AMERICAN UNIVERSITY GRANTS: Grants specific to American University students
College of Arts and Sciences Mellon Grants
Deadline: Oct 14
Keywords: Masters, Doctoral, Travel, Research, Thesis, Dissertation, International
Description: The College of Arts and Sciences yearly issues a grant to assist with travel
and research for thesis and dissertation work. Amounts from the College Dean’s
discretionary account of up to $1000 for research purposes and up to $500 for conference
travel will be awarded. Total awards for any purpose are not to exceed $1,000 per
academic year. Funds are also available from the Robyn Rafferty Mathias gift to support
international travel for thesis or dissertation research. Applications to support the
preparation of external grant proposals by graduate students are encouraged. Please note
that any equipment purchased with this funding becomes the property of American
University.
Contact/URL: Information will be posted on H-Grad
Dorothy and Victor Gondos Jr. Graduate Research Fellowship
Deadline: March 15
Keywords: National Archives, American University
Description: This Fellowship provides $3,500 to support research using the collections at
the U.S. National Archives. Candidates should submit an application consisting of a 3page, single-spaced research proposal explaining the research question, describing briefly
where the project fits into existing scholarship, and demonstrating the relevance of
specific collections at NARA. A one-page letter of support from the student’s faculty
advisor is required. Both should be sent as attachments to history@american.edu with the
subject line “Gondos Summer Fellowship application.” The winner must submit a onepage summary of research findings at the end of the summer and make a presentation at
the CAS Research Conference.
Contact/URL: Contact your advisor for more information
The Richard and Carol Breitman Endowed Scholarship
Deadline:
Keywords: Graduate, European, American University
Description: The Richard and Carol Breitman Endowed Scholarship, in the amount of
$3,000, is designed to provide financial support to a graduate student enrolled full-time in
the Department of History, who is pursuing his or her doctorate. Preference is to be given
to students who have focused on European History. The fellowship may be renewed so
long as the student remains in good standing and is enrolled fulltime. Students are
nominated by their faculty advisor.
Contact/URL: Contact your advisor for more information
The Roger Brown Dissertation Fellowship
Deadline:
Keywords: Dissertation, American University,
Description: The Roger Brown Dissertation Fellowship, in the amount of $10,000, is to
assist advanced doctoral students in completing their dissertations. Students are
nominated by their faculty advisor.
Contact/URL: Contact your advisor for more information
RESEARCH SUPPORT: This category includes grants and fellowships available for predoctoral, expenses for research travel and dissertation research support.
Albert M. Greenfield Foundation Dissertation
Deadline: March 1
Keywords: Dissertation, Fellowship, Travel
Description: This fellowship supports dissertation research in
residence at the Library Company of Philadelphia on any subject relevant to its
collections. It provides a maximum of $20,000 dollars over a dispersal period of nine
months.
Contact/URL: http://www.librarycompany.org/fellowships/american_print.htm
Or email jgreen@librarycompany.org
American Catholic History Association John Tracey Ellis Dissertation Award
Deadline: Sept 30
Keywords: Dissertation, Catholic, Catholicism, Church
Description: The John Tracy Ellis Dissertation Award, which carries a purse of $1,200,
memorializes the scholarship and teaching of Monsignor Ellis (1905-1992). Its purpose is
to assist a graduate student working on some aspect of the history of the Catholic Church.
Those wishing to enter the competition for the award must be citizens or authorized
residents (i.e., permanent residents or on student visas) of the United States or Canada,
and must be enrolled in a doctoral program at a recognized institution of higher
education.
Contact/URL: http://www.achahistory.org/awards/
American Council on Germany Fellowships for Scholars
Deadline: Contact for Details
Keywords: Trans-Atlantic, German, Germany, Dissertation, Doctoral, Post-Doctoral
Description: The American Council on Germany supports the work of promising
American scholars who are studying important elements of the transatlantic relationship
from both historical and contemporary standpoints through the Goldman Fellowships
and Hunt Fellowships. The two fellowship programs are identical in structure, with both
covering transatlantic travel and pre-approved inter-city travel, and providing a per diem
of $200 for up to 28 days, but they differ slightly in terms of their focus.
Contact/URL:
http://www.acgusa.org/about2.php?pagename=Fellowships&subpagename=For+Scholars
American Historical Association Albert J. Beveridge Grant for Research in the History of the
Western Hemisphere
Deadline: Feb 15
Keywords: AHA, Travel, Archive, Doctoral, members only
Description: The Association is pleased to announce the availability of modest grants to
support research in the history of the Western hemisphere (United States, Canada, and
Latin America). The funds for this program come from the earnings of the Albert J.
Beveridge Memorial Fund. Only members of the Association are eligible. The grants are
intended to further research in progress and may be used for travel to a library or archive,
for microfilms, photographs, or photocopying-a list of purposes that is meant to be
merely illustrative, not exhaustive (other expenses, such as child care, can be included).
Preference will be given to those with specific research needs, such as the completion of
a project or completion of a discrete segment thereof. Preference will be given to Ph.D.
candidates and junior scholars.
Contact/URL: http://www.historians.org/prizes/BeveridgeGrantInfo.htm
American Historical Association Michael Kraus Research Grant in American Colonial History
Deadline: Feb 15
Keywords: Colonial, American, Dissertation, Doctoral, Members Only
Description: The American Historical Association announces the availability of this
grant to recognize the most deserving proposal relating to work in progress on a research
project in American colonial history, with particular reference to the intercultural aspects
of American and European relations. Only members of the Association are eligible. The
grants are intended to further research in progress and may be used for travel to a library
or archive, for microfilms, photographs, or photocopying--a list of purposes that is meant
to be merely illustrative, not exhaustive (other expenses, such as child care, can be
included). Preference will be given to those with specific research needs, such as the
completion of a project or completion of a discrete segment thereof. Preference will be
given to Ph.D. candidates and junior scholars.
Contact/URL: http://www.historians.org/prizes/KrausGrantInfo.htm
American Historical Association Littleton-Griswold Research Grant for Research into U.S. Legal
History
Deadline: Feb 15
Keywords: Law, Travel, Dissertation, Doctoral, Members Only
Description: The American Historical Association announces the availability of this
grant to recognize the most deserving proposal relating to work in progress on a research
project in American colonial history, with particular reference to the intercultural aspects
of American and European relations. Only members of the Association are eligible. The
grants are intended to further research in progress and may be used for travel to a library
or archive, for microfilms, photographs, or photocopying--a list of purposes that is meant
to be merely illustrative, not exhaustive (other expenses, such as child care, can be
included). Preference will be given to those with specific research needs, such as the
completion of a project or completion of a discrete segment thereof. Preference will be
given to Ph.D. candidates and junior scholars.
Contact/URL: http://www.historians.org/prizes/KrausGrantInfo.htm
American Historical Association Bernadotte E. Schmitt Grants for Research in European,
African or Asian History
Deadline: Feb 15
Keywords: Africa, Europe, Asia, Dissertation, Doctoral, Members Only
Description: The Association is pleased to announce the availability of modest grants to
support research in the history of Europe, Africa, and Asia. The funds for this program
come from the earnings of a bequest from Bernadotte E. Schmitt, president of the
Association in 1960. Only members of the Association are eligible to apply. The grants
are intended to further research in progress and may be used for travel to a library or
archive, for microfilms, photographs, or photocopying-a list of purposes that is meant to
be merely illustrative, not exhaustive (other expenses, such as child care, can be
included). Preference will be given to those with specific research needs, such as the
completion of a project or completion of a discrete segment thereof. Preference will be
given to Ph.D. candidates and junior scholars.
Contact/URL: http://www.historians.org/prizes/SchmittGrantInfo.htm
Andrew Oliver Research Fellowship
Deadline: Mar 1
Keywords: Massachusetts, Fellowship, Dissertation, Research, New England, Art, Visual, PostDoctoral
Description: This grant will support scholars in their use of the Massachusetts Historical
Society’s collection of portraits, engravings, silhouettes and other graphic materials.
Eligible applicants include independent scholars, advanced graduate students, and holders
of the Ph.D. or the equivalent. Candidates who live fifty or more miles from Boston
receive preference. The fellowship includes a stipend of $1,500 for four weeks of
research, which must be conducted in the Society's archives sometime between 1 July
2011, and 30 June 2012.
Contact/URL: http://www.masshist.org/fellowships/short_term.cfm
or
email
fellowships@masshist.org
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships
Deadline: Mar 1
Keywords: Massachusetts, Fellowships, Dissertation, Research, New England, America
Description: This grant covers any research project where the Massachusetts Historical
Society’s collections are appropriate. Eligible applicants include independent scholars,
advanced graduate students, and holders of the Ph.D. or the equivalent. Candidates who
live fifty or more miles from Boston receive preference. The fellowship includes a
stipend of $1,500 for four weeks of research, which must be conducted in the Society's
archives sometime between 1 July 2011, and 30 June 2012.
Contact/URL: http://www.masshist.org/fellowships/short_term.cfm
or
email
fellowships@masshist.org
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Graduate Student Prize
Deadline: Oct 1
Keywords: Dissertation, Doctorate, Women, Prize
Description: The Coordinating Council on Women in the Historical Profession (CCWH)
and the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians co-sponsor annual competitions for a
$1,000 Graduate Student Award to assist in the completion of dissertation work. The
award is intended to support either a crucial stage of research or the final year of writing.
The applicant must be a woman graduate student historian in a history department in a
U.S. institution; must have passed to A.B.D. status by the time of application; may
specialize in any field of history; may hold this award and others simultaneously; and
need not attend the award ceremony to receive the award.
We regret that neither high school students nor undergraduates are eligible for this
scholarship.
Contact/URL: http://berksconference.org/prizes-awards/ or http://www.theccwh.org/awards.htm
Bruce Baky Valley Forge Fellowship
Deadline: Mar 1
Keywords: Military, America, Valley Forge, Colonial, American Revolution, Fellowship,
Dissertation
Description: The fellow will be appointed to a ten-month term and will be offered
housing in Valley Forge National Historical Park. While devoting the majority of his or
her time to dissertation work, the fellow will also develop and present public
programming at the park, work with park staff, and develop at least one research or
educational project for the park. Eligible candidates are advanced graduate students from
any PhD-granting institution who are in the dissertation research or writing stage,
specializing in military history during the American Revolution, broadly defined, when a
suitable candidate is available. The fellow will be appointed to a ten-month term with a
stipend of at least $21,000 and will be offered housing in Valley Forge National
Historical Park.
Contact/URL: http://www.mceas.org/dissertationfellowships.htm or email
mceas@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
CCWH/Berkshire and CCWH/Ida B. Wells Awards
Deadline: Sept 15
Keywords: Dissertation, Women, Gender
Description: The CCWH/Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Graduate Student
Fellowship is a $1000 award to a woman graduate student completing a dissertation in a
history department.
The CCWH Ida B. Wells Graduate Student Fellowship is a $1000 award to an A.B.D.
woman graduate student working on a historical dissertation, not necessarily in a history
department. Applicants working on issues of race are particularly welcome.
Use one application for both awards.
Contact/URL: http://www.theccwh.org/graduatestudentawards/ccwhgraduatestudentawards.htm
Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
Deadline: Contact for more information
Keywords: Religion, Doctoral, Dissertation
Description: The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships are
designed to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all
fields of the humanities and social sciences, and particularly to help Ph.D. candidates in
these fields complete their dissertation work in a timely manner. In addition to topics in
religious studies or in ethics (philosophical or religious), dissertations appropriate to the
Newcombe Fellowship competition might explore the ethical implications of foreign
policy, the values influencing political decisions, the moral codes of other cultures, and
religious or ethical issues reflected in history or literature. The Newcombe Fellowships
are provided to Ph.D. candidates at institutions in the United States who will complete
their dissertations during the fellowship year.
Contact/URL: http://woodrow.org/higher-education-fellowships/religion_ethics/index.php
CMH Dissertation Fellowship
Deadline: Jan 15
Keywords: Military, Dissertation, Research, Army
Description: The purpose of this Fellowship is to support scholarly research and writing
among qualified civilian graduate students preparing dissertations in the history of
warfare, the Center offers three Dissertation Fellowships each year. One, funded by the
National Museum of the U.S. Army, is designed to support dissertations that explore the
material culture of the Army; the two others support research in the more general areas of
military history in all its many aspects. In your application please specify if you wish to
compete for the two general fellowships or for the Museums fellowship. These
fellowships carry a $10,000 stipend and access to the Center's facilities and technical
expertise.
For purposes of this program, the history of war on land is broadly defined, including
such areas as biography, military campaigns, military organization and administration,
policy, strategy, tactics, weaponry, technology, training, logistics, and the evolution of
civil-military relations. In the selection of proposals for funding, preference is given to
topics on the history of the U.S. Army. Topics submitted should complement rather than
duplicate the Center's existing projects. Applicants must have completed by September
all requirements for the Ph.D. degree, except for the dissertation . Any student who has
held or accepted an equivalent fellowship from any other Department of Defense agency
is not eligible for these awards. Individuals who accept a Center of Military History
fellowship may not accept a fellowship from any other institution for a period concurrent
with the Center's fellowship.
Contact/URL: http://www.history.army.mil/html/about/df-geninfo.html
Conference on Latin American History James R. Scobie Award
Deadline: April 1
Keywords: Dissertation, Doctoral, Latin American, Travel
Description: Up to $1500 is awarded each year for an exploratory research trip abroad to
determine the feasibility of a Ph.D. dissertation topic dealing with some facet of Latin
American history. One or more travel grants will be awarded each year.
The purpose of the award is to permit a short, exploratory research trip abroad (normally
four to twelve weeks) to determine the feasibility of a Ph. D. dissertation topic dealing
with some facet of Latin American history.
Up to five travel grants will be awarded each year. The funds are to be used only for
international travel expenses and may not exceed $1,500. The grant must be used during
the summer following the award, unless there is prior approval from the Award
Committee and the Secretariat of the Conference on Latin American History. Under no
circumstances is the award to be combined with a research grant for an extended stay.
Scobie awards may be used in combination with other funds as long as they are not for
international travel. The final report should indicate sources and amounts of all awards
received.
Contact/URL: http://clah.h-net.org/?page_id=135
COSMOS Scholars Grants
Deadline: Nov 2
Keywords: Dissertation, Masters, Doctoral,
Description: The program provides grants to meet specific research needs not covered by
other supporting funds, including but not limited to special supplies, travel, unanticipated
expenses that would enhance the work, and the like. Specifically excluded are general
financial support, tuition, and living expenses (except in connection with supported
travel).
There is no restriction as to academic field, but the project should be focused on objective
scholarly research rather than commercial or political activity, social activism, or other
non-academic goals. The number of grants to be awarded is not rigidly fixed, but is
expected to be at least fifteen. Amounts of awards will be determined individually, and
are contemplated to be in the range of $500 to $3,000.
Contact/URL: http://www.cosmosclubfoundation.org/scholars/grants-program.html
Council of American Overseas Research Centers: Multi-Country Research Fellowship
Deadline: Jan 12
Keywords: Travel, Pre-Doctoral, Masters, Post-Doctoral, Fellowship, International
Description: CAORC is pleased to announce the expansion of the Multi-Country
Research Fellowship Program. Starting with the 2010-11 cycle, U.S. citizens enrolled in a
master's degree granting program are eligible to apply for Multi-Country Research
Fellowship.
The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) Multi-Country
Fellowship Program supports advanced regional or trans-regional research in the
humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences for U.S. master's students, doctoral
candidates, and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. Preference will be given to
candidates examining comparative and/or cross-regional research. Applicants are eligible
to apply as individuals or in teams.
Scholars must carry out research in two or more countries outside the United States, at
least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center.
Approximately ten awards of up to $12,000 each will be given in the doctoral
candidate/post-doctoral scholar competition. Approximately four awards of up to $8,000
each will be given in the master's student competition.
Contact/URL: http://www.caorc.org/programs/multi.htm
The Dirksen Center Congressional Research Awards
Deadline: Mar 1
Keywords: Dissertation, Congress
Description: The competition is open to individuals with a serious interest in studying
Congress. Political scientists, historians, biographers, scholars of public administration
or American studies, and journalists are among those eligible. The Center encourages
graduate students who have successfully defended their dissertation prospectus to apply
and awards a significant portion of the funds for dissertation research. Applicants must
be U.S. citizens who reside in the United States.
The awards program does not fund undergraduate or pre-Ph.D. study. Organizations are
not eligible. Research teams of two or more individuals are eligible. No institutional
overhead or indirect costs may be claimed against a Congressional Research Award.
Awards range from a few hundred dollars to $3,500. Stipends will be awarded to
individuals (not organizations) on a competitive basis. Grants will normally extend for
one year. In some circumstances, the Center will make more than one award to a single
individual in consecutive years, but not more than three awards to the same person in a
five-year period.
Contact/URL: http://www.dirksencenter.org/print_grants_CRAs.htm or
fmackaman@dirksencenter.org
DPDF Student Fellowship Competition
Deadline: Contact for more information
Keywords: Workshop, Proposal, Doctoral
Description: The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) is organized to
help early-stage graduate students in the humanities and social sciences formulate
effective doctoral dissertation proposals. Each year, the program offers training within
different interdisciplinary fields of study under the leadership of pairs of tenured senior
faculty, who define the fields and serve as research directors for groups of 12 graduate
students. The students participate in two workshops: one in the spring, to prepare students
to undertake summer research that will inform the design of their dissertation research;
the other in the fall, to help students apply their summer research experiences to writing
dissertation and funding proposals. Students may apply for up to $5,000 to cover summer
research costs. Working together, research directors and graduate students design
research that will help to shape evolving fields in the humanities and social science. The
DPDF program is open to doctoral students in social science or humanities disciplines
who have completed their major course requirements and are beginning to design
research proposals. Students who have completed their comprehensive, general, or
qualifying exams are eligible to apply as long as their dissertation proposals will be
formally approved by their department after the fall DPDF workshop. Typically such
students will be second and third year graduate students, but first and fourth year student
may, under exceptional circumstances, be eligible.
Applicants must be enrolled full-time in a Ph.D. program within an accredited university
in the United States, unless indicated otherwise for a particular field. In the current
application cycle French students and foreign students enrolled in a French institution are
also invited to apply to participate in the field of "Multiculturalism, Immigration, and
Identity in Western Europe and the United States."
Contact/URL: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/dpdf‐fellowship/
E. Rhodes And Leona B. Carpenter Fellowship in Early American Religious Studies
Deadline: Mar 1
Keywords: Religion, America, Fellowship, Dissertation, Research, colonial, early
Description: The fellowship is open to candidates in any discipline
researching any aspect of religion in North America and the Atlantic
world before 1850. Advanced graduate students from any PhD-granting institution who
are in the dissertation research or writing stage are eligible to compete for these
fellowships, which are open to scholars in any discipline for projects focusing on North
America and the Caribbean before 1850. Proposals reliant on research in Philadelphiaarea archives and libraries are especially welcome. Each nine-month fellow will receive
a stipend of $20,000, office space in the sponsor’s building on the University of
Pennsylvania’s historic campus and library, computer and other privileges at the
University. Limited travel funds for research are also available. While no teaching is
required for most fellowships, all fellows are expected to be in residence in Philadelphia
during the academic year
and to participate regularly in the sponsor's program of seminars and
other activities.
Contact/URL: http://www.mceas.org/dissertationfellowships.htm
or
email
mceas@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
Economic History Association Graduate Dissertation Fellowships
Deadline: Jan 14
Keywords: Dissertation, Economic, Members Only
Description: Dissertation Fellowships are intended for students whose thesis topic has
been approved and who have made progress towards completion. Applicants must be
members of the Association, and dissertation fellowships are not renewable.
There are two types of Awards:
EHA Graduate Fellowships ($10,000)
Sokoloff Fellowship ($15,000) Thanks to a generous gift from Ken Sokoloff's estate and
other individual contributions, this fellowship honors the major contributions of Kenneth
Sokoloff to economic history, and in particular his care and concern for the many
students he introduced to economic history.
Contact/URL: http://eh.net/eha/grants-and-fellowships
Eisenhower Foundation Travel Grants
Deadline: Feb 28, Sep 30
Keywords: President, Eisenhower, Travel, Dissertation, Research
Description: The Eisenhower Presidential Library Abilene Travel Grants Program assists
scholars' research of primary sources in such fields as history, government, economics,
communications, and international affairs so they may provide informed leadership in our
national life. The grants program is funded and administered by the Eisenhower
Foundation in Abilene, Kansas.
Grants are awarded to individual researchers on a competitive basis to cover a portion of
expenses while in Abilene, Kansas using the presidential library. The size of the grant
(not to exceed $1,000) is dependent upon the distance traveled and duration of stay in
Abilene. Grants are not retroactive and travel must occur within one year of award. If
grantee's research results in a thesis, dissertation, book or article, a copy of the final
product must be submitted to the Eisenhower Library for its holdings.
Contact/URL:
http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/Research/Travel_Grants/Travel_Grants.html
ESRC/SSRC Collaborative Visiting Fellowships
Deadline: Contact for more information
Keywords: Britain, U.K., Fellowship, Doctoral, Post-Doctoral
Description: The ESRC's Collaborative Visiting Fellowships are designed to enable
exchange visits between researchers in the United Kingdom and the Americas in order to
foster communication, cooperation and joint research. Fellowships support scholars from
the Americas to visit ESRC-supported scholars in the United Kingdom and ESRCsupported scholars from the United Kingdom to visit their collaborators in the Americas.
Contact/URL: http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/esrcssrcvisitingscholars direct all inquiries to:
international@esrc.ac.uk.
Flemish Community: Graduate Fellowships
Deadline: Dec 1
Keywords: Belgium, Travel, Doctoral
Description: Grant open for U.S. citizens under 35 years old, who hold a bachelors or
Master’s degree and have no other source of Belgian income, to study in that country.
The grant provides a monthly stipend of 23,000 Belgian Francs, tuition coverage up to
17,000 BF, and a one-time 25,000 contribution toward defraying the cost of
thesis/dissertation work. Health insurance and public liability will be in accordance with
Belgian law.
Contact/URL: Embassy of Belgium/ 3330 Garfield Street NW/ Washington, D.C. 20008/ Tel:
202-625-5850/Fax: 202-342-8346
Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs
Deadline: Nov. 1
Keywords: doctoral, dissertation, post-doctoral, grant, diversity
Description: The Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college
and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the
educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and
will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. Eligibility to
apply for a Ford fellowship is limited to: All citizens or nationals of the United States
regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation,
Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point
average, class rank, honors or other designations), and Individuals committed to a career
in teaching and research at the college or university level. Grants are available at the predoctoral, dissertation and post-doctoral level.
Contact/URL: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fordfellowships/
Friends of the MCEAS Dissertation Fellowship Program
Deadline: Mar 1
Keywords: America, Mid-Atlantic, Dissertation, Fellowship, colonial
Description: These fellowships facilitate dissertation research
dealing with the Philadelphia or the Mid-Atlantic region before
1850. Advanced graduate students from any PhD-granting institution who
are in the dissertation research or writing stage are eligible to
compete for these fellowships, which are open to scholars in any
discipline for projects focusing on Philadelphia or the Mid-Atlantic
region before 1850. Each nine-month Dissertation Fellow will receive a stipend of
$20,000, office space in the sponsor’s building on the University of Pennsylvania’s
historic campus and library, computer and other privileges at the University. Limited
travel funds for research are also available.
Contact/URL: http://www.mceas.org/dissertationfellowships.htm
or
email
mceas@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
Fullbright-Hayes Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad
Deadline: Nov 2
Keywords: Travel, international, research,
Description: This program provides grants to colleges and universities to fund individual
doctoral students who conduct research in other countries, in modern foreign languages
and area studies for periods of six to 12 months. Projects deepen research knowledge on
and help the nation develop capability in areas of the world not generally included in U.S.
curricula. Projects focusing on Western Europe are not supported.
Contact/URL: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsddrap/index.html
George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award
Deadline: Mar 1
Keywords: Immigration, Emigration, Ethnic, American, Dissertation,
Description: The Immigration and Ethnic History Society announces competition for the
2011 George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award. It invites applications from any Ph.D.
candidate who will have completed qualifying exams by December 1, 2010, and whose
thesis focuses on American immigration, emigration, or ethnic history. The award
provides $500 for expenses to be incurred in researching the dissertation. Applicants
must submit a three-page to five-page descriptive proposal in English, discussing the
significance of the work, the methodology, sources, and collections to be consulted. Also
included must be a proposed budget, a brief c.v., and a supporting letter from the major
adviser.
Contact/URL: http://www.iehs.org/AwardsAndOpportunities.html or contact committee chair
rmohl@uab.edu
Gerald Ford Presidential Foundation Research Travel Grants Program
Deadline: Mar 15, Sep 15
Keywords: Ford, President, Travel
Description: The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation awards grants of up to $2,000
each in support of research in the holdings of the Gerald R. Ford Library. A grant defrays
travel, living, and photocopy expenses of a research trip to the Ford Library. Overseas
applicants are welcome to apply, but they will be responsible for the costs of travel
between their home country and North America. The grants only cover travel within
North America.
Library collections focus on Federal policies, U.S. foreign relations, and national politics
in the 1960s and 1970s. There are earlier and later materials depending upon your topic
Contact/URL: http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/foundationgrants.asp
German Historical Institute Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Fellowships
Deadline: Oct 15
Keywords: German, International, Trans-Atlantic, Consumption, Doctoral, Post-Doctoral,
Dissertation, Fellowship
Description: The GHI awards short-term fellowships to German and American doctoral
students as well as postdoctoral scholars in the fields of German history, the history of
German-American relations, and the history of the role of Germany and the USA in
international relations. These fellowships are also available to German doctoral students
and postdoctoral scholars in the field of American history. The fellowships are usually
granted for periods of one to six months but, depending on the funds available, can be
extended by one or more months. The research projects must draw upon primary sources
located in the United States.
The GHI will not provide funding for preliminary research, manuscript composition or
the revision of manuscripts. It will give clear priority to those postdoc projects that are
designed for the “second book”. The monthly stipend is € 1,700 for doctoral students and
€ 2,950 for postdoctoral scholars from European institutions; students and scholars based
at North American institutions will receive a stipend of $1,900 or $3,150 respectively. In
addition, fellowship recipients based in Germany will receive reimbursement for their
roundtrip airfare to the U.S.
Contact/URL: http://www.ghidc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=287&Itemid=62
German Historical Institute Fellowships at the Horner Library
Deadline: Feb 15
Keywords: Research, Doctoral, Masters, German,
Description: Together with the German Society of Pennsylvania, the German Historical
Institute will sponsor two to four fellowships of up to four weeks for research at the
Joseph Horner Memorial Library in Philadelphia between June 1 and July 15, 2011. The
fellowship will be awarded to Ph.D. and M.A. students and advanced scholars without
restrictions in research fields or geographical provenance. The "GHI Fellowship at the
Horner Library" will provide a travel subsidy and an allowance of $1,000 to $3,500
depending on the length of the stay and the qualifications of the fellows. Opportunities to
research at other special collections in Philadelphia may be available.
The Joseph Horner Memorial Library houses 70,000 volumes and is the largest German
American collection outside of a university. The collection offers rich materials from the
17th to the 20th centuries to historians of German American immigration culture,
especially in Pennsylvania, as well as historians of German fictional and non-fictional
literature, including travel and popular literature. See the reference guide on the GHI web
site and the catalog at the German Society of Pennsylvania.
Contact/URL: http://www.ghidc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=289&Itemid=62
German Historical Institute Doctoral Fellowship in International Business History
Deadline: Feb 15
Keywords: German, International, Business, Consumption, Doctoral, Fellowship
Description: The German Historical Institute, Washington, DC, is now accepting
applications for a six-month doctoral fellowship in International Business History. A sixmonth extension of this term is possible. The recipient must begin the term in the summer
of 2011.
Preference will be given to fellows whose projects fit into the GHI's research foci on
transatlantic relations and the history of consumption. Comparative work is also strongly
encouraged.
The fellow will be expected to be in residence at the GHI and participate in GHI activities
and events. The fellow will have the opportunity to make use of the resources in the
Washington, DC, area, including the Library of Congress and the National Archives,
while pursuing his or her own research agenda. Travel within the US to work in archives
and libraries will also be possible.
The monthly stipend is €1,700 for doctoral students from European institutions; students
based at North American institutions will receive a stipend of $1,900. In addition,
fellowship recipients based in Europe will receive reimbursement for their round-trip
airfare to the US.
While applications may be written in either English or German, we recommend that
applicants use the language in which they are most proficient. They will be notified
approximately six weeks after the deadline.
Contact/URL: http://www.ghidc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=933&Itemid=62
German Historical Institute Doctoral Fellowship in the History of African Americans and
Germans/Germany
Deadline: Feb 15
Keywords: German, Germany, African American, Doctoral, Fellowship, Trans-Atlantic
Description: The German Historical Institute, Washington, DC, is now accepting
applications for a six-month doctoral fellowship in the History of African Americans and
Germans/Germany. A six-month extension of this term is possible. The recipient must
begin the term in the September 1, 2011.
Preference will be given to fellows whose projects fit into the GHI's research foci on the
relationships between African Americans and Germans/Germany, including AfroGerman History, from a transatlantic perspective.
The fellow will be expected to be in residence at the GHI and participate in GHI activities
and events. The fellow will have the opportunity to make use of the resources in the
Washington, DC, area, including the Library of Congress and the National Archives,
while pursuing his or her own research agenda. Travel within the US to work in archives
and libraries will also be possible.
Contact/URL: http://www.ghidc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=976&Itemid=868
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Scholarly Fellowships
Deadline: May 1
Keywords: Travel, Doctoral, Dissertation, Post-Doctoral, Fellowship, New York
Description: The Gilder Lehrman Institute awards short-term research fellowships to
scholars working in American history at every level from doctoral candidates to senior
faculty, including independent scholars. Ten fellowships are awarded each year. The
fellowships support research within American history archives in New York City
including the following institutions:
The Gilder Lehrman Collection, on deposit at the New-York Historical Society
The Library of the New-York Historical Society
The Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library
The New York Public Library Humanities and Social Sciences Library
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (NYPL)
Contact/URL: http://www.gilderlehrman.org/historians/fellowship1.html
Harry Truman Library Institute Dissertation Year Fellowship
Deadline: Feb 1
Keywords: Truman, Dissertation
Description: Up to two Dissertation Year Fellowship grants of $16,000 are give annually
to support graduate students working on some aspect of the life and career of Harry S.
Truman or of the public and foreign policy issues which were prominent during the
Truman years. Truman Library Institute Dissertation Year Fellowship awardees may
accept a competing fellowship or major grant from another institution with the following
stipulations: the terms of the competing fellowship or grant cannot include teaching
responsibilities; the combined total of both the Truman Library Institute Dissertation
Year Fellowship and a second fellowship or grant cannot exceed $25,000.
Applicants should have substantially completed their research and be prepared to devote
full time to writing their dissertation. Preference will be given to projects based on
extensive research at the Truman Library. There is no requirement that applicants
conduct further research at the Truman Library.
Contact/URL: http://trumanlibrary.org/grants/index.html#ress
Harry S. Truman Library Institute Research Grant
Deadline: April 1, Oct 1
Keywords: Doctoral, Post-Doctoral, Travel, Truman
Description: Grants of up to $2,500 are awarded biannually and are intended to enable
graduate students, post-doctoral scholars and other researchers to come to the Harry S.
Truman Library for one to three weeks to use its collections. Awards are to offset
expenses incurred for this purpose only.
Eligibility: Graduate students and post-doctoral scholars are particularly encouraged to
apply, but applications from others engaged in advanced research will also be
considered. Preference will be given to projects that have application to enduring public
policy and foreign policy issues and that have a high probability of being published or
publicly disseminated in some other way. The potential contribution of a project to an
applicant’s development as a scholar will also be considered. An individual may receive
no more than two Research Grants in a five-year period.
Contact/URL: http://trumanlibrary.org/grants/index.html#ress
Harvard University Schlesinger Library Dissertation Grant
Deadline: April 2
Keywords: Women, Harvard, Travel, Dissertation
Description: The
Arthur
and
Elizabeth
Schlesinger
Library
on
the
History
of
Women
in
America
invites
scholars
whose
dissertation
research
requires
use
of
the
library's
collections
to
apply
for
research
support.
Applications
will
be
evaluated
on
the
significance
of
the
research
and
the
project's
potential
contribution
to
the
advancement
of
knowledge
as
well
as
its
creativity
in
drawing
on
the
library's
holdings.
Grants
of
up
to
$3,000
will
be
given
on
a
competitive
basis
to
cover
travel
expenses,
living
expenses,
photocopying,
and
other
incidental
research
expenses,
but
not
the
purchase
of
durable
equipment.
A
brief
report
about
work
accomplished
under
the
grant
will
be
due
no
later
than
one
year
from
the
date
of
the
award.
Contact/URL: http://www.radcliffe.edu/schles/dissertation_grant.aspx
Hoover Presidential Library Association Travel Grant
Deadline: May 15, June 30
Keywords: Hoover, President, Dissertation, Travel
Description: The purpose of the Herbert Hoover Travel Grant Award is to fund travel to
the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa. The Herbert Hoover
Presidential Library Association is a nonprofit support group for the Hoover Presidential
Library-Museum and Hoover National Historic Site in West Branch. The Association has
funded a travel grant program for thirty years, awarding over $460,000 in grants.
The program, funded entirely through contributions from private individuals,
corporations, & foundations, is specifically intended to promote the use of collections of
the Herbert Hoover Library. Current graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and
independent researchers are eligible to apply. An applicant should contact the archival
staff to determine if Library holdings are pertinent to the applicant's research.
Contact/URL: http://www.hooverassociation.org/grantsawards/travel_grant.php
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International Dissertation Research Fellowship
Deadline: Nov 3
Keywords: Dissertation, Travel, International
Description: The International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) offers nine to
twelve months of support to graduate students in the humanities and social sciences who
are enrolled in doctoral programs in the United States and conducting dissertation
research outside of the United States. Research topics may address all periods in history,
but applicants should be alert to the broader implications of their research as it relates to
contemporary issues and debates. Seventy-five fellowships are awarded annually.
Fellowship amounts vary depending on the research plan, with a per-fellowship average
of $18,750. The program is open to graduate students in the humanities and social
sciences -- regardless of citizenship -- enrolled in doctoral programs in the United
States. Applicants to the 2011 IDRF competition must complete all Ph.D. requirements
except on-site research by the time the fellowship begins or by December 2011,
whichever comes first.
Contact/URL: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/idrf-fellowship/
IREX Short Term Travel Grants
Deadline: Feb 2 (note, grants are NOT being offered for the 2010-2011 year)
Keywords: Travel, Europe, Dissertation, Doctoral, Russia, Eastern Europe
Description: Scholars interested in STG can apply to conduct research in up to two
countries for up to eight weeks. As part of the STG fellowship, participants are provided
with visa assistance, international roundtrip transportation, a monthly allowance for
housing and living expenses, and emergency evacuation insurance. Eligible countries
include Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan,
Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
Contact/URL: http://www.irex.org/application/short-term-travel-grants-stg-application
Jamestowne Society Fellowship
Deadline: Apr 11
Keywords: Virginia, Dissertation, Thesis, Travel, Fellowship, America
Description: The sponsor provides support for the completion of a
graduate thesis or essay on the history and culture of Virginia before
1700. The amount of the fellowship is $2,000. Applicants may be candidates for the
graduate degree in any relevant discipline; e.g., History, American Studies, Literature,
Archaeology, Anthropology, Fine Arts, etc., as long as their research is devoted
exclusively, or very substantially to Colonial Virginia before 1700.
Contact/URL: http://www.jamestowne.org
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship
Deadline: Dec 1
Keywords: Japan, Science, Doctoral, Post-Doctoral
Description: The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship Program
provides recent PhD recipients and ABDs (please see program eligibility requirements)
with opportunities to conduct research in Japan under the leadership of a host researcher.
Fellows are encouraged to advance their own research and at the same time closely
collaborate with young Japanese researchers and contribute to Japanese research
communities. Applications are welcome from all social science and humanities
disciplines and need not be explicitly related to the study of Japan. Projects must include
work with colleagues and resources in Japan and propose a single, continuous stay in
Japan from 1 to 12 months (short-term) or 1 to 2 years (long-term).
Contact/URL: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/jsps-fellowship/
Joseph L. Fisher Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
Deadline: Feb 23
Keywords: economics, sciences, dissertation,
Description: RFF’s primary research disciplines are economics and other social sciences.
Proposals originating in these fields will have the greatest likelihood of success.
Proposals from the physical or biological sciences must have an immediate and obvious
link to environmental policy matters. This fellowship is intended to be the principal
source of support for graduate students in the final year of their dissertation research. The
fellowship will be reduced by the amount of any other financial assistance (other than
tuition support) above $18,000. Financial assistance must be disclosed to RFF.
Fellowship candidates must have completed the preliminary examinations for their
doctorate no later than February 1 prior to the application deadline. This requirement will
be strictly enforced.
The fellowships carry a stipend of $18,000 for the 2010-2011 academic year. Under the
Tax Reform Act of 1986, most if not all of this stipend will probably be taxable income.
It is expected that fellowship recipients will not engage in full-time employment during
the period of fellowship tenure.
Contact/URL: http://www.rff.org/rff/About/Fellowships_and_Internships/Fisher/Joseph-LFisher-Doctoral-Dissertation-Fellowships.cfm
Josephine De Karman Fellowship Trust
Deadline: Contact for more information
Keywords: Dissertation
Description: DeKarman fellowships are open to students in any discipline, including
international students, who are currently enrolled in a university or college located within
the United States. Only candidates for the PhD who will defend their dissertations by
June 2012 and undergraduates entering their senior year (will receive bachelors degree in
June 2012) are eligible for consideration. Postdoctoral and masters degree students are
not eligible for consideration. Special consideration will be given to applicants in the
Humanities.
A minimum of ten (10) fellowships, $22,000 for graduate students and $14,000 for
undergraduate students, will be awarded for the regular academic year (fall and spring
semesters or the equivalent where the quarterly system prevails), paid through the
fellowship office of the university in which the recipient is enrolled for study in the
United States. Study must be carried out only in the and all funds must be expended only
within this country.
Contact/URL: www.dekarman.org or email info@dekarman.org
Kennedy Library Foundatoin Research Grants
Deadline: Mar 15, Aug 15
Keywords: Kennedy, President, Dissertation, Doctoral, Travel
Description: Each year in the spring and fall, The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
provides funds for the award of a number of research grants in the range of $500 to
$2,500. The purpose of these grants is to help defray living, travel, and related costs
incurred while doing research in the textual and non-textual holdings of the library.
Scholars and students are invited to apply for these research grants.
Grant applications are evaluated on the basis of expected utilization of available holdings
of the Library, the degree to which they address research needs in Kennedy period
studies, and the qualifications of applicants. Preference is given to dissertation research
by Ph.D. candidates working in newly opened or relatively unused collections, and to the
work of recent Ph.D. recipients who are expanding or revising their dissertations for
publication, but all proposals are welcome and will receive careful consideration.
Contact/URL:
http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK+Library+and+Museum/Kennedy+Library+Foundation/Programs+
and+Library+Support/Research+Grants+and+Fellowships/Kennedy+Research+Grants.htm
The Lawrence Gelfand – Armin Rappaport Dissertation Fellowshipw
Deadline: Oct 1
Keywords: Dissertation, Travel, Foreign Relations, members only
Description: SHAFR established this fellowship to honor Lawrence Gelfand, founding
member and former SHAFR president and Armin Rappaport, founding editor of
Diplomatic History.
The Gelfand-Rappaport Fellowship of up to $4,000 is intended to defray the costs of
dissertation research travel. The fellowship is awarded annually at SHAFR luncheon held
during the annual meeting of the American Historical Association. (Applicants for this
award will be considered automatically for the Stuart L. Bernath, Holt, and Bemis
grants.)
Applicants must be actively working on dissertations dealing with some aspect of U.S.
foreign relations history. Membership in SHAFR is required.
Contact/URL: http://www.shafr.org/members/fellowships-grants/
The Marc Friedlaender Fellowship
Deadline: Mar 1
Keywords: America, Article, Dissertation, Adams, Travel
Description: Documentary editing projects and research on the
Adams family receive priority for this award. Eligible applicants include independent
scholars, advanced graduate students, and holders of the Ph.D. or the equivalent.
Candidates who live fifty or more miles from Boston receive preference. The fellowship
includes a stipend of $1,500 for four weeks of research, which must be conducted in the
Society's archives sometime between 1 July 2011, and 30 June 2012.
Contact/URL: http://www.masshist.org/fellowships/short_term.cfm
or
email
fellowships@masshist.org
Massachusetts Historical Society National Endowment for the Humanities Long-Term Research
Grant
Deadline: Jan 15
Keywords: Travel, Massachusetts, American, Dissertation, Doctoral, Research
Description: The sponsor provides assistance to researchers who
need to use its collections. The Society will award two long-term
grants of six to twelve months, although either fellowship may be
divided into two awards of a maximum of five months. The Massachusetts Historical
Society (MHS) is a major research library and manuscript repository. Its holdings
encompass millions of rare and unique documents and artifacts vital to the study of
American history, many of them irreplaceable national treasures.
Contact/URL: http://www.masshist.org/fellowships/long_term.cfm
Or email fellowships@masshist.org
Massachusetts Society of Cincinnati Fellowship
Deadline: Mar 1
Keywords: American Revolution, America, Dissertation, Research
Description: This grant supports research projects pertaining to
the era of the American Revolution. Eligible applicants include independent scholars,
advanced graduate students, and holders of the Ph.D. or the equivalent. Candidates who
live fifty or more miles from Boston receive preference. The fellowship includes a
stipend of $2,000 for four weeks of research, which must be conducted in the Society's
archives sometime between 1 July 2011, and 30 June 2012.
Contact/URL: http://www.masshist.org/fellowships/short_term.cfm
or
email
fellowships@masshist.org
The MCEAS Barra Dissertation Fellowship
Deadline: March 1
Keywords: Dissertation, Travel, Fellowship, Philadelphia
Description: Since
1978,
nearly
200
advanced
graduate
students
from
dozens
of
universities
across
North
America
and
Europe
have
received
dissertation
fellowships
from
the
McNeil
Center.
At
least
eight
new
fellows
will
be
appointed
for
the
2010‐2011
academic
year,
most
with
nine‐month
stipends
of
$20,000.
Fellows
receive
office
space
in
the
Center's
magnificent
building
on
the
University
of
Pennsylvania's
campus
and
library,
computer,
and
other
privileges
at
the
University.
Limited
travel
funds
for
research
are
also
available.
While
no
teaching
is
required
for
most
fellowships,
all
McNeil
Center
fellows
are
expected
to
be
in
residence
in
Philadelphia
during
the
academic
year
and
to
participate
regularly
in
the
Center's
program
of
seminars
and
other
activities.
Contact/URL: http://www.mceas.org/dissertationfellowships.htm
Medieval Academy of America Brigit Baldwin Fellowship
Deadline: Nov 15
Keywords: Medieval, Dissertation, French, France, Travel
Description: The Birgit Baldwin Fellowship in French Medieval History was established
in 2004 by John W. Baldwin and Jenny Jochens in memory of their daughter Birgit. It is
endowed through the generosity of her family.
The Baldwin Fellowship provides a grant of $20,000 to support a graduate student in a
North American university who is researching and writing a significant dissertation for
the Ph.D. on any subject in French medieval history that can be realized only by
sustained research in the archives and libraries of France.
Contact/URL: http://www.medievalacademy.org/grants/gradstudent_grants_baldwin.htm
Medieval Academy of America Schallek Fellowship
Deadline: Oct 15
Keywords: Medieval, Dissertation, Britain, Travel
Description: The Medieval Academy, in collaboration with the Richard III SocietyAmerican Branch, offers a full-year fellowship and five graduate student awards in
memory of William B. and Maryloo Spooner Schallek. The fellowship and awards are
supported by a generous gift to the Richard III Society from William B. and Maryloo
Spooner Schallek.
The Schallek Fellowship provides a one-year grant of $30,000 to support Ph.D.
dissertation research in any relevant discipline dealing with late-medieval Britain (ca.
1350-1500).
Contact/URL: http://www.medievalacademy.org/grants/gradstudent_grants_schallek.htm
Medieval Academy of America John Leyerle-CARA Prize for Dissertation Research
Deadline: Jan 31
Keywords: Travel, Dissertation, Medieval
Description: In recognition of John Leyerle's outstanding contributions and continuous
service to the Committee on Centers and Regional Associations (CARA), to the Medieval
Academy, and to the general conduct of medieval studies in North America, CARA has
established an annual prize in the amount of $1,000 to support the doctoral research of a
Medieval Academy member who needs to consult materials available in Toronto
collections. These include the University of Toronto's Robarts Library, the collections of
the Dictionary of Old English and the Records of Early English Drama projects, and the
library of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.
Contact/URL: http://www.medievalacademy.org/grants/gradstudent_grants_leyerle.htm
Michael J. Hogan Foreign Language Fellowship
Deadline: Oct 1
Keywords: Language, Grant, Foreign Relations, members only
Description: The Michael J. Hogan Foreign language Fellowship was established to
honor Michael J. Hogan, long-time editor of Diplomatic History.
The Hogan Fellowship of up to $4,000 is intended to promote research in foreign
language sources by graduate students. The fellowship is intended to defray the costs of
studying foreign languages needed for research. The award is announced formally at the
SHAFR luncheon held during the annual meeting of the American Historical Association.
Applicants must be graduate students researching some aspect of U.S. foreign relations
history. Membership in SHAFR is required.
Contact/URL: http://www.shafr.org/members/fellowships-grants/
Miller Center Fellowship in Politics and History
Deadline: Feb 1
Keywords: International, Politics, Dissertation, Foreign Policy
Description: The Miller Center Fellowship program is a competitive program for
individuals completing their dissertations on American politics, foreign policy and world
politics, or the impact of global affairs on the United States. The program provides up to
eight $20,000 grants to support one year of research and writing. Along with the
fellowship grant, the Miller Center assists the fellow in choosing a senior scholar from
their field to serve as fellowship "mentor." This mentor will suggest relevant literature to
frame the project, read the fellow's work, and give general advice on research. An
applicant must be a Ph.D. candidate who is expecting to complete his or her dissertation
by the conclusion of the fellowship year. This is not a post-doctoral fellowship. The
fellowship is open to non-U.S. citizens.
Contact/URL: http://millercenter.org/academic/gage/fellowship
The Myrna F. Bernath Fellowship
Deadline: Oct 1
Keywords: Women, Foreign Policy, Graduate, members only
Description: The Myrna F. Bernath Fellowship was established by the Bernath family to
promote scholarship in U.S. foreign relations history by women.
The Myrna Bernath Fellowship of up to $5,000 is intended to defray the costs of
scholarly research by women. It is awarded biannually (in odd years) and announced at
the SHAFR luncheon held during the annual meeting of the American Historical
Association.
Applications are welcomed from women at U.S. universities as well as women abroad
who wish to do research in the United States. Preference will be given to graduate
students and those within five years of completion of their PhDs. Membership in
SHAFR is required.
Contact/URL: http://www.shafr.org/members/fellowships-grants/
National Science Foundation Science Technology and Society Grants
Deadline: Feb 1
Keywords: Science, Technology, Dissertation, Doctoral, Post-Doctoral
Description: Description: STS considers proposals that examine historical,
philosophical, and sociological questions that arise in connection with science,
engineering, and technology, and their respective interactions with society. STS has four
components:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Ethics and Values in Science, Engineering and Technology (EVS),
History and Philosophy of Science, Engineering and Technology (HPS),
Social Studies of Science, Engineering and Technology (SSS),
Studies of Policy, Science, Engineering and Technology (SPS).
The components overlap, but are distinguished by the different scientific and scholarly
orientations they take to the subject matter, as well as by different focuses within the
subject area. STS encourages the submission of hybrid proposals that strive to integrate
research involving two or more of these core areas.
Contact/URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5324
North American Conference on British Studies Dissertation Year Fellowship
Deadline: Contact for Information
Keywords: Dissertation, U.K., Britain,
Description: The NACBS Dissertation Year Fellowship, funded by an endowment
raised by members, the regional conferences, foundations, and corporations, and cosponsored by the British Council, is awarded to support dissertation research in the
libraries and archives of the United Kingdom by a graduate student enrolled in a North
American university.
Contact/URL: http://www.nacbs.org/prizes.html
OAH Huggins-Quarles Award
Deadline: Dec 1
Keywords: minority, dissertation, African American,
Description: Named for Benjamin Quarles and Nathan Huggins, two outstanding
historians of the African American past, the Huggins-Quarles Award is given annually to
one or two graduate students of color to assist them with expenses related to travel to
research collections for the completion of the Ph.D. dissertation. These awards were
established to promote greater diversity in the historical profession.
To apply, the student should submit a five-page dissertation proposal (which should
include a definition of the project, an explanation of the project's significance and
contribution to the field, and a description of the most important primary sources), along
with a one-page itemized budget explaining travel and research plans. The winner
receives $1,200 (or $600 each should two applicants be selected).
Contact/URL: http://www.oah.org/activities/awards/hugginsquarles/index.html
Paul and Daisy Soros Competition for New Americans
Deadline: Nov. 1
Keywords: New Americans, Graduate, Doctoral, Pre-Doctoral, Dissertation,
Description: Thirty Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans will be
awarded in 2011 on the basis of a single national competition. Each fellowship supports
up to two years of graduate study – in any field and in any advanced degree-granting
program – in the United States. Each award is for up to $25,000 in maintenance grants
and up to $20,000 in tuition support for each year of graduate study supported, a total of
as much as $90,000.
To be eligible, you must be:
o
o
o
o
A New American (a green card holder or naturalized citizen if born abroad; a
child of naturalized citizens if born in this country).
Not yet 31 years old, as of the application deadline.
A college senior or holder of a bachelor’s degree.
Not beyond your second year – if already enrolled -- in the graduate degree
program for which you request support.
Selection criteria emphasize creativity, originality, initiative, and sustained
accomplishment. The program values a commitment to the constitution and the bill of
rights. The program promotes a strong sense of community among fellows and alumni
through fall conferences for fellows and numerous events for fellows and alumni held
throughout the country. The top 84 applicants will be designated “finalists” and will be
asked to appear for interviews in New York City or Los Angeles in mid-January of 2011.
Reasonable expenses will be covered by the Fellowship Program. The 30 fellowship
winners, selected from among the 84 finalists, will be announced in February of 2011.
Contact/URL: http://www.pdsoros.org/
Redd (Charles) Center for Western Studies Grant
Deadline: 01/01/2012
Keywords: Research, Dissertation, America, West, Travel
Description: The sponsor provides Charles Redd Fellowship Award in
Western American History. Fellowship awards of $1,000 - $3,500 will be
made on an annual basis to students and scholars interested in
pursuing research on the Mountain West in the L. Tom Perry Special
Collections. Awards are to be used for scholarly projects
including preparation of seminar papers, theses, dissertations,
monographs, and book length projects. Established in 1956, Special
Collections has 14 full-time curators. Manuscript collections number
more than 9,000; almost 1 million photographic images are held by the
L. Tom Perry Collections; and more than 300,000 rare books are
available for use. Special Collections holds extensive manuscript
materials documenting 19th and 20th century western American history.
With the upcoming 150th anniversary of the 1857-1858 Utah War
approaching, researchers with an interest in that subject are also
encouraged to apply.
Contact/URL: http://reddcenter.byu.edu/Awards.dhtml
or
email
jasonedwardthompson@byu.edu
Richard S. Dunn Fellowship
Deadline: Mar 1
Keywords: Dissertation, Fellowship, America, Early American, Colonial
Description: Any project dealing with the histories and cultures
of North America in the Atlantic world before 1850 will be considered.
Proposals dependent on the use of Philadelphia-area archives and
libraries are particularly welcome. Advanced graduate students from any PhD-granting
institution who are in the dissertation research or writing stage are eligible to compete for
these fellowships, which are open to scholars in any discipline for projects focusing on
North America and the Caribbean before 1850. At least eight new fellows will be
appointed for the 2011-2012 academic year, most with nine-month stipends of $20,000.
Fellows receive office space in the sponsor's building on the University of Pennsylvania's
campus and library, computer, and other privileges at the University. Limited travel funds
for research are also available. While no teaching is required for most fellowships, all
McNeil Center fellows are expected to be in residence in Philadelphia during the
academic year and to participate regularly in the sponsor's program of seminars and other
activities.
Contact/URL: http://www.mceas.org/dissertationfellowships.htm
or
email
mceas@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
Roosevelt Institute Research Support Grant
Deadline: Contact for more information
Keywords: Dissertation, Roosevelt, Travel, President
Description: The Roosevelt Institute supports a program of small grants-in-aid, not to
exceed $2,500, in support of research on the "Roosevelt years" or clearly related
subjects. Grants are awarded annually. The deadline for grant submissions has been
changed to November 15. Funds are awarded for the sole purpose of helping to defray
living, travel, and related expenses incurred while conduction research at the Roosevelt
Library. The grants program is particularly designed to encourage younger scholars to
expand our knowledge and understanding of the Roosevelt period.
Contact/URL: http://www.rooseveltinstitute.org/projects/research-support
Quinn Foundation Fellowship
Deadline: Mar 1
Keywords: America, Atlantic, Dutch, Netherlands, Research, Dissertation, colonial
Description: This fellowship facilitates research on New Netherland
and on the Dutch colonial Atlantic World. Advanced graduate students from any PhDgranting institution who are in the dissertation research or writing stage are eligible to
compete for these fellowships, which are open to scholars in any discipline for projects
focusing on the Dutch experience in North America and the Atlantic world before 1850.
Fellows receive office space in the sponsor's new building on the
University of Pennsylvania's campus and library, computer, and other
privileges at the University. Limited travel funds for research are
also available. While no teaching is required for most fellowships,
all fellows are expected to be in residence in Philadelphia during the
academic year.
Contact/URL: http://www.mceas.org/dissertationfellowships.htm
or
email
mceas@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
The Ruth R. and Alyson R. Miller Fellowship
Deadline: Mar 1
Keywords: Women, America, Massachusetts, Research, Dissertation
Description: This award encourages research in women’s history using the resources of
the Massachusetts Historical Society Eligible applicants include independent scholars,
advanced graduate students, and holders of the Ph.D. or the equivalent. Candidates who
The fellowship includes a stipend of $2,000 for four weeks of research, which must be
conducted in the Society's archives sometime between between 1 July 2011, and 30 June
2012. Applicants who llive fifty or more miles from Boston receive preference.
Contact/URL: http://www.masshist.org/fellowships/short_term.cfm
or
email
fellowships@masshist.org
Samuel Flagg Bemis Dissertation Research Grants
Deadline: Oct 1
Keywords: Dissertation, Travel, Foreign Relations, diplomatic, members only
Description: The Samuel F. Bemis Research Grants are intended to promote dissertation
research by graduate students. A limited number of grants of varying amounts
(generally, up to $2,000) will be awarded annually to help defray the costs of domestic or
international travel necessary to conduct research on significant scholarly projects. The
award is announced formally at the SHAFR luncheon held during the annual meeting of
the American Historical Association. (Applicants for this award will be considered
automatically for the Stuart L. Bernath, Holt, and Gelfand-Rappaport grants.)
Applicants must be actively working on dissertations dealing with some aspect of U.S.
foreign relations history. Membership in SHAFR is required.
Contact/URL: http://www.shafr.org/members/fellowships-grants/
Smithsonian National Museum of American History Lemelson Center Fellowships
Deadline: Jan 15
Keywords: Public History, Pre-Doctoral, Post-Doctoral, Smithsonian
Description: The Lemelson Center Fellows Program supports projects that present
creative approaches to the study of invention and innovation in American society. These
include, but are not limited to, historical research and documentation projects, resulting in
publications, exhibitions, educational initiatives, and multimedia products. The
fellowship program provides access to the Smithsonian's vast artifact and archival
collections, as well as the expertise of the institution's research staff.
The Center offers fellowships to scholars and professionals who are pre- or postdoctoral
candidates or who have completed advanced professional training.
Fellowships are awarded for a maximum of ten weeks and carry a prorated stipend.
Fellows are expected to reside in the Washington, D.C. area, to participate in the Center's
activities, and to make presentations on their work to colleagues at the museum.
Researchers are strongly encouraged to consult with the fellowship coordinator prior to
submitting a proposal.
Contact/URL: http://www.si.edu/ofg/fell.htm
Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) Dissertation Completion
Fellowship
Deadline: April 1
Keywords: Dissertation, Humanities, Foreign Relations, members only
Description: SHAFR invites applications for its dissertation completion fellowship.
SHAFR will make two, year-long awards, in the amount of $20,000 each, to support the
writing and completion of the doctoral dissertation in the academic year 2011-12. These
highly competitive fellowships will support the most promising doctoral candidates in the
final phase of completing their dissertations. SHAFR membership is required.
Applicants should be candidates for the PhD in a humanities or social science doctoral
program (most likely history), must have been admitted to candidacy, and must be at the
writing stage, with all substantial research completed by the time of the award.
Applicants should be working on a topic in the field of U.S. foreign relations history or
international history, broadly defined, and must be current members of SHAFR. Because
successful applicants are expected to finish writing the dissertation during the tenure of
the fellowship, they should not engage in teaching opportunities or extensive paid work,
except at the discretion of the Fellowship Committee. At the termination of the award
period, recipients must provide a one page (250-word) report to the SHAFR Council on
the use of the fellowship, to be considered for publication in Passport, the society
newsletter.
Contact/URL: http://www.shafr.org/members/fellowships-grants/
Society for Military History ABC-Clio Research Grants
Deadline: Feb 1
Keywords: Military, Dissertation, Doctoral, Travel
Discussion: At the SMH council meeting in May 2006, the officers and trustees
unanimously approved ABC-CLIO's proposal to fund two $500 research grants in
military history. These awards are designated specifically to support the work of
advanced graduate students and those scholars who do not hold a doctoral degree but are
employed full-time as historians. These funds may be used for travel, purchase of
microfilm or other research materials, photocopying, and similar expenses.
Contact/URL: http://www.smh-hq.org/awards/awards/abcclio.html
Society for Reformation Research Miriam U. Chrisman Travel Fellowship
Deadline: Feb 1
Keywords: Reformation, Dissertation, Travel, Research, Catholic
Discussion: The Society for Reformation research offers the Miriam U. Chrisman Travel
Fellowship of $1500 every other year in odd numbered years (2003, 2005, etc.) to
graduate students who need to travel abroad to do research on their doctoral dissertations.
The award competition is open to all students of European history, 1450-1650, whose
topics deal with religious history in some way. Students working on southern Europe are
eligible as are those working on northern Europe; topics dealing with Catholicism or
minority religions are as welcome as topics in Reformation studies. The purpose of the
award is to help defray the expenses of working abroad.
Contact/URL: http://www.reformationresearch.org/
Society of the Cincinnati Fellowship
Deadline: Mar 1
Keywords: Early America, America, Colonial, Dissertation
Description: Any project dealing with the histories and cultures
of North America in the Atlantic world during the American Revolution
of the mid to late 18th century will be considered. Advanced graduate students from any
PhD-granting institution who are in the dissertation research or writing stage are eligible
to compete for these fellowships. Funded by the State Society of the Cincinnati of
Pennsylvania, the fellowship supports a nine-month fellow who will receive a stipend of
$20,000, office space in the sponsor's building on the University of Pennsylvania’s
historic campus and library, computer and other privileges at the University. Limited
travel funds for research are also available. While no teaching is required for most
fellowships, all fellows are expected to be in residence in Philadelphia during the
academic year and to participate regularly in the sponsor's program of seminars and other
activities.
Contact/URL: http://www.mceas.org/dissertationfellowships.htm
or
email
mceas@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
The Stuart L. Bernath Dissertation Research Grant
Deadline: Oct 1
Keywords: Dissertation, Foreign Relations, diplomatic, members only
Description: The Bernath Dissertation Grant of up to $4,000 is intended to help graduate
students defray expenses encountered in the writing of their dissertations. The award is
announced formally at the SHAFR luncheon held during the annual meeting of the
American Historical Association. (Applicants for this award will be considered
automatically for the Holt, Gelfand-Rappaport, and Bemis grants.)
Applicants must be actively working on dissertations dealing with some aspect of U.S.
foreign relations history. Membership in SHAFR is required.
Contact/URL: http://www.shafr.org/members/fellowships-grants/
The Woodrow Wilson Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies
Deadline: Contact for more information, will not be available for 2011
Keywords: Gender, Women’s Studies, Dissertation
Description: The WW Women’s Studies Fellowships support the final year of
dissertation writing for Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences whose
work addresses topics of women and gender in interdisciplinary and original ways. Since
the first Women’s Studies Fellows were named in 1974, nearly 500 emerging scholars
have been funded, many now prominent in their fields. They are college presidents,
distinguished faculty members, artists and novelists, and (in some cases) leaders in
business, government, and the nonprofit sector. They include a Pulitzer Prize winner, two
MacArthur Fellows, seven Guggenheim Fellows, a number of Fulbright Fellows, and
many others who have achieved significant distinctions. Notably, a number of the
Fellows volunteer their time as reviewers to help select new Women’s Studies Fellows
and enthusiastically support the next generation of scholars exploring women’s issues
and matters of gender.
Contact/URL: http://www.woodrow.org/higher-educationfellowships/women_gender/index.php
W. B. H. Dowse Fellowship
Deadline: Mar 1
Keywords: New England, America, Colonial
Description: This fellowship provides support for two scholars
studying the history of colonial New England. Eligible applicants include independent
scholars, advanced graduate students, and holders of the Ph.D. or the equivalent.
Candidates who live fifty or more miles from Boston receive preference. The fellowship
includes a stipend of $1,500 for four weeks of research, which must be conducted in the
Society's archives sometime between 1 July 30 June.
Contact/URL: http://www.masshist.org/fellowships/short_term.cfm
or
email
fellowships@masshist.org
The W. Stull Holt Dissertation Fellowship
Deadline: Oct 1
Keywords: Dissertation, Travel, Foreign Relations, diplomatic, members only
Description: The W. Stull Holt Dissertation Fellowship of up to $4,000 is intended to
defray the costs of travel necessary to conduct research on a significant dissertation
project. The award is announced formally at the SHAFR luncheon held during the annual
meeting of the American Historical Association. (Applicants for this award will be
considered automatically for the Stuart L. Bernath, Gelfand-Rappaport, and Bemis
grants.)
Applicants must be actively working on dissertations dealing with some aspect of U.S.
foreign relations history. Membership in SHAFR is required.
Contact/URL: http://www.shafr.org/members/fellowships-grants
Western Association of Women Historians Founders Dissertation Award
Deadline: Contact for information
Keywords: Women, Dissertation, Travel, Research
Description: The Founders’ Dissertation Fellowship is an annual award to graduate
students who show promise of significant contributions to historical scholarship. Funds
from these Awards may be used for purposes directly or indirectly related to the
dissertation, such as expenses for research, attendance of scholarly conferences, and the
preparation of the dissertation.
Contact/URL: http://www.wawh.org/awards/fellowshipwinners.html
Western History Association Sarah Jackson Award
Deadline: July 16
Keywords: African Americans, Minorities, Dissertation, Thesis, Doctoral, Masters, West
Description: WHA provides a $500 annual award in support of students conducting
graduate research (M.A. or Ph.D.) in the field of Western History. Preference will be
given to African American or other minority students.
Contact/URL: http://www.westernhistoryassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/Sara-Jackson5.pdf
Winterthur Research Fellowship
Deadline: Jan 15
Keywords: Museum, Art, Culture, Dissertation, Doctoral, Travel
Description: Winterthur, a public museum, library, and garden supporting the advanced
study of American art, culture, and history, announces its Research Fellowship Program
for 2011-12. Winterthur offers an extensive program of short-and-long term fellowships
open to academic, independent, and museum scholars, including advanced graduate
students, to support research in material culture, architecture, decorative arts, design,
consumer culture, garden and landscape studies, Shaker studies, travel and tourism, the
Atlantic World, childhood, literary culture, and many other areas of social and cultural
history. Fellowships include 4-9 month NEH fellowships, 1-2 semester dissertation
fellowships, and 1-2 month short term fellowships.
Fellows have ful access to the library collections, including more than 87,000 volumes
and one-half million manuscripts and images, searchable online at winterthur.org.
Resources for the 17t to the early 20th centuries include period trade catalogues, auction
and exhibition catalogues, an extensive reference photograph collection of decorative
arts, printed books, and ephemera. Fellows may conduct object-based research in
museum’s collections, which include 85,000 artifacts and works of art made or used in
America to 1860, with a strong emphasis on domestic life.
Contact/URL: http://berksconference.org/announcements/fellowships/winterthur-researchfellowship-2/
ESSAY/ARTICLE PRIZES: Prizes awarded for best unpublished papers in a given field.
American Association for the History of Medicine Shyrock Medal
Deadline: Jan 15
Keywords: Medicine, Paper, Essay, Prize
Description: Graduate students in the United States and Canada are invited to enter the
Shryock Medal Essay Contest. The medal honors Richard Harrison Shryock (1893–
1972), a pioneer among historians interested in the history of medicine. The award is
given for an outstanding, unpublished essay by a single author on any topic in the history
of medicine. The essay (maximum 9,000 words, including endnotes) must be the result of
original research or show an unusual appreciation and understanding of problems in the
history of medicine. In particular, the committee will judge essays on the quality of
writing, appropriate use of sources, and ability to address themes of historical
significance.
The winner will be invited to attend the 2011 meeting of the Association, April 28–May
1, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the medal will be conferred. Reasonable travel
expenses for the winner will be provided, as will a two-year complimentary membership
in the AAHM.
Contact/URL: http://www.histmed.org/shryock_medal.htm
American Society of Church History Sidney E. Mead Prize
Deadline: July 1
Keywords: Church, Religion, Graduate, Essay, Prize
Description: The Sidney E. Mead Prize, offered annually, is an award in the amount of
$300 for the author of the best unpublished essay in any field of church history written by
a doctoral candidate or recent graduate whose manuscript stems directly from his or her
doctoral research. The manuscript will be published in Church History, contingent upon
incorporating revisions stipulated by the review committee
Contact/URL: http://www.churchhistory.org/grants-prizes/
American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies Graduate Student Research Paper Award
Deadline: Jan 1
Keywords: Doctoral, Masters, Essay, Prize, Members Only
Description: Recognizes the pioneering research contributions of the next generation of
scholars of eighteenth-century studies, this $200 award will recognize an outstanding
research essay of 15-30 pages, which has not been previously published.
Contact/URL: http://asecs.press.jhu.edu/awards.html
Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History Gregory Sprague Prize
Deadline: Dec 31, awarded in even numbered years
Keywords: Essay, Prize, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Thesis Dissertation
Description: The Gregory Sprague Prize recognizes an outstanding published or
unpublished paper, article, book chapter, or dissertation chapter on lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgendered, transsexual, and/or queer history completed in English by a graduate
student. It is awarded in even-numbered years, covering work completed during the
previous two years.
Contact/URL: http://clgbthistory.org/prizes/gregory-sprague-prize
The John J. Snell Memorial Prize
Deadline: Aug 1
Keywords: Prize, Essay, Graduate, European
Description: This award is given annually to the graduate student with the best seminar
research paper in European history. The Prize winner will be honored at the annual
meeting of the Section in November. The award carries a stipend of $150. The Snell
Award winner also receives one free year of student membership in the European History
Section of the Southern Historical Association. One copy should be sent to each of the
three judges
Contact/URL: http://www.europeanhistorysection.org/10001.html
Modern Greek Studies Association
Deadline: April 1 (check website, prize awarded bi-annually)
Keywords: Greece, Greek, Essay, Prize
Description: The Modern Greek Studies Association (MGSA) sponsors a prize for the
Best Graduate Student Essay Prize on a Greek subject. The prize is awarded on a biennial
schedule to coincide with the Association's Symposium. The prize consists of a cash
award of $250 and reimbursement to the prize-winner for expenses (travel and
accommodations) paid out to attend the Association's Symposium. The prize winner will
also be given a free one-year membership, or one-year renewal of membership, to the
Association.
All disciplines of the Humanities and Social Sciences compete together. Eligibility for
the prize includes all graduate students enrolled in any M.A. or Ph.D. program in a North
American institution.
Contact/URL: http://mgsa.org/Prizes/gradpriz.html
OAH Louis Pelzer Memorial Award
Deadline: Nov. 30
Keywords: Essay, Prize, United States, U.S., Masters, Doctoral
Description: The Louis Pelzer Memorial Award Committee of the Organization of
American Historians invites candidates for graduate degrees to submit essays for the
Louis Pelzer Memorial Award competition. Essays may deal with any period or topic in
the history of the United States. The winning essay will be published in The Journal of
American History.
Essays should not exceed 9,000 words maximum (including endnotes). The winning
essay will be published in a subsequent issue of The Journal of American
History.Significance of the subject matter, literary craftsmanship and competence in the
handling of evidence are some of the factors that will be considered in judging the essays.
Contact/URL: http://www.oah.org/activities/awards/pelzer/index.html
or
email
jahms@indiana.edu
Society for the History of Discoveries Essay Prize
Deadline: May 15
Keywords: Essay, Prize, Discovery, Travel, Science, Technology
Description: The Society for the History of Discoveries announces its 2011 prize essay
contest. Founded in 1960, the purpose of the Society is to stimulate teaching, research
and publishing in the history of geographical exploration. We now call for essays on the
topics embraced by the Society's name: the history of discoveries. Essays may deal with
voyages, travels, biography, history, cartography, techniques and technology, or other
aspects of discovery. The primary purpose is to enlighten the reader on some aspect of
the exploration of our world.
Contact/URL: http://www.sochistdisc.org/essaycontest.htm?PHPSESSID=1128df1082de1760f28738f51660eda8
Society for the Study of Early Modern Women
Deadline: March 1
Keywords: Women, Essay, Prize, Gender
Description: EMW makes annual awards for outstanding work in the field. Any work
that focuses on women and gender in the early modern period (1450-1750) is eligible.
Contact/URL: http://www.ssemw.org/awards.html
Southern Historical Association William F. Holmes Award
Deadline: Oct 1
Keywords: United States, South, American, Essay, Prize
Description: In honor of Will Holmes' fifteen years of service as Secretary-Treasurer of
the SHA, the Executive Council has created the William F. Holmes Award, to be
presented every year for the best paper presented at the annual meeting by a graduate
student or junior faculty member (anyone who received his or her Ph.D. within three
years of the time of presentation).
Contact/URL: http://www.uga.edu/sha/awards/holmes.htm
Stuart L. Bernath Article Prize
Deadline: February 1
Keywords: Publishing, Article, Diplomatic, Foreign Relations
Description: The purpose of the prize is to recognize and encourage distinguished
research and writing by young scholars in the field of diplomatic relations. The prize of
$1,000 is awarded annually to the author of a distinguished article appearing in a
scholarly journal or edited book, on any topic in United States foreign relations.
Eligibility: The author must be under forty-one years of age or within ten years of
receiving the Ph.D. at the time of the article’s acceptance for publication. The article
must be among the first six publications by the author. Previous winners of the Stuart L.
Bernath Book Award or the Myrna F. Bernath Book Award are ineligible.
Contact/URL: http://www.shafr.org/members/prizes/
Study Foundation of the Berlin House of Representatives Grant
Deadline: Dec 15
Keywords: Berlin, Germany, Masters, Doctoral, Travel
Description: The Berlin HoP Travel Grant seeks to help graduate students conducting
research into theses or dissertations to use research facilities in Berlin, Germany. The
grant targets the top-tier students in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, France and
the former Soviet states, and can be used for training in any of the state recognized
Universities and training institutions in Berlin. As a rule the age limit for post-doctoral
students is 35, for pre-doctoral, 25. Monthly stipends vary from 775-1300 Euros a
month.
Contact/URL: http://www.parlamentberlin.de/pari/web/wdefault.nsf/vHTML/G13_2?OpenDocument
World History Association Student Paper Prize
Deadline: June 30
Keywords: Members Only, Prize, World
Description: Phi Alpha Theta and the World History Association, with a generous
subvention from Oxford University Press, a publisher of history textbooks, co-sponsor
two student paper prizes in world history, each of $400, for the best undergraduate world
history paper and the best graduate-level world history paper composed in the 2009-10
academic year.
A world history paper is one that examines any historical issue with global implications.
Such studies can include, but are not limited to, the exchange and interchange of cultures,
the comparison of two or more civilizations or cultures, or the study in a macro-historical
manner of a phenomenon that had a global impact. For example, world history topics
might include a study of the trans-cultural impact of Eurasia's Silk Road; a comparative
study of the Ottoman and British empires; or the worldwide impact of the Influenza
Pandemic of 1919.
To be eligible, students must be members of either The World History Association
(www.thewha.org) or Phi Alpha Theta (www.phialphatheta.org) and must have
composed the paper while enrolled at an accredited college or university during 20092010.
Contact/URL: http://www.thewha.org/prize_competitions.php
DISSERTATION PRIZES: This category includes prizes awarded at the end of a dissertation
process for outstanding research
AJHA Margaret Blanchard Doctoral Dissertation Prize
Deadline: Feb 1
Keywords: Journalism, Print, Dissertation, Prize
Description: The AJHA Margaret A. Blanchard Doctoral Dissertation Prize, given for
the first time in 1997, is awarded annually for the best doctoral dissertation dealing with
mass communication history. An honorarium of $500 accompanies the prize, and a $200
honorarium is awarded to each honorable mention.
Eligible works shall include both quantitative and qualitative historical dissertations,
Contact/URL: http://ajhaonline.org/awards.html
American Society for Legal History Cromwell Dissertation Prize
Deadline: Contact for Details (varies by year)
Keywords: Legal, Dissertation, Prize
Description: As in the past the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation will award a prize
of $2500 for dissertations accepted in the previous calendar year in the general field of
American legal history (broadly conceived), with some preference for those in the area of
early America or the colonial period. This year's prize is limited to dissertations. There is
a separate prize for articles described above.
Contact/URL: http://www.legalhistorian.org/awards.shtml
The Betty M. Unterberger Dissertation Prize
Deadline: Feb 28 (bi-annual)
Keywords: Diplomatic, Foreign Relations, Dissertation, Prize
Description: The Betty M. Unterberger Prize is intended to recognize and encourage
distinguished research and writing by graduate students in the field of diplomatic history.
The Prize of $1,000 is awarded biannually (in odd years) to the author of a dissertation,
completed during the previous two calendar years, on any topic in United States foreign
relations history. The Prize is announced at the annual SHAFR conference.
The Prize was established in 2004 to honor Betty Miller Unterberger, a founder of
SHAFR and long-time professor of diplomatic history at Texas A&M University.
Contact/URL: http://www.shafr.org/members/prizes/
GHI Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize
Deadline: May 31
Keywords: Dissertation, German, Germany, Prize
Description: Each year the Friends of the German Historical Institute award the Fritz
Stern Dissertation Prize for the two best doctoral dissertations on German history written
at North American universities. Dissertations on all periods of German history, on
German-American relations, and on the history of Germans in North America are
eligible. The winners are invited to the GHI to present their research at the annual
symposium of the Friends in November. The prizewinners receive an award of $2,000
and reimbursement for travel to Washington, D.C.
Contact/URL: http://www.ghidc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=296&Itemid=62
Modern Greek Studies Association
Deadline: April 1 (check website, awarded bi-annually)
Keywords: Greeks, Greece, Prize, Dissertation, Members Only
Description: The John O. Iatrides Best Dissertation Prize is awarded on a biennial
schedule for the best English-language dissertation on a Greek subject.
All disciplines of the Humanities and Social Sciences compete together. Eligible for
competition are dissertations completed at a North American institution, with English as
a primary language and the post-Byzantine Greek world -- including Greek diasporas -as a primary subject. In order to qualify for the competition, applicants must be current
members of the Association when they submit their dissertations. A person may submit
his/her dissertation only once within three years of completing the Ph.D.
Contact/URL: http://mgsa.org/Prizes/disspriz.html
OAH Lerner-Scott Dissertation Prize
Deadline: Oct 1
Keywords: Dissertation, Prize, Women, OAH
Description: The Lerner-Scott Dissertation Prize was given for the first time in 1992 for
the best doctoral dissertation in U.S. women's history. The prize is named for Gerda
Lerner and Anne Firor Scott, both pioneers in women's history and past presidents of the
Organization of American Historians. A dissertation must be completed during the
period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010 to be eligible for the 2011 Lerner-Scott
Dissertation Prize. Each application must contain a letter of support from a faculty
member at the degree-granting institution, along with an abstract, table of contents and
sample chapter from the dissertation. Please also include email addresses for both the
applicant and the adviser, if available. Winner receives $500 and a year membership in
the OAH.
Contact/URL: http://www.oah.org/activities/awards/lernerscott/index.html
Oxford University Press USA Dissertation Prize in International History
Deadline: (bi-annual)
Keywords: Dissertation, Foreign Relations, Diplomatic
Description: The Oxford University Press USA Dissertation Prize in International
History recognizes the best dissertation writing by a rising historian who has completed a
research project defined as international history. The Prize of $1,000 is awarded
biannually (in even years) to the author of a dissertation, completed during the previous
two calendar years.
For a dissertation to qualify, the research must be multinational in framing and scope, and
there will be a preference for works that have a multilingual source base. In endowing
this prize, Oxford University Press hopes to recognize the stellar work of junior scholars
and to highlight works that have not been the focus of area studies and other regional and
national approaches. Winners will be invited to submit the resulting manuscript to Oxford
University Press USA for a formal reading for possible publication. The authors must be
members of SHAFR at the time of submission.
The Prize is announced at the annual SHAFR conference (even years).
Contact/URL: http://www.shafr.org/members/prizes/
Western Association of Women Historians Founders’ Dissertation Fellowship
Deadline: Contact for more information
Keywords: Women, Dissertation, Members Only
Description: The Founders' Dissertation Fellowship Award is open to all fields of
history.The awards is given to those graduate students who show promise of significant
contribution to historical scholarship. Awarded to current members of the WAWH,
advanced to candidacy, writing the dissertation at the time of the application, and
expecting to receive the degree no earlier than December of the award year. The $1000
award may be used for expenses related to the dissertation.
Contact/URL: http://www.wawh.org/awards/index.html
TRAVEL TO CONFERENCES
Agricultural History Society Conference Travel Grants
Deadline: Check website for conference dates
Keywords: Travel, Conference, Agriculture, Food, Farming
Description: The AHS encourages proposals of all types and formats, including
traditional sessions with successive papers and commentary, thematic panel discussions
or debates, roundtables on recent books/films, and poster presentations. The program
committee prefers complete session proposals, but individual paper proposals are
welcome. The AHS extends a special welcome to graduate students and provides up to
$250 in travel reimbursement to each graduate student whose paper is accepted for the
conference.
Contact/URL: http://www.aghistorysociety.org/meetings/
American Italian Historical Association Graduate Student Conference Subsidy
Deadline: Sept 29 (may vary by year)
Keywords: Travel, Conference, Italian, Italian-American
Description: In an effort to defray some of the traveling costs for graduate students
attending the annual American Italian Historical Association conference, the association
has set aside limited funds for student travel. (Please note: This is a separate application
process from the fellowship application guidelines. You may certainly apply for a
fellowship and also travel funds if you choose; the awarding of the fellowships and the
decisions about travel funds subsidies are made separately.) The funds will be assigned
by an AIHA sub-committee whose members are chosen by the AIHA Executive Board.
Graduate students accepted to present a paper at AIHA conference for the year funds are
being requested.
Contact/URL: http://www.aihaweb.org/
American Society of Church History Travel Grants
Deadline: Contact for Information (varies by year)
Keywords: Travel, Conference, Church
Description: A limited number of Student Travel Grants are available to student
members participating in an ASCH conference.
Contact/URL: http://www.churchhistory.org/grants-prizes/ or email
keith.francis@churchhistory.org
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
Deadline: Nov 1
Keywords: 18th Century, Doctoral, Dissertation, Travel, Conference, Members Only
Description: Among the best-- and customarily youngest-- of our colleagues are graduate
students, whose presence and voices we welcome at ASECS meetings. Their presence is
vital to the continued success not just of ASECS as an organization but of our studies;
these are the professors of the near future who will make “the long eighteenth century”
live for countless students of the 21st century. Institutions, finding themselves strapped
for funds, are economizing on grants to graduate students. Many young scholars can no
longer obtain travel grants for appearances at conferences.
Award recipients are ABDs and PhDs within a year after receiving doctoral degree. An
award of up to $300 will be given toward the cost of attending the ASECS annual
meeting. Applicants must be members of ASECS at the time of submission.
Contact/URL: http://asecs.press.jhu.edu/awards.html
American Society for Environmental History Travel Grants
Deadline: Nov 1
Keywords: Conference, Travel, Environmental
Description: Owing to the extraordinary generosity of its members, the American
Society for Environmental History has established the following travel grants:
Seven named grants of $500 per year each for graduate students, low income scholars,
and international scholars to present their research at ASEH's annual meetings:
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E.V. and Nancy Melosi Travel Grant (Martin Melosi)
2 Morgan and Jeanie Sherwood Travel Grants (J. Sherwood)
Ellen Swallow Richards Travel Grant (Susan Flader and Carolyn Merchant)
Donald Worster Travel Grant (Adam Rome)
J. Donald Hughes Travel Grant (J. Donald Hughes)
John D. Wirth Travel Grant for International Scholars (Douglas Weiner)
Two additional Travel Grants of $500 each and a Minority Travel Grant were established
as well.
Contact/URL: http://www.aseh.net/awards/endowment-fund
Association of Ancient Historians Meeting Subvention Grants
Deadline: Feb 1
Keywords: Ancient, Medieval, Travel, Conference, Members Only
Description: The Association of Ancient Historians awards Grants-in-aid for the
purposes of underwriting travel expenses of advanced graduate students and junior
faculty who want to attend our annual meetings. It is our intention to encourage more
members to sample the collegial atmosphere of our annual meetings and to encourage
more colleagues to join what is truly a unique association of Ancient History
professionals.
Applicants are not required to present papers in order to be considered for the subvention.
All applicants must, however, be or become members of the AAH. Applicants should be
of advanced graduate student status or untenured faculty.
Contact/URL: http://associationofancienthistorians.org/grants.html
History of Education Society Travel Invitation for Graduate Students
Deadline: Oct 11
Keywords: Travel, Conference, Labor, Class, may vary by year
Description: The History of Education Society holds its annual meeting in the fall. The
2010 Annual Meeting will be in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the LeMeridien Hotel (20
Sidney Street, Cambridge, MA 02139) from November 4-7, 2010.
The development of the Annual Meeting program continues, and a draft of the program
is now available on the History of Education website. Conference registration and hotel
reservation information is also now available on the website.
Contact/URL: http://www.historyofeducation.org/top_menu/annual_meeting.html
OAH-IEHS John Higham Travel Grants
Deadline: Dec 1
Keywords: Travel, Immigration, Intellectual History, Ethnic, American
Description: Graduate Students: Apply now for an OAH-IEHS Higham Travel Grant.
OAH and the Immigration and Ethnic History Society (IEHS) have created a fund to
award travel grants in memory of John Higham (1920-2003), past president of both
organizations, and a towering figure in immigration, ethnic, and intellectual history.
Travel grants of $500 are awarded to three (3) graduate students each year. Funds are to
be used by graduate students toward costs of attending the OAH-IEHS Annual Meeting.
The successful candidates will have a preferred area of concentration in American
Immigration and/or American Ethnic and/or American Intellectual history.
Contact/URL: http://www.oah.org/activities/awards/higham/index.html
Labor and Working Class History Association Travel Grants
Deadline: Jan 15
Keywords: Labor, Travel, Conference, Doctoral, Masters
Description: LAWCHA invites anyone able to send requests for graduate student travel
grants. LAWCHA will provide four $250 Travel Grants to graduate students whose
papers have been accepted to the Southern Labor Studies Conference (co-sponsored by
LAWCHA) in Atlanta, April 7-10, 2011. Requests for funding should be forwarded to
Kimberley L. Phillips. Requests should include confirmation of the paper's acceptance, a
short description of the paper, and a C.V.
Contact/URL: http://www.lawcha.org/grants.php
National Council on Public History Student Awards
Deadline: Dec 1
Keywords: Public, Prize, Travel, Conference
Description: This award recognizes the contributions of student work to the field of
public history. The student author(s) of the winning entry will receive a travel grant
($500) to help underwrite attendance at the yearly conference. Award winners also
receive complimentary registration for the awards luncheon, and they will be invited to
prepare an article for the NCPH newsletter, Public History News, in which they
summarize their project and report on their conference experience.
Contact/URL: http://ncph.org/cms/awards/student-awards/
New England Historical Association Graduate Student Paper Award
Deadline: See website for date of conference
Keywords: New England, American, Travel, Conference
Description: The NEHA Graduate Student Paper Award is presented for the best paper
presented by a graduate student during the previous year’s two conferences.
Contact/URL: http://www.newenglandhistorians.org/prizes
North American Society for Sport History Roberta Park Award
Deadline: See website for Conference Details
Keywords: Sports, Athletics, Conference, Travel, Prize
Description: Graduate students who have a paper accepted for the 2011 NASSH
convention are eligible to apply for a grant from the Roberta Park Fund. Annual interest
on this fund is divided among the applicants to help defray the costs of travel and
accommodation at the convention. Exact amounts of these grants vary from year to year.
Contact/URL: http://www.nassh.org/NASSH_CMS/?q=node/10
Robert and Barbara Divine Graduate Student Travel Fund
Deadline: (See website for call for papers)
Keywords: Conference, Travel, Diplomatic, Foreign Relations
Description: The Robert A. and Barbara Divine Graduate Student Travel Fund was
established in 2006 to honor Professor and Mrs. Robert A. Divine. A long-time professor
at the University of Texas, Bob Divine made a deep impact on the field of U.S. foreign
relations history through his numerous, influential books and articles and his careful
attention to the education of graduate students. The Divine Fund supports the travel of
graduate students who are presenting papers at the annual meetings of SHAFR.
When submitting a paper proposal to a SHAFR annual meeting Program Committee,
graduate students in need of travel assistance should indicate their interest in financial
support from the Divine Fund. The Program Committee will evaluate those applications
and allocate the available funds. The total amount of funding available each year varies,
as do the specific awards given. (The Program Committee makes decisions about paper
proposals strictly on their merits, and without regard to financial needs indicated.)
Contact/URL: http://www.shafr.org/members/prizes/
Social Science History Association Tilly Travel Grant
Deadline: See conference website
Keywords: Travel, Conference, Inter-Disciplinary
Description: In 2010, the Charles and Louise Tilly Fund for Social Science History will
SSHA Annual Meeting. The awards, based on the quality of the application, will be
announced in late summer 2010.
The award carries a cash prize of $500.00.
Contact/URL: http://www.ssha.org/grants
Social Science History Association Rockefeller Travel Grant
Deadline: See Conference Website
Keywords: Travel, Conference, Inter-Disciplinary
Description: The SSHA-Rockefeller Graduate Student Travel Awards will be given to up
to thirty graduate students who are presenting papers or posters at the 2010 SSHA Annual
Meeting. Students whose paper or poster has non-student co-authors are not eligible. To
be considered for these travel awards, students must complete the application form.
The award carries a cash prize of $300 (for North American winners) or $500 (for
winners residing outside of North America).
Contact/URL: http://www.ssha.org/grants
Society of Architectural Historians Annual Meeting Fellowships
Deadline: Oct 1
Keywords: Architecture, Travel, Conference, Members Only
Description: Each year SAH awards between twenty and thirty fellowships to enable
speakers who are presenting papers to attend the Society's annual meeting. These are
specifically for travel reimbursement and will be paid after the meeting concludes and all
receipts are submitted to the SAH office for review. If for any reason you are unable
to attend the meeting, the award will be forfeited along with your pre-registration fee All
fellowship applicants must be current members of SAH.
Contact/URL:
http://www.sah.org/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=%20MeetingFellowships&category=ANNUAL
_MEETING
POST-DOCTORL: Awards intended to help students after submitting their dissertation and
who are preparing to enter professional life
American Institute of Indian Studies: Research Fellowship Programs
Deadline: Contact for more information
Keywords: India, Post-Doctoral
Description: For almost 50 years, the American Institute of Indian Studies has provided
funding to pre- and post-doctoral scholars and artists in pursuit of knowledge about India.
The AIIS fellowship competition is not restricted to those from its member institutions.
Non-U.S. citizens may apply as long as they are either graduate students or full-time
faculty at colleges and universities in the United States. Approximately 35 fellowships
are awarded each year.
Applications from scholars who are part of a collaborative project involving other
scholars are welcome, though AIIS fellowships are granted to individuals, not to teams.
Amounts awarded to successful applicants who are members of group projects will be
equivalent to fellowships awarded to scholars who submitted applications for individual
projects.
Fellowships are funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. State Department and the Council of
American Overseas Research Centers, and the Smithsonian Institution. Some fellowships
for non-U.S. citizens and artists are supported by AIIS Rupee funds in India. Fellowships
for six months or more may include support for dependents.
Contact/URL: http://www.indiastudies.org/catalog.cfm?dest=dir&linkon=Section&linkid=78
Center for Austrian Studies Richard Plaska Scholarship
Deadline: March 1
Keywords: Austria, Fellowship, International
Description: This is a semester or one-year research grant (4 to 9 months ) for
postgraduates, PhD holders, researchers of all countries except Austria. Age limit: 35. 7
new awards per academic year! In case of successful research activities the scholarship
can, on request, be renewed (total duration 18 months).
Recipients of Plaschka grants can work as visiting researchers at university departments
and carry out specialist studies in libraries, archives or at research institutions.
Eligible for application are only university lecturers in the field of history who are
primarily occupied with Austria-related topics. The application must be accompanied by
a list stating the titles of the lectures the applicant is holding.
Contact/URL: http://cas.umn.edu/awards/OTHER.HTML
Center for the Study of the American South Post-Doctoral Fellowship Application
Deadline: Dec. 17
Keywords: Post-Doctoral, fellowship, America, South America
Description: The UNC Center for the Study of the American South invites applications
for two one-year postdoctoral fellowships in the history, culture, or society of the
American South, broadly construed to include the states of the former Confederacy and
adjoining areas. The awards include a salary of $42,500 and health insurance, plus
$3,000 in research and travel funds. The fellowships will support outstanding junior
scholars as they revise book-length manuscripts on topics related to the South, and
intended for publication by the University of North Carolina Press.
The Center especially welcomes proposals that will utilize the special collections of the
UNC-CH Library or other research collections of the Triangle area, and explicitly engage
issues of southern regional identity or distinctiveness. In addition to working on their
own projects, each fellow will also teach one course in Southern Studies in the second
semester of the fellowship. Depending on the needs of the Southern Studies/American
Studies major, which is located in the Department of American Studies, a fellow may be
asked to team-teach one section of the introductory Southern Studies course with a lead
instructor from the American Studies Department, or take sole responsibility for one of
its capstone seminars in Southern Studies for undergraduate majors.
Contact/URL: http://www.uncsouth.org/content/funding_opportunities/postdoctoral/apply/
David Library of the American Revolution Resident Research Fellowship
Deadline: Mar 1
Keywords: America, Military, Social, Colonial, Early America, Post-Doctoral, Doctoral
Description: The David Library of the American Revolution offers resident research in
the study of American history and culture circa 1700-1800. The sponsor's mission is the
collection and dissemination of information on the period, 1750-1800 and the support of
related programs. Both doctoral and post-doctoral applicants are welcome; doctoral
candidates must have passed their general examinations before beginning their
fellowships. Stipends are based upon $1,600 per month ($1,000 if your legal address is
within a 100-mile radius of the library) plus housing and 24-hour access to the Library.
Fellowships are available for one to three months.
Contact/URL: http://www.dlar.org/fellowships.htm or email mcsweeney@dlar.org
The Filson Historical Society Fellowships & Internships
Deadline: Oct 15, Feb 15
Keywords: Civil War, Travel, Fellowship, Internship, Ohio, Kentucky
Description: The Filson fellowships and internships encourage the scholarly use of our
nationally significant collections by providing support for travel and lodging. Internships
provide practical experience in collections management and research for graduate
students. Fellows as well as interns are expected to be in continuous residence at The
Filson. Application deadlines for all fellowships and internships are October 15th and
February 15th each year (or the Monday following the 15th if it falls on a Saturday or
Sunday). Applications are reviewed two times a year.
The Society's collections are especially strong for the frontier, antebellum, and Civil War
eras of Kentucky history. The fellowships are designed to encourage research in all
aspects of the history of Kentucky and the regions of the Ohio Valley and the Upper
South. Applicants should indicate how The Filson's collections are relevant to their
research topics and will have the opportunity to present the results of their research to
scholars and the general public as appropriate. The Filson anticipates that fellows will
publicize the results of their research in Ohio Valley History, a peer-reviewed journal
published jointly by The Filson, the Cincinnati Museum Center, and the University of
Cincinnati.
Contact/URL: http://www.filsonhistorical.org/programs-and-publications/fellowships-andinternships.aspx
German Historical Institute Fellowship in the History of Consumption
Deadline: Feb 15
Keywords: Post-Doctoral, Fellowship, Consumption, Business, Economic, German, Europe,
European
Description: The German Historical Institute, Washington, DC, is now accepting
applications for a six-month fellowship in the American or European History of
Consumption, with the possibility of extending it to a total of ten months (depending on
the availability of funding). Preference is given to applicants on the postdoctoral level.
The monthly stipend is €3000 for EU citizens and $3200 for US citizens. The fellow is
expected to be in residence at the GHI and participate in GHI activities and events,
including planning a workshop on the history of consumption. The fellow will have the
opportunity to make use of the resources in the Washington, DC area, including the
Library of Congress and the National Archives, while pursuing his or her own research
agenda. The starting date of the fellowship is September 2011.
Contact/URL: http://www.ghidc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1042&Itemid=62
German Historical Institute Fellowship in Economic and Social History
Deadline: Feb 15
Keywords: Business, Fellowship, Post-Doctoral, Economic, Social
Description: The German Historical Institute, Washington, DC, is now accepting
applications for a six-month fellowship in American or European Economic and Social
History, with the possibility of extending it to one year (depending on the availability of
funding). Preference is given to applicants on the postdoctoral level. The monthly stipend
is € 3000 for EU citizens and $3200 for US citizens. The Fellow is expected to be in
residence at the GHI and participate in GHI activities and events, including planning an
economic/social history workshop financed by the GHI. The Fellow will have the
opportunity to make use of the resources in the Washington, DC area, including the
Library of Congress and the National Archives, while pursuing his or her own research
agenda. The starting date of the fellowship is September 2011.
Contact/URL: http://www.ghidc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=288&Itemid=62
The J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship in American History
Deadline: Mar 15
Keywords: Congress, Post-Doctoral, Fellowship
Description: The Franklin Jameson Fellowship in American History is offered annually
by the Library of Congress and the American Historical Association to support
significant scholarly research for one semester in the collections of the Library of
Congress by scholars at an early stage in their careers in history. The fellowship is named
in honor of J. Franklin Jameson, a founder of the Association, longtime managing editor
of the American Historical Review, formerly Chief of the Manuscript Division of the
Library of Congress, and the first incumbent of the Library's Chair of American History.
It is designed to assist scholars early in their careers. At the time of application,
applicants must hold the Ph.D. degree or equivalent; must have received this degree
within the past seven years, and must not have published or had accepted for publication
a book-length historical work. The fellowship will not be awarded to complete a doctoral
dissertation. The applicant's project in American history must be one for which the
general and special collections of the Library of Congress offer unique research support.
Applicants should include a statement substantiating this relationship. The fellowship
will be awarded for 2–3 months, as the Jameson Fellow desires, to spend in full-time
residence at the Library of Congress. Working space will be provided by the Library of
Congress, but the Jameson Fellow is required to spend at least two months in residence.
Contact/URL: http://www.historians.org/prizes/Jameson_fellowship.htm
John Carter Brown Library Fellowship Program
Deadline: Jan 3
Keywords: Post-Doctoral, Fellowship, Colonial, American
Description: The sponsor awards short-term in-residence research fellowships in support
of advanced research centered on the colonial history of the Americas, North and South,
including all aspects of the European, African and Native American involvement.
Awards are for two to four months and include a monthly stipend of $2,100.
Contact/URL:
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/John_Carter_Brown_Library/pages/fr_resfellow3
.html
OAH Japanese Residencies Program
Deadline: Oct 8
Keywords: Post-Doctoral, Japan, Fellowship, Members Only
Description: With the generous support of the Japan-United States Friendship
Commission, the OAH and the Japanese Association for American Studies (JAAS) plan
to send two American scholars to Japanese universities for two-week residencies from
June 1–14, 2011. During their residencies, the American historians give lectures and
seminars in English in their specialty. They also meet individually and in groups with
Japanese scholars, graduate students, and undergraduate students studying American
history and culture, and participate in the collegial life of their host institutions. The
purpose of this exchange program is to facilitate scholarly dialogue and contribute to the
expansion of scholarly networks among students and professors of American history in
both countries. We are pleased to announce (pending funding) the fifteenth year of the
competition.
Round-trip airfare to Japan, housing, and modest daily expenses are covered by the
award. Awardees are also encouraged to explore Japan before or after their two-week
residency at their own expense. Applicants must be members of the OAH, have a Ph.D.,
and be scholars of American history.
Applicants from previous competitions are welcome to apply again. Winners of the
competition are expected to attend the 2011 OAH Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas, so
that they can meet with visiting Japanese scholars and graduate students as well as the
OAH/JAAS Historians’ Collaborative Committee.
Contact/URL: http://www.oah.org/programs/residencies/index.html or aageiger@sfu.ca.
Newbury Library Long Term Fellowship
Deadline: Jan 10
Keywords: Post-Doctoral, Fellowship, Newbury Library
Description: Long-term fellowships are available to post-doctoral scholars for periods of
six to eleven months. Applicants for post-doctoral awards must hold the Ph.D. at the time
of application. These grants support individual research and promote serious intellectual
exchange through active participation in the Library's scholarly activities, including a
biweekly fellows' seminar. The stipends for these fellowships range from $25,200 to
$50,400. Applicants may combine these fellowship awards with sabbatical or other
stipendiary support. Scholars may apply for any of the long-term fellowships using the
same application.
Contact/URL: http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/long-term.html
Penn Humanities Forum Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Humanities
Deadline: Oct 15
Keywords: Post-Doctoral, Fellowship,
Description: The Penn Humanities Forum awards five one-year Andrew W. Mellon
Postdoctoral Fellowships each academic year to junior scholars in the humanities who are
not yet tenured (may not be tenured during the fellowship year).
The Fellowship carries an annual stipend of $46,500 plus health insurance and a $2500
research fund, requires that the scholar spend the year in residence at the University of
Pennsylvania, and is open to international applicants. The broad interdisciplinary nature
of the program allows fellows to become fully integrated into the life of Penn. Fellows
conduct research that relates to the Forum's topic of study for the year in residence,
participate in the Forum's weekly faculty research seminar where they present their
research, and teach one undergraduate course on a subject that relates to the annual
theme.
Preference will be given to candidates whose proposals are interdisciplinary, who have
not previously used the resources of the University of Pennsylvania, and who would
particularly benefit from and contribute to Penn's intellectual life.
Contact/URL: http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu/mellon_description.shtml
Princeton University Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts
Deadline: Oct 1
Keywords: Post-Doctoral, Fellowship
Description: The Princeton Society of Fellows, an interdisciplinary group of scholars in
the humanities, social sciences, and selected natural sciences, invites applications for the
2011-2014 Fellowship competition.
Five three-year Postdoctoral Fellowships will be awarded this year. The stipend for
academic year 2011-12 will be approximately $72,000. Fellows are provided with a
shared office, a personal computer, a research account of $5000 a year, and access to
university grants, benefits and other resources.
Fellows are expected to reside in or near Princeton during the academic year in order that
they can attend weekly seminars and participate fully in the intellectual life of the
Society.
All candidates will be informed of the status of their application by the end of January
2011. Interviews will take place in early February. The Society will reimburse the cost of
travel and lodging associated with the interview.
Contact/URL: http://www.princeton.edu/~sf/new_fellowships.shtml
Renaissance Society of America Research Grants for Young Scholars
Deadline: Dec 31
Keywords: Renaissance, Post-doctoral, Research
Description: The Renaissance Society of America will award up to nine RSA Research
Grants in amounts ranging from $1,000 to $3,000, with the average amount expected to
be about $2,000, for a total amount of $18,000. Three grants will be awarded in each of
the three rank categories of Nondoctoral Scholar, Younger Scholar, and Senior Scholar
(see below for category descriptions). RSA Research Grants are available to applicants in
all disciplines and topics dealing with the Renaissance. These awards will support
assistant professors; associate professors in the first two years of appointment at that
rank; temporary, adjunct, and/or part-time professors; and younger independent scholars
holding the PhD.
Contact/URL: http://www.rsa.org/grants.php
The Society for the History of Technology Hindle Fellowship
Deadline: April 15
Keywords: Post-Doctoral, Fellowship
Description: The Brooke Hindle Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of Technology
honors the contribution of Brooke Hindle to the work of the Society for the History of
Technology and is made possible thanks to the generosity of his family. The fellowship is
for $10,000 and may be used, as further detailed below, for any purpose connected with
research or writing in the history of technology for a period of not less than four months
during the year following the award (at right, SHOT president Arne Kaijser with 2009
Hindle Fellowship recipient Hyungsub Choi, far right).
Applicants must hold a doctorate in the history of technology or a related field, normally
awarded within the preceding four years, or expect to have graduated by the time of the
award. (Those who graduated earlier and can demonstrate good reason why they should
be considered as being at an early stage in their postdoctoral career—e.g., because of
family commitments—may apply at the discretion of the committee chair.) Other awards
may be held in conjunction with the Fellowship.
The proposal must be in a field related to the history of technology. Applicants should be
intending either to prepare a dissertation for publication as articles or as a monograph,
whether or not this involves fresh primary research, or to develop a new project based on
primary research. Applications must be in English.
Contact/URL: http://www.historyoftechnology.org/awards/hindle.html
Smithsonian Institution Fellowship
Deadline: Jan 15
Keywords: Smithsonian, Post-Doctoral, Fellowship, America, Cultural, Folklore
Description: This fellowship is designed to help post-doctoral students complete inresidence research at the Smithsonian Institute. Applicants are eligible to apply for
postdoctoral fellowships who have or will have received the Ph.D. or equivalent after Jan
15, 2004. The degree must be completed by the time the fellowship begins. The stipend
for Postdoctoral is $42,000 per year (twelve months). Stipends are prorated for periods of
less than twelve months. In addition to the stipend, allowances to assist with the fellow's
research related expenses and for temporary relocation to the Smithsonian are possible. A
maximum research allowance of $4,000 is available. The amount awarded will be
determined based upon the budget and justification presented by the applicant. The
budget for the research allowance should not include costs for relocation to the
Smithsonian, which is awarded separately.
Contact/URL: http://www.si.edu/ofg/ofgapp.htm or email siofg@si.edu
Stuart L. Bernath Lecture Prize
Deadline: Feb 28
Keywords: Lecture, Post-Doctoral, Teaching,
Description: The Stuart L. Bernath Lecture Prize recognizes and encourages excellence in
teaching and research in the field of foreign relations by younger scholars. The prize of
$1000 is awarded annually.
Eligibility: The prize is open to any person under forty-one years of age or within ten
years of the receipt of the PhD whose scholarly achievements represent excellence in
teaching and research. Nominations may be made by any member of SHAFR or of any
other established history, political science, or journalism department or organization.
Contact/URL: http://www.shafr.org/members/prizes/
Tufts University Post-Doctoral Fellows Program
Deadline: Feb 1
Keywords: Fellowship, Post-Doctoral
Description: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has generously provided Tufts
University with funding to bring two postdoctoral fellows to campus each year to pursue
new research projects in the Humanities. Two fellows will be appointed in fall 2010. The
stipend for fellows will be $43,500 plus benefits, and a research allowance of $5,000 per
year.
Fellows will be housed for two years at the Center for the Humanities At Tufts (CHAT)
and affiliated with the department or interdisciplinary program most germane to their
field of research. Fellows will teach one course in the spring semester of their first year
and two in the second year of their residency through their home department or program.
It is expected that fellows will take part in the intellectual life of campus, working with
faculty and students, attending symposia and events, and contributing to meetings and
discussions presented by the Center for the Humanities. Applicants whose research will
benefit from the research environment and faculty at Tufts are especially encouraged to
apply.
Contact/URL: http://ase.tufts.edu/chat/mellon/
or
email
Khalilah.Tyre@tufts.edu
Visiting Research Fellowships in Colonial and U.S. History and Culture
Deadline: March 1
Keywords: Fellowship, Travel, Colonial, American
Description: The Library Company of Philadelphia provides support for one month for
in-residence research using the its collections, which include a variety of fields and
disciplines relating to the history and culture of America. Fellowships are designed to
promote scholarship in early American economy and society, broadly defined, from its
colonial beginnings to roughly the 1850s. Some of the possible topics of research include
the history of commerce, finance, technology, manufacturing, agriculture, internal
improvements, and political economy. Short-term fellows should plan to spend a
continuous month of research in the collections of the Library Company.
Contact/URL: http://www.librarycompany.org/fellowships/american_print.htm
William Appleman Williams Junior Faculty Research Grants
Deadline: Oct 1
Keywords: Junior Faculty, Post-Doctorate, Research, Monograph, Foreign Policy
Description: The William Appleman Williams Junior Faculty Research Grants are
intended to promote scholarly research by untenured college and university faculty and
others who are within six years of the Ph.D. and who are working as professional
historians. Grants are limited to scholars working on the first research monograph. A
limited number of grants of varying amounts (generally, up to $2,000) will be awarded
annually to help defray the costs of domestic or international travel necessary to conduct
research on significant scholarly projects. The award is announced formally at the
SHAFR luncheon held during the annual meeting of the American Historical Association.
Membership in SHAFR is required.
Contact/URL: http://www.shafr.org/members/fellowships-grants/
Wisconsin Historical Society Fellowships
Deadline: Contact for Details
Keywords: Wisconsin, Fellowship, Post-Doctoral,
Description: The sponsor provides support for research and writing
for publication of books by the Wisconsin Historical Society
Press. This award may deal with any topic eligible for publication by the Wisconsin
Historical Society Press. The WisconsinHistorical Society Press publishes books dealing
with Wisconsin history and culture. Grants are given in the amount of $1,000 to $2,000.
Contact/URL: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whspress/fellowships.asp
Or email whsspress@wisconsinhistory.org