Major Research Grants
Grants that provide support for more than 3 months of field research or provide over $10,000 in funding.
| MAJOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS | ||||
| Source | Grant title | Field of Study | Notes | Deadline |
| American Anthropological Association | AAA Minority Dissertation Fellowship Program | Anthropology | For minority doctoral candidates in anthropology to apply for a dissertation writing fellowship of $10,000. | February 15, 2013 |
| American Association of University Women | American Fellowships Program | All disciplines | American Fellowships support women scholars completing doctoral dissertations, conducting postdoctoral research, or finishing research for publication. | See website |
| American Center for Mongolian Studies | ACMS Research Fellowship | Social sciences or humanities | Support for up to three fellows to conduct up to 12-months of doctoral dissertation or post-doctoral research in Mongolia on topics in the social sciences or humanities. | February 15, 2013 |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Dissertation Fellowships in East European Studies | East European studies in humanities and social sciences | Research fellowships for use in Eastern Europe to conduct fieldwork or archival investigations. | November 15, 2012 |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Dissertation Fellowships in East European Studies | East European studies in humanities and social sciences | Writing fellowships for use outside of Eastern Europe, after all research is complete, to write the dissertation. | November 15, 2012 |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships | Humanities and social sciences | Fellowships are to assist graduate students in the humanities and social in the last year of Ph.D. dissertation writing. | October 24, 2012 |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art | Art history | Designated for graduate students in any stage of Ph.D. dissertation research or writing. Fellowships may be carried out in residence at home institution, abroad or any appropriate research site. Dissertation focused on a topic in the history of the visual arts of the U.S. | October 24, 2012 |
| American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS) | Various | All disciplines | Grants to U.S. scholars interested in conducting research on North Africa in any Maghrib country, specifically Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, or Mauritania. | December 31, 2012 |
| American School of Classical Studies at Athens | The M. Allison Frantz Fellowship | Late antiquity, Byzantine studies, post-Byzantine studies, or Modern Greek studies | Research at Gennadius library. | January 15, 2013 |
| American School of Classical Studies at Athens | Wiener Laboratory Fellowships, 2012-2013 | Well-defined projects in skeletal, faunal, geoarchaeological, or environmental studies | Fellowship does not include travel costs, housing, board, and other living expenses. Preference given to projects that make significant use of the facilities of the Wiener Laboratory. Priority given to applicants who have not received significant support from the Wiener Laboratory in the past three years. | January 15, 2013 |
| Asian Cultural Council | Various | Archaeology, architecture, art history, arts, film, photography, literature, music, theater, etc. | Supports living costs and international travel for students participating in graduate degree programs relating to the visual and performing arts. | See website |
| Belgian American Education Foundation, Inc. | Fellowships for study or research in Belgium | Advanced study at Belgian University | Student must be American citizen, with speaking/reading knowledge of Dutch, French or German. | October 31, 2012 |
| Boren Fellowships | Boren Fellowship Overseas Funding | The program focuses on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study deemed critical to U.S. national security | Provides U.S. graduate students 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. | January 31, 2013 |
| Council of American Overseas Research Centers | Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Research Fellowship Program | Humanities, social sciences, and allied natural sciences | Fellowship program for American pre- and post-doctoral scholars to carry out research in Oman. | January 7, 2013 |
| Council of American Overseas Research Centers | Multi-Country Research Fellowship | Regional or transregional research in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences | Preference given to candidates conducting comparative and/or cross-regional research. Scholars must carry out research in two or more countries outside the U.S., at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center. | October 31, 2012 |
| DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service | Study Scholarship | Various disciplines that would benefit from study in Germany | For students wishing to study in Germany for up to 10 months. | See website |
| Foundation for Urban and Regional Studies (FURS) | FURS International Scholarships | Urban and regional studies | Scholarships intended to permit students, generally from low- and middle-income countries, to pursue postgraduate research degrees for one or two years' duration. | January 31, 2013 |
| Fulbright-IIE | Full Grants for Study/Research | All fields and disciplines | Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State to support U.S. citizens with a bachelor’s degree to engage in study, research, or teaching assistantships abroad. | See website |
| Fulbright-IIE | English Teaching Assistantships | Teaching English | Designed to improve students' language abilities and knowledge of the U.S. |
See website |
| Georges Lurcy | The Georges Lurcy Fellowship Program for Study in France | All disciplines | Fellowships to outstanding American students for advanced graduate study and research in France. The research topic should be unique to France and one that can only be pursued in that country. Applicants must be enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley, or at an educational institution in France during the tenure of the fellowship. | March 16, 2013 |
| Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation | Dissertation Fellowships | Study of violence and aggression in relation to social change, intergroup conflict, war, terrorism, crime, and family | Grants for Ph.D. candidates entering the dissertation stage of graduate school. Applicants may be citizens of any country and studying at colleges or universities in any country. | February 1, 2013 |
| Hosei University International Center | Hosei International Fund Foreign Scholars Fellowship | Humanities, social or natural sciences, or engineering | Applicant must be foreign national who is either enrolled in a doctoral degree program or holds a doctorate or its equivalent as recognized by the university, and has sufficient fluency in either Japanese or English. |
See website |
| Institute of Historical Research/ University of London School of Advanced Study | Junior Fellowships | Study of history, humanities, and economics | Fellowships are awarded to doctoral or post-doctoral researchers. | See website |
| Institute of Turkish Studies | Social sciences or humanities | The principal purpose of the grant program is to support the development of research and scholarship in the field of Turkish Studies. Foundation objective: advancing Turkish studies at colleges and universities in the U.S. | See website | |
| Inter-American Foundation | IAF Grassroots Development Fellowship Program | Latin America and Caribbean | Supports dissertation research in Latin America and Caribbean by students who have advanced in Ph.D. candidacy in a university in the United States. Provides funding for 4-12 months. | See website |
| International Security Studies | Smith Richardson Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships | Security studies | Available to advanced doctoral students, including non-U.S. citizens from universities other than Yale, in the field of security studies, with a particular emphasis on international, diplomatic, and military history. | See website |
| IREX, International Research and Exchange Board | Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program | Eastern Europe and Eurasia | Provides an opportunity for scholars to increase their understanding of critical policy-relevant issues, develop and sustain international networks, and collaborate with foreign scholars on topics vital to both the academic and policy-making communities. Applicants to the IARO program can propose to do research in up to three countries for up to nine months. | See website |
| Jacob K. Javits Fellowships | Jacob K. Javits Fellowships Program | Arts, humanities, and social sciences | Up to four years of support for graduate study at the doctoral or master of fine arts level in selected fields. Eligibility is limited to U.S. citizens or nationals. | See website |
| Japan Foundation of New York | Fellowship Programs | Humanities or social sciences | Program provides support to outstanding scholars by providing the opportunity to conduct research in Japan. For doctoral students in the humanities or social sciences who are ABD. Must be an American citizen. | November 1, 2012 |
| Kress Foundation | History of Art: Institutional Fellowships | History of European art | Two-year research appointment in association with a foreign institute. | November 30, 2012 |
| Kress Foundation | Conservation Fellowships | European art | One-year post-graduate internships in advanced conservation in European art at a museum or conservation research facility. | March 10, 2013 |
| Leakey Foundation | Research Grants | Paleoanthropology, genetics, primate behavior, and studies of modern hunter-gatherer groups | Funds for research related to human origins. Priority of funding is commonly given to exploratory phases of promising new research projects that meet the stated purpose of the Foundation. |
January 15 and July 15, 2013 |
| Leakey Foundation | Franklin Mosher Baldwin Memorial Fellowships | Early humans and education | Fellowship for scholars with citizenship in a developing country who seek to obtain an advanced degree or specialized training in an area of study related to human origins research. | February 15, 2013 |
| Lemmerman Foundation | The Lemmermann Foundation's Scholarship Award | Archaeology, history, history of Art, Italian, Latin, musicology, philosophy, philology |
For graduate students who need to do research exclusively in Rome. | March 15, 2013 |
| Leo Baeck Institute | LBI/DAAD Fellowships | History, sociology, literature, or Jewish studies programs | Provides financial assistance to doctoral students doing research for their dissertation and to academics in the preparation of a scholarly essay or book that requires a period of research in libraries, archives, or research institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany. | November 1, 2012 |
| Medieval Academy of America | Birgit Baldwin Fellowship | French medieval history | Grant to support a graduate student in a North American university who is researching and writing a significant dissertation for the Ph.D. on any subject in French medieval history that can be realized only by sustained research in the archives and libraries of France. | November 15, 2012 |
| Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture | International Fellowship in Jewish Studies and Jewish Culture | Jewish scholarship and research | Provides assistance to individuals doing an independent scholarly, literary, or art project in a field of Jewish specialization that makes a significant contribution to the understanding, preservation, enhancement, or transmission of Jewish culture. | October 31, 2012 |
| Morris K. Udall Foundation | Environmental Public Policy and Conflict Resolution Ph.D. Fellowship | U.S. environmental public policy | Fellowship to doctoral candidates whose research concerns U.S. environmental public policy and/or environmental conflict resolution. | See website |
| National Science Foundation | Various | Science, engineering, and education | Programs provide either direct or indirect funding for graduate students or identify programs that focus on educational development for graduate students such as curricula development, training, or retention. | See website |
| Rhodes Scholarships at Oxford | All disciplines | These fellowships bring outstanding students from many countries around the world to the University of Oxford. | October 3, 2012 | |
| Social Science Research Council | Eurasia Program Fellowships | Social sciences and related humanities | Provides financial and academic support to graduate students in the early stages of dissertation development, Ph.D. candidates near completion of their doctoral programs. | See website |
| Social Science Research Council | International Dissertation Research Fellowship | Humanities and social sciences | Support to graduate students in the humanities and social sciences who are enrolled in doctoral programs in the U.S. and conducting dissertation research outside of the U.S. | November 7, 2012 |
| Spencer Foundation | National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program | Education | The dissertation topic must concern education; graduate study may be in any academic discipline or professional field. | October 5, 2012 |
| Wenner-Gren Foundation | Wadsworth International Fellowships | Anthropology | Priority given to applicants who have not begun graduate training abroad, and are likely to return to an academic position in home country upon completion of their degree. | March 1, 2013 |
| Wenner-Gren Foundation | Dissertation Fieldwork Grants | Anthropology | Supports research that demonstrates a clear link to anthropological theory and debates. | May 1 and November 1 |
| The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation | Charlotte Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship | Study of ethical or religious values in all fields of humanities and social sciences | Fellowship to help Ph.D. candidates in these fields complete their dissertation work in a timely manner. | September 1, 2012 |
| The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation | Higher Education Fellowships | Public policy, international affairs, public administration, business, economics, political science, sociology, or foreign languages | The Foundation has a suite of fellowships that support the development of future leaders at a variety of career stages in several critical fields. | See website |
| Yale MacMillan Center | The MacMillan Center Dissertation Research Grants | International relations, history, or the social sciences | Provide funds to Ph.D. candidates for research on their doctoral dissertations. Grants are for research generally outside the U.S. | See website |
