Humanities Fellowships

Abstract: 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. The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant that will take the form of a monograph or other equally substantial form of scholarship.

http://www.acls.org/rysguide.htm

Digital Innovation Fellowships New Program

Deadline: November 10, 2005

Amount (for stipends): up to $55,000; Amount (for project costs): up to $25,000

Tenure: one academic year.

Eligibility

· must have a Ph.D. degree

· U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status prior to the application deadline.

Abstract: ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships are intended to support an academic year dedicated to work on a major scholarly project that takes a digital form. Projects might include but are not limited to: digital research archives, new media representations of extant data, innovative databases, and digital tools that further humanistic research

http://www.acls.org/difguide.htm

Fellowships (which include ACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellowships and ACLS/New York Public Library Fellowships)

Deadline: September 28, 2005 by 9:00 pm EST (electronic submission)

Eligibility:

· a Ph.D. degree conferred prior to September 28, 2003

· U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status as of the application deadline date

· most recent supported research leave must have concluded prior to July 1, 2003.

Amount: $50,000 for full Professor and equivalent; $40,000 for Associate Professor and equivalent; $30,000 for Assistant Professor and equivalent.

Tenure: six to twelve consecutive months devoted to full-time research, to be initiated between July 1, 2006 and February 1, 2007.

Abstract: The ACLS Fellowships are intended as salary replacement to help scholars devote themselves to full-time research and writing. An ACLS Fellowship may be held concurrently with other fellowships and grants and any sabbatical pay, up to an amount equal to the candidate's current academic year salary.

http://www.acls.org/felguide.htm

Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars

Deadline: September 28, 2005 by 9:00 pm EST (electronic submission)

Eligibility: scholars who will have begun their first tenured contracts by the application deadline but began their first tenured contracts no earlier than the fall 2001 semester.

Amount: $75,000

Tenure: one academic year, plus institutional support for an additional period

Abstract: provides residence at any one of the national residential research centers participating in the program. Such an environment, beyond providing free time, encourages exchanges across disciplinary lines that can be especially helpful to deepening and expanding the significance of projects in the humanities and related social sciences.

http://www.acls.org/burkguide.htm

American Philosophical Society

Franklin Research Grants

Deadlines: (receipt deadlines)

October 1, 2005 (for work beginning after February 2006)

December 1, 2005 (for work beginning after April 2006)

Eligibility:

· must have a doctorate.

· particularly interested in supporting the work of young scholars who have recently received their PhDs.

Amount: maximum of $6000, for use in calendar year 2006.

Tenure: January 2006 decision for work beginning after February.

Abstract: The Franklin program support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge and is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses.

http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin.htm

Phillips Fund Grant for Native American Research

Deadlines: March 1, 2006 (receipt deadline)

Eligibility:

· must have a doctorate.

· particularly interested in supporting the work of young scholars who have recently received their PhDs.

Amount: average award is about $2,500; grants do not exceed $3,000.

Tenure: one year

Abstract: provides grants for research in Native American linguistics, ethnohistory, and the history of studies of Native Americans, in the continental United States and Canada. Grants are not made for projects in archaeology, ethnography, psycholinguistics, or for the preparation of pedagogical materials. The committee distinguishes ethnohistory from contemporary ethnography as the study of cultures and culture change through time.

http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/phillips.htm

Sabbatical Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Deadline: October 15, 2005 (receipt deadline)

Eligibility:

· mid-career faculty who have been granted a sabbatical/research leave, but university support is available for only part of the year.

· doctoral degree must have been conferred no later than 1998, and no earlier than 1983.

· must not have had financially supported leave at any time subsequent to September 1, 2002.

Amount: stipend of $30,000 to $40,000

Tenure: fellowship is for the academic year 2006-2007, or for the calendar year 2007.

Abstract: fellowships are designed to supplement an awarded sabbatical/research leave. There is no restriction on where the fellow resides; indicate the appropriateness of available resources

http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/sabbatical.htm

Canadian Studies Research Grant Program

Canadian Studies Research Grant Program

Deadline: September 30, 2005:

Eligibility: full-time faculty at accredited U.S. four-year colleges and universities.

Amount: may request funding up to US$15,000

Abstract: promotes research that contributes to a better knowledge and understanding of Canada, its relationship with the United States, and its international affairs. The grant is designed to assist individual scholars, or a team of scholars, in writing an article-length manuscript of publishable quality and reporting their findings in a scholarly publication and at scholarly conferences - efforts to integrate the research findings into the applicant's teaching load are encouraged.

http://www.canadianembassy.org/education/grantguide-en.asp#research

Columbia University

Society of Fellows in the Humanities

Deadline: October 3, 2005 (postmark)

Eligibility: must have received the Ph.D. between January 1, 2000, and July 1, 2006.

Amount: $52,000 plus full fringe benefits and eligible for an additional $3,000 in research aid. Fellows may apply for Columbia University housing.

Tenure: one year - the appointment is ordinarily renewed for a second year.

Abstract: Society seeks to enhance the role of the humanities in the University by exploring and

clarifying the interrelationships within the humanities as well as their relationship to the natural and

social sciences. The program is designed to strengthen the intellectual and academic qualifications

of the fellows: first, by affording them time and resources to develop independent scholarship within a broadening educational and professional context; second, by involving them in interdisciplinary programs of general education and in innovative courses of their own design; and third, by associating them individually and collectively with some of the finest teaching scholars in the University.

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/societyoffellows/fellowship.html

Center for Comparative Literature and Society Fellowship

Deadline: October 18, 2005 (postmark)

Eligibility: must have received the PhD’s between January 1, 2000 and July 1, 2006.

Amount: $41,000 and full fringe benefits, plus $1,000 for travel. An additional $2,000 will be given for innovative course planning.

Tenure: one year

Abstract: purpose of the Center is to rethink comparative literary and cultural studies in their relation to area studies and the historically oriented social sciences. Fellows will be given time and resources to develop his or her scholarship in a broadening and experimental cross-disciplinary and cross-regional context and will join an intellectually vibrant community of scholars from the humanities, the social sciences, architecture, and law affiliated with the Center.

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ccls/academics/postdocs/intro/

Cornell University

Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships2006-2007 Program

Deadline: October 1, 2005 (postmark)

Eligibility:

· Citizenship: US, Canadian or permanent resident.

· must have received Ph.D.after September 2000. Applicants who will receive the Ph.D. degree by June 30, 2006 are eligible to apply.

Amount: $40,000

Tenure: one year

Abstract: Areas of Specialization for 2006/2007 Appointments:

Comparative Literature: the Department of Comparative Literature seeks candidates working in any area of specialization; all candidates must have a Ph.D. in comparative literature.

English: the English Department invites applications in Renaissance English literature and/or drama.

Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies: the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program seeks candidates with a Ph.D. in any discipline who specialize in a feminist and/or queer approach to one or more of the following areas of inquiry: science studies (or the history, sociology, philosophy or anthropology of science); religion; law and social policy; political theory; and/or feminist critical social theory.

Theatre, Film, and Dance: the Department seeks candidates working in the following fields: Theatre and Performance History and Theory; Dramatic Literature; Cultural History of Theatre; American/Western Theatre.

http://www.arts.cornell.edu/sochum/html/melloninfo.html

Society for the Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship 2006-2007 Program

Deadline: October 1, 2005 (postmark)

Eligibility: must have received Ph.D. before January 1, 2005, and also have one or more years of teaching experience (teaching as a graduate student included)

Amount: $40,000

Tenure: One year

Abstract: Fellows should be working on topics related to the year's theme: Historicizing the Global Postmodern. Their approach to the humanities should be broad enough to appeal to students and scholars in several humanistic disciplines.

http://www.arts.cornell.edu/sochum/html/societyinfo.html

Guggenheim, John Simon Memorial Foundation

Fellowships to Assist Research and Artistic Creation

Eligibility: citizens and permanent residents of the United States and Canada

teaching professionals receiving sabbatical leave on full or part salary are eligible for appointment, as are holders of other Fellowships and of appointments at research centers.

Deadline: October 1, 2005

Amount: average grant of $38,236 in 2005

Tenure: usually one year

Abstract: Fellowships should further the development of scholars and artists by assisting them to engage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible conditions.

http://www.gf.org/broch.html#top

National Endowment for the Humanities

Grants for Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development

Deadline: October 14, 2005

Eligibility: Any U.S. nonprofit organization or institution.

Amount: Curriculum development grants provide up to $100,000 in outright funds, matching funds, or a combination of the two. Materials development grants provide up to $200,000 in outright funds, matching funds, or a combination of the two.

Tenure: one to three years

Abstract: support projects that improve specific areas of humanities education and serve as national models of excellence. Projects must draw upon scholarship in the humanities and use scholars and teachers as advisers.

http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/teachinglearning.html

National Gallery of Art

Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Senior Fellowships

Deadline: October 1, 2005

Eligibility: have held the Ph.D. for five years or more or who possess an equivalent record of professional accomplishment at the time of application.

Amount: limited to one-half of the applicant’s salary, up to a maximum of $50,000- fellows who relocate to Washington will be eligible for housing

Tenure: academic year, early fall to spring - a single academic term or quarter are also possible.

Abstract:

The Paul Mellon and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Senior Fellowships are intended to support research in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts (painting, sculpture, architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, prints and drawings, film, photography, decorative arts, industrial design, and other arts) of any geographical area and of any period.

The Samuel H. Kress Senior Fellowships are intended primarily to support research on European art before the early nineteenth century.

The Frese Senior Fellowship is intended for study in the history, theory, and criticism of sculpture, prints and drawings, or decorative arts of any geographical area and of any period. Applications are also solicited from scholars in other disciplines whose work examines artifacts or has implications for the analysis and criticism of form.

http://www.nga.gov/resources/casvasen.htm

National Humanities Center

Residential Fellowships

Deadline: October 15, 2005 (postmark)

Eligibility:

· Citizenship unrestricted

· must hold doctorate or have equivalent scholarly credentials

· record of publication is expected

· In addition to scholars from all fields of the humanities, individuals from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects.

Amount: $50,000

Tenure: one academic year

Abstract: Most of the Center's fellowships are unrestricted. The following designated awards, however, are available for the academic year 2006-07: three fellowships for scholars in any humanistic field whose research concerns religion; three fellowships for young scholars (up to 10 years beyond receipt of doctorate) in literary studies; a fellowship in art history or visual culture; a fellowship for French history or culture; a senior fellowship in Asian Studies, theology, or American art history.

http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/fellowships/appltoc.htm

Newberry Library

Long-term Fellowships

Deadline: January 10, 2006

Eligibility:

· Citizenship unrestricted

· must hold doctorate at the time of application

· Applicants may combine these fellowship awards with sabbatical or other stipendiary support

Amount: $40,000

Tenure: six to eleven months

Abstract: These grants support individual research and promote serious intellectual exchange through active participation in the Library's scholarly activities, including a biweekly fellows' seminar

http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/long-term.html

Radcliffe Institute

Fellowship Program for Creative Artists, Humanists, and Social Scientists

Deadline: October 3, 2005 (postmarked for materials sent by mail)

Eligibility: Former fellows of the Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program (1999 to present) are not eligible to apply.

Amount: $55,000 with additional funds for project expenses. Some support for relocation expenses is provided where relevant.

Tenure: one year

Abstract: Radcliffe Institute fellowships are designed to support scholars, scientists, artists, and writers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment who wish to pursue work in academic and professional fields and in the creative arts. In recognition of Radcliffe's historic contributions to the education of women and to the study of issues related to women, the Radcliffe Institute sustains a continuing commitment to the study of women, gender, and society.

http://www.radcliffe.edu/fellowships/index.php

Stanford University

Stanford Humanities Fellows Program

Deadline: December 5, 2005

Eligibility: must have received their Ph.D. degree between January 1, 2003 and June 30, 2006.

Amount: $50,000 and compensation will include additional support for computer assistance, research, and relocation expenses.

Tenure: a two-year term

Abstract: Eligible fields for the 2005-06 competition (for fellowships beginning on September 1, 2006.):

Drama, Art and Art History, Music, English and American Literature

http://fellows.stanford.edu/application.html

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Deadline: October 1, 2005

Eligibility:

· Citizenship unrestricted.

· Men and women with outstanding capabilities and experience from a wide variety of backgrounds (including government, the corporate world, and the professions, as well as academia) are eligible for appointment. For academic participants, eligibility is limited to the postdoctoral level.

Amount: Stipends provided in recent years have ranged from $26,200 to $85,000 (the maximum possible in 2006-2007).

Tenure: one academic year

Abstract: Topics and scholarship should relate to key public policy challenges or provide the historical or cultural framework to illumine policy issues of contemporary importance. Primary themes are:

1. governance, including such issues as the key features of the development of democratic institutions, democratic society, civil society, and citizen participation;

2. U.S. role in the world and issues of partnership and leadership, military, political, and economic dimensions; and

3. key long-term future challenges confronting the United States and the world.

http://wwics.si.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=fellowships.welcome

University of Connecticut Humanities Institute

Faculty Residential Fellowships

Deadline: January 15, 2006

Eligibility: held the Ph.D. for five years or more or possess a record of professional accomplishment.

Amount: stipend of $40,000 (the present NEH stipend), faculty library privileges, and assistance in locating housing.

Tenure: one academic year

Abstract: Projects may contribute to scholarly knowledge or to the general public's understanding of the humanities. Recipients might eventually produce scholarly articles, a monograph on a specialized subject, a book on a broad topic, an archaeological site report, a translation, an edition, or other scholarly tools.