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Opportunities for Research Funding in Social and Behavioral Science
The following lists include several federal agencies and foundations that provide national-level funding of research in Social and Behavioral Science. To maximize your likelihood of success in obtaining funding, choose a funding source and mechanism that best matches the topic, scope, and budget of your proposed research, as well as your career level. Private agencies can be good sources of seed money needed to collect preliminary data for larger scale federal funding. Several agencies offer email alerts when new funding opportunities become available; see individual agency websites for details.
| Funder | Description |
|---|---|
| A Blade of Grass |
Program: Fellowship Deadline: TBD Grants of up to $20,000 will be awarded to support socially engaged projects that promote art as a catalyst for social change. A Blade of Grass Invites Letters of Interest for Fellowship for Socially Engaged Art. |
| ABB Research Award in Honor of Hubertus Von Grunberg |
Program: Research Award Deadline: TBD The award will honor the best Ph.D. dissertation within the fields of power and automation, as applied in utilities, industries, and transport and infrastructure. It consists of a $300,000 personal research grant for post-doctoral research within the scope of power and automation in the areas in question. Recognition will be given to both the Ph.D. student and the supervising professor. |
| Alfred P. Sloan Foundation |
Program: Sloan Research Fellowship, STEM Research, STEM Higher Ed, Public Understanding of
Science, Technology & Economics, Digital Information Technology, Economics, Energy
and Environment, Select Issues/Civic Initiatives. Deadline: Varies by Program The Foundation is unique in its focus on science, technology, and economic institutions. In each grant program, the Foundation seeks proposals for original projects led by outstanding individuals or teams. They are interested in projects that it expects will result in a strong benefit to society, and for which funding from the private sector, the government, or other foundations is not widely available. Visit the funder's Site |
| American Academy of Arts & Sciences |
Program: Visiting Scholars Program Deadline: October (annually) One-year research fellowships in the areas of science, scholarship, business, public affairs, and the arts, for postdoctoral scholars and junior faculty; stipends of up to $65,000 Visit the funder's site Program: Policy Fellowship in the Humanities, Education, and the Arts Deadline: January Provides Policy Fellowship in the Humanities and Education, for an early-career professional with experience or training in higher education who is interested in transitioning to a career in public policy and administration. While in residence, the Fellow will work with senior scholars and policy experts on critical national and international issues related to humanistic and social scientific research, the strength of artistic and cultural institutions, and the role of education in a well-functioning democracy. Visit the funder's site |
| American Association of Physical Anthropologists |
Program: Grants and Awards Deadline: Varies by Program Focus is Physical Anthropology. Visit the funder's site |
| American Association of University Women |
Program: Career Development Grants Deadline: December Career Development Grants provide funding to women who hold a bachelor’s degree and are preparing to advance or change careers or re-enter the workforce. Primary consideration is given to women of color and women pursuing their first advanced degree or credentials in nontraditional fields. Program: International Fellowships Deadline: December International Fellowships are awarded for full-time study or research in the United States to women who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Both graduate and postgraduate studies at accredited U.S. institutions are supported. Visit the funder's site Program: International Project Grants Deadline: December When AAUW International Fellows pursue education in the United States, their commitment to empowering women and girls in their home countries does not end — and their need for funding does not either. To create lasting support for women and girls across the globe, AAUW gives grants to recent International Fellowship alumnae who have returned to their home countries to build on their academic work and implement community-based projects that will improve the lives of women and girls. Program: Selected Professions Fellowships Deadline: Varies by Program Selected Professions Fellowships are awarded to women who intend to pursue a full-time course of study at accredited U.S. institutions during the fellowship year in one of the designated degree programs where women’s participation traditionally has been low. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Program: American Fellowships Deadline: November American Fellowships support women scholars who are completing dissertations, planning research leave from accredited institutions, or preparing research for publication. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Candidates are evaluated on the basis of scholarly excellence; quality and originality of project design; and active commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions, or fields of research. Visit the funder's site |
| American Council of Learned Societies |
Program: - Collaborative Research Fellowships - Digital Innovation Fellowships - Programs in China Studies - Public Fellows Program - African Humanities Program - Comparative Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society - Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art - Luce/ACLS Program in China Studies - Mellon/ACLS Dissertation - Completion Fellowships - Program in East Europe Studies - Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies - Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars Deadline: Varies by Program ACLS is the leading private institution supporting scholars in the humanities and related social sciences at the doctoral and postdoctoral levels. Fellowships and grants are offered through multiple programs. Visit the funder's site |
| American Historical Association |
Program: - Albert J. Beveridge Grant - Michael Kraus Research Grant - Littleton-Griswold Grant - Bernadotte E. Schmitt Grant - J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship - Fellowship in Aerospace History Deadline: February/April The American Historical Association awards several research grants with the aim of advancing the study and exploration of history in a diverse number of subject areas. All grants are offered annually and are intended to further research in progress. Grants may be used for travel to a library or archive; microfilming, photography, or photocopying; borrowing or access fees; and similar research expenses. Visit the funder's site |
| American Lung Association |
Program: American Lung Association-Airways Clinical Research Centers (ACRC)/Junior Investigator
Awards - Mentor required/Training Awards Alliance Awards Program Deadline: Varies by Program The American Lung Association offers annual funding opportunities as a part of its Awards and Grants Program. The Awards and Grants Program supports basic, clinical and behavioral/policy research through training and investigator-initiated peer-review proposals. Visit the funder's site |
| American Philosophical Society |
Program: Library Resident, Research Fellowship Deadline: March The American Philosophical Society Library offers short-term residential fellowships for conducting research in its collections. We are a leading international center for research in the history of American science and technology and its European roots,as well as early American history and culture. Visit the funder's site |
| American Political Science Association |
Program: - Congressional Fellowship Program - Minority Fellows Program - Ralph Bunche Summer Institute - Small Research Grant Program - APSA Centennial Center Visiting Scholars Program - Supplemental Research Support APSA Awards Deadline: Varies by Program APSA sponsors several programs to support individual research and training endeavors and also maintains lists of non-APSA sources of funding opportunities for study and research in political science and related disciplines. Visit the funder's site |
| American Psychological Foundation |
Program: Violet and Cyril Franks Scholarship Deadline: May 2018 The APF Violet and Cyril Franks Scholarship supports graduate-level scholarly projects that use a psychological perspective to help understand and reduce stigma associated with mental illness. The scholarship helps address research which shows that stigma is a significant barrier to treatment and recovery for many of the 50 million Americans living with mental illness. The amount of the scholarship is $5,000. The Franks Scholarship is made possible by the generosity of Drs. Violet and Cyril Franks Visit the funder's site |
| American Sociological Assoication |
Program: The Sydney S. Spivack Program in Applied Social Research and Social Policy ASA Congressional
Fellowship Deadline: Varies by Program The Fellowship brings a PhD-level sociologist to Washington, DC, to work as a staff member on a congressional committee, in a congressional member office, or in a congressional agency (e.g., the Government Accountability Office). This intensive six-month experience reveals the intricacies of the policy making process to the sociological fellow, and shows the usefulness of sociological data and concepts to policy issues. Visit the funder's site Program: Community Action Research Initiative (CARI Grants) Deadline: February To encourage sociologists to undertake community action projects that bring social science knowledge, methods, and expertise to bear in addressing community-identified issues and concerns. Visit the funder's site Program: Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline Deadline: June/December The American Sociological Association invites submissions by PhD sociologists for the Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline (FAD) awards. Supported by the American Sociological Association through a matching grant from the National Science Foundation, the goal of this project is to nurture the development of scientific knowledge by funding small, groundbreaking research initiatives and other important scientific research activities such as conferences. Visit the funder's site Program: Minority Fellowship Program Deadline: Janurary Through its Minority Fellowship Program (MFP), the American Sociological Association (ASA) supports the development and training of sociologists of color in any sub-area of sociology. Funded by a generous contributions from various aligned associations and member donations, MFP seeks to attract talented doctoral students to ensure a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to assume leadership roles in research. Visit the funder's site Program: Sorokin Lecture Grants Deadline: February Academic departments and programs, as well as state,regional, and aligned associations, can apply for funds to bring any ASA major award recipient from the previous two calendar years to their campus or annual meeting to deliver a Pitirim A. Sorokin Lecture. The grant will cover the cost of transportation and up to two nights hotel accommodations. Hosting organizations cover the cost of meals and other expenses. Up to four lecture trips a year can be supported. Visit the funder's site Program: Student Forum Travel Awards Deadline: April ASA anticipates granting approximately 25 travel awards in the amount of $225 each. These awards will be made on a competitive basis and are meant to assist students by defraying the expenses associated with attending the ASA Annual Meeting. All applicants are encouraged to seek additional sources of funding to cover expenses associated with attending the Annual Meeting. Visit the funder's site Program: Carla B. Howery Teaching Enhancement Grants Deadline: Februrary Applications are being accepted for the Carla B. Howery Teaching Enhancement Grants. This small grants program supports teaching projects that advance the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) within the discipline of sociology. The Carnegie Foundation has defined SoTL as "problem posing about an issue of teaching or learning, study of the problem through methods appropriate to the disciplinary epistemologies, applications of results to practice, communication of results, self-reflection, and peer review" (Cambridge, 2001). Visit the funder's site |
| Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | Program: Grants Deadline: Prospective grantees should review program area guidelines before inquiring about a particular project. Must be invited to propose. Funds programs focused on higher education and scholarship in the humanities; museums & art conservation; performing arts; conservation and the environment. Visit the funder's site |
| Andy Warhol Foundation | Program: Grants Deadline: March/September Funds programs for scholarly exhibitions at museums; curatorial research; visual arts programming at artist-centered organizations; artist residencies and commissions; arts writing; and efforts to promote the health, welfare and first amendment rights of artists. Visit the funder's site |
| Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) | Program: Fellowships and Grants Deadline: Varies by Program A nonprofit, non-political, scholarly society - is the leading international organization dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about Central Asia, the Caucasus, Russia, and Eastern Europe in regional and global contexts. Visit the funder's site |
| Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies | Program: Research Grant/PhD/ABD Dissertation Grant Deadline: December The program at Freie Universität Berlin supports scholars in all social science and humanities disciplines, including historians working on the period since the mid-18th century. Visit the funder's site |
| Brain Research Foundation | Program: Grants Deadline: Letter of Intent is January 8, 2018. The Brain Research Foundation has invited Stony Brook to nominate one senior faculty member to submit a letter of Intent for the 2018 Scientific Innovations Award (SIA). Brain Research Foundation’s Scientific Innovations Award Program provides funding for innovative science in both basic and clinical neuroscience. This funding mechanism is designed to support creative, exploratory, cutting edge research in well-established research laboratories, under the direction of established investigators. Brain Research Foundation’s Scientific Review Committee will review the SIA proposals and make recommendations for funding to the Foundation. Visit the funder's site |
| The Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation | Program: Grants Deadline: Februrary/September Maintains a vital interest in the overall efforts to increase economic literacy, the Board of Trustees will give special attention to proposals and projects with national impact that address increasing public economic literacy and education. Looks most favorably at programs that match grants of support with funds from other organizations, learned institutions, universities, colleges, and government sources. Visit the funder's site |
| Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University | Program: Residential Fellowships Deadline: July/November Offers a residential fellowship program for scholars from this country and abroad. These include the five core social and behavioral sciences (anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, and sociology) as well as humanistic disciplines, education, linguistics, communications, and the biological, natural, health, and computer sciences. Visit the funder's site |
| Charolette W. Newcombe Fellowship | Program: Dissertation Fellowship Deadline: November In addition to topics in religious studies or in ethics (philosophical or religious), dissertations appropriate to the Newcombe Fellowship competition might explore the ethical implications of foreign policy, the values influencing political decisions, the moral codes of other cultures, and religious or ethical issues reflected in history or literature. Visit the funder's site |
| Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation | Program: Research, Scholars & Fellows Grants Deadline: Varies by Program The Foundation’s programs encompass four regions: the Domestic Region (Taiwan), the American Region (the United States, Canada and Mexico), the European Region, and the Asia-Pacific Region (including Hong Kong and Macau). Grant programs differ among the four regions. Please follow the appropriate links for your own location. Developing Region covers the European and Asia-Pacific regions. In 2012, NED funded about 1236 projects in 92 countries around the world. Grant amounts vary depending on the size and scope of the projects, but the average grant lasts 12 months and is around $50,000. Visit the funder's site |
| Columbia University, Teachers College Minority Fellowship | Program: Post Doctoral-Fellowship Deadline: Februrary The program promotes the recruitment and retention of a diverse faculty at the College by advancing the careers of individuals from groups in US society that have been historically underrepresented in the academic profession. Visit the funder's site |
| Council for International Exchange of Scholars | Program: Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Deadline: August Traditional Fulbright Scholar Program Grants for U.S. faculty and professionals to lecture and conduct research abroad in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. Visit the funder's site |
| Council for International Exchange of Scholars | Program: Fulbright Specialist Program Deadline: January The Fulbright Specialist Program (FSP) promotes linkages between U.S. scholars and professionals and their counterparts at host institutions overseas. Grant Duration: Two- to six-weeks. Visit the funder's site |
| DAAD (German Studies Research Grant) | Program: Dissertation Fellowship/MA Fellowship Deadline: Continuous The program is designed to encourage research and promote the study of cultural, political, historical, economic and social aspects of modern and contemporary German affairs from an inter- and multidisciplinary perspective. Visit the funder's site |
| Dan David Prize Scholarships | Program: Dissertation Scholarship Deadline: March Advanced doctoral and postdoctoral students of excellent achievement and promise studying topics related to the fields chosen for each year, are invited to apply for the Dan David Prize Scholarships that particular year Visit the funder's site |
| Davis Putter Social Justice Scholarships | Program: Dissertation Scholarship Deadline: Janurary/March The Fund provides grants to students actively working for peace and justice. These need-based scholarships are awarded to those able to do academic work at the university level and who are part of the progressive movement on the campus and in the community. Recent grantees have been active in: the struggle against racism, sexism, homophobia and other forms of oppression; building the movement for economic justice; and creating peace through international anti-imperialist solidarity. Visit the funder's site |
| Dirksen Congressional Center Gateway | Program: Grants Deadline: Applications are accepted at any time, but the deadline is April 1 for the annual selections, which are announced in May. The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants to fund research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress. The Center, named for the late Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen, is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and educational organization devoted to the study of Congress. Since 1978, the Congressional Research Grants program has invested more than $998,026 to support over 451 projects. Visit the funder's site |
| Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowships | Program: Dissertation Fellowship Deadline: Janurary Liebmann Fellowships support graduate study in any field of the humanities, social sciences, or natural sciences (including law, medicine, architecture, and other formal professional training programs). Visit the funder's site |
| Ford Foundation | Program: Multiple Programs Deadline: No submission deadline. Online inquiry initially. Asked to propose. Areas of focus are democratic and accountable gov't; economic fairness; educational opportunity and scholarship; freedom of expression; human rights; gender, sexuality and reproductive justice; metropolitan opportunity; sustainable development. Countries of interest: U.S., Asian, Latin American, & Africa. Visit the funder's site |
| Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History | Program: Residential Fellowships Deadline: May Awards annual short-term research fellowships to doctoral candidates, college and university faculty at every rank, and independent scholars working in the field of American history. Visit the funder's site |
| Harry Frank Gugenheim Foundation Dissertation Fellowship | Program: Dissertation Fellowship/Final PhD year Deadline: Februrary The Guggenheim Foundation sponsors scholarly research on problems of violence and aggression in relation to social change, intergroup conflict, war, terrorism, crime, and family relationships, among other subjects. Visit the funder's site |
| Horowitz Foundation | Program: Grants Deadline: Janurary The Foundation makes targeted grants for work in all major areas of the social sciences, including anthropology, area studies, economics, political science, psychology, sociology, and urban studies, as well as newer areas such as evaluation research. Preference is given to projects that address contemporary issues in the social sciences and issues of policy relevance. Applicants are not required to be citizens or residents of the United States. Awards are based solely on merit, not to ensure a representative base of recipients or disciplines. Visit the funder's site |
| Humboldt Research Award | Program: Research Grant/PhD Deadline: Continuous Academics from abroad, regardless of their discipline or nationality, may be nominated for a Humboldt Research Award. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation particularly encourages the nomination of qualified female academics. Visit the funder's site |
| Independent Social Research Foundation | Program: Fellowships and Grants Deadline: Varies by Programs The ISRF seeks to fund innovative research which breaks with existing explanatory frameworks so as to address afresh empirical problems with no currently adequate theory or investigative methodology. Innovation may also come from controversial theoretical approaches motivated by critical challenge of incumbent theories. Interdisciplinarity in the generation of new investigative initiatives may be achieved by combining, cross-fertilising, and so transforming empirical methods and theoretical insights from the social sciences. Projects ranging across the breadth of the social scientific disciplines and interdisciplinary research fields are welcome, and relevant applications from scholars working within the humanities are also encouraged. Visit the funder's site |
| Gruber Foundation | Program: Science Fellowships Deadline: December Gruber Science Fellows receive a stipend supplement and a research account in addition to the standard stipend and tuition award given to students in their respective PhD programs. Fellows are also entitled to participate in Fellowship events and activities throughout the academic year among many special privileges, such as meetings with seminar speakers and lecturers, a fall reception for new Fellows, and a spring picnic. Visit the funder's site |
| The Infinity Foundation | Program: Grants Deadline: None The Infinity Foundation is calling for project proposals to do research and/or develop educational materials, whose objective would be to improve the authenticity of portrayal of Indic traditions in the educational system. Visit the funder's site |
| Institute for Advanced Studies School of Social Science | Program: Resident Fellowship Deadline: June/November A completed doctorate or equivalent is required by the application deadline. Memberships are awarded at both the junior and senior levels and for the full academic year only. Members are expected only to pursue their own research and participate in the weekly seminar. The School is not wedded to any particular intellectual or disciplinary approach and there is an organizing theme each year. Visit the funder's site |
| Institute for New Economic Thinking | Program: Grants Deadline: Call for applic once a year through an open request for proposals. Invite to longer proposal Research Programs: Human Capital and Economic Opportunity, Financial Stability, Political Economy of Distribution, Imperfect Knowledge Economics. Grants will be awarded to individuals or teams of individuals affiliated with academic institutions, think tanks, and other research centers. They are especially interested in funding early stage research and junior research scholars. Visit the funder's site |
| Ithaca College Humanities Dissertation Diversity Fellowship | Program: Dissertation Fellowship Deadline: December The fellowships support promising scholars who are committed to diversity in the academy in order to better prepare them for tenure track appointments within liberal arts or comprehensive colleges/universities. Visit the funder's site |
| John Dana Archbold Fellowship | Program: The John Dana Archbold Fellowship Deadline: February Fellowships are offered to Americans and Norwegians for a year of graduate, post-doctoral, or professional study/research. Americans may apply to come to Norway in even-numbered years (2014, 2016, 2018…) and Norwegians may apply in odd-numbered years (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019…). The primary purpose of the program is to increase understanding between scholars from the two countries. Visit the funder's site |
| Johns Hopkins-Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Humanities | Program: Post-Doctoral Fellowship Deadline: November The Mellon Postdoctoral Program encourages innovative teaching, enriches educational and research opportunities in the humanities, and fosters the career development of a select group of promising young scholars. Visit the funder's site |
| The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress | Program:Residential Fellowships Deadline: July Invites qualified scholars to conduct research using the Library of Congress collections and resources for a period of 4 to 11 months. Encourages humanistic and social science research that makes use of the Library's large and varied collections. Interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, or multi-lingual research is particularly welcome. Visit the funder's site |
| Kristeller-Popkin Travel Fellowships | Program: Travel Grant/PhD within last 6 years
Deadline: December This grant is designed to pay for cost incurred by new PhD's pursuing research in the history of philosophy. Visit the funder's site |
| Law School Admission Council (LSAC) Research Grant Program | Program: Grants Deadline: August 15th of each year The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) Research Grant Program funds research on a wide variety of topics related to the mission of LSAC. Specifically included in the program’s scope are projects investigating precursors to legal training, selection into law schools, legal education, and the legal profession. To be eligible for funding, a research project must inform either the process of selecting law students or the process of legal education itself in a demonstrable way. Projects will be funded for amounts up to $200,000. Visit the funder's site |
| Leo S. Rowe Pan American Fund | Program: General Scholarship Deadline: No Deadline The Rowe Fund helps citizens from Latin America and the Caribbean OAS Member countries finance their studies or research in accredited universities across the United States. Visit the funder's site |
| Louisville Institute | Program: Fellowships and Grants Deadline: October Supports both research and inquiry that strengthens the religious life of North American Christians and their institutions while also advancing American religious and theological scholarship. Visit the funder's site |
| MacArthur Foundation | Program: Grants and Fellowships
Deadline: Varies by Programs
MacArthur develops grantmaking strategies designed to meet very specific goals. We
encourage you to closely read information about each program to determine whether
your project falls within MacArthur’s grantmaking guidelines. The Foundation awards the majority of its grants to organizations identified by our staff. Each year we also award grants to individuals through the MacArthur Fellows program, which does not accept applications or nominations. Areas of focus are aging, arts & culture, climate change, community development, conservation, debt/deficit, education, health, housing, human rights, justice, media, migration/immigration, peace & security, policy, population, research, science, technology, youth. Visit the funder's site |
| Mahindra Humanities Center | Program: Post-Doctoral Fellowship/PhD Deadline: December Welcome applications from scholars in all fields whose work innovatively engages with slow violence in relation to areas such as: environment, labor practices, human rights, privacy/security/migration, citizenship, cultural transmission, secularism, fundamentalism Visit the funder's site |
| March of Dimes | Program: Grants Deadline: April The three grant categories, general March of Dimes Research Grants, Prematurity Research Initiative (PRI) and Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Awards (BOC). Basic biological processes of development, genetics, clinical studies, studies of reproductive health, environmental toxicology, and studies in social and behavioral sciences that focus on factors contributing to adverse pregnancy outcomes, and on consequences of birth defects and prematurity. Visit the funder's site |
| NAA Research and Education Foundation | Program: Research and Education Grants Deadline: June/October NAA-REF will accept proposals that supports research and education relevant to labor and employment arbitration. Visit the funder's site |
| National Academies | Program: - Research Fellowships - Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs - Jefferson Science Fellowship - Optical Society of America, Foundation Fellowships Deadline: Varies by Programs The Fellowships Office (FO) of the National Academies administers predoctoral, postdoctoral, and senior fellowship awards on behalf of government and private/foundation sponsors; these fellowship awards play an important role in the career development of doctoral and postdoctoral researchers and scholars for the academic, federal, industrial and international workforce. Visit the funder's site |
| National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) | Program: Grants Deadline: October Research grants are available for faculty and postdoctoral researchers at institutions of higher education. The grants are competitive. Research in areas helping NASBA and the State Boards of Accountancy protect the public and be better resources to the public accounting profession are given preference when making the research awards. NASBA will work with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the American Accounting Associations (AAA), and other organizations to present and publish results of the funded research. Visit the funder's site |
| National Communication Association | Program: - Funds to Advance the Discipline - Public Policy Working Groups - Dale G. Leathers Memorial Fund Deadline: October Supports projects and events that advance the discipline of communication. Supports public policy working groups that bring together teams of scholars to translate existing academic communication research into recommendations that can inform and impact public policy. Supports communication studies that benefit emerging democracies. Visit the funder's site |
| National Endowment for Democracy (NED) | Program: Fellowships and Grants Deadline: January/April/June Each year the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) makes direct grants to hundreds of nongovernmental organizations worldwide working to advance democratic goals and strengthen democratic institutions. In 2012, NED funded about 1236 projects in 92 countries around the world. Grant amounts vary depending on the size and scope of the projects, but the average grant lasts 12 months and is around $50,000. Visit the funder's site |
| National Historical Publications and Records Commission | Program: - Access to Historical Records - Digital Dissemination of Archival Collections - Literacy and Engagement with Historical Records - Publishing Historical Records in Documentary Editions - State Board Programming Grants - State Government Electronic Records Deadline: Varies by Programs The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), a statutory body affiliated with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), supports a wide range of activities to preserve, publish, and encourage the use of documentary sources, created in every medium ranging from quill pen to computer, relating to the history of the United States. Visit the funder's site |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH)- AREA | Program: Multiple Programs Deadline: Varies by Programs Academic Research Enhancement Award (R15) AREA awards support biomedical and behavioral research projects proposed by faculty members at institutions that provide baccalaureate or advanced degrees, but have not been major recipients of NIH support. Visit the funder's site |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Program: Multiple Programs Deadline: Varies by Programs NIH is the primary federal agency responsible for biomedical and behavioral research to improve the health of the nation. Visit the funder's site |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Program: Multiple Programs Deadline: Varies by Programs The NSF funds research and education in some areas of the social and behavioral sciences. Most grants are funded through program solicitations or program announcements (unsolicited applications with no deadlines). Visit the funder's site |
| The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study | Program: Graduate Student Fellowships Deadline: November The NDIAS encourages graduate student applicants to include questions of values in their analyses, to integrate diverse disciplines, and to ask how their findings advance civilization. The Institute offers its fellows the opportunity to engage not only in analysis but also in evaluating what should be done, to analyze the world in substantive and collaborative ways, and to think through the implications of present behavior for the future of the world. Visit the funder's site |
| The Packard Fellowships | Program: Fellowships Deadline: January Every year, the Foundation invites the presidents of 50 universities to nominate two early-career professors each from their institutions. The Fellowship Program provides support for highly creative researchers early in their careers; faculty members who are well established and well-funded are less likely to receive the award. Packard Fellows are inquisitive, passionate scientists and engineers who take a creative approach to their research, dare to think big, and follow new ideas wherever they lead. Visit the funder's site |
| The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans | Program: Fellowships Deadline: November Every year, The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans supports thirty New Americans, immigrants or the children of immigrants, who are pursuing graduate school in the United States. Visit the funder's site |
| Pembrooke Center (Brown) | Program: Post-Doctoral Fellowship Deadline: December The Pembroke Center is awarding one-year residential postdoctoral fellowships to scholars from any field whose research relates to the theme of "Anti-War! Theaters of War/Politics of Refusal." Visit the funder's site |
| Princeton Research Associate in Values and Public Policy | Program: Job for Untenured Faculty
Deadline: November
Aim to support highly promising scholars trained in moral and political philosophy, political theory, normative economics and related areas to develop a research agenda in the ethical dimensions of public policy. Visit the funder's site |
| Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study | Program: Fellowships Program Deadline: Varies by Programs Fellowships in the creative arts, humanities, and social sciences, in residence in Cambridge, MA. Visit the funder's site |
| Rice University-Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality | Program: Post-Doctoral Fellowship Deadline: January The Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality announces two postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities or social sciences for scholars pursuing research and publication projects that focus on gender and health; gender and urban studies; women in the global economy; sex, race, and nation; or sexuality studies. The Center is particularly interested in applicants who demonstrate a record of innovative teaching and the potential to make a solid contribution to the Center’s program in engaged feminist research. Visit the funder's site |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Program: Grants Deadline: Varies by Programs Mission is to improve the health and health care of all Americans. RWJF awards most grants through calls for proposals (CFPs) connected with our areas of focus. We accept unsolicited proposals for projects that suggest new and creative approaches to solving health and health care problems. Visit the funder's site |
| The Rockefeller Foundation | Program: Grants
Deadline: Submit a funding inquiry; must be invited to propose
The Foundation's goal is to create meaningful and measurable impact for poor and vulnerable
communities. Core issues: Transform Cities, Advance Health, Revalue Ecosystems, Secure
Livelihoods. Project focus: commit to nurturing innovation, pioneering new fields,
expanding access to and distribution of resources, and generating sustainable impact
on individuals, institutions, and communities within the context of our active initiatives.
Visit the funder's site
Program: Residency Deadline: December Offers Arts & Literary Arts Residency and Academic Residency. Visit the funder's site |
| Russell Sage Foundation | Program: Grants Deadline: June, Sept, Jan Research programs on Behavioral Economics, Future of Work, Race, Ethnicity & Immigration, and Social Inequality; new program on the social, economic and political effects of health care reform. Visit the funder's site |
| Schomburg Center | Program: Lapidus Center Fellowships
Deadline: December
The Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery is pleased
to offer two long-term fellowships to assist scholars whose research on transatlantic
slavery can benefit from extended access to the Schomburg Center's resources. These
fellowships will allow recipients to spend six months in residence with an office,
a computer, and full access to physical and electronic resources at the Schomburg
Center and other research units of The New York Public Library.
Visit the funder's site Program: Schomburg Center's Scholars-in-Residence Program Deadline: December Fellowships funded by the Center will allow recipients to spend six months in residence with access to resources at the Schomburg Center and other centers of The New York Public Library. The program encourages research and writing on black history and culture, facilitates interaction among participating scholars, and provides widespread dissemination of findings through lectures, publications, and colloquia and seminars. It encompasses projects in African, Afro-American, and Afro-Caribbean history and culture. Visit the funder's site |
| Smithsonian Institute | Program: Fellowships and Internships
Deadline: Varies by Programs
Smithsonian fellowships are awarded competitively to graduate, pre-doctoral, or post-doctoral
students – or granted non-competitively to visiting professionals, students, scientists,
or scholars – are offered to individuals who design and develop proposals for independent
study or collaborative research in fields pursued by and of interest to Smithsonian
staff. Visit the funder's site |
| Social Science Research Council | Program: International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF)
Deadline: November
The Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) offers 9 to 12 months
of support to graduate students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who
are enrolled in PhD programs in the US and conducting dissertation research on non-US
topics. 80 fellowships are awarded annually. The fellowship includes participation
in an SSRC-funded interdisciplinary workshop upon the completion of IDRF-funded research.
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Program: Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa: Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Fellowship Deadline: November The Social Science Research Council offers fellowships to support the completion of doctoral degrees and to promote next generation social science research in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. The fellowships support dissertation research on peace, security, and development topics. Visit the funder's site |
| Spencer Foundation | Program: Grants and Fellowships
Deadline: Varies by Programs
Focus is to strengthen the connections among education research, policy and practice
through its communications and networking activities. Visit the funder's site |
| Templeton Foundation | Program: Grants Deadline: Online inquiry February - April; invite to propose Areas of focus are Natural and Human Sciences, Philosophy, and Theology; Science and the Big Question; Character Virtue Development; Individual Freedom & Free Markets; Exceptional Cognitive Talent & Genius; Genetics. Visit the funder's site |
| Trust for Mutual Understanding | Program: Grants Deadline: Online Inquiry twice per year; invite to full application Provides grants specifically for international travel associated with professional exchanges in the arts and environmental sciences. Activities common to both fields include advanced training programs, workshops, conferences, seminars, joint research projects, and exchanges intended to aid organizations seeking greater institutional stability. Visit the funder's site |
| UCLA Center for 17th and 18th-Century Studies Fellowships | Program: Fellowships
Deadline: August
Supports postdoctoral, predoctoral, and undergraduate research in areas of interest
to the Center and the Clark Library. Visit the funder's site |
| United States Institute of Peace | Program: Grant and Fellowship Program Deadline: Varies by Programs Supports innovative projects, involving academic and applied research, the identification of promising models and effective practices, and the development of practitioner resources, tools, and training programs related to conflict management, international peace and security and peace building. Visit the funder's site |
| Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Resident Fellows Program | Program: Fellowships and Grants Deadline: Varies by Programs Provides time, space, and resources to scholars applying the tools of history, philosophy, ethics, cultural studies, and literary criticism to matters of public concern. Visit the funder's site |
| Wabash Center Grants | Program: Grants Deadline: October/March Funds projects that enhance teaching and learning in the fields of religion or theology and that promote a sustained conversation about pedagogy through the improvement of practical applications of teaching and learning methods, the encouragement of research and study of pedagogical issues, and the creation of a supportive environment for teaching. All proposals should maintain a reference to specific classroom practices and challenges. Visit the funder's site |
| Washington Center for Equitable Growth | Program: Grants Deadline: Varies by Programs Academic grants program aims to build a portfolio of cutting-edge scholarly research that investigates the various channels through which economic inequality may (or may not) impact economic growth and stability, including both direct and indirect pathways. They consider economic inequality across wages, incomes, wealth, job quality, and benefits, though they are open to proposals that examine the effects of inequality in other ways, such as by gender, race, or ethnicity. Visit the funder's site |
| Wenner-Gren Foundation | Program: Grants Deadline: Varies by Programs The Foundation has a variety of grant programs for anthropological research and scholarship that are open to applicants irrespective of nationality or country of residence Visit the funder's site |
| William T. Grant Foundation | Program: Grants Deadline: January/May/August Improving the lives of children and youth, reducing inequality, understanding the use of research evidence, connecting research, policy & practice. Visit the funder's site |
| Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation | Program: The Nancy Weiss Malkiel Scholars Award Deadline: December The Nancy Weiss Malkiel Scholars Award is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. The Malkiel Scholars Award offers a $17,500 stipend—$10,000 to be used for summer research support and $7,500 for research assistance during the academic year. The award is structured to free the time of junior faculty who have passed their midpoint tenure review—including those from underrepresented groups and others committed to eradicating disparities in their fields—so that they can both engage in and build support for systems, networks, and affinity groups that make their fields and campuses more inclusive. Visit the funder's site |