Humanities Related Fellowships and Grants
Internal
Fellowships and Grants from the University of Memphis
- MOCH Fellowship
- CAS Travel Enrichment Fund: Travel Enrichment Fund
- Faculty Research Grants
External
University of Memphis resources for humanities scholars who are interested in external funding:
Selected resources on writing fellowship and grant applications:
- How to Write Effective Proposals
- http://www.ssrc.org/publications/view/7A9CB4F4-815F-DE11-BD80-001CC477EC70/
- How to Get a Grant from NEH
- http://theprofessorisin.com/category/how-to-get-grants-and-fellowships/
- http://www.acls.org/uploadedfiles/publications/programs/writing_fellowship_proposals.pdf
Selected sources of significant external funding for humanities scholars:
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences: https://www.amacad.org/our-work
- American Academy in Berlin: https://www.americanacademy.de/apply/apply-for-a-fellowship/
- American Academy in Rome: American Academy in Rome
- American Antiquarian Society: http://www.americanantiquarian.org/fellowships.htm
- American Association of University Women: Educational Funding and Awards/
- American Council of Learned Societies: American Council of Learned Societies
- American Historical Association: Awards and Grants
- American Philosophical Association: http://www.apaonline.org/?page=grants
- American Philosophical Society: Research Grants - American Philisophical Society
- Asian Cultural Council: Asian Cultural Council Program
- Bogliasco Foundation: http://www.bfny.org
- Cornell Society for the Humanities: http://www.arts.cornell.edu/sochum/society_fellowships.html
- Council of American Overseas Research Centers: Council of American Overseas Research Centers Fellowships
- Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies: http://www.rochester.edu/college/aas/grad_programs/fellowships.html
- Folger Library: Fellowships - Folger Shakespeare Library
- Ford Foundation: http://www.fordfoundation.org/grants/individuals-seeking-fellowships
- Fulbright-Hays Program: https://eca.state.gov/fulbright/fulbright-programs/program-summaries/fulbright-hays-program
- Fulbright Scholars: Fullbright Scholar Program
- Getty Research Institute: http://www.getty.edu/research/scholars/years/future.html
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation: http://www.gf.org/about/fellowship/
- Hagley Library and Museum: Grants & Fellowships - Hagley,
- Howard Foundation: https://www.brown.edu/howard-foundation/how-apply
- Huntington Library: https://www.huntington.org/fellowships
- Institute for Advanced Study: https://www.ias.edu
- Institute of American Cultures: https://www.iac.ucla.edu/funding/overview
- Japan Foundation: The Japan Foundation - Program Guidelines
- Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies: https://katz.sas.upenn.edu/fellowships/fellowship-program
- Library of Congress: The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress Program
- Mellon Foundation: https://mellon.org/grants/
- National Endowment for the Humanities: National Endowment for the Humanities
- National Humanities Center: Fellowships at the National Humanities Center
- Newberry Library: http://www.newberry.org/fellowships
- Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study: Fellowships Institute for Advanced Study
- Program in Latin American Studies, Princeton: Current Opportunities - Program in Latin American Studies, Princeton
- Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study: Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University
- Ransom Center: Fellowships at the National Humanities Center
- Schomburg Library: Fellowships and Education at the Schomburg
- School for Advanced Research: School for Advanced Research
- Spencer Foundation: Spencer Foundation Mission
- Smithsonian Institution: Smithsonian Fellowships and Internships
- Society for Classical Studies: https://classicalstudies.org/awards-fellowships
- Stanford Humanities Center: http://shc.stanford.edu/fellowships/non-stanford-faculty
- Templeton Foundation: https://www.templeton.org
- Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/rpw_center/visitingfellowship.php
- WEB DuBois Research Institute for African and African American Research: https://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/fellowship-program
- Wilson Center: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/fellowship-application
- Winterthur Museum: http://www.winterthur.org/education/academic-programs/research-fellowships/
- Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies: http://www.woodson.virginia.edu/fellowship/postdoc
This list is far from exhaustive. Faculty members who are interested in pursuing external funding should consult Pivot and Mary Earheart-Brown for additional funding opportunities.
If you notice a broken link or there is a grant or fellowship that you think should be on this list, please contact Sarah Potter.