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Archaeological Institute of America – Harriet and Leon Pomerance Fellowship
Brief Description: Awarded to enable a person to work on an individual project of a scholarly nature related to
Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology. Preference will be given to candidates whose project requires travel to the
Mediterranean for the purpose stated above. The award is for $5,000. After the tenure of their fellowship, all fellows
are expected to submit an abstract to the Program Committee within two years, in accordance with that committee's
guidelines, in order to present a paper on their research at the AIA Annual Meeting.
Eligibility: Graduate Student; Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional; Requirements: Applicants must be citizens or
permanent residents of the United States or Canada, or be actively pursuing an advance degree at a North American
College or University.
Deadline: Nov 1, 2010 Link: http://www.archaeological.org/grants/704
Archaeological Institute of America – Olivia James Traveling Fellowship
Brief Description: For travel and study to be conducted between July 1 of the award year and the following June
30. Preference will be given to projects of at least a half-year's duration. The award is to be used for travel and study
in Greece (the modern state), Cyprus, the Aegean Islands, Sicily, southern Italy (that is, the Italian provinces of
Campania, Molise, Apulia, Basilicata, and Calabria), Asia Minor (Turkey) or Mesopotamia (that is, the territory
between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, that is modern Iraq and parts of northern Syria and eastern Turkey).
Although the proposal may require travel outside these areas, the majority of travel proposed must be within them.
The award of $25,000 is not intended to support field excavation projects. Preference will be given to individuals
engaged in dissertation research or to those who received their Ph.D. within five years of the application deadline.
Eligibility: Graduate Student; Ph.D. or Equiv; US Citizen
Deadline: Nov 1, 2010 Link: http://www.archaeological.org/grants/700
German Academic Exchange Service/Deutscher Academischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Special Programs - Leo Baeck Institute DAAD Fellowship
Brief Description: The Leo Baeck Institute is a research, study, and lecture center whose library and archives offer
comprehensive documentation for the study of the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry. Funds are
available for research at the Leo Baeck Institute in New York or research in Germany on the social, communal, and
intellectual history of German-speaking Jewry. Financial assistance is provided to doctoral students for dissertation
research and to young academics for the preparation of a scholarly essay or book.
Eligibility: Ph.D. within the last two years/Other Professional; US Citizenship
Deadline: Nov 01, 2010 Link: http://www.daad.org/?p=48513
Newberry Library Short-Term Fellowships
Newberry Library Short-Term Resident Fellowships for Individual Research. Short-term fellowships provide
access to the Newberry's collections for scholars who live and work outside the Chicago area. Normally, fellowships
are awarded to individual scholars. We will, however, award a small number of fellowships teams of two or three
scholars who plan to collaborate on a single, substantive project. The stipend is $1600 per month for each scholar.
Susan Kelly Power and Helen Hornbeck Tanner Fellowship. This fellowship is for scholars of American Indian
heritage. The fellowship provides up to two months of residential research in any field in the humanities using the
collections of the Newberry Library, and provides a stipend of $1600 per month. Applicants need not be from
outside the Chicago area.
South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA) Fellowship.This one-month fellowship supports work in
residence at the Newberry Library by a member of the South Central Modern Language Association with a $2000
stipend. SCMLA membership must be current at the time of application and through the period of the fellowship.
Graduate students must have been SCMLA members for one year; all others must have been SCMLA members for
two years before applying.
Short-Term Fellowship in the History of Cartography Short-term fellowship ($1600) supports work in residence
at the Newberry on projects related to the history of cartography, focused on materials in the Library's collection.
Lester J. Cappon Fellowship in Documentary Editing. This award provides up to $5000 to support historical
editing projects based on Newberry sources. It supports residential research in the Newberry's collections in
preparation of the edition, and also can defray other costs related to its preparation and publication, including travel,
photocopying, digitization, copyright fees, publication subventions, and so forth. Application is by letter to the
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Committee on Awards, with an attached budget listing anticipated expenses by category, with supporting
documentation as relevant. Applicants need not be from outside Chicago area.
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Fellowship. This short-term fellowship ($1600) is for scholars
wishing to use the Newberry's collections to study the period 1660-1815; applicants must be members of ASECS at
time of the award.
Eligibility: All Fellowships listed above are available for post-doctoral scholars
Deadline: February 10, 2011 Link: http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/short-term.html
NSF Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) Division of Behavioral and Cognitive
Sciences (BCS) - Cultural Anthropology Scholars - Methodological Training for Cultural Anthropologists
Brief Description: An opportunity for methodological training by cultural anthropologists who are active
researchers. The purpose of this opportunity is to help cultural anthropologists upgrade their methodological skills
by learning a specific analytical technique that will improve their research abilities.
Eligibility: Academic/Commercial/Government/Nonprofit/Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional/Small Business
Deadline: Jan 16, 2011/Aug 16, 2011(Target dates)
Link: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07544/nsf07544.htm
NY Public Library/Center for the Humanities/Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars & Writers
-- Fellowships
Brief Description: Fellowships for people whose work will benefit directly from access to the research collections
at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (formerly the Humanities and Social Sciences Library). Renowned for the
extraordinary comprehensiveness of its collections, the Library is one of the world's preeminent resources for study
in anthropology, art, geography, history, languages and literature, philosophy, politics, popular culture, psychology,
religion, sociology, and sports. Fellows work at the Center for the duration of the fellowship term, which runs from
September through May. A stipend of up to $60,000, an office, a computer, and full access to the Library's physical
and electronic resources is awarded.
Eligibility: Graduate Student/Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Deadline: Sep 24, 2010 Link: http://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/fellowships-institutes/center-for-scholars-andwriters/fellowships-at-the-cullman-center
Open Society Institute -- Soros Justice Advocacy Fellowships
Brief Description: Funds individuals to implement innovative projects that advance the efforts of the Open Society
Foundations to reform the U.S. criminal justice system. The foundations seek to reduce the destructive impact of
current criminal justice policies on the lives of individuals, families, and communities in the United States by
challenging the overreliance on incarceration and harsh punishment, and ensuring a fair and equitable system of
justice. Fellows receive funding through the following two categories: advocacy and media. Advocacy Fellowships
fund outstanding individuals—including lawyers, advocates, grassroots organizers, activist academics, and others
with important perspectives—to initiate innovative policy advocacy projects at the local, state, and national levels.
Projects may range from litigation to public education to coalition-building to grassroots mobilization to action
research. Advocacy Fellowships are 18 months in duration, may be implemented in conjunction with a host
organization, and can begin in either April or September of 2011. Advocacy Track I awards include: Stipend of
$75,000 ($50,000 for the first year; $25,000 for the remaining six months); Up to $6000 for student loan repayment
assistance; $3750 for health insurance; $1000 for professional development; Funds to attend fellowship-related
gatherings; and Access to ongoing technical assistance resources. Advocacy Track II awards include: Stipend of
$105,000 ($70,000 for the first year, $35,000 for the remaining six months); $3750 for health insurance; Funds to
attend fellowship-related gatherings; and Access to ongoing technical assistance resources.
Eligibility: Advocacy Track I applicants must have at least two (2) years of relevant advocacy experience, which
may include full-time and part-time employment, paid or unpaid internships, longer-term experience working with
nonprofits, or other pertinent experience (e.g. advocacy while incarcerated). Advocacy Track II applicants must
have a minimum of ten (10) years of relevant experience.
Deadline: Nov 3, 2010 Link: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/justice/news/justice-fellows-call20100809
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PREVIOUSLY POSTED
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) – ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowships
Brief Description: ACLS invites applications for the third annual competition for the ACLS Collaborative Research
Fellowships for collaborative research in the humanities and related social sciences. Appropriate fields of
specialization include but are not limited to American studies; anthropology; archaeology; art and architectural
history; classics; economics; film; geography; history; languages and literatures; legal studies; linguistics;
musicology; philosophy; political science; psychology; religious studies; rhetoric, communication, and media
studies; sociology; and theater, dance, and performance studies. Proposals in the social science fields listed above
are eligible only if they employ predominantly humanistic approaches (e.g., economic history, law and literature,
political theory). Proposals in interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary studies are welcome, as are proposals focused
on any geographic region or on any cultural or linguistic group. The aim of this fellowship program is to offer small
teams of two or more scholars the opportunity to collaborate intensively on a single, substantive project. The
fellowship supports projects that aim to produce a tangible research product (such as joint print or web publications)
for which two or more collaborators will take credit. It is hoped that projects of successful applicants will help
demonstrate the range and value of both collaborative research and inquiry in the humanities, and model how such
collaboration may be carried out successfully.
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Deadline: Sep 29, 2010 Link: http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=3154
ACLS – ACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellowships
Brief Description: In order to encourage humanistic research in area studies, the National Endowment for the
Humanities (NEH) and the ACLS have set aside special funding for fellowships to be designated among the
successful applicants to the central ACLS Fellowship competition. These special fellowships are intended for
scholars pursuing research and writing on the societies and cultures of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America
and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union. In order to encourage humanistic research in area
studies, special funding by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the ACLS has been set aside for
ACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellowships to be designated among the successful applicants to
the central ACLS Fellowship competition. These special fellowships are for scholars pursuing research and writing
on the societies and cultures of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, and
the former Soviet Union. These fellows also must submit a final report to both NEH and ACLS. Designation of the
ACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellows will be made by ACLS.
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Deadline: Sep 29, 2010 Link: http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=380
ACLS – Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships
Brief Description: These fellowships support advanced assistant professors and untenured associate professors in
the humanities and related social sciences whose scholarly contributions have advanced their fields and who have
well-designed and carefully developed plans for new research. Appropriate fields of specialization include, but are
not limited to, American studies; anthropology; archaeology; art and architectural history; classics; economics; film;
geography; history; languages and literatures; legal studies; linguistics; musicology; philosophy; political science;
psychology; religious studies; rhetoric, communication, and media studies; science, technology, and medicine
studies; sociology; and theater, dance, and performance studies. Proposals in the social science fields listed above
are eligible only if they employ predominantly humanistic approaches (e.g., economic history, law and literature,
political theory). Proposals in interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary studies are welcome, as are proposals focused
on any geographic region or on any cultural or linguistic group. The fellowships are intended to provide time and
resources to enable these faculty members to conduct their research under optimal conditions. The ultimate goal of
the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant. ACLS does not fund creative work (e.g.,
novels or films), textbooks, straightforward translation, or pedagogical projects.
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Deadline: Sep 29, 2010 Link: http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=408
ACLS – Digital Innovation Fellowship
Brief Description: Intended to support an academic year dedicated to work on a major scholarly project that takes a
digital form. Projects may involve development of: new digital tools that further humanistic research (such as digital
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research archives or innovative databases); research or the representation of research that depends on or is greatly
enhanced by the use of such tools; or some combination of these features.
Eligibility: Ph.D. or Equiv
Deadline: Sept 29, 2010 Link: http://www.acls.org/programs/digital/
ACLS – Fellowships
Brief Description: The Program invites research applications in all disciplines of the humanities and humanitiesrelated social sciences. The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant.
Eligibility: Ph.D. or Equiv.
Deadline: Sept 29, 2010 Link: http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=380
ACLS – New York Public Library Residential Fellowships
Brief Description: ACLS and The New York Public Library offer a collaborative program to support up to five
residential fellowships per year at the Library’s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers. The
Center for Scholars and Writers provides opportunities for up to 15 Fellows to explore the rich, diverse collections
in the NYPL's Stephen A. Schwartzman Building (formerly the Humanities and Social Sciences Library). The
Center also serves as a forum for the exchange of ideas among Fellows, invited guests, the wider academic and
cultural communities, and the interested public. It provides individual office space and common areas in the Library
building. Fellows are required to be in residence from September 6, 2011 through May 25, 2012 and to participate in
Center activities. These may include lunches, panel discussions, public conversations, symposiums, and interviews.
Because this is a collaborative fellowship, applicants for the ACLS/NYPL residential fellowships must also apply to
the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers.
Eligibility: Ph.D. or Equiv.
Deadline: Sept 29, 2010 Link: http://www.acls.org/programs/acls/ ; http://www.nypl.org/csw
Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR) – Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Fellowships
Brief Description: The mission of the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR) in Jerusalem is to
develop and disseminate scholarly knowledge of the literature, history, and culture of the ancient Near East,
including the disciplines of the archaeology of Palestine and biblical studies.
Eligibility: Doctorate/Equiv Professional; Graduate Students
Deadline: Open Link: http://www.aiar.org/
American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) – Senior Associate Members
Brief Description: The ASCSA provides graduate students and scholars from some 168 affiliated North American
colleges and universities a base for research and study in the history and monuments of Hellenic civilization.
Independent and postdoctoral scholars who wish to use the School's facilities for their own research in Greece may
apply to the Director in Athens to become a Senior Associate Member for such time as their work requires.
Eligibility: Ph.D. or Equiv. Professional
Deadline: Open Link: http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/admission-membership/senior-associate-membership
Argonne National Laboratory – Faculty Research Leave (Sabbatical Leave)
Brief Description: In addition to bringing about fruitful research activity, the Program provides Argonne scientists
and engineers and visiting faculty opportunities to develop a strengthened rapport and to catalyze the formation of
continuing research partnerships and collaborations.
Eligibility: Doctorate/Equiv Professional
Deadline: Open
Link: http://www.dep.anl.gov/p_faculty/frl.htm
Association of American Geographers (AAG) - GTU/AAG Visiting Geographical Scientist Program (VGSP)
Brief Description: The purpose is to stimulate interest in geography, especially in small departments that do not
have the resources to bring in well-known speakers. The program is targeted for students, to acquaint them with
subfields that may not be available in course offerings at their institution, stimulate their interest in geographic
research, and familiarize them with career opportunities available to geographers; faculty members, to encourage
geographers in their own subfields of geography, to enrich their knowledge of other subfields, to provide counsel on
research and curriculum problems, and to inform non-geographers about current developments in the discipline; and
administrative officers, to acquaint them more fully with the nature, content, and purpose of geography, assist them
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in understanding the unique spatial point of view that geography contributes to a liberal education, and provide
counsel on the development of staff & curricula.
Eligibility: Academic Institution; Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Deadline: Continuous Link: http://www.aag.org/Education/aag/edu_visitingscientist.cfm
Center for Human Science - Grants for Research, Teaching and Publication
Brief Description: Grants for Research, Teaching and Publication allow academics to create innovative projects in
any field of human science using the center's Knowledge Networking on the Web (KNOW) system. The
opportunity may take place at UNC and elsewhere (housing for visitors is available at the center).
Eligibility: Graduate Student; Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional; Undergraduate Student
Deadline: Continuous
Link: http://www.humanscience.org/infoGrants.cfm
Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) -- Fulbright Specialists Program
Brief Description: The Fulbright Specialists Program promotes linkages between U.S. academics and professionals
and their counterparts at universities abroad. The program is designed to award grants to qualified U.S. faculty and
professionals, in select disciplines, to engage in short-term collaborative 2 to 6 week projects at higher education
institutions in over 100 countries worldwide.
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Deadline: Continuous Link: http://www.cies.org/specialists
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) – Fellows Program
Brief Description: The Program is designed to aid the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) in carrying out
its mission of research and education. It allows individuals from the government, private sector, academia, and
media to undertake projects on health, retirement, and other economic security issues. Generally, EBRI seeks
projects that frame a specific public policy issue in a nonprescriptive style using a format accessible to
policymakers.
Eligibility: Ph.D. or Equiv. Professional; Graduate Students; US Citizens
Deadline: Continuous Link: http://www.ebri.org/programs/fellows/
European University Institute – Jean Monnet Fellowships
Brief Description: Jean Monnet Fellowships are awarded in order to allow the pursuit or continuance of postdoctoral research with no heavy teaching obligations. This research must lead to publication (articles or a
monograph), either under the Institute's imprint (for instance in the form of a working paper), or in a journal or with
a publisher with which the Fellow is already in contact. Priority is given to proposals that fit well with one or more
of the Centre's core research themes: Institutions, Governance, and Democracy; Migration; Economic and Monetary
Policy; Competition Policy and Market Regulation; Energy Policy; and International and Transnational Relations.
Eligibility: Doctorate/Equiv Professional
Deadline: Oct 25, 2010 Link: http://www.eui.eu/ServicesAndAdmin/AcademicService/Fellowships/JeanMonnetFellowships/Index.aspx
European University Institute – Max Weber Fellowship Program
Brief Description: The Program is Europe’s largest postdoctoral program in the social sciences and humanities. It is
hosted by the European University Institute in Florence where the research community of professors, researchers
and fellows provides an excellent environment for the Program. The Program is designed for junior post-docs who
have received a doctorate in economics, law, history, social and political sciences, or a related field, within the last 5
years and who want to advance in their research and academic training, in an active multidisciplinary environment
before entering the international job market, or in the early stages of their academic careers. Fellows are selected on
the basis of their research accomplishments and potential, their academic career interests, and the availability of the
EUI faculty to provide mentorship. Fellows are supported and encouraged to pursue their research agendas and
participate in the research activities of the EUI, and in particular, the research activities of the Max Weber Program
and of the EUI Departments with which they are affiliated.
Eligibility: Doctorate/Equiv Professional
Deadline: Oct 25, 2010 Link: http://www.eui.eu/ServicesAndAdmin/AcademicService/Fellowships/MaxWeberFellowships/Index.aspx
Foundation for Educational Exchange Between Canada and the United States – Canada-U.S. Fulbright
Visiting Research Chairs Program
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Brief Description: The purpose of the program is to enhance the study of Canada in the U.S. and the study of the
U.S. in Canada, and to encourage and broaden research efforts in the broad range of subjects pertaining to the
relationship between Canada and the U.S. Proposed projects must include a focus on the U.S., Canada, or the
relationship between the two countries. Fulbright Visiting Chair Awards are intended to encourage collaboration
among Canadian and American scholars and facilitate the development of long-term institutional linkages between
the two countries. Scholars apply to fill a specific position associated with a particular field identified by the
Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program and the host institution.
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Deadline: Nov 15, 2010 Link: http://www.fulbright.ca/programs.php#/15
Harvard University- Weatherhead Center for International Affairs – Academy Scholars Program
Brief Description: The Program identifies and supports outstanding scholars who are at the start of their careers
and whose work combines disciplinary excellence in the social sciences (including history and law) with a command
of the language, history, or culture of non-Western countries or regions. Their scholarship may elucidate domestic,
comparative, or transnational issues, past or present. The Academy Scholars are a select community of individuals
with resourcefulness, initiative, curiosity, and originality, whose work in non-Western cultures or regions shows
promise as a foundation for exceptional careers in major universities or international institutions.
Eligibility: Doctorate/Equiv Professional
Deadline: 10/1/2010 Link: http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/academy/
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation – Research Fellowships
Brief Description: Humboldt Research Fellowships for postdoctoral researchers are the instrument with which the
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation enables highly-qualified scientists and scholars from abroad who are just
embarking on their academic careers and who completed their doctorates less than four years ago1 to spend
extended periods of research (6-24 months) in Germany.
Eligibility: Ph.D. or Equiv., less than four years
Deadline: Continuous Link: http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/humboldt-fellowship-postdoc.html
Ivey Centre for Health Innovation and Leadership (ICHIL) – Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Brief Description: The post-doctoral research fellow will work collaboratively with the Chair, the Executive
Director, affiliated faculty and fellows, and industry partners to conceive, develop and execute the Centre’s research
in the adoption of health innovations, and potentially related areas outside of the primary project. Health innovations
could be products or processes, for example: pharmaceuticals and biotechnologies, medical devices, health
information technologies, or health system process innovations. The post-doctoral research fellow will work
proactively and independently to design and conduct empirical research and to analyze and synthesize results, while
also functioning as part of various often-decentralized research teams and working groups. Duties will also include
writing and collaborating on scholarly papers, research reports, white papers, and conference materials. The fellow
will proactively communicate research findings verbally and in writing to team members, collaborators and funders,
and meaningfully contribute to the Centre’s efforts to apply, adapt and comment upon such research for the benefit
of student, faculty and public audiences. Planning, conducting and contributing appropriately to scholarly
conferences, panel presentations, and academic exchanges will be an important aspect of the position. The fellow
will work sensitively with confidential information, maintain research compliance, and preserve documents, data,
and research materials in organized physical and electronic file systems. Assistance may also be requested in the
hiring and training of Centre fellows and student research assistants.
Eligibility: Doctorate/Equiv Professional
Deadline: Open until filled Link: http://blogs.ivey.ca/ichil/leadership/career-opportunities/postdoctoral-research-fellow/
Korea Foundation – Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Brief Description: The Postdoctoral Fellowship Program provides promising and highly qualified recent Ph.D.
recipients with the opportunity to conduct research at leading universities in the field of Korean studies so that they
can further develop their scholarships as well as have their dissertations published as manuscripts.
Eligibility: Doctorate/Equiv Professional
Deadline: Jan 31, 2011 (North America; varies by region) Link: http://www.kf.or.kr/
National Endowment for Democracy (NED) – Intl Forum for Democratic Studies Visiting Fellows Program
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Brief Description: NED is a private, nonprofit organization created in 1983 to strengthen democratic institutions
around the world through nongovernmental efforts. The International Forum for Democratic Studies hosts a small
number of Visiting Fellows per year as part of its program. Visiting Fellows are scholars and practitioners who wish
to conduct research and writing at the Forum for a limited period of time but do not need any financial assistance.
(To learn more about funded fellowships at the National Endowment for Democracy, please see the Reagan-Fascell
Democracy Fellows Program)
Eligibility: Ph.D. or Equiv. Professional
Deadline: Open Link: http://www.ned.org/fellowships/visiting-fellows-program
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) – Summer Stipend Program
Brief Description: Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to scholars and general
audiences in the humanities. Successful applicants receive an award of $6,000 for two consecutive months of fulltime research and writing. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological
site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly tools. The program welcomes projects that respond to NEH’s
new Bridging Cultures initiative. Such projects could focus on cultures internationally or within the US.
Eligibility: Individual scholars; applicants need not have advanced degrees, but individuals currently enrolled in a
degree-granting program are ineligible. US citizens and foreign nationals who have been living in the US or its
jurisdictions for at least the three years immediately preceding the application deadline are also eligible.
Deadline: Sept 30, 2010 Link: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html
National Research Council (NRC) – Postdoctoral and Senior Research Associateships
Brief Description: The mission of the NRCs Associateship Programs (RAP) is to promote excellence in scientific
and technological research conducted by the U.S. government through the administration of programs offering
postdoctoral and senior level research opportunities at sponsoring federal laboratories and affiliated institutions.
Eligibility: Ph.D or Equiv.
Deadline: Nov 1, 2010; Feb 1/May 1, 2011 Link: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap/
Radcliffe Institute – Fellowships- Creative Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Brief Description: The Fellowship Program is a scholarly community where individuals pursue advanced work
across a wide range of academic disciplines, professions, and creative arts. Fellowships are designed to support
scholars, scientists, artists, and writers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment who wish to
pursue work in academic and professional fields and in the creative arts. In recognition of Radcliffe's historic
contributions to the education of women and to the study of issues related to women, the Institute sustains a
continuing commitment to the study of women, gender, and society. Applicants' projects need not focus on gender,
however. Women and men from across the US and throughout the world, are encouraged to apply.
Eligibility: Doctorate or appropriate terminal degree at least 2 years prior to appointment in the area of proposed
project are eligible to apply. Must have published at least 2 articles in refereed journals or edited collections.
Deadline: Oct 1, 2010 Link: http://www.radcliffe.edu/fellowships/apply.aspx
Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis –Postdoctoral Fellowships
Brief Description: The Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis invites applications for postdoctoral resident
fellowships. The 2010-2011 theme will be “Narratives of Power: New Articulations of Race, Gender, Sexuality and
Class.” The first year (2010-2011) of “Narratives of Power” will focus on material issues of political economy,
resource distribution, and the state in shaping theories and practices of identity. Possible topics of inquiry include
social welfare, immigration, deindustrialization, policing and punishment, labor (free, forced, and wage), nongovernmental organizations, formal and informal economy. In its subsequent year (2011-2012), "Narratives of
Power" will focus on issues of culture, everyday life and identity formation. Although we recognize that there can
never be a clear separation between realms of political economy and cultural production, the second year will focus
more specifically on the inter-subjective of realm of experience and self-expression. Included within these broad
parameters is a meditation on the process of identity formation and culture. This includes more traditional ideas of
Kultur as understood through artistic expression in aesthetics, music, art, poetry and prose, performance,
photography and electronic media, as well as a broader and more inclusive understanding of the social aspects of
culture as everyday life and practices. Working in this vein, we invite research on family, community based
institutions, religion, education and social reproduction.
Eligibility: Doctorate/Equiv Professional
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Deadline: Applications will be posted in Fall 2010 Link: http://rcha.rutgers.edu/
Shuttleworth Foundation – Fellowship Program
Brief Description: This fellowship offers the freedom and financial ability to bring about the change the Fellow
envisages for the world as well as an enabling support structure and an existing network of social change agents.
The Foundation will provide technological, financial, and legal support, enabling all administrative processes such
as contracting with 3rd parties, done in an efficient and risk free manner. The Foundation will also work to support
the Fellow by connecting him/her with our network of projects, funders and institutions where we think he/she can
offer value. The Foundation will support the Fellow to take their good ideas and turn them into successful initiatives.
The Foundation does not have strictly defined areas of funding as we have found this restrictive as people do not
always fit into boxes. The fellowship is not an academic fellowship aimed at research, although research is not
excluded. Preference will be given to action based research or practical implementations of innovative ideas.
Eligibility: Unrestricted
Deadline: Continuous Link: http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/funding/fellowship-programme/
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) – Scholars in Health Policy Research
Brief Description: The program helps to develop a new generation of creative health policy thinkers and
researchers within the disciplines of economics, political science and sociology. Each year, the program selects up to
nine highly qualified individuals for two-year fellowships at one of three nationally prominent universities with the
expectation that they will make important research contributions to future U.S. health policy.
Eligibility: Ph.D. or Equiv. Professional
Deadline: Oct 13, 2010 Link: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21141&cid=XEM_206611
Russell Sage Foundation – Visiting Scholars
Brief Description: The Foundation has established a center where Visiting Scholars can pursue their writing and
research. Each year, the Russell Sage Foundation invites a number of scholars to its New York headquarters to
investigate topics in social and behavioral sciences. The Foundation particularly welcomes groups of scholars who
wish to collaborate on a specific project during their residence at Russell Sage. While Visiting Scholars typically
work on projects related to the Foundation's current programs, a number of scholars whose research falls outside the
Foundation's active programs also participate. These research projects, and other work conducted by the Visiting
Scholars, constitute an important part of the Russell Sage Foundation's ongoing effort to analyze the shifting nature
of social and economic life in the United States.
Eligibility: Ph.D. or Equiv.
Deadline: Sept 30, 2010 Link: http://www.russellsage.org/scholars/
Smithsonian Institution/National Museum of the American Indian – Conservation Department Program
Brief Description: Postgraduate fellowships are available in the Conservation Department of the National Museum
of the American Indian for experience relevant to the care, preservation, and conservation of the museum's
collection. Areas of study include organic and inorganic materials, and archaeology and ethnographic collections.
Eligibility: Graduate Student; Ph.D. or Equiv.
Deadline: Varies Link: http://www.si.edu/ofg/fell.htm#fnmai
Urban Institute – Opportunities for Visiting Fellows
Brief Description: The institute conducts research and analysis to improve social, civic, and economic well-being.
Visiting Fellows may participate in ongoing research projects, collaborate in the development of new research, learn
from and advise on Urban Institute work while pursuing independent projects, or play other roles of mutual interest.
Visiting Fellows are expected to spend at least half their time on-site at the Urban Institute for at least one semester.
Fellows interact regularly with staff in their host policy centers, give at least one seminar or lecture per semester that
is open to all Urban Institute staff, and participate in other UI panels and roundtables.
Eligibility: distinguished scholars, journalists, and senior policy practitioners
Deadline: Continuous Link: http://www.urban.org/about/careers/visitingfellows.cfm
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars – Fellowships
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Potential Funding Opportunities
FELLOWSHIPS
Week of September 6, 2010
Brief Description: The Wilson Center awards residential fellowships annually to individuals with outstanding
project proposals in a broad range of the social sciences and humanities on national and/or international issues.
Topics and scholarship should relate to key public policy challenges or provide the historical and/or cultural
framework to illuminate policy issues of contemporary importance. The basic criteria for selection are (1)
significance of the proposed research, including the importance and originality of the project; (2) quality of the
proposal in definition, organization, clarity, and scope; (3) capabilities and achievements of the applicant and the
likelihood that the applicant will accomplish the proposed project; and (4) the relevance of the project to
contemporary policy issues. The center devotes significant attention to the exploration of broad thematic areas.
Primary themes are (1) governance, including such issues as the key features of the development of democratic
institutions, democratic society, civil society, and citizen participation; (2) the U.S. role in the world and issues of
partnership and leadership - military, political, and economic dimensions; and (3) key long-term future challenges
confronting the United States and the world.
Eligibility: Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Deadline: Oct 1, 2010 Link: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=fellowships.welcome
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