Master List of Fellowship/Grant Deadlines
------
1. Fulbright New Century Scholars: The University as Innovation DriverAnd KnowledgeCenter
Deadline: November 15, 2008
Award Amount: $30,000
Each year about 30 outstanding research scholars and professionals from the U.S. and abroad are selected as Fulbright New Century Scholars. For 2008-2009, the research theme is "The University as Innovation Driver and KnowledgeCenter." The distinguished Leader for the 2009 New Century Scholar Program is Dr. Miranda Schreurs, Director of the Environmental Policy Research Center and Professor of Comparative Politics at the Free University of Berlin. Fellows selected as New Century Scholars will conduct individual research, make an international exchange visit of 3 months, and participate in a program of seminars and exchange to engage in collaborative, multidisciplinary examination of the research theme. The Program will begin in May 2009 and conclude in April 2010.
------
2.Visiting Fellowships at the Bibliotheque et Archives Nationales duQuebec
Deadline: November 15, 2008
The Bibliotheque et Archives Nationales du Quebec support short- and
Long-term residential stays with grants up to $5,000 to promote and support research on the library's heritage collections, which comprise documents published in Québec or relating to Québec, foreign books dating from before 1820 and collections of historical value (the Saint-Sulpice and Gagnon collections). Eligible fields of research would be history (including art history, the history of science, the history of ideas, and the history of printed works, collections, and libraries), literature, musicology, sociology, philosophy, anthropology, and any other field deemed relevant.
------
3. Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships in Jewish Studies
Deadline: December 12, 2008
Award Amount: $16,000
The Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Fund Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships in Jewish Studies are made for one academic year and are given for the final stages of completing a dissertation, typically in the fifth year of study. Applicants should be completed all doctoral requirements, except for the completion of their thesis, and must show evidence of being able to complete their thesis within the fellowship year.
------
4. Dubai Initiative/Women and Public Policy Program Fellowship
Deadline: December 15, 2008
Award Amount: $34,000
The Dubai Initiative and the Women and Public Policy Program of the Kennedy School of Government are pleased to announce a postdoctoral residential fellowship in the area of gender and the Middle East. The fellowship will be awarded to an outstanding scholar conducting research with a particular focus on gender and the Middle East in any of the following areas: evolving issues of governance; U.S. foreign policy; security studies; economic policy; energy policy; innovations in governance; e-government; and government performance. This fellow must hold a Ph.D. by September 2009.
------
5. The Institute of Historical Research (IHR) Mellon Fellowships in the Humanities
Deadline: January 16, 2009
Award Amount: $5,000
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 programme 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.
------
6. Multi-Country Research Fellowship in Humanities, Social Sciences or Allied Natural Sciences
Deadline: January 16, 2009
Award amount: $9,000
The Council of American Overseas Research Center’s (CAORC) Multi-Country Fellowship Program supports advanced regional or trans-regional research in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences for U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. Preference will be given to candidates examining comparative and/or cross-regional research. Applicants are eligible to apply as individuals or in teams.
------
7. Harry S. Truman Dissertation Year Fellowship
Deadline: February 1, 2009
Award Amount: $16,000
Grants will be given to support graduate students working on some aspect of the life and career of Harry S. Truman or of the public and foreign policy issues which were prominent during the Truman years. One or two dissertation year fellowships will normally be awarded each year. Preference will be given to projects based on extensive research at the Truman Library.
------
8.Library Science and/or Information Studies: Student Diversity Award
Deadline: March 1, 2009
Award Amount: $750
Eligibility: Students from a traditionally under-represented group who are currently enrolled in an accredited graduate program in Library Studies and/or Information Studies or have recently graduated (within 12 mos. of graduation) Purpose: To encourage multicultural students considering a career in art librarianship or visual resources to participate in the activities of ARLIS/NA.
------
9. Ethics in Public Communication Grants
Deadline: March 6, 2009
Award Amount: $1,000-$25,000
The ArthurPageCenter for Integrity in Public Communications at PennsylvaniaStateUniversity’s College of Communications, will administer these grants. Grants will be given to scholars and professionals in all career stages to study ethics in public communications. Editors, journalists, public relations professionals, researchers, and scholars may apply. Doctoral candidates who have completed their coursework and exams and are at the dissertation-writing stage during the year of the award are also eligible.
------
10. Entrepreneur Research: Kauffman Junior Faculty Fellowships
Deadline: Application submitted Online by noon on March 9, 2009
Award amount: $50,000 payable over two years
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2009-2010 Kauffman Junior Faculty Fellowship in Entrepreneurship Research. The Kauffman Foundation established the annual Kauffman Junior Faculty Fellowship in Entrepreneurship Research in 2008 to recognize tenured or tenure-track junior faculty members at accredited U.S. universities who are beginning to establish a record of scholarship and exhibit the potential to make significant contributions to the body of research in the field of entrepreneurship. The Kauffman Foundation awards up to five fellowships per year to junior faculty members from universities across the United States.
------
11. John F. Kennedy Library Foundation Fellowships: Foreign Intelligence/ Presidency or a Related Field
Deadline: March 15, 2009
Award Amount: $2,500
Scholars are invited by the Kennedy Library to apply for the Marjorie Kovler Research Fellowship. This fellowship is administered by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation from funds provided by the Marjorie Blum Kovler Foundation, one of Chicago's most prominent philanthropic organizations. The fellowship is intended to support a scholar in the production of a substantial work in the area of foreign intelligence and the presidency or a related topic. The successful candidate will develop at least a portion of her or his work from original research in archival materials from the collections of the Kennedy Library.
------
12. John F. Kennedy Library Foundation Fellowships: Immigration, Naturalization, or Refugee Policy
Deadline: March 15, 2009
Award Amount: $3,100
Scholars are invited to apply for the Abba P. Schwartz Research Fellowship. This fellowship is administered by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation from funds provided by the family, friends, and colleagues of Abba Schwartz. Mr. Schwartz served in the Kennedy Administration as Assistant Secretary of State for Security and Consular Affairs. The fellowship is intended to support a scholar in the production of a substantial research work in the areas of immigration, naturalization, or refugee policy.
------
13. John F. Kennedy Library Foundation Fellowship: Domestic Policy, Political Journalism, Polling, Press Relations or a Related Topic
Deadline: March 15, 2009
Award Amount: $3,600
Scholars are invited to apply for the Theodore C. Sorensen Research Fellowship. This fellowship is administered by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation from funds provided by Mr. Sorensen, who headed John F. Kennedy's staff during his eight years as a senator and served as his Special Counsel during his three years as president. It is intended to support a scholar in the production of a substantial work in the areas of domestic policy, political journalism, polling, press relations or a related topic. The successful candidate will develop at least a portion of her or his work from original research in archival materials from the collections of the Kennedy Library.
------
14. Gerald R. Ford Library FoundationResearch Travel Grants
Deadline: March 15, 2009, September 15, 2009
Award amount; $2,000
The Gerald R. Ford Foundation awards grants of up to $2,000 each in support of research in the holdings of the Gerald R. Ford Library. A grant defrays travel, living, and photocopy expenses of a research trip to the Ford Library. Overseas applicants are welcome to apply, but they will be responsible for the costs of travel between their home country and North America. The grants only cover travel within North America. Library collections focus on Federal policies, U.S. foreign relations, and national politics in the 1960s and 1970s. There are earlier and later materials depending upon your topic
------
15. Graduate Assistance: Science, Computer and Information Sciences, Engineering, Math, and Nursing
Deadline: March 16, 2009
Award amount: $128,628-$214,380
This program provides fellowships, through academic departments and programs of Institutes of Higher Education (IHEs), to assist graduate students with excellent records who demonstrate financial need and plan to pursue the highest degree available in their course study at the institution in a field designated as an area of national need. A project must provide fellowships in one or more of the following areas of national need: biology; chemistry; computer and information sciences; engineering; mathematics; nursing; and physics.
------
16. HagleyMuseum and Library Fellowships: History of American Enterprise
Deadline: March 31, 2009, June 31,2009, October 31, 2009
Award Amount: Stipends are for a minimum of two months and a maximum of six months at no more that $1,600 per month.
Hagley’s collections document the interaction between business and the cultural, social, and political dimensions of our society from the late 18th century to the present. Fellowships honor the memory of Henry Belin du Pont, a founding trustee and long-time supporter of Hagley. The Henry Belin du Pont Memorial Fund supports access to and use of Hagley's research collections in the HagleyMuseum and Library. They enable scholars to pursue advanced research and study in the library, archival, and artifact collections of the HagleyMuseum and Library. Applicants must be from out of state and preference will be given to those whose travel costs to Hagley will be higher. Fellows are expected to participate in seminars which meet periodically, as well as attend noontime colloquia, lectures, and other public programs offered during their tenure. Low-cost accommodations may be available on the museum grounds.
------
17. Course Development in the History of Public and Private Support of the Arts
Deadline: April 1, 2009
Award Amount: $15,000
Through an annual series of Course Development Grants, The Society for the Preservation of American Modernists (SPAM) supports the course development by educators at the college level in the history of public and private support for the arts in the United States.
Course Development Grants are intended to expand college and university teaching of the history of support for the arts in the U.S. Applicants, who may come from disciplines other than art history, must demonstrate that the proposed course is entirely new or substantially revised from old course offerings at their school.
------
18. Congressional Fellows Program
Deadline: April 16, 2009
ward Amount: $40,000 with Benefits
During the yearlong fellowship, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Fellows (CBCF) work in a congressional office, attend leadership development seminars, complete a community service project and produce a policy research paper. The qualifications are:
- U.S. citizen or permit to work in the U.S.
- Graduate or professional degree completed prior to the start date fellowship program. In some instances, extensive and relevant work experience may be substituted for educational requirements.
- Familiarity with the federal legislative process, Congress and the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and its members.
- Demonstrated interest in public policy, and commitment to creating and implementing policy to improve the living conditions for underserved and underrepresented individuals.
Selection as a CBCF Fellow is based on a combination of the following criteria:
- A record of academic and professional achievement.
- Evidence of leadership skills and the potential for further growth.
- Demonstrated interest in public policy.
- Quality of paper application and interview performance.
All of these qualities combined with strong writing skills, adaptability, and demeanor are taken into consideration when selecting a class of CBCF Fellows. Some other considerations are whether the program seems to be a good match for applicant’s stated professional goals and objectives and evidence of commitment to studying the impact of policy on African Americans and minorities.
------
19. AmeriCorps State Competitive Grants
Deadline: April 17, 2009
Award amount: $12,600
AmeriCorps is a national service program that provides opportunities for citizens to serve their country and community in local communities.
Each year participants of AmeriCorps, called Members join a local program and provide specific intensive, community services such as tutoring students, teaching community residents about issues directly affecting them, and other activities that strengthen communities. The grant award spans a period of three years but is renewable annually subject to performance reviews, availability of federal funds, and progress towards sustainability.
------
20. World of Children Annual Awards Program
Deadline: April 17, 2009
Award Amount: $50,000
The World of Children Awards program was created to recognize and elevate those selfless individuals who make a difference in the lives of children across the globe, regardless of political, religious or geographical boundaries.
The World of Children honors these leaders, and grants them funds to support the proven, high-impact programs they have created. These awards assure that more children's lives will be touched, and changed, forever. World of Children recognizes and elevates selfless individuals who make a difference in the lives of children across the globe.
The 2009 Awards are:
- 2009 Humanitarian Award
- 2009 Health Award
- 2009 Founder's Youth Award
------
21. Institute of American History Research and Dissertation Fellowships
Deadline: May 1, 2009, December 1, 2009
Award amount: $1,500-$4,000
These Fellowships support work in one of five archives: The Gilder Lehrman Collection, on deposit at the New-York Historical Society; The Library of the New-York Historical Society; The Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library; The New York Public Library Humanities and Social Sciences Library; and The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (NYPL). Postdoctoral scholars at every faculty rank, as well as journalists and independent scholars are eligible for Research Fellowships; doctoral candidates who have completed exams and begun dissertation reading and writing are eligible for Dissertation Fellowships.
------
22. Individual Research in Anthropology
Deadline: May 1, 2009
Award amount: $20,000
Post-PhD. Research Grants are awarded to individuals holding a Ph.D. or equivalent degree to support individual research projects. The program contributes to the Foundation's overall mission to support basic research in anthropology and to ensure that the discipline continues to be a source of vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of humanity's cultural and biological origins, development, and variation. The Foundation supports research that demonstrates a clear link to anthropological theory and debates, and promises to make a solid contribution to advancing these ideas. There is no preference for any methodology, research location, or subfield. The Foundation particularly welcomes proposals that employ a comparative perspective, can generate innovative approaches or ideas, and/or integrate two or more subfields. Applicants must submit their applications using the Foundation's online application submission procedure as well as send printed copies to the Foundation by regular mail.
------
23. Post Doctorate Fellowships in Anthropology
Deadline: May 1, 2009, November 1, 2009
Award amount: $40,000
Postdoctoral Fellowshipssupport the writing-up of already completed research. Thefellowship isawarded toscholars in the earlier stages of their careers, when they frequently lack the time and resources to develop their researchfor publication. Scholars with a Ph.D. in hand for no more than ten years (from the application deadline) are eligible to apply. A maximum of eightHunt PostdoctoralFellowships are awarded annually.
By providing funds for scholars to devote themselves full-time to writing, the Foundation aims to enable a new generation of scholars to publish significant works that willimpactthe development of anthropology. The program contributes to the Foundation's overall mission to support basic research in anthropology and to ensure that the discipline continues to be a source of vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of humanity's cultural and biological origins, development, and variation. The Foundation supports research that demonstrates a clear link to anthropological theory and debates, and promises to make a solid contribution to advancing these ideas. There is no preference for any methodology, research location, or subfield. The Foundation particularly welcomes proposals that employ a comparative perspective, can generate innovative approaches or ideas, and/or integrate two or more subfields.
------
24.Fellowship for Advanced Social Research on Japan
Deadline: May 5, 2009
Award Amount: $50,400 for a twelve month award period
The Fellowship Program for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan is a joint activity of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Awards support research on modern Japanese society and political economy, Japan's international relations, and U.S.-Japan relations. The program encourages innovative research that puts these subjects in wider regional and global contexts and is comparative and contemporary in nature. Research should contribute to scholarly knowledge or to the general public's understanding of issues of concern to Japan and the United States. Disciplines include: anthropology, economics, geography, history, international relations, linguistics, political science, psychology, public administration, and sociology.
------
25. Fellowship for Advanced Social Research on Italian Cultural Heritage
Deadline: May 5, 2009