Young Investigator Awards for Faculty in the Arts, Humanities, and Divinity

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Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, W.F. (Jerusalem), Barton Fellowship - $7K for 5 months to recent PhDs in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, including archeology, anthropology, art history, Bible, epigraphy, historical geography, history, language, literature, philology and religion, or related disciplines from prehistory through the early Islamic period; research period should be continuous, without frequent trips outside the country. Deadline: 1 October 2009.

Academy of Korean Studies, Junior Fellowship - 900K won/month, free accommodation, and access to academy facilities to non-Korean PhDs at the assistant professor level or below with less than 5 years’ research experience engaged in Korea-related teaching and research in the humanities and social sciences. Deadline: 31 October 2009.

American Academy of Arts and Science, Visiting Scholars - $40K for postdocs and up to $60K for junior faculty to carry out individual research and to collaborate with academy fellows on shared scholarly or policy-related interests during one year in residence; to create a national network and assist the scholars in their research and professional development; areas: science and global security; social policy and US institutions; humanities and culture; and education. Deadline: 16 October 2009.

American Antiquarian Society

• Fellowships for Creative and Performing Artists and Writers - 3 awards of $1,100 + travel allowance for 4 weeks in residence ($1600 off campus) to creative and performing artists, writers, filmmakers, journalists, and others producing imaginative, nonformulaic works dealing with pre-20th-century US history. Deadline: 5 October 2009.

• Hench Postdissertation Fellowship - $35K stipend to scholars no more than 3 years beyond receipt of the PhD who wish to revise their dissertation for publication on any topic relevant to the library's collection and programmatic scope - US history and culture through 1876. Deadline: 15 October 2009.
  

American Association of University Women, International Fellowships - for full-time study or research in the US to women who are not US citizens or permanent residents; several fellowships for study outside the US for members of the International Federation of University Women; masters or professional fellowships at $18K; PhD fellowships at $20K; postdoctoral fellowships at $30K; must have completed at least a bachelors degree from a US college or university by September 1, 2009. Deadline: 1 December 2009.

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Fellowship in the History of American Obstetrics and Gynecology - $10K for 1 month working full-time on the project in the ACOG history library in the Washington DC area with access to other national, historical, and medical collections in the area; results must be disseminated through publication or presentation at a professional meeting. Deadline: 1 October (fellowship currently suspended).

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

• ACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellowships - for scholars at least 2 years beyond their PhD; 6-12 months to pursue research and writing on the societies and cultures of Asia, Africa, the Near and Middle East, Latin America, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Deadline: 30 September 2009.

• American Research in the Humanities in China - up to $40K for 4-12 months between 1 July 2010 and 31 December 2011 to specialists in all fields of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences, not limited to China scholars, for research that reflects an understanding of the present Chinese academic and research environment and a persuasive need to conduct the research in China. Deadline: 15 September 2009.

• Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars - $75K for 1 academic year at any one of the participating national residential research centers. Deadline: 30 September 2009.

• Collaborative Research Awards - up to $140K/project, with no more than $60K for a single participant’s salary replacement for up to 24 months, initiated between 1 July 2011 and 1 September 2012, to support collaborative research in the humanities and related social sciences; collaborations need not be interdisciplinary or interinstitutional, but applicants at the same institution must demonstrate why local funding is insufficient; projects that involve assistant and associate professors or scholars at different kinds of institutions encouraged. Deadline: 30 September 2009.

• Digital Innovation Fellowships - up to $55K toward an academic year’s leave and project costs of up to $25K to support major scholarly projects that take a digital form in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences; to advance digital humanistic scholarship by broadening understanding of its nature and exemplifying the robust infrastructure necessary for creating such works; e.g., developing new digital tools to further humanistic research; research that depends on, or is greatly enhanced by, the use of such tools; the representation of research that depends on, or is greatly enhanced by, the use of such tools, or a combination; US citizens or permanent residents whose PhD was conferred prior to deadline. Deadline: 30 September 2009.

• Fellowships - up to $30K for assistant professors in a broad range of humanities and humanistic social sciences including anthropology, archeology, art history, economics, geography, history, language, psychology, religion, musicology, and literature; must be at least a 3-year lapse since last supported leave. Deadline: 30 September 2009.

• Luce Foundation/ACLS Grants to Individuals in East and Southeast Asian Archaeology and Early History - $36K for 10 months’ study of people and cultures of early Brunei, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam; must hold a PhD in a relevant discipline, such as archaeology, art history, literature, or history. Deadline: 13 November 2009.

• New York Public Library Fellowships - up to $50K to support residential collaborations at the library's Center for Scholars & Writers; at least 3 years' lapse since last supported research leave. Deadline: 30 September 2009.

• Postdoctoral Fellowships in East European Studies - up to $25K for 6-12 months for research and writing related to Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo/a, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia in any humanities and social science discipline; comparative work considering more than one country or relating southeastern Europe to other parts of the world; 2 types: research fellowships for scholars with area expertise; development fellowships for scholars with expertise in another region; US citizens or permanent residents with a PhD; priority to early career applicants. Deadline: 11 November 2009.

American Council on Germany (ACG), Richard M. Hunt Fellowship for the Study of German Politics, Society, and Culture - travel costs and $150/day for up to 28 days in Germany to PhDs in the relatively early career stages; should demonstrate interest in German political, social, and cultural affairs; no prior experience in Germany or knowledge of the language required. Deadline: 1 July 2009.

American Philosophical Society

• Franklin Research Grants - up to $6K per year for research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. Deadlines: October 1 or December 1 annually.

• Phillips Fund Grant for Native American Research - up to $3,500 for research in Native American linguistics, ethnohistory, and the history of studies of Native Americans, in the continental United States and Canada; preference to younger PhDs. Deadline: 2 March 2009.

American Research Center in Egypt, Fellowships - 3-12-month US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs fellowships for postdoctoral scholars; 4-12-month National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships for postdoctoral scholars; fields of study: archeology, architecture, art, economics, Egyptology, history, humanistic social sciences, Islamic studies, literature, political science, religious studies. Deadline: 15 January 2010.

American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Fellowships - $8,840 stipend plus room, board, and fees for September to June to PhD candidates and recent PhDs focusing on Late Antiquity, Byzantine Studies, and Modern Greek Studies; must demonstrate need to work in the Gennadius Library. Deadlines: 15 January 2010.

Association of Theological Schools

• Lilly Endowment Theological Research Grants - up to $30K during an institutionally approved research leave of at least 1 full semester to full-time junior and nontenured faculty at ATS-accredited and candidate schools. Deadline: 5 January 2010; email of inquiry.

• Luce Fellows in Theology - up to $75K to conduct year-long research in the Bible and the church; Christianity and contemporary culture; Christianity and world religions/world Christianity; constructive theology; history of Christianity and the church today; ministry and practice of communities of faith; interdisciplinary research and research appropriate to the multiple audiences and diverse discourses of theological scholarship. Deadline: 1 December 2009.

Baeck Institute, Leo Baeck Institute/DAAD Fellowship - for research in New York or Germany; up to €975/month (depending on level) from July through January; travel is one-time lump sum of €520; no support for family; applicants must be PhD candidates or received the PhD in the preceding 2 years; to prepare a scholarly essay or book on the social, communal, and intellectual history of German-speaking Jewry. Deadline: 1 November.

BMI Foundation, Woody Guthrie Fellowship - up to $2,500 for 1-6 months in residence to support scholarly use of the Woody Guthrie Archives in New York City; disciplines include US musicology; historical musicology; ethnomusicology; cultural studies, social sciences, humanities, and US history. Deadline: 2 January 2010.

British Academy, Sir Ernest Cassel Educational Trust Fund - up to £7.5K for personal research and £1K for travel costs; aimed at recent postdoctoral scholars and is applicable to all humanities fields. Deadline: To be announced.

Brown Library, Fellowships - for residential research on the colonial history of the Americas, north and south, including all aspects of European, African, and Native American involvement; short-term fellowships = $2K/month for 2-4 months, open to citizens of any country and pre- and postdoctoral scholars; long-term fellowships = $4K/month for 5-9 months, open only to US citizens or residents. Deadline: 10 January 2010.

Brown University, Pembroke Center for Teaching & Research on Women, Postdoctoral Fellowships in Residence - $35K a year for residential fellowship; applicants may not hold a tenured position in a US college or university; preference to third-world and minority scholars; the Center has an annual research focus. Deadline: 10 December 2009.

Catholic University of America, Catholic Biblical Association of America, Young Scholars Fellowship - $20K stipend plus travel to/from the institution chosen; to active or associate CBA members who have recently finished the PhD and taught for not more than 6 years to continue their studies at another center of learning or to do research for publication. Deadline: 1 December.

Center for Hellenic Studies, Junior Fellowships - up to $34K, housing in DC for fellows and their families, health insurance, other benefits; up to $1K for professional travel and other research expenses; for outstanding Hellenists not more than 10 years postdoctorate; from September to May or 1 semester. Deadline: 23 October 2009.

Chemical Heritage Foundation, Price Fellowship in Polymer History - $20K + travel allowance for September to May in residence at the foundation, using the Othmer Library of Chemical History and other resources to pursue research in the history of the chemical sciences and technologies; preference to candidates whose projects deal with polymer history. Deadline: 15 February 2010.

Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation, Junior Scholar Grants - up to $30K to postdoctoral scholars and assistant professors without tenure who have taught for no more than 6 years; research should target Chinese cultural heritage; Republic of China; Taiwan area studies, including history, archeology, sociology, economy, politics, and culture; China-related comparative studies. Deadline: 15 October annually.

Columbia University, Center for Comparative Literature and Society, Postdoctoral Fellowship - $25K stipend, full fringe benefits, $1K for travel, and $2K for innovative course planning for one semester of broad, experimental, cross-disciplinary, and cross-regional research in a wide variety of humanities and social science disciplines; topic: importance of language learning and/or translation to produce an informed global scholarship and practice. Deadline: 31 January 2009.

Columbia University; Society of Fellows in the Humanities, Fellowship - up to $55K + $5K to support research, teaching in the core curriculum, attending Society of Fellows lectures and events and core curriculum training meetings; must have received PhD between 1/1/06 and 7/1/10. Deadline: 5 October 2009.

Cornell University, Society for the Humanities

• Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships - 3 teaching-research fellowships in the humanities; $45K/year for a 2-year period beginning July 2010; hold department affiliations and have limited teaching duties and the opportunity for scholarly work in German Studies, Near-Eastern Studies, and History. Deadline: 31 October.

• Society for the Humanities Fellowships 2010-2011 - 6-8 fellows who received the PhD before 1 January 2008 and have one or more years of teaching experience, which may include teaching as a graduate student, and who are working on topics related to the annual theme, “Networks/Mobilities,” will collaborate with two Senior Scholars in Residence: Fall 2009: Keller Easterling, Associate Professor of Architecture, Yale University; Spring 2009: Brian Massumi, Professor of Communications, University of Montreal; to investigate the cultural, social, philosophical, and methodological implications of historic and contemporary flows of people, materials, images, and ideas across physical and virtual boundaries. Deadline: 1 October 2009.

Council of American Overseas Research Centers, Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program for Advanced Multi-Country Research - up to $9K to US doctoral candidates and PhD scholars in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences who wish to conduct research of regional or transregional significance in at least one of the following countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Cyprus, Egypt, Gaza Strip, Greece, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Turkey, West Bank, Yemen; must be US citizens. Deadline: 15 January 2010.

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

• DAAD-AICGS Research Fellowships - to bring scholars and specialists working on Germany, Europe, and/or trans-Atlantic relations to the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS), in Washington, DC, for 2-month stays; proposals should be compatible with the Institute's mission and address one or more of its research and programming areas: Germany and the United States in the Global Economy; Germany in Europe; New Security Challenges and Changing Foreign Policy Agendas; Culture, Values, and Politics; Transnational Issues. Deadlines: 31 August 2010; 28 February 2010.

• DAAD-Cornell Summer Seminar - to promote the interdisciplinary study of historical, political, social and cultural aspects of modern and contemporary German affairs; open to faculty and recent PhDs; this year’s seminar will take place in June/July 2009, by University of Chicago Professor David E. Wellbery, and explore the narrative construction of modernity from the Enlightenment to the recent present; reading knowledge of German. Deadline: 1 March 2010.

• Faculty Research Visit Grant - €1,840/month for lecturers, assistant professors + up to €150 for research-related travel for 1-3 months to US and Canadian PhD scholars in all academic disciplines to pursue research at German universities, libraries, archives, institutes, or laboratories in Germany. Deadlines: 15 November 2009; 15 May 2009.

Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, Getty Trust, Postdoctoral Fellowships - $30K stipend for 1 year in residence; for scholars whose PhDs in art history have been or will be conferred within the last 6 years; PhDs in other fields must demonstrate their work will make substantial and original contribution to art history. Deadline: 1 November 2010.

Greenwall Foundation, Faculty Scholars in Bioethics - 3 years of support, eachrequiring a 50% time commitment; to outstanding junior faculty holding at least a 60% appointment at a university or nonprofit to carry out original research that will help resolve important policy and moral dilemmas at the intersection of ethics and the life sciences; institutions may submit 1 application. Deadlines: 20 November 2009, preliminary proposals; February, invited full proposals.

Harvard University

• Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, Villa I Tatti Fellowships - stipends of up to $55-60K/year for postdoctoral scholars in early career stages; focus on Italian Renaissance Studies in literature, history, fine arts, music, and philosophy. Deadline: 15 October annually.

• Davis Center for Russian Studies, Postdoctoral Fellowships- $35K stipend plus basic family medical insurance for 1 academic year or 1 semester; for recent PhDs (no earlier than September 2003) whose work combines disciplinary excellence in the humanities or social sciences with a focus on Russia, Eastern Europe, or Central Asia. Deadline: 1 December 2009.

• Korea Institute, Postdoctoral Fellowships - applicants should submit duplicate copy of materials to the Korea Institute 2 months before deadline required by the Korea Foundation; non-Korean scholars who received PhD in a subject related to Korea within 5 years but do not hold a regular faculty position; well-designed projects from initial research to revision for publication in the humanities and social sciences related to Korea. Deadline: 15 November 2009.

• Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard Postdoctoral Fellowships in Japanese Studies - $44K stipend and health insurance to give recent PhDs of exceptional promise in humanistic or social science Japanese studies the opportunity to turn their dissertations into publishable manuscripts; residence in the Cambridge or Boston area and participation in institute activities required. Deadline: 4 January 2010.

Humboldt Foundation, Humboldt Research Fellowships - monthly stipend plus other expenses to highly qualified researchers who received the PhD within the last 4 years to carry out projects of their own choice in Germany. Deadline: continuous.

Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, Fellowships - support for 9-12 months for scholarship in a field appropriate to the Huntington's holdings in British and American history, literature, art history, history of science, and medicine. Deadline: 15 December 2009.

Institut Français d' Amérique, Fellowships - $1500 for at least 2 months; must be in the final stage of dissertation or have held PhD no more than 3 years for research in France in art, economics, history, history of science, linguistics, literature, and social sciences. Deadline: 15 January annually.

Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology, and Society, Fellowships - $40K/month for up to 9 months at the institute in Graz, Austria, for projects investigating gender, technology, and environment; new genetics and modern biotechnology; technology studies and sustainability; information and communication technologies in any discipline. Deadline: 31 December 2009.

Institute for Aegean Prehistory, Postdoctoral Fellowship -$24K + up to $4K for travel for 1 year to scholars of the Aegean bronze age/early iron age who received the PhD within the past 5 years. Deadline: 15 November 2009.

Institute of International Education, Council for International Exchange of Scholars. Deadlines vary.

• European Union Scholars-in-Residence - to strengthen expertise in EU affairs by bringing EU scholars to US campuses;
• Fulbright Alumni Initiatives Awards –small institutional grants to Fulbright alumni to continue or develop projects that will link their home and host institutions;
• Fulbright German Studies Seminar – annual topics; an interdisciplinary experience for specialists and nonspecialists
• Fulbright Scholar Program –sends 800 US faculty and professionals abroad to 140 countries each year for 2-9 months; grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields; Deadline: 1 August annually.
• Fulbright Scholars-in-Residence – brings visiting scholars and professionals from abroad to lecture at US colleges and universities for one semester or one academic year.
  

International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), Individual Advanced Research Opportunities - travel, visas, emergency evacuation insurance, and a monthly allowance for housing and living expenses to support in-country research on contemporary political, economic, historical, or cultural developments relevant to US foreign policy;. Deadline: 17 November 2009.

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS),
Long-term Invitation Fellowship Program - researchers at designated Japanese research institutions invite researchers from other countries to Japan to participate in cooperative activities in all fields of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences for 2-10 months; candidates must have held a PhD for over 6 years or be full, associate, or assistant professors or research associates; includes round-trip air ticket, monthly maintenance allowance of 369K yen, domestic research travel allowance of 100K yen, research expenses of 40K yen and overseas travel accident and sickness insurance coverage; the host receives a cooperation allowance of 50K yen; applications must be submitted by the Japanese host through the head of their university or institution; foreign scientists wishing to participate are advised to establish contact with a Japanese or foreign-resident researcher in their field and ask them to submit an application. Deadline: 4 September 2009; 12 May 2010.

Journal of the History of Philosophy, Kristeller-Popkin Travel Fellowships - $2K to help younger scholars travel to libraries and archives for research on topics in the history of philosophy; must have completed thePhD no more than 6 years prior to award. Deadline: 1 December annually.

Lady Davis Fellowship Trust, Postdoctoral Research Fellowships - ILS5,404/month for fellows who have held the PhD for less than 2 years; ILS5,971/month for those who have held it for over 2 years + rental allowance of up to $250 and travel to and from Israel for 9-12 months in residence at Hebrew University; applicants must have received their PhD no earlier than 1 October 2004 and must be recommended by an academic sponsor at the level of lecturer or above on staff at the university. Deadline: Temporarily suspended postdoctoral fellowships for academic year 2010-2011.

Lehrman Institute of American History, Research Fellowships - stipends of $1,500-$4K for 1 week-2 months to work in one of 5 archives: the Gilder Lehrman Collection on deposit at the New-York Historical Society, the Library of the New-York Historical Society, the Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the New York Public Library Humanities and Social Sciences Library, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Deadlines: 1 May or 1 December 1 annually.

Library of Congress, Kluge Center Fellowships - $4K/ month for 6-11 months of residential research at the Library of Congress; must have received PhD within the past 7 years in the humanities, social sciences or law. Deadline: 15 July 2009.

Massachusetts Historical Society, Long-term Research Fellowships - 2 6-12-month awards of up to $40K + housing allowance of up to $500/month for humanities research in residence. Deadline: 15 January 2010.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fellowship Programs, Chester Dale Fellowships - $40K for senior fellows and $30K for predoctoral fellows with up to $3K for travel for 3-12 months residential research in the fine arts of the Western world; must be under 40 years old. Deadline: 6 November 2009.

National Endowment for the Humanities

• Fellowships - $4,200/month for 6-12 months to support continuous full-time work for a period of 6-12 months usually resulting in articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archeological site reports, translations, editions, and other scholarly tools. Deadline: 5 May 2009.

• Fellowships at Independent Research Institutions - up to $50,400 for 6-12 months and $25,200 for 4-5 months of research at institutions devoted to advanced study in the humanities; e.g., US independent centers for advanced study, libraries, and museums or American overseas research centers or other organizations that have expertise in promoting research on foreign cultures; apply directly to the institutions. Deadline: 20 August 2009.

• Summer Stipends - $6K for 2 consecutive months of full-time independent research leading to articles, monographs, book chapters, or translations; the university must nominate 2 candidates. Adjuncts and instructors may apply f as independent scholars without nomination. WFU deadline: determined annually. NEH deadline: 1 October 2009.

National Institutes of Health (NIH), DeWitt Stetten, Jr., Museum of Medical Research, Memorial Fellowship in the History of Biomedical Science and Technology - annual stipend from ~$30K- $37K, based on experience, for 6-12 months in residence to junior scholars in history, history of science, history of medicine, and history of technology, although candidates in other disciplines will not be automatically excluded. Deadline: 1 December 2009.

National Research Council, Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships - 20 1-year awards of $40K and an employing institution allowance of $1,500 to Alaska Natives (Eskimo or Aleut), Black or African Americans, Mexican Americans/Chicanas/Chicanos, Native Americans, Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesian or Micronesian), and Puerto Ricans for research in American studies, anthropology, archeology, art and theater history, astronomy, chemistry, communications, computer science, earth sciences, economics, education, engineering, ethnomusicology, geography, history, international relations, language, life sciences, linguistics, literature, mathematics, performance study, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religion, sociology, urban planning, women’s studies, interdisciplinary ethnic studies programs, area studies, peace studies, and social justice. Deadline: 9 November 2009.

Newberry Library

Long-term Fellowships - Deadlines: 11 January 2010 unless otherwise noted

• ACLS, Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars - supports advanced scholarly work in the humanities; apply to ACLS (see above). Deadline: 28 September 2009
  

• Lloyd Lewis Fellowships in American History - projects in any area of American history appropriate to the Newberry's collections.

• Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellowships - in any field relevant to the collections.

• Monticello College Foundation Fellowship for Women - for early career postdoctoral women whose work gives clear promise of scholarly productivity and would benefit from 6 months of research, writing, and participation in the intellectual life of the library; topic should be related to the collections; preference to the study of women 

• NEH Fellowships - support projects in any field appropriate to the collections; preference to applicants who have not held major fellowships for 3 years preceding the proposed residency.

• Terra Foundation for American Art Fellowship in Art History - to advance significant projects about historic American art using resources in any collection in Chicago; may focus on painting, sculpture, prints, drawings, decorative arts, or photography; applicants must have held the PhD for at least 3 years prior to 1 September 2009; academic-year stipend of $50,400 for Associate or Assistant Professors or independent scholars; includes a stipend for a graduate student research assistant and local travel; participate in the Newberry’s community of scholars, offer 2 public lectures, and visit at least one graduate seminar in the Chicago area.

Short-Term Fellowships. Deadline: 2 March 2009 unless otherwise noted

• American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Fellowship - to study the period 1660-1815; applicants must be ASECS members at the time of the award.

• Cappon Fellowship in Documentary Editing - up to $5K to support residential research in preparing a historical edition based on Newberry sources; other costs related to preparation and publication, including travel, photocopying, digitization, copyright fees, publication subventions; application by letter to the Committee on Awards.

• Fellowships in the History of Cartography - supports projects related to the history of cartography and focused on cartographic materials in the collection.

• Lumsden-Kouvel Fellowship - for research in late medieval and Renaissance history and literature; preference to projects focusing on Romance cultures.

• Resident Fellowships for Individual Research - provide access to the collections for postdoctoral scholars who live and work outside the Chicago area.

• Poetry Foundation/Newberry Library Fellowship in American Poetry - for working poets and scholars of American poetry; preference to poets who want to draw on the collections as part of the creative process.

• Power and Tanner Fellowship - for postdoctoral scholars of American Indian heritage.

• Weinberg Fellowship for Independent Scholars - for scholars working outside the academy on historical issues related to social justice or reform.

Special Fellowships

• Allen Fellowships - to encourage Native American women in the humanities and social sciences; expected to spend a significant part of their 1-12-month tenure in residence at the Newberry's Center for American Indian History. Deadline: 1 March 2010.

• British Academy Fellowship for Study in Great Britain - £1350/month for up to 3 months' study in any field in which the Newberry's collections are strong; preference to scholars who have used the Newberry’s collections. Deadline: 11 January 2010.
  

• Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel Fellowship - Applicants for long- and short-term fellowships at the Newberry may ask to be considered for an additional 2-month fellowship in Wolfenbüttel, Germany; project should link the collections and the fellowships be held sequentially to ensure continuity of research; €1,050/month + up to €600 for travel expenses. Deadlines: 11 January 2010 for linked long-term fellowship; 1 March 2010 for linked short-term fellowship

• Weiss/Brown Publication Subvention Award - up to $15K to subsidize the publication of a scholarly book or books on European civilization before 1700 in the areas of music, theater, cultural studies, or French or Italian literature; authors must document that their projects have been accepted for publication and provide detailed information regarding the publication and the subvention request. Deadline: 12 January 2009

Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellowship - $45K and benefits, office facilities, and some travel funds for conferences and research; candidate's manuscript must have significant potential for publication as a distinguished, book-length contribution to scholarship; must submit completed manuscript; may not have previously published a scholarly book or have a book under contract, must have met all requirements for the doctorate at least 12 months prior; a year's support to revise the first book manuscript and the institute's commitment to publish it; area encompasses all aspects of the lives of North America's indigenous and immigrant peoples during colonial, revolutionary, and early national periods in the US and the related histories of Canada, Caribbean, Latin America, the British Isles, Europe, and Africa, from the 16th century to approximately 1815. Deadline: 1 November 20089

• Center for the Study of Religion (CSR), Visiting Fellows - support of younger scholars studying US religion and religious history in stated themes. Deadline: January 2008 (not updated, 9/2/08).

• University Center for Human Values, Laurance Rockefeller Visiting Fellowships - stipends of up to half the academic year salary for the fellowship period, from 1 September to 1 July, to outstanding scholars and teachers interested in devoting a year in residence at Princeton writing about ethics and human values. Deadline: 9 November 2009.

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Fellowships for Humanists and Social Scientists - up to $70K for 1 year with additional funds for project expenses and relocation to scholars in any field who were awarded a PhD or appropriate terminal degree at least 2 years prior to appointment; must have published at least 2 articles or monographs; priority to projects that draw on the resources of the Institute's Schlesinger Library on the history of women in America. Deadline: To be determined.

Rhodes University, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in Humanities and Social Sciences - ~ZAR125K/year with an additional ZAR10K for project costs or transport of the candidate to Grahamstown for a minimum of one year with possible renewal for a further year. Deadline: 31 July 2009.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Scholar-in-Residence - up to $60K for 6-12 months at the center to encourage research and writing on the history, literature, and cultures of the peoples of Africa and the African diaspora; to promote and facilitate interaction among the participants; to facilitate dissemination of findings through lectures, publications, and the colloquium and seminar series; projects in the social sciences, science and technology, education and religion are eligible if they use a humanistic approach and contribute to humanistic knowledge. Deadline: 1 December 2009.

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Fellowships in American Art - $40K + research and travel allowance for up to 1 year to scholars whose research topic matches the museum’s interest in the art and visual culture of the US; only one application for all awards; applicants will automatically be considered in all relevant award categories. Deadline: 16 January 2010.

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, Lemelson Center Fellows – up to 10 weeks’ residence and a prorated stipend support creative approaches to the study of invention and innovation in US society, including historical research and documentation projects resulting in publications, exhibitions, educational initiatives, and multimedia products; access to artifact and archival collections and the expertise of research staff. Deadline: 15 January 2010.

Social Science Research Council, Abe Fellowships - 3-12 months of full-time support over a 24-month period to citizens of the US and Japan as well as nationals of other countries who can demonstrate strong and serious long-term affiliations with research communities in Japan or the US; must hold a PhD or the terminal degree in their field or an equivalent level of professional experience for research in the social sciences or the humanities relevant to global problems common to industrial and industrializing societies and that pertain to US-Japan relations; areas: technology and society; consumption, labor and markets; human security; civil society; bioethics; social policy; transnational economic relations; sustainable development and global environment; foreign policy and international relations; and the domestic political process, among others; researchers in professions other than academia are encouraged to apply. Deadline: .

Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), Brooke Hindle Postdoctoral Fellowship - $10K; must hold PhD in the history of technology or related field awarded on or after August 1, 2002; other awards may be held in conjunction with the fellowship and it may be used for any purpose connected with research or writing on the history of technology for a period of not less than 4 months. Deadline: 15 April annually.

Stanford University, Stanford Humanities Center External Faculty Fellowships - up to $40K for scholars at least 3 years beyond receipt of their PhD by the start of their prospective fellowship year. Fellows remain in residence from September to June. Deadline: 15 October 2009.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, Fellowships - up to $3K/month for 3-9 months in residence to support significant research and writing about the Holocaust from scholars in fields including, among others, history, political science, literature, Jewish studies, philosophy, religion, psychology, comparative genocide studies and law. Deadline: 24 November 2009

University of Notre Dame, Medieval Institute, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Medieval Studies - $40K; must hold regular appointment at US institution and plan to return following their fellowship year; no more than 5 years beyond PhD; permits outstanding young scholar in any field of medieval studies to continue research in residence. Deadline: 15 January 2010.

University of Pennsylvania, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships - up to $46,500 plus health insurance to faculty who received PhD between 12/00 and 12/08; must teach 1 freshman seminar and be in residence for a year; research should relate to annual topic of Penn Humanities Forum. Deadline: 15 October annually.

Wesleyan University, Center for the Humanities, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cultural Studies - $40K to scholars in any field of the humanities or humanistic social sciences who received PhD after June 2005 to further their own work in a cross-disciplinary setting; teach a one-semester undergraduate course; participate in the collegial life of the Center, and give 1 public lecture; annual themes. Deadline: 4 January 2010.

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Fellowships - $26,200- $85,000 stipend, 75% of health insurance, and travel expenses. Residencies to individuals with outstanding proposals on national and international issues, especially those fostering communication between the world of ideas and public affairs. Topics and scholarship should relate to key public policy challenges or provide the historical or cultural framework to illumine policy issues of contemporary importance.Primary themes are 1. governance, including the key features of the development of democratic institutions, democratic society, civil society, and citizen participation; 2. the US role in the world and issues of partnership and leadership - military, political, and economic dimensions; and 3. key long-term future challenges confronting the US and the world. Deadline: 1 October.