Small Research and Travel Grants
Grants for trips of 3 months or less or small grants to aid research expenses while abroad.
| SMALL RESEARCH AND TRAVEL GRANTS | ||||
| Source | Grant title | Field of Study | Notes | Deadline |
| American Council on Germany | Dr. Richard M. Hunt Fellowship | German history, politics, society, and culture | Applicants must be U.S. citizens. Knowledge of the German language is not a prerequisite. | July 1, 2013 |
| American Council on Germany | Dr. Guido Goldman Fellowship | German and European politics, political economy, and international affairs | Fellowship is intended to foster the study of European economic and international affairs. | July 1, 2013 |
| American Institute for Maghrib Studies | Short-term Research Grants | All disciplines | Applications for research anywhere in Tunisia; must be member of AIMS. Award can be used in combination with other grants. | December 31, 2012 |
| American Institute for Yemeni Studies | AIYS Fellowship | All fields or disciplines | For the current competition, AIYS is accepting ONLY applications for research on Yemen in venues other than Yemen. | December 31, 2012 |
| American Psychological Association | APF/COGDOP Graduate Research Scholarships | Psychology | Scholarship program is to assist graduate students of psychology with research costs and to support travel related to research. | June 30, 2013 |
| American Research Institute of Turkey | ARIT Fellowships in the Humanities and Socials Sciences in Turkey 2013-2014 | Humanities and social sciences | Fellowship is to support research in Turkey. | November 1, 2012 |
| American School of Classical Studies at Athens | The Harry Bikakis Fellowship | Greek law | Research for ancient Greek law or excavation. | January 15, 2013 |
| American School of Classical Studies at Athens | Cotsen Traveling Fellowship for Research in Greece | Hellenism, Greece, and neighboring civilizations (antiquity to modern times) | One-month residency required. | January 15, 2013 |
| American School of Classical Studies at Athens | Weiner Laboratory Travel Grants for Archaeological Science Research in Greece | Archaeological science | Preference given to new research and to those who anticipate carrying out majority of research at Wiener Laboratory in Athens. | See website |
| 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 |
| Bibliographical Society of America | Pantzer Senior Fellowship | History of the book trades and publishing history | Supports sustained research topics relating to book production and distribution in Britain during hand-press period. | See website |
| Council of American Overseas Research Centers | Multi-Country Research Fellowship | Humanities, social sciences and allied natural sciences | Awarded to U.S. citizens only. Supports advanced regional or trans-regional research in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences. | See website |
| Council on European Studies | CES Pre-Dissertation Fellowships | European studies | Fellowships are intended to fund students’ first major research project in Europe. | October 1, 2012 |
| DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service | German Studies Research Grant | German studies in humanities or social sciences | The grant may be used for short-term research (one to two months) in either Germany or North America. | November 1, 2012, and May 1, 2013 |
| Fulbright-US Student Program | Travel-only Grants | All fields and disciplines | Grants for students to go to Germany, Hungary, and Italy who hold other awards that don't provide for travel expenses or to supplement their own funds. | October 17, 2012 |
| Graduate Theological Union | Dr, George Papanicolau Hellenic Heritage Graduate Research Grant | Hellenic studies | Candidate must be of Hellenic ancestry | June 30, 2013 |
| Institut Français d' Amérique | Various | French studies in the areas of art, economics, history, history of science, linguistics, literature, and social sciences. | Awards for maintenance (not travel) during research in France for a period of at least one month. | January 15, 2013 |
| Institute of Historical Research/ University of London School of Advanced Study | Junior Fellowships | Study of history, humanities, and economics | Fellowships awarded to doctoral or post-doctoral researchers. | See website |
| IREX, International Research and Exchange Board | Short-Term Travel Grants | Eastern Europe and Eurasia | Applicants must have a graduate degree and be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Scholars can apply to conduct research in up to two countries for up to eight weeks. | See website |
| Japan Society for the Promotion of Science | JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers | Humanities, social sciences, or natural sciences | Researchers from North America and Europe pursue research under guidance of host researchers at Japanese universities and research institutes over a period of two months during the summer. | See website |
| Leakey Foundation | Research Grants | Paleoanthropology, genetics, primate behavior, and studies of modern hunter-gatherer groups | Funds for research related to human origins. | January 15, 2013, and July 15, 2013 |
| Lemmerman Foundation | The Lemmermann Foundation Scholarship Award | Archaeology, history, history of art, Italian, Latin, musicology, philosophy, philology |
For graduate students who need to do research exclusively in Rome. | March 13, 2013 |
| Leo Baeck Institute | Fritz Halbers Fellowship | Culture and history of German-speaking Jewry | Financial assistance to scholars whose research projects are connected the culture and history of German-speaking Jewry . |
November 1, 2012 |
| The Manuscript Society | Manuscript Society Maass Research Grant | Manuscript research | Grant for expenses related directly to research using original manuscripts. Applicants must be pursuing a graduate degree at an accredited college or university that holds institutional membership in The Manuscript Society. | June 1, 2013 |
| Medieval Academy of America | Medieval Academy Dissertation Grants | Medieval studies | Grants help defray research expenses such as the cost of travel to research collections and the cost of photographs, photocopies, microfilms, and other research materials. | February 15, 2013 |
| Nadia and Lili Boulanger International Center | Music interpretation, composition, and musicology | Open to musicians of all nationalities who wish to pursue studies in France. | June 30, 2013 | |
| National Huguenot Society | Scholarship Award | French/American history | Financial aid for higher education of students who are members of The National Huguenot Society. | See website |
| National Science Foundation | East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI) | Science and engineering | First-hand research experiences in Australia, China, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, or Taiwan. Funding for eight weeks from June to August. | November 8, 2012 |
| National Science Foundation | GRF Nordic Research Opportunity | Science, technology, engineering, mathematics, computer science, and the social sciences | Supplemental award for international research experience at Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, or Swedish research institutions. | See website |
| Social Science Research Council | Mellon Mays Pre-doctoral Research Grants | Various disciplines | To be used for small-scale preliminary research and other activities. | November 1, 2012 |
