| Newberry Library Long-Term
Residential Fellowships in the Humanities, 2008-09 (DEADLINE: JANUARY
10, 2008) |
| Long-term fellowships are available to
post-doctoral scholars for periods of six to eleven months. These
grants support individual research in fields appropriate to the
library's collections and promote serious
intellectual exchange through active participation in the Library's
scholarly activities, including a biweekly fellows' seminar. The
stipend for these fellowships is up to $40,000 unless specified under
the award description. Updated application
forms will be available in September 2007. For more information: http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/long-term.html |
| University of Notre Dame, Medieval Institute: 2008-09 A.W.
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Medieval Studies (DEADLINE: JANUARY
15, 2008) |
| The fellowship will permit an outstanding junior scholar in
any field of
medieval studies to pursue research at the Medieval Institute during
the academic year 2008-09. Applicants must have the Ph.D. as of the
application date, must not be more than five years beyond the Ph.D, and
must hold a regular appointment at a U.S. institution to which they
plan to return after the fellowship year. The stipend is $40,000. For more information: http://www.nd.edu/~medinst/funding/funding.html#mellon |
| University of Toronto,
Jewish Studies Program: Ray D. Wolfe Doctoral and Post-doctoral
Fellowship in Jewish Studies (DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2008) |
| The Jewish Studies Program offers an annual fellowship to
support advanced research in Jewish Studies. Fellowships are awarded to
candidates working on doctoral dissertations as well as to
post-doctoral applicants. Applicants must be engaged in research
related to the history, culture, literature, religion or thought of the
Jewish people. Ray D. Wolfe fellows will teach one course in each of
the two terms of the academic year. They will also deliver one public
lecture. Fellows receive a $40,000 (Canadian) stipend to defray living
and travel costs. For more information: http://www.utoronto.ca/jewish/Graduate%20Awards.htm |
| The Lilly Library Mendel Fellowships (Indiana University) (DEADLINES: APRIL 15, 2008/OCTOBER 15, 2007) |
| The Lilly Library of Indiana University invites applications
for fellowships of up to $40,000 in support of research in the
library's Bernardo Mendel collections. Established through a bequest by
the estate of Johanna Lenz Mendel in 1998, the Mendel Fellowships are
intended to support research by scholars from around the world in areas
of particular interest to the Mendels, including: the history of the
Spanish Colonial Empire; Latin American independence movements;
European expansion in the Americas; voyages, travels and exploration;
geography, navigation and cartography; German literature and history;
and music, including sheet music. The amount of the stipend is
based on the length of stay, which may range from one week to a full
academic year. For more information: http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/fellowships.shtml |
| National Endowment for the Humanities,
Fellowships (DEADLINE: MAY 1, 2007) |
|
Fellowships for advanced research in the humanities are
offered for
uninterrupted periods of six to twelve months at a stipend of $4,200
per month. The maximum stipend is $50,400 for a twelve-month tenure
period..
The
earliest that fellows may begin tenure is January 1, 2008; the latest
date
is July 1, 2009. |
| John W. Kluge Fellowships at the Library of Congress, 2008-09 (DEADLINE: July 15, 2007) |
| The Library of Congress invites scholars who have received a
terminal advanced degree within the past seven years in the humanities,
social sciences or in a professional field such as architecture or law
to conduct research in the John W. Kluge Center using the Library of
Congress collections and resources for a period of six to eleven
months. Interdisciplinary,
cross-cultural, and multi-lingual research topics are encouraged.
Up to twelve fellowships will be awarded and fellows receive a stipend
of $4000 per month. For more information: http://www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/fellowships/kluge.html |
| Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program: Fellowships for 2008-2009 (DEADLINE: AUGUST 1, 2007) |
| For Spain, three research fellowships for postdoctoral
scholars, normally in the social sciences or humanities, will be
awarded for periods of three to five months. For more information: http://www.cies.org/ |
| The Guggenheim Fellowships are awarded to men and women who
have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive
scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.
Appointments are ordinarily made for one year, and in no instance
for a period shorter than six consecutive months. The amounts of
the grants will be adjusted to the needs of the Fellows, considering
their other resources and the purpose and scope of their plans. For more information: http://www.gf.org/broch.html |
| Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: Fellowships in the Social Sciences and Humanities 2008-2009 (DEADLINE: OCTOBER 1, 2007) |
| The Center awards approximately 20-25 residential
academic-year fellowships annually to individuals with outstanding
project proposals in a broad range of the social sciences and
humanities on national and/or international issues. Topics should
relate to key public policy challenges or provide the historical
and/or cultural framework to illumine policy issues of contemporary
importance. Fellows are provided with a stipend (includes a round-trip
transportation allowance), part-time research assistance and private
offices at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington, DC. For more information: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Fellowships.welcome |
| American Council of Learned
Societies: Fellowships for 2008-09 (DEADLINE: OCTOBER 3, 2007) |
| The ACLS Fellowship Program invites research applications in
all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related
social sciences. The Fellowships are intended as salary
replacement and may be held concurrently with other fellowships and
grants and any sabbatical pay to reach that goal. The stipend
($30,000-$60,000) is set
according to academic rank. Fellowships are awarded for six to
twelve consecutive months devoted to full-time research, to be
initiated between July 1, 2008 and February 1, 2009. To be eligible,
candidates must have received the Ph.D. prior to Oct. 3, 2005; any
candidate's most recent supported research leave must have concluded
prior to July 1, 2006. The Fellowship Program includes the
ACLS/New York Public Library Fellowships for residence at the Dorothy
and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers. For more information: http://www.acls.org/felguide.htm |
| American Council of Learned Societies: Frederick Burkhardt
Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars (DEADLINE:
OCTOBER 3, 2007) |
| The Burkhardt fellowships support long-term, unusually
ambitious projects in the humanities and related social sciences.
Applications are invited that extend the frame within which research is
planned in ways that will encourage conceptualizing and bringing to
completion projects of wide scope and high significance. Each
fellowship carries a stipend of $75,000 and is intended to support an
academic year (normally nine months) of residence at any one of nine
national residential research centers. This year's successful
applicants may take up the fellowship in 2008-2009 or in either of the
succeeding two academic years, but candidates must commit themselves
firmly to their preferred year and residential center on
their completed applications. Applicants must have begun their first
tenured contracts no earlier than fall 2003. For more information: http://www.acls.org/burkguide.htm |
| American Council of Learned Societies/Charles A. Ryskamp
Research Fellowships (DEADLINE: OCTOBER 3, 2007) |
| These fellowships support advanced assistant professors and
untenured associate professors in the humanities and related social
sciences whose scholarly contributions have advanced their fields and
who have well designed and carefully developed plans for new research.
Each fellowship carries a stipend of $64,000, a fund of $2,500
for research and travel, and the possibility of an additional summer's
support ($14,222), if justified by a persuasive case.
Fellows have 3 years to use the funds awarded them, and
considerable flexibility in structuring their research time. For more information: http://www.acls.org/rysguide.htm |
| Columbia University: Society of Fellows in the Humanities,
2008-09
(DEADLINE: OCTOBER 8, 2007) |
| Fellows are appointed as lecturers in appropriate departments
of the university and as postgraduate research fellows for one year;
the
fellowship may be renewed for a second and third year. Fellows are
expected to
teach one course per semester in their first year and one course
annually in subsequent years; devote themselves to their research
projects; and become a part of an intellectual community centered
around
the Society's interdisciplinary mission. Newly appointed fellows
must have received the Ph.D. between January 1, 2004 and July 1, 2008.
Fellows receive an annual stipend of $52,000 and an additional
$4000 research allowance. For more information: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/societyoffellows/fellowship.html |
| The Lilly Library Mendel Fellowships (Indiana University) (DEADLINES: OCTOBER 15, 2007/APRIL 15, 2008) |
| The Lilly Library of Indiana University invites applications
for fellowships of up to $40,000 in support of research in the
library's Bernardo Mendel collections. Established through a bequest by
the estate of Johanna Lenz Mendel in 1998, the Mendel Fellowships are
intended to support research by scholars from around the world in areas
of particular interest to the Mendels, including: the history of the
Spanish Colonial Empire; Latin American independence movements;
European expansion in the Americas; voyages, travels and exploration;
geography, navigation and cartography; German literature and history;
and music, including sheet music. The amount of the stipend is
based on the length of stay, which may range from one week to a full
academic year. For more information: http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/fellowships.shtml |
| Princeton University: Society of Fellows in the Liberal
Arts, 2008-11 (DEADLINE: OCTOBER 8, 2007) |
| The Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts,
comprised of recent Ph.D. recipients in the humanities, and in selected
social and natural sciences, seeks to promote innovative
interdisciplinary approaches to scholarship and teaching. Postdoctoral
Fellows are appointed for three-year terms to pursue research
and teach half-time in their academic department, in the Program for
Humanistic Research, or in other university programs. Candidates must
have received their
Ph.D.
degree after Jan.1, 2005 and by June 15, 2008. The stipend
for 2008-2009 will be
approximately $66,500, supplemented by a $2500 annual research account. For more information: http://www.princeton.edu/~sf/index.shtml |
| American Philosophical Society: Sabbatical Fellowship for
the Humanities and Social Sciences (DEADLINE: OCTOBER 15, 2007) |
| Fellowships of $30,000 to $40,000 for the second half of a
sabbatical year may be awarded to mid-career faculty of universities
and 4-year colleges in the United States who have been granted a
sabbatical/research year, but for whom financial support from
the parent institution is available for only part of
the year. Candidates must not have had a financially supported leave at
any time subsequent to September 1, 2005. The doctoral degree must have
been conferred no later than 2000, and no earlier than 1987. For more information: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/sabbatical.htm |
| National Humanities Center Fellowships, 2008-09 (DEADLINE:
OCTOBER
15, 2007) |
| The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential
fellowships for advanced study during the academic year, September 2008
through May 2009. Applicants must hold doctorate or have equivalent
scholarly credentials, and a record of publication is
expected. The center does not support revision of a doctoral
dissertation. Scholars from any nation may 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.
Fellowships up to $60,000 are individually determined. For more information: http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/fellowships/fellshipapinfo.htm |
| Penn Humanities Forum: Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral
Fellowship in the Humanities, University of Pennsylvania (DEADLINE:
OCT. 15, 2007) |
| Five one-year residential fellowships are available for
untenured scholars in the humanities who received or will receive their
Ph.D. between December 1999 and December 2007. The topic of research
must relate to Change, the
Forum's topic of study for 2008–09. Fellows pursue their research,
participate in the Forum's weekly faculty research seminar where they
present their research, and teach one undergraduate course each term on
a subject that relates to the annual theme. The
Fellowship
carries a stipend of $42,000, plus health insurance, and is open to
international scholars. For more information: http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu/mellon_description.shtml |
| Stanford Humanities Center: External Faculty Fellowships,
2008-09
(DEADLINE: OCT. 15, 2007) |
| The Stanford Humanities Center awards external faculty
fellowships to support research projects in the humanities. Senior
fellowships are for
established
scholars who are more than ten years beyond receipt of the Ph.D. Junior
fellowships are for scholars
who, in September 2008, will be at least three years beyond receipt of
the Ph.D. and no more than ten. Fellows are awarded stipends of up to
$60,000 and a housing and moving
allowance of up to $15,000, dependent on need.
Fellows are expected to be in residence for the academic year;
pursue their own research, study and writing; and contribute to the
intellectual life of the Stanford community by
participating in an ongoing research workshop, or teaching one course
in a Stanford department or in Stanford's Continuing Studies Program. For more information: http://shc.stanford.edu/fellowships/external_fac.htm |
| American Academy in Rome: 2008-09 Rome Prize Fellowships (DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1, 2007) |
| Through its annual Rome Prize fellowship program, the
American Academy in Rome supports fifteen
scholars (working in Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance and early Modern,
or Modern Italian Studies) and fifteen emerging artists. The
Academy's Rome Prize
winners are part of a residential community of up to 100 people each
year. For more information: http://www.aarome.org/index.htm |
| National Endowment for the Humanities: Scholarly Editions
Grants (DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1, 2007) |
| Scholarly Editions Grants support the preparation by a team
of at least two editors and staff of texts and documents that are
currently inaccessible or available in inadequate editions. Projects
involving significant literary, philosophical, and historical materials
are typical in this grant program, but other types of work, such
as musical notation, are also eligible. For more information: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/editions.html |
| National Endowment for the Humanities: Collaborative
Research Grants (DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1, 2007) |
| Collaborative Research Grants support: original research
undertaken by a team of two or more scholars; or research coordinated
by an individual scholar that, because of its scope or complexity,
requires additional staff and resources beyond the individual's salary.
For more information: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/collaborative.html |
| Memberships (2008-09),
School of Historical Studies , Institute for Advanced Study,
Princeton, New Jersey (DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 15, 2007) |
| A community of scholars in which intellectual inquiry can be
carried out in the most favorable circumstances, the Institute provides
Members with offices, access to libraries, subsidized restaurant and
housing facilities, and some secretarial and word processing
services.
The School of Historical Studies is open to all fields of historical
research, and candidates of any nationality may apply for one or two
terms. The Ph.D. (or equivalent) & substantial publications are
required. Residence during term time
is required, but the only other obligation of Members is to
pursue their own research. Members may participate in seminars
and meetings within the Institute and there are ample opportunities for
contacts with scholars at nearby universities. Approximately forty members are appointed for one or two terms each year. Institute stipends will normally be offered up to a maximum of $60,000 for the academic year, of $30,000 for one semester. For more information: http://www.hs.ias.edu/hsannoun.htm |
| Stanford Humanities Fellows
(DEADLINE: DECEMBER 3, 2007) |
| The Stanford Humanities Fellows Program is a postdoctoral
fellowship designed to give the best recent Ph.D. recipients in the
humanities a unique opportunity to develop as scholars and teachers.
Each year, up to six fellowships are awarded for a two-year term.
Fellows teach one course and contribute a second course-equivalent per
year in one of Stanford's fifteen humanities departments. In addition,
Fellows participate in the intellectual life of the program by sharing
work in progress, meeting regularly as a group and with faculty, and
generally contributing to the community of humanists at Stanford. It is
expected that Fellows are in residence during the term of their
appointment. The annual stipend for this postdoctoral appointment is
approximately $52,000, and includes additional support for computer
assistance, research, and relocation expenses. For 2008-09,
the competition focuses on the following fields: Classics, History,
Philosophy, Religious Studies. To be eligible, candidates must have
received the Ph.D. between Jan. 1, 2005 and June 30, 2008. For more information: http://fellows.stanford.edu/ |
| 2008-2009 Fellowships at The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA (DEADLINE: DECEMBER 15, 2007) |
| Barbara Thom Postdoctoral Fellowships are designed to
support non-tenured faculty members who are revising a manuscript for
publication. Preference will be given to scholars who received
their Ph.D. between 2003 and 2005. Fellowships are for nine to twelve
months and carry a stipend of $40,000. Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellowships are for nine to twelve months with a stipend of $40,000. NEH Fellowships offer stipends of up to $40,000 for four to twelve months. Applicants for all fellowships must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to the Huntington's collections, and recipients are expected to be in continuous residence at the Huntington and to participate in its intellectual life. For more information: http://www.huntington.org/ResearchDiv/Fellowships.html |