September 2016
Unless otherwise noted, all proposals to funders outside of Harvard must be submitted five business days prior to the sponsor deadline. Harvard's central office, the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP), must review and approve all proposal submissions. We can help you navigate the routing process for your proposal.

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NEWS & RESOURCES
NEH SUMMER STIPENDS
One More Spot Available | Deadline: September 29, 2016

The Summer Stipends program provides $6,000 for scholars to perform continuous, full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two consecutive months. If you are interested in submitting an application, please contact Caitlin McDermott-Murphy as soon as possible.
NEW INTERNAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
Dean's Competitive Fund for Promising Scholarship 
Deadline: October 17, 2016

For more information and to apply, please see here.

RADCLIFFE INSTITUTE for ADVANCED STUDY
Exploratory Seminars | Deadline: October 24, 2016

Applications are now open to apply for an Exploratory Seminar, an opportunity to convene scholars, practitioners, and artists from Harvard University and around the world to develop early-stage ideas and research across the disciplines. To learn more and to apply, please see here.

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Visit our Resources for New Faculty page to learn more about the services and support we provide to help faculty find and apply for funding. To request a customized funding search or one-on-one consultation, please contact Caitlin McDermott-Murphy.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
INTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES

EXTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES

Match your project to a grant program:

I am looking for research support for my project.

I want to visit an archive or library and/or fund my sabbatical leave.

Fellowships or grants that are portable and tenable anywhere.
Fellowships with Boston-area residency requirement.
Fellowships with a residency requirement within the United States.
Fellowships that support or require international travel and/or residency.


I want to combine digital technology with the humanities or preserve a collection and/or make it easier for people to access.

I want to create a website with humanities content.

I want to develop or put on an exhibition or cultural program for the public or engage in community revitalization.

I want to support a new teaching position at my institution.

I want to support a graduate or undergraduate research assistant OR a postdoctoral scholar.

INTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES

FHBI
Deadline: last day of November, February, May, and August
Award Amount: $40,000 for ladder faculty; $5,000 for doctoral students and postdocs

The FHBI provides seed grants to support transformative research in the social and behavioral sciences. Successful proposals will be those that promise to advance understanding of the social, institutional and biological mechanisms shaping human beliefs and behavior. Funds will be used to support interdisciplinary social science research projects based on innovative experimental or observational designs that make use of sophisticated quantitative methods.

The Fund also supports seminars, conferences, and other research-related activities.

Eligible grant recipients are Harvard University affiliates in the following categories: full time doctoral students, post-doctoral fellows, and ladder faculty.


dumbarton_grants
Project Grants
Deadline: November 1, 2016
Award Amount: $3,000 to $10,000

Dumbarton Oaks makes a limited number of grants to assist with scholarly projects in Byzantine Studies, Pre-Columbian Studies, and Garden and Landscape Studies. Support is generally for archeological investigation, as well as for the recovery, recording, and analysis of materials that would otherwise be lost.

Eligible projects may include, but are not limited to, the following:
  • non-destructive investigation, excavation, and/or on-site study of a (Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, Garden) site or component of one; or
  • surveying or photographing monuments and objects that are at risk (e.g., architecture, gardens, paintings, mosaics, and sculptures in situ), as well as objects that have already been collected but are largely unrecorded and endangered.


villa_i_tatti
The Lila Wallace Grants
Deadline: November 1, 2016
Award Amount: up to $20,000 for an institution; up to $8,000 for publications; up to $3,000 for lecture programs

Former I Tatti Appointees can apply for three different grants from the Lila Wallace - Reader's Digest Endowment Fund: (1) the Special Project Grant, for interdisciplinary projects; (2) the Publications Subsidy, for scholarly books; and (3) the Lecture Program, for seminars and conference sessions.


radcliffe_workshops
Exploratory Seminars & Workshops
Deadline: October 24, 2016 (Seminars); Rolling (Workshops)
Award Amount: up to $18,000 (Seminars); up to $20,000 (Workshops)
 
The Academic Ventures program at the Radcliffe Institute brings together faculty from across Harvard University and around the world to develop innovative academic programming across a wide range of disciplines. Workshops and seminars launch or expand new scholarly and research endeavors for faculty and students, while public conferences, symposia, and lectures provide opportunities to challenge assumptions, study timely issues of public policy, and explore emerging ideas with audiences near and far.

Exploratory Seminars: provide funding to bring together scholars, practitioners, and artists from Harvard University and around the world to develop ideas and research across the disciplines. Seminars are usually one or two days in length and are held at the Radcliffe Institute.

Workshops: convene Harvard faculty members, scholars, artists, and other thought leaders from around the world, but these events go beyond early-stage research questions. Workshops are based on innovative ideas that have already been developed to some extent but are now ready for further deep exploration. Programs consist of one- to three-day meetings hosted by the Radcliffe Institute.



Villa_I_Tatti
Fellowships
Deadline: October 15, 2016 (Long-Term); December 14, 2016 (Short-Term)
Award Amount: $4,000 per month
Tenure: 12 months (Long-Term); 4 or 6 months (Short-Term)
 
Currently, the Center (Florence, Italy) offers fifteen full-year post-doctoral fellowships and several shorter fellowships annually. The Berenson Library, with holdings of nearly 185,000 volumes and subscriptions to over 600 scholarly journals, includes an extensive and historically important photograph collection, an archive that documents the lives and work of Bernard and Mary Berenson, and the Morrill Music Library, considered one of the finest in the world for medieval and Renaissance music.

Fellows are selected by an international and interdisciplinary committee that welcomes applications from scholars from all nations.



radcliffe
Fellowship Program
Deadline for Natural Sciences & Mathematics: October 15, 2016
Award Amount: Up to $75,000 + additional funds for project expenses
 
The Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program is a scholarly community where individuals pursue advanced work across a wide range of academic disciplines, professions, and creative arts. Radcliffe Institute 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.

The Radcliffe Institute encourages applications in all disciplines and on any topic. In recognition of Radcliffe's historic contributions to the education of women and to the study of issues related to women, the Radcliffe 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 United States and throughout the world, including developing countries, are encouraged to apply.



climate_change
Deadline: October 1, 2016
Award Amount: Up to $150,000 over one or two years
Target applicants: Full-time assistant, associate, or full professors from any Harvard School may apply for an award. Students and postdoctoral scholars with an identified faculty mentor who will supervise their research are also eligible to apply.
 
The Climate Change Solutions Fund supports research and policy initiatives intended to hasten the transition from carbon-based energy systems to those that rely on renewable energy sources, to develop methods for diminishing the impact of existing carbon-based energy systems on the climate, and to propel scientific, technological, legal, policy and artistic innovations needed to accelerate progress toward cleaner energy and a greener world. Applications should propose research that will advance solutions to climate change. Solutions may include both preparedness and mitigation and strong consideration will be given to projects that demonstrate a clear pathway to application, as well as riskier proposals with the potential to be transformative over time. 

Full-time assistant, association or full professors from any Harvard school may apply; in addition, students and postdoctoral scholars with a faculty mentor who will supervise their research are also eligible.



Provostial
Deadline: September 30, 2016
Award Amount: Up to $7,500
 
This Fund is intended to support creative, innovative initiatives in the arts and humanities, for projects within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and/or other schools. Eligible projects include (but are not limited to): performances, master classes, conferences, workshops, seminars and visits by outsiders (although not simply lectures). 

Proposals may (but need not) be interdisciplinary or cross-cultural in character. Proposals that have a clear connection to the curriculum--existing or planned courses, or pedagogical activities more broadly construed--will be favored.



Rothenberg
Deadline: September 30, 2016
Award Amount: Up to $7,500
 
This Fund is intended to support new and ongoing research projects--both individual and collaborative--by Harvard faculty in the humanities. Eligible projects include, but are not limited to: research for books, articles, performances, films, installations, translations, web-based projects, scholarly editions, databases, and any other form of scholarly writing or creative work. Costs associated with publication or any related forms of dissemination are also eligible.

Expenses to pay research assistants are permitted, although faculty are asked to hire Harvard undergraduates or graduate students as research assistants.

Proposals may (but need not) be interdisciplinary or cross-cultural in character.



EXTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES

Templeton_Sm
Small Grant Cycle 4
OSP Deadline: November 21, 2016
Letter of Inquiry Deadline (required): November 30, 2016
Award Amount: $217,400 or less

The Templeton Foundation provides both large and small grants under its five Core Funding Areas. A number of topics--including creativity, freedom, gratitude, love, and purpose--can be found under more than one Area:
  • Science and the Big Questions: is divided into several subfields, including mathematical and physical sciences, life sciences, human sciences, philosophy and theology, and science in dialogue;
  • Character Virtue Development: supports a broad range of projects focused on the universal truths of character development and on the roots of good character in human nature, whether understood from a scientific, philosophical, or religious point of view;
  • Individual Freedom and Free Markets: encourages research and education intended to liberate the initiative of individuals and nations and to establish the necessary conditions for the success of profit-making enterprise;
  • Exceptional Cognitive Talent and Genius: is committed to identifying and nurturing young people who demonstrate exceptional talent in mathematics and science; and
  • Genetics: focuses on how major advances in genetics might serve to empower individuals, leading to spiritually beneficial social and cultural changes.


Gerda
Research Grants & Scholarships
OSP Deadline: November 15, 2016
Deadline: November 22, 2016
Award Amount: up to 2,700 euros per month

Research Grants & Scholarships provide support for the historical humanities, in particular to research projects in the fields of Archaeology, Art History, Historical Islamic Studies, History, History of Law, History of Science, Prehistory and Early History. The grants for Research Projects involve, depending on the type of project, the assumption of costs for personnel, travel, materials and/or other costs. Research Grants typically support a team of scholars; whereas, Research Scholarships support one scholar working on an individual project.

The November deadline does not apply to applications for smaller funding amounts (max. 15,000 euros). Smaller funding amounts are granted by the Foundation through a simplified procedure with a deliberation time of approximately three to four months. Applications can be sent at any time.



DOD_MURI
Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative - Novel Approaches to Modeling Factions and Conflict
OSP Deadline: November 7, 2016
Deadline: November 15, 2016
Award Amount: up to $1.5M per year for 5 years

The MURI program supports basic research in science and engineering at U.S. institutions of higher education that is of potential interest to DoD. The program is focused on multidisciplinary research efforts where more than one traditional discipline interacts to provide rapid advances in scientific areas of interest to the DoD.

For the subprogram "Novel Approaches to Modeling Factions and Conflict," teams could include researchers from disciplines such as political science, sociology, culture studies, economics, computer science, statistics, and applied mathematics. Examples of potential research areas are: Faction Definition; Faction Detection; Faction Behavior; Dynamics of Factions; Information Uncertainty; Decision Support; and Validation of Predicted Faction Behavior. 

One of three regional instability areas should be the focus of the investigation: conflicts in northern Europe (Ukraine, Baltics, Georgia, etc.); conflicts in the Americas, particularly drug cartel and criminal network conflicts leading to insurgency and civil strife; or insurgencies in island Asia (Philippines, Indonesia) with sufficient regional expertise and experience in the region selected identified. Collaborations with non-US institutions with sufficient expertise and access can be part of this effort.



ACLS_Buddhist
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Research Fellowships in Buddhist Studies
Deadline: November 15, 2016 
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: up to $70,000 (individuals); up to $200,000 (collaborations)
Tenure: one to two years

The ACLS offers an articulated set of fellowship and grant competitions that will expand the understanding and interpretation of Buddhist thought in scholarship and society, strengthen international networks of Buddhist studies, and increase the visibility of innovative currents in those studies. Research fellowships support scholars with a PhD, and applications are welcome from scholars at any stage of their career, from any location in the world.

The Collaborative Research Fellowships in Buddhist Studies will support work that may be interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary. International and multilingual projects are encouraged.

The Research Fellowships in Buddhist Studies offer support for research and writing in Buddhist studies for individual scholars who hold a PhD degree, with no restrictions on time from the PhD.

The New Professorships offer seed funding for teaching positions in Buddhist studies.



Texas_Austin
Research Fellowships in the Humanities
Deadline: November 15, 2016 
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: up to $3,000 per month
Tenure: 1 to 3 months

The Harry Ransom Center annually awards more than 50 fellowships to support short-term residencies for research projects that require substantial on-site use of its collections.

The fellowships support research in all areas of the humanities, including literature, photography, film, art, the performing arts, music, and cultural history.



huntington
Fellowships
Deadline: November 15, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: up to a maximum of $50,000
Tenure: 1 to 12 months; the Library offers a variety of fellowships, all with differing durations and award amounts

The Huntington (San Marino, CA) will award over 150 fellowships for the academic year 2017-2018. These fellowships derive from a variety of funding sources and have different terms. Recipients of all fellowships are expected to be in continuous residence at the Huntington and to participate in and make a contribution to its intellectual life.
 
The Huntington is an independent research center with holdings in British and American history, literature, art history, and the history of science and medicine. Within the many general fields contained within the library's holdings, there are many areas of special strength, including: Middle Ages, Renaissance, 19th- and 20th-century literature, British drama, Colonial America, American Civil War, Western America, and California. The Art Collections contain notable British and American paintings, fine prints, photographs, and an art reference library. In the library of the Botanical Gardens is a broad collection of reference works in botany, horticulture, and gardening.



AAUW_pub
Summer/Short-Term Research Publication Grants
Deadline: November 15, 2016 
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: $6,000 for an 8-week grant period

Summer/Short-Term Research Publication Grants provide support to scholars to prepare research manuscripts for publication and to independent researchers to prepare research for publication. Preference will be given to applicants whose work supports the vision of AAUW: to break through educational and economic barriers so that all women have a fair chance. 

The grants are for tenure-track, part-time, and temporary faculty, as well as new and established researchers at universities. Tenured professors are not eligible.



AAUW_fell
American Fellowships
Deadline: November 15, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: $30,000
Tenure: one year

American Fellowships support women scholars who are completing dissertations, planning research leave from accredited institutions, or preparing research for publication. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. 

Candidates are evaluated on the basis of scholarly excellence; quality and originality of project design; and active commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions, or fields of research.



qatar
National Priorities Research Program
OSP Deadline: November 3, 2016
Deadline: November 10, 2016
Award Amount: $20,000 to $300,000 over one, two, or three years

The mission of the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) is to advance knowledge and education by providing funding opportunities for original, competitively-selected research and development at all levels and across all disciplines with an emphasis on the four pillars of the Qatar National Research Strategy (QNRS):
  • Energy and Environment;
  • Computer Science and ICT;
  • Health; and
  • Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities.
At least 50 percent of the proposed funded research days must be conducted inside Qatar.

QNRF encourages collaborative and multi-disciplinary projects involving teams from more than one institution, cross-campus collaboration, and collaboration between academic and non-academic project partners from inside and outside Qatar.



Ford
Fellowship Program
Deadline: November 10, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: $45,000
Tenure: 9 to 12 months

Through its Fellowship Programs, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation's college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
 
All citizens, nationals, and permanent residents (holders of a Permanent Resident Card) of the United States, as well as individuals granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation are eligible to apply.



ACLS_Chinese
Comparative Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society
OSP Deadline: November 2, 2016
Deadline: November 9, 2016
Award Amount: up to $25,000 for conferences; $10,000 to $15,000 for workshops and seminars; up to $6,000 for planning meetings

ACLS invites proposals in the humanities and related social sciences that adopt an explicitly cross-cultural or comparative perspective. Projects may, for example, compare aspects of Chinese history and culture with those of other nations and civilizations, explore the interaction of these nations and civilizations, or engage in cross-cultural research on the relations among the diverse and dynamic populations of China. Activities proposed must include at least one scholar from Taiwan.

Proposals should be empirically grounded, theoretically informed, and methodologically explicit. The program supports collaborative works of three types:
  • Planning Meetings;
  • Workshops; and
  • Conferences.


Luce_ACLS
Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Program in China Studies
Deadline: November 9, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: up to $50,000
Tenure: one or two semesters

Postdoctoral fellowships support scholars who are preparing their Ph.D. dissertation for publication, or who are embarking on new research projects. The ACLS intends to support work based on the applicant's research in China that aims to produce a scholarly text in English. A working knowledge of Chinese is required. Stipends may be used for travel, living expenses, and research costs. 

An applicant must hold a Ph.D. from an institution in the United States or Canada OR be a U.S. or Canadian citizen/permanent resident with a Ph.D. from any institution. And, an applicant must hold a Ph.D. degree conferred no earlier than January 1, 2008.



British_Library
Endangered Archives Programme
OSP Deadline: October 28, 2016
Deadline: November 4, 2016
Award Amount: £10,000 (for pilot projects); £50,000 (for major projects)

The Endangered Archives Programme offers a number of grants every year to individual researchers world-wide to locate vulnerable archival collections, to arrange their transfer wherever possible to a suitable local archival home, and to deliver digital copies into the international research domain via the British Library.

The specific focus of this Programme is upon archives relating to the pre-industrial stages of a society's development, normally located in countries where resources and opportunities to preserve such material are limited.



Stanford_Behavioral
Fellowships
Deadline: November 4, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: up to $73,000
Tenure: one academic year

The Center offers a residential fellowship program for scholars working in a diverse range of disciplines that contribute to advancing research and thinking in social science. Fellows represent the core social and behavioral sciences (anthropology, economics, history, political science, psychology, and sociology) but also the humanities, education, linguistics, communications, and the biological, natural, health, and computer sciences. 



NEH_dialogues
Dialogues on the Experience of War
OSP Deadline: October 26, 2016
Deadline: November 2, 2016
Award Amount: up to $100,000

The Dialogues on the Experience of War supports the study and discussion of important humanities sources about war, in the belief that these sources can help U.S. military veterans and others to think more deeply about the issues raised by war and military service. The humanities sources can be drawn from history, philosophy, literature, and film-and they may and should be supplemented by testimonials from those who have served. The discussions are intended to promote serious exploration of important questions about the nature of duty, heroism, suffering, loyalty, and patriotism.

The program supports:
  • the recruitment and training of discussion leaders; and
  • following the training program, the convening of at least two discussion programs.


ACLS_african
African Humanities Program
Deadline: November 2, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: up to $19,000
Tenure: one academic year

The African Humanities Program seeks to reinvigorate the humanities in Africa through fellowship competitions and related activities in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. 

Applicants must be nationals and residents of a country in sub-Saharan Africa, with a current affiliation at an institution in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, or Uganda.



DOS_Religious
Religious Freedom and Rule of Law
OSP Deadline: October 25, 2016
Deadline: November 1, 2016
Award Amount: up to $600,000

The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in forming a consortium to provide expert analysis of global trends in laws and legislation that impact the ability of individuals to exercise the rights to freedom of religion or belief as guaranteed in Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 

The consortium would also support small scale projects seeking to mitigate the impact of such restrictions.



CDP
Research & Development | Production | Public Engagement 
OSP Deadline: October 25, 2016
Deadline: November 1, 2016
Award Amount: up to $50,000

The California Documentary Project (CDP) is a competitive grant program that supports the research and development and production stages of film, audio, and interactive media projects that enhance our understanding of California and its cultures, peoples, and histories.

Projects should use the humanities to provide context, depth, and perspective and be suitable for California and national audiences through public and educational screenings and presentations, broadcast, distribution, and/or online.



IAS_Historical
School of Historical Studies Membership
Deadline: November 1, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: $75,000 (full year); $37,500 (one term)
Tenure: one or two terms

Each year, the Institute hosts a community of scholars from around the world to pursue their own research while in residence (Princeton, New Jersey). 

The School of Historical Studies supports scholarship in all fields of historical research, but is concerned principally with the history of western, near eastern and Asian civilizations, with particular emphasis upon Greek and Roman civilization, the history of Europe (medieval, early modern, and modern), the Islamic world, East Asian studies, art history, the history of science and philosophy and modern international relations. 

The School takes into account the stage of the scholar's academic career when considering the list of publications, but in general applicants should have at least several articles already published in scholarly publications in order to be considered eligible.



IAS_Social
School of Social Science Membership
Deadline: November 1, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: up to a maximum of $70,000
Tenure: one academic year

Each year, between 20 and 25 scholars are selected as Members in the School of Social Science (Princeton, New Jersey). Memberships are awarded at both the junior and senior levels.

Members are expected only to pursue their own research and participate in the seminars. The theme for 2017-18 is "The Social Sciences in a Changing World" but applications outside the theme are also welcomed. The Institute fosters an interdisciplinary dialogue and applications are strongly encouraged from scholars across the social sciences, whether or not their research corresponds to the theme.



Rome_Prize
Rome Prize
Deadline: November 1, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: room and board + a stipend and separate work space
Tenure: about 11 months; 5-month fellowships are offered in Design and Historic Preservation & Conservation; applicants in Architecture and Landscape architecture have a choice of either full or half term

Each year, the Rome Prize is awarded to about thirty emerging artists and scholars who represent the highest standard of excellence and who are in the early or middle stages of their working lives. Fellows are chosen from the following disciplines: Architecture, Design, Historic Preservation and Conservation, Landscape Architecture, Literature, Music Composition, Visual Arts, Ancient Studies, Medieval Studies, Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, and Modern Italian Studies.

Applicants for all Rome Prize fellowships, except those applying for the National Endowment for the Humanities post-doctoral fellowship, must be U.S. citizens at the time of the application.



Howard_Fell
Fellowships
Deadline: November 1, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: $33,000
Tenure: one academic year

The Howard Foundation awards a limited number of fellowships each year for independent projects in selected fields, targeting its support specifically to early mid-career individuals who have achieved recognition for at least one major project. Fellowships will be awarded for 2017-2018 in Photography, Anthropology, and Archaeology.

Fellowships are portable and tenable anywhere.



CFR_Fell
Fellowships
Deadline: varies; the earliest deadline falls on October 31, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: stipends vary by fellowship
Tenure: 12 months

The Council on Foreign Relations' (CFR) Fellowship Program offers unique opportunities for mid-career professionals focusing on international relations. The program affords fellows the opportunity to broaden their perspective of foreign affairs and to pursue proposed research, with a placement at either CFR or another institution in New York City or Washington, DC.



MAP
Fellowships
OSP Deadline: October 21, 2016
Letter of Inquiry Deadline [required]: October 28, 2016
Award Amount: up to $45,000

The MAP Fund welcomes applications from artists, ensembles, producers and presenters whose project contains a live performance. The MAP Fund is founded on the principle that experimentation drives human progress, no less in art than in science or medicine. The Fund is, therefore, particularly interested in supporting work that examines notions of cultural difference or "the other," be that in class, gender, generation, race, religion, sexual orientation or other aspects of diversity.



AAAS_Fell
Visiting Scholars Program
Deadline: October 23, 2016 [anticipated]
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: $65,000
Tenure: one academic year

The Academy's Visiting Scholars Program provides residential fellowships in Cambridge, Massachusetts for junior faculty members and postdoctoral scholars in the humanities and social sciences. The fellowship program offers scholars a year for research and writing free from teaching and administrative duties, a collaborative work environment, and the opportunity to interact with Academy members.

The Academy seeks proposals in the humanities and social sciences relating to American history, culture, and public policy from the founding period to the present. Preference will be given to untenured faculty; postdoctoral scholars are also eligible.



NHC_Fell
Fellowships
Deadline: October 18, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: at least half salary + travel expenses
Tenure: one academic year

The Center offers up to 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities. Mid-career scholars as well as senior scholars are encouraged to apply. Emerging scholars with a strong record of peer-reviewed work may also apply.

In addition to scholars from all fields of the humanities, the Center accepts individuals from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects. The Center is international in scope and welcomes applications from scholars outside the United States.



somerville_arts
Project Grants
OSP Deadline: October 10, 2016
Deadline: October 17, 2016
Award Amount: up to $2,500

The Council supports project grants that serve the Somerville community.

Applicants may apply within the following disciplines: cultural heritage, cultural infrastructure, dance/theater, film/video, literature, interrelated media, music, and visual arts. Projects may be special one-time events or specific components of annual programming. The types of eligible presentations include, but are not limited to: plays at a local theater, an exhibition on a particular theme, a concert at a library, an artist residency in a school, and a series of writing workshops for youth. 



NGA_Fell
Senior Fellowships
Deadline: October 15, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: $50,000
Tenure: one or two terms

The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts offers senior fellowships for full-time research. Scholars are expected to reside in Washington and to participate in the activities of the Center throughout the fellowship period. Awards are intended to support research in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts (painting, sculpture, architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, prints and drawings, film, photography, decorative arts, industrial design, and other arts) of any geographical area and of any period.

Senior fellowships are intended for those who have held the PhD for five years or more at the time of application, or who possess an equivalent record of professional accomplishment.



Chiang_ching_scholar_grant
Scholar Grants
Deadline: October 15, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: $20,000 to $35,000
Tenure: one year

The Foundation offers grants to support scholars while on sabbatical, or for time off for research and writing. Grants fund research on Chinese studies in the humanities and social sciences.

The Foundation encourages applications with matching funds from other sources.



Clark_Fell
Fellowships
Deadline: October 15, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: $60,000
Tenure: 1 to 10 months

The Clark (Williamstown, MA) offers between ten and sixteen residential Fellowships each year. National and international scholars, critics, and museum professionals are welcome to propose projects that extend and enhance the understanding of the visual arts and their role in culture.
 
Given the intense competition for fellowships, The Clark does not normally make awards to those who have received their PhD within the last four years.



Humanities Connections
OSP Deadline: September 28, 2016
Deadline: October 5, 2016
Award Amount: up to $100,000 for between eighteen and thirty-six months

Humanities Connections grants seek to expand the role of the humanities in the undergraduate curriculum at two- and four-year institutions, offering students in all academic fields new opportunities to develop the intellectual skills and habits of mind that the humanities cultivate. Grants support the development and implementation of an integrated set of courses and student engagement activities focusing on significant humanities content. A common topic, theme, or compelling issue or question must link the courses and activities. 

Humanities Connections projects have two core features:
  • faculty from at least two separate departments or schools at a single institution must collaborate to devise new curricular arrangements; and
  • projects must include provisions for high-impact student engagement activities that relate directly to the topic(s) of the linked courses. These activities could include individual or collaborative undergraduate research projects; opportunities for civic engagement; or a structured experience with community-based, project-based, or site-based learning. Community organizations and cultural institutions can play key roles in this regard.


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Literacy and Engagement with Historical Records
OSP Deadline: October 3, 2016
Deadline [anticipated]: October 8, 2016 
Award Amount: $50,000 to $150,000 for 1 to 3 years (cost sharing is required)

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks projects that encourage citizen engagement with historical records, especially those available online, and/or projects that train people on how to enhance digital literacy skills for using historical records. The development of new online tools for literacy and engagement is highly encouraged.
 
The NHPRC is looking for projects that create models and technologies that other institutions can adopt without cost. In general, collaborations between archivists, documentary editors, historians, educators, and/or community-based individuals are more likely to create a competitive proposal.



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Digital Dissemination of Archival Collections
OSP Deadline: October 3, 2016
Deadline [anticipated]: October 8, 2016 
Award Amount: $20,000 to $150,000 for 1 to 2 years (cost sharing is required)

The Digital Dissemination of Archival Collections program aims to make historical records of national significance to the United States broadly available through dissemination of digital surrogates on the internet. Projects may focus on the papers of major figures from American life or cover broad historical movements in politics, military, business, social reform, the arts, and other aspects of the national experience.
 
Applicants may digitize a single collection or sets of collections. Collaborations among repositories are encouraged. In addition, applicants may undertake more complex descriptive work, such as document transcription, tagging, or geo-referencing, if these additional access points are justified by the value of the material and its expected users.



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Publishing Historical Records in Documentary Editions
OSP Deadline: September 29, 2016
Deadline: October 6, 2016 
Award Amount: $30,000 to $200,000 over 1 year (cost sharing is required)

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals to publish documentary editions of historical records. Projects may focus on the papers of major figures from American history or cover broad historical movements in politics, military, business, social reform, the arts, and other aspects of the national experience.
 
The goal of this program is to provide access to, and editorial context for, the historical documents and records that tell the American story. The NHPRC encourages projects, whenever possible and appropriate, to provide access to these materials in a free and open online environment, without precluding other forms of publication.
 
Grants are awarded for collecting, describing, preserving, compiling, editing, and publishing documentary source materials in print and online.



AAS
Fellowships
Deadline: October 5, 2016 (Fellowships for Creative and Performing Artists and Writers); October 15, 2016 (Long-Term Visiting Academic Research Fellowships)
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: $1,850 (Creative and Performing Artists and Writers); $4,200 per month (Long-Term)
Tenure: 4 weeks (Creative and Performing Artists and Writers); 4 to 12 months (Long-Term)

The American Antiquarian Society (Worcester, MA) offers three broad categories of visiting research fellowships, with tenures ranging from one to twelve months. All of the fellowships are designed to enable academic and independent scholars and advanced graduate students to spend an uninterrupted block of time doing research in the AAS library.

Fellowships for Creative and Performing Artists and Writers: support scholars whose goals are to perform historical research and produce imaginative, non-formulaic works dealing with pre-twentieth-century American history. Successful applicants are those whose work is for the general public rather than for academic or educational audiences.

Long-Term Visiting Academic Research Fellowships: for scholars to reside at the Society for between four to twelve months. 



Stanford
External Fellowships
Deadline: October 5, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: up to $70,000 + housing and moving allowance of up to $30,000
Tenure: one academic year

External fellowships are intended primarily for individuals currently teaching in or affiliated with an academic institution, but independent scholars may apply. Faculty fellowships are awarded across the spectrum of academic ranks (assistant, associate, and full professor) and a goal of the selection process is to create a diverse community of scholars.

Applicants who are members of traditionally under-represented groups are encouraged to apply. There are no citizenship requirements for these fellowships; non-U.S. nationals are welcome to apply.



Getty
Scholar Grants
Deadline: October 3, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: up to $65,000
Tenure: 3 to 9 months

Getty Scholar Grants are for established scholars or writers who have attained distinction in their fields. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute or Getty Villa, where they pursue their own projects free from academic obligations, make use of Getty collections, join their colleagues in a weekly meeting devoted to an annual research theme, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty.

Applications are welcome from researchers of all nationalities who are working in the arts, humanities, or social sciences.



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Artist Fellowships
Deadline: October 3, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: competitive grants of $12,000 and finalist awards of $1,000
Tenure: one year

The Artist Fellowships provide direct, unrestricted support to Massachusetts artists in recognition of exceptional original work, to foster the creation of new art in the Commonwealth. Artist Fellowships in a range of disciplines are awarded to primary creators of original works of art.

2017 Artist Fellowships applications are accepted in the following categories:
  • Crafts;
  • Dramatic Writing; and
  • Sculpture, Installation, and New Genres.


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Franklin Research Grants
OSP Deadline: September 26, 2016
Deadline: October 1, 2016
Award Amount: up to $6,000

The Franklin program funds travel to libraries and archives for research purposes, the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials, the costs associated with fieldwork, or laboratory research expenses. 
 
Franklin grants are made for noncommercial research. They are not intended to meet the expenses of attending conferences or the costs of publication. Grants will not be made to replace salary during a leave of absence or earnings from summer teaching; pay living expenses while working at home; cover the costs of consultants or research assistants; or purchase permanent equipment such as computers, cameras, tape recorders, or laboratory apparatus.
 
The Society is particularly interested in supporting the work of young scholars who have recently received the doctorate. American citizens and residents of the United States may use their Franklin awards at home or abroad.



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Digital Resources Program
OSP Deadline: September 24, 2016
Deadline: October 1, 2016
Award Amount: unspecified; recent grants range from $25,000 to $100,000

The Digital Resources Program is intended to foster new forms of research and collaboration and new approaches to teaching and learning. Support will also be offered for the digitization of important visual resources (especially art history photographic archives) in the area of pre-modern European art history; of primary textual sources (especially the literary and documentary sources of European art history); for promising initiatives in online publishing; and for innovative experiments in the field of digital art history.
 
This grant program does not typically support the digitization of museum object collections.



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Conservation
OSP Deadline: September 24, 2016
Deadline: October 1, 2016
Award Amount: unspecified; recent grants range from $10,000 to $21,000

The Conservation Program supports the professional practice of art conservation, especially as it relates to European art of the pre-modern era. Grants are awarded to projects that create and disseminate specialized knowledge, including archival projects, development and dissemination of scholarly databases, documentation projects, exhibitions and publications focusing on art conservation, scholarly publications, and technical and scientific studies. 
 
Grants are also awarded for activities that permit conservators and conservation scientists to share their expertise with both professional colleagues and a broad audience.
 
Support for conservation treatments is generally limited to works from the distributed Kress Collection, and is coordinated through the Kress Program in Paintings Conservation at the Conservation Center of the New York University Institute of Fine Arts.



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History of Art
OSP Deadline: September 24, 2016
Deadline: October 1, 2016
Award Amount: unspecified; recent grants range from $6,000 to $20,000

The History of Art Grants Program supports scholarly projects that will enhance the understanding and appreciation of European art and architecture. Grants are awarded to projects that create and disseminate specialized knowledge, including archival projects, development and dissemination of scholarly databases, documentation projects, museum exhibitions and publications, photographic campaigns, scholarly catalogues and publications, and technical and scientific studies.
 
Grants are also awarded for activities that permit art historians to share their expertise through international exchanges, professional meetings, conferences, symposia, consultations, the presentation of research, and other professional events.



Grammy
Research Grants
OSP Deadline: September 24, 2016
Letter of Inquiry Deadline [required]: October 1, 2016
Award Amount: up to $20,000

The GRAMMY Foundation awards grants to organizations and individuals in North America to support efforts in research that study the links between music and early childhood education, treatments for illnesses and injuries common to musicians, and the impact of music therapy on populations from infants to the elderly. 
 
Grants also support efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the music and recorded sound heritage of North America. 



Cornell
Fellowships 2017-2018
Deadline: October 1, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: $50,000
Tenure: one academic year

The Society for the Humanities at Cornell University seeks interdisciplinary research projects for residencies in 2017-2018 that reflect on the theme of corruption. The Society is looking for scholarly approaches that seek to trace the consequences of corruption for humanistic and artistic thinking and practice, whether from philosophical, aesthetic, political, ecological, religious, legal, psychoanalytical or cultural perspectives.

Applicants must have one or more years of teaching experience, which may include teaching as a graduate student.



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Fellowship
Deadline: October 1, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: The Center tries to ensure that the fellowship award, when combined with the recipient's other sources of income (e.g. other grants and sabbatical allowances), approximates an individual's current level of income
Tenure: 4 to 9 months

Through an international competition, the Center offers residential fellowships for scholars, practitioners, journalists and public intellectuals. Fellows conduct research and write in their areas of interest, while interacting with policymakers in Washington, Wilson Center staff, and other scholars in residence. The Center accepts policy-relevant, non-advocacy fellowship proposals that address key challenges confronting the United States and the world.

Citizens or permanent residents from any country may apply (applicants from countries outside the United States must hold a valid passport and be able to obtain a J-1 visa even if they are currently in the United States).



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Title VIII Research Scholar Program & Title VIII Combined Research and Language Training Program
Deadline: October 1, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: $5,000 to $25,000
Tenure: 3 to 8 months

With funds from the U.S. Department of State (Title VIII), American Councils administers several major grants for independent, overseas policy relevant research in the humanities and social sciences as well as language training. 

In recent years, American Councils scholars have conducted independent research in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, and Ukraine.



Smithsonian
Fellowships
Deadline: varies (October 2016 through July 2017)
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: fellowship stipends vary across programs; generally, scholars receive $48,000 per year
Tenure: various

The Smithsonian Institution offers a wide range of research opportunities and fellowships across its various units (Natural History Museum, Smithsonian Libraries, American Art Museum, etc.). To learn more about each fellowship opportunity, please review their list of current programs. 



Fellowship
Deadline: September 30, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: up to $70,000
Tenure: one academic year

The Cullman Center's Selection Committee awards up to 15 fellowships a year to outstanding scholars and writers--academics, independent scholars, journalists, and creative writers. Foreign nationals conversant in English are welcome to apply. Fellows work at the Center for the duration of the fellowship term, which runs from September through May.

Candidates who need to work primarily in The New York Public Library's other research libraries (The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and the Science, Industry and Business Library) are not eligible for this fellowship.



Fellowship
Deadline: September 30, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: round-trip airfare, room and partial board + $5,000 per month
Tenure: one or two semesters

The American Academy offers residential fellowships to emerging as well as established scholars, writers, and professionals who wish to engage in independent study in Berlin. Past Berlin Prize recipients have included historians, economists, poets, art historians, journalists, legal scholars, anthropologists, musicologists, public policy experts, and writers, among others. The Academy does not accept project proposals in mathematics and the hard sciences.

Candidates should explain how their projects will benefit from a residency in Berlin, but they do not need to be working on German topics. U.S. citizenship is not required.



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Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowships
Deadline: September 30, 2016 and/or March 30, 2017 (see below)
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: € 3,000 per month
Tenure: 3 to 10 months

Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowships provide a framework for established academics with an international reputation to pursue their research at the EUI in Florence, Italy. The EUI accepts applications for positions within specific departments:
  • The Department of Economics considers applications for the 30 March and the 30 September deadline;
  • The Department of Law considers applications only for the 30 March deadline;
  • The Department of History and Civilization considers applications only for the 30 September deadline for fellowships during the following academic year (September to June);
  • The Department of Political and Social Sciences considers applications only for the 30 September deadline.The next deadline (30 September 2016) is for fellowships during the calendar year 2018.
Candidates of all nationalities are eligible.



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Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
OSP Deadline: September 23, 2016
Deadline: September 30, 2016
Award Amount: up to £40,000 for up to two years (Curatorial); up to £3,000 (Publications, Author & Educational Programme); up to £7,000 (Publications, Publisher); up to £40,000 (Digital Project Grants)

Curatorial Research Grants are awarded to institutions, galleries or museums to help towards the costs of appointing a Research Curator to undertake research for a specific project, including but not limited to: research towards an exhibition or installation of British art or architectural history, or related topic; a cataloguing project on part of a collection or archive which will result in a printed or online catalogue; or an online exhibition or curation of a digital project relating to British art or architectural history, or related topic.

Publications Grants (Author) are awarded to authors or editors for expenditure they incur personally for illustrations/images for their publication.

Publications Grants (Publisher) are awarded to publishers or institutions to help towards the costs incurred in producing works of scholarship in print or in other media. Grants are intended to make possible publications which would otherwise not appear or which would appear in reduced specification.

Education Programme Grants help support educational programmes in the field of British art or architectural history. Educational programmes eligible for awards include lectures, conferences, symposia and seminars for scholars or provided at a scholarly level for the general public.

Digital Project Grants are awarded to institutions to help support a curator or research scholar undertaking a digital research project or research which will lead to a digital or online project. They are intended to stimulate new modes of research, collaboration, and the dissemination of scholarship.


Deadline: September 28, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: $35,000 (Assistant Professors); $45,000 (Associate); and $75,000 (full Professor)
Tenure: 6 to 12 months

The ACLS Fellowship program invites research applications in all disciplines of the humanities and related social sciences. 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.

Fellowships are portable and are tenable at the fellow's home institution, abroad, or at another appropriate site for research. A Fellowship may be held concurrently with other fellowships and grants and any sabbatical pay, up to an amount equal to the candidate's current academic year salary. 

Eligible applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and must have a PhD that was conferred at least two years before the application deadline.



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Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars
Deadline: September 28, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: $95,000 + up to $7,500 for research costs and up to $3,000 for relocation
Tenure: one academic year

These fellowships support long-term, unusually ambitious projects in the humanities and related social sciences. The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant.

The first set of Burkhardt Fellowships support an academic year (nine months) of residence at any one of the 13 participating residential research centers, and are open to faculty at any degree-granting academic institution in the United States. An additional set of Burkhardt Fellowships are designated specifically for liberal arts college faculty.



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Collaborative Research Fellowships
Deadline: September 28, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: up to $201,000
Tenure: up to 24 months

Collaborative Research Fellowships support small teams of two or more scholars collaborating intensively on a single, substantive project in the humanities and related social sciences. The goal of the project should be a tangible research product (such as joint print or web publications) for which at least two collaborators will take credit.

Collaborator's research leaves may be taken during any semester or year within the overall award period, and leaves need not be concurrent. Collaborations among untenured faculty members or that involve untenured faculty are particularly encouraged.


Deadline to request institutional endorsement from Harvard: early September
Deadline: September 21, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: $70,000 per year (taxable) for two years

The objective of the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program is to attract and retain top-tier postdoctoral talent, both nationally and internationally, to develop their leadership potential and to position them for success as research leaders of tomorrow, positively contributing to Canada's economic, social and research-based growth through a research-intensive career.
 
Eligible candidates (for Harvard to host) must fulfill all degree requirements for a PhD or equivalent between September 24, 2013 and August 15, 2016 and must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada who have obtained or will obtain their PhD or equivalent from a Canadian university.
 
Applications are accepted from all fields in the humanities, social sciences, health research, natural sciences and engineering; the sponsor especially encourages applications from candidates in the humanities and social sciences.
 
Postdoctoral scholars who wish to apply for a fellowship (where Harvard acts as host) must acquire an institutional letter of endorsement signed by the Vice Provost for Research to include with their application. Please contact Erin Cromack if you intend to submit an application.


The Hodder Fellowship
Deadline: September 19, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: $80,000
Tenure: 10 months

The Hodder Fellowship will be given to artists and writers of exceptional promise to pursue independent projects at Princeton University during the academic year. Potential Hodder Fellows are writers, composers, choreographers, visual artists, performance artists, or other kinds of artists or humanists who have "much more than ordinary intellectual and literary gifts"; they are selected more "for promise than for performance." 

Given the strength of the applicant pool, most successful Fellows have published a first book or have similar achievements in their own fields. One need not be a U.S. citizen to apply.



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Fellowships to Assist Research and Artistic Creation
Deadline: September 19, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: Grant amounts vary, and the foundation does not guarantee it will fully fund any project; award duration spans from 6 to 12 months

The foundation offers fellowships to further the development of scholars and artists by assisting them to engage in research in any area of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible conditions. The Foundation provides fellowships across all fields, including the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and creative arts (except the performing arts). 

Often characterized as "midcareer" awards, Guggenheim Fellowships are intended for men and women who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.


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Transregional Research Junior Scholar Fellowship
Deadline: September 19, 2016
OSP review is not required for grants awarded directly to individuals
Award Amount: $20,000-$45,000 (InterAsian); 2,500 €/month (Global Summer)

The Social Science Research Council Transregional Research Program aims at promoting excellence in transregional research and interrogating boundaries that have long divided world geographies and academic communities.

In 2016, the SSRC will offer two separate fellowship competitions as part of its Transregional Research Program:
  • Transregional Research Junior Scholar Fellowship: InterAsian Contexts and Connections: these longer-term fellowships are designed to support junior scholars as they work on first or second projects and are to be disbursed flexibly over a sixteen-month period. Fellows can be affiliated anywhere, need not be full-time employed, and can use the funds for research or writing.
  • SSRC Global Summer Semester Residency at the University of Gottingen: a new short-term fellowship opportunity, these three-month residencies will take place during the 2017 summer semester at the University of Göttingen. Residencies are designed to support a small cohort of scholars who are working on projects that reflect the following research themes: Movements of Knowledge, Media, Migration, and the Moving Political, and Religious Networks.
For assistance, please contact:
Caitlin McDermott-Murphy
Research Development Officer

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