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.

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…

Oregon State University Center for the Humanities

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES: Two to four visiting fellowships in the humanities or in humanities-related fields, with stipends, along with an office at Autzen House. This program is temporarily suspended. For details, write to Fellowship Program, Center…

Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women

PEMBROKE CENTER FOR TEACHING AND RESEARCH ON WOMEN: Postdoctoral research fellowships to untenured scholars in the humanities and the social and life sciences. The stipend is $50,000. Underrepresented and minority scholars are encouraged to apply. For information, visit the center’s…

Penn State University Summer Research Travel Grants

Complete information on the Penn State University Special Collections Summer . . .

Penn State University Travel Grants

PENN STATE UNIVERSITY TRAVEL GRANTS: The Eberly Family Special Collections . . .

Phi Beta Kappa Society Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship

PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY MARY ISABEL SIBLEY FELLOWSHIP: Pre- or postdoctoral fellowships awarded alternately in Greek (language, literature, history, or archaeology) and French (language or literature). Applicants must be unmarried women between the ages of twenty-five and thirty-five. The stipend…

Princeton University Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY SOCIETY OF FELLOWS IN THE LIBERAL ARTS: Three-year postdoctoral fellowships for recent PhDs in the humanities or social sciences. Four appointments to pursue research and teach half-time. The stipend is approximately $78,000. For details, visit www.princeton.edu/~sf. The application deadline…

Public Religion Research Institute Fellowships

Public Religion Research Institute Fellowships: Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), . . .

Public Scholar Program

PUBLIC SCHOLAR PROGRAM: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) invites applications for the 2016 round of the Public Scholar Program, which is intended to support well-researched books in the humanities that have been conceived and written to reach a broad readership. Books supported through the Public Scholar Program might present a narrative...

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

RADCLIFFE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY: The program enables scholars, artists, and writers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment to pursue independent study in academic or professional fields, in creative writing, or in the arts. Appointments are full-time…

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY: Annually awards two stipends of up to $3,000 to scholars and researchers, unaffiliated with the University of Illinois, Urbana, who would like to spend a month or more conducting research with our materials. The library’s...

Renate Voris Fellowship

RENATE VORIS FELLOWSHIP: An annual fellowship awarded by the Voris Foundation to a PhD student in German or Jewish studies or related fields in the arts and humanities at the University of Virginia or elsewhere. The fellowship, open to those…

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