Graduate Student Grants, Fellowships, Awards, and Internships
Department of English, Fall 2015
Caitlin Thompson & Ellen Messer-Davidow
CLA Grants has a website designed to assist graduate students in locating funding and writing
effective proposals: http://grants.cla.umn.edu/resources/.
Research, Travel, and Awards
Department of English
Marcella DeBourg Award
Amount: varies
Duration: one year
Deadline: mid-spring 2016, date to be announced
Description: Awards are made to two graduate students in English (literature and/or creative
writing) whose work “gives creative expression to women’s lives.” Winners are selected on the
basis of a project proposal and a writing sample.
English Department Travel Grants
Amount: up to $250
Duration: one per year
Deadline: ongoing, as long as funds remain
Description: The grants can be used for travel by M.A. and Ph.D. students who are presenting a
paper at a conference, being interviewed for a job, or conducting archival research.
Gesell Awards in Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction
Amount: $500
Duration: one per year in each genre
Deadline: fall 2015, date to be announced
Description: Winners are selected by writers outside the M.F.A. program.
Gesell Summer Writing Fellowships
Duration: two weeks
Deadline: mid-spring, date to be announced
Description: This Gesell Family Endowment provides M.F.A. students with residencies at the
Anderson Center in Red Wing, Minnesota, where they work on their writing and perform service
for the Red Wing community.
Web link: http://www.andersoncenter.org/
Michael Dennis Browne Fellowship in Poetry
Amount: $1,500
Deadline: No application; chosen by faculty
Description: An annual award in poetry for a first- or second-year poet who shows exceptional
potential in the field.
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O’Rourke Travel Award for MFAs
Amount: varies
Deadline: ongoing, as long as funds remain
Description: This award provides grants for M.F.A. students who travel for research, seminars,
panel presentations, readings, and residencies.
Samuel Holt Monk Prize for the Best Article by a Graduate Student
Scribe for Human Rights Fellowship
Amount: $4,000
Duration: ten weeks between May and August
Deadline: early March, date to be announced
Description: The fellowship supports one M.F.A. student who serves as a writer-in-residence
with the Human Rights Program. The Scribe learns the issues and meets the players involved in
the Program’s human rights work, then uses this experience to write an article for publication for
a large audience.
Web link: http://hrp.cla.umn.edu/projresearch/shr.html
James Wright Prize in Poetry
Amount: $100
Deadline: fall 2015, date to be announced
Description: Sponsored by the American Academy of Poets and judged by a Twin Cities poet,
the award goes to a graduate or undergraduate student in English for a series of three poems.
University of Minnesota
CLA Fellowships for Research/Travel
Amount: $2,066.00
Duration: Summer
Deadline: date to be announced
Description: CLA Research/Travel Fellowships encourage graduate students in the Creative
Writing Program to spend the summer researching and or/ traveling for work and writing related
to the thesis. Recipients will be reimbursed for airfare, supplies, studio rental, ground travel (gas,
car rental, taxi), and lodging.
CLA Graduate Research Partnership Program
Amount: $4,000
Duration: one summer
Deadline: Students should consult the Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) regarding the
program's deadline and selection procedures.
Description: These grants allow graduate students to partner with faculty project advisors on
projects of shared interest.
Web link: http://intranet.cla.umn.edu/grad/grpp_gdlns.php
GAPSA Scholarly Travel Grants
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Amount: $165-$200
Deadline: various deadlines through the academic year
Description: The GAPSA grants are available to students who present their scholarship at
conferences or professional meetings.
Web link: http://umngapsa.wordpress.com/grants/scholarly-travel/
Luce Scholars Program
Amount:
Duration: One year
Deadline: Notification of intent to apply: September 15, 2015
campus application deadline: October 1, 2015
Description: Fifteen to eighteen young Americans of outstanding promise and high leadership
ability are sent each year to Asia for professional apprenticeships under the guidance of leading
Asians. Internships and job placements are arranged for each Scholar on the basis of individual
career interests, experience, training, and general background. (No academic credit is involved.)
Applicants must be U.S. citizens no more than twenty-nine years of age by July 1 of the year
they enter the program, and they must have earned at least a Bachelor's degree by that date. They
may be currently enrolled students in any college at the University of Minnesota, recent
graduates, or junior faculty. Applicants who have a major in Asian studies, or who have spent
more than twelve weeks in Asia, are ineligible.
Web link: http://www.grad.umn.edu/funding-tuition-fellowships-grants/luce
Thesis Research Travel Grant
Amount: Up to $2,500 (Domestic) or $5,000 (International)
Deadline: December 8, 2015 at noon
Description: This award supports thesis research outside of the applicant’s area of residence.
Applicant must be registered in a Ph.D. or D.M.A. program at the University of
Minnesota. Eligible students may apply for either the Domestic or the International Thesis
Research Travel Grant.
Web link: http://www.grad.umn.edu/funding_tuition/fellowships_grants/trtg/index.html
Extramural
Fulbright Program
Amount: varies
Duration: one year
Deadline: Notification of Intent to Apply in 2015 is due on August 10, 2015. The Fulbright
application is due on September 2, 2015.
Description: The purpose of the Fulbright program is to increase mutual understanding between
people of the United States and other countries through the exchange of persons, knowledge, and
skills. Approximately 1,900 Grants are available to over 140 countries. The award includes
monthly stipends based on living costs in the host country, supplemental health and accident
insurance, and book and research allowances. Round-trip transportation is also provided.
Students pursuing a graduate degree at the University of Minnesota must apply through the
Graduate School Fellowship Office.
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Web link: http://www.grad.umn.edu/fellowships/fulbright/index.html
Fulbright-Clinton Fellowships
Amount: varies
Duration: 10 months
Deadline: October 13, 2015
Description: Fulbright-Clinton Fellowship provides opportunities for U.S. citizens to serve in
professional placements in a foreign government ministry or institution in partner governments.
Fulbright-Clinton Fellows build mutual understanding and contribute to strengthening the public
sector while gaining hands-on public sector experience. The Fulbright-Clinton Fellowship also
includes an independent academic study/research component.
Web link: http://www.us.fulbrightonline.org/about/types-of-grants/fulbright-clinton-fellowships
Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship
Amount: varies
Duration: 9 months
Deadline: October 13, 2015
Description: The Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship was launched in
2013 as a new component of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. It provides opportunities for
U.S. citizens to participate in an academic year of overseas travel and digital storytelling in one,
two, or three countries on a globally significant theme.
Web link: http://www.us.fulbrightonline.org/about/types-of-grants/fulbright-nationalgeographic-digital-storytelling-fellowship
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Amount: varies by country
Duration: varies by country
Deadline: October 13, 2015
Description: The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the largest U.S. exchange program offering
opportunities for students and young professionals to undertake international graduate study,
advanced research, university teaching, and primary and secondary school teaching worldwide.
The program currently awards approximately 1,900 grants annually in all fields of study, and
operates in more than 140 countries worldwide.
Web link: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/about
Getty Library Research Grants
Amount: $500-$2,500
Duration: up to three months
Deadline: October 15 2015
Description: These grants provide partial, short-term support for costs relating to travel and
living expenses to scholars whose research requires use of specific collections housed at the
Getty Research Institute.
Web link: http://www.getty.edu/foundation/funding/residential/library_research_grants.html
Social Science Research Council Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship
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Amount: The DPDF program covers all travel, lodging, and meals expenses related to mandatory
attendance at both workshops. Applicants may request up to $5,000 to support summer research
expenses, including travel, lodging, meals, and some necessary equipment and supplies.
Duration: one year
Deadline: October 15, 2015
Description: The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) Program helps earlystage doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences formulate innovative dissertation
research proposals through workshops, exploratory summer research, and writing guided by peer
review and faculty mentorship. The program seeks young scholars who are interested in
strengthening their dissertation research plans through exposure to the theories, literatures,
methods, and intellectual traditions of disciplines outside their own. By the end of the fellowship,
participating students will complete a draft proposal that can be reviewed with academic advisors
and adapted for submission to an academic department and/or research funding agencies.
Web link: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/dpdf-fellowship/
Fellowships
Graduate Fellowship Office: http://www.grad.umn.edu/funding-tuition/fellowshipsandgrants
University of Minnesota
Diversity of Views and Experiences (DOVE) Fellowship
Amount: $22,500
Duration: one year
Deadline: January 2016, to be announced
Description: The Office for Diversity in Graduate Education (ODGE) administers the DOVE
Fellowship. The fellowship is awarded to approximately 20 first-year students from
underrepresented groups (U.S. citizens or permanent residents). The fellowship provides a
$22,500 stipend, tuition at regular graduate school rates (up to 14 credits per semester), and
subsidized health insurance for one academic year. Graduate programs must nominate
prospective students by 8:00 A.M., Monday, February 2, 2015. Students who wish to be
nominated must contact the Director of Graduate Studies in advance. The recipients of the
DOVE Fellowship are encouraged to participate in the Community of Scholars Program (COSP).
Web link: https://diversity.umn.edu/gradeducation/dove
Stout Wallace Fellowship
Amount: $22,500
Duration: one year
Deadline: September 2015, date to be announced; may not be offered every year.
Description: The fellowship is for doctoral students in the humanities or social sciences who are
in the intermediate years of the Ph.D.
Web link: http://www.grad.umn.edu/fellowships/stoutwall/index.html
Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship
Amount: $18,000 per year
Duration: up to three years
Deadline: December 2015, date to be announced; may not be offered every year.
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Description: This national competition is open to graduate students with outstanding character
and ability, who hold promise for achievement and distinction in their chosen field of study, and
who demonstrate substantial educational debt. Students must be enrolled at the University of
Minnesota and must be U.S. citizens.
Web link: http://grad.umn.edu/funding_tuition/fellowships_grants/liebmann/index.html
Thomas H. Shevlin Fellowship
Amount: $23,000
Duration: one year
Deadline: November 2015, date to be announced
Description: For graduate students in the biological and agricultural sciences, basic physical and
medical sciences, and liberal arts. $23,000 for the academic year, plus tuition and subsidized
health insurance for the academic year. Summer health insurance will be provided if the Fellow
remains eligible.
Web link: http://grad.umn.edu/funding_tuition/fellowships_grants/shevlin/index.html
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship
Amount: $2,500-$15,000
Duration: one summer to one year
Deadline: February 2016, date to be announced
Description: FLAS fellowships are available in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch,
Finnish, French, German, Modern Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Italian, Japanese, Korean,
Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Somali, Swedish, Turkish
and Urdu.
Web link: http://igs.cla.umn.edu/grad/fundflas.html
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute CLA Teaching Fellows
Amount: $1,000
Duration: 6 or 8 weeks
Deadline: spring 2016, date to be announced
Description: In this program, selected graduate students develop and lead short courses during
the institute's fall, winter, or spring terms.
Web link: http://intranet.cla.umn.edu/grad/osher.php
Extramural
School for Advanced Research Weatherhead Fellowship
Amount: $30,000
Duration: nine months
Deadline: November 2, 2015
Description: Two nine-month residential fellowships are available for scholars working in the
humanities or social sciences. Scholars with doctorates who plan to write their books and PhD
candidates who plan to write their dissertations are eligible. Fellows receive a stipend ($40,000
for doctoral level scholars and $30,000 for PhD candidates) in addition to housing and office
space on the SAR campus.
Web link: http://sarweb.org/?resident_scholar_weatherhead_fellowship
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Dissertation Fellowships
University of Minnesota
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
Amount: $23,000
Duration: one year
Deadline: March, 2016, date to be announced (internal English deadline will be earlier)
Description: The Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (DDF) gives the University's most
accomplished PhD candidates an opportunity to devote full-time effort to an outstanding research
project by providing time to finalize and write a dissertation during the fellowship year.
Web link: http://www.grad.umn.edu/funding-tuition-fellowships-grants/ddf
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship
Amount: $23,000
Duration: one year
Deadline: November 2015, date to be announced
Description: The Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship (IDF) provides a unique opportunity for
outstanding PhD students who are engaged in interdisciplinary research to study with faculty at
one of the University’s interdisciplinary research centers or institutes during the fellowship
year.
Web link: http://www.grad.umn.edu/projects-priorities-interdisciplinary-initiatives-fundingopportunities/idf-information
Extramural
American Association of University Women American Fellowships
Amount: $20,000
Duration: one year
Deadline: November 15, 2015
Description: These fellowships are for women scholars who are completing doctoral
dissertations.
Web link: http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/americanfellowships/
American Council of Learned Societies Mellon Dissertation Completion Fellowships
Amount: up to $33,000
Duration: one year
Deadline: October 21, 2015
Description: support a year of research and writing to help advanced graduate students in the
humanities and related social sciences in the last year of PhD dissertation writing. The program
encourages timely completion of the PhD.
Web link: http://www.acls.org/programs/dcf/
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Council on Library and Information Resources Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in
Original Sources
Amount: $2,000 per month
Duration: nine to twelve months
Deadline: November 2015, date to be announced
Description: The program’s purpose is to help junior scholars in the humanities and related
social-science fields gain skill and creativity in developing knowledge from original sources and
enable dissertation writers to do research at relevant venues.
Web link: http://www.clir.org/fellowships/mellon/mellon.html
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships
Amount: $25,000
Duration: nine to twelve months
Deadline: November 13, 2015
Description: These fellowships are intended to help students complete their dissertations.
Web link: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047959
Getty Research Institute Predoctoral Fellowships
Amount: $25,000
Duration: one year
Deadline: October 1, 2015
Description: Applicants must have advanced to candidacy by the time of the fellowship start date
and should expect to complete their dissertations during the fellowship period.
Web link:
http://www.getty.edu/foundation/funding/residential/getty_pre_postdoctoral_fellowships.html
Gettysburg College Consortium for Faculty Diversity Dissertation Fellowship
Amount: compensation of a starting one-year instructor
Duration: one year
Deadline: While there is no deadline, most member schools begin reviewing applications in the
fall.
Description: This fellowship—for scholars who have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. or
the M.F.A. and are in the final stage of their dissertation—is intended to help the fellow
complete the degree requirements during the year of residency.
Web link: http://www.gettysburg.edu/about/offices/provost/cfd/application.dot
Kenyon College Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship
Amount: $32,500
Duration: one year
Deadline: December 2015, date to be announced
Description: The Fellow is expected to teach one course each semester, complete her or his
dissertation, and make a public presentation of her or his work. Eligibility is limited to members
of underrepresented groups.
Web link: http://www.kenyon.edu/directories/offices-services/office-of-the-provost/awards-andrecognition/marilyn-yarbrough-dissertationteaching-fellowship/
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Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
Amount: $25,000
Duration: one year
Deadline: November 15, 2015
Description: These fellowships are designed to encourage original and significant study of
ethical or religious values in the humanities and social sciences and particularly to help Ph.D.
candidates complete their dissertation work in a timely manner.
Web link: http://woodrow.org/fellowships/newcombe/
Ransom Center (The University of Texas at Austin) Dissertation Fellowships
Amount: $1,500
Duration: one year
Deadline: January 15, 2016
Description: These fellowships are for graduate students who are working on doctoral
dissertations and can demonstrate the necessity of substantial on-site use of the Center's
collections.
Web link: http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fellowships/application/
Social Science Research Council International Dissertation Research Fellowships
Amount: average of $20,000
Duration: nine to twelve months
Deadline: November 3, 2015
Description: The fellowship offers nine to twelve months of support to graduate students in the
humanities and humanistic social sciences who are enrolled in Ph.D. programs in the United
States and conducting dissertation research on non-US topics.
Web link: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/idrf-fellowship/
Paid and Unpaid Internships
University of Minnesota
Grad Student Research Internships
Description: As part of the University's effort to broaden career options and research experiences
for graduate students, the Graduate School is launching a pilot program to support summer
research-based internship opportunities in 2015. The purpose of the pilot is to expand the
network of partners in industry, non-profit, and government sectors offering internships, and to
encourage students who might not otherwise consider an internship to explore this possibility.
Successful applicants will be awarded a summer stipend of up to $4,000 from the Graduate
School, and provided health insurance coverage (if not already covered by the University) for
summer 2015. Up to twenty-five (25) internship awards will be made.
Deadline: May 2016, date to be announced
Type of Internship: Research
Web link: http://www.grad.umn.edu/funding-tuition-fellowships-grants/gradresearchinternship
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Coffee House Press
Description: Coffee House Press introduces interns to all aspects of a small literary publisher and
gives them skills that can easily transfer to larger publishing houses and other careers, both in the
arts and elsewhere.
Type of Internship: editorial, marketing; unpaid
Deadline: November 1, March 1, July 1
Web link: http://www.coffeehousepress.org/internships/
Graywolf Press
Description: Graywolf is an independent, nonprofit literary press dedicated to the creation and
promotion of thoughtful and imaginative contemporary literature essential to a vital and diverse
culture.
Type of Internship: development, editorial, marketing; stipend offered
Deadline: November 7, March 1, July 25
Web link: https://www.graywolfpress.org/about-us/internships
The Loft Literary Center
Description: The nation’s largest independent literary center, The Loft supports the artistic
development of writers, fosters a writing community, and builds an audience for literature.
Type of Internship: unpaid
Web link: http://www.loft.org/about/opportunities/internships
Mayo Clinic Public Affairs Internship
Description: The Mayo Clinic Department of Public Affairs offers internships that provide
hands-on work experience for students in the fields of communications, journalism, public
relations and marketing. Serving the needs of audiences that include employees, patients and the
public, the Department of Public Affairs offers a broad spectrum of experience in the field of
corporate communications.
Type of Internship: Communications, journalism, PR, marketing
Deadline: Internships offered in the fall and the summer, dates vary
Web link: http://www.mayoclinic.org/jobs/internships/public-affairs/overview
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
Description: The Center’s mission is to advance the book as a vital contemporary art form,
preserve the traditional crafts of bookmaking, inspire diverse artists and learners and engage
audiences in educational, creative and interpretive experiences.
Deadline: December 1, May 1, August 1
Web link: http://www.mnbookarts.org/internships/
Minnesota State Arts Board
Description: Internships offer firsthand experience in the day-to-day operation of a state arts
agency.
Type of Internship: unpaid
Web link: http://www.arts.state.mn.us/about/internships.htm
Milkweed Editions
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Description: Milkweed Editions provides ongoing unpaid internship opportunities designed to
give interns the chance to gain hands-on experience at a nonprofit publishing house. Internships
are available in our offices in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Type of Internship: development, editorial, marketing; unpaid
Deadline: March 15, July 15, November 15
Web Link: http://milkweed.org/about-us/internships-jobs/internship-description/
National
Advocacy and Research
The American Association of University Women
Description: AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education,
philanthropy, and research.
Type of Internship: paid, various fields
Web link: http://www.aauw.org/who-we-are/jobs/aauw-jobs-and-internships/
The American Council on Education
Description: ACE’s mission is to provide leadership and a unifying voice on key higher
education issues and to influence public policy through advocacy, research, and program
initiatives.
Type of Internship: research; paid; varies – check for availability
Web link: http://www.acenet.edu/
The Center for Women Policy Studies
Description: Founded in 1972 as the first feminist policy analysis and research institution in the
USA, the Center endeavors to shape public policy to improve women’s lives and preserve
women’s human rights.
Type of Internship: policy research and advocacy
Web link: http://www.centerwomenpolicy.org/about/jobs/default.asp
Global Fund for Women
Description: Global Fund for Women is a grantmaker and a global advocate for women’s human
rights. We help to advance the movement for women’s human rights by directing resources to
and raising the voices of women worldwide. We invest in local, courageous women and womenled organizations, and create digital advocacy campaigns on critical global issues for women and
girls.
Type of Internship: various fields
Web link: http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/job-opportunities
The Institute for Women's Policy Research
Description: The Institute conducts rigorous research and disseminates its findings to address the
needs of women, promote public dialogue, and strengthen families, communities, and societies.
Type of Internship: research, communications and outreach, development, accounting and
human resources; stipend for summer interns
Deadline: August 23, December 14, February 28
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Web link: http://www.iwpr.org/about/internships
The International Center for Research on Women
Description: ICRW has a diverse staff committed to alleviating global poverty by helping
women and girls in developing countries improve their lives.
Type of Internship: research, administration, finance and communications
Web link: http://www.icrw.org/careers
Legal Momentum
Description: Legal Momentum is the nation's oldest legal defense and education fund dedicated
to advancing the rights of women and girls.
Type of Internship: public policy and advocacy, legal research, development, communications
and marketing
Web link: https://www.legalmomentum.org/internships-and-fellowships
The National Research Center for Women & Families
Description: To promote the health and safety of women, children, and families, the Center uses
objective, research-based information to encourage new, more effective programs and policies.
Type of Internship: communications, research, policy; paid
Web link: http://www.center4research.org/about-us/jobs-internships/
The National Organization for Women
Description: NOW is the largest, most comprehensive feminist advocacy group in the United
States.
Type of Internship: unpaid
Deadline: Spring: Nov 1, Summer: March 15, Fall: July 15
Web link: http://now.org/about/job-and-internships/
The National Women's Political Caucus
Description: The National Women's Political Caucus is a multipartisan, multicultural grassroots
organization dedicated to increasing women's participation in the political field and creating a
political power base designed to achieve equality for all women.
Type of Internship: communications, development, political planning and action; unpaid
Web link: http://www.nwpc.org/intern
People For the American Way
Description: People For the American Way is a nationwide advocacy organization that mobilizes
its members and activists to fight for public policies that reflect the values of freedom, fairness,
and equal opportunity; to champion constitutional protections and civil rights; to hold public
officials accountable to those standards; and to promote strong democratic institutions, including
a federal judiciary that upholds individual rights.
Type of Internship: Communications, Public Policy, Development, Web; unpaid
Web link: http://www.pfaw.org/about-us/employment-internship-and-volunteer-opportunities
PolicyLink
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Description: PolicyLink connects the work of people on the ground to the creation of sustainable
communities of opportunity that allow everyone to participate and prosper. Such communities
offer access to quality jobs, affordable housing, good schools, transportation, and the benefits of
healthy food and physical activity.
Type of Internship: varies
Web link: http://www.policylink.org/about/internships
The Women's Research and Education Institute
Description: WREI is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that provides information and
analyses on issues of concern to women, to policymakers, and others interested in women's
issues.
Type of Internship: unpaid
Deadline: April 1, June 1, November 1
Web link: http://www.wrei.org/Employment.htm
Government and International
The Library of Congress
Description: Working with the staff, curators, and incomparable collections, interns will be
exposed to a broad spectrum of library work: preservation, reference, access standards,
information management and gift collections.
Type of Internship: paid
Deadline: January 2016, date to be announced
Web link: http://www.loc.gov/hr/jrfellows/about.html
Office of Congressman Ellison
Description: The primary duties of interns include assisting the Representative's staff in clerical
and administrative responsibilities, legislative research, events, and constituent casework.
Type of Internship: unpaid
Web link: https://ellison.house.gov/services/internships
Office of Congresswoman McCollum
Description: Interns assist staff on a variety of duties, including legislation, administration,
outreach and press.
Type of Internship: unpaid
Web link: http://mccollum.house.gov/Internships
Office of Senator Franken
Description: Interns are paired with a legislative assistant who matches their issue area of interest
and assist this staffer with policy research, committee hearings, and other Senate events.
Type of Internship: unpaid
Deadline: July 15, November 10, March 15
Web link: http://franken.senate.gov/?p=internships
Office of Senator Klobuchar
Description: Interns work directly with the Senator’s aides on a wide range of issues.
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Type of Internship: unpaid
Deadline: July 15, November 10, March 15
Web link: http://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/internships
The United Nations
Description: The objective is to give interns a first-hand impression of the day-to-day working
environment of the United Nations.
Type of Internship: unpaid
Web link: https://careers.un.org/lbw/home.aspx?viewtype=IP
The White House
Description: The White House Internship Program provides a unique opportunity to gain
valuable professional experience and build leadership skills. This hands-on program is designed
to mentor and cultivate today’s young leaders, strengthen their understanding of the Executive
Office and prepare them for future public service opportunities.
Type of Internship: unpaid
Deadline: several deadlines
Web link: http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/internships
Philanthropy and Foundations
The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
Description: NCRP uses research and advocacy to urge the philanthropic community to provide
nonprofit organizations with essential resources and opportunities to effectively serve
disadvantaged and disenfranchised populations and communities.
Type of Internship: paid
Web link: http://www.ncrp.org/about-us/careers/internship
Open Society Foundations
Description: The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and tolerant societies whose
governments are accountable and open to the participation of all people.
Type of Internship: unpaid
Web link: http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/about/jobs-opportunities
Presses and Media
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Description: The Chronicle is the No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and
university faculty members and administrators. The Chronicle offers three internship sessions
each year: winter/spring, summer, and fall.
Type of Internship: editorial; paid
Deadline: June 2016, to be announced
Web link: http://chronicle.com/section/Editorial-Internships/158/
The Huffington Post
Description: The Huffington Post is a liberal news website and content aggregating blog.
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Web link: https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/Aol/huffington-post/
Simon & Schuster
Description: Simon & Schuster offers opportunities for motivated individuals to learn about
publishing and gain hands-on experience. Candidates must register for an academic credit
internship with their college or university for spring, summer, or fall semester and must provide
official documentation on school letterhead confirming this information upon acceptance of the
internship.
Deadline: September, January, May
Web link: http://www.simonandschuster.biz/careers/internships
Women's Media Center
Description: The Women’s Media Center works to make women powerful and visible in media.
The Women’s Media Center promotes women and girls as subjects and decision-makers,
conducts media monitoring, training, and leadership development, and creates original content.
Type of Internship: unpaid
Web link: http://www.womensmediacenter.com/jobs
Post-Doctoral Fellowships
American Antiquarian Society Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowship
Amount: $35,000
Duration: one year
Deadline: October 15, 2015
Description: The purpose of the fellowship is to provide the recipient with time and resources to
extend research and/or to revise the dissertation for publication.
Web link: http://www.americanantiquarian.org/longterm.htm
American Political Science Association Congressional Fellowship Program
Amount: varies
Duration: one year
Deadline: deadlines vary by program
Description: In the APSA Congressional Fellowship Program, for nine months, select political
scientists, journalists, doctors, federal executives, international scholars, and health policy
experts can gain a "hands on" understanding of the legislative process through a comprehensive
orientation and by serving on congressional staffs. With this unique program the association aims
to contribute to the public understanding of policy-making and improve the quality of
scholarship, teaching and reporting on American national politics. Application requirements vary
by fellowship category. Please see below.
Web link: http://www.apsanet.org/cfp
Columbia Society of Fellows in the Humanities
Amount: $61,000 per year
Duration: one to three years
Deadline: October 5, 2015
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Description: Applicants must receive the Ph.D. between January 1, 2014 and July 1, 2016.
Recipients will be appointed as lecturers and as postdoctoral research fellows.
Web link: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/societyoffellows/fellowship.html
Gettysburg College Consortium for Faculty Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship
Amount: compensation of a full-time, one-year faculty member
Duration: one year
Deadline: rolling
Description: The fellowship is intended for scholars who have been awarded the Ph.D. or M.F.A.
no later than the beginning of the fellowship year and no earlier than five years before the
beginning of the fellowship year.
Web link: http://www.gettysburg.edu/about/offices/provost/cfd/
Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships
Amount: $45,000
Duration: nine to twelve months
Deadline: November 13, 2015
Description: These fellowships support postdoctoral study after the attainment of the Ph.D. The
awards will be made to individuals who, in the judgment of the review panels, have
demonstrated superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research
at the college or university level, show promise of future achievement as scholars and teachers,
and are well prepared to use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
Web link: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047960
Getty Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowships
Amount: $30,000
Duration: nine months
Deadline: October 1 2015
Description: Postdoctoral Fellowships are intended for emerging scholars to complete work on
projects related to the Getty Research Institute's annual theme. Postdoctoral fellowship
applicants must not have received their degree earlier than 2010.
Web link:
http://www.getty.edu/foundation/funding/residential/getty_pre_postdoctoral_fellowships.html
Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship, United States Institute for Peace
Amount: Stipends are determined individually in relation to preceding year's income, up to the
permissible maximum amount of $10,000 per month.
Duration: six to ten months
Deadline: varies
Description: The Senior Fellowship program will support targeted research, analysis and writing
that is more closely integrated with the work of the Institute, with greater flexibility in terms of
application opportunities, than previously.
Web link: http://www.usip.org/fellows/index.html
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Newberry Library
Amount: $4,200 per month
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Duration: four to twelve months
Deadline: November 15 2015
Description: Long-Term Fellowships are intended to support individual scholarly research and
promote serious intellectual exchange through active participation in the Newberry’s scholarly
activities, including fellows’ seminars and a weekly colloquium.
Web link: http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/long-term.html
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Penn Humanities Forum
Amount: $50,000
Duration: one year
Deadline: October 15, 2015
Description: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships are available for the 2016-2017 academic year for
untenured scholars in the humanities who received or will receive their Ph.D. between December
2007 and December 2015.
Web link: http://www.phf.upenn.edu/fellowships/andrew-w-mellon-postdoctoral-fellowshiphumanities
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University
Amount: $66,000 per year
Duration: two years
Deadline: November 16, 2015
Description: For fellowships beginning Fall 2015, applications will be accepted from the
following fields of study: English; Art & Art History; East Asian Languages & Cultures; and
Theater & Performing Arts
Web link: http://mellonfellowship.stanford.edu/apply
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences at Dartmouth
Amount: $54,600
Duration: two years
Deadline: October 5, 2015
Description: These fellowships foster the academic careers of scholars who have recently
received their Ph.D. degrees, by permitting them to pursue their research while gaining mentored
experience as teachers and members of the departments and/or programs in which they are
housed.
Web link: https://www.dartmouth.edu/~lhc/fellowships/mellonfellowships.html
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in the Humanities at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Amount: $58,526 per year
Duration: two years
Deadline: November 2, 2015
Description: Applicants must be scholars who are not yet tenured and who are no more than 5
years past receiving their Ph.D’s.
Web link: http://humanities.wisc.edu/fellows/about-the-a-w-mellon-postoctoral-program/
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship at Wesleyan University
Amount: $40,000
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Duration: one year
Deadline: January 2016, date to be announced
Description: The purpose of this Fellowship is to provide scholars who have recently completed
their Ph.D.'s with free time to further their own work in a cross-disciplinary setting, and to
associate them with a distinguished faculty.
Web link: http://www.wesleyan.edu/humanities/fellowships/mellon.html
Michigan Society of Fellows Postdoctoral Fellowship
Amount: $55,000 per year
Duration: three years
Deadline: September 29, 2015
Description: The Society invites applications from qualified candidates who are at the beginning
of their academic careers, having received the Ph.D. or comparable professional or artistic degree
between June 1, 2013 and September 1, 2016.
Web link: http://societyoffellows.umich.edu/the-fellowship/#eligibility
National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowships, Creative Writing
Amount: $25,000
Duration: up to two years
Deadline: March 2016, date to be announced
Description: The NEA Literature Fellowships program offers $25,000 grants in prose (fiction
and creative nonfiction) and poetry to published creative writers that enable the recipients to set
aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement.
Web link: http://arts.gov/grants-individuals/creative-writing-fellowships
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships
Amount: $4,200 per month
Duration: six to twelve months
Deadline: April 28, 2016
Description: Fellowships support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to
humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Recipients usually produce articles,
monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other
scholarly resources.
Web link: http://www.neh.gov/grants/research/fellowships
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships at Independent Research Institutions
Amount: varies
Duration: varies
Deadline: varies by institution
Description: Fellowship programs may be administered by independent centers for advanced
study, libraries, and museums in the United States, or American overseas research centers or
other organizations that have expertise in promoting research on foreign cultures. NEH
fellowships are awarded to persons who have already completed their advanced degrees.
Web link: http://www.neh.gov/divisions/research/fpiri-supported-fellowships
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Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women Postdoctoral Fellowships (Brown
University)
Amount: $50,000
Duration: one year
Deadline: December 3, 2015
Description: In 2016-17, the Pembroke Center is awarding one-year residential postdoctoral
fellowships to scholars from any field whose research relates to the theme of “Anti-War!
Theaters of War/Politics of Refusal”. Fellows are required to participate weekly in the Pembroke
Seminar, teach one undergraduate course, and pursue individual research.
Web link: http://www.brown.edu/research/pembroke-center/research-pembrokecenter/postdoctoral-fellowships
Princeton Society of Fellows
Amount: $82,000 per year
Duration: three years
Deadline: September 15, 2015
Description: Fellows are expected to reside in or near Princeton during the academic year in
order to attend weekly seminars and participate fully in the intellectual life of the Society.
Web link: http://www.princeton.edu/sf/fellowships/
Princeton University Center for African American Studies Postdoctoral Fellowships
Amount: Scholars without current institutional affiliation will be paid a salary commensurate
with their experience at established Princeton University rates.
Duration: one year
Deadline: January 2016, date to be announced
Description: Applicants should have received the doctorate within the past five years and cannot
be in the process of writing a dissertation.
Web link:
http://www.princeton.edu/africanamericanstudies/about/fellowship_opportunities/postdoctoral_f
ellowships/
The Supreme Court Fellows Program
Amount: $75,621
Duration: one year
Deadline: November 6, 2015
Description: he Program is particularly interested in candidates who are completing a judicial
clerkship, are interested in pursuing an academic career or a career in public service, and wish to
deepen their knowledge of the federal judicial system. Applicants must have a J.D. or other postgraduate degree to be eligible for consideration.
Web link: http://www.supremecourt.gov/fellows/default.aspx
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty
Diversity
Amount: $42,000
Duration: two years
Deadline: November 21, 2015
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Description: The program’s purpose is to develop scholars from underrepresented groups for
possible tenure track appointments at the University of North Carolina and other research
universities.
Web link: http://research.unc.edu/carolina-postdocs/applicants/
The White House Fellows Program
Amount: varies
Duration: one year
Deadline: January 2016, date to be announced
Description: The purpose of the White House Fellows program is to provide gifted and highly
motivated young Americans with some first-hand experience in the process of governing the
Nation and a sense of personal involvement in the leadership of society.
Web link: http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/fellows/
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