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Grants, Fellowships, and Prizes

Index

Institutions, Foundations, and Societies offering grants and fellowships which would be of interest to philosophers are invited to submit information concerning their programs to:

Erin Shepherd (erinshep@udel.edu)
Grants, Fellowships, and Prizes
The American Philosophical Association
University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware 19716

Last updated May 7, 2008

If you are having technical difficulties or if you need to edit a posted grant/fellowship, please contact
Erin Shepherd (erinshep@udel.edu)

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS:

Web Sites at other Organizations offering Grants and Fellowships (external links):

AGENCE NATIONALE DE LA RECHERCHE, SENIOR CHAIRE D'EXCELLENCE: IDEALS OF PROOF PROJECT (external link)
A number of doctoral, post-doctoral and other fellowship opportunities are available under the chaire d'excellence awarded Michael Detlefsen by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche of France. Part of the funds provided by the award will support research on a project entitled Ideals of Proof (IP). More information on the project may be found at the its website: http://www.univ-nancy2.fr/poincare/idealsofproof/description.html. The project began in December 2007 and will continue until December 2011. During that time, doctoral and post-doctoral fellowships of periods ranging from one to twelve months will be available on a competitive basis. Interested doctoral and post-doctoral students and other scholars are encouraged to visit the project's website. Inquiries and applications may be submitted there by following the instructions under the link titled "Fellowship opportunities." They can also email Professor Detlefsen directly at: mdetlef1@nd.edu.

A. M. MONIUS INSTITUTE (external link)

ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION (external link)

AIYS FELLOWSHIPS FOR RESEARCH AND STUDY IN YEMEN (external link) (Deadline every year is December 31st)

AMERICAN ACADEMY IN BERLIN FELLOWSHIPS (external link)

AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME (external link)

  • Rome Prize Competition (external link) Ancient Studies, Medieval Studies, Renaissance and Early Modern Studies and Modern Italian Studies. Both pre-doctoral and post-doctoral awards are available and carry stipends of $15,000 and $20,000. November 1 postmark deadline every year.

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: Visiting Scholars Program
Each year the American Academy of Arts & Sciences welcomes fellowship applications from untenured junior faculty and postdoctoral scholars who are interested in pursuing research related to one of the Academy's four core program areas: Humanities and Culture, Social Policy and American Institutions, Science and Global Security, and Education. Established in 1780 and located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Academy is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States and an independent policy research center, conducting multidisciplinary studies of scholarly and public policy issues.
The Academy's Visiting Scholars Program offers junior scholars an opportunity to combine their independent research with active involvement in varied projects, conferences, and meetings. The benefits of the program include private office space at the Academy's headquarters and access to the Harvard University libraries. Preference is given to junior faculty. A stipend of up to $60,000 for junior faculty and up to $40,000 for postdoctoral scholars accompanies the award. If you have questions about these fellowships, please contact Alexandra Oleson, Director of the Visiting Scholars Program at 617-576-5014 or email: aoleson@amacad.org

AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY (external link)

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE (external link)

AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES (external link)

AMERICAN COUNCILS FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION:   ACTR/ACCELS and the NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR EURASIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN RESEARCH (NCEEER)  (external link)

AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR YEMENI STUDIES

AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY (external link)

THE AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN EGYPT (external link)

American-Scandinavian Foundation (external link)

Samuel H. Kress Foundation/ARIT Fellowship for Research in Archaeology and Art History (external link)

ARIT/Mellon Fellowships for Research in Turkey by East European Scholars (external link)

BELGIAN AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (BAEF) (external link)

BERLIN PRIZE FELLOWSHIPS (external link)

CAMPUS COMPACT GRANTS (external link)

CANADA-U.S. FULBRIGHT PROGRAM - GRANTS FOR RESEARCH, TEACHING OR GRADUATE STUDY IN THE UNITED STATES

Carter G. Woodson Institute for African- American and African Studies (external link)

CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDY IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (external link)

The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships. The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships are designed to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences, and particularly to help Ph.D. candidates in these fields complete their dissertation work in a timely manner. Applications are available online only. To learn more, and to apply, visit http://www.woodrow.org/newcombe. Potential applicants who have questions AFTER a full review of the Newcombe Fellowship Web site may email charlotte@woodrow.org.

THE CENTER FOR HELLENIC STUDIES Fellowship Opportunities The Center for Hellenic Studies, located in Washington, D. C., awards research fellowships to specialists in ancient philosophy and other aspects of Hellenic civilization. The Fellowship includes a stipend and free housing for the Fellows and their families, subsidized health insurance, and other benefits. The stipend (for the 05-06 year the maximum stipend was $26,000) is adjusted for individual circumstances, such as the number of dependents accompanying the Fellow and the amount of support from other sources. Additional support (up to $1000) is available for professional travel and other research expenses. The Center will also assist with Fellows' travel expenses to and from Washington. Prerequisites for the Fellowships are a Ph.D. degree (or its equivalent) and professional competence in ancient Greek studies as documented by published work. The principal requirement of the application is a detailed research proposal (no more than three pages). For additional information and application forms visit the fellowship information section on the Center's website at http://www.chs.harvard.edu.

CORNELL UNIVERSITY Postdoctoral Fellowship in Science & Technology Studies (external link)

THE COUNCIL OF AMERICAN OVERSEAS RESEARCH CENTERS

Council on Library and Information Resources, Mellon Foundation dissertation fellowships in the humanities (external link)

DUKE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (external link) Includes a list of funding opportunities for non-U.S. citizens

DUMBARTON OAKS FELLOWSHIPS (external link)

ERASMUS INSTITUTE (external link)

FORD FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS FOR MINORITIES
Approximately 60 predoctoral, 40 dissertation and 30 postdoctoral fellowships sponsored by the Ford Foundation and administered by the National Research Council.

FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON LIBRARY GRANTS IN AID. The Friends of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Library is pleased to offer a minimum of four grants-in-aid annually, each one month in duration, for research in the humanities in any field appropriate to the library's collections. The purpose is to foster the high-level use of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Library's rich holdings, and to make them better known and more accessible to a wider circle of scholars. Awards are $1,500 each. Additional funds of $500 are available for those traveling from outside North America. Memorial Library is distinguished in almost every area of scholarship. It boasts world-renowned collections of: o history of science from the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment o pseudo science and medical and scientific quackery o the largest American collection of avant-garde "Little Magazines" o a rapidly growing collection of American women writers to 1920 o Scandinavian and Germanic history and literature o Dutch post-Reformation theology and church history o French political pamphlets of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries o many other fields. Generally, applicants must have a Ph.D. or be able to demonstrate a record of solid intellectual accomplishment. Scholars and graduate students who have completed all requirements except the dissertation are also eligible. The grants-in-aid are designed primarily to help provide access to UW-Madison library resources for people who live beyond commuting distance. Preference will be given to scholars who reside outside a 75-mile radius of Madison. The grantee is expected to be in residence during the term of the award, which may be taken up at any time during the year. Applications are due 1 February of any year. For application forms or more information, see http://giving.library.wisc.edu/friends/grant-in-aid.shtml, or write to Friends of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 990 Memorial Library, 728 State St., Madison, WI 53706, or contact the Friends at 608-265-2505; fax: 608-265-2754, E-mail: friends@library.wisc.edu.

Fritz Thyssen Fellowship Programme of the Francke Foundations in Halle/Saale (external link)

FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR PROGRAM (external link)

FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP HONG KONG UNIVERSITY (external link pdf file)

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM (US) (external link)

  • Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, Winter Seminar for Faculty Teaching Holocaust-Related Courses
    (tra    vel and lodging provided)

THE HUMANITIES AND SCIENCES TECHNOLOGICALLY ASSISTED COLLABORATORY (HASTAC) (external link)

ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION (external link)

INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY, Princeton NJ

INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN THE HUMANITIES (UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH) (external link)

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EXCHANGES BOARD (IREX)  (external link)

THE JOHN NICHOLAS BROWN CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION, BROWN UNIVERSITY

JOHN WILLIAM MILLER

Journal of the History of Philosophy (external link)

JORDAN FELLOWSHIP IN THE HUMANITIES

KIERKEGAARD LIBRARY, ST. OLAF COLLEGE

  • Summer Fellowships
  • Long-Term Residencies

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, JOHN W. KLUGE CENTER FELLOWSHIPS (external link) (postmark deadline August 15, every year)

MATCHETTE GRANTS

MEDIEVAL INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME

METANEXUS INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND SCIENCE GRANT PROGRAM (external link)
Local Societies Initiative, a unique grant program that provides financial support to groups of scientists, philosophers, theologians, religious studies scholars, and others who wish to engage in an open and exploratory dialogue between science and religion.

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF EDUCATION / SPENCER POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

  • Fellowships (external link) Usually May 1 deadline each year
  • Summer Stipends
  • Other Grants
  • Summer Institutes for College Teachers -- see APA Conference website

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

NOTRE DAME MEDIEVAL INSTITUTE POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP (deadlines usually in January for the following fall)

THE PAUL & DAISY SOROS FELLOWSHIP FOR NEW AMERICANS

Regents Professor Joel Feinberg Dissertation Fellowship. The University of Arizona Department of Philosophy proudly announces the establishment of the Regents Professor Joel Feinberg Dissertation Fellowship, generously established in the form of a permanent endowment by the late Professor Feinberg's wife, Ms. Betty Feinberg, on behalf of the Feinberg family. The Feinberg Dissertation Fellowship will be awarded periodically to a University of Arizona graduate student to facilitate the completion of the dissertation for the Ph.D. in philosophy. Contributions to the endowment in honor of Regents Professor Feinberg are welcomed in the form of checks payable to the University of Arizona Foundation/Philosophy: Regents Professor Joel Feinberg Dissertation. Checks may be sent to Head of Department, Department of Philosophy, University of Arizona, P.O. Box 210027, Tucson, AZ 85721-0027. Those wishing additional information are welcomed to contact J. Christopher Maloney, Head and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona, at the above address or by email to maloney@u.arizona.edu.The University of Arizona Department of Philosophy expresses its deep gratitude to Ms. Feinberg and the Feinberg family for their creation of the endowment serving to commemorate and honor this most distinguished philosopher who was a wonderful friend to so many and a bright light to so many more.

RHODES UNIVERSITY (GRAHAMSTOWN, SOUTH AFRICA) POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS (external link)

ROANOKE COLLEGE - Jordan Fellowship

AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME (external link)

  • Rome Prize Competition (external link) Ancient Studies, Medieval Studies, Renaissance and Early Modern Studies and Modern Italian Studies. Both pre-doctoral and post-doctoral awards are available and carry stipends of $15,000 and $20,000. November 1 postmark deadline every year.

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON SCHOOL OF ADVANCED STUDY (external link) Deadline is January 31 every year for the next academic year

SCHOLAR RESCUE FUND FELLOWSHIPS

SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL (SSRC) FELLOWSHIPS (external link) The SSRC sponsors fellowship and grant programs on a wide range of topics, and across many different career stages. Most support goes to predissertation, dissertation, and postdoctoral fellowships, offered through annual competitions. Some programs support summer institutes and advanced research grants. Although most programs target the social sciences, many are also open to applicants from the humanities, the natural sciences, and relevant professional and practitioner communities.

SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL (SSRC) FELLOWSHIP (external link)
International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship (IDRF)

SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL (SSRC) FELLOWSHIP (external link)
Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF)

STANFORD HUMANITIES CENTER 2008-2009 FACULTY FELLOWSHIPS (external link)

TANNER HUMANITIES CENTER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS (external link)

UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM FELLOWSHIPS (external link)

UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR HUMAN VALUES AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (external link)

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES: Center for 17th & 18th Century Studies

University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Education (external link)

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON SCHOOL OF ADVANCED STUDY (external link) Deadline is January 31 every year for the next academic year

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS - DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION STUDIES

UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON LIBRARIES GRANTS-IN-AID (external link)

THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION (external link)

WOODROW WILSON NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION (external links)

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