Grants and Fellowships

This section provides an alphabetical list of fellowship and grant programs; potential applicants should contact the foundations or visit their Web sites for complete information on procedures and requirements. The list omits prize contests and a number of purely literary fellowships. To submit a new item, complete this online form.

The Modern Language Association also offers grants for convention travel, career development, and course creation as well as a number of publication prizes. Learn more about the MLA’s grants and awards.

Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture

MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CULTURE: Supports Jewish cultural and educational programs in cooperation with universities and scholarly organizations and provides annual doctoral scholarship and fellowship grants in Jewish fields. For current information, see http://www.mfjc.org/mission.html or write to the Memorial Foundation for…

Michigan Society of Fellows

MICHIGAN SOCIETY OF FELLOWS: Eight three-year postdoctoral fellowships in the arts, sciences, and professions in all departments and schools at the university. The stipend is $55,000. For more information, write to http://societyoffellows.umich.edu/.

Midwest Victorian Studies Association

MIDWEST VICTORIAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION: A $1,500 award for the Walter L. Arnstein Prize for dissertation research in British Victorian studies by doctoral candidates in US and Canadian universities. Proposals, with a significant interdisciplinary component, may be in literature, history, art…

MLA International Bibliography Fellowships

The MLA International Bibliography is accepting applications for three-year field-bibliography fellowships. MLA field bibliographers examine scholarly materials and submit citations and indexing information for inclusion in the bibliography. Open to scholars of...

Museums: Humanities in the Public Sphere

MUSEUMS: HUMANITIES IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE: This four-week NEH Summer Institute for college and university teachers will bring the rich and diverse histories of America’s public museums into wider use for teaching and research in the humanities. The institute approaches museums as sites for interdisciplinary inquiry into...

National Endowment for the Humanities

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES: The endowment’s grant-making operations are conducted through four divisions and three offices. Through grants to educational institutions and opportunities for teachers, the Division of Education Programs is designed to strengthen sustained, thoughtful study of the…

National Foundation for Jewish Culture

NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CULTURE: Dissertation fellowships in Jewish studies or in areas related to Jewish history, community, or institutions. The deadline is around 15 December. For more information, visit the foundation’s Web site (nfjc@jewishculture.org; http://jewishculture.org/programs-2/) or call 212 629-0500.

National Humanities Center

NATIONAL HUMANITIES CENTER: The National Humanities Center invites applications for academic-year or one-semester residencies. Fellowship applicants must have a PhD or equivalent scholarly credentials. Mid-career as well as senior scholars from all areas...

National Security Education Program Boren Scholarships

NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM BOREN SCHOLARSHIPS: Open to United States undergraduate students to study less commonly taught languages in world regions critical to United States interests and underrepresented in study abroad. For complete information on...

National Women’s Studies Association

NATIONAL WOMEN’S STUDIES ASSOCIATION: Scholarships and fellowships to persons working in women’s studies. For current information, including deadlines, visit http://www.nwsa.org/ or write to the NWSA, Suite 203, 7100 Baltimore Ave., College Park, MD 20740 (301 403-0407; nwsaoffice@nwsa.org).

Nebraska Cather Collaborative Research Grants for Willa Cather Scholarship

NEBRASKA CATHER COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH GRANTS FOR WILLA CATHER SCHOLARSHIP: The . . .

New York Foundation for the Arts

NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS: Fellowships of $7,000 for New York State residents working in artistic disciplines, including the literature categories of fiction, nonfiction, playwriting/screenwriting, and poetry. Matriculated students in any degree program may not apply. Short stories, book…

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