Support Opportunities for Humanities Scholars
Funding/Support Opportunities for Humanities Scholars
If you are interested in applying for a grant or have any questions, please contact Eve Ali Boles, OSSR Director, at eali@uic.edu at least 4 weeks before the fellowship deadline. The LAS Office of Social Science Research (OSSR) is a shared service unit that manages all pre-award and post-award activities for 15 Social Science and Humanities departments within LAS. Please visit the OSSR website for more information.
Assistant Director of Faculty Research Activities Anna Brailovsky provides robust research development support to all LAS faculty. Please do not hesitate to reach out with questions or to book a consultation to discuss funding strategies. Find more resources at the LAS Research Development Office.
Please note: this is not a complete or comprehensive list. Please also search sites, such as this one, for additional listings
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UIC Institute for the Humanities
All full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago in humanities and related disciplines are eligible to apply for Faculty Fellowships.
UIC Office of the Chancellor for Research
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EXTERNAL
ACLS Fellowships
ACLS invites research applications from scholars in all disciplines of the humanities and related social sciences. The deadline for this program has passed. The description below is for information purposes only. Awardees in the 2024-25 competition will be announced in the spring.
American Academy in Berlin Prize Fellowships
The American Academy in Berlin is a nonprofit institute for advanced study in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and public policy. Its primary mission is to enhance the cultural and intellectual ties between the United States and Germany. The application period for the 2025-26 Berlin Prize is now closed. The application for the 2026-27 Berlin Prize will open in late spring 2025.
American Academy in Rome Prize
For over a century, the American Academy in Rome has awarded the Rome Prize to support innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities. The deadline for the nationwide Rome Prize competition is November 1, 2024. Applications will also be accepted between November 2 and 15 for an additional fee. No applications will be accepted after November 15.
American Antiquarian Society Fellowships
The American Antiquarian Society offers visiting research fellowships, designed to enable academic and independent scholars and advanced graduate students to spend an uninterrupted block of time doing research in the AAS library. The deadline for the Fellowships for Creative and Performing Artists and Writers has closed.
American Center of Oriental Research (Amman) Fellowship
The American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR) in Amman, Jordan, is a private, international, non-profit academic institution dedicated to promoting research and publication in the fields of archaeology, anthropology, ancient through modern history, art history, conservation and preservation studies, Arabic and other Near Eastern languages, Islamic studies, and many other fields related to Near Eastern studies. The 2025 ACOR-NEH application cycle has been completed and the award granted, and the ACOR-NEH Fellowship will not be offered during the 2025–2026 application cycle.
American Philosophical Society
Since 1933 the American Philosophical Society has awarded research grants to more than 15,000 scholars and encourages all eligible candidates to apply for grants and fellowships. There are many Research Grant Programs that have different deadlines starting in September, 2024. Please visit the Fellowships portion of the website for information on resident Library and Museum Fellowships. Related Library and Museum Fellowships.
Clark Art Institute Research and Academic Program
Caribbean Art and Its Diasporas Fellowships. The Clark Art Institute’s Research and Academic Program (RAP) awards funded residential fellowships to established and promising scholars with the aim of fostering a critical commitment to inquiry in the theory, history, and interpretation of art and visual culture. Applications are closed.
Carmago Core Program
The Carmago Foundation, located in Cassis, France, in a residential center offering programming in the arts and humanities. Application submission here. The deadline has closed for the Carmago Core Program.
Chateaubriand Fellowship – Humanities and Social Science (HSS)
The Chateaubriand Fellowship in Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) targets outstanding Ph.D. students from American universities who seek to engage in research in France, in any discipline of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The 2025-2026 call for applications is now opened. Application here and please be sure to submit ALL documents by January 10th, 2025, by 12pm EST.
Clark Library
The Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies offers both short- and long-term fellowships for research stays at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. Learn more about Fellowships. Fellowship applications are due by 11:59 p.m. PST on February 1, 2025.
Cornell University Society for the Humanities
The Society for the Humanities at Cornell University invites applications for year-long residencies from scholars whose interdisciplinary research projects reflect on the 2025-26 theme of Scale. Each Society Fellow will receive $62,000. The deadline for the Society Fellowship is now closed. Awards will be announced by the end of December 2024.
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowships
Please note that all prospective applicants must first register and create an account. If you created an account in a previous competition, that account information has not been imported into our new system; you must create a new account. The 2025 United States and Canada Competition is now closed. The 2026 competition will open for applications in late summer 2025.
Harry Ransom Center
The Ransom Center will award 50 research fellowships for its 2025–26 program. Please view the individual residency types within the application instructions to determine the qualifications for each. They offer funding to graduate students including doctoral candidates, current and former academic faculty at any level of career, and independent researchers such as journalists and artists, who require archival research at the Center for their projects. Application is closed now.
Humane Studies Fellowship, offered by the Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University
The Humane Studies Fellowship is a non-residency, renewable award of up to $5,000 per year to assist students enrolled or planning to enroll in full-time PhD programs.
Huntington Library Fellowships
The Huntington's Library is an independent research center for the humanities that welcomes advanced researchers from all over the world. Available Fellowships here.
International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF)
The Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) offers nine to twelve months of support to graduate students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who are enrolled in PhD programs in the United States and conducting dissertation research on non-US topics.
Institute for Citizens & Scholars Fellowships
Citizens & Scholars fosters future generations of informed, engaged, hopeful citizens who reflect the diversity of our democracy. Each Fellowship program is a part of a long tradition of Citizens & Scholars investing in the best and brightest people and ideas. Each program has its own eligibility requirements. Fellowship programs typically recruit once a year and provide funding to individuals, institutions, or organizations.
Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Fellowships
The IRH awards some 40-45 stipendary and non-stipendary fellowships to internal and external applicants each year. The College of Letters & Science and generous gifts to the Institute fund these fellowships, which are open to applicants in any discipline or field whose project has clear significance for the humanities. Most IRH fellowships are not limited by theme or research area, with the exception of the external Solmsen Fellowship for projects on pre-1700 Europe, the external Kingdon Fellowship on Judeo-Christian religious traditions, the Biruté Ciplijauskaité Fellowship for Iberian Spanish Literature, and the internal Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity Fellowships. Information about Internal Fellowships at bottom of page with different deadlines for the 2025-2026 cycle.
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
NEH offers a variety of grant programs to individuals and organizations that do the highest quality work to promote the humanities. See website for deadlines and details. There are always Fellowships and Grants applications.
NEH Pathways Internship Program
The Pathways Program offers federal internship and employment opportunities for current students, recent graduates and those with an advanced degree. This current application cycle is closed.
NEH Summer Stipends
Summer Stipends support continuous full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two consecutive months. NEH funds may support recipients’ compensation, travel, and other costs related to the proposed scholarly research.
Application available (anticipated) June 17, 2025
Next deadline (anticipated) September 17, 2025
Expected notification date April 15, 2026
Project start date May 1, 2026 September 1, 2027
NEH Division of Education Professional Development Programs
NEH Summer Institutes and Landmarks of American History and Culture for Higher Education Faculty.
December 13, 2024: Applications open for all 2025 programs
March 5, 2025: Applications close for all 2025 programs at 11:59 pm Pacific Time
April 2, 2025: All applicants are notified of their status
April 16, 2025: Deadline for applicants to accept or decline their offer
National Humanities Center Fellowship
The National Humanities Center will offer up to 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities. The Center will begin accepting applications for the 2026–27 academic year on July 1, 2025 with a deadline of October 3, 2025.
Newberry Library
The Newberry’s long-standing fellowship program provides outstanding scholars with the time, space, and community required to pursue innovative and ground-breaking scholarship. In addition to the library's collections, fellows are supported by a collegial interdisciplinary community of researchers, curators, and librarians. An array of scholarly and public programs also contributes to an engaging intellectual environment. Applications are now open for 2025-2026 fellowships at the Newberry Library!
• Long-Term Fellowships are available to postdoctoral scholars for continuous residence at the Newberry for periods of 4 to 9 months; the stipend is $5,000 per month. Applicants must hold a PhD by the application deadline in order to be eligible. Long-Term Fellowships are intended to support individual scholarly research and promote serious intellectual exchange through active participation in the fellowship program. The deadline for long-term fellowships is now closed.
• Short-Term Fellowships are available to postdoctoral scholars, PhD candidates, and those who hold other terminal degrees. Short-Term Fellowships are generally awarded for 1 to 2 months; unless otherwise noted the stipend is $3,000 per month. These fellowships support individual scholarly research for those who have a specific need for the Newberry's collection. The deadline for short-term opportunities is January 3.
New York Historical Society Fellowships
Leveraging its rich collections of documents, artifacts, and works of art detailing American history from the perspective of New York City, New York Historical Society Fellowships provide scholars with material resources and an intellectual community to develop new research and publications that illuminate complex issues of the past. Check back soon for updates on 2025-2026 Fellowship opportunities.
New York Public Library Fellowships
Please see a full listing of the many Fellowships and Institutes here.
Princeton Society of Fellows
The Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts seeks to support innovative interdisciplinary approaches to scholarship and teaching in the humanities and humanities-related social and natural sciences. For the 2025-2028 fellowship competition, applications may be submitted for the following fellowship categories:
1. Two or Three Open Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences
2. One Fellowship in Humanistic Studies
3. One Fellowship in LGBT Studies
Rutgers Elevate 2025 cohort
The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) is pleased to open applications for our early-career faculty development program, ELEVATE (Enriching Learning, Enhancing Visibility, and Training Educators). This program is a unique three-day professional development opportunity for early-career faculty at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). This year's ELEVATE will be hosted in Princeton, NJ, from June 9, 2025, to June 12, 2025. Application Close Date: January 20, 2025, 11:59 PM ET.
Stanford Humanities Center External Faculty Fellowships
The Stanford Humanities Center invites applications for the external faculty fellowship program. Applications for the 2025–2026 fellowship year are now closed. Please check back in August 2025 for information on next year's competition.
Texas Tech University Humanities Center
The Humanities Center is calling for applications from candidates external to the university to be considered for the Scholar-in-Residence program. The Center is particularly interested in nominees actively engaged in interdisciplinary research that addresses academic questions beyond the scholar’s primary field of study. This position is full-time and benefits eligible. The application deadline has passed.
The Emily Winfree Fellowship for African and African American History in Virginia
The Emily Winfree Fellowship for African and African American History in Virginia will promote the study and interpretation of Black history in Virginia and provide access to the Virginia Museum of History & Culture’s vast collections. The inaugural Winfree Fellowship will be awarded in 2025. The deadline for application is now closed.
Wallenberg Academy Fellows, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
The purpose of the Wallenberg Academy Fellows program in Sweden is to give young researchers working conditions that enables them to focus on research and tackle difficult, long-term research questions. The application period begins January 7, 2026 and the deadline is February 1, 2026. There is an online application available to get more information.