Research Development
- Independent Fellowship Programs
INDEPENDENT FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS
SUPPORTING INDIVIDUAL HUMANITIES SCHOLARS
(May 2006)
*This list is not meant to be exhaustive, and in general
covers programs funding all humanistic disciplines. Most
deadlines are in the fall.
PORTABLE
American Council of Learned Societies http://www.acls.org
- 60 fellowships (20/prof. rank) in central ACLS program;
$30,000-$60,000
- Ryskamp program for advanced asst. profs): 10-12 fellowships,
$80k total funds
- Early Career fellowships for dissertations and recent PhDs:
85 fellowships, appr. $30k
- other fellowships available for Southeast European Studies
(post-PhD and dissertation), dissertations in American Art,
China programs, digital projects
American Philosophical Society http://www.amphilsoc.org
- appr. 20 sabbatical fellowships in humanities and social
sciences, $30,000-$40,000
- for mid-career faculty
- other small fellowships available
Guggenheim Fellowships http://www.gf.org/broch.html#top
- appr. 185 portable US/Canadian fellowships, appr. $40,000
- for advanced professionals in the natural and social sciences,
humanities, and creative arts (except the performing arts)
National Endowment for the Humanities http://www.neh.gov
- appr. 175 portable fellowships, $24,000-$40,000 depending
on grant term
- other types of grants: collaborative research,
institutional grants and special institutional direction
grants, teaching and curriculum development grants, summer
stipends, summer seminars
RESIDENTIAL
American Academy in Rome http://www.aarome.org/ Rome
- 30 residential Rome Prize fellowships, 15 to emerging artists
and 15 to scholars
- Pre-and post-doc, in ancient, medieval, Renaissance and
early modern studies, or in modern Italian studies
American Antiquarian Society http://www.americanantiquarian.org/ Massachusetts
- long- and short-term residential fellowships, pre- and
post-doc
- number and stipend varies
- for work using AAS collections: American history, literature,
culture to 1876
American Council of Learned Societies http://www.acls.org/ Various
- 9 Burkhardt fellowships to be taken at any of 11 participating
residential centers
- $75,000
- for recently tenured faculty (within the past 4 years at
the time of application)
Clark Art Institute http://www.clarkart.edu/ Williamstown,
MA
- 15-20 residential fellowships
- stipends and fellowship tenures vary
- for scholars, critics, and museum professionals working
in the visual arts
- one new humanities fellowship: interdisciplinary, dealing
with the visual
Folger Shakespeare Library http://www.folger.edu/ Washington,
DC
- 5 long-term fellowships, $35,000-$50,000, for advanced
scholars
- 20-30 short-term fellowships, $2000/month, for pre- and
post-doc
- projects must utilize Folger collections
Getty Research Institute http://www.getty.edu/ Los
Angeles
- appr. 30 residential fellowships, short- and long-term
- up to $75,000 ($22,000 for post-docs within 5 years of
degree, $18,000 for pre-docs)
- for scholars in the arts, humanities, and social
sciences whose projects engage the visual; projects must
focus on Getty’s annual theme
- other types of fellowships:
curatorial, education and professional development
Huntington Library http://www.huntington.org/ San
Marino (Pasadena)
- various short- and long-term residential fellowships, pre-doc—advanced
scholars
- $2,000/month—$40,000/yr.
- projects must utilize Huntington collections
Institute for Advanced Study http://www.ias.edu/ Princeton,
NJ
School
of Historical Studies
- 40 residential fellowships, up to $40,000 (perhaps higher
now?)
- must hold PhD
- all fields of historical research, though particular fields
are preferred
School of Social Science
- 15-20 residential fellowships
- must hold PhD
- humanistic work accepted
Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/kluge-grantopps.html Wash,
DC
- Kluge residential fellowships, $4000/month, AUGUST deadline
- for humanities and social science scholars, especially
those working on interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, or
multilingual projects
- Jameson residential fellowships in Amer. history, $4000/month,
MARCH deadline
- other small fellowships available
National Humanities Center http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us:8080/ Research
Triangle, NC
- 40 residential fellowships, up to $50,000
- for humanities scholars holding the PhD
New York Public Library http://www.nypl.org/research/general/scholars.html New
York City
- 15 residential fellowships at Cullman Center (Humanities
and Soc Sci library), $50,000
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture residential
fellowships, $25,000-$50,000 (no diss research)
- Short-term residential fellowships at Gilder Lehrman Instit.
for Amer. History, $1,500-$4,000/month (diss research ok)
Newberry Library http://www.newberry.org/ Chicago
- appr. 12 long-term residential fellowships, up to
$40,000
- several short-term residential fellowships; stipends vary
- most for faculty, some for PhD candidates
- projects must utilize the Newberry’s collections
(not contemporary)
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study http://www.radcliffe.edu/ Cambridge,
MA
- 40-60 residential fellowships, up to $60,000
- individual and collaborative awards
- open to humanities, science, and social science scholars
holding the PhD and to creative artists and writers
Villa I Tatti http://www.itatti.it/ Florence
- 15 residential fellowships, up to $55,000
- for PhDs within
10 years of degree, working in Italian Renaissance studies
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