Dissertation Fellowships and Post-Docs
Dissertation fellowships provide graduate students with time to complete their manuscripts. Post-doctoral fellowships provide a similar opportunity for people who have recently earned their PhD. In some cases, however, postdoctoral fellowships entail teaching or other duties.
Because some of these fellowships are open to students in both the humanities and the arts, we list the awards without differentiating between humanists and artists.
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/programme/stip_aus/tshp1.htm
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation enables highly qualified, early-stage researchers from abroad, who hold doctorates, to carry out research projects of their own choice in Germany. Applications may be submitted for long-term research stays of at least 13 and at most 24 months. Researchers of all disciplines may apply to the AvH directly at any time. There are no quotas for individual disciplines. The most important criteria for selection are the applicant's (international) publications to date and the quality and feasibility of the research proposal. Applicants choose their own research projects and their own German hosts. Details of the research project and the time-schedule must be agreed upon with the prospective host in advance.
Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture at the University of Chicago Dissertation Fellowship
http://csrpc.uchicago.edu/resources_funding.shtml
The goal of the fellowship is to enable an outstanding doctoral student interested in the study of race and ethnicity to devote his or her full energies to the completion of the dissertation. The fellowship carries a stipend of $18,000 for the academic year, a $1000 travel and research budget, and will cover Advanced Residence tuition, fees, and Basic university student health insurance, if needed. The successful applicant will be provided with an office and use of a computer at the Center. The fellow will be expected to be in residence during the award year, present his or her work at one of the Reproduction of Race and Racial Ideologies Workshop meetings and to actively participate in the workshop and other activities sponsored by the Race Center. The fellow may not engage in any remunerative activity, including teaching either on or off campus, while holding the award, and will be ineligible for further internal University funding from any source, including teaching appointments, if the degree is not completed within six months of the end of the CSRPC fellowship tenure.
College Art Association
Professional Art Development Program
http://www.collegeart.org/fellowships/
CAA initiated the Professional Development Fellowship Program in 1993 to help MFA and PhD candidates in art and art history bridge the gap between their graduate study and professional careers. The program's purpose is to support outstanding students from socially and economically diverse backgrounds who may have been underrepresented in their fields. By nurturing promising artists and art historians at the beginning of their careers, CAA aims to strengthen and diversify the profession as a whole.
Cornell University, Society for the Humanities, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships
http://www.arts.cornell.edu/sochum/mellon_post-d_fellowships.html
Postdoctoral teaching-research fellowships in the humanities, each awarded for the one-year period beginning July 2007, offer stipends of $45,000. While in residence at Cornell, postdoctoral fellows hold department affiliation and have limited teaching duties and the opportunity for scholarly work. Mellon Foundation postdoctoral fellowships are available in three areas of specialization. Under a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Cornell University's continuing program provides postdoctoral fellowships for nontenured scholars and teachers in the humanities. The program is designed to encourage the academic growth of promising humanists with recent Ph.D. degrees.
Council of American Overseas Research Centers
http://www.caorc.org/fellowships/
The Council of American Overseas Research Centers Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program for Advanced Multi-Country Research. The program is open to U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. in fields in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences and wish to conduct research of regional or trans-regional significance.
Dartmouth Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences, 2008-2010
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~lhc/mellon.html
With the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Dartmouth is pleased to accept applications for two postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities and humanistic social sciences for the 2008-2010 academic years. These fellowships foster the academic careers of scholars who have recently received their Ph.D. degrees, by permitting them to pursue their research while gaining mentored experience as teachers and members of the departments and/or programs in which they are housed. The program also benefits Dartmouth by complementing existing curricula with underrepresented fields.
Deutscher Akademischer Austausach Dienst (DAAD)
http://www.daad.de/en/index.html
See DAAD’s great list of research funding opportunities in Germany and Europe:
http://www.daad.de/deutschland/foerderung/stipendiendatenbank/00462.en.html?fachrichtung=4&land=44&status=2&enter.x=22&enter.y=6
The Getty
Research Grants for Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships
http://www.getty.edu/grants/research/scholars/research_pre_post_fellows.html
Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships provide support for emerging scholars to complete work on projects related to the Getty Research Institute's annual theme. The theme for 2008-2009 is Networks and Boundaries. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute, where they pursue research to complete their dissertations or to expand them for publication. Fellows make use of the Getty collections, join in a weekly meeting devoted to the annual theme, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty Center.
Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS
Dissertation Fellowships in American Art
http://www.acls.org/luceguid.htm
The ACLS invites applications for the Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art designated for graduate students in any stage of PhD dissertation research or writing. Ten fellowships are available for a non-renewable, one-year term beginning between June and September 2008 for the 2008-2009 academic year. The grants may be carried out in residence at the Fellow's home institution, abroad, or at another appropriate site for the research. The fellowships, however, may not be used to defray tuition costs or be held concurrently with any other major fellowship or grant.
The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, at the University of Edinburgh Postdoctoral Bursaries
http://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/bursaries.html
Applications are invited for postdoctoral bursaries from candidates in any area of the Humanities and Social Sciences, whose work falls within the scope of one of the Institute for Advanced Studies' current Research Themes or across disciplinary boundaries in the Humanities. The bursaries are tenable for Fellowships of three to nine months, in the period 1 September to 31 August. Awards will be up to a maximum of £10,000. The bursary may be used to top up an existing postdoctoral Fellowship (e.g. British Academy), or as a contribution towards living expenses. Applicants are asked to indicate other sources of support for which they have applied and the expected date of outcome. No teaching is required, but successful applicants may be able to supplement the bursary by contributing, by arrangement with the appropriate Head of subject area, to undergraduate teaching programmes. Office accommodation and research facilities are provided by the Institute in a newly refurbished postdoctoral suite, which can accommodate up to six Postdoctoral Fellows at any one time. There are opportunities to participate in and to design seminars, workshops, colloquia etc at the Institute, and to collaborate with colleagues working in similar areas of research. The Institute's arrangements particularly encourage interdisciplinary collaboration
We warmly welcome applications from both within and beyond the University of Edinburgh. Applicants must have been awarded a doctorate, normally within the last three years, and should not have held a permanent position at a university, or a previous Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies. Those who have held temporary and / or short-term appointments are eligible to apply.
The John W. Kluge Center Fellowships, Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/fellowships/kluge.html
The John W. Kluge Center accommodates up to two dozen post-doctoral Fellows pursuing resident research, usually for periods from six to twelve months. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural topics of a kind normally not encouraged in specialized departmental settings are welcome. Selection of a diverse group of Fellows is by various competitions. Post-doctoral Fellows have an opportunity to discuss their research with the Kluge Scholars and to explore possibilities for intellectual collaboration with other Fellows.
The John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/johnhopefranklin.htm
This fellowship, named in honor of a distinguished member of the American Philosophical Society, is designed to support an outstanding doctoral student at an American university who is conducting dissertation research. There are two special features to this fellowship. First, the objective of the John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship is to help remedy the serious shortage of faculty of color in core fields in the arts and sciences, by supporting the Ph.D. projects of minority students of great promise (particularly African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans and Native Americans) as well as other talented students who have a demonstrated commitment to eradicating racial disparities and enlarging minority representation in academia. Second, the John Hope Franklin Fellow is expected to spend a significant amount of time in residence at the APS Library and therefore all applicants should be pursuing dissertation topics in which the holdings of the Library are especially strong, such as quantum mechanics, nuclear physics, computer development, the history of genetics and eugenics, the history of medicine, Early American political and cultural history, natural history in the 18th and 19th centuries, the development of cultural anthropology, or American Indian linguistics and culture.
National Institute of Justice
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/funding.htm
See “Topical Index” for vast array of research issues.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/topics/a-z-index.htm
National Gallery of Art
Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Program
http://www.nga.gov/resources/casvapre.shtm
The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts announces its annual program of support for advanced graduate research in the history, theory, and criticism of art, architecture, and urbanism. Each of the following nine fellowships has specific requirements and intents, including support for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation, for residency and travel during the period of dissertation research, and for postdoctoral research. Application for a predoctoral fellowship may be made only through nomination by the chair of a graduate department of art history or other appropriate department. To be eligible, the nominee must have completed all departmental requirements, including course work, residency, and general and preliminary examinations, before November 15, 2007. Certification in two languages other than English is required. Candidates must be either United States citizens or enrolled in a university in the United States.
Princeton University, Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts
http://www.princeton.edu/~sf/
The Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, comprised of recent Ph.D. recipients in the humanities, and in selected social and natural sciences, seeks to promote innovative interdisciplinary approaches to scholarship and teaching. Postdoctoral (Cotsen) Fellows are appointed for three-year terms to pursue research and teach half time in their academic department, in the Program in Humanistic Studies, or in other university programs. The generosity of Charter Trustee Lloyd E. Cotsen, an alumnus and long-time supporter of Princeton, made possible the creation of this program in fall 2000.
Remarque Institute, Paris, France
http://www.nyu.edu/pages/remarque/program.html#fellowships
Each year the Institute offers by public competition junior and senior non-stipendiary fellowships. These are open to scholars, from the US and abroad, engaged in work on contemporary Europe. In the selection of fellows, preference may be given to candidates whose interests coincide with those of the Remarque Institute. The latter include, but are not restricted to the study of political, regional, ethnic, religious, linguistic, cultural and economic encounters and conflicts in contemporary Europe, and between Europe and North America. Fellowships include an office, housing in a studio apartment (not suitable for children), library access, secretarial assistance and some support for travel and research.
Resources in Art History for Graduate Students
http://www.efn.org/~acd/resources.html
A Newsletter of Fellowships and other Opportunities for Art History Graduate Students
This continuously updated online newsletter lists grants, fellowships, internships and study abroad opportunities for graduate students in art history and closely related areas such as humanities and visual art studies. "Resources" also carries the largest number of listings of art history conference and publication opportunities listed online of particular interest to graduate students but usually open to all.
Smithsonian Opportunity for Research and Study (SORS)
Graduate and Postdoctoral Fellowships
http://www.si.edu/ofg/fell.htm
Graduate Student Fellowships -- These fellowships allow students to conduct research for ten-week periods in association with Smithsonian research staff members. Applicants must be formally enrolled in a graduate program of study, must have completed at least one semester, and must not yet have been advanced to candidacy in a doctoral program.
Predoctoral Fellowships -- These fellowships allow students to conduct research for periods of three to twelve months. Applicants must have completed coursework and preliminary examinations for the doctoral degree, and must be engaged in dissertation research. In addition, candidates must have the approval of their universities to conduct their doctoral research at the Smithsonian.
Postdoctoral and Senior Fellowships -- Postdoctoral Fellowships of three to twelve months are available for scholars who have held the doctoral degree or equivalent for fewer than seven years as of the application deadline. Senior Fellowships of three to twelve months are available for scholars who have held the doctoral degree or equivalent for more than seven years as of the application deadline. Applications for senior fellowships may be made up to eighteen months in advance. Stipends for senior fellowships are the same as for the postdoctoral program, but the Smithsonian's stipend may be matched by other sources of funding such as a sabbatical salary.
Social Science Research Council, includes opportunities in humanities
http://fellowships.ssrc.org/overview/
International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF). The IDRF program supports full-time graduate students in the humanities and social sciences who are enrolled in doctoral programs in the United States, regardless of citizenship, conducting dissertation research outside the United States. Seventy-five fellowships of approximately $20,000 are awarded in annually with funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship. The DPDF Program supports early-stage graduate students in formulating successful doctoral dissertation proposals that are also competitive in future fellowship competitions. Students in the humanities and social sciences may apply to one of five research fields, each led by two directors. Fellows participate in a spring workshop that prepares them for predissertation research and another in the fall, designed to help them synthesize their summer research into dissertation proposals and future fellowship applications. DPDF Fellows are eligible for up to $5,000 from the SSRC to support summer predissertation research. Approximately 60 fellowships are awarded.
Terra Foundation for American Art
http://americanart.si.edu
Resident pre- and post-doctoral fellowships at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. These are awarded and administered by the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Wesleyan University, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship
Fellowship Program
http://www.wesleyan.edu/chum/mellon.html
Scholars who have received their Ph.D. degree after June 2005 in any field of inquiry in the humanities or humanistic social sciences—broadly conceived—are invited to apply for a postdoctoral fellowship, made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Wesleyan University. The purpose of this Fellowship is to provide scholars who have recently completed their Ph.D.’s with free time to further their own work in a cross-disciplinary setting, and to associate them with a distinguished faculty.
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Doctoral/Dissertation Fellowships
http://www.woodrow.org/fellowships.php
The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
Woodrow Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies
http://www.woodrow.org/womens-studies/
The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies encourages original and significant research about women that crosses disciplinary, regional, or cultural boundaries. Previous Fellows have explored such topics as transnational religious education for Muslim women, the complex gender dynamics of voluntary marriage migration, women’s role in African-American adult literacy, women’s sports, militarism and the education of American women, and the relationship between family commitments and women’s work mobility.
http://www.woodrow.org/newcombe/index.php
The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships are designed to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences, and particularly to help Ph.D. candidates in these fields complete their dissertation work in a timely manner. In addition to topics in religious studies or in ethics (philosophical or religious), dissertations appropriate to the Newcombe Fellowship competition might explore the ethical implications of foreign policy, the values influencing political decisions, the moral codes of other cultures, and religious or ethical issues reflected in history or literature.
