University at Buffalo (UB)
The University at Buffalo Department of Anthropology provides the external funding listing for informational purposes only.
Students are responsible for visiting the websites provided to obtain the most up-to-date information on the specific application requirements and deadlines set by the granting agency.
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
A three-year award; covers tuition and a stipend of $34,000 with $12,000 cost of education allowance for tuition and fees (paid to the institution). Essentially college seniors and first- and second-year graduate students are eligible to apply. All applications must be submitted via NSF’s “fastlane” on the Web. US citizens and permanent residents.
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201%20https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp/
Deadline: Mid-October, varies depending on discipline
Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs (Predoctoral)
Predoctoral fellowships will be awarded in a national competition administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies) on behalf of the Ford Foundation. The awards will be made to individuals who, in the judgment of the review panels, have demonstrated superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, show promise of future achievement as scholars and teachers, and are well prepared to use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. An annual stipend of $24,000 for three years
https://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fordfellowships/
Deadline: Early December
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowships
Fellowships of $20,000CN/year for 12-48 months (depending on amount of prior graduate work in the same discipline) for Canadian Citizens and permanent residents. (Applicants in US doctoral programs must have completed at least one previous degree at a Canadian university.)
http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/index-eng.aspx
https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/home-accueil-eng.aspx
Deadline: Mid-October
Title VI - FLAS Fellowships
The Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships program provides allocations of academic year and summer fellowships to institutions of higher education or consortia of institutions of higher education to assist meritorious undergraduate students and graduate students undergoing training in modern foreign languages and related area or international studies. Eligible students apply for fellowships directly to an institution that has received an allocation of fellowships from the U.S. Department of Education.
This program operates on a four-year grant cycle.
Last competition: FY 2018
Next competition: FY 2022
https://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsflasf/index.html
Deadline: Fall/Winter 2021 or Spring 2022
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Each Fellowship supports one to two years of graduate study in any field and in any advanced degree-granting program in the United States. Each award is for up to $25,000 in stipend support a year, as well as 50 percent of required tuition and fees, up to $20,000 per year, for one to two years. The first year of Fellowship funding cannot be deferred. Eligible "New Americans" are (1) US Permanent Residents who have had more than one year of IRS filings; (2) naturalized US citizens or (3) children of two parents who are both naturalized citizens. Applicants may be no older than 30 years of age as of the application deadline and may be no further advanced than the 2nd year of study in the same graduate program; some preference is given to candidates who have not yet begun their graduate studies but are in the process of applying.
Deadline: Beginning of November
Critical Language Scholarship Program
Scholarships (tuition, room, board, travel) for intensive overseas study of critical-need languages such as Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish and Urdu – sponsored by the US Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and administered by the American Councils for International Education. Recipients of these scholarships will be expected to continue their language study beyond the scholarship period and later apply their critical language skills in their professional careers. Open to graduate and undergraduate students, must be US citizen.
https://www.clscholarship.org/apply
Deadline: Mid-November
Boren Awards for International Study // Boren Fellowships
Boren Fellowships provide US graduate students (US citizen at time of application) the opportunity to add an important international and language component to their graduate education through specialization in area study, language study, or increased language proficiency. Fellowships support study and research in areas of the world critical to U.S. interests, including Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America and the Middle East. (Countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are excluded). All applicants must be interested in studying less commonly taught languages, including by not limited to Arabic, Chinese, Korea, Portuguese, Russian and Swahili. (There is a long list of languages on the Website. Special initiatives from some African languages). Boren Fellowships provide up to $24,000 for overseas study. In addition, the Fellowships can provide limited funding for domestic language study that will supplement the overseas component. The maximum award for a combined overseas and domestic program is $30,000. Fellowship awards are made for a minimum of 12 weeks and a maximum of 24 months.
Deadline: End of January
ASMEA Research Grants (Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa)
Research grants of up to $2500 for students (post MA) engaged in the study of the Middle East and Africa. Applicants may be affiliated with any academic discipline. First time and junior grant applicants are preferred. Proposal must represent new and un-published research and be relevant to the qualifying research areas designed by AMESA. Must be members of ASMEA.
https://asmea.nonprofitcms.org/c/conferences/8/pages/travelgrant
Deadline: Mid-April
Nicholson Center Graduate Fellowships – for research in the British Isles
Pre-Dissertation travel grants for up to 3 months to anywhere in the British Isles (including Ireland) for students in the Humanities or Social Sciences who, at the time of application, are post-qualifying exams & who “need not have yet had a dissertation proposal.” Research must be completed in the British Isles but need NOT have the British Isles as a primary focus (e.g., work on Africa, South Asia, East Asia, North America, or the West Indies that requires research in the British Isles qualifies). (Applications from students who have completed at least one year of graduate study (by the date of intended travel), but have not yet passed their exams, may apply for funding for periods of support up to three months. Such applications should include a statement of how travel to the British Isles or Ireland, at this point in their studies, is necessary for the completion of their exams and will also contribute to their dissertation research. All such applications must include an informal letter or email from the student’s advisor stating the importance of travel to the British Isles for the completion of the student’s exams.)
http://british.uchicago.edu/fellowships-and-competitions
Deadline: Mid-November
American Philosophical Society Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research
Awards of up-to $5000 for exploratory field studies for the collection of specimens and data and to provide the imaginative stimulus that accompanies direct observation. Applications are invited from disciplines with a large dependence on field studies, such as archaeology, anthropology, ecology, linguistics, and paleontology. Grants are available [only] to doctoral students; postdoctoral fellows, master’s degree candidates, and undergraduates are not eligible. Competition is open to US residents wishing to carry out research anywhere in the world. Foreign applicants must either be based at a US institution or plan to carry out their work in US.
https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/lewis-and-clark-fund-exploration-and-field-research
Deadline: Early November
American Philosophical Society Phillips Fund for Native American Research
Grants of up to $3500 to support research in Native American linguistics, ethnohistory and the history of studies of Native Americans, in the continental US and Canada. (Grants are NOT made for projects in archaeology, ethnography, or psycholinguistics). Applications are accepted from graduate students for research on master’s theses or doctoral dissertations.
https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/phillips-fund-native-american-research
Deadline: Early March
Jacobs Research Funds, Whatcom Museum Society
Most funded projects fall within linguistics (including ethnolinguistic, sociolinguistics and world view) or anthropology (including social-cultural anthropology, social organization, political organization, and folk taxonomy). Projects in religion, mythology, music, dance, and other areas are also eligible. Grants are only for studying aboriginal languages and cultures of the Americas. There are three categories of grants, with funding limits tied to the US dollar ($3,000, $6,000, and $9,000 USD).
https://depts.washington.edu/jacobsf/apply.php
Deadline: Mid-February
The Point Foundation. National LGBT Scholarship Fund
Must be enrolled or intending to enroll at an accredited college or university based in the United States, including Hawaii and Alaska, in the fall of 2020. Students enrolled or intending to enroll in a college or university in a United States territory are NOT eligible. Must be “out” as a person who identifies as a member of the LGBTQ community. Must be enrolled full-time for the full academic year. Must be enrolled in a degree-granting undergraduate or graduate/ doctoral program. Post-doctoral research programs are not eligible.
https://pointfoundation.org/point-apply/apply-now/
Deadline: Late January
West African Research Association (WARA) Fellowships
Variety of awards for research in West Africa and the U.S. All disciplines are welcomed to apply, but requirements vary by award. Awards include:
https://www.westafricanresearchassociation.org/fellowships/ideas-matter-fellowship/
https://www.westafricanresearchassociation.org/fellowships/warc-travel-grant/
https://www.westafricanresearchassociation.org/fellowships/warc-library-fellowship/
http://www.westafricanresearchassociation.org/
https://www.westafricanresearchassociation.org/fellowships/
Deadline: Vary According to Award, Usually Late January
AIIS Advanced Language Programs in India
The AIIS Language Programs are dedicated to serving the needs of language learners from American Universities. The programs, located in India, have as their goal to provide a teaching and learning environment of professionalism, excellence and integrity and that operates in a joyful and hospitable manner.
https://www.indiastudies.org/language-programs/
Deadline: Vary According to Award, Usually Late January
SEASSI (Southeast Summer Institute)
A national program hosted in recent years by the University of Wisconsin at Madison for intensive summer language training at 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year levels in Burmese, Filipino, Hmong, Indonesian, Javanese, Khmer, Lao, Thai and Vietnamese. There are FLAS Fellowships (US citizens and Permanent Residents only) and Partial Tuition awards available for this program – start early.
Deadline: Early April
SASLI (South Asia Summer Language Institute)
A national program hosted by the University of Wisconsin Madison for intensive summer language training in Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi, Pashto, Sanskrit, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu, Tibetan and Urdu. There are FLAS Fellowships (US citizens and Permanent Residents only) and Partial Tuition awards available.
Deadline: Early March
United States-Indonesia Society (USINDO) Summer Language Study / Travel Grants
USINDO Summer Studies program is a specially designed language and cultural immersion that is distinct from most. It entails an intensive ten-week language and cultural studies fellowship held from May to August in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. USINDO works in conjunction with local organizations in Yogyakarta- Purna Caraka Muda Indonesia (PCMI) and Indonesian Language and Culture Intensive Course (ILCIC) of Sanata Dharma University. Other aspects of the program include volunteering opportunities, field trips and host families.
USINDO Summer Studies is open to U.S university students from all levels of education, currently enrolled or are recent graduates (within 6 months) from any U.S schools of higher education. Participants are selected under a competitive application process.
https://www.usindo.org/what-we-do/enhancing-educational-exchanges/summer-studies/
Deadline: Late January
Blakemore Foundation: Blakemore Freeman Fellowships for Advanced Study of ASIAN Languages
Blakemore Freeman Fellowships are awarded for one academic year (two semesters or three quarters) of advanced level language study in East or Southeast Asia. Eligible languages are Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Khmer, Thai, and Vietnamese. Fellowships cover tuition, and a stipend for related educational expenses, basic living costs and transportation. The Blakemore Foundation makes grants for study only at specific language programs.
https://www.blakemorefoundation.org/language
Deadline: End of December
Hopkins-Nanjing Center
An educational joint-venture located on the campus of Nanjing University, the Hopkins-Nanjing Center is a well-equipped facility housing up to 50 Chinese and 50 International students. For international students, the Hopkins-Nanjing Program is a one-year residential graduate-level program of social science courses relating to contemporary China (history, foreign relations, government, politics, society economics, trade & language) taught in Mandarin by Chinese professors. Each international student is paired with a Chinese roommate in the Center’s dormitory wing. The Center’s Chinese students learn about the US and the international system from American faculty hired by Johns Hopkins University. For international students, assigned readings are in Chinese & all papers and exams are completed in Chinese. While language improvement is a component of the curriculum, primary purpose is to train advanced students. Prerequisite: 3 years of Chinese language study and background in China studies. Substantial financial aid, based on a combination of merit and need, is available.
https://sais.jhu.edu/hopkins-nanjing-center/our-legacy-hopkins-nanjing-center
Deadline: November 1 & February 1 depending on program of application
Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies (IUP)-Tsinghua Univ. Beijing
The Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies (IUP) specializes in providing students with highly individualized instruction. Course assignments include at least one daily private tutorial, and several small group classes. Each student is given individual attention to language skill areas that need improvement and their progress is closely monitored over their entire course of study. Must be 18 years of age, completed at least one year of college, and two years of college-level mandarin study or at intermediate-advance level of Chinese
http://iupchinesecenter.org/studying-iup/programs/summer/
Deadline: Rolling admission until April 1
International Chinese Language Program, National Taiwan University (ICLP)
The International Chinese Language Program at National Taiwan University (ICLP) provides a summer program of intensive study in intermediate and advanced Chinese. The goal of the program is to provide students with intensive oral-aural language instruction and to further reading ability.
https://iclp.ntu.edu.tw/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=2&Itemid=2&lang=en
Deadline: Mid-March
Princeton in Beijing
Princeton in Beijing, a high-quality intensive program in intermediate and advanced Chinese language study for the serious language student.
Deadline: End of January
Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies-Yokohama
https://iucjapan.org/index_e.html
Korea Foundation Fellowship for KOREAN Language Training
The Korea Foundation provides foreign scholars and graduate students of Korean studies and those working in Korea-related fields abroad with an opportunity to learn Korean systematically in a Korean language immersion program at Korean universities. Master's/Doctoral candidates: Graduate students pursuing a major or minor in Korea-related fields with a detailed research plan on a Korea-related topic
https://en.kf.or.kr/?menuno=3792
Deadline: Summer
Indiana University Summer Language Workshop
A workshop that offers the experience to new languages. Such languages include Chinese, Arabic, Russian.
https://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/
Deadline: End of January
American Councils for International Education ACTR-ACCELS Programs
Research Scholar Program (More likely for FIELD WORK than pre-field research)
Combined Research and Language Training Program (Either Pre-Field or Field Work)
https://www.americancouncils.org/international-exchange/our-programs
ZEIT-Stiftung “Trajectories of Change” PhD Scholarships (2017 Focus: Reshaping the Public Sphere)
The scholarship program “Trajectories of Change” addresses historical and current transformation processes in the European neighborhood (Western & Eastern Europe, North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia). It offers stipends and fieldwork grants for PhD students in the humanities and social sciences. For 2017, research applications dealing with the changing public spheres and their impact on transformation are especially welcome. The program offers flexible funding schemes for PhD students at various stages of their dissertation research as well as for graduate students in the phase of PhD project development:
https://armacad.info/phd-scholarship-programme-trajectories-of-change-2017-germany
Deadline: End of July
DAAD Research Grants (PhD Candidates & Recent PhDs)
Research Grants are awarded to highly qualified candidates who have completed a master's degree or diploma. Must be a US citizen or permanent resident
https://www.daad.org/en/find-funding/graduate-opportunities/research-grants/
DAAD (German Academic Exchange) Grants for Intensive Language Courses in German
This grant in particular is offered to members in all academic fields except German Studies, German Language and Literature, and German Translation and Interpretation to attend intensive language courses at various Goethe-Institute Four-week courses are offered year-round. Scholars who hold a PhD (or equivalent) and have been working in research or teaching full-time at a university or research institution in the United States or Canada for at least two years after receipt of the doctorate are eligible. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or Canada.
Preference will be given to applicants in the social sciences, the natural sciences, engineering and professional schools, who are in mid-career and are under 46 years of age Applicants must have basic knowledge of German and be able to demonstrate a need for acquiring a better proficiency in the German language for their future studies or research.
https://www.daad.org/en/find-funding/faculty/learn-german-in-germany/
Deadline: Beginning of May and Beginning of November
Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS)/ Tinker Field Research Grants
The Tinker Foundation’s Field Research Grants Program is designed to provide budding scholars with a first-hand experience of their region of study, regardless of academic discipline. The grants provide graduate students with funds for travel to and within Latin America to conduct pre-dissertation research. These awards allow students to acquire a comprehensive knowledge of language and culture, familiarize themselves with information sources relevant to their studies, conduct pilot studies and preliminary investigations, and develop contacts with scholars and institutions in their respective fields. Recipients must be graduate students at the master’s or early stages of doctoral level studies, including those pursuing professional degrees.
https://clas.osu.edu/funding/grad/tinker-field
Deadline: Beginning of March
CASA (Center for Arabic Study Abroad)
CASA offers advanced level training in Arabic language and culture to qualified American students at The American University in Cairo and Qasid Arabic Institute in Amman. Applicants to the various CASA programs must be US citizens or permanent residents and should have the equivalent of at least 3 years of formal instruction in Arabic prior to joining CASA.
Deadline: Beginning of January
Arabic for Non-Native Speakers Program, Qatar University
The Arabic for Non-Native Speakers Center is a specialized language center that offers certificates of completion to international students whose mother tongue is not Arabic. All applicants to the Arabic for Non-Native Speakers center who meet the following minimum criteria will be qualified for applying to Qatar University:
1. Must have minimum of a high school diploma. (University graduates are preferred).
2. Must be between 18 and 40 years of age.
3. Was not granted a scholarship to study in the Arabic for Non-Native Speakers center previously.
4. Must have at least basic knowledge of Arabic language
http://www.qu.edu.qa/students/international-students/arabic-program
Deadline: Mid-March
ARIT Fellowships for Intensive Advanced TURKISH Language Study in Istanbul
The ARIT summer language program offers scholarship, travel, and stipend to support eight weeks of intensive advanced study of Turkish language and culture at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. Applicants must be advanced undergraduate or graduate students in good standing or advanced scholars and also must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ARIT/FellowshipPrograms.html
Deadline: Beginning of November
Institute of Turkish Studies Summer Language Study or Summer Research Grants for Graduate Students
These grants are for summer travel to Turkey for language study in preparation for graduate research. The time period for these grants varies with each individual application. Normally, the recipients of the Summer Language Study Grants are expected to spend a minimum of two months in Turkey at an established Ottoman or Turkish language training facility. Stipends generally range from $1,000 to $3,000. These grants are distributed as reimbursement for documented expenses, as proposed in the application, up to the dollar amount awarded by the Institute of Turkish Studies.
Deadline: Varies
Arabic Language Institute, Fez, Morocco
ALIF offers intensive Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and Colloquial Moroccan Arabic (CMA) courses.
Deadline: Application accepted all year round
American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS) Grants Program for US Citizens
The Grant Program offers grants to U.S. scholars to conduct research on North African topics in Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, or Tunisia.
http://aimsnorthafrica.org/long-and-short-term-grants/
Deadline: End of January
ASMEA Research Grants (Association for the Study of the Middle East & Africa)
ASMEA is an academic society dedicated to promoting the highest standards of research and teaching in Middle Eastern and African studies, and related fields.
https://www.asmeascholars.org/
Deadline: Mid-March
Smithsonian Institution Graduate Student Fellowships
The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program offers opportunities for independent research or study related to Smithsonian collections, facilities, and/or research interests of the Institution and its staff. Fellowships are offered to graduate students, pre-doctoral students, and postdoctoral and senior investigators to conduct independent research and to utilize the resources of the Institution with members of the Smithsonian professional research staff serving as advisors and hosts.
https://www.smithsonianofi.com/fellowship-opportunities/smithsonian-institution-fellowship-program/
Deadline: Beginning of November
Summer Institute in Anthropology (SIMA) (Dept. of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History
The Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA) at the Smithsonian seeks to promote broader and more effective use of museum collections – artifacts, audio recordings, art works, still and moving images - in anthropological research by providing graduate students with an immersive, four-week training program and research experience at the Smithsonian Institution.
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/anthropology/programs/summer-institute-museum-anthropology
Deadline: Beginning of March
John Carter Brown Library Research Fellowships
The John Carter Brown Library, is an independent research library. It presently boasts a sought-after fellowship program that attracts between 40 and 50 scholars from around the world each year; an ever-expanding digitization program, with ambitions to become even better connected to today’s dynamic environment of digital scholarship; a world-class curatorial staff, with professional expertise in the fields the library serves; cutting-edge academic programming; and an intimate and elegant research environment that is the envy of its peers.
https://jcblibrary.org/fellowships
Deadline: Beginning of December
IIE-Fulbright
Open to College seniors as well as advanced graduate students doing dissertation research (US citizens only). Fulbright booklet/application and hints about the application process available online. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers fellowships for U.S. graduating college seniors, graduate students, young professionals and artists to study, conduct research, and/or teach English abroad. In addition, Critical
Language Enhancement Awards are available to grantees for study of critical need foreign languages before or during their grant period. Fulbright is a program of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA).
http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html
Deadline: Late September
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowships
US government fellowships for “Area Studies” research in Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia & the Pacific Islands, South Asia, the Near East, East Central Europe & Eurasia, and the Western Hemisphere (Canada, Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean) (NOT Western Europe). Application is much more complex than that for IIE Fulbright and much more focused on advanced doctoral research that presupposes prior knowledge of the world area/country of application. Open only to US citizens and permanent residents. If you win, release of funds requires formal admission to PhD candidacy and IRB approval.
Competitions are held annually, pending the availability of funds.
https://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsddrap/index.html
Deadline: Late March
Social Science Research Council (SSRC) - Mellon International Dissertation Field Research Fellowships [IDRF]
Support for social scientists and humanists to conduct 9-12 months of dissertation field research on all areas or regions of the world outside of the US. The IDRF program is committed to scholarship that advances knowledge about non-US cultures and societies grounded in empirical and site-specific research (involving fieldwork, research in archival or manuscript collections, or quantitative data collection). The program promotes research that is situated in a specific discipline and geographical region and is engaged with interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives. Winners must be admitted to doctoral candidacy to begin the award -- and by December 2018 at the latest. Fellowships must be held for a single continuous period within the 18 months between July 2018 and December 2019. Approximately 68 fellowships averaging $21,000 each will be awarded; there is no citizenship requirement. Application is on-line.
https://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/view/idrf-fellowship/
Deadline: Early November
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc
The maximum amount of the Dissertation Fieldwork Grant is US $20,000. Please note that the Foundation has suspended the Osmundsen Initiative supplement. Grants are non-renewable. Students must be enrolled in a doctoral program (or equivalent, if applying from outside the United States) at the time of application. Students of all nationalities are eligible to apply. There is no time limit on the duration of the grant, and funding may be requested to cover distinct research phases (for example, two summers) if this is part of the research design.
http://www.wennergren.org/programs/dissertation-fieldwork-grants
Deadline: May 1 and November 1
EPA-STAR (Environmental Protection Ageny, Science to Achieve Results Fellowships
EPA's STAR Graduate Fellowship program supports masters' students and doctoral candidates in environmental studies. Each year, students in the United States compete for STAR Fellowships through a rigorous review process. Students can pursue degrees in traditionally recognized environmental disciplines as well as other fields such as social anthropology, urban and regional planning, and decision sciences.
HUD Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant Program
The Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant program helps eligible doctoral students’ complete dissertations on housing and urban development issues.
https://www.hud.gov/programdescription/ddrg
Deadline: Mid-January
American Philosophical Society Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research
The Lewis and Clark Fund encourages exploratory field studies for the collection of specimens and data and to provide the imaginative stimulus that accompanies direct observation. Applications are invited from disciplines with a large dependence on field studies, such as archaeology, anthropology, biology, ecology, geography, geology, linguistics, paleontology, and population genetics, but grants will not be restricted to these fields.
https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/lewis-and-clark-fund-exploration-and-field-research
Deadline: Beginning of November
Graham Foundation Carter Manny Award
The Graham Foundation offers two Carter Manny Awards: a research award for a student at the research stage of the doctoral dissertation and a writing award for a student at the writing stage of the doctoral dissertation. The research award is acknowledged with up to $15,000 and the writing award is acknowledged with up to $20,000.
http://www.grahamfoundation.org/grant_programs?mode=award
Deadline: Mid- November
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellowships
The Lincoln Institute's C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellowship Program assists Ph.D. students, primarily at U.S. universities, whose research complements the Institute's interests in land and tax policy.
https://www.lincolninst.edu/c-lowell-harriss-dissertation-fellows-current-past
Deadline: Beginning of March
Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy
The foundation supports projects with a social policy application on either a global or local level. Applications are evaluated based on the Trustees’ assessment of criteria such as: feasibility, applicability, originality, methodology, theoretically informed or empirically rich research, and letters of recommendation. Applicants must be current PhD (or DrPH) candidates who are working on their dissertation. Applicants can be from any country and any university in the world. US citizenship or residency is not required.
https://www.horowitz-foundation.org/grant-info
Deadline: Beginning of December
Dan David Prize Scholarship (Tel Aviv University)
The Dan David Prize awards scholarships to doctoral and post-doctoral researchers, carrying out research in cultural preservation and removal, gender equality, or artificial intelligence for the current year.
Deadline: Beginning of March
National Institute of Health - Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral
The program supports pre-doctoral and/or postdoctoral training. Institutional training grants are designed to allow the director of the program to select the trainees and to develop a curriculum of study and research experiences necessary to provide high quality research training. The training grant offsets the cost of stipends and tuition support for the appointed trainees. Trainees must be citizens of the United States or permanent resident. Individual trainees may receive up to five years of aggregate NRSA support at the pre-doctoral level and/or three years of support at the postdoctoral level from combined appointments on training grants and fellowships.
https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/supported/irt/kirschstein/index.cfm
Jacobs Research Funds, Whatcom Museum Society
The grant program supports anthropological research (socio-cultural or linguistic in content) on the indigenous peoples of Canada, Mexico, and mainland United States.
https://www.whatcommuseum.org/explore/collections/research/the-jacobs-research-funds/
Deadline: Mid-February
Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc
Fellowships are available to anthropologists and linguists going into the field to support a collection of oral literature. Literature may consist of ritual texts, curative chants, epic poems, musical genres, folk tales, etc.
https://www.firebirdfellowships.org/
Deadline: Applications are accepted for review quarterly: March 1, June 1, Sept. 1 and Dec. 1
American Philosophical Society Phillips Fund for Native American Research
The Phillips Fund of the American Philosophical Society provides grants for research in Native American linguistics, ethno history, and the history of studies of Native Americans, in the continental United States and Canada.
https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/phillips-fund-native-american-research
Deadline: Beginning of March
Esherick-Ye Family Foundation Grants
To be eligible, an applicant must be a graduate student or untenured faculty member conducting research on modern Chinese history or the archaeology of China at a university or college.
http://www.esherick-yefoundation.org/grants/application/
Deadline: Beginning of January
American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS) Field Research Fellowships
The program will provide awards of up to $4,000 to approximately 4-8 students for research in Mongolia. Applicants must be US citizens currently enrolled full-time (students) or employed at least part-time (post-docs and faculty) at a university or college. Students who have just graduated are eligible for the program. Graduate applicants can be at a masters, pre-dissertation, or doctoral candidacy level.
https://www.mongoliacenter.org/fellowships/
Deadline: Mid-February
China Times Cultural Foundation - Scholarships for Doctoral Dissertation Research in Chinese Studies
Award of doctoral candidates in humanities or social sciences who are enrolled at a US or Canadian University.
Deadline: End of June
Japan Foundation (Doctoral Fellowships category)
Programs in this field aim to encourage a greater understanding of Japan thorough supporting and promoting Japanese studies overseas. The Japan Foundation promotes dialogue about international common issues and develops human resources who play key roles in future dialogue and exchange initiatives.
https://www.jpf.go.jp/e/program/intel.html
Deadline: U.S Applicants Beginning of November
Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarships (Research Students)
MEXT scholarships is a Japanese government scholarship full funded programs for international students to study in Japanese Universities.
https://www.mext.go.jp/en/policy/education/highered/title02/detail02/sdetail02/1373897.htm
Deadline: Mid-February
Korea Foundation Fellowships for Korean Studies (Field Research)
For the purpose of promoting research in Korean studies abroad, the KF Fellowship for Field Research has been established to provide eminent Korean studies scholars abroad and experts in relevant fields with the opportunity to conduct on-site field research in Korea and access to resource materials.
https://en.kf.or.kr/?menuno=3795
Deadline: Summer
Chateaubriand Fellowships in Humanities and Social Sciences
The Chateaubriand Fellowship in Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) targets outstanding Ph.D. students from American universities who seek to engage in research in France, in any discipline of the Humanities and Social Sciences. This fellowship is offered by the Cultural Services of the Embassy of France.
https://www.chateaubriand-fellowship.org/
Deadline: Beginning of January
Georges Lurcy Charitable and Educational Trust Fellowship for Doctoral Research in France
The Georges Lurcy Charitable and Educational Trust offers fellowships to outstanding American doctoral students for advanced graduate study and research in France.
Deadline: End of January
EHESS (École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales)/Social Science Division Exchange
EHESS is a graduate-only research institution. It hosts scholars from all over the world committed to the study of contemporary societies seen within broad cultural and historical contexts.
https://www.ehess.fr/fr/programmes-et-projets-financ%C3%A9s
Deadline: End of February
Camargo Foundation (FRANCE)
The Camargo Foundation prizes diversity and welcomes applicants from all countries and nationalities, representing a broad range of creative thought and practice.
https://camargofoundation.org/programs/camargo-core-program/
Deadline: Mid-March
Alexander von HUMBOLDT Foundation German Chancellor Fellowships
The German Chancellor Fellowship offers you an opportunity to take the next career step in Germany – irrespective of your field of work. Send an application if you are a university graduate with an international bias from Brazil, China, India, Russia or the USA. Would like to spend a year working on a project you have developed yourself with a host of your choice in Germany. Can demonstrate that your project will be of social significance and that you have the potential to build future bridges between Germany and your own country
https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/german-chancellor-fellowship.html
Deadline: Mid-September
DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst)-Fulbright Grants (PhD Candidates)
DAAD research grants provide foreign doctoral candidates and young academics and scientists with an opportunity to carry out research or continue their education in Germany. There are funding program for various qualification phases and stages in a career. The grants also promote the exchange of experience and networking amongst colleagues.
Deadline:
Mid-April for funding from October or Mid-November for funding from April
Deadline:
Beginning of April for research stays starting beginning of August of the same year
Mid-January of the following year or end of August for research stays starting beginning of February or mid-July of the following year
Berlin Program for Advanced German & European Studies
The program promotes young North American researchers with specialized knowledge of modern and contemporary Germany and Europe. The program supports scholars in all social science and humanities.
https://www.fu-berlin.de/en/sites/bprogram/index.html
Deadline: Beginning of December
American-Scandinavian Foundation
The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) offers fellowships (up to $23,000) and grants (up to $5,000) to individuals to pursue research, study or creative arts projects in one or more Scandinavian country for up to one year. Grants are considered suitable for post-graduate scholars, professionals, and candidates in the arts to carry out research or study visits of one to three months’ duration.
http://www.amscan.org/fellowships-and-grants/fellowshipsgrants-to-study-in-scandinavia/
Deadline: Beginning of November
CAORC/Mellon Mediterranean Regional Fellowship Program
Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) is a private nonprofit federation of independent overseas research centers (ORCs) that promote advanced research, particularly in the humanities and social sciences, with a focus on the conservation and recording of cultural heritage and the understanding and interpretation of modern societies.
https://www.caorc.org/about-us
Deadline: End of January
Program for Cultural Cooperation Between SPAIN’s - Ministry of Culture and United States Universities (Hispanex)
American Councils for International Education ACTR-ACCELS Programs
Inter-America Foundation (IAF) Grassroots Development Fellowship Program
IAF's Fellowships are intended to increase awareness of grassroots development efforts while building a community of professionals and scholars knowledgeable in the subject. Fellows examine the efforts of the rural and urban poor to improve their lives, their methods of organization and production, and the policies and programs designed to alleviate their poverty.
https://www.iie.org/Programs/IAF-Grassroots-Development-Fellowship-Program
Deadline: Beginning of January
Dumbarton Oaks
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection supports research and learning internationally in Byzantine, Garden and Landscape, and Pre-Columbian studies through fellowships and internships, meetings, exhibitions.
https://www.doaks.org/research
Deadline: Beginning of November
ACOR (American Center of Oriental Research), Amman, Jordan
The American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR) promotes research and publication across disciplines with a special emphasis on archaeology in the region. ACOR’s main activities include a fellowship program for scholars, archaeological excavation and restoration projects, and other academic programs.
Deadline: Between the beginning and middle of February
ARIT (American Research Institute in Turkey)
The American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) is a non-profit educational institution dedicated to promoting North American and Turkish research and exchanges related to Turkey in all fields of the humanities and social.
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ARIT/
Deadline Beginning of November
ARCE (American Research Center in Egypt)
ARCE offers funded fellowships and a research associate program for a wide range of scholars looking to conduct research in Egypt.
https://www.arce.org/fellowships
Deadline: Mid-January
AIMS (American Institute for Maghrib Studies) (North Africa)
The Grant Program offers grants to U.S. scholars to conduct research on North African topics in Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, or Tunisia. Graduate students currently enrolled in an M.A. or Ph.D. program, independent scholars, and faculty in all disciplines are eligible to apply. All applicants must be U.S. citizens.
http://aimsnorthafrica.org/long-and-short-term-grants/
Deadline: End of January
Palestinian American Research Center (PARC)
The Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) announces its 11th National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions (FPIRI) competition for research in the humanities or research that embraces a humanistic approach and methods. Applicants must be scholars who have earned their PhD or completed their professional training. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals who have lived in the United States for the last three years.
https://www.parc-us-pal.org/neh-fpiri-fellowships/
Deadline: Mid-January
Lady Davis Fellowship Trust (Israel)
Provides an opportunity for Post-Doctoral Researchers and Doctoral Students from abroad, regardless of nationality, gender or field of scholarship to teach, study and participate in research in Israel at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and at the Technion Institute of Technology in Haifa.
Deadline: End of December
American Institute of Indian Studies
American Philosophical Society Library, Resident Research Fellowships
https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/fellowships
John Carter Brown Library Research Fellowships
https://jcblibrary.org/fellowships
Smithsonian Research Fellowships
https://www.smithsonianofi.com/fellowship-opportunities/
National Gallery of Art (Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts)
https://www.nga.gov/research/casva.html
Rust Family Foundation Archaeology Grants Program
https://rfamfound1.org/RFFarchint.html
Florence C. and Robert H. Lister Fellowship in Southwestern Archaeology
https://www.crowcanyon.org/lister-fellowship/
Archaeological Institute of America
https://www.archaeological.org/programs/professionals/grants-awards/
Mary Isabel Siibley Fellowship (Greek Archaeology - Women)
https://researchfunding.duke.edu/mary-isabel-sibley-fellowship-women-scholars-french-or-greek
Wiener Laboratory, American School of Classical Studies at Athens
https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/research/wiener-laboratory/fellowships-and-research-associate-appointments
Charlotte W. NEWCOMBE Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
https://woodrow.org/fellowships/newcombe/
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships
https://www.acls.org/programs/dcf/
National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowships Program
https://naeducation.org/naedspencer-dissertation-fellowship-program/
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
https://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/american-fellowships/
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships
https://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fordfellowships/pga_171939
Academy Scholars Program, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies
https://academy.wcfia.harvard.edu/programs/academy_scholar
US Institute of Peace – Jennings Randolph Peace Scholarship Dissertation Program
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholar Awards
https://www.hfg.org/emerging-scholars/
Josephine de Kármán Fellowships
Center for Engaged Scholarship Dissertation Fellowships
School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe (Weatherhead Fellowships)
https://sarweb.org/scholars/resident/weatherhead-fellowship/
Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowships
https://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/grants-awards-fellowships/dissertation-completion/
ZEIT-Stiftung “Trajectories of Change” PhD Scholarships
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)/Mellon Dissertation Fellowships in Original Sources
https://www.clir.org/fellowships/mellon/
Dumbarton Oaks
https://www.doaks.org/research/fellowships-and-awards/research-fellowships
American Bar Foundation Doctoral/Postdoctoral Fellowships in Law and Inequality
Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellowships
Graham Foundation Carter Manny Award
http://www.grahamfoundation.org/grant_programs/?mode=award
Center for US-Mexican Studies UC-San Diego Visiting Fellows Program
https://usmex.ucsd.edu/fellows/index.html
Dan David Prize Scholarship (Tel Aviv University)
https://www.dandavidprize.org/
P.E.O. Scholar Awards
https://www.peointernational.org/scholar
Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies, Univ. of Virginia
https://woodson.as.virginia.edu/fellowship-program
Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies - University of Rochester – Dissertation
http://www.sas.rochester.edu/aas/fellowships/index.html
The Commonwealth Fund
https://www.commonwealthfund.org/grants-fellowships/fellowships
Williams College - Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowships for Minority Graduate Students
https://faculty.williams.edu/graduate-fellowships-2/graduate-fellowships/
Eastman/Marshall Dissertation Fellowships at Dartmouth College
https://aaas.dartmouth.edu/research/thurgood-marshall-dissertation-fellowship
The Ann Plato Fellowship, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
https://www.trincoll.edu/dean-of-faculty/faculty-development/faculty-diversity/ann-plato/
Consortium for Faculty Diversity in Liberal Arts Colleges – Dissertation Fellowships (also PostDocs)
Multiple colleges are part of this consortium, google for more info on specific colleges
American Philosophical Society – John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowships
https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/john-hope-franklin-dissertation-fellowship
American Anthropological Association Minority Dissertation Fellowship Program
https://www.americananthro.org/ParticipateAndAdvocate/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=1621
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange
http://www.cckf.org/en/programs/american/doctoral-fellowships
Eisenhower Institute/Clifford Roberts Fellowships
http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org/scholarships-fellowships/roberts
Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowships in Women’s Studies
https://woodrow.org/fellowships/womens-studies/
Woodrow Wilson Center/Kennan Institute Title VIII-Supported Short Term Grants
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/opportunity/kennan-institute-title-viii-supported-short-term-grant
Woodrow Wilson Center/ Kennan Institute Title VIII-Supported Summer Research Scholarships
SSRC Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop
https://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/view/ksdw/
American Philosophical Society Library, Resident Research Fellowships
https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/fellowships
Library Company of Philadelphia and The Historical Society of Pennsylvania Visiting Research
https://librarycompany.org/academic-programs/fellowships/
Fellowships in Colonial and US History and Culture
American Antiquarian Society
https://www.americanantiquarian.org/fellowships
Newberry Library
https://www.newberry.org/fellowships
Jacobs Research Funds, Whatcom Museum Society
https://www.whatcommuseum.org/explore/collections/research/the-jacobs-research-funds/