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Fellowships listed are taken from a post on the Tropics of Meta Blog. Deadlines, when given, were last checked in November-December 2014.

Dissertation Fellowships: Diversity

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The following scholarships are available to members of the American Historical Association, which funds them. AHA membership is required to view the pages, as well.

See also the AHA Grants and Fellowships page .

Dissertation Fellowships: Race and Gender Studies

Dissertation fellowships: early america(s)/colonial america(s), dissertation fellowships: other special topics and periods.

External Fellowships

Students are encouraged to work with the Office of Prestigious Fellowships , which connects students with opportunities and guides them through the process of applying for prestigious awards. The OPF specializes in providing feedback on application essay drafts and preparing for interviews with selection committees. Please email Anna Beskin to make an appointment.

American Antiquarian Society Various long-term and short-term fellowships are available.

American Academy of Arts and Sciences The Visiting Scholars Program provides residential fellowships for junior faculty members and postdoctoral scholars in the humanities and social sciences.

American Association of University Women (AAUW) Fellowships Dissertation and career development grants for women in graduate programs who have achieved distinction or show the promise of distinction in their fields. Deadlines vary.

American Heraldry Society - William Barton Graduate Scholarship Barton Scholarships support master's or doctoral students conducting research on heraldry (coats of arms, seals, badges and related symbols) within the United States and its territories and possessions. Eligible disciplines include, but are not limited to, history, literature, law, anthropology, sociology, political science/government, archaeology, art history, architecture and design, and communication studies. Award amount: Up to $1,500.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Dissertation Completion Fellowship Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships support a year of research and writing to help advanced graduate students in the humanities and related social sciences in the last year of Ph.D. dissertation writing. The program encourages timely completion of the Ph.D. Applicants must be prepared to complete their dissertations within the period of their fellowship tenure. Award amount: $30,000, plus funds for research costs of up to $3,000 and for university fees of up to $5,000.

Arnold L. Mitchem Dissertation Fellowship Program In 2002, Marquette established the Arnold L. Mitchem Dissertation Fellowship Program, intended to increase the presence of underrepresented ethnic groups in the professorate by supporting doctoral candidates in completing the final academic requirement, the dissertation. The fellowships provide two students from other U.S. universities with one year of financial support, including a stipend, fringe benefits, and research and travel funds. The fellows will be in residence at Marquette for an academic year, during which they will teach one course in their area of specialization while completing their dissertations. They will also participate in a formal mentoring program.

Birgit Baldwin Fellowship, Medieval Academy of America The Baldwin Fellowship provides a grant of $20,000 to support a graduate student in a North American university who is researching and writing a significant dissertation for the Ph.D. on any subject in French medieval history that can be realized only by sustained research in the archives and libraries of France. The fellowship helps defray research and living expenses for the equivalent of an academic year of study. It may be renewed for a second year upon demonstration of satisfactory progress. Because of the renewable nature of the fellowship, applications are solicited on a biannual basis. The fellowship recipient must devote full time to the dissertation project and may not hold any job or teaching position or work on another project during the term of the fellowship. Applicants must be members of the Medieval Academy. Award amount: $20,000.

Carl H. Pforzheimer, Jr., Research Grants (Keats-Shelley Association) Pforzheimer Grants are awarded each year to defray travel expenses incurred in pursuing archival and/or special-collections research related to British Romanticism and literary culture, 1789-1832. Preference is given to projects involving authors featured in the bibliography of the Keats-Shelley Journal, the Association’s annual publication. Advanced graduate students, untenured faculty, and independent scholars working outside the academy are eligible.

Charlotte Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships For 12 months of full-time dissertation research and writing on ethical or religious values.

Children's Literature Association - Hannah Beiter Graduate Student Research Grants Beiter Grants are awarded for research in children's literature criticism. Funds are not intended as income to assist in the completion of a graduate degree (e.g., applied to tuition), but as support for research that may be related to the dissertation or master's thesis. The award may be used to purchase supplies and materials (e.g., books, videos, equipment), as research support (photocopying, etc.) or to underwrite travel to special collections or libraries. Award amount: $500-1,500.

Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) Multi-Country Fellowship Program A variety of programs which support advanced regional or trans-regional research in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences for U.S. doctoral candidates. Preference will be given to candidates examining comparative and/or cross-regional research. Applicants are eligible to apply as individuals or in teams. Scholars must carry out research in two or more countries outside the United States, at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center.

Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship Liebmann Fellowships are awarded “to attract and support students with outstanding character and ability who hold promise for achievement and distinction in their chosen fields of study.” Candidates must be U.S. citizens with outstanding undergraduate records and demonstrated need for financial assistance. Eligible students include not only those in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, but also those in professional programs like law, medicine, engineering, and architecture. Fellowships provide fees and a living stipend, and are renewable for up to three years of total support. Award amount: Fellowships cover the cost of tuition and provide an annual $18,000 stipend for living expenses. Publication grants vary depending on magnitude of the publication.

Everett Helm Visiting Fellowships, Lilly Library The rare books, manuscripts, and special collections library at the University of Indiana, the Lilly Library, holds a bi-annual competition scholars interested in accessing their resources. Special strengths include British and American literature, children's literature, and Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. Award amount: $1500.

Ford Foundation Diversity Predoctoral and Dissertation Fellowships One year and three year fellowships for U.S. citizens or nationals who have demonstrated superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, show promise of future achievement as scholars and teachers, and are well prepared to use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. Award amount: $20,000.

Fulbright Study/Research Grants Applicants for study/research grants design their own projects and will typically work with advisers at foreign universities or other institutes of higher education. The study/research grants are available in approximately 140 countries. Program requirements vary by country.

Gaius Charles Bolin Dissertation and Post-MFA Fellowships, Williams College The Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowships at Williams College are designed to promote diversity on college faculties by encouraging students from underrepresented groups to complete a terminal graduate degree and to pursue careers in college teaching. The Bolin Fellowships are two-year residencies at Williams, and three scholars or artists are appointed each year. Fellows devote the bulk of the first year to the completion of dissertation work—or in the case of MFA applicants, building their professional portfolios—while also teaching one course as a faculty member in one of the College’s academic departments or programs. The second year of residency (ideally with degree in hand) is spent on academic career development while again teaching just one course. Award Amount: The annual stipend for the position is $50,000. The College will also provide health and dental benefits, relocation and housing assistance, academic support including office space and a computer, and an annual allowance of $4,000 for research-related expenses.

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center - Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowships for the Study of American Modernism Academic Fellowships support independent research in the humanities, and may also include cross-disciplinary topics, creative practice, and collaborations. The goal of the fellowship program is to foster new research, exploration, and dialogue about Georgia O’Keeffe and Modernism. Projects that utilize the collections and research materials of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum will be given priority.

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Long-term and short-term research and study grants available for M.A., Ph.D., and postdoc research.

Getty Predoctoral Fellowships Predoctoral Fellowships provide support for emerging scholars to complete work on projects related to the Getty Research Institute’s annual theme. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute, where they pursue research to complete their dissertations or to expand them for publication. There may also be opportunities to work on collaborative research projects. Fellows make use of the Getty collections, join in a weekly meeting devoted to the annual theme, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty Center. Award amount: $25,000.

Harry Frank Guggenheim Dissertation Fellowship These grants are made to PhD candidates who are entering the dissertation stage of graduate school. Usually, this means that fieldwork or other research is complete and writing has begun. Questions that interest the foundation concern violence and aggression in relation to social change, intergroup conflict, war, terrorism, crime, and family relationships, among other subjects. Priority will also be given to areas and methodologies not receiving adequate attention and support from other funding sources. Award amount: $20,000.

Harry Ransom Center Research Fellowships in the Humanities The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas offers dissertation fellowships to doctoral students with an interest in its rare books, manuscripts, and special collections. Strengths include women's studies, American and British literature, and the history of the book. Award amount: $1500.

Harvard College Houghton Library Research Fellowships Houghton Library is the principal rare book and manuscript library of Harvard College. The Library's holdings are particularly strong in the following areas: European, English, American, and South American literature, including the country's pre-eminent collection of American literary manuscripts; philosophy; religion; history of science; music; printing and graphic arts; dance; and theatre. Fellows will also have access to collections in Widener Library as well as to other libraries at the University. Preference is given to scholars whose research is closely based on materials in Houghton collections, especially when those materials are unique. Fellowships are normally not granted to scholars who live within commuting distance of the library. Award amount: $3,600.

Helen Ann Mins Robbins Residential Fellowship for Women Conducting Dissertation Research in Medieval Studies This residential Fellowship is for a woman working on a dissertation in medieval studies. The research must make use of the Rossel Hope Robbins Library holdings in medieval English literature and medieval British history and culture and in the relations between England and France in the Middle Ages. This includes but not limited to Chaucer, the Middle English lyric, medieval romance, and general Old and Middle English literature. The Fellowship is for up to 12 months. Award amount: $20,000 stipend.

Henry Belin du Pont Dissertation Fellowships Henry Belin du Pont Dissertation Fellowships are designed for graduate students who have completed all course work for the doctoral degree and are conducting research on their dissertation. We invite applications from Ph.D. candidates whose research on important historical questions would benefit from use of Hagley's research collections. Applications should demonstrate superior intellectual quality, present a persuasive methodology for the project, and show that there are significant research materials at Hagley pertinent to the dissertation. Use of Hagley's collections may take place prior to application for the dissertation fellowship. Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to consult with Hagley staff prior to submitting their dossier. This is a residential fellowship with a term of four months. Award amount: $6,500, free housing on Hagley's grounds, use of a computer, mail and internet access, and an office.

Henry Belin du Pont Research Grants These grants are intended to support serious scholarly work that makes use of Hagley's research collections and expands on prior scholarship. Research grants are awarded for the length of time needed to make use of Hagley collections for a specific project. Award amount: Stipends are for a maximum of eight weeks and are pro-rated at $400/week for recipients who reside more than 50 miles from Hagley, and $200/week for those within 50 miles.

Horatio Alger Fellowship for the Study of American Popular Culture The University Libraries, Northern Illinois University, invite applications for the Horatio Alger Fellowship for the Study of American Popular Culture. Funding is available to scholars who will be using materials from the Libraries’ major holdings in American popular culture. These holdings include the Albert Johannsen Collection of more than 50,000 dime novels, and the nation’s preeminent collections related to Horatio Alger, Jr., and Edward Stratemeyer. Many other authors are represented. Topics which could draw on the collections’ strengths might include the plight of urban children, image of the American West in popular literature, widespread use of pseudonyms, and stereotypical portrayals. Preference will be given to applicants who signify an interest in conducting research related to Horatio Alger, Jr. Award amount: $2000.

Huntington Library Fellowships Various short and long-term awards are available.

Institute of Historical Research Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in the Humanities The Institute of Historical Research offers fellowships funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for both pre-dissertation and dissertation research in the humanities using original sources. The purposes of this fellowship program are to: help doctoral candidates in the humanities who may otherwise not have opportunities or encouragement to work with original source materials in the United Kingdom; help doctoral candidates in the humanities to deepen their ability to develop knowledge from original sources; provide insight from the viewpoint of doctoral candidates into how scholarly resources can be developed most helpfully in the future.

International Dissertation Research Fellowship The Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship offers nine to twelve months of support to graduate students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who are enrolled in Ph.D. programs in the United States and conducting dissertation research on non-US topics. Eighty fellowships are awarded annually. The program invites proposals for dissertation research conducted, in whole or in part, outside the United States. It will consider applications for dissertation research grounded in a single site, informed by broader cross-regional and interdisciplinary perspectives, as well as applications for multi-sited, comparative, and transregional research. Proposals that identify the United States as a case for comparative inquiry are welcome; however, proposals that focus predominantly or exclusively on the United States are not eligible. Award amount: Averages $20,000.

Japanese Studies Fellowship Program This program provides support to outstanding scholars in the field by offering the opportunity to doctoral candidates in the humanities or social sciences who have achieved ABD status by the time the fellowship begins to conduct research in Japan for four to twelve months. Applicants must be proficient in either Japanese or English, and in principle must be able to stay continuously in Japan for the term of Fellowship. Award amount: Approximately $7,000 plus airfare and various other reimbursements.

Josephine De Karman Fellowship DeKarman fellowships are open to students in any discipline, including international students, who are currently enrolled in a university or college located within the United States.

Laura Bassi Scholarship The Laura Bassi Scholarship, which awards a total of $8,000 thrice per annum, was established by Editing Press in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study, broadly construed. The scholarships are open to every discipline and are awarded three times per year, in December, April, and August. Applicants are generally notified within 3-4 weeks of the application deadline, with scholarships awarded in the following amounts: Master’s candidates, $750; Doctoral candidates: $2,500; Junior scholars: $500.

Lewis Walpole Library (Yale) The Library offers short-term residential fellowships and travel grants to support research in the Library's rich collections of eighteenth-century (mainly British) materials, including important holdings of prints, drawings, manuscripts, rare books and paintings, as well as a growing collection of sources for the study of New England Native Americans. Fellows also have access to additional resources at Yale, including those in the Sterling Memorial Library, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the Yale Center for British Art.

Library Company of Philadelphia Various short-term, long-term, and postdoctoral fellowships available.

Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship Kenyon College offers the Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship for scholars in the final stages of their doctoral work who need only to finish the dissertation to complete requirements for the Ph.D. In the past, fellowships have been awarded in: African and African American Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Art History, Biology, English, History, Math, Modern Languages and Literatures (Spanish), Music, Religious Studies and Sociology. The Fellow is expected to write the dissertation and to teach one course each semester, usually in the Fellow's general research area. Fellows are also expected to offer a college lecture or departmental seminar on the dissertation topic at some point during the academic year in residence. Kenyon College assumes that the Fellow will participate in the intellectual life of his/her home department, as well as in the broader cultural life of the College. Our primary expectation, however, and the main focus of this fellowship, is the completion of the dissertation. Award amount: Kenyon will provide a stipend of $32,500, plus health benefits, housing, and a small moving allowance. The College will also provide an allowance to cover travel to conferences or for consultation with the dissertation director. Kenyon will assist the Fellow in finding college housing. The Fellow will be provided an office, a networked computer, and secretarial support services.

Mary McEwen Schimke Scholarship This is a supplemental award to provide relief from household and child care expenses while pursuing graduate study. The award is made on the basis of scholarly expectation and identified need. The candidate must be over 30 years of age, currently engaged in graduate study in literature and/or history. Preference is given to American studies. Award amount: up to $1,500.

McNeil Center for Early American Studies Dissertation Fellowship Program Since 1978, more than 200 advanced graduate students from dozens of universities across North America and Europe have received dissertation fellowships from the McNeil Center. While no teaching is required for most fellowships, all McNeil Center fellows are expected to be in residence in Philadelphia during the academic year and to participate regularly in the Center's program of seminars and other activities. Fellowships include: MCEAS Barra Dissertation Fellowships are open to candidates from any discipline working on a topic within the McNeil Center's area of interest. The Barra Foundation Fellowship supports research related to art or material culture. Friends of the MCEAS Fellowships support research dealing with Philadelphia or the Mid-Atlantic region. MCEAS Consortium Fellowships are reserved for candidates from research universities that are members of the McNeil Center Consortium. (Fordham is a member.) The Richard S. Dunn Fellowship acknowledges excellence in Early American Studies. The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Fellowship in Early American Religious Studies is open to candidates in any discipline researching any aspect of religion in North America and the Atlantic world before 1850. The Monticello-McNeil Fellowship, co-sponsored by the McNeil Center and the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello, facilitates scholarship on Thomas Jefferson and his times. Holders of this fellowship spend a portion of their fellowship term at the ICJS in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is pleased to offer fellowships funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for dissertation research in the humanities in original sources. The purposes of this fellowship program are to help junior scholars in the humanities and related social-science fields gain skill and creativity in developing knowledge from original sources; enable dissertation writers to do research wherever relevant sources may be, rather than just where financial support is available; encourage more extensive and innovative uses of original sources in libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and related repositories in the U.S. and abroad; and provide insight from the viewpoint of doctoral candidates into how scholarly resources can be developed for access most helpfully in the future. Award amount: up to $25,000.

Newberry Library - Dissertation and Postdoctoral Research Fellowships Newberry Library Fellowships (various long-term and short-term available) enable scholars to work on projects related to the Newberry Library's collections. The Newberry collections include: European discovery, exploration, and settlement of the Americas; The American West; Local history, family history, and genealogy; Literature and history of the Midwest, especially the Chicago Renaissance; Native American histories and literatures; The Renaissance; French Revolutionary Era; Portuguese and Brazilian history; British literature and history; History of cartography; History and theory of music; History of printing; and Early philology and linguistics. Fellowships are for four to twelve months.

Pre-Doctoral Fellowships for Excellence through Diversity The University of Pennsylvania offers awards designed to provide mentorship and access to Penn’s resources for doctoral students in the humanities or social sciences, enrolled in graduate or professional programs at universities other than Penn, as they complete their dissertations. These residential Fellowships support graduate students in the final stages of dissertation research or writing at Penn for an academic year, normally September through August. Each scholar will be selected and hosted by a department or school and assigned a faculty mentor. Recipients will be in the stage of either advanced dissertation research or writing. Award amount: $30,000, health insurance, library privileges, moving expenses and a $3,000 research and travel fund.

Pre-Doctoral Residential Research Fellowship, The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies at the University of Virginia The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies at the University of Virginia invites scholars whose work focuses on Africa and/or the African Diaspora to apply for a two-year predoctoral research fellowship. The predoctoral fellow must be in residence at the University of Virginia for the duration of the award period. Fellows are expected to make periodic presentations of their work to the Woodson fellows and the larger academic community. Award amount: $20,000.

Princeton Library Research Grants The Friends of the Princeton Library award short-term research grants in order to facilitate scholars who have a special need for their collections. They are particularly interested in applications that make use of their unique and rare materials. The library's special strength's include children's literature, graphic arts, Medieval, Renaissance, and modern manuscripts, and Western Americana.

Rockefeller Archive Center, Grants-In-Aid For Research The Rockefeller Archive Center offers a competitive research stipend program that provides individuals (not institutions) up to $5,000 for reimbursement of travel and accommodation expenses. The stipend can only be used to facilitate research at the RAC, not for research at other archival repositories or for tuition support. Applications are reviewed by an independent committee that considers an applicant’s topic and the availability of relevant archival materials at the RAC. Anyone can apply for a research stipend, regardless of country of origin. Please be aware that certain U.S Government requirements may apply to non-U.S. citizens.

Rome Prize Fellowship, American Academy in Rome Each year, the coveted Rome Prize is awarded to thirty emerging artists and scholars in the early or middle stages of their careers who represent the highest standard of excellence in the arts and humanities. Prize recipients are invited to Rome for six months or eleven months to immerse themselves in the Academy community where they will enjoy a once in a lifetime opportunity to expand their own professional, artistic, or scholarly pursuits, drawing on their colleagues' erudition and experience and on the inestimable resources that Italy, Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Academy have to offer. Fellows are encouraged to work collegially within and across disciplines in pursuit of their individual artistic and scholarly goals. Award amount: $12,500 for 6-month fellowship; $25,000 for 11-month fellowship.

Schallek Fellowship, Medieval Academy of America The fellowship supports an advanced graduate student who is writing a Ph.D. dissertation in any relevant discipline dealing with late-medieval Britain (ca. 1350-1500). The $30,000 fellowship helps defray research and living expenses for the equivalent of an academic year of study. The fellowship recipient must devote full time to the dissertation project and may not hold any job or teaching position or work on another project during the term of the fellowship. Applicants must be graduate students whose dissertation proposals have been approved by their dissertation committees. Award amount: $30,000.

The Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship The Spencer Foundation offers dissertation fellowships in support of projects bringing “fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world.” Award amount: $27,500.

U.S. Memorial Holocaust Museum - Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies - Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowships Residential fellowships support Ph.D. candidates working on their dissertations, postdoctoral researchers, and senior scholars in all relevant academic disciplines including history, political science, literature, Jewish studies, philosophy, religion, sociology, anthropology, comparative genocide studies, law, and others. Fellows at the Center in Washington, D.C., have access to research resources including more than 60 million pages of Holocaust-related archival documentation; the Museum’s extensive library; oral history, film, photo, art, artifacts, and memoir collections; and a database on Holocaust survivors and victims. Fellowships are from 3 to 8 consecutive months of residency. Award amount: Up to $3,500 per month for non-Washington, D.C., area residents to defray local housing and other miscellaneous living expenses. One-time travel stipend for non-area residents for direct travel to/from Washington, D.C. Access to workspace, computer, telephone, fax, and photocopier.

Winterthur Dissertation Fellowships One or two semesters for doctoral candidates conducting dissertation research and writing. Award amount: $7,000 per semester.

Woodrow Wilson Foundation - Dissertation Completion Fellowships in Women's Studies Fellowships enable doctoral students to complete their dissertations on research about women that crosses disciplinary, regional, or cultural boundaries. The competition is for projects in the humanities and social sciences. Fellows may use the award for research-related travel, data work/collection, and supplies. Award amount: $5,000.

Yale University - American Indian Studies - Henry Roe Cloud Dissertation Writing Fellowship The Fellowship facilitates the completion of the doctorate by scholars working on pressing issues related to the American Indian experience. Scholars working on topics in Indigenous Studies that relate to the study of North American Indians are also encouraged to apply. The Fellowship is for one academic year.

Yale University Center for British Art - Visiting Pre-doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships The Center offers residential Fellowships to scholars undertaking research related to British art. The awards are for scholars in any discipline, including history, the history of art, literature, and other fields related to British visual and material culture, to study the Center’s collections of paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, rare books, and manuscripts, as well as primary and secondary reference materials. Award recipients are required to be in residence in New Haven and must be free of all other significant professional responsibilities during their stay. Fellowships are for 1-4 months.

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Dissertation Fellowships

American Academy in Rome Dissertation Fellowships (link is external)

The Academy offers 11-month and two-year pre-doctoral fellowships in Ancient Studies, Medieval Studies, Renaissance/Early Modern Studies, and Modern Italian Studies. Pre-doctoral fellowships are meant to provide scholars with the necessary time to research and complete their doctoral dissertations.

American Council of Learned Societies (link is external)

Dissertation fellowships of up to $25,000 for writing dissertations in Southeast European Studies. Also provides Southeast European language training grants.

Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (link is external) The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences, and particularly to help Ph.D. candidates in these fields complete their dissertation work in a timely manner.

Council on Library and Information Resources (link is external) The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is pleased to offer fellowships generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for dissertation research in the humanities in original sources. The program offers about fifteen competitively awarded fellowships a year. Each provides a stipend of $2,000 per month for periods ranging from nine to 12 months. Each fellow will receive an additional $1,000 upon participating in a symposium on research in original sources and submitting a report acceptable to CLIR on the research experience. Thus the maximum award will be $25,000.

DePauw University Consortium for Faculty Diversity in Liberal Arts Colleges (link is external) The Consortium invites applications for dissertation fellowships and post-doctoral fellowships from U.S. citizens or permanent residents who will contribute to increasing the diversity of member colleges by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, maximizing the educational benefits of diversity and/or increasing the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of students.

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) (link is external) This program provides academic year and summer fellowships to institutions of higher education to assist graduate students in foreign language and either area or international studies. Students can use the Summer FLAS internationally or domestically. Apply through UC Berkeley.

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (link is external) Provides grants to colleges and universities to fund individual doctoral students to conduct research in other countries in modern foreign languages and area studies for periods of six to 12 months. Proposals focusing on Western Europe are not eligible.

Gaius Charles Bolin Dissertation Fellowship (link is external) The Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowships at Williams College are designed to promote diversity on college faculties by encouraging students from underrepresented groups to complete a terminal graduate degree and to pursue careers in college teaching.

Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Dissertation Fellowships - Now HFG Emerging Scholars Awarded to scholars whose work can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world. Particular questions that interest the foundation concern violence, aggression, and dominance in relation to social change, the socialization of children, intergroup conflict, drug trafficking and use, family relationships, and investigations of the control of aggression and violence.

Huntington Library Fellowships (link is external) Short-term residencies (up to $2300/month) at the library are available for Ph.D. students at the dissertation stage.

IHR Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in the Humanities (link is external) $5,000 for pre-doctoral fellows and $25,000 for doctoral fellows will be awarded for archival history research in the United Kingdom.

International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) (link is external) The International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) offers nine to 12 months of support to graduate students in the humanities and social sciences who are enrolled in doctoral programs in the United States and conducting dissertation research outside of the United States. IDRF promotes research that is situated in a specific discipline and geographical region but is also informed by interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives.

Mabelle McLeod Lewis Fellowships (link is external) Provides grants to advanced doctoral candidates in the humanities for completion of a scholarly dissertation project on which significant progress has already been made.

National Gallery of Art Dissertation Fellowships (link is external) The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Artshosts an annual program of support for advanced graduate research in the history, theory, and criticism of art, architecture, and urbanism. Each of the nine fellowships have specific requirements and intents, including support for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation, for residency and travel during the period of dissertation research, and for post-doctoral research.

Samuel H. Kress Dissertation Fellowships in Art History (link is external) Competitive Kress Fellowships administered by the Kress Foundation are awarded to art historians and art conservators in the final stages of their preparation for professional careers, as well as to art museum curators and educators.

Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowships (link is external) Offers approximately 30 fellowships of $20,000 to support dissertations bringing "fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world."

Soroptimist International Founder Region Women’s Fellowship (link is external) The mission of the Founder Region Fellowship is to advance the status of women. This will be accomplished through financial support to women in the last year of their doctoral degree. Competition is open to any outstanding graduate woman who is working toward a doctoral degree, preferably in the last year of study but permissibly during the last two years. She must be enrolled in a graduate school within Founder Region, Northern California.

Templeton Dissertation Fellowship at University of Notre Dame (link is external) “The Problem of Evil in Modern and Contemporary Thought.” The Center for Philosophy of Religion at University of Notre Dame invites doctoral candidates working in the areas of early modern philosophy of religion and/or theology to apply for a one-year fellowship. The program aims at encouraging Ph.D. students to pursue research in this area while in residence as dissertation fellows in the Center for Philosophy of Religion.

The Erksine A. Peters Dissertation Year Fellowship at Notre Dame (link is external) The Peters Fellowship will enable two outstanding African American doctoral candidates (at the ABD level) to devote their full energies to the completion of the dissertation, and to provide an opportunity for African American scholars at the beginning of their academic careers to experience life at a major Catholic research university. Administered by both the Office of the Provost and the Department of Africana Studies at the University of Notre Dame, the Peters Fellowship invites applications from African-American doctoral candidates in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and theological disciplines who have completed all degree requirements with the exception of the dissertation.

United States Institute of Peace Dissertation Fellowships (link is external) One-year stipend ($17,000) supports students who have completed all requirements for their degree, except the dissertation, by the start of the fellowship. Dissertation must advance the state of knowledge about international peace and conflict management.

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External Funding

American Council of Learned Societies

(ACLS): ACLS offers a select number of fellowships to graduate students at the dissertation level; notably, they currently offer the Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship and funds for Southeastern Europe studies.

American Historical Association (AHA) Research Grants

This page lists the graduate-level funding opportunities available through the AHA. Recipients must be AHA members, and preference is given to those who are at least in the advanced stages of their PhD program.

Charlotte Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

Available to individuals completing a dissertation related to religious or ethical values; specifically, this fellowship is available to students who have completed the research portion of their dissertation and have only the writing portion left to complete.

Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) Program

The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) program supports mid-stage graduate students in formulating effective doctoral dissertation research proposals that contribute to the development of interdisciplinary fields of study in the humanities and social sciences. Intended to help emerging scholars make the transition from learners to producers of knowledge within innovative areas of inquiry, the fellowship creates a space for multidisciplinary faculty mentorship and opens unique opportunities for both interdisciplinary and international network building.

Awards for study and research overseas for doctoral students. The Office of International Studies provides guidance to WashU students in the Fulbright application process. For more information about the on-campus application process, please see http://penn.wustl.edu/~ias/grants.html#grants

Specifically funds students studying modern languages other than English or area studies for six to 12 months.

Grants and Contracts in Graduate Studies

Sponsored by NYU, this website lists grant opportunities in a variety of fields.

Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

This foundation offers dissertation fellowships. In particular, "questions that interest the foundation concern violence, aggression, and dominance in relation to social change, the socialization of children, intergroup conflict, interstate warfare, crime, family relationships, and investigations of the control of aggression and violence."

H-Net regularly updates its funding announcements; this page lists the most recently entered opportunity announcements. Check back regularly, or subscribe to the H-Net Announcements listserv, to identify new opportunities.

Institute for Humane Studies (HIS)

Offers annual fellowship awards for graduate students, as well as summer grants for graduate students to attend HIS seminars.

International Dissertation Research Fellowship

The International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) program supports distinguished graduate students in the humanities and social sciences conducting dissertation research outside the United States...The IDRF program is committed to scholarship that advances knowledge about non-U.S. cultures and societies grounded in empirical and site-specific research (involving fieldwork, research in archival or manuscript collections, or quantitative data collection). The program promotes research that is at once located in a specific discipline and geographical region and engaged with interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives.

John Carter Brown Library

Graduate students are eligible for short-term fellowships, which fund research at the library. The facility's holdings feature materials related to the colonial history of the Americas, North and South, including all aspects of the European, African, and Native American involvement.

Josephine de Karman Fellowship

Awarded to students who are in the final year of their dissertation preparation; no specific field is required to be considered for this fellowship.

Library of Congress

To explore the opportunities available through the Library of Congress, utilize their searchable database. The Library of Congress regularly offers fellowships, internships, and similar opportunities for graduate students.

Missouri State Archives - William E. Foley Research Fellowship

This fellowship provides up to $2,000 to help support the use of its public records in scholarly research. Any research project that utilizes the holdings of the Missouri State Archives and/or its St. Louis branch to further knowledge of state or national history is eligible for funding.

Newberry Library

The Newberry Library offers diverse fellowships, including long-term, short-term, and special awards. The link above is for the listing of fellowships in the Humanities.

Social Science Research Council

Supports field research for PhD students to use their knowledge of distinctive cultures, societies, languages, economies, polities, and histories, in combination with their disciplinary training, to address issues that transcend their disciplines or area specializations. The program supports scholarship that treats place and setting in relation to broader phenomena as well as in particular historical and cultural contexts.

American Institute of Maghrib Studies (AIMS)

The program offers grants to US scholars interested in conducting research on North Africa in any Maghrib country, specifically Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, or Mauritania. AIMS sponsors three Overseas Research Centers in the region in Oran, Tunis and Tangier and has other institutional affiliations that support AIMS scholars. AIMS only funds primary research conducted in the Maghrib.

Awards for study and research overseas for doctoral students. The Office of International Studies provides guidance to WashU students in the Fulbright application process. For more information about the on-campus application process, please see http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~overseas/grants.html#fullbright

NSEP David Boren Graduate Fellowship

Provides research funds to graduate students pursuing studies in areas considered critical to U.S. interests (currently includes Africa, Asia, Central and East Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, Caribbean, and the Middle East). Recipients are expected to work for select government agencies after completing their education.

American History

American Antiquarian Society

Funds dissertation and postdoctoral reserach with both short- and long-term fellowships; recipients use awards to conduct research at the Society's library in Worcester, Massachusetts.

American Philosophical Society

The Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research assists scholars conducting field studies. In particular, the organization encourages applications from disciplines with a large dependence on field studies, such as archaeology, anthropology, biology, ecology, geography, geology, linguistics, and paleontology, but grants will not be restricted to those fields.

Center for Military History Dissertation Fellowships

The Center for Military History (CMH) Dissertation Fellowships supports research on the history of warfare. Three fellowships are offered annually. One, funded by the National Museum of the U.S. Army, is designed to support dissertations that explore the material culture of the Army; the two others support research in the more general area of military history in all its many aspects. In your application, please specify if you wish to compete for the two general fellowships or for the Museum fellowship. These fellowships carry a $10,000 stipend and access to the Center's facilities and technical expertise.

Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History

For graduate students, dissertation fellowships are available to complete reserach at the Institute's facility in New York. Gilder Lehrman's holdings focus particularly on materials dealing with American history from 1760 to 1876.

International Center for Jefferson Studies

Offers multiple short- and long-term research awards in conjunction with centers such as the Gilder Lehrman Institute and the McNeil Center.

Library Company of Philadelphia

The Library Company, in conjunction with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, provides one-month fellowships for students who wish to utilize their facilities. Holdings at these facilities specialize in Early American history.

McNeil Center for Early American Studies

Funds dissertation-level students who research any aspect of North American or Caribbean history prior to 1850; special consideration is given to students who plan to utilize their facilities in Philadelphia.

Jefferson Scholars Foundation at UVA

One-year, dissertation-level awards for students pursuing research and writing in any of the fields named above. Recipients are expected to complete their dissertation at the end of the fellowship period. Residence on-site is encouraged during the fellowship term, but is not required.

Organization of American Historians (OAH) Huggins-Quarles Award

Makes awards to graduate students of color who are completing the dissertation stage of their program.

British History

Awards for study and research overseas for doctoral students. The Office of International Studies provides guidance to WashU students in the Fulbright application process. For more information about the on-campus application process, please see: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~overseas

Institute for Historical Research

Research fellowships provided by the Royal Historcal Society are available to applicants from any country.

North American Conference on British Studies

Offers two dissertation fellowships; the first is for students desiring to pursue research in the U.K. related to their field, while the second funds students using the Huntington Library in California.

Awards for study and research overseas for docotral students. The Office of International Studies provides guidance to WashU students in the Fulbright application process. For more information about the on-campus application process, please see: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~overseas

Specifically funds students studying modern languages other than English or area studies for 6-12 months.

Global Scholarship Program for Research Excellence - CNOOC grant, from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

The Programme supports junior faculty and PhD students of CUHK to undertake short-term research visits at a selected group of leading research institutions listed in the Programme Guidelines. In addition, it supports PhD students from those institutions to undertake short-term research attachments at CUHK.

Provides research funds to graduate students pursuing studies in areas considered critical to U.S. interests (currently includes Africa, Asia, Central and East Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East). Recipients are expected to work for select government agencies after completing their education.

Spencer Foundation

The Spencer Foundation awards a dissertation fellowship for students pursuing some aspect of education-related research. Potential applicants are encouraged to visit the organization's website to learn more about their specific areas of interest.

Germany and Europe

ACLS offers a select number of fellowships to graduate students at the dissertation level; notably, they currently offer the Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship and funds for Southeastern European studies.

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

This organization offers multiple awards for different purposes such as language study, summer research, and predoctoral research in Germany. Select "Applications" from the left-hand menu on the home page to go to an overview of awards for graduate and PhD-level students.

Awards for study and research overseas for docotral students. The Office of International Studies provides guidance to WashU students in the Fulbright application process. For more information about the on-campus application process, please see:Awards for study and research overseas for docotral students. The Office of International Studies provides guidance to WashU students in the Fulbright application process. For more information about the on-campus application process, please see: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~overseas

Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbuettel

Provides funding for students using the library's holdings. International students are eligible to apply.

Leo Baeck Institute for the Study of the History and Culture of German-Speaking Jewry

Awards several fellowships for German-Jewish studies, particularly for students wishing to utilize the Leo Baeck Institute's facility in New York.

History of Medicine and Science

Bakken Fellowships and Grants

Lists awards available for fields related to the history of medicine and science. Some awards are for specific disciplines.

Chemical Heritage Foundation Fellowship

Various awards related to the history of chemistry and chemical industries, as well as one fellowship for students studying the history of science, medicine, or technology.

Francis A. Countway Library Fellowship in the History of Medicine

Funds students pursuing research on the history of medicine at th Francis A. Countway Library. These are short-term grants that assist with covering the cost of travel, lodging, and other incidental funds.

Francis C. Wood Institute for the History of Medicine Resident Research Felowship

Short-term funds for students who wish to utilize the Wood Institute and/or the Historical Library at the College of Physicians in Philadelphia.

National Institute of Health (NIH)

Variety of funds related to science research; includes a searchable database of active and inactive funding opportunities.

National Science Foundation (NSF)

NSF funds are for students entering graduate school or applying during their first year of graduate studies. Although the majority of funds are granted to students in the sciences, students emphasizing history of science may also be eligible for awards.

Wellcome Trust Doctoral Studentship

Designed for students pursuing studies related to the hisotry of medicine and seeking to attend a program in the U.K., the Republic of Ireland, or the Netherlands. Students must have completed a master's program in order to be eligible.Latin America

Jewish History

American Center of Oriental Research

The American Center of Oriental Reseach offers a variety of fellowships for students in history and pther foelds; many awards are designed for students at the dissertation stage of their academic progress.

American Research Institute in Turkey

Funds research and language study for students wishing to study in Turkey. Research fellowships are available for dissertation-level and postdoctoral students; language awards are available to graduate students at all stages and provides funds for an 8-week program.

American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)

Assists scholars who study any period of Egyptian history and/or the near east.

Peace and Security

U.S. Institute of Peace

Dissertation fellowships for students pursuing research related to international conflict and peace.

Women's History

American Association of University Women (AAUW) Fellowships and Grants

AAUW offers a variety of fellowships and grants for women; for graduate students, fellowships are available for women completing the dissertation portion of their studies.

Mary Lily Research Grants (Duke University)

The Mary Lily Research Grants provide funding for individuals who wish to utilize the holdings at Duke University's Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.

Woodrow Wilson Foundation Dissertation Fellowships in Women's Studies

Designed for students pursuing a dissertation related to some aspect of women's studies; applicants must have completed pre-dissertation program requirements.

CMH Fellowships & Awards

In keeping with its mission, the Center of Military History seeks to stimulate interest in military history both in the Army and among the public by sponsoring a variety of professional appointments, fellowships, and awards.

Fellowship Programs : To encourage and support the production of dissertations in military history by qualified graduate students, the Center offers up to two Dissertation Fellowships each academic year. These fellowships carry an $10,000 stipend and access to the Center's facilities and technical expertise. Although the history of war on land is broadly defined in the fellowship program, the selection of winners gives preference to topics on the history of the U.S. Army.

Please send any questions about the fellowship program: [email protected]

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