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Grants and Fellowships

WSU

International Travel Grant Oct 23
Summer Buchanan Oct 23

 

 

Narrative +

 

 

Massachusetts Historical Society

 

http://www.masshist.org/research/fellowships

Short term: 1 March

Harvard-Houghton Library (various)

2 reference letters

http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton/public_programs/visiting_fellowships.cfm

Focus is on bibliography projects.

January 14

Legacy fellowship / American Antiquarian Society (AAS)

Am lit & culture to 1876

http://www.americanantiquarian.org/acafellowship.htm

January 15

Newberry Library NEH, etc.

 

http://www.newberry.org/fellowships

Nov. 15 and Dec. 15

American Antiquarian Society NEH

 

http://www.americanantiquarian.org/nehfellowship.htm

January 15

Harry Ransom Center

2 reference letters

http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fellowships/application/

January 15

American Philosophical Society  

Library Resident Fellowships

http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/resident

March 1
Library Company of Philadelphia  

Short-term fellowships in early American literature and history; mostly devoted to dissertation fellowships and young scholars

http://www.librarycompany.org/fellowships/

March 1

Schlesinger Library/ Radcliffe Fellowships

Curriculum vitae, not to exceed 10 pages

Project Proposal, with bibliography when appropriate

· Writing Sample, not to exceed 30 single-sided pages for all articles

· List of three recommenders

http://www.radcliffe.edu/fellowships/apply.aspx

http://www.radcliffe.edu/schles/research_grant.aspx Awarded principally to those from the Northeast and international scholars.

http://radcliffe.onlineapplicationportal.com/misc/guidelines/humanities.aspx

"The application is comprised of the following:

  • Completed application form
  • Curriculum vitae, not to exceed 10 pages

  • Project Proposal, with bibliography when appropriate

  • Writing Sample, not to exceed 30 pages for all articles

  • List of three recommenders
  • Late or incomplete applications are not accepted.

October 1

UCLA Visiting Researcher   Film http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/access/researchstipend.html (Currently suspended indefinitely) --

Everett Helm Visiting Fellowships, Lilly Library

Letters only if not published

http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/fellowships.shtml

April 15; October 15

NEH

 

 

http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fellowships.html

 

Princeton University Library Research Grants budget, narrative, 2 confidential letters http://rbsc.princeton.edu/friends-princeton-university-library-research-grants January 16

NEH Summer Stipend

Must be nominated by institution; only 2 members per institution may be nominated

http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html#awardinfo

http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html

Summer Stipends: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html

WSU OGRD site: http://informer.ogrd.wsu.edu/Opportunity.aspx?ID=2005

WSU deadlines for this: July 19

Applications accepted August 1-October 1

ACLS Fellowships

 

2 reference letters

http://www.acls.org/programs/acls/

http://ofa.acls.org/

These are largely for pretenure or newly tenured people; Burckhardt fellowships are exclusively for this group.

September 30

       

Guggenheim Fellowships

4 references, list of works, work plan http://www.gf.org/applicants/application-resources/

http://www.gf.org/applicants/the-united-states-canadian-competition/

Applications available in late June. Asks for 4 references, but will contact them about the letters.

Sept. 15

National Humanities Center   http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/fellowships/appltoc.htm

October 15

 

American Philosophical Society Sabbatical leave must be approved & a letter from dept. sent

Sabbatical Fellowships
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/sabbatical

October 15

AAUW Fellowships   http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/ November 15
       
Beinecke Library

1200 word narrative
application form
2 letters

http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/programs-events/fellowship-program/visiting-postdoctoral-scholar-fellowships December 6
Huntington Library Fellowships Narrative & 3 letters of support http://www.huntington.org/WebAssets/Templates/content.aspx?id=566 November 14

Digital

 

 

 

 

 

ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships

 

http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=508

$80,000 (1 year)

October 2

NEH Digital Humanities startup

 

http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/digitalhumanitiesstartup.html

 

 

Humanities Washington

 

http://www.humanities.org/grants/projectgrantsguidelines.php

 

October 15