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Sabbatical and Fellowship Funding Opportunities
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Abbey Awards and Fellowships (Rome) Nine- and three-month residencies for emerging
painters.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Scholars Program To stimulate and support
new and significant works of film scholarship on cultural, educational, historical, theoretical or
scientific aspects of film.
Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (Jerusalem) 32 fellowships in Near Eastern studies
from prehistory through the early Islamic period, including the fields of archaeology,
anthropology, art history, Bible, epigraphy, historical geography, history, language, literature,
philology and religion and related disciplines.
American Academy in Berlin (Berlin) Fellowships and distinguished visitor awards in history,
economics, poetry, art history, journalism, law, anthropology, musicology, public policy, and
writing, among others, but not mathematics or the hard sciences.
American Academy in Rome (Rome) Six- to 11-month residencies to 30 emerging artists and
scholars in the early or middle stages of their careers in architecture, design, historic
preservation and conservation, landscape architecture, literature, musical composition, visual
arts, ancient studies, medieval studies, Renaissance and early modern studies, modern Italian
studies.
American Antiquarian Society Fellowships (Worcester, MA) One- to 12-month fellowships for
research in American history, art and culture through 1876.
American Association of University Women American Fellowships Fellowships supporting
women finishing research for publication.
American Center of Oriental Research Fellowships (Aman, Jordan) Fellowships in all areas of the
humanities and the natural and social sciences which contribute to scholarship in Near Eastern
studies.
American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships for humanities and social sciences, and
interdisciplinary work, but not for pedagogy, translation, or most travel.
American Historical Association (Washington, D.C.) One to twelve month fellowships in
American history, 17th & 18th century European history, and history of aerospace.
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American Institute of Indian Studies (India) Research fellowships up to nine months in
anthropology, ethnomusicology, history, performing arts, political science, religious studies, and
urban planning of India.
American Philological Association (Munich) One fellowship in residence with the Thesaurus
Linguae Latinae Institute on Latin language and culture from the classical period through the
early Middle Ages. Requires reading knowledge of German and advanced competence in Greek.
American Philosophical Society Franklin Research Grants Small grants to young scholars
intended to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge.
American-Scandinavian Foundation (Scandinavian countries) Support for one year of research
or study relevant to Scandinavian countries in all fields. Command of host country language
expected.
Amy Clampitt Residency Program (Sheffield, MA) Six- to 12-month residency for one poet.
Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship One year of travel abroad for American-born poets.
Andrew Mellon Foundation
1. Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships Academic year fellowships for tenure-track
faculty in humanities and social sciences.
2. Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars (Stanford or
Can Marino, CA, Chicago, Cambridge or Worcester, MA, Research Triangle Park, NC,
Princeton, Washington, D.C., Rome or Florence, Italy) Academic year fellowships in
humanities and social sciences at participating national research centers.
Arizona State University Institute for Humanities Research
(Tempe, AZ) Visiting Fellows pursue interdisciplinary research and writing in critical exploration
of an annual theme - 2013-14 theme is Home.
Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Fellows (New York, Washington, D.C.) One-year residency to
direct an original project on Asia in international politics and the global economy.
Asian Cultural Council Grants tailored to the needs and objectives of scholars in traditional and
contemporary arts, archaeology, architecture, art history, arts administration, arts criticism,
conservation, crafts, dance, design (not commercial), film, installation, literature, museology,
music, new media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, theater, and video.
Association for Asian Studies Some small grants administered in China, inner Asian, Japan and
Korean studies, plus a comprehensive catalogue of other funding sources.
Aurora Foundation Japanese Language Scholarships Scholarship and travel expenses to Japan to
enhance the capabilities of those teaching Japanese.
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Banff International Literary Translation Centre Awards (Banff, Alberta, Canada) Support for
professional, published, literary translators in any language to have three weeks of
uninterrupted work on a current project among an international community of colleagues.
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University (New Haven) One-month visiting
fellowships to pursue research in the collection.
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (Omaha, NE) Three-month residency provides 36 artists
with uninterrupted, self-directed work time, live/work studio with private bath and 24-hour
access to wood shop, installation spaces and a large sculpture fabrication facility, with
$750/month stipend.
Black Metropolis Research Consortium (Chicago) Short-term fellowships to provide access to
archives and collections for artists and scholars in African American and African diasporic
culture, history, and politics.
Blakemore Foundation Language Grants (East or Southeast Asia)
1. Blakemore Freeman Fellowships provide one year of advanced language study in Burmese,
Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Khmer, Thai, or Vietnamese.
2. Blakemore Refresher Grants provide mid-career professors teaching in an Asian field to
refresh their language skills with a full-time language program for a summer or semester in
Burmese, Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Khmer, Thai, or Vietnamese.
Brown University John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Culture Three-month
fellowships to encourage thoughtful reflection and writing on public humanities and cultural
heritage, to present their work at the JNBC, and to produce an essay, case study, instructional
materials, or other documents for publication.
Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)
Senior and visiting fellows programs support research in the history, theory, and criticism of the
visual arts.
Center for Chinese Studies Research Grant for Foreign Scholars (Taiwan)Three-month to oneyear fellowships to pursue Chinese studies. Subsidies include travel, research expenses,
research materials service, liaison with universities and research institutions, and use of CCS
facilities
Chiang Ching Kuo Foundation (Taiwan) Support for scholars from the American region for
research, sabbatical funding, matching funds for conferences, and subsidies for publications on
Chinese Studies in the humanities and social sciences. Preference to collaborative projects with
counterparts in Taiwan.
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Cintas Foundation Fellowship in Visual Arts $10,000 fellowship for visual artists living outside of
Cuba who are Cuban citizens or the child or grandchild of a Cuban citizen. Visual Arts may
include painting, sculpture, installation art, photography, film, and the media arts. Media arts
encompasses narrative, non-narrative, documentary, animation, or experimental time-based
works using audio, digital, film and/or video media; also included is computer art in which the
computer is an essential element of the work's creation, presentation or understanding.
Clark Fellowships (Massachusetts) Up to $60,000 for one- to ten-month residencies at the
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute for study related to the visual arts, especially efforts to
deepen, transform, or challenge methods currently practiced within art history and the role of
images in other humanities disciplines.
Council for International Exchange of Scholars (Fulbright Scholars) 800 awards for research
worldwide.
Davidson Family Fellowship at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (Fort Worth, TX) Fourmonth fellowship in American art history within the museum's collections.
Folger Shakespeare Library (Washington, D.C.) One to nine month fellowships for studies
related to the library’s collection.
Fromm Music Foundation Commissioned composition.
Georgia O'Keefe Museum Research Center Fellowship (Santa Fe) Three- to twelve-month
residency in art history, architecture, literature, music, and photography in American
Modernism.
Getty Trust (Los Angeles) Three, six, or nine month interdisciplinary residency as a guest
scholar in historical conservation, with an emphasis on the visual arts (including sites, buildings,
objects) and the theoretical underpinnings of the field.
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Six to twelve month fellowships for mid-career faculty
across the arts and sciences, though not for artists who interpret other people’s work (yes for
composers or choreographers, no for performers or directors of compositions or
choreography).
Howard Foundation $30k support for early mid-career scholars in rotating fields: 2012-13 in
photography, anthropology, and archaeology; 2013-14 in painting, sculpture, the history of art
and architecture; 2013-14 in playwriting, music, theatre studies, musicology and history
Huntington Library Fellowships (San Marino, CA) More than 100 fellowships for resident
research in British and American history, literature, art history, and the history of science and
medicine.
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Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton) One term to multi-year visiting member fellowships in
history of arts and sciences (combining humanistic disciplines, from socioeconomic
developments, political theory, and modern international relations, to the history of art,
science, philosophy, music, and literature), math, and natural and social sciences.
International Residence at Couvent des Recollets (Paris) Three month residency for a Parisspecific project open to writers and artists in visual or performing arts.
Italian Academy at Columbia University Resident Fellowships (New York) One- and twosemester resident fellowships to pursue studies in cultural memory in global society, including
scientific and technological connections and the neuroscience of cultural memory.
Kluge Center at the Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.) Resident distinguished chairs and
fellowships for up to one year for research in all areas of the arts and sciences. Topic-specific
funds include astrobiology, political economy, foreign policy and international relations, health
and spirituality, American studies, ethics and American history, and folklife studies.
Lady Davis Fellowship Trust Visiting Professorship (Israel) Visiting professorship in any field of
study at Hebrew University. Applicants must be full or associate professors AND be sponsored
by a member of Hebrew University faculty.
Leo Baeck Institute New research on German-Jewish culture and history.
Liguria Study Center for the Arts and Humanities Bogliasco Fellowships (Genoa, Italy) Onemonth fellowships in archaeology, architecture, classics, dance, film/video, history, landscape
architecture, literature, music, philosophy, theater, and visual arts. The Center also
occasionally awards named fellowships in music, visual arts, dance, literature, and music.
National Air and Space Museum Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History (Washington,
D.C.) is a twelve-month fellowship for to scholars with distinguished records of publication who
are working on, or anticipate working on, books in aerospace history.
National Humanities Center (Research Triangle Park, NC) Year-long resident fellowships for
study in the humanities.
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (Cambridge, MA) One year residential fellowships for
research in the humanities and social sciences, creative arts, and natural sciences and
mathematics. Opportunities for group applications and cluster studies.
Rockefeller Foundation Residencies (Bellagio, Italy) Month-long residencies for 12 scholars from
all academic disciplines to explore topics relevant to improving life for the poor worldwide OR
one to three month residencies and fellowships for fine and literary artists whose work is
inspired by global or social issues.
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Scholars in Residence Program (New York) Sixmonth residency for research and writing on the peoples of the African Diaspora, which may
include social and hard sciences if the work contributes to the humanities.
School of American Research (Santa Fe, NM) Nine month residencies for scholars who have
completed their research and analysis in the social sciences, humanities, and Native arts and
who need time to reflect, debate, and write. Of these, one is specifically geared to scholars of
Native American heritage. There is also a two month summer residency for three scholars in
the social sciences, humanities, or arts.
Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington, D.C.) One year named residential senior
fellowships in American art, visual crafts and decorative arts, American realism, or
international contexts for American art.
Stanford Humanities Center (Stanford, CA) One academic year residential fellowship as external
faculty in the humanities but not the creative arts. (A single, separate fellowship in creative arts
for practitioners, critics, and scholars.)
Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah Humanities Visiting Research Fellowships
(Salt Lake City) Research in the humanities, particularly Middle East Studies and women writers.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Fellowships (Washington, D.C.) Three- to ninemonth fellowships to support significant research and writing about the Holocaust.
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Residential Fellowships (Charlottesville, VA) One- and
two-semester residencies in any area of the humanities.
The SOCIAL SCIENCES and EDUCATION
Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (Jerusalem) 32 fellowships in Near Eastern studies
from prehistory through the early Islamic period, including the fields of archaeology,
anthropology, art history, Bible, epigraphy, historical geography, history, language, literature,
philology and religion and related disciplines.
American Antiquarian Society Fellowships (Worcester, MA) One- to 12-month fellowships for
research in American history, art and culture through 1876.
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy
Fellowships Two fellowships in Congress to increase and improve interaction between
scientists, including those in psychology, and policy makers.
American Association of University Women American Fellowships Fellowships supporting
women finishing research for publication.
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American Center of Oriental Research Fellowships (Aman, Jordan) Fellowships in all areas of the
humanities and the natural and social sciences which contribute to scholarship in Near Eastern
studies.
American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships for humanities and social sciences, and
interdisciplinary work, but not for pedagogy, translation, or most travel.
American Institute of Indian Studies (India) Research fellowships up to nine months in
anthropology, ethnomusicology, history, performing arts, political science, religious studies, and
urban planning of India.
American Philological Association (Munich) One fellowship in residence with the Thesaurus
Linguae Latinae Institute on Latin language and culture from the classical period through the
early Middle Ages. Requires reading knowledge of German and advanced competence in Greek.
American Philosophical Society
Library Resident Research Fellowship (Philadelphia) One- to four-month resident
fellowships to use the society’s collection to research the history of American science and
technology and its European roots, as well as early American history and culture (not
Philosophy).
Franklin Research Grants Small grants to young scholars intended to support the cost of
research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge.
American Political Science Association
1. Congressional Fellowships for political science, communications, and health policy
scholars
2. Centennial Center for Political Science & Public Affairs (Washington, D.C.) Up to one
year resident visiting scholar in all areas of political science. External funding helpful.
Some funds available for scholars pursuing Latino/political science, comparative
electoral politics, women and politics, the American presidency, or public
administration.
3. Additional political science funding sources
American Psychological Foundation One-year $5,000-20,000 grants supporting research,
education, and intervention projects and programs that on the connection between mental and
physical health to ensure well-being;
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Reducing stigma and prejudice to promote unity and harmony;
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Understanding and preventing violence to create a safer, more humane world; and
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Supporting programs that address the long-term psychological needs of individuals and
communities in the aftermath of disaster.
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American-Scandinavian Foundation (Scandinavian countries) Support for one year of research
or study relevant to Scandinavian countries in all fields. Command of host country language
expected.
Andrew Mellon Foundation
1. Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships Academic year fellowships for tenure-track
faculty in humanities and social sciences.
2. Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars (Stanford or
Can Marino, CA, Chicago, Cambridge or Worcester, MA, Research Triangle Park, NC,
Princeton, Washington, D.C., Rome or Florence, Italy) Academic year fellowships in
humanities and social sciences at participating national research centers.
Archaelolgical Institute of America Fellowships, grants and scholarships open to members of
the institute.
1. German Archaeological Institute Fellowship for Study in Berlin (Berlin) Fellowships for
archaeologists who wish to use the library of the German Archaeological Institute for their
research.
2. Anna C. & Oliver C. Colburn Fellowship (Athens) Up to one year of support for research at
the American School of Classical Studies.
3. Helen M. Woodruff Fellowship of the Archaeological Institute of America and the American
Academy in Rome (Rome) Archaeological and classical studies.
4. Olivia James Traveling Fellowship For travel and archaeological study in Greece, Cyprus, the
Aegean Islands, Sicily, southern Italy, Turkey or Mesopotamia.
5. Archaeology of Portugal Fellowship For research, colloquia, symposia, publication and travel
pertaining to the archaeology of Portugal.
6. Archaeological Institute of America Site Preservation Grant One- to three-year grant to
maximize global preservation, outreach, and best practices for impact on local community,
students, and discipline of archaeology as a whole.
7. Publication Preparation Grant Funding to assist in final analysis, writing, and preparation for
publication of the results of research so that, by the end of the second year under the grant,
a completed manuscript (article or monograph) will be submitted for publication.
8. Archaeological Institute of America Publication Subvention Program Support of new booklength publications in the field of Classical Archaeology, defined as Greek, Roman, and
Etruscan archaeology and art history.
Asian Cultural Council Grants tailored to the needs and objectives of scholars in traditional and
contemporary arts, archaeology, architecture, art history, arts administration, arts criticism,
conservation, crafts, dance, design (not commercial), film, installation, literature, museology,
music, new media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, theater, and video.
AT&T Technology & Environment Awards Program
Grants for interdisciplinary research (1) to understand how Information and Communications
Technologies (e.g. mobile connectivity) can affect the environment; (2) to understand how
businesses can apply research findings related to ICT products and services to operate with less
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environmental impact and (3) to produce university faculty and students who can contribute to
solving global and regional environmental problems.
Black Metropolis Research Consortium (Chicago) Short-term fellowships to provide access to
archives and collections for artists and scholars in African American and African diasporic
culture, history, and politics.
James McKeen Cattell Fund Fellowships supplement sabbatical pay (up to $37,500) for
psychology scholars.
Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education Senior fellowships to
research improvements in engineering education.
Chiang Ching Kuo Foundation (Taiwan) Support for scholars from the American region for
research, sabbatical funding, matching funds for conferences, and subsidies for publications on
Chinese Studies in the humanities and social sciences. Preference to collaborative projects with
counterparts in Taiwan.
Council for International Exchange of Scholars (Fulbright Scholars) 800 awards for research
worldwide.
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Six to twelve month fellowships for mid-career faculty
across the arts and sciences, though not for artists who interpret other people’s work (yes for
composers or choreographers, no for performers or directors of compositions or
choreography).
Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton) One term to multi-year visiting member fellowships in
history of arts and sciences (combining humanistic disciplines, from socioeconomic
developments, political theory, and modern international relations, to the history of art,
science, philosophy, music, and literature), math, and natural and social sciences.
Italian Academy at Columbia University Resident Fellowships (New York) One- and twosemester resident fellowships to pursue studies in cultural memory in global society, including
scientific and technological connections and the neuroscience of cultural memory.
Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace (Washington, D.C.) Ten month resident
fellowship to reflect and write on pressing international peace and security challenges.
Kluge Center at the Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.) Resident distinguished chairs and
fellowships for up to one year for research in all areas of the arts and sciences. Topic-specific
funds include astrobiology, political economy, foreign policy and international relations, health
and spirituality, American studies, ethics and American history, and folklife studies.
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Lady Davis Fellowship Trust Visiting Professorship (Israel) Visiting professorship in any field of
study at Hebrew University. Applicants must be full or associate professors AND be sponsored
by a member of Hebrew University faculty.
Liguria Study Center for the Arts and Humanities Bogliasco Fellowships (Genoa, Italy) Onemonth fellowships in archaeology, architecture, classics, dance, film/video, history, landscape
architecture, literature, music, philosophy, theater, and visual arts. The Center also
occasionally awards named fellowships in music, visual arts, dance, literature, and music.
McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience Technical Innovation Support for interdisciplinary
research to enlarge the range of technology available to monitor, manipulate, analyze, or
model brain function at any level, from molecular to entire organism.
Princeton University James Madison Visiting Fellowship One year visiting fellowship in
constitutional law and political thought.
Property and Environment Research Center (Bozeman, MT) free market environmentalism.
Julian Simon Fellowship for policy-oriented research on natural resource and
environmental conservation.
Lone Mountain Fellowship to research the role of markets and property rights in
protecting and enhancing environmental resources.
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (Cambridge, MA) One year residential fellowships for
research in the humanities and social sciences, creative arts, and natural sciences and
mathematics. Opportunities for group applications and cluster studies.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows (Washington, D.C.) Health care policy
fellowship with a residential experience in Washington, DC, with additional support for
continued health policy leadership development activities for up to one year for mid-career
health professionals and behavioral and social scientists with an interest in health and
healthcare.
Rockefeller Foundation Residencies (Bellagio, Italy) Month-long residencies for 12 scholars from
all academic disciplines to explore topics relevant to improving life for the poor worldwide OR
one to three month residencies and fellowships for fine and literary artists whose work is
inspired by global or social issues.
Russell Sage Foundation (New York, NY) Ten month residential fellowship in social science.
School of American Research (Santa Fe, NM) Nine month residencies for scholars who have
completed their research and analysis in the social sciences, humanities, and Native arts and
who need time to reflect, debate, and write. Of these, one is specifically geared to scholars of
Native American heritage. There is also a two month summer residency for three scholars in
the social sciences, humanities, or arts.
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Scholars in Residence Program (New York) Sixmonth residency for research and writing on the peoples of the African Diaspora, which may
include social and hard sciences if the work contributes to the humanities.
Social Science Research Council
Abe Fellowship Three to twelve months of support for research explicitly focused on
policy-relevant and contemporary issues with a comparative or transnational perspective that
draw the study of the United States and Japan into wider disciplinary or theoretical debates.
Drugs, Security, and Democracy Fellowship Three to twelve months of support for
research on organized crime, drug policy, issues of governance, and associated topics across the
social sciences and related disciplines.
Islamic Traditions and Muslim Societies in World Contexts Small grants to support public
engagement by academic experts on Islamic traditions and Muslim societies.
Van Alen Fellows Program Periodic grants for social sciences and architecture to support
work on the intersection between social dynamics and the built environment.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Fellowships (Washington, D.C.) Three- to ninemonth fellowships to support significant research and writing about the Holocaust.
United States Institute of Peace
1. Grants for peace studies, including models for prevention and resolution of conflict, the
roles of women, religion, economics, or the media, or social, psychological, and physical
impacts of war.
2. Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship (Washington, D.C.) Ten month resident fellowship
to reflect and write on pressing international peace and security challenges.
3. Additional Fellowships for senior visiting, unpaid guest, Afghan, and Iraq scholars.
University of Ottawa Institute of Women's Studies (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) Visiting scholar
for one academic year for a feminist researcher to pursue study in an interdisciplinary, bilingual
environment and share research with university.
William T. Grant Foundation Distinguished fellows program to promote exchange among
researchers and policy-makers whose work affects and improves the lives of young people.
The SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND MATH
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy
Fellowships Two fellowships in Congress to increase and improve interaction between
scientists and policy makers.
American Association of University Women American Fellowships Fellowships supporting
women finishing research for publication.
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American Center of Oriental Research Fellowships (Aman, Jordan) Fellowships in all areas of the
humanities and the natural and social sciences which contribute to scholarship in Near Eastern
studies.
American Society for Engineering Education (Various US Navy laboratories) A joint progran with
the Office of Naval Research branch of the Department of the Navy Science & Technology
sponsors summer faculty research and sabbatical leave in 10-week programs in areas of mutual
interest to faculty member and Navy peers.
American-Scandinavian Foundation (Scandinavian countries) Support for one year of research
or study relevant to Scandinavian countries in all fields. Command of host country language
expected.
American Society for Microbiology Awards, international travel grants, early career fellowships,
and matching funding for international professorships in microbiology.
Association for Computing Machinery Awards from $5,000 - $250,000 for contributions to
computer science.
AT&T Technology & Environment Awards Program
Grants for interdisciplinary research (1) to understand how Information and Communications
Technologies (e.g. mobile connectivity) can affect the environment; (2) to understand how
businesses can apply research findings related to ICT products and services to operate with less
environmental impact and (3) to produce university faculty and students who can contribute to
solving global and regional environmental problems.
Australian Academy of Science Traveling Fellowships (Australia)
1. Rudi Lemberg Traveling Fellowship Fellowships for travel and lectures in biology, especially
biochemistry, conservation, and Australian flora. Must have proven ability to lecture
dynamically to the lay public and scholars outside of biology.
2. Selby Fellowship Fellowship for travel and lectures in any field to increase public awareness
of science and scientific issues. Must have proven ability to lecture dynamically to lay
public.
Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education Senior fellowships to
research improvements in engineering education.
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (Colorado) Visiting and sabbatical
fellowships in interdisciplinary exploration of earth system sciences.
Council for International Exchange of Scholars (Fulbright Scholars) 800 awards for research
worldwide.
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Ford Foundation Tenured faculty in science, technology, and engineering serve one year with
the state department as science advisors on foreign policy.
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Six to twelve month fellowships for mid-career faculty
across the arts and sciences, though not for artists who interpret other people’s work (yes for
composers or choreographers, no for performers or directors of compositions or
choreography).
Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton) One term to multi-year visiting member fellowships in
history of arts and sciences (combining humanistic disciplines, from socioeconomic
developments, political theory, and modern international relations, to the history of art,
science, philosophy, music, and literature), math, and natural and social sciences.
Italian Academy at Columbia University Resident Fellowships (New York) One- and twosemester resident fellowships to pursue studies in cultural memory in global society, including
scientific and technological connections and the neuroscience of cultural memory.
Lady Davis Fellowship Trust Visiting Professorship (Israel) Visiting professorship in any field of
study at Hebrew University. Applicants must be full or associate professors AND be sponsored
by a member of Hebrew University faculty.
National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (Durham, NC) Resident sabbaticals in interdisciplinary
approaches to evolutionary science, including building databases and software and math
modeling.
Research Associates Programs A comprehensive listing of US government-administered science
and technology research conducted through sponsoring institutions.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Scholars in Residence Program (New York) Sixmonth residency for research and writing on the peoples of the African Diaspora, which may
include social and hard sciences if the work contributes to the humanities.
Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative Funding to pilot or continue research in diagnosis
and treatment of autism spectrum disorders.
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (Washington, D.C.) Visiting scientist program for up to
one year in the areas of atomic and molecular physics; infrared, optical, radio, and X-ray
astronomy; planetary sciences; geophysics; solar and stellar physics; and theoretical
astrophysics.
United States - Israel Binational Science Foundation Grants for collaborations with Israeli
researchers in science, math, economics, and sociology.
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