Humanities Related Fellowships and Grants

Internal

Fellowships and Grants from the University of Memphis

• MOCH Fellowship
• CAS Travel Enrichment Fund: Travel Enrichment Fund
• Faculty Research Grants

External 

University of Memphis resources for humanities scholars who are interested in external funding:

• Access Pivot: https://www.memphis.edu/rsp/sponsored_programs/find_funding.php

Selected resources on writing fellowship and grant applications:

• How to Write Effective Proposals
• http://www.ssrc.org/publications/view/7A9CB4F4-815F-DE11-BD80-001CC477EC70/
• How to Get a Grant from NEH
• http://theprofessorisin.com/category/how-to-get-grants-and-fellowships/
• http://www.acls.org/uploadedfiles/publications/programs/writing_fellowship_proposals.pdf

Selected sources of significant external funding for humanities scholars:

• American Academy of Arts and Sciences: https://www.amacad.org/our-work
• American Academy in Berlin: https://www.americanacademy.de/apply/apply-for-a-fellowship/
• American Academy in Rome: American Academy in Rome
• American Antiquarian Society: http://www.americanantiquarian.org/fellowships.htm
• American Association of University Women: Educational Funding and Awards/
• American Council of Learned Societies: American Council of Learned Societies
• American Historical Association: Awards and Grants
• American Philosophical Association: http://www.apaonline.org/?page=grants
• American Philosophical Society: Research Grants - American Philisophical Society
• Asian Cultural Council: Asian Cultural Council Program
• Bogliasco Foundation: http://www.bfny.org
• Cornell Society for the Humanities: http://www.arts.cornell.edu/sochum/society_fellowships.html
• Council of American Overseas Research Centers: Council of American Overseas Research Centers Fellowships
• Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies: http://www.rochester.edu/college/aas/grad_programs/fellowships.html
• Folger Library: Fellowships - Folger Shakespeare Library
• Ford Foundation: http://www.fordfoundation.org/grants/individuals-seeking-fellowships
• Fulbright-Hays Program: https://eca.state.gov/fulbright/fulbright-programs/program-summaries/fulbright-hays-program
• Fulbright Scholars: Fullbright Scholar Program
• Getty Research Institute: http://www.getty.edu/research/scholars/years/future.html
• John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation: http://www.gf.org/about/fellowship/
• Hagley Library and Museum: Grants & Fellowships - Hagley,
• Howard Foundation: https://www.brown.edu/howard-foundation/how-apply
• Huntington Library: https://www.huntington.org/fellowships
• Institute for Advanced Study: https://www.ias.edu
• Institute of American Cultures: https://www.iac.ucla.edu/funding/overview
• Japan Foundation: The Japan Foundation - Program Guidelines
• Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies: https://katz.sas.upenn.edu/fellowships/fellowship-program
• Library of Congress: The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress Program
• Mellon Foundation: https://mellon.org/grants/
• National Endowment for the Humanities: National Endowment for the Humanities
• National Humanities Center: Fellowships at the National Humanities Center
• Newberry Library: http://www.newberry.org/fellowships
• Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study: Fellowships Institute for Advanced Study
• Program in Latin American Studies, Princeton: Current Opportunities - Program in Latin American Studies, Princeton
• Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study: Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University
• Ransom Center: Fellowships at the National Humanities Center
• Schomburg Library: Fellowships and Education at the Schomburg
• School for Advanced Research: School for Advanced Research
• Spencer Foundation: Spencer Foundation Mission
• Smithsonian Institution: Smithsonian Fellowships and Internships
• Society for Classical Studies: https://classicalstudies.org/awards-fellowships
• Stanford Humanities Center: http://shc.stanford.edu/fellowships/non-stanford-faculty
• Templeton Foundation: https://www.templeton.org
• Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/rpw_center/visitingfellowship.php
• WEB DuBois Research Institute for African and African American Research: https://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/fellowship-program
• Wilson Center: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/fellowship-application
• Winterthur Museum: http://www.winterthur.org/education/academic-programs/research-fellowships/ 
• Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies: http://www.woodson.virginia.edu/fellowship/postdoc

This list is far from exhaustive. Faculty members who are interested in pursuing external funding should consult Pivot and Mary Earheart-Brown for additional funding opportunities.

If you notice a broken link or there is a grant or fellowship that you think should be on this list, please contact Sarah Potter.