Updated 11/19/1999
compiled by Laura Berol
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Sources of Funding within Princeton University
The Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni offers APGA Summer Travel and Research Grants of $500 to Princeton graduate students. Contact the APGA Office for information by e-mailing apga@princeton.edu or telephoning (609) 258-2742.
The Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University may be offering a dissertation fellowship with an application deadline in the spring of 2000. The Center's website is http://www.princeton.edu/~csrelig/.
Graduate School Summer Stipends of $4000 are offered annually to post-generals Princeton graduate students. Contact Dean Redman's office at 201 Nassau Hall for information on eligibility and the application process.
The Hyde Academic Year Research Fellowship and the Hyde Summer Research Award fund projects by post-generals Princeton graduate students requiring research abroad, with preference given to projects in England. Departmental nomination is required. Talk to your advisor for further information.
The Council on Regional Studies at Princeton University offers Language Support for graduate students' intensive language study over the summer. Dean Redman's office at 201 Nassau Hall can provide information about this competition.
The University Center for Human Values offers fellowships for the academic year to Princeton graduate students. Information is available on the Center's web page: http://www.princeton.edu/~uchv/.
Predoctoral Fellowships from External Sources
The American Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies offers travel grants to support projects related to eighteenth-century studies by members of the ASECS. Information is available at their website, http://www.press.jhu.edu/associations/asecs, under the heading "Professional and Career Development."
The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England, offers Short-term Caird Fellowships to allow overseas scholars to visit the museum's collections, which may be useful to those studying topics related to British imperialism. Information is available on the museum's website at http://www.nmm.ac.uk/rcs/award.htm or from the Research Administrator, Centre for Maritime Research, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London SE10 9NF, U. K.
The Ford Foundation Predoctoral and Dissertation Fellowships for Minorities supports members of six specified minority groups in doctoral study. Information is available on their web page, http://fellowships.nas.edu/, by e-mail to infofell@nas.edu or by telephoning (202) 334-2872.
Information on the Fulbright Grants for Dissertation Research Abroad is available from Dean Redman's office (201 Nassau Hall) and on the web page of the Institute for International Education at http://www.iie.org/fulbright/.
The Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program provides up to four years of support for graduate study. The amount of a fellow's stipend depends on the student's financial need; the maximum amount is $15,000 per year. Applicants must either have not yet begun graduate study or be in their first year of a graduate program. Applications may be obtained from 406 West College or by:
The Josephine de Ka'rma'n Fellowship competition is open to graduate students in all disciplines, with preference given to post-generals humanities students. The amount of the award is $8,000. Information is available from Judy McClain, Secretary, Josephine de Ka'rma'n Fellowship Trust, P. O. Box 3389, San Dimas, CA 91773.
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation offers the Mellon Fellowship to support the first year of study in a Ph.D. program. The website is located at http://www.woodrow.org/mellon.
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation offers the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship to support work on dissertations concerning ethics and/or religion. See the website for information: http://www.woodrow.org/newcombe/.
The Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship funds one year of study in any country where there is a Rotary Club. The website is located at http://www.rotary.org/programs/.
The Social Science Research Council offers funding for projects involving sexuality or cross-cultural concerns. The website is located at http://www.ssrc.org/.
The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans provides a $20,000 maintenance grant and half the cost of tuition annually for two years of graduate study, with the possibility of a third year. Applicants must either hold a Green Card, have been naturalized as a U. S. citizen, or be the child of two naturalized U. S. citizens. Information is available in 406 West College; at the website, http://www.pdsoros.org/; or by writing to the Paul and Daisy Soros Foundation, 400 W. 59th St., New York, NY 10019.
The Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship provides a year of funding for post-generals graduate students in any academic discipline whose dissertation topics concern education. The website is located at http://www.spencer.org/.
The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Grant in Women's Studies supports dissertation work involving research about women in any academic discipline. The amount of the grant is $1,500, and the website is located at http://www.woodrow.org/womens-studies/.
The Huntington, a research center in San Marino, California, offers short-term awards for conducting dissertation research at the center's library. See http://www.huntington.org/ResearchDiv/Fellowships.html.
Postdoctoral Fellowships from External Sources
Members of ethnic minorities who have received the Ph.D. within the past two years are eligible to apply for the Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship for Academic Diversity. Information is available from the Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Academic Diversity, Office of the Chancellor, 200 California Hall, The University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-1500.
The Lyman T. Johnson Postdoctoral Fellowship is available to members of minorities who have completed the Ph.D. within the past two years. The website is http://www.rgs.uky.edu/avp/lyman.htm. Information may also be obtained from Dr. Joseph L. Fink III at (606) 257-2300 ext. 271 or jfink@pop.uky.edu.
The competition for the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cultural Studies is open to scholars who have received the Ph.D. in a field of humanistic inquiry within the past four years. For information, write to the Director, Center for the Humanities, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459-0069.
The University of Michigan offers the Michigan Society of Fellows Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities and Arts, Sciences and Professions. Information is available from Dean Mawhinney's office at 204 Nassau Hall.
The Huntington, a research center in San Marino, California, offers postdoctoral fellowships to fund research at the center's library. See http://www.huntington.org/ResearchDiv/Fellowships.html.
Sources of Further Information about Funding
The Princeton University Graduate School Announcement, which is published each year, contains information on fellowships offered internally for Princeton graduate students.
There is a book listing fellowship opportunities outside Dean Mawhinney's office, 204 Nassau Hall. The book says "National Science Foundation" on the cover, but it includes some fellowships for students in the humanities as well. Photocopies of information on specific fellowships can be requested at the office.
The Princeton University Fellowship Coordinator's office at 406 West College, which works with Princeton undergraduates on applying for funding for graduate study, sends the information they receive on fellowships available to Princeton graduate students to Dean Redman's office at 201 Nassau Hall.
The Princeton University website includes information on postgraduate fellowships, including "Major Competitions," "Other Postgraduate Awards of Interest," and "Tools for Identifying Funding Sources." This information is available at http://www.princeton.edu/~odoc/felindex.html. As well as the fellowships listed among the "Major Competitions," some of the "Other Postgraduate Awards of Interest" may be available to graduate students in English, such as:
The Chronicle of Higher Education website, http://www.chronicle.com/, lists funding sources. Ask Marilyn Yates in the English Department Office for the department's username and password in order to gain access to this information.
The website of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, http://www.woodrow.org/, provides information on other fellowships in addition to the ones listed above.