External Funding and Grants for Humanities Graduate Students
Listed below are some fellowships and grants that are available to--and often specifically target--Humanities graduate students. Please note: this is not an exhaustive list. For other research award possibilities, try the OSU Research Foundation Funding Opportunity Database. This search engine allows you to seek fellowships and grants tailored to your specific subject matter and needs: http://rf.osu.edu/fundops/index.cfmSarah Starr ( starr.1@osu.edu), Director of Funding and Research Development, and Donna Roxey (roxey.1@osu.edu), Sponsored Programs Officer at the Research Foundation have detailed information about the variety of ways that the Research Foundation can be helpful in securing external funding.
One source of online information about writing good proposals can be found at: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/art_of_writing_proposals.page
.The American Antiquarian Society Visiting Research Fellowships: A number of short- and long-term Visiting Research Fellowships are available to scholars needing to work in the AAS library collections of American history and culture through 1876. (http://www.americanantiquarian.org/fellowships.htm)
.American Association of University Women Fellowships and Grants: Open to all applicants in all fields, except engineering. (http://www.aauw.org/fga/index.cfm>)
.American Council of Learned Societies: Dissertation fellowships of up to $25,000 for writing dissertations in Southeast European Studies. Also provides Southeast European language training grants. (http://www.acls.org/seguide.htm)
.American Jewish Archives Fellowship Program: Thirteen fellowships for students working on some aspect of the history of North American Jewry. (http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/aja/programs/index.html)
.American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) Graduate Study Award: Several pre and post doctoral fellowships for graduate study in classics. (http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/fellowship/fellowships.htm)
.Bowling Green Center for Popular Culture Studies External Fellows: Fellows pursue their own research while utilizing the resources of the Popular Culture Library and/or the Sound Recording Archive within the Jerome University Library. Generally there are no monetary awards, but fellows are afforded access to facilities. (http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/popc/page13192.html)
.Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Traveling Scholar Program: Enables doctoral students at any CIC university (the Big 10 plus University of Chicago) to take advantage of educational opportunities--specialized courses, unique library collections, unusual laboratories--at any other CIC university without change in registration or increase in tuition. (http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/programs/TravelingScholars/index.shtml)
.Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships: Offers approximately 35 dissertation fellowships. (http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/)
.Friends of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Humanities Grants-in-Aid: For research in the humanities in any field appropriate to the collections, which include the history of science, avant-garde Little Magazines, American women writers to 1920, Scandinavian and Germanic literatures, Dutch post-Reformation theology and church history, French political pamphlets of the 16th and 17th centuries, among others. (http://giving.library.wisc.edu/friends/grant-in-aid.shtml)
.Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad: Provides grants to colleges and universities to fund individual doctoral students to conduct research in other countries in modern foreign languages and area studies for periods of 6-12 months. Proposals focusing on Western Europe are not eligible. (http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsddrap/index.html)
.The Getty Research Institute for the Study of the History of Art and the Humanities Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships: Provides 22-month residencies and stipends for emerging scholars to complete their dissertations or expand them for publication. Getty Fellows are invited based on how their work relates to a specific theme chosen by the Research Institute. (http://www.getty.edu/grants/research/scholars/research_pre_post_fellows.html)
.Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Dissertation Fellowships: Awarded to scholars whose work can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world. Particular questions that interest the foundation concern violence, aggression, and dominance in relation to social change, the socialization of children, intergroup conflict, drug trafficking and use, family relationships, and investigations of the control of aggression and violence. (http://www.hfg.org)
.Huntington Library Fellowships: Short-term residences (up to $2300/month) at the Library are available for Ph.D. students at the dissertation stage. (http://www.huntington.org/ResearchDiv/Fellowships.html)
.IHR Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in the Humanities: $5,000 for pre-doctoral fellows and $25,000 for doctoral fellows will be awarded for archival research in the United Kingdom. (http://www.history.ac.uk/awards/#mellon)
.The International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) Individual Advanced Research Opportunities : Grants of one to twelve months to predoctoral and postdoctoral scholars for research at institutions in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia. American scholars in policy research and development or cross-disciplinary studies are urged to apply. (http://www.irex.org/programs/ProgramSearch.asp)
.Jacob K. Javits Fellowships: Financial assistance to individuals who, at the time of their application, have not yet completed their first year of doctoral program or a master's degree program (terminal degree for the field of study) or are entering graduate school for the first time in the next academic year. (http://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html)
.Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Humanistic Studies: A competitive merit award for first-year doctoral students. Eligible fields of study include classics, comparative literature, critical theory, cultural anthropology, cultural studies, English literature, ethnic studies, humanities, interdisciplinary studies, linguistics, rhetoric, and women's studies. (http://www.woodrow.org/mellon)
.Newberry Library Fellowships in the Humanities: Fellows make the Library their research home for the duration of their fellowship period and work on projects for which they have received funding. (http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/fellowshome.html)
.Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships: 28 fellowships that award $18,000 for 12 months of full-time dissertation writing. Designed to encourage "original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all field of the humanities and social sciences." (http://www.woodrow.org/newcombe)
.Philanthropic Education Opportunity Fellowship for Women: Provides educational awards for women who are either pursuing a graduate degree or are engaged in advanced study and research. Amount: generally $8,000. Selection criteria include scholarly excellence and potential of applicant to make a significant contribution to her field. Contact Virginia Reynolds, 240 Main Library, 1858 Neil Avenue. (reynolds.12@osu.edu)
.Rockefeller University Archive Center Grant-in-Aid: Financial awards to researchers, including doctoral candidates, whose projects require substantial research at the Center. (http://archive.rockefeller.edu/)
.Smithsonian Fellowships: Predoctoral (to conduct dissertation research) and ten-week graduate student fellowships are available. Also offers a Latino Studies Fellowship program. (http://www.si.edu/research+study)
.Social Science Research Council Fellowships: For social scientists and humanists to conduct dissertation research in all areas and regions of the world. (http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/)
.Society for the History of Technology Melvin Kranzberg Award: Presented annually to a doctoral student engaged in the preparation of a dissertation on the history of technology, broadly defined. (http://www.historyoftechnology.org/awards/kranzberg.html)
.Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans: Grants for up to two years of graduate study in the United States for resident aliens, naturalized U.S. citizens, or the children of two parents who are both naturalized citizens. (http://www.pdsoros.org)
.Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowships: Offers approximately 30 fellowships of $20,000 to support dissertations bringing "fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world." (http://www.spencer.org/programs/grants/index.htm)
.United States Institute of Peace Dissertation Fellowships: One-year stipend ($17,000) supports students who have completed all requirements for their degree, except the dissertation, by the start of the fellowship. Dissertation must advance the state of knowledge about international peace and conflict management. (http://www.usip.org/fellows.html)
.Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Grants in Women's Studies: Designed to encourage original and significant research about women that crosses disciplinary, regional, or cultural boundaries. (http://www.woodrow.org/womens-studies)
.Woodrow Wilson Humanities at Work Practicum Grants: Up to 13 Practicum Grants of up to $2,000 to support Humanities Ph.D. students who have created internships for themselves that engage their scholarship in a context outside of college teaching and research. (http://www.woodrow.org/phd/practicum/index.php)
.Woodson Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Residential Research Fellowships : To facilitate completion of dissertations or manuscripts in African American and African studies and related fields. (http://www.virginia.edu/woodson/programs/fellowships.html)
