/Frederick P. Lenz Residential Fellowship in Buddhism and American Culture
and Values (Boulder, CO) Stipend support for one semester residence to develop artistic, social
action, curriculum development, or other research on Buddhism’s contributions to American
education and society.
National Endowment for the Arts/Japan-US Friendship Commission Fellowship Program for
Advanced Social Science Research on Japan Awards support six- to eleven-months’ research on
modern Japanese society and political economy, international relations, and U.S.-Japan relations.
Advanced language skills required.
National Endowment for Financial Education Grants $100,000 - $150,000 for innovative
research that can make a profound contribution to the field of financial literacy, directly relevant
to the financial well-being of the public, and able to be applied broadly.
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipends $6,000 summer stipend for two
months of full-time work on research of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both.
National Science Foundation Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics Funding Research
awards supporting the development of innovative analytical and statistical methods and models
for multiple fields within the social and behavioral sciences.
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Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences Fellowships
(Wassenaar, Nethlerlands) Year-long residential fellowships.
New York Historical Society Fellowships (New York, NY) Fellowships using the collection of
primary and secondary sources relating to the history of New York and the nation.
Princeton University Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Fellowships (Princeton, NJ) One-year
residence at Princeton to write about ethics and human values.
Princeton University James Madison Visiting Fellowship (Princeton, NJ) One-year visiting
fellowship in constitutional law and political thought.
Property and Environment Research Center (Bozeman, MT) free market environmentalism.
Julian Simon Fellowship for policy-oriented research on natural resource and
environmental conservation.
Lone Mountain Fellowship to research the role of markets and property rights in
protecting and enhancing environmental resources.
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (Cambridge, MA) One year residential fellowships for
research in the humanities and social sciences, creative arts, and natural sciences and
mathematics. Opportunities for group applications and cluster studies.
Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows at the National Endowment for Democracy's International
Forum for Democratic Studies (Washington, D.C.) Five-month residencies to deepen
understanding of democracy and promote democratic change.
Charles Redd Center for Western Studies Visiting Scholar Program (Provo, UT) Two- to fourmonth residencies to work on a significant article or book-length study.
Reed Foundation Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund $10,000-$60,000 for research on
subjects that were of interest to Dr. Landes, such as culture, anthropology, ethnic studies, race
and race relations, political economics, population studies, behavioral science education, aging
and gerontology, sexuality, and religious education.
Rockefeller Foundation Residencies (Bellagio, Italy) Month-long residencies for 12 scholars
from all academic disciplines to explore topics relevant to improving life for the poor worldwide
OR one- to three-month residencies and fellowships for fine and literary artists whose work is
inspired by global or social issues.
Royal Anthropological Institute and Anthropologists' Fund for Urgent Anthropological Research
Sponsored enthnographic research on currently threatened indigenous peoples, cultures, and
languages.
Russell Sage Foundation (New York, NY) $110,000 for ten-month residential fellowship in
social science.
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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (Norwich, England) Up to oneyear residence to study Japanese art history, cultural heritage, archaeology or architecture, or
research with a strong visual component.
Saint Louis University Fellowships (St. Louis, MO) Fellowships offered through the Vatican
Film Library and the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies on topics of history,
philosophy, theology, literature, art, and other subjects.
Steven H. Sandell Grant Program for Retirement Income and Disability Insurance Research
$45.000 for research in the field of retirement income and policy, including Social Security,
macroeconomic analyses of Social Security, wealth and retirement income, program interactions,
and international and demographic research.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Scholars-in-Residence Program (New York,
NY) Up to $30,000 for six-month residences for research and writing on the history, literature,
and cultures of the peoples of Africa and the African diaspora.
School of American Research (Santa Fe, NM) Nine-month residencies for scholars who have
completed their research and analysis in the social sciences, humanities, and Native arts and who
need time to reflect, debate, and write. Of these, one is specifically geared to scholars of Native
American heritage. There is also a two-month summer residency for three scholars in the social
sciences, humanities, or arts.
Searle Freedom Trust Research support on domestic policy issues such as tax and budget
policy, cost-benefit analysis of regulatory practices and proposals, the workings of the legal
system, environmental policy, social welfare reform, K-12 and higher education policy.
Sigma Delta Epsilon Fellowships for Women in Science Funds for women scientists researching
the natural sciences, including physical, environmental, mathematical, computer, life sciences,
anthropology, psychology, and statistics.
Smith Richardson Foundation Strategy and Policy Fellows Program $60,000 to support research
and writing of a book on American foreign policy, international relations, military policy, and
diplomatic and military history.
Smithsonian Institute (Washington, D.C.) Fellowships and research opportunities sorted by field.
Social Science Research Council
Abe Fellowship Three to twelve months of support for research explicitly focused on
policy-relevant and contemporary issues with a comparative or transnational perspective that
draw the study of the United States and Japan into wider disciplinary or theoretical debates.
Drugs, Security, and Democracy Fellowship Three to twelve months of support for
research on organized crime, drug policy, issues of governance, and associated topics across the
social sciences and related disciplines.
Islamic Traditions and Muslim Societies in World Contexts Small grants to support
public engagement by academic experts on Islamic traditions and Muslim societies.
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Van Alen Fellows Program Periodic grants for social sciences and architecture to support
work on the intersection between social dynamics and the built environment.
Tinker Foundation Incorporated Institutional and Field Research Grants Support for efforts
toward effective policy changes to improve the lives of Latin Americans, specifically in the areas
of democratic governance, education, sustainable resources management, US policy. Also
support for Antarctic science and policy.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Fellowships (Washington, D.C.) Three- to ninemonth fellowships to support significant research and writing about the Holocaust.
United States Institute of Peace – Grant program being redesigned. Check after January 2014.
University of Ottawa Institute of Women's Studies (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) Visiting scholar
for one academic year for a feminist researcher to pursue study in an interdisciplinary, bilingual
environment and share research with university.
Alex C. Walker Foundation Grants The Foundation funds market approaches for addressing
economic imbalances and promoting a sustainable economy.
Wenner-Gren Foundation Grants A variety of funding programs to support anthropology
research.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Fellowships and Grants (Washington, D.C.)
Nine-month residential fellowships to research and write on key policy challenges facing the
United States and the world.
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