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American Council of Learned Societies Open Competitions for 2007-2008 Fellowship & Grant Awards

Ongoing ACLS Fellowship and Grant Programs
The central ACLS Fellowships provide salary-replacement stipends to help scholars devote 6 to 12 continuous months to full-time research and writing. Maximum stipends are $60,000 for full professors and career equivalent, $40,000 for associate professors and career equivalent, and $30,000 for assistant professors and career equivalent. This program requires a Ph.D. conferred by October 3, 2005 and the last supported research leave concluded by July 1, 2006.

ACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studes Fellowships
These encourage humanistic research on the societies and cultures of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union.

ACLS/New York Public Library Fellowships
Awarded to applicants chosen by both the central ACLS Fellowships program and the NYPL's Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers. These residential fellowships are intended for research that would benefit from residence at the Library and use of its collections.

The Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships
These fellowships, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, provide a stipend of $64,000 for an academic year of research, plus an allowance of $2,500 for research and travel, with the possibility of funding for an additional summer, if justified. The fellowships support tenure-track assistant professors and untenured associate professors in the humanities and related social sciences whose reappointment reviews have been successfully completed but whose tenure reviews will not be completed before February 1, 2008, whose scholarly contributions have advanced their fields, and whose plans for new research are well designed and carefully developed.

The Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars
The Burkhardt fellowships this year will support scholars tenured no earlier than the fall 2003 semester or quarter, who are engaged in long-term, unusually ambitious projects in the humanities and related social sciences. Stipends will be $75,000. Burkhardt fellowships may be used in 2008-2009, or in either of the two succeeding years. They entail an academic year of residence at a participating national research centers, plus support from the Fellow's institution for an additional period.

The ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships
This program invites applications to pursue digitally based research projects in all disciplines of the humanities and related social sciences. Each fellowship carries a stipend of up to $55,000 towards an academic year's leave and provides for project costs of up to $25,000.

The Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships IN AMERICAN ART
Designated for doctoral students at US institutions in any stage of dissertation research or writing. These year-long fellowships support dissertations on topics in the history of visual arts of the United States (focused on art objects) and provide a stipend of $25,000.

The China Studies Programs
Offer fellowships for American research in the humanities in China, providing a stipend of up to $40,000 for scholars in the humanities for 4 to 12 months of continuous research in China. The Chinese Fellowships for Scholarly Development is for Chinese scholars nominated by an American host scholar to do 4-10 months of research in the United States.

Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Program in East and Southeast Asian Archaeology and Early History
Offers fellowships for postdoctoral and dissertation research and grants for advanced training, translation of significant scholarly texts, and participation in summer fieldschools. Awards will be made to scholars from East/Southeast Asia and the United States/Canada. Research may concern historical or pre-historic periods, but must be based on excavated materials. Proposals for collaboration with colleagues and institutions across regions are especially encouraged. This program is conducted in cooperation with a competition for institutional awards administered by the Henry Luce Foundation's Asia Program

New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society
Grants support planning meetings, workshops, and conferences leading to publications. This program, conducted in cooperation with the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for Scholarly Exchange, is intended to support projects that bridge disciplinary or geographic boundaries, engage new kinds of information, develop fresh approaches to traditional materials and issues, or otherwise bring innovative perspectives to the study of Chinese culture and society.

The Southeast European Studies Program
Fellowships in Southeast European Studies for postdoctoral and dissertation research. Fellowships will be available for development/training, research, or writing related to Southeastern Europe: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia. Conference grants support conferences producing new research publishable in a conference volume. Travel Grants support travel for presentation of papers at scholarly conferences. Language-Training Grants are for institutions and individuals in support of intensive summer training in the languages of Southeastern Europe.

Horatio Alger Fellowship for the Study of American Popular Culture
The University Libraries, Northern Illinois University, invite applications. Funding is available to scholars who will be using materials from the Libraries' major holdings in American popular culture. These holdings include the Albert Johannsen Collection of more than 50,000 dime novels and the nation's preeminent collections related to Horatio Alger, Jr. and Edward Stratemeyer; many other authors are represented. Topics which could draw on the collections' strengths might include the plight of urban children, image of the American West in popular literature, widespread use of pseudonyms, and stereotypical portrayals. Preference will be given to applicants who signify an interest in conducting research related to Horatio Alger, Jr. The Fellowship award consists of a $2000 stipend, and may be used between July 1 and December 31, 2007.

Grants from the Institute for Aluminium History
Every year, Institut pour l'histoire de l'aluminium, a non-profit association based in Paris, awards grants to students seeking to prepare a research dissertation or a thesis related to aluminium. Grants are awarded at $2,300 or 3,270 Canadian; they are available to master's and thesis/dissertation-level students (grants awarded to thesis/dissertation students are renewable, subject to conditions). Applications are selected on the basis of the applicant's quality and the interest of the proposed subject. Every approach may be considered: industrial history, economic history, human and industrial geography, sociology, history of management, history of art, etc. Students will also receive scientific support, including help to access to companies' archives and documentation, inclusion in the association's standing research committees and meetings with aluminium industry witnesses.

American Academy of Arts & 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. 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.

American Antiquarian Society Visiting Academic Fellowships
The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) invites applications for its visiting academic fellowships. At least three AAS-National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships will be awarded for periods extending from four to twelve months. Long-term fellowships are intended for scholars beyond the doctorate, for which senior and mid-career scholars are particularly encouraged to apply. Several short-term fellowships will be awarded for one to three months. The short-term grants are available for scholars holding the Ph.D. and for doctoral candidates engaged in dissertation research. Special short-term fellowships support scholars working in the history of the book in American culture, in the American eighteenth century, and in American literary studies, as well as in studies that draw upon the Society's preeminent collections of graphic arts, newspapers, and periodicals.

Association Of Black Women Historians
Drusilla Dunjee Houston Memorial Scholarship Award is a $300 cash award, sponsored by the Black Classic Press and administered by the Association of Black Women Historians (ABWH). It is open to black women graduate students of history or a historically related field.

American Association for Netherlandic [sic] Research Grants
In the past the Association has offered a $1000 grant in support of research (such as dissertation or archival research) in the Netherlands or Belgium on any subject within Netherlandic Studies.

American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowships
Stipend is $20,000 for the year. These are available to women who are in the final year of a doctoral degree program at an accredited institution to complete their dissertation writing. Deadline for the return of the completed packet is usually November 15; about this date every year check website for more information.

American Geographical Society Library Fellowships
The American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, welcomes applications for two short-term fellowship programs for advanced graduate students and others.

Society For The Preservation Of American Modernists
Research and Teaching Grants from the Society for the Preservation of American Modernists (SPAM). Through its Publication Grants, SPAM supports articles or books by independent scholars, curators, writers, students, and other professionals concerning the artistic contributions of the American modernists, or the history of public and private support for the arts in the U.S. SPAM also funds course development by educators at the college level in the history of public and private support for the arts in the U.S.

American Numismatic Society
Offers several types of fellowships of interest to graduate students. Awards are from $2,000 to $5,000. Most applications are due March 15.

American Printing History Association Fellowship
An award of up to $2000 is available for research in any area of the history of printing in any form, including all the arts and technologies relevant to printing, the book arts, and letter forms. Applications are especially welcome from those working in the area of American printing history, but the subject of research has no geographical or chronological limitations, and may be national or regional in scope, biographical, analytical, technical, or bibliographical in nature. Study related to the history of printing with a recognized printer or book artist may also be supported. The fellowship can be used to pay for travel, living, and other expenses. APHA fellowships are open to individuals of any nationality. Applicants need not be academics and an advanced degree is not required.

Kislak Program Fellowship At The Library Of Congress
The Library of Congress offers short-term fellowships for independent independent scholars, undergraduate and graduate students, and college and university faculty in all disciplines to conduct research based on items from the Kislak Collection. There is no degree requirement. The Kislak Program supports scholarly research that contributes significantly to a greater understanding of the cultures and history of the Americas. It provides an opportunity for a period of up to four months of concentrated use of materials from the Kislak Collection and other collections of the Library of Congress, through full-time residency at the Library. Provides stipend of $4,000 per month for up to four months of research, which must be conducted at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, and begin within four months of the announcement of the award.

Modern Archives Institute Scholarship
The Colonial Dames/Donna Cutts Scholarship Committee of the Society of American Archivists is soliciting candidates for the Colonial Dames Scholarship to the Winter National Archives' Modern Archives Institute. The individual awards cover up to $1200 of the total tuition, travel and housing expenses.

Association of Art Historians (UK) Student Fund For Voluntary Work
The Voluntary-Work Fund is a sum of money set aside by the AAH to support students on work placements or internships at museums, galleries, heritage sites or other visual art environments in the UK. The fund provides financial support for selected students on voluntary work placements/internships that take place after June and last for a duration of up to 4 weeks on a full-time basis or up to 25 days within one year on a part-time basis. The intention of the fund is to support unpaid volunteers for expenses that would not otherwise be reimbursed by their host institution, or indeed by any other source. It should not replace existing institutional funding policies. The maximum amount available to any one student is £500.00.

The Bakken Library and Museum in Minneapolis
The Bakken Library and Museum in Minneapolis offers two kinds of assistance for the purpose of facilitating research in its collection of books, journals, manuscripts, prints, and instruments: Visiting Research Fellowships and Research Travel Grants. Visiting Research Fellowships up to a maximum of $1,500 are to be used to help to defray the expenses of travel, subsistence, and other direct costs of conducting research at The Bakken. The minimum period of residence is two weeks. Preference is given to researchers who are interested in collaborating for a day or two during their research visit with The Bakken on exhibits or other programs. Research Travel Grants up to a maximum of $500 (domestic) and $750 (foreign) are to be used to help to defray the expenses of travel, subsistence, and other direct costs of conducting research at The Bakken. The minimum period of residence is one week.

Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture: Mary Lily Research Grants 2006
Grant money may be used for travel to the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, costs of copying pertinent archival resources, and living expenses while pursuing research here. The maximum award per applicant is $1,000. Past applications have demonstrated that those who spoke with a staff member about their projects produced stronger applications. We can lead you to potential sources of which you may not otherwise be aware.

Brandeis University: Mortimer Hays-Brandeis Traveling Fellowship
The Program awards fellowships to students in the visual and fine arts, including art history, conservation, studio art, and photography. To be eligible for a Fellowship, the student must have received an undergraduate degree no more than three years prior to the start of the fellowship year from any one of the following universities: Brandeis, Boston University, The City College of New York/CUNY, Columbia University, Connecticut College, Gallaudet, Harvard, The National Technical Institute for the Deaf of Rochester Institute of Technology, Wesleyan, or Yale.

The Canadian Centre for Architecture
The Program welcomes applications from scholars and architects conducting research at post-doctoral or more advanced academic levels. Applicants should submit a research proposal that takes into account the purpose of the Program and the scope of the CCA's library and collections; no other chronological or thematic restrictions apply. Appointments are made on the basis of an open process of application and selection by an international jury composed of scholars and architects. Criteria for selection are the quality and originality of the project, the scholarly record of the candidate, and the feasibility of the project in view of the resources of the CCA's library and collections. Residencies are granted for periods of three to eight months. Visiting Scholars will receive competitive research stipends, financial support, logistical assistance for relocation, private offices equipped with state-of-the-art information technology, administrative and research assistance as needed. The Study Centre welcomes proposals from scholars and architects regardless of nationality or any other non-academic factor. Applicants should have completed a Ph.D. at the time of application; alternatively, they should provide evidence of significant scholarly achievements. Applications may be submitted in either English or French.

Canadian Federation of University Women
Several types of grants for Canadian women graduate students.

Chemical Heritage Foundation Short-Term Fellowships
The CHF Beckman Center Visiting Scholar Program welcomes applications for academic year short-term fellowships for scholars to do research in residence at the CHF in Philadelphia. Roy G. Neville Fellowships (2-3 months) are open to historians of science, technology, and allied fields, as well as to historians of the book and print culture, bibliographers, and librarians, who will make use of the Roy G. Neville Historical Chemical Library. The Neville collection contains approximately 5,000 titles dating from the 15th to the 19th centuries and covering all aspects of the history of chemistry and allied fields. Ph.D., Ph.D. candidates, or equivalent preferred but not required. Multiple fellowships are offered. The Glenn E. and Barbara Hodsdon Ullyot Scholarship (2 months minimum) sponsors historical research that promotes public understanding of the chemical sciences. Applications are invited from scholars, graduate students, science writers, and journalists.

The Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University
Invites applications for residential fellowships. Applications will be considered from tenured and tenure-track faculty, and postdoctoral scholars from the U.S. and foreign universities. Candidates may apply as individuals or as small groups. Fellowships are offered in a number of interdisciplinary areas encompassing gender in science, technology, engineering and math, and gendered innovations in knowledge. Fellows must be in residence at Stanford University's Clayman Institute for the duration of their fellowship. Fellowship stipends range from $36,000 for postdoctoral scholars to $60,000 for senior faculty. Applications for one, two or three quarters will be considered.

College Art Association Professional Development Fellowships for Artists and Art Historians
For art historians of color and from other culturally diverse backgrounds who can demonstrate financial need and who will be in the final year of the Ph.D. program.

Costume Society Of America
Offers several grant awards.

Council for European Studies : Fellowships and Other Resources
A number of Pre-Dissertation Fellowships supporting research and study in various countries, and a number of other valuable resources, including a list of other Fellowships.

Council on Library and Information Resources: Mellon Dissertation Research Fellowships
The Council on Library and Information Resources is offering fellowships funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support dissertation research in the humanities in original sources. The purposes of the program are to help junior scholars in the humanities and related social-science fields gain skill and creativity in developing knowledge from original sources, enable dissertation writers to do research wherever relevant sources may be rather than just where financial support is available, encourage more extensive and innovative uses of original sources in libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and related repositories in the U.S. and abroad, and provide insight from the viewpoint of doctoral candidates into how scholarly resources can be developed for access most helpfully in the future.

Dartmouth University: External Resident Fellowships: Visual Humor in Ideas of Race, Nationality, and Ethnicity
Applications are invited for four term-long, External Resident Fellowships of $7500 each, to participate in an interdisciplinary Institute addressing the role of visual humor, past and present, in the dissemination of ideas of race, nationality, and ethnicity. The Institute will bring together scholars, from a wide range of academic disciplines. It will encompass weekly meetings and a series of events, public lectures, workshops, films, performances, and exhibitions, culminating in an international conference. In addition to the stipend External Resident Fellows will receive office space, assistance in finding housing, library and computer services privileges. External fellows should arrange for academic leave from their home institutions. Candidates should normally have a Ph.D., be currently employed in an academic institution or anticipating such employment. ABDs may be considered.

Deep South Regional Humanities Center
Several types of programs and fellowships, intended for students at Tulane University and also students at colleges and universities in the “Deep South.”

Scholar-in-Residence Program of the Deutsches Museum, Munich
The Deutsches Museum, Munich has several attractive scholarships to give out for research projects involving the museum's vast and heterogeneous collections, and lasting either six or twelve months. The scholarship program is international and interdisciplinary in scope. There are myriad opportunities at the Deutsches Museum for innovative research into scientific processes and the changing cultures of technology: the museum's holdings comprise some 100,000 objects; an archive of 4,500 shelf meters including an extensive collection of scientific photographs, technical illustrations, company records and private papers; and a specialist research library for the history of science and technology with 875,000 volumes, 5,000 journals, and an extensive collection of rare books. The unique structure of this collection enables scholars to develop cross-referential methods of research on the basis of texts, images and artifacts available on site and to engage in the historical and archeological exploration of science and technology. Applicants are invited to co-operate with curators and researchers of the Deutsches Museum in preparing their research proposals. Projects involving innovative approaches to artifact-oriented research are especially welcomed. Pre-doctoral stipends in euros comprise: 7,500 (six months) / 15,000 (full year). Post-doctoral stipends in euros comprise: 15,000 (six months) / 30,000 (full year). Scholars at any level of seniority are eligible to apply, provided they have at least one university degree. There are no restrictions regarding nationality.

Duke University Library Research Grant
Short-term funding for the use of the following collections at Duke: The Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture; The John Hope Franklin Collection of African and African-American Documentation; and The John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History. Researchers may apply for grants from more than one center. The maximum award per applicant is $1000.

Fellowship in Documentary Editing at the Thomas A. Edison Papers
The award-winning Thomas A. Edison Papers Project (Rutgers University) is accepting applications for a Fellowship in Documentary Editing sponsored by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). The successful applicant will work full-time with editors of the Edison Papers on the Rutgers Livingston Campus in Piscataway, N.J. The Fellow will receive training in all aspects of historical editing while contributing to the project's on-line and book editions. He or she will work principally on Volume 7 of the Papers of Thomas A. Edison (1883-1884), the period in which Edison adapted both his technological systems and business models to develop new markets for electric light and power in North and South America, Europe, Britain, and Asia. Qualifications for the fellowship include a Ph.D. in History, preferably with an emphasis in Business History or the History of Technology, and knowledge of late nineteenth and early twentieth century American history. The award is $42,000 plus benefits.

Five College ABD Fellowship Program: Minorities
Tenable at: Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, Smith, UMass Amherst. The Five College ABD Fellowship Program provides a year in residence at one of the campuses for graduate students in the final phase of their doctoral degree. The chief goal of the program is to promote diversity in the academy by enabling more scholars of underrepresented groups to embark on an academic career with their doctoral degree completed.

Five College Women's Studies Research Center
A collaborative project of Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The Center invites applications from scholars and teachers at all levels of the educational system, as well as from artists, community organizers and political activists, both local and international. Associates are provided with offices in our spacious facility, library privileges, and the collegiality of a diverse community of feminists. Associates are expected to be in residence in the Five College area, and to attend weekly seminars and other Center events. Research Associate applications are accepted for either a semester or the academic year. The Center supports projects in all disciplines so long as they focus centrally on women or gender. Research Associateships are non-stipendiary.

The Getty Grant Program: Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Short-term fellowships are available for doctoral candidates who have completed exams and begun dissertation reading and writing. Support for research projects at the New-York Historical Society, the Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the New York Public Library Humanities and Social Sciences Library, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center Scholar Program, a component of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico, sponsors research in American Modernism (1890--present) by awarding scholarships to historians in the fields of art, architecture & design, literature, music, and photography and to museum professionals who wish to organize an exhibition at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Scholarships are available for periods of three-to-twelve months. Recipients are expected to be in residence during the scholarship period and to take part in the life of the Research Center.

Graham Foundation: Carter Manny Award (Architecture)
The Carter Manny Award supports research for academic dissertations by promising scholars who are presently candidates for a doctoral degree and whose dissertations focus on areas traditionally supported by the Graham Foundation: areas directly concerned with architecture, and with other arts that are immediately contributive to architecture. The Carter Manny Award will be acknowledged by financial support of up to $15,000.

Hagley-Winterthur Fellowships in Arts and Industries
A cooperative program of short-term research fellowships for scholars interested in the historical and cultural relationships between economic life and the arts, including design, architecture, crafts, and the fine arts. Fellows are expected to make use of the rich research collections of the Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library and the Hagley Museum and Library, and participate in activities at both sponsoring institutions. Stipends are for a minimum of one month and a maximum of six months at no more than $1400 per month.

Harvard University: Atlantic History Seminar Grant
Support archival research in Atlantic history, 1500-1825. The awards, up to a maximum of $ 2,000, are designed to support research for transnational studies focused on the interrelations and connections among the peoples of the Atlantic world in the early modern period. Grants may be used for research in any archive or depository; they are primarily intended as travel grants, not to cover the cost of equipment or the living expenses of researchers already in place. The grants are open to both advanced doctoral and post-doctoral scholars, with the emphasis on individuals at the beginning of the academic career.

Harvard University: Houghton Library Visiting Fellowships
Short-term fellowships are available to assist scholars who must travel to work with the Library's collections. Minimum residency period is one month between July and June. Stipend is $2,500.

Humane Studies Fellowships for Undergraduate or Graduate Study
The Institute for Humane Studies awards scholarships of up to $12,000 for undergraduate or graduate study in the United States or abroad to outstanding undergraduates, graduate students, law students, and professional students who are interested in the classical liberal tradition.

Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Offers several long- and short-term fellowships for predoctoral students to study British or American art. The Huntington will award over one hundred fellowships to scholars for the academic year. These fellowships derive from a variety of funding sources and have different terms. Recipients of all fellowships are expected to be in continuous residence at the Huntington and to participate in its intellectual life.

International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship
Designed to support distinguished graduate students in the humanities and social sciences conducting dissertation research outside the United States. Fifty fellowships of approximately $20,000 will be awarded with funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The IDRF program is committed to scholarship that advances knowledge about non-U.S. cultures and societies grounded in empirical and site-specific research (involving fieldwork, research in archival or manuscript collections, or quantitative data collection). Applicants must have completed all Ph.D. requirements except on-site dissertation research by the time the fellowship begins; fellowships will provide support for nine to twelve months of dissertation research. The fellowship must be held for a single continuous period within the eighteen months.

State Historical Society of Iowa Grant Program 2007
SHSI will award up to ten stipends of $1,000 each to support original research and interpretive writing related to the history of Iowa or Iowa and the Midwest. Preference will be given to applicants proposing to pursue previously neglected topics or new approaches to or interpretations of previously treated topics. SHSI invites applicants from a variety of backgrounds, including academic and public historians, graduate students, and independent researchers and writers. Applications will be judged on the basis of their potential for producing work appropriate for publication in The Annals of Iowa. Grant recipients will be expected to produce an annotated manuscript targeted for The Annals of Iowa, SHSI's scholarly journal.

Kenyon College Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship
Two openings, start at $32,000. Kenyon College announces a competition for the Marilyn Yarborough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship. This fellowship is intended for members of underrepresented groups (e.g., ethnic minorities; women in fields that attract mostly men, or men in fields that attract mostly women; and persons who are first-generation college attendees). Those eligible to apply include individuals who are enrolled in a research-based Ph.D. program; individuals who aspire to a teaching and research career; and persons who have not yet earned a doctoral degree at any time and in any field.

The Melvin Kranzberg Dissertation Fellowship
The Melvin Kranzberg Dissertation Fellowship is presented annually to a doctoral student engaged in the preparation of a dissertation on the history of technology, broadly defined. This award is in memory of the co-founder of the Society and honors Melvin Kranzberg's many contributions to developing the history of technology as a field of scholarly endeavor and SHOT as a professional organization. The $4,000 award is unrestricted and may be used in any way that the winner chooses to advance the research and writing of his or her dissertation. The award may not be used for university tuition or fees. Students from institutions of higher learning anywhere in the world who are working on projects in the history of technology are eligible to apply; doctoral candidates from outside the United States are especially encouraged to submit application materials.

Kosciuszko Foundation
The Foundation awards scholarships to Polish-Americans, Americans studying Polish subjects, and Poles who are permanent residents of the U.S. to pursue graduate study in the U.S.

Samuel H. Kress Foundation Fellowships
Vastly updated site lists two programs for predocs: Kress Travel Grants and Kress Fellowships in Art History at Foreign Institutions.

Lemelson Center Fellowships
The Lemelson Center Fellows Program supports projects that present creative approaches to the study of invention and innovation in American society. These include, but are not limited to, historical research and documentation projects, exhibitions, conferences, multimedia products, and educational initiatives for the fellow's home or other institution or in conjunction with the Lemelson Center. The Center offers fellowships to scholars and professionals who are pre- or postdoctoral candidates or who have completed advanced professional training. Fellowships are awarded for a maximum of ten weeks and carry a prorated stipend. Fellows are expected to reside in the Washington, D.C. area, to participate in the Center's activities, and to make presentations on their work to colleagues at the museum.

The Library Company of Philadelphia
The Library Company of Philadelphia supports two long-term post-doctoral fellowships: The NEH Post-Doctoral Fellowships support research in residence at the Library Company on any subject relevant to its collections, which cover a variety of fields relating to the history of America and the Atlantic world from the 17th through the 19th centuries. NEH Fellowships are restricted to United States citizens or to foreign nationals who have been living in the United States for at least three years. The Program in Early American Economy and Society (PEAES) Post-Doctoral Fellowships support research into the origins and development of the early American economy, broadly conceived, to roughly 1850, in the collections of the Library Company and other research institutions in the Philadelphia region. PEAES Fellowships are open to scholars from any country. The stipend is $40,000, or $20,000 per semester if the award is divided. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. by September 1 of the year they wish to take up either fellowship.

Library Of Congress Coca-Cola Fellowship For The Study Of Advertising And World Cultures

Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowship Program In American Art
For Ph.D. dissertation work in the art history of the United States in any period. To be eligible, a student must be a Ph.D. candidate in a department of art history and the candidate's dissertation must be focused on a topic in the history of the visual arts of the United States. The dissertation topic should be object-oriented. Tenure: one year.

The Malevich Society Grant Competition
The Malevich Society is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing knowledge about the Russian artist Kazimir Malevich and his work. In the belief that Malevich was a pioneer of modern art and should be better recognized for his key contributions to the history of Modernism, the Malevich Society awards grants to encourage research, writing, and other activities relating to the history and memory of Kazimir Malevich. The Society welcomes applications from scholars of any nationality and at all stages of their careers, proposing projects that increase the understanding of Malevich and his work, or that augment historical, biographical, and/or artistic information about Malevich or his artistic legacy.

The Manuscript Society: Grant For Research
The Manuscript Society is accepting applications for a grant to support graduate research requiring extensive work with original manuscripts. Any student who has a bachelor's degree and is enrolled in an advanced-degree program at an accredited college or university is eligible. Preference will be given to doctoral students. Applicants must demonstrate that their research involves considerable work with original manuscript material.

Maryland Historical Society Fellowships
The Maryland Historical Society invites applications for its Lord Baltimore Research Fellowships. The Society offers four fellowships each year designed to promote scholarship in Maryland history and culture through research in its library and museum collections. Applications will be welcomed from independent scholars, graduate students, or university faculty in any discipline appropriate to its collections. The term of the fellowship may be from one week to six months.

Massachusetts Historical Society Short-Term Fellowships
Approximately twenty short-term research fellowships; each grant will provide a stipend of $1500 for four weeks of research at the society. Short-terms awards are open to independent scholars, advanced graduate students, and holders of the Ph.D.. or the equivalent, with candidates who live fifty or miles from Boston receiving preference. Candidates must be U.S. residents or foreign nationals with permission from the U.S. government to hold such awards.

McKnight Doctoral Fellowship Program
Provides an annual stipend of $17,000 and up to $5000 per year in tuition and fees for African-American citizens to pursue a Ph.D. degree at one of eleven participating institutions in Florida. Note that not every university will support this Fellowship in art history.

Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies Early Career Fellowships Program
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Recent Doctoral Recpients Fellowships are to assist scholars in the humanities and related social sciences in the first or second year following completion of the Ph.D.. Eligibility for these Fellowships is limited to scholars awarded Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships in the prior year's competition, the Alternates selected in the prior year's Mellon/ACLS competition, and those awarded other dissertation fellowships of national stature (such as the Whiting Fellowship) that require applicants to complete their dissertations within a specified period.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships
These year-long fellowships support Ph.D. dissertation completion in the humanities and related social sciences. The total award of up to $33,000 includes a stipend plus additional funds for university fees and research support. Under this program, ACLS will award 65 Fellowships to graduate students, who will be expected to complete their dissertations within the period of their fellowship tenure or shortly thereafter.

Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships In Humanistic Studies
The Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies are designed to help exceptionally promising students prepare for careers of teaching and scholarship in humanistic disciplines. The Mellon Fellowship is a competitive award for first-year doctoral students. Fellows may take their awards to any accredited graduate program in the U.S. or Canada. The Fellowship covers graduate tuition and required fees for the first year of graduate study and includes a stipend.

Mellon Fellowship Program For Dissertation Research In The Humanities In Original Sources
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is now accepting applications for the Mellon Fellowship Program for Dissertation Research in the Humanities in Original Sources. CLIR will award about 10 fellowships to support dissertation research in original source material for periods of 9 to 12 months. Each fellowship will carry a stipend of up to $20,000. Applicants must be enrolled in a doctoral program in a graduate school in the United States. They must have completed all doctoral requirements except their dissertation research. Their dissertation proposals must have been accepted at least six months before the starting date of the fellowship.

The Metropolitan Museum Of Art: Art History Fellowships
Eight very different fellowships for study/research at the Met or in other locations.

The Metropolitan Museum Of Art: Conservation Fellowships

Henry Moore Institute Research Fellowships
The Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, UK, offers intermittent pre-doctoral fellowships and other support.

Nantucket Historical Association: Research Fellowship
Offer occasional fellowships. The Nantucket Historical Association is the principal repository of Nantucket history, with extensive archives, collections of historic properties, and art and artifacts that broadly illustrate Nantucket's past. Topics of research for recent scholars have included health aboard whaleships, women at sea, scrimshaw, samplers, local artists, Nantucket's architectural heritage, Quakerism, the African-American and Cape Verdean communities, the Quaise Asylum, and abolitionism.

National Gallery Of Art Predoctoral Fellowship Program
Several fellowships to support doctoral research. Application for these fellowships may be made only through the chair of your graduate department of art history "and other appropriate departments."

National Gallery Of Art Graduate Student Lecturers
Two fellows will be selected for the academic year to deliver a series of gallery talks on the permanent collection and special exhibitions. Fellows receive a stipend of $4,000.

New England Regional Research Fellowships
Each grant will provide a stipend of $5,000 for eight weeks of research at participating institutions. Applications are welcome from anyone with a serious need to use the collections and facilities of the organizations. Candidates must be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals with permission from the U.S. government to hold such awards. The Consortium's grants are designed to encourage projects that draw on the resources of several agencies. Each award will be for research at a minimum of three different institutions. Fellows must stay at each of these organizations for at least two weeks.

New-York Historical Society Research Fellowship
The purpose of these fellowships is to encourage scholars whose research would benefit greatly from the use of the New-York Historical Society's unique collections. The applicant's field of research must demonstrably and specifically relate to The New-York Historical Society's collections. United States citizens and foreign nationals may apply. Preference will be given to applicants who hold an undergraduate degree and are engaged in serious historical projects. Stipends of $1500 to $2000 will be awarded in the amount of $500 per week, for no less than three weeks and no more than four weeks, depending on the time required for the completion of the project.

Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellowships
Offers grants to support the study of ethical and religious values in all areas of human endevor. Fellowships provide a stipend of $16,500 to cover living expenses for the final 12-month year of dissertation writing. Eligibility is limited to students enrolled in doctoral programs in the humanities and social sciences at graduate schools in the U.S.

Nineteenth Century Studies Association 2007 Article Prize
The prize recognizes excellence in scholarly studies from any discipline focusing on any aspect of the long 19th century (French Revolution to World War I). Submission of interdisciplinary studies is especially encouraged. Essays written in part or in whole in a language other than English must be accompanied by translations in English. The winning article will be selected by a committee of nineteenth-century scholars representing diverse disciplines.

North Carolina Museum of Art Curatorial Fellowship
GlaxoSmithKline Curatorial Fellow will be considered a professional member of the Museum's curatorial staff with ready access to curators, educators, conservators, librarians, and members of other museum departments. An annual stipend of $20,000 is provided in addition to a research travel allowance. The NCMA Curatorial Fellow will be expected to work at the NCMA for an average of 25 hours per week during the academic year (September-May).

The Program in Early American Economy and Society Dissertation Fellowship
The PEAES dissertation fellowship, carrying a stipend of $18,000, is tenable for nine consecutive months of residency. It may also be divided between two scholars, who would each receive $9,000. Available to scholars at all levels, four short term fellowships, carrying stipends of $1,800 each, are tenable for a month of research at the Library Company. These fellowships are designed to promote scholarship in early American economy and society, broadly defined, from its colonial beginnings to roughly the 1850s.

Ann Plato Fellowship
The Ann Plato Fellowship, named for a 19th-century African-American poet, essayist, and teacher, supports a doctoral student who is an American citizen and is engaged in writing his or her dissertation. Applicants from historically underrepresented groups, including African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, Pacific Islanders, and U.S. Latinos, are especially encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to candidates working in fields currently supported by Trinity College.

CCWH Catherine Prelinger Award
For applicants with the Ph.D. or ABD; they also offer have graduate student awards.

Jacob M. Price Research Fellowships
Offered to facilitate research at the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan, specializes in American history and culture from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries.. Several grants of $1000 are available for younger scholars - graduate students and junior faculty - whose work would benefit from use of the library's resources. Applicants are considered on the basis of the quality of their research project, the degree to which particular materials at the Clements will forward their work, and the need for this type of support. Successful applicants are expected to work at the library for at least one week.

Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (Austin, Texas)
Approximately 40 Fellowships are awarded annually by the Ransom Center to scholars for research projects in all areas of the humanities. Priority, however, will be given to those proposals that concentrate on the Center's collections and that require substantial on-site use of them.

The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University
The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University offers research grants ranging from $1,500 to $3,000 to students, professors and independent scholars who are studying topics pertaining to the Intermountain West (defined as Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming). Researchers from any discipline in the sciences, humanities and social sciences may apply. Applicants are not required to utilize collections created or maintained by the Redd Center or by Brigham Young University.

The Royal College of Art (RCA) and the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) in London
The V&A seeks to appoint a Ph.D. Research Student to study issues in modern craft. This opportunity has been funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and will be the second of a series of three Ph.D. studentships awarded annually in succession. As a collaborative Ph.D. student you will be supervised jointly by the RCA and the V&A, working with practitioners, historians, and curators at both institutions. You will conduct a research project on some aspect of modern craft history and/or contemporary craft activity, investigating methodologies of theoretical writing, historical research, and studio practice. Projects with a strong historical, curatorial, or theoretical orientation are of particular interest. There is no geographical restriction to the subject of study. You will be registered at the Royal College of Art and will receive a maintenance stipend of £14,000 per annum. Tuition fees will also be waived. To be eligible for a full award, you must show that you have a relevant connection with the UK, usually through residence.

The Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship
Stipend of $20,000 awarded in alternate years for the study of Greek language, literature, history, or archaeology, or for the study of French language or literature. Candidates must be unmaried women between 25 and 35 years of age who have demonstrated their ability to carry on original research.

Smithsonian American Art Museum
A variety of opportunities for senior (B.A.) and graduate students.

Smithsonian Center For Materials Research And Education (SCMRE)
Two types of fellowships available for advanced graduate students: Postgraduate Fellowship in Conservation and Advanced Training in Archaeological Conservation.

Smithsonian Postgraduate Fellowships In Conservation Of Museum Collections
One-year fellowships for recent graduates of masters programs in art conservation or the equivalent to conduct research and gain further training in Smithsonian laboratories for conservation of objects in museum collections. A stipend of $30,000 is being offered plus allowances. The prospective fellow must first contact the conservator with whom he or she would like to work.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery invite applications for research fellowships in art and visual culture of the United States. A variety of predoctoral, postdoctoral, and senior fellowships are available. Fellowships are residential and support independent and dissertation research. The stipend for a one-year fellowship is $25,000 for predoctoral fellows or $40,000 for senior and postdoctoral fellows, plus research and travel allowances. Postdoctoral and senior Terra Foundation for American Art Fellows are eligible for a substantial stipend supplement to assist with research, relocation, and housing costs. The standard term of residency is twelve months, but shorter terms will be considered; stipends are prorated for periods of less than twelve months.

The Society Of Architectural Historians
SAH has several regional chapters, some of which offer fellowship programs of their own.

Paul And Daisy Soros Fellowships For New Americans
For graduate study in the professions and academic disciplines at any institution of higher education in the United States. The Fellowships run for up to two years. Each year the Fellow receives a maintenance grant of $20,000 and a tuition grant of one-half of the cost of the US graduate program. Eligibility. A New American is a person who holds a Green Card, or is already a naturalized citizen, or a child of two naturalized citizen parents. Individuals completing or already holding their bachelor's degrees or enrolled in a graduate program are eligible.

Society for the Preservation of American Modernists Publication Grants
SPAM supports the authorship of articles or books by independent scholars, writers, students, and professionals in the following subject areas: the artistic contributions of the American modernists, and the history of public and private support for the arts in the United States. Either of these areas may be explored in a successful application. While applications are welcome from all individuals, applicants with a clear and realistic publication plan will be favored by the selection committee. Grants average $1,200.

Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon Fellowship
The Library of Congress and the Caroline and Erwin Swann Foundation are accepting applications for a fellowship to support research on caricature and cartoon art. The fellow must use the library's collections and must deliver a public lecture during a two-week required residency at the library. Candidates must be master's or doctoral degree candidates at universities in the United States, Canada, or Mexico who are working on dissertations or theses, or postgraduate researchers who have held their degrees for less than three years. Total amount to be awarded and number of awards: $15,000 for one award.

[Textile Studies] Marie-Paule Nolin Collection Study Award
The McCord Museum is home to the largest collection of Canadian costume and textiles. The Marie-Paule Nolin Collection Study Award is made available to assist a research project intended for publication which makes direct use of material evidence from this collection.

Urban History Association Annual Prizes
Awards for books and best dissertation in urban history.

Virginia Tech Minority Faculty Mentoring Program for ABD Fellows
This program “is open to minority doctoral students who have completed all degree requirements except the dissertation (ABD). The University seeks individuals who have been or who are currently under-represented in their disciplines. Applicants should be academically strong and seeking a career in academe. The applicant must be able to demonstrate the potential for success as a faculty member and be a U. S. citizen. ” Residency may be for the summer or for the full academic year. In the year, the Fellow will teach one course and offer a seminar on their subject and will also have time for writing the dissertation.

Walters Art Museum Fellowship
This privately funded fellowship provides a stipend of $16,000 plus benefits. The Walters seeks applications from graduate students in art history who are interested in pursuing a museum career in the United States. Applicants should have completed the M.A. degree and be enrolled in a Ph.D. program at the time of application. Preference will be given to applicants already engaged in work on their dissertations.

Western Association Of Women Historians: The Kanner Award
WAWH will award $500 to the best scholarly bibliographical and historical guide to research focused on women or gender history. The Kanner Award is intended to promote the practice of bibliomethodology or autobiography in historical context. The bibliomethodology award should reflect the critical tools of the historian's craft as have been developed to provide research guides rather than library catalogues. The autobiography in historical context award should reflect the craft of history as developed and interpreted in individual lives. Book-length submissions are preferred but substantial guides in other forms (articles, book chapters, internet publications) may also be considered.

Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Grants In Women's Studies
To help support research about women in many areas of the humanities and social sciences, including women in art. Open to students who have completed all predissertation requirements at graduate schools in the U.S.

Winterthur Museum & Country Estate Research Fellowship Program
Consisting of NEH, McNeil Dissertation, and short-term residential fellowships to support advanced study of American art, culture, and history. Fellows have full access to library collections of more than 87,000 volumes and one-half million manuscripts and images. Fellows may conduct research based on the museum collection of objects and artworks made or used in America to 1860.

Wolfsonian Research Center
The Wolfsonian-Florida International University promotes the examination of modern material culture as an agent and reflection of social, political, and technological change. The focus of the Wolfsonian collection is on North American and European decorative, propaganda, and fine arts of the period 1885-1945. The United States, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the former Soviet Union are the countries most comprehensively represented.

Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies, University of Virginia
Offers residential fellowships in the humanities and social sciences for predoctoral students to aid in the completion of dissertations in African American and African Studies and related fields. Preference given to applicants whose research is substantially complete. The predoctoral fellowship carries a stipend of $15,000 per year for two years.

The Yale Center For British Art
Fellowships in the UK (based at the Paul Mellon Centre in London) or the US (based at the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven) are offered to scholars already engaged in doctoral research. Candidates may be of any nationality but normally must be enrolled in a graduate program at an American university (for study in the UK) or at a non-American university (for study in the US).

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