External Opportunities
External Opportunities
Calendar of Deadlines
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
American Antiquarian Society Long-Term Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowship applications
Deadline: October 15 each year • Visit Page >
Provides the recipient with time and resources to extend research and/or to revise the dissertation for publication. The Society welcomes applications from those who have advance book contracts, as well as those who have not yet made contact with a publisher. The twelve-month stipend for this fellowship is $35,000.
American Antiquarian Society Short-Term: AAS-American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Fellowship
Deadline: January 15 each year • Visit Page >
For research on projects related to the American eighteenth century.
American Antiquarian Society Short-Term: AAS-Northeast Modern Language Association Fellowship
Deadline: January 15 each year • Visit Page >
For research in literary history of America and the Atlantic World in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that can be supported by the collections of the American Antiquarian Society.
American Antiquarian Society Short-Term: American Historical Print Collectors Society Fellowship
Deadline: January 15 each year • Visit Page >
For research on American prints of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries or for projects using prints as primary documentation.
American Antiquarian Society Short-Term: Barbara L. Packer Fellowship
Deadline: January 15 each year • Visit Page >
Established by the Ralph Waldo Emerson Society to honor the memory of Barbara Packer, is awarded to individuals engaged in scholarly research and writing related to the Transcendentalists in general, and most especially to Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and Henry David Thoreau. It is open to both postdoctoral scholars and graduate students at work on doctoral dissertations.
American Antiquarian Society Short-Term: Christoph Daniel Ebeling Fellowship
Deadline: January 21 each year • Visit Page >
Jointly administered by the German Association for American Studies (DGfA) and AAS. Application for this short-term fellowship is made through the DGfA. The AAS-DGfA Fellowship is open to German citizens or permanent residents at the post-graduate or postdoctoral stages of their careers. The Fellow will be selected on the basis of the applicant’s scholarly qualifications, the scholarly significance or importance of the project within the field of American studies in general and its German context, and the appropriateness of the proposed study to the Society’s collections.
American Antiquarian Society Short-Term: Jay and Deborah Last Fellowships
Deadline: January 15 each year • Visit Page >
For research on American art, visual culture, or other projects that will make substantial use of graphic materials as primary sources.
American Antiquarian Society Short-Term: Joyce Tracy Fellowship
Deadline: January 15 each year • Visit Page >
For research on newspapers and magazines or for projects using these resources as primary documentation.
American Antiquarian Society Short-Term: Justin G. Schiller Fellowship
Deadline: January 15 each year • Visit Page >
Supports research by both doctoral candidates and postdoctoral scholars from any disciplinary perspective on the production, distribution, literary content, or historical context of American children’s books to 1876.
American Antiquarian Society Short-Term: Kate B. and Hall J. Peterson Fellowships
Deadline: January 15 each year • Visit Page >
For research on any topic supported by the collections. Stipends derive from the income on an endowment provided by the late Hall J. Peterson.
American Antiquarian Society Short-Term: Legacy Fellowship
Deadline: January 15 each year • Visit Page >
For research on any topic supported by the collections,funded by the gifts of former fellows and research associates.
American Antiquarian Society Short-Term: Linda F. & Julian L. Lapides Fellowship
Deadline: January 15 each year • Visit Page >
Supports research on printed and manuscript material produced in America through 1865 for (or by) children and youth. The Lapides Fellowship will support projects examining the creative, artistic, cultural, technological, or commercial aspects of American juvenile literature and ephemera produced between the Puritan Era and the Civil War. It is open to both postdoctoral scholars and graduate students at work on doctoral dissertations.
American Antiquarian Society Short-Term: Stephen Botein Fellowships
Deadline: January 15 each year • Visit Page >
For research in the history of the book in American culture.
American Antiquarian Society Short-Term: The “Drawn to Art” Fellowship
Deadline: January 15 each year • Visit Page >
Supports research on American art, visual culture, or other projects that will make substantial use of graphic materials as primary sources.
American Antiquarian Society Short-Term: The Reese Fellowship
Deadline: January 15 each year • Visit Page >
Supports research in American bibliography and projects in the history of the book in America.
American Antiquarian Society: Fellowships for Creative and Performing Artists and Writers
Deadline: October 5 each year • Visit Page >
The American Antiquarian Society (AAS), a national research library and learned society of American history and culture, is calling for applications for visiting fellowships for historical research by creative and performing artists, writers, film makers, journalists, and other persons whose goals are to produce imaginative, non-formulaic works dealing with pre-twentieth-century American history. Successful applicants are those whose work is for the general public rather than for academic or educational audiences. The Society’s goal in sponsoring this program is to multiply and improve the ways in which an understanding of history is communicated to the American people.
American Association of University Women, Fellowships and Grants
Deadline: Varies • Visit Page >
AAUW is one of the world’s largest sources of funding for graduate women. Fellowship and grant recipients perform research in a wide range of disciplines and work to improve their schools and communities.
American Center of Oriental Research
Deadline: February 1 each year • Visit Page >
Pre and Post doctorate fellowships – US citizen/Humanities related to the Near East offered.
American Council of Learned Societies, Fellowships and Grants
Deadline: Varies • Visit Page >
ACLS offers fellowships and grants in more than a dozen programs for research in the humanities and related social sciences at the doctoral and postdoctoral levels.
American Councils for International Education, Research Fellowships
Deadline: Varies • Visit Page >
American Councils administers several major grants for independent, overseas research in the humanities and social sciences as well as language training. In recent years, American Councils scholars have conducted independent research in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine.
American Historical Association, J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship in American History, NASA Fellowship in Aerospace History
Deadline: Varies • Visit Page >
Jameson Fellows spend 2-3 months at the Library of Congress for American history research. Applicants must be no more than 7 years beyond receipt of the Ph.D. Aerospace Fellows undertake a 6-12 month research project in aerospace history.
American Institute for Contemporary German Studies DAAD/AICGS Research Fellowship
Deadline: February 28 each year • Visit Page >
Offers fellowships funded by a Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) grant to specials working on Germany, Europe and/or transatlantic relations to AICGS in Washington, DC.
American Philosophical Society Fellowships, Grants and Prizes
Deadline: Varies • Visit Page >
Offers fellowships, prizes and grants in several programs for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars
American Research Center in Egypt, Fellowships
Deadline: January each year • Visit Page >
Several fellowships available for postdoctoral travel and study in Cairo and Egypt.
Boston University – Archaeological Institute of America
Deadline: January 15 and April 15 each year • Visit Page >
Offers fellowships for travel and study to scholars, as well as scholarships and grants for students, publications and AIA Societies.
Cambridge University Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Deadline: Varies • Visit Page >
The Centre offers a number of programs to bring scholars from all over the world to CRASSH — from postdoctoral and early career researchers to more established visiting fellows.
Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, Harvard University (Villa I Tatti), Fellowships
Center for Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies, UCLA, Fellowships
Deadline: February 1 each year • Visit Page >
The Center administers a number of fellowship programs for senior and postdoctoral scholars.
Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange
Deadline: October 15 each year • Visit Page >
Offers Distinguished Fellowships, scholar junior scholar and research grants.
Council of American Overseas Research Centers, Multi-Country Research Fellowship
Deadline: January each year • Visit Page >
The program supports advanced regional or trans-regional research in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences. Preference will be given to candidates examining comparative and/or cross-regional research. Applicants are eligible to apply as individuals or in teams. Scholars must carry out research in two or more countries outside the United States, at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center. Open to U.S. citizens.
DAAD German Academic Exchange Service
Deadline: Varies • Visit Page >
Provides information and financial support to qualified students and faculty for international research.
Dartmouth College, Leslie Center for the Humanities, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships
Deadline: October each year • Visit Page >
With the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Dartmouth offers an in-residence postdoctoral fellowship in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections
Deadline: November 1 each year • Visit Page >
Fellowship opportunities offered in Byzantine and Pre-Columbian Studies.
Folger Shakespeare Library Research Fellowships
Deadline: March 1 each year for short-term • Visit Page >
Research fellowships providing access to the Library’s collections. Short-term (1-3 months) and long-term (6-9 months) fellowships are available.
Folger Shakespeare Library Research Fellowships
Deadline: November 1 each year for long-term • Visit Page >
Research fellowships providing access to the Library’s collections. Short-term (1-3 months) and long-term (6-9 months) fellowships are available.
Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington, Fellowships
Deadline: November 15 each year • Visit Page >
Short-term and long-term funded residential research fellowships will be awarded to applicants whose research focuses on the life, leadership, and legacy of George Washington and early American history. The Library is located at Mount Vernon, 16 miles south of Washington, D.C.
Fulbright Program
Deadline: Varies • Visit Page >
Offers various fellowships and awards in a number of programs, for graduate students, faculty, et al.
George A. and Eliza Howard Foundation Fellowships
Deadline: November each year • Visit Page >
Supports independent projects in selected fields in the arts and social sciences (fields vary by year). The Foundation targets its support to early mid-career individuals who have achieved recognition for at least one major project.
George Mason University – Institute for the Humane Studies
Getty Foundation
Getty Research Institute, Residential Grants and Fellowships
Deadline: Varies • Visit Page >
Offers several postdoctoral fellowships for scholars in residence at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, Fellowships
Deadline: May 1 each year • Visit Page >
Offers short-term research fellowships to doctoral candidates, postdoctoral scholars, college and university faculty at every rank, and independent scholars working in American history, to conduct research within the archival holdings of any institution in the five boroughs of New York City.
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Deadline: August 1 and February 1 each year • Visit Page >
Provides research grants to established scholars (8/1 deadline) and dissertation fellowships to graduate students (2/1 deadline).
Harvard Divinity School – Women’s Studies in Religion
Deadline: October 15 • Visit Page >
Research Associateship – Women’s Studies research projects involving the relationship between women and religion/Residency.
Harvard University – Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program
Deadline: October 1 each year • Visit Page >
Fellowships in Study of Women, Gender & Society (generally) / 2 publ. articles.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Lady Davis Fellowship Trust
Deadline: Varies • Visit Page >
Visiting Professorships for full or associate professors, also postdoctoral researchers program.
Huntington Library, Fellowships
Deadline: November each year • Visit Page >
Offers Short-term and long-term in-residence fellowships. The Huntington is an independent research center with holdings in British and American history, literature, art history, and the history of science and medicine.
Institute for Advanced Study School of Historical Studies, Mellon Fellowships and ACLS Fellowships
Deadline: Varies • Visit Page >
Offers one and two-year Mellon fellowships for Assistant Professors and ACLS programs for recently tenured scholars.
John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities, Haverford College, Mellon Post-Doctoral Program
Deadline: January each year • Visit Page >
Haverford College, with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, offers an endowed fellowship program designed to nurture the professional potential of an emerging generation of young humanists. The fellowships is for two years.
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Deadline: September 19 each year • Visit Page >
Awards fellowships to assist research and artistic creation.
John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, Fellowships, Distinguished Chairs & Endowments
Deadline: Varies • Visit Page >
The Kluge Center welcomes scholars worldwide to research in the Library’s collections and engage in dialogue with leaders in Washington, and the public. The Center accommodates post-doctoral Fellows pursuing resident research, usually for periods from six to twelve months.
National Academies – Ford Foundation Fellowships
Deadline: Varies • Visit Page >
Postdoctoral, Predoctoral and Dissertation Fellowships for Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching.
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Humanities Center
Deadline: October 15 each year • Visit Page >
Several fellowships designated for particular areas of research including: philosophy, English literature, art history, Asian Studies, Theology.
New York Public Library – Dorothy & Lewis Cullman Center for Scholars & Writers
Deadline: September 30 each year • Visit Page >
Offers fellowships for projects that draw upon the research collections at the NYPL’s Humanities & Social Sciences library.
Newberry Library Long-Term Fellowships in the Humanities
Deadline: November 15 each year • Visit Page >
Long-term fellowships are available to post-doctoral scholars for periods of four to 12 months. Applicants for post-doctoral awards must hold a PhD at the time of application (unless otherwise noted). These grants support individual research and promote serious intellectual exchange through active participation in the Newberry’s scholarly activities, including a biweekly fellows’ seminar.
Newberry Library Short-Term Fellowships in the Humanities
Deadline: December 15 each year • Visit Page >
Short-term fellowships are generally restricted to post-doctoral scholars, PhD candidates, or holders of other terminal degrees from outside of the Chicago area who have a specific need for Newberry collections.
Oxford University, Junior Research Fellowships
Deadline: November each year • Visit Page >
The Governing Bodies of three Colleges (Christ Church, Merton College and St John’s College) elect in co-operation Junior Research Fellows in Arts and Science. The Fellowships are normally awarded to those who are approaching the end of their doctoral research or who have begun postdoctoral study.
Princeton University Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, Fellowships
Deadline: October 1 each year • Visit Page >
The Princeton Society of Fellows, an interdisciplinary group of scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and selected natural sciences, invites applications for in-residence postdoctoral fellowships.
Rockefeller Foundation
Royal Museums Greenwich, Fellowships and Internships
Deadline: October each year • Visit Page >
The Museum encourages proposals from both maritime historians and scholars from other disciplines who are interested in exploring the cultural, social and political aspects of maritime history.
Smithsonian Institution, Office of Fellowships and Internships
Deadline: Varies • Visit Page >
The Institution offers in-residence appointments for research and study. These appointments enable qualified persons to make use of Smithsonian resources in pursuing studies related to the programs and collections of the Institution and its staff. Appointments vary in duration, and many carry financial support.
Society for the History of Technology, Hindle Fellowship
Deadline: April each year • Visit Page >
The Brooke Hindle Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of Technology offers $10,000 for research or writing in the history of technology for a period of at least four months.
Stanford University Center for East Asian Studies, Postdoctoral Fellowships in Chinese Studies
Deadline: January each year • Visit Page >
Offers up to two postdoctoral fellowships in Chinese Studies each year. These awards are open to scholars in the humanities and social sciences studying any historical period.
Tufts University Center for the Humanities, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellows
Deadline: February 1 each year • Visit Page >
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has provided Tufts University with funding to bring two postdoctoral fellows to campus each year to pursue new research projects in the Humanities.
University of Pennsylvania Penn Humanities Forum, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities
Deadline: October 15 each year • Visit Page >
The Penn Humanities Forum awards five one-year in-residence Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships each academic year to junior scholars in the humanities who are not yet tenured.
Wesleyan University Center for the Humanities, Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship Program
Deadline: January each year • Visit Page >
Scholars 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.
UT ranks tenth in the country among all universities, public and private, in the number of NEH fellowships received between 2004 and 2022.
Graduate students chosen to spend a year in the UTHC working on their dissertations graduate, on average, 1.5 years sooner, publish their first book sooner, and receive better job offers than other students in the humanities.
Faculty who spend a year at the University of Tennessee win NEH and other awards and publish award-winning books and research projects more quickly.