Updated July 19, 2010
If you are interested in finding external funding to support your research, it is our hope that this list will help you to quickly determine which of the agencies might fund your current project, find more information about the application process by visiting their websites, and then develop an applications timeline you can use to keep yourself on-track for developing your proposals in a timely manner. The opportunities listed are for individual scholarship.
To navigate , keep the document in layout view, scroll to the table of contents, then click on the page number of the agency or program in which you’re interested. This will take you directly to that entry. If you then wish to learn more, click on the agency’s website address (URL), which you will find near the bottom of the entry. If clicking doesn’t work, copy the URL, paste it into the address line of your web browser, and type return.
Always check for new and more detailed application information on any opportunity in which you’re interested. Humanities and area studies centers sometimes have themes that change periodically and agency programs, application requirements, deadlines, and focus areas are subject to change. Verify deadlines and other critical information by visiting the sponsoring institution’s website or contacting the agency via e-mail or telephone prior to beginning an application. This is especially true for agencies that had not posted new deadlines when we created this list (we’ve noted such cases on the list).
Most agencies have deadlines only once each year and take from three to eight months to announce results. Therefore, it is advisable think long-term when planning your grant development strategies.
Preparing a viable proposal takes effort and organization, so please give yourself the time you will need to develop an application that is competitive. For fellowships, that means starting the process at least six weeks before the deadline.
Although this list is extensive, it is not exhaustive. If you know of sources that we have not included that you believe will appeal to numerous humanities and social sciences graduate students, please let us know.
We’re always seeking new funding sources.
If you find nothing here that might help you, perhaps you should go to www.cos.com and conduct a search specific to your needs. This service is free to KU graduate students and faculty courtesy of the KU
Center for Research and offers the most comprehensive and dependable compilation of funding opportunities available. You can access it from any KU computer or, if KU is your service provider, from your computer at home.
We hope you will find this list of use as you consider external funding for your work both as a graduate student and in your early post doctorate years.
Humanities Grant Development Office
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AMERICAN COUNCILS FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION (ACIE) ........................................................ 3
S PECIAL I NITIATIVES R ESEARCH F ELLOWSHIP ........................................................................................................... 3
T ITLE VIII C OMBINED R ESEARCH AND L ANGUAGE T RAINING P ROGRAM .................................................................. 3
T ITLE VIII S OUTHEASTERN E UROPE L ANGUAGE P ROGRAM ....................................................................................... 3
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES (ACLS) ............................................................................. 3
M ELLON /ACLS D ISSERTATION C OMPLETION F ELLOWSHIP ....................................................................................... 3
D ISSERTATION F ELLOWSHIPS IN E AST E UROPEAN S TUDIES ....................................................................................... 4
M ELLON /ACLS F ELLOWSHIPS FOR R ECENT D OCTORAL R ECIPIENTS ........................................................................ 4
AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY CENTER (AFPC) / LOUISIANA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY................. 4
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INDIAN STUDIES (AIIS) ...................................................................................... 4
AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY ........................................................................................................... 4
AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION (APSA) ............................................................................ 5
M INORITY F ELLOWS P ROGRAM .................................................................................................................................. 5
D ISSERTATION A WARDS ............................................................................................................................................. 5
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS (CAI) RESEARCH FOUNDATION ................................................................ 5
COUNCIL ON LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES (CLIR) ........................................................... 5
DIRKSEN CONGRESSIONAL CENTER ............................................................................................................... 6
FRANKLIN AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE ................................................................................... 6
GERALD R. FORD PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY ................................................................................................... 6
R ESEARCH T RAVEL G RANTS P ROGRAM ..................................................................................................................... 6
T HE G ERALD R.
F ORD S CHOLAR A WARD (D ISSERTATION A WARD ) IN H ONOR OF R OBERT M.
T EETER ..................... 6
HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE / NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
ADMINISTRATION (NARA) .................................................................................................................................... 7
R ESEARCH G RANTS .................................................................................................................................................... 7
D ISSERTATION Y EAR F ELLOWSHIPS ........................................................................................................................... 7
THE HARVARD ACADEMY FOR INTERNATIONAL AND AREA STUDIES ............................................... 7
HUDSON INSTITUTE ............................................................................................................................................... 7
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EXCHANGES BOARD (IREX) ............................................................. 7
JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM .................................................................... 8
LATINO ISSUES FORUM (LIF) .............................................................................................................................. 8
LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON LIBRARY AND MUSEUM / NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
ADMINISTRATION (NARA) .................................................................................................................................... 8
G RANTS IN -A ID .......................................................................................................................................................... 8
H ARRY M IDDLETON F ELLOWSHIP IN P RESIDENTIAL S TUDIES .................................................................................... 8
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THE MCNEIL CENTER FOR EARLY AMERICAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ........ 8
THE MILLER CENTER OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS / UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ............................................. 9
MORRIS K. UDALL FOUNDATION ....................................................................................................................... 9
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES – USA ................................................................................................................... 9
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) DISSERTATION RESEARCH IMPROVEMENT GRANTS
..................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
L AW AND S OCIAL S CIENCE P ROGRAM ...................................................................................................................... 10
P OLITICAL S CIENCE P ROGRAM ................................................................................................................................. 10
S OCIOLOGY P ROGRAM ............................................................................................................................................. 10
PRINCETON SOCIETY OF FELLOWS IN THE LIBERAL ARTS .................................................................. 11
RAND CORPORATION .......................................................................................................................................... 11
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL (SSRC)........................................................................................... 11
I NTERNATIONAL D ISSERTATION R ESEARCH F ELLOWSHIP (IDRF) ........................................................................... 11
D ISSERTATION P ROPOSAL D EVELOPMENT F ELLOWSHIP (DPDF) ............................................................................. 12
E URASIA F ELLOWSHIP P ROGRAM ............................................................................................................................. 12
E URASIA P ROGRAM D ISSERTATION D EVELOPMENT W ORKSHOP .............................................................................. 12
THOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC. ...................................................................................................... 12
US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE .................................................... 12
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE (USIP) / JENNINGS RANDOLPH PROGRAM FOR
INTERNATIONAL PEACE ..................................................................................................................................... 13
THE CARL ALBERT CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH AND STUDIES CENTER (UNIVERSITY OF
OKLAHOMA) ........................................................................................................................................................... 13
THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED HOLOCAUST STUDIES .............................................................................. 13
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CHARLES STANSIFER FELLOWSHIP .................................................... 13
THE WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION (WHHA) TRAVEL GRANTS .................................... 13
WOMEN’S RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INSTITUTE (WREI), CONGRESSIONAL FELLOWSHIPS
ON WOMEN AND PUBLIC POLICY .................................................................................................................... 14
WOODROW WILSON NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION, CHARLOTTE NEWCOMBE
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP ................................................................................................... 14
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS / EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES
PROGRAM ................................................................................................................................................................ 14
J UNIOR S CHOLARS
’ T RAINING S EMINAR (JSTS) ...................................................................................................... 14
R ESEARCH G RANTS AND S HORT -T ERM G RANTS ...................................................................................................... 14
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Please note that funding agency programs, application requirements, deadlines, and focus areas are subject to change. The current economic climate has led many agencies to severely curtail or even temporarily suspend programs and funding levels. Therefore, prior to beginning application preparation, verify deadlines and other critical information by visiting the sponsoring institution’s website or contacting the agency via e-mail or phone.
American Councils for International Education (ACIE)
Special Initiatives Research Fellowship
This fellowship offers post-doctoral scholars and faculty up to $35,000 for four to nine months fieldbased, policy-relevant research in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Applicants may apply to conduct research in more than one country, but must plan to spend at least four months in the region overall conducting full-time research.
Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents. Projects must contribute to the body of knowledge allowing the US to better understand the region and create more effective policies within the region.
URL: http://www.americancouncils.org/programDetail.php?program_id=NzA =
Deadline: October 1 (last known deadline)
Title VIII Combined Research and Language Training Program
This program serves graduate students and scholars who, in addition to support for research in the independent states of the former Soviet Union, require supplemental language instruction. Programs are available in Central Asia, Russia, the South Caucasus, Ukraine, and Moldova. Scholars may apply for support in more than one country during a single trip but must plan to be in the field for a total of three to nine months. The total value of each fellowship ranges from $5,000 to $25,000. Typical awards include: international airfare, housing stipend, a monthly living stipend, and health insurance.
Applicants must be US citizens.
URL: http://www.americancouncils.org/program/1h/TITLE8CRLT/=
Deadline: October 1
Title VIII Southeastern Europe Language Program
This program provides language training in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo,
Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia. Applicants must plan to study for at least one month in the region. Study-trips for periods of four to nine months are particularly encouraged. Applicants must be graduate students, faculty, or scholars who have at least elementary language skills. All fellowship applicants must be US citizens. Fellowships typically provide: full tuition at a major university in Southeastern Europe, international round trip airfare from the fellow's home city to her/his host-city, living and housing stipends, health insurance, and visa support.
URL: http://www.americancouncils.org/program/2e/TITLE8SEEL/
Deadline: October 1
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship
This fellowship is intended to assist graduate students in the humanities and related social sciences in the last year of PhD dissertation writing who can show they will complete their dissertations within the period of their fellowship tenure or shortly thereafter. The fellowship tenure is one-year, beginning in the summer and may be carried out in residence at the fellow's home institution, abroad, or at another appropriate site. The fellowships include funds for university fees and research support, which together with the stipend may total up to $33,000. Students may not hold other fellowships concurrently with this award. This fellowship is the first of two parts. The second part provides support for a year following the completion of the dissertation for scholars to advance their research.
URL: http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=512
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Deadline: November 10, 9 p.m. EST
Dissertation Fellowships in East European Studies
ACLS offers support for writing dissertations in Southeast European studies in all disciplines of the humanities and the social sciences. Support is available for language study and research related to all
East European Countries, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo/a, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania,
Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Applicants should choose from one of two types of support: Research
Fellowships or Writing Fellowships. The stipend is up to $18,000. As a condition of the award, the applicant's home university must cover or waive normal academic year tuition payments or provide alternative cost-sharing support. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United
States and must be enrolled in a doctoral program at an institution in the US.
URL: http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=532
Deadline: November 10, 9 p.m. EST
Mellon/ACLS Fellowships for Recent Doctoral Recipients
This program provides support for scholars to advance their research in the first or second year following completion of their PhD. This portable fellowship carries a stipend of $35,000. Eligibility is limited to scholars who held Dissertation Completion Fellowships (or were ranked as Alternates in that fellowship competition) and who completed their dissertations within the period specified in their first fellowship application; or who held other national dissertation fellowships—such as the Whiting
Fellowships—and completed their dissertations within the period specified in their first application.
The fellowship is designed for research and writing; fellows are not allowed to teach during tenure.
URL: http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=514
Deadline: December 9, 9 p.m. EST
American Foreign Policy Center (AFPC) / Louisiana Technical University
American Foreign Policy Center Fellowships. The AFPC fellowship program is intended to help defray the costs associated with travel to and research at the American Foreign Policy Center in Ruston,
Louisiana. Both faculty and graduate students are invited to apply. Holdings at the Center include presidential papers, State Department files, Missionaries in China/Missionary Periodicals, and National
Security Council Documents.
URL: http://history.latech.edu/afpc_files/fellowship_program.htm
Deadline: May 15
American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS)
The Junior Fellowship is offered specifically to enable graduate students specializing in Indian aspects of academic disciplines to pursue their PhD dissertation research in India. Eligible disciplines are anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art, behavioral sciences, communications, cultural studies, economics, education, environmental studies, ethnomusicology, film or photography, geography, history of art or history of architecture, history of science, history, linguistics, literature, medicine, natural sciences, performing arts, philosophy, political science , public health, religious studies, sociology, theater or dance, and urban planning. Awards are for up to eleven months.
URL: http://www.indiastudies.org/catalog.cfm?dest=dir&linkon=Section&linkid=78
Deadline: July 1
American Philosophical Society
The John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship
This fellowship is designed to support an outstanding doctoral student at an American university who is conducting dissertation research. The objective of the Fellowship is to help remedy the serious shortage of faculty of color in core fields in the arts and sciences by supporting the PhD projects of minority students
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of great promise (particularly African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans) as well as other talented students who have a demonstrated commitment to eradicating racial disparities and enlarging minority representation in academia. The award carries a stipend totaling $30,000.
URL: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/johnhopefranklin
Deadline: April 1 (last known deadline)
American Political Science Association (APSA)
There are several grant and fellowship opportunities for graduate students. Two are listed below. Please see APSA’s website for additional information about programs available.
URL: http://www.apsanet.org/content_3115.cfm?navID=416
Minority Fellows Program
The Program provides stipends for twelve stipend minority fellows each year. Fellows with stipends receive a $4,000 fellowship that is disbursed in two $2,000 payments, one at the end of their first graduate year and one at the end of their second (some funds can be disbursed at the beginning of academic year upon student request). Applicants must be US citizens who are college/university seniors, college/university graduates, or students currently enrolled in a master’s program who are applying for doctoral study at another political science program/institution, and who demonstrate an interest in teaching and potential for research in political science.
URL: http://www.apsanet.org/content_3284.cfm
Deadline: October 9 (last known deadline)
Dissertation Awards
Dissertations completed and accepted during the past two calendar years are eligible. Submissions should be sent to each member of the award committee by the applicant’s department, and include a letter of nomination. Organized Section Dissertation Awards are also available in Legislative Studies;
Religion and Politics; Urban Politics; Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics; Women and
Politics; European Politics and Society; Political Economy; Political Psychology; Race, Ethnicity, and Politics. Deadlines and procedures for Organized Section Dissertation Awards vary.
URL: http://www.apsanet.org/content_4113.cfm
Deadline: January 15 (Nominations for Dissertation Award) ; Organized section deadlines vary
Community Associations (CAI) Research Foundation
The Byron Hanke Fellowship
This fellowship is available to graduate students working on topics related to community associations.
Within the field of community associations and common-interest communities- where homeowners support an association with mandatory financial assessments and are subject to aesthetic and use restrictions- Hanke Fellowship projects may address management; institutions; organization and administration; public policy; architecture; as well as political, economic, social, and intellectual trends in community association housing. Hanke Fellowship applicants must be enrolled in an accredited master's, doctoral, or law program in the US or Canada. Students of all disciplines are welcome to apply for the
Hanke Fellowship. In all cases, the topic must have the approval of the graduate student's general academic advisor, or of another full-time faculty member who will supervise the Fellow's Project.
Stipends are $2,000 to $4,000.
URL: http://www.cairf.org/scholarships/hanke.aspx
Deadline: Rolling
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources
This fellowship helps junior scholars in the humanities and related social-science fields gain skills and creativity in researching original sources; enables dissertation writers to do research wherever relevant
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sources may be, rather than just where financial support is available; encourages more extensive and innovative uses of original sources in libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and related repositories in the US and abroad; and provides insight from the viewpoint of doctoral candidates into how scholarly resources can be developed for access most helpfully in the future. There is no citizenship restriction. Awards are for nine to twelve months and the maximum stipend is $25,000.
URL: http://www.clir.org/fellowships/mellon/mellon.html
Deadline: November 15 (last known deadline)
Dirksen Congressional Center
Congressional Research Awards
These awards fund research on congressional leadership and the US Congress. The center's first interest is to fund the study of the leadership in the Congress, both House and Senate. Topics could include external factors shaping the exercise of congressional leadership, institutional conditions affecting it, resources and techniques used by leaders, or the prospects for change or continuity in the patterns of leadership. In addition, the center invites proposals about congressional procedures, such as committee operation or mechanisms for institutional change, and Congress and the electoral process. 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 US citizens who reside in the
US. Awards range from a few hundred dollars to $3,500. Grants are normally for one year.
URL: http://www.dirksencenter.org/print_grants_CRAs.htm
Deadline: March 1
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute offers small grants-in-aid in support of research on the
"Roosevelt years" or clearly related subjects. The awards will not exceed $2,500. Grants are awarded each spring. Funds are awarded for the sole purpose of helping to defray living, travel, and related expenses incurred while conducting research at the Roosevelt Library. The grants program is particularly designed to encourage younger scholars to expand the knowledge and understanding of the Roosevelt period and to give support for research in the Roosevelt years to scholars from the emerging democracies and the Third
World.
URL: http://merchant.videotex.net/common/news/reports/detail.cfm?QID=6324&ClientID=11005&topicID=23
2&classification=report
Deadline: January 30
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
Research Travel Grants Program
Grants of up to $2,000 defray travel, living, and photocopy expenses associated with research in the library. Collections focus on Federal policies, US foreign relations, and national politics in the 1960s and 1970s, although there are earlier and later materials. Contact the library for details.
URL: http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/foundationgrants.asp
Deadline: March 15 and September 15
The Gerald R. Ford Scholar Award (Dissertation Award) in Honor of Robert M. Teeter
This is an annual award given to a doctoral student doing dissertation research and writing on an aspect of the US political. The Selection Committee will consider research in any field related to the study of the US political process, broadly defined, in the last half of the 20 th century. Of special interest would be the role and analysis of public opinion in that process. Award is $5,000.
URL: http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/fsa.asp
Deadline: May 1
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Harry S. Truman Library Institute / National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Research Grants
Grants of up to $2,500 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. Preference is 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.
URL: http://www.trumanlibrary.org/grants/#ress
Deadline: April 1 and October 1
Dissertation Year Fellowships
Up to two fellowships of $16,000 are given 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 that were prominent during the Truman years. Applicants should have substantially completed their research and be prepared to devote full time to writing their dissertations. Preference is given to projects based on extensive research at the Truman Library. There is no requirement that applicants conduct further research at the Truman Library.
URL: http://www.trumanlibrary.org/grants/#diss
Deadline: February 1
The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies
Pre- and Post-doctoral Fellowships. The purpose of the Academy Scholars Program is to identify and support outstanding scholars who are at the start of their careers and whose work combines disciplinary excellence with an in-depth grounding (language, history, or culture) in non-Western countries or regions, including domestic, comparative, or transnational issues, past and present. The competition for these awards is open only to doctoral candidates and to recent PhD recipients (within three years of receiving degree). Academy Scholars are given time, guidance, access to Harvard facilities, and substantial financial assistance as they work for two years conducting either final-stage dissertation or post-doctoral research in their chosen fields and areas. Teaching is permitted but not required. Pre-doctoral Scholars receive an annual stipend of $28,000; post-doctoral Scholars receive an annual stipend of $48,000.
URL: http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/academy/academy_scholars_program.html
Deadline: October 1
Hudson Institute
The Herman Kahn Resident Fellowship . Selected fellows work on their doctorate fifty percent of the time and devote the remainder to policy-oriented research projects in their general area of interest assigned by the Hudson Institute. To be eligible, PhD candidates must have completed their coursework within the last five years and have only their dissertation writing remaining. Fellows are expected to complete their dissertation during the fellowship. The stipend is $24,000 for the 10-month academic year and office space and limited administrative support is provided.
URL: http://www.hudson.org/learn/index.cfm?fuseaction=position_details&pid=HermanKahn
Deadline: April 1
International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)
Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program (IARO)
The IARO program supports in-depth field research by US master’s and doctoral students in policyrelevant subject areas related to Southeast Europe and Eurasia. It provides fellows with international roundtrip-transportation and a monthly allowance. The IARO supports research on contemporary political, economic, historical, or cultural developments relevant to US foreign policy. Applicants can study in up to three countries for nine months. Eligible countries of research focus are: Albania, Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia,
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Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro,
Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
MA students, PhD students, and postdoctoral scholars compete in different categories.
URL: http://www.irex.org/programs/us_scholars/programs/uss_iaro.asp
Deadline: November 17 (last known deadline)
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Scholars and students can apply for research support and use of the archival, manuscript, and audiovisual holdings of the library. There are several named awards available. Awards range from $200 to $5,000.
URL: http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK+Library+and+Museum/Kennedy+Library+Foundation/Programs+and+Lib rary+Support/Research+Grants+and+Fellowships/
Deadline: Various; please see website for details
Latino Issues Forum (LIF)
Public Policy Fellowship Program-
Temporarily Suspended, check website for updates
The LIF Fellowship Program seeks students interested in working with a leading statewide policy and advocacy institute in shaping a better vision for California. Students in public policy, urban planning, public health, transportation, housing, environmental sciences, natural resources, business administration or public administration will gain hands-on experience shaping public policy through instruction on framing an issue, policy analysis, lobbying, and community advocacy. Fellows receive a $1,900 monthly stipend and up to $105 per month in commuter checks for public transportation while in San Francisco.
URL: http://learningtogive.org/papers/paper259.html
Deadline: April 13 (last known deadline)
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum / National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA)
Grants-in-Aid
Grants-in-aid for research at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library are awarded semi-annually. Funds are intended to help defray living, travel, and related expenses incurred while conducting research at the
Library during the period for which the grant is awarded. Awards range from $500- $2,500 and applicants are encouraged to contact the Library before applying concerning materials available in the collection.
URL: http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/resinfo.asp#grants
Deadline: March 15 for fall term and September 15 for spring term
Harry Middleton Fellowship in Presidential Studies
This Fellowship supports scholarly work in Presidential studies. Fellows may study at any presidential library or other facility in the National Archives and Records Administration system, but are expected to develop at least a portion of their work from original research in the LBJ Library in
Austin, Texas. Preference is given to doctoral candidates whose dissertation research highlights how history can illuminate current and future policy issues. Two $5,000 awards are given. Terms are June
1 through December 31 for the Fall term, and January 1 through August 31 for the Spring term.
URL: http://www.lbjlibrary.org/collections/grants-and-awards/harry-middleton-fellowship/
Deadline: March 15 for fall term and September 15 for spring term
The McNeil Center for Early American Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Dissertation Fellowships. Advanced graduate students 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
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projects focusing on North America and the Caribbean before 1850. Several types of fellowships are available. Award amounts and durations vary- see website for more information.
URL: http://www.mceas.org/dissertationfellowships.htm
Deadline: March 1
The Miller Center of Public Affairs / University of Virginia
Miller Center Fellowship in Politics and History
This competitive program for individuals completing their dissertations on American politics, foreign policy, and world politics, or the impact of global affairs on the US welcomes applicants from a broad range of disciplines, including but not limited to, history, political science, policy studies, law, political economy, and sociology. Applicants are judged on their scholarly quality and on their potential to shed new light upon contemporary developments in US politics, foreign policy, or world politics. Applicants must be PhD candidates who is expecting to finish their dissertation during the fellowship year. The fellowship is open to non-US citizens. Up to eight $20,000 fellowships will be awarded.
URL: http://millercenter.org/academic/gage/fellowship
Deadline: February 1
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
Environmental Public Policy & Conflict Resolution PhD Fellowships
The Udall Foundation awards two one-year fellowships to doctoral candidates whose research concerns
US environmental public policy and/or environmental conflict resolution and who are entering their final year of writing the dissertation. Dissertation fellowships are open to scholars in all fields of study whose dissertation topics have significant relevance to US environmental public policy and/or environmental conflict resolution. The award is up to $24,000.
URL: http://www.udall.gov/OurPrograms/ECRFellowship/ECRFellowship.aspx
Deadline: February 24
The National Academies – USA
Ford Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowships
Up to forty fellowships for three years of support are given each year to students engaged in graduate study leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or Doctor of Science (ScD) degree. Applicants must be enrolled in or planning to enroll in a research-based program leading to a PhD or ScD at a US institution. Criteria for selection include superior academic achievement, degree of promise for continuing achievement as scholars and teachers, capacity to respond in pedagogically productive ways to learning needs of students from diverse backgrounds, sustained personal engagement with communities underrepresented in the academy and an ability to bring this skill to the classroom and research, and likelihood of using diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
URL: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fordfellowships/
Deadline: November 1
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships
These fellowships provide support for individuals working to complete dissertations leading to a
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or Doctor of Science (ScD) degree. The awards are made to individuals who, in the judgment of the review panels, demonstrate 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. Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents. The one-year stipend is $21,000 for nine to twelve months.
URL: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fordfellowships/
Deadline: November 8
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National Science Foundation (NSF) Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
The NSF offers doctoral students grants to improve the quality of their dissertation research by undertaking significant data-gathering projects or field research. There is no citizenship requirement, but students must apply through their dissertation advisors; the advisors must be US citizens or permanent residents. Application is allowed by either the NSF’s own online system, FastLane, or via the federal government’s online system, grants.gov.
NOTES: 1. The HGDO recommends that you use FastLane because it is a more intuitive and robust system, less given to system-wide crashes at deadline time. 2. Most NSF grants are “institutional proposals,” meaning that you must submit through the University of Kansas Center for Research (KUCR) with your dissertation advisor as the Principal Investigator (PI) under his or her FastLane identity, but you must also be registered with FastLane as a
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI). Laci Ulrich, laufferl@ku.edu at KUCR, can set up your FastLane access.
If you’re doing qualitative work, the HGDO can assist you and your advisor with these applications. Those of you doing highly quantitative empirical work should work with the Institute for Policy and Social Research (see http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/).
URLs: NSF Home Page - http://www.nsf.gov/index.jsp
NSF Grant Proposal Guide - http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=gpg
Law and Social Science Program
This program supports social scientific studies of law and law-like systems of rules, institutions, processes, and behaviors. These can include, but are not limited to, research designed to enhance the scientific understanding of the impact of law; human behavior and interactions as these relate to law; the dynamics of legal decision making; and the nature, sources, and consequences of variations and changes in legal institutions. Research must show promise of advancing a scientific understanding of law and legal process. The program has an "open window" for diverse theoretical perspectives, methods and contexts for study. Recently, the projects that received program support included research on social control, crime causation, violence, victimization, legal and social change, patterns of discretion, procedural justice, compliance and deterrence, and regulatory enforcement. In addition to standard proposals the program welcomes planning grant proposals, travel support requests to lay the foundation for research, and proposals for improving doctoral dissertation research.
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/law/lawguide1.jsp
Deadline: August 15 and January 15
Political Science Program
This program supports research that advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics. Research is expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Substantive areas include, but are not limited to,
American government and politics, comparative government and politics, international relations, political behavior, political economy, and political institutions. Recent awards have supported projects on bargaining processes; campaigns and elections, electoral choice, and electoral systems; citizen support in emerging and established democracies; democratization, political change, and regime transitions; domestic and international conflict; international political economy; party activism; political psychology, and political tolerance.
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/polisci/ddrip1.jsp
Deadline: January 15 and September 16
Sociology Program
This program supports basic research on human social organization – societies, institutions, groups, and demography – and processes of individual and institutional change. The Program encourages theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes. Included is research on organizations and organizational behavior, population dynamics, social movements, social groups, labor force participation, stratification and mobility, family, social networks, socialization, gender roles, and the sociology of science and technology. The
Program supports both original data collections and secondary data analysis that use the full range of
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quantitative and qualitative methodological tools. Theoretically grounded projects that offer methodological innovations and improvements for data collection and analysis are also welcomed.
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/soc/socckl1.jsp
Deadline: February 15 and October 15
Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts
Postdoctoral Fellowships . The Society, comprised of recent PhD recipients in the humanities, and in selected social and natural sciences, seeks to promote innovative interdisciplinary approaches to scholarship and teaching. Postdoctoral Fellows are appointed for three-year terms to pursue research and teach half-time in their academic department, in the Program in Humanistic Studies, or in other university programs. The stipend for 2009-2010 is approximately $69,500. Fellows are provided with a shared office, a personal computer, a research account of $5,000 a year, and access to university grants, benefits and other resources.
URL: http://www.princeton.edu/~sf/index.shtml
Deadline: October 1
RAND Corporation
Graduate Student Summer Associate Program . The Program introduces graduate students to RAND, an institution that conducts research on a wide range of national security problems and domestic and international social policy issues. Students are given the opportunity to conduct independent research that can be completed during the three months they are at RAND. Each associate is assigned to a research project and is mentored by a senior research staff member, usually one with the same academic background as the associate. Students who have completed at least two years of graduate work leading to a doctorate or professional degree are eligible. The program typically does not consider Master's degree students without significant work or research experience. US citizenship is necessary only for positions that require security clearances.
URL: http://www.rand.org/about/edu_op/fellowships/gsap/
Deadline: January
Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
SSRC programs are aimed at supporting projects that will lead to a better understanding of complex social, cultural, economic, and political processes. It offers grant proposal writing advice relevant to all of its programs at http://fellowships.ssrc.org/art_of_writing_proposals/.
URL: http://www.ssrc.org/
Deadlines: Various; please see website for details
International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF)
The IDRF program supports full-time graduate students in the humanities and social sciences who are enrolled in US doctoral programs, regardless of citizenship, and conducting dissertation research outside the United States. Applicants must be doing empirical and site-specific research that advances knowledge about non-US cultures and societies that involves fieldwork, research in archival or manuscript collections, or data collection. The program promotes research that is situated in a specific discipline and geographical region and is engaged with interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives. Fellowships provide support for nine to twelve months of dissertation research; no awards are made for less than nine months of on-site research. Awards of approximately $20,000 each are granted with funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
URL: http://programs.ssrc.org/idrf/
Deadline: November 3
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Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF)
The DPDF Program supports early-stage graduate students in formulating successful doctoral dissertation proposals with the capability of being competitive in future fellowship competitions.
Students in the humanities and social sciences may apply to one of five research fields, each led by two directors. Fellows participate in a spring workshop that prepares them for pre-dissertation research and another in the fall that is designed to help them synthesize their summer research into dissertation proposals and future fellowship applications. Fellows are eligible for up to $5,000 to support summer research and up to 60 fellowships are awarded.
URL: http://programs.ssrc.org/dpdf/
Deadline: January 29 (last known deadline)
Eurasia Fellowship Program
The Eurasia program offers fellowships at both the pre-doctoral and postdoctoral levels for research, writing, training, and curriculum development on or related to any of the new states of Eurasia or to the Soviet Union and/or the Russian Empire. Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents.
Opportunities include the Pre-dissertation Training Fellowship; the Dissertation Write-Up
Fellowship; the Postdoctoral Research Fellowship; and the Eurasia Teaching Fellowship. Note that the SSRC is in the process of re-evaluating its Eurasia Program and may or may not offer this fellowship competition again. Check periodically for updates on the status of this program in the coming months.
URL: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/eurasia-fellowship/
Deadline: December 10 (last known deadline)
Eurasia Program Dissertation Development Workshop
This workshop provides full-time graduate students, from relevant social science and humanities disciplines whose projects examine Eurasia, with the opportunity to receive creative and critical input on their dissertation projects and to address the workshop's theme more generally. Applicants may be at any stage of their dissertation process (from proposal development to write-up); however, they must be US citizens or permanent residents.
URL: http://programs.ssrc.org/eurasia/Title8_Dissertation_Workshops/
Deadline: December (last known deadline, see website for details)
Thomas Jefferson Foundation Inc.
The Thomas Jefferson Foundation hosts scholars through a program of residential fellowships and travel grants at the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies. Fellowships and grants are open to students and faculty working on Jefferson projects and are awarded on a competitive basis. Foreign nationals are particularly encouraged to apply. Residential accommodation may be available on a limited basis. Short-term and long-term fellowships are available.
URL: http://www.monticello.org/research/fellowships/index.html
Deadline: Various
US Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice
This program provides dissertation research support to outstanding doctoral students undertaking independent research on issues in crime and justice. Students from any academic discipline whose research topic is relevant to filling key gaps in scientific knowledge relevant to criminal justice policy and practice in the US and to the concerns of criminal justice agencies and related agencies focusing on crime and justice problems in the US are eligible. Grant awards are made only to degree-granting educational institutions in the US, thus this is an institutional application, which you must submit through the
University of Kansas Center for Research (KUCR) . To be eligible to receive and administer a Graduate
Research Fellowship grant on behalf of a doctoral candidate, an institution must be fully accredited
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(which KU is). At the conclusion of the grant period, the dissertation must be completed and submitted as a final product.
URL: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/funding/graduate-research-fellowship/welcome.htm
Deadline: April 2 (last known deadline)
United States Institute of Peace (USIP) / Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace
Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship. These fellowships support the research and writing of dissertations addressing the sources and nature of international conflict or ways to prevent or end conflict and to sustain peace. Dissertation projects from all disciplines are welcome. Priority is given to projects that contribute knowledge relevant to the formulation of policy on international peace and conflict issues.
URL: http://www.usip.org/grants-fellowships/jennings-randolph-peace-scholarship-dissertation-program
Deadline: January 5 (last known deadline)
The Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center (University of Oklahoma)
This visiting scholars program provides financial support for scholars at any level to do on-campus research in the Congressional Archives. Primary emphasis is placed on research proposals centered on the
US Congress and its members, but other topics are considered as well. Scholars of history and political science pursuing postdoctoral research are especially encouraged and theses and dissertations will receive serious consideration. This grant is meant to defray travel costs incurred during research in the archives. It generally includes travel, lodging, and photocopies. Grants for graduate students do not exceed $500.
URL: http://www.ou.edu/special/albertctr/archives/visit.htm
Deadline: Continuous
The Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies
Fellowships support significant research and writing about the Holocaust. The Center welcomes applications by scholars in history, political science, literature, Jewish studies, philosophy, religion, psychology, comparative genocide studies, law, and other disciplines. Fellowships are awarded to candidates working on their dissertations (ABD), postdoctoral researchers, and senior scholars. There is no citizenship requirement. Individual awards are up to $3,500 per months for residencies of from three to nine months.
URL: http://www.ushmm.org/research/center/fellowship/application/
Deadline: November 24 (last known dedline)
The University of Kansas Charles Stansifer Fellowship
This KU award supports graduate students planning to complete a doctorate in the study of Middle
America, defined as Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Priority is given first to students of
Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, or Panama), second to Mexico, third to the Caribbean, and fourth to students of relations between the US and any Middle
American country. Graduate students from any department in the KU College of Arts and Sciences are eligible. The amount of the award will depend on available funding, but will not exceed $5,000. For information, contact Judy Farmer in the Center of Latin American Studies (jfarmer@ku.edu or 4-4214).
URL: http://www.kuendowment.org/news_events/news_releases/2008/stansifer.aspx
Deadline: February 23 (last known deadline)
The White House Historical Association (WHHA) Travel Grants
The WHHA invites scholars who are conducting research at the National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA), Presidential Library System, Library of Congress, or other appropriate repository, to apply for grants that will defray costs of travel and accommodations. The Association encourages new scholarship on the history of the White House. The Association will consider projects that make use of textual and non-textual records pertinent to the president, first family and subordinates while the president lives in the White House . The focus of the research should be the White House,
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including life and work there, as well the physical structure. Grants awarded will not exceed $2,000.
Eligibility: Preference is given to those undertaking dissertation research or post-doctoral research with plans for publication, but all proposals, including graduate-level research and independent projects, are considered.
URL: http://www.whitehousehistory.org/08/08_a.html and http://www.oah.org/activities/awards/whha/index.html
Deadline: December 1 (last known deadline)
Women’s Research and Education Institute (WREI), Congressional Fellowships on Women and
Public Policy
WREI awards annual fellowships to graduate students with a proven commitment to equity for women.
Fellows gain practical policymaking experience and graduate credit while working from January to
August as Congressional legislative aides in Washington DC. They receive stipends to cover tuition and living expenses. The program is designed to encourage more effective participation by women in the formulation of policy options, encourage the translation of research into policy, raise awareness that national and international issues concerning women are interdependent, better understanding of how policies affect women and men differently, and greater appreciation of the fact that issues often defined as
"women's issues" are also important to men. The fellowship is open to all fields of study.
URL: http://www.wrei.org/Fellows.htm
Deadline: May 22 (last known deadline)
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Charlotte Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation
Fellowship
These dissertation fellowships encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences, and particularly to help PhD 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. Applicants must be at the writing stage of the dissertation. Only US citizens and permanent residents may apply.
URL: http://www.woodrow.org/fellowships/religion_ethics/application.php
Deadline: November 15 (last known deadline)
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars / East European Studies Program
The following fellowships are available to US citizens or permanent residents only.
URL: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1422&fuseaction=topics.item&news_id=5989
Junior Scholars’ Training Seminar (JSTS)
Scholars working on policy relevant projects related to Southeast Europe or to the wider region but dealing with issues that can be linked to issues in the Western Balkans are eligible to apply. All projects should aim to highlight their potential policy relevance. Disciplines represented at previous seminars include anthropology, history, political science, and Slavic languages and literatures.
Preference is given to those who have completed all requirements for their PhD except the dissertation and scholars who have received their PhDs within the past year in any field.
URL: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/news/docs/jstsapp20101.pdf
Deadline: May 6 (last known deadline)
Research Grants and Short-Term Grants
The East European Studies Program offers residential grants to scholars working on policy relevant projects on East Europe and engaged in research requiring access to Washington DC and research institutions located there. Special consideration is given to projects on Southeast Europe and projects
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that can be credibly linked to issues in the Western Balkans. Funding is available to students in the social sciences and humanities, including, but not limited to, Anthropology, History, Political
Science, Slavic Languages and Literatures, and Sociology.
Deadline: December 1 for Research Grants ;
March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1 for Short-Term Grants
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