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.

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…

New York State Library

NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY: Normally three to five research residency awards entitling the recipient to special library privileges. For more information, write to Research Residency Committee, New York State Library, State Education Dept., Cultural Education Center, Albany 12230 (mscolls@mail.nysed.gov; http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/library/researchres.htm).

Newberry Library

NEWBERRY LIBRARY: Long-term fellowships are available to postdoctoral scholars for periods of six to eleven months, unless otherwise noted under the fellowship description. Applicants must hold a PhD at the time of application. Applications for long-term awards are due 1…

Northeast Modern Language Association Fellowships

NORTHEAST MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION FELLOWSHIPS: Intended to defray the cost of traveling incurred by researchers in pursuing their work in progress over the summer. The fellowships, with a stipend ranging from $500 to $1,500, are designed to support primarily untenured…

Northern Illinois University Libraries Rare Books and Special Collections Fellowships

Northern Illinois University Libraries invites applications for two fellowships; the . . .

Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture

OMOHUNDRO INSTITUTE OF EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE: A two-year postdoctoral fellowship awarded annually to an entry-level scholar in any field of early American studies ($50,400 stipend). Foreign nationals are eligible to apply. Fellows must have completed all requirements for…

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