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FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
PMLA Listing of Fellowships
CU List of Major External
and Internal Fellowships
Links to sources for further
fellowship possiblities
PMLA Listing of Fellowships
In general, the modern language association offers no
grants or fellowships of any kind. Current graduate students,
however, may qualify for financial assistance to at-tend
the annual convention. For details, see A Concise Guide
to Activities and Services, in this issue. The following
list provides an overview of fellowship and grant programs;
potential applicants should write to the foundations for
complete information on procedures and requirements. The
list omits prize contests and a number of purely literary
fellowships. Larger, more inclusive lists include
Annual Register of
Grant Support (New Providence: Bowker);
Directory of Research Grants (Phoenix: Oryx);
Financial Aid for Minorities in Education (Garrett
Park: Garrett Park);
The Foundation Directory (New York: Foundation Center);
The Foundation Grants Index (New York: Foundation
Center);
Fulbright and Other Grants for Graduate Study Abroad
(New York: Inst. of Intl. Educ.);
Directory of Graduate Programs, Vol. D: Arts and Humanities
(New York: Warner);
Virginia P. White, Grants: How to Find Out about Them
and What to Do Next (New York: Plenum);
The Grants Register (New York: St. Martin's);
Scholarships, Fellowships, and Loans (Detroit: Gale);
Study Abroad (Lanham: Unipub);
Teaching Abroad (New York: Inst. of Intl. Educ.).
The Linguistic Society of America (1325 18th St., NW,
Suite 211, Washington, DC 20036-6501; 202 835-1714; http://www.lsadc.org)
publishes the Guide to Grants and Fellowships in Linguistics.
Information on philanthropic foundations, books on fellowships
and grants, and periodicals such as Foundation Grants
to Individuals (a biannual) and the Foundation
Grants Index Quarterly may be obtained by writing
or calling the Foundation Center, 79 5th Ave., New York,
NY 10003-3076 (212 620-4230; http://fdncenter.org).
ABE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM: Postdoctoral fellowships
for scholars or research professionals who can demonstrate
strong and serious long-term affiliations with research
communities in the United States or Japan. The fellowships
are awarded for research projects in the social sciences
or humanities that will inform the environment in which
policy is made on issues of pressing global concern
to industrialized and industrializing societies across
the globe. Projects must be relevant to any one or a
combination of three themes: 1) global issues; 2) problems
common to industrial and industrializing societies;
and 3) issues that pertain to US-Japan relations. Fellowships
are offered to individuals only and offer up to 12 months
of full-time support. Write or call the Abe Fellowship
Program, Social Science Research Council, 810 7th Ave.,
31st floor, New York, NY 10019 (212 377-2700; fax: 212
377-2727; abe@ssrc.org; http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships).
The deadline is 1 September.
AMERICAN ACADEMY IN BERLIN: Invites applications
for its fellowships for the 2006-07 academic year. The
academy is a private, nonprofit center for advanced
research in a range of academic, cultural, and professional
areas. It welcomes scholars, writers, and professionals
who wish to engage in independent study in Berlin for
an academic semester or, in rare cases, for an entire
academic year. In the case of the Bosch Berlin Prize
in Public Policy, shorter stays of six to eight weeks
may be arranged. Fellowship benefits include round-trip
airfare, comfort-able accommodations in the Hans Arnhold
Center, partial board, and a stipend ranging from $3,500
to $5,000 per month. Fellows are expected to be in residence
during the entire term of the award. Candidates are
expected to have completed a doctorate or equivalent
professional degree at the time of application and must
be United States citizens or permanent residents. The
deadline for applications is 17 October 2005.
Application forms and further in-formation may be obtained
from the academy's Web site (http://www.americanacademy.de)
or by writing or calling the American Academy in Berlin,
Am Sandwerder 17-19, 14109 Berlin, Germany (49 30 804
83-0; fax: 49 30 804 83-111; applications@americanacademy.de).
AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME: Each year, through
a national competition, the Rome Prize is awarded to
fifteen emerging artists (working in architecture, landscape
architecture, design, historic preservation and conservation,
literature, musical composition, or visual arts) and
fifteen scholars (working in ancient, medieval, Renaissance
and early modern, or modern Italian studies). The fellowships
are designed for emerging artists and for scholars in
the early or middle stages of their careers. For scholars,
preference will be given to applicants for whom research
time in Italy, and especially in Rome, is essential
and who have not had extensive prior experience there.
The application deadline is
1 November. Each Rome Prize winner is provided
with a stipend, meals, a bed-room with private bath,
and a study or studio. Winners of eleven-month fellowships
receive a stipend of $21,000. Predoctoral awards, which
include eleven-month and two-year fellowships, carry
an annual stipend of $15,750. Applicants for all Rome
Prize fellowships, except those applying for the NEH
postdoctoral fellowship, must be United States citizens
at the time of application. US citizens and those foreign
nationals who have lived in the United States for the
three years immediately preceding the application deadline
may apply for the NEH postdoctoral fellowships. Graduate
students in the humanities may apply only for predoctoral
fellowships. To learn more about eligibility requirements
and to download guidelines and application forms, please
visit the academy's Web site (http://www.aarome.org)
or write to American Academy in Rome, 7 East 60 St.,
New York, NY 10022 (212-751-7200; info@aarome.org).
Classical Society of the American Academy in Rome: Offers
two scholarshhips of $3,500 each, one to a graduate
student and one to a school teacher of classical languages
or classical civilization, to attend the academy's classical
summer school in Rome. Write to Anne Laid-law, 415 Wingate
Road, Baltimore, MD 21210 (lab0idlaw@juno.com) or download
applications from the academy's Web page (http://www.
aarome.org) under summer programs. The
deadline is 1 March.
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES POSTDOCTORAL
AND JUNIOR FACULTY FELLOWSHIPS: The American Academy
of Arts and Sciences invites applications for research
fellowships at its new Visiting Scholars Program. Fields
of study include humanities, social sciences, statistics,
international relations, law, science policy, public
policy, and related areas. Strong preference will be
given to proposals related to the academy's program
areas: science and global security; social policy and
American institutions; humanities and culture; and education.
Interdisciplinary and cross-national studies are encouraged.
In addition to conducting individual research, fellows
will participate in conferences, seminars, and events
at the academy. The stipend is $35,000 for postdoctoral
scholars, $50,000 for junior faculty members. The
postmark deadline for applications is 14 October 2005.
For details, contact the Visiting Scholars Program,
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 136 Irving St.,
Cambridge, MA 02138-1996 (617 576-5034; fax: 617 576-5050;
vsc@amacad .org). Application information is available
on the academy's Web site (http://www.amacad.org).
AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY: The society,
to make available its resources in American history
and culture through 1876, awards annually a number of
visiting fellowships.
AAS-National Endowment
for the Humanities Fellowships provide six to twelve
months' postdoctoral residence at the society's library,
with stipends up to $40,000 for twelve months. New NEH
guidelines permit the society to arrange tenure of four
to five months. Legacy Fellowships provide stipends
of $1,000 for one month's residence.
Kate B. and Hall J. Peterson Fellowships provide
monthly stipends of $1,000 for one to three months'
residence at the society's library. These awards are
open to individuals engaged in scholarly research a
d writing, including foreign nationals and per-sons
at work on doctoral dissertations.
The AAS-American Society for Eighteenth-Century
Studies Fellowship promotes research in any area
of American eighteenth-century studies. Degree candidates
are not eligible. ASECS membership is required for taking
up an award but not for making application. The stipend
is $1,000 per month.
The Joyce A. Tracy Fellowship offers monthly stipends
of $1,000 for research on newspapers and magazines or
for projects using these resources as primary documentation.
Stephen Botein Fellowships provide monthly stipends
of $1,000 for one to two months' residence by scholars
working in the history of the book in American culture.
The Northeast Modern Language Association Fellowship
promotes research in American literary history; NEMLA
membership is required for the successful postdoctoral
scholar to whom the one-month award of $1,000 is granted.
The Reese Fellowship supports bibliographical research
and projects in the history of the book in American
culture; the one-month fellowship has a stipend of $1,000.
Holding a fellowship is not a prerequisite for doing
research at AAS. Scholars working on topics in American
history and culture through 1876 should visit the AAS
Web site for more details (http:l/www .americanantiquarian.org).
The deadline for all competitions
is 15 January.Write or call Director of Scholarly
Programs, American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury
St., Room A, Worcester, MA 01609 (508 755-5221; fax: 508
754-9069; academicfellowships@mwa.org).
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN EDUCATIONAL
FOUNDATION: Program brochures are available in July,
applications in August. Write or call the foundation,
PO Box 4030, Iowa City, IA 52243-4030 (319 337-1716;
http://www.aauw.org).
American Fellowships:
One-year fellowships for women who are citizens or permanent
residents of the US and who are in their final year
of writing the dissertation or are conducting research
at the postdoctoral level. The
request deadline is 1 November. Postmark deadline is
15 November.
Career Development Grants: Awarded to women who,
through higher education, are reentering the work force,
making a career change, or advancing their current career.
The request deadline is 1 December. Applications
are due 15 December.
International Fellowships: Support qualified women
from abroad who wish to undertake advanced studies or
research in the US. Applicants must hold the equivalent
of a bachelor's degree. The
request deadline is 15 November. Postmark deadline is
15 December.
Selected Professions Fellowships: Awarded to women
for graduate study in designated fields where female
participation has been low. The
request deadline is 20 December. Applications are due
10 January.
Community Action Grants: Provide funds for programs
or nondegree research projects that promote education
and equity for women and girls. Postmark
deadline is 15 January.
Eleanor Roosevelt Teacher Fellowships: Designed
for elementary and secondary school teachers who are
seeking to advance gender equity in the classroom and
complete professional development. Postmark
deadline is 10 January.
AMERICAN CLASSICAL LEAGUE: Teacher-training
scholarships are awarded to candidates training for
certification to teach Latin. The maximum award is $750.
Applicants must be members of the American Classical
League. Write to the American Classical League, Maureen
V. O'Donnell Scholarships, Miami Univ., Oxford, OH 45056.
The deadlines are 1 December
(for spring semester) and 1 March (for summer or fall
semesters).
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES FELLOWSHIPS
AND GRANTS: Various programs to advance research
in the humanities and social sciences. Except for dissertation
fellowships in American art history and in East European
studies and grants for East European language training,
all applicants must have the doctorate or equivalent
in publications and professional experience. Application
forms for most programs administered by the ACLS must
be submitted through the ACLS Online Fellowship Application
system (OFA). OFA is accessible at http://ofa.acls.org
or through the Fellowship and Grant Programs section
of the ACLS Web site. Contact the Office of Fellow-ships
and Grants, ACLS (grants@acls.org; http://www.acls.org).
ACLS Fellowships:
Includes ACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies
Fellowships (for scholars pursuing research on the societies
and cultures of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin
America and the Caribbean, eastern Europe, and the former
Soviet Union) and ACLS I New York Public Library Residential
Fellowships. Approximately sixty awards, with maximum
stipends of $30,000 for scholars at the assistant professor
level, $40,000 for scholars at the associate professor
level, and $50,000 for scholars at the full professor
level, for con-ducting research projects in the humanities
and humanities-related social sciences. Fellows must
devote six to twelve continuous months to full-time
work on their projects. Awards will be announced in
March. The deadline is 30
September.
Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships: For
recently tenured scholars engaged in long-term, unusually
ambitious projects in the humanities and humanities-related
social sciences. Approximately eleven fellowships each
year, with a stipend of $75,000, to support an academic
year of residence at any one of ten national residential
research centers. The deadline
is 30 September.
Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships: For advanced
assistant and untenured associate professors in the
humanities and humanities-related social sciences whose
scholarly contributions have advanced their fields and
who have well designed and carefully developed plans
for new research. Up to twelve fellowships, with a stipend
of $60,000 for two semesters of research, a fund of
$2,500 for research and travel, and an additional stipend
for summer sup-port, if appropriate-all flexibly arranged
within three years. The deadline
is 30 September.
Contemplative Practice Fellowship Program: Approximately
six fellowships of up to $10,000 to support individual
or collaborative research leading to the development
of courses and teaching materials that integrate contemplative
practices into courses. Up to three fellowships of up
to $20,000 to support groups of faculty members and
administrators who are developing curricular initiatives
in contemplative studies of both a formal and informal
character. The postmark deadline
is 10 November.
Henry Luce Foundation / ACLS Dissertation Fellowships
in American Art: For doctoral students at any stage
of dissertation research or writing on topics in the
history of the visual arts in the United States. Ten
fellowships of $22,500 available for graduate students
in departments of art history at United States institutions.
The deadline is 10 November.
Grants for East European Studies: Postdoctoral grants
of up to $25,000 will be offered for six to twelve months
of uninterrupted re-search in the social sciences or
humanities relating to Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia and
Montenegro (including Kosovo). Dissertation fellowships
of up to $17,000 are also available for work related
to the countries listed above; a few awards will also
be available for work on the Czech Republic, Estonia,
Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
The deadline is 10 November. Grants for east European
language training will also be offered; the
deadline is 13 January.
China Programs: A research program for postdoctoral
scholars in the humanities to pursue research in China
for four to twelve months. The postmark deadline is
15 November. Grants are available to support conferences
and publications on the topic New Perspectives on Chinese
Culture and Society. The deadline
is 1 September.
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION: ACE Fellows
Program provides an opportunity for mid-level administrators
and senior faculty members with leadership experience
to broaden and deepen their administrative skills. Fellows
work for an academic year, semester, or other time frame
in an intern-mentor relationship with college or university
presidents and other senior administrators and attend
three weeklong seminars. The deadline
for 2006-07 is 1 November 2005. Funding is provided
by candidate's institution and/or internship institution.
Write or call the ACE Fellows Program, American Council
on Education, 1 Dupont Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20036-1193
(202 939-9420; fellows@ace.nche.edu; http://www.acenet.edu).
AMERICAN HANDEL SOCIETY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP: An
award of up to $2,000 is granted to an advanced graduate
student or a scholar in an early stage of his or her
career, to pursue research on G. F. Handel or a related
subject. The deadline is 15
March. For guide-lines, visit the society's
Web site (http://americanhandelsociety.org) or write
to Richard King, Chair, AHS Fellowship Committee, School
of Music, Univ of Maryland, College Park 20742 (rgking@umd.edu).
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR MAGHRIB STUDIES: Short-term
travel grants, averaging $2,000 to $3,000, will be made
for research in all countries of the Maghrib. In addition,
several grants of up to $10,000 are available for longer
research projects in the Maghrib. The
deadline is 15 February. See the institute's
Web site (http://www.la .utexas.edu/research/mena/aims/)
or contact the executive director (beckys@u.arizona.edu)
for more information.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR YEMENI STUDIES: Pre-
and postdoctoral fellowships supporting research on
Yemeni and South Arabian studies and the study of Arabic
a enters in Yemen. For details on specific programs,
eligibility, and pplication requirements, see the institute's
Web site (http://www.aiys.org/fellowships) or contact
Maria Ellis, American Inst. for Yemeni Studies, PO Box
311, Ardmore, PA 19003-0311 (610 896-5412; fax: 610
896-9049; mellis@sas.upenn .edu). The
deadline is 31 December.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INDIAN STUDIES: The
deadline is 1 July for travel the following year.
Write or call the American Inst. of Indian Studies,
1130 East 59th St., Chicago, IL 60637 (773 702-8638;
aiis@uchicago .edu; http://www.indiastudies.org).
Senior Research Fellowships:
Awarded to academic specialists in Indian studies.
Senior Scholarly Development Fellowships: Presented
to established scholars and professionals who have not
previously worked or studied in India.
Senior Performing and Creative Arts Fellowships: Available
to accomplished practitioners of the performing arts
of India. Award periods are available up to nine months.
Junior Research Fellowships: Awarded to graduate
students doing dissertation research in Indian aspects
of academic disciplines.
AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY: A stipend of $3,000
to six students who are citizens or residents of the
United States or Canada to attend the society's Graduate
Seminar. Round-trip travel fare is also provided.
The deadline is 15 February.
Through the Donald Groves Fund the society seeks to
promote publication in the field of early American numismatics
involving material dating no later than 1800. Funding
is available for travel and other expenses in association
with research, as well as for publication costs.
The Frances M. Schwartz Fellowship is available
for work in numismatic and museum methodology at the
society. Applicants must have a BA or equivalent; stipend
varies with tenure.
Information and application forms may be obtained from
the American Numismatic Society, 96 Fulton St., New
York, NY 10038 (212 571-4470; fax: 212 571-4479; info@numismatics.org;
http://www .numismatics.org).
AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY: Information
and forms for all programs are available for downloading
from the society's Web site (http://www.amphilsoc.org);
click on Fellowships and Research Grants. This section
of the Web site is updated every year in May.
Franklin Research Grants: Postdoctoral grants for
basic research in all fields. The maximum grant is $6,000.
The deadlines (including receipt
of two referee letters) are 1 October and 1 December.
Decisions are announced in February and April. Information
and forms are available at the society's Web site (http://www.amphilsoc.org).
If electronic access is denied, write to Franklin Research
Grants, stating the nature of your research and proposed
use of funds, at American Philosophical Soc., 104 South
5th St., Philadelphia, PA 19106-3387.
Sabbatical Fellowship: Open to mid-career faculty
members of universities and four-year colleges in the
United States who have been granted a sabbatical or
research year but who will receive financial support
from their parent institutions for only the first half
of the year. Candidates must not have had financially
supported leave during the three years prior to 1 September
of the year of application. The doctoral degree must
have been conferred no fewer than seven and no more
than twenty-three years prior to date of application.
The fellowship carries a stipend of up to $40,000. Information
and applications are avail-able from the society by
writing to Sabbatical Fellowship Program, American Philosophical
Soc., 104 South 5th St., Philadelphia, PA 19106, or
on the society's Web site (http://www.amphilsoc .org).
The deadline is 1 November.
Phillips Fund Grants for Native American Research: The
fund provides grants for work in North American Indian
linguistics and ethnohistory, with preference given
to younger scholars and graduate students for research
on master's or doctoral dissertations. No grants are
made in the areas of archaeology, ethnography, psycholinguistics,
or pedagogical materials. The maximum grant is $3,000.
The deadline is 1 March.
To request application forms, write to Phillips Fund
for Native American Research, American Philosophical
Soc., 104 South 5th St., Philadelphia, PA 19106, or
download information and forms from the society's Web
site (http://www.amphilsoc.org). If you write, specify
whether your research is in linguistics or ethnohistory.
Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research:
Encourages exploratory field studies for the collection
of specimens and data and to provide the imaginative
stimulus that accompanies direct observation. Applications
are invited from disciplines with a large dependence
on field studies, such as archeology, anthropology,
astrobiology and space science, biology, ecology, geography,
geology, and paleontology, but grants will not be restricted
to these fields. Grants will be available to graduate
students, postdoctoral re-searchers, junior and senior
scientists, and social scientists who wish to participate
in field studies for their theses or for other purposes.
Undergraduates are not eligible. Budgets should be limited
to travel and related expenses, including personal field
equipment. Amounts will depend on travel costs but will
ordinarily be in the range of several hundred dollars
up to about $5,000. Information and forms may be downloaded
from the society's Web site (http://www.amphilsoc .org)
or obtained by writing to Lewis and Clark Fund, American
Philosophical Soc., 104 South 5th Street, Philadelphia,
PA 19106. There is no deadline;
applications may be submitted at any time, and the committee
for the Lewis and Clark Fund will evaluate proposals
several times during the year.
John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship: Designed
to support an outstanding African American graduate
student attending any PhD-granting institution in the
United States. There is no residential requirement.
Candidates must have completed all course work and examinations
preliminary to the doctoral dissertation and be pre-pared
to devote twelve months-with no teaching obligations-to
research on their dissertation projects or the writing
of their dissertations. The stipend for this fellowship
is $25,000 for a twelve-month award period, and the
twelve-month period is flexible. The John Hope Franklin
Fellowship may not be combined with other stipendiary
awards or payments for teaching. The
deadline is 1 May. Information and forms
may be downloaded from the society's Web site (http://www.amphilsoc.org)
or obtained by writing John Hope Franklin Dissertation
Fellowship, American Philosophical Soc., 104 South 5th
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
AMERICAN PRINTING HISTORY ASSOCIATION FELLOWSHIP
IN PRINTING HISTORY: The American Printing History
Association (APHA) offers a fellowship in printing history.
For 2006, an award of up to $2,000 is available for
research in any area of the history of printing in all
its forms, 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.
Printing history-related study 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 persons of any nationality.
Applicants are asked to submit an application form,
a curriculum vitae, and a one-page proposal. Two confidential
letters of recommendation specific to the fellowship
should be sent separately by the recommenders. Submission
of materials by electronic mail or fax is not acceptable.
The deadline for receipt of applications
and letters of support is 1 December 2005. An application
form is available at the APHA Web site (http://www.printinghistory.org)
or by writing to Fellowship Committee, APHA, PO Box
4519, Grand Central Sta., New York, NY 10163.
AMERICAN PSYCHOANALYTIC ASSOCIATION FELLOWSHIP
PROGRAM: Seeking outstanding psychiatrists, psychologists,
clinical social workers, and academics at various levels
of training who are curious about how the mind works,
who consider psychoanalytic thinking important for the
future of their professional disciplines, and who are
likely to become, or already are, leaders in their fields.
Applicants may be nominated by their department chairs
or program directors. When not applicable, self-nominations
are encouraged; and reapplications are permitted. Applicants
must be training or working in the United States during
the fellowship year. Nominees must have demonstrated
leadership ability in their discipline; special aptitude
in research, teaching, or clinical endeavors; and special
interest in psychodynamics, psychoanalysis, or applied
psychoanalysis. Applications must show how the nominee's
interest in the mind has developed and how that interest
will be applied and influence others in the nominee's
field in the future. All applicants, whether or not
they receive fellowships, are assigned mentors who are
psychoanalysts and members of the American Psychoanalytic
Association. Applicants meet regularly with their mentors
and develop programs to further their clinical, scholarly,
and research interests. All fellows have their expenses
paid to attend the association's biannual national meetings.
Fellows are invited to attend the meetings' scientific
sessions and to present clinical and other material
at a variety of workshops and seminars. Applications
may be downloaded at http://www.apsa .org/fellows. The
deadline is 16 February. For other information
about the fellowship program, contact Carolyn Gatto
(cgatto@apsa.org).
AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN EGYPT: Ten to twelve
fellowships for doctoral candidates and senior scholars
in the social sciences and humanities to pursue research
in Egypt during the period 1 October to 30 September
the following year. One of the senior awards is for
scholar-in-residence. Possible fields of study include
archaeology, architecture, art, development, Egyptology,
history, Islamic studies, political science, philosophy
and religion, and humanities and social sciences. The
application deadline is 5 January. Write
or call the American Research Center in Egypt, Mailstop
1256/001/1AC, Emory Univ. Briarcliff Campus, Atlanta,
GA 30322 (404 712-9854; fax: 404 712-9849; arce@emory.edu;
http://www.arce.org).
AMERICAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN TURKEY: Ten to
twenty fellow-ships of $2,000 to $16,000 for research
in Turkey during the academic year. Scholars and advanced
graduate students engaged in research in Turkey on ancient,
medieval, or modern times, in any field of the humanities
and social sciences, are eligible. The deadline is 1
November; recipients will be notified in January. In
addition, the institute cosponsors, with the NEH, postdoctoral
fellowships for research in Turkey. Four- to twelve-month
fellowships in the humanities, carrying stipends that
range from $13,335 to $40,000, are avail-able to citizens
or permanent residents of the US. The application deadline
is 1 November. Also, ten to twelve scholarships to an
intensive summer program in advanced Turkish language
at Bosphorus University in Istanbul. Graduate students
at any level of Turkish language study are eligible
to apply. The deadline is
1 November. Write or call the American Research
Inst. in Turkey, c/o University Museum, 33rd and Spruce
Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19104-6324 (215 898-3474; leinwand@sas.upenn.edu;
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ARIT).
AMERICAN-SCANDINAVIAN FOUNDATION GRANTS AND FELLOW-SHIPS:
The awards are for advanced study and research in
the Scandinavian countries and range from $4,000 (short
term) to $20,000 (academic year). The
deadline is 1 November. Write to Grants Div.,
American-Scandinavian Foundation, 58 Park Ave., New
York, NY 10016 (grants@amscan.org; http://www.amscan.org).
ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA: Offers
four categories of fellowships. Fellowships are generally
awarded to students in doctoral programs or to recent
recipients of the PhD. Write or call the Archaeological
Inst. of America, 656 Beacon St., Boston, MA 02215-2010;
(617353-9361; fax: 617353-6550; aia@bu.edu; http://archaeological
.org).
Applications for the James
and Pomerance Fellowships must be received by 1 November.
For the Colburn fellowship
the deadline is 15 January.
Requests for information on the Woodruff fellowship
and other Rome Prize fellowships should be sent directly
to the American Academy in Rome, 7 East 60th St., New
York, NY 10022-1001 (212 751-7200; http://www.aarome.org).
Application guidelines and forms may be downloaded from
the Web site.
Olivia James Traveling
Fellowship: Offers $20,000 as a single fellowship
for study and travel in Greece, the Aegean islands,
Sicily, southern Italy, Asia Minor, or Mesopotamia.
Students in classics, sculpture, architecture, archaeology,
and history are most suitable.
Harriet and Leon Pomerance Fellowship: One fellowship
with a stipend of $4,000 for work on an individual scholarly
project on Aegean Bronze Age archaeology.
Anna C. and Oliver C. Colburn Fellowship: One fellowship,
with a stipend of $11,000, awarded every other year
for an incoming associate member or student associate
member of the American School of Classical Studies at
Athens (candidates for the fellowship must apply concurrently
to the school). The deadline
is 15 January 2007.
LEO BAECK INSTITUTE: Fellowships to assist
doctoral students, recent PhDs, and established academics
in research on social, communal, and intellectual history
of German-speaking Jewry. Three short-term programs
are offered: LBI-DAAD Fellowships, for work at the institute
in New York or the archives in Germany; the Fritz Halbers
Fellowship, to assist doctoral students in research
making extensive use of the holdings of the institute
in New York; and the David Baumgardt Memorial Scholarship,
to assist doctoral students and PhDs in research on
philosophy and the life and work of Baumgardt, Wissenscha/t
des Judentums, and ethics. The
deadline is 1 November. Write or call the Leo
Baeck Inst., 15 West 16th St., New York, NY 10011 (212
744-6400; fax: 212 988-1305; Ibaeck@lbi.cjh.org; http://www.lbi.org).
BEINECKE RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY: Offers
short-term fellowships (usually one month) to support
visiting scholars pursuing postdoctoral or equivalent
research in its collections. The library is Yale University's
principal repository for literary papers and for early
manuscripts and rare books in the fields of literature,
theology, history, and the natural sciences. The Beinecke
collections afford opportunities for research in such
disciplines as medieval, Renaissance, and eighteenth-century
studies; religious, intellectual, and art history; history
of science; history of printing; photography; music;
American studies; and modernism in art and literature.
In addition, the Beinecke houses the Osborn Collection,
noted for its British literary and historical manuscripts,
as well as outstanding special collections devoted to
American literature, German literature, and western
Americana. The fellowships support travel to and from
New Haven and pay a living allowance of $3,200 per month.
The deadline is 15 January.
For complete information write to the Director,
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, PO Box 208240,
New Haven, CT 06520-8240.
BELGIAN AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: Graduate
fellow-ships for study at one of the Belgian universities
or other academic institutions of higher learning. The
stipend is $17,000. Write to the Belgian American Educational
Foundation, 195 Church St., New Haven, CT 06510 (203
777-5765; emile.boulpaep@yale.edu; http://www.baef .be/).
The deadline is 31 January.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA: Short-term
fellowships supporting bibliographical inquiry and research
in the history of the book trades and publishing history.
Topics should focus on the book or manuscript as historical
evidence. Areas of study include establishing a text
or studying the history of book production, publication,
distribution, collecting, or reading. Enumerative listings
are ineligible. Fellows will be paid a stipend of up
to $2,000 in support of travel, living, and research
expenses. The deadline is
1 December. For an application, visit the
society's Web site (http://www.bibsocamer .org) or write
or e-mail Michele Randall, Bibliographical Society of
America, PO Box 1537, Lenox Hill Sta., New York, NY
10021 (fellowship@ bibsocamer.org).
JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY: Approximately twenty-five
short-term (2 to 4 months) and long-term (5 to 9 months)
fellowships carrying stipends of varying amounts. Graduate
students are not eligible for long-term fellowships.
Projects must suit the holdings of the library, which
is exceptionally strong in European and American printed
materials related to the discovery, exploration, settlement,
and development of North and South America before 1830.
The library also administers:
the Touro National Heritage
Trust Fellowship for research on the Jewish experience
in the Western hemisphere before 1825
the Jeannette D. Black Memorial Fellowship for the history
of cartography
the William Reese Fellowship for the history of the
book
the Alexander 0. Vietor Memorial Fellowship for early
maritime history
the Ruth and Lincoln Ekstrom Fellowship for women's
and family history
the Center/or New World Comparative Studies Fellowship
for the comparative study of the Americas
the Maria Elena Cassiet Fellow-ship for scholars from
Spanish America
the InterAmericas Fellowship for the history of the
West Indies and Caribbean basin
the Marie L. and William R. Hartlund Fund for maritime
history
For complete information, write to Fellowships, John Carter
Brown Library, Box 1894, Providence, RI 02912 (401 863-2725;
fax: 401 863-3477; jcbl_fellowships@brown.edu), or visit
the library's Web site (http://www .JCBL.org). The
deadline is 10 January.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, CENTER FOR
SEVENTEENTH- AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES: Ahmanson-Getty
Postdoctoral Resident Fellowships for participation
in the yearlong interdisciplinary programs of the center
and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. The
fellowships are awarded for periods of two consecutive
academic quarters and provide a stipend of $18,400.
Scholars whose research projects pertain to the year's
theme and who have received a PhD in the last six years
are eligible. The deadline
is 1 February. Write or call the Fellowships
Coordinator, Center for Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century
Studies, 310 Royce Hall, Univ. of California, 405 Hilgard
Ave., Los Angeles 90095-1404 (310 206-8552; fax: 310
206-8577; c1718cs@humnet.ucla.edu; http:// www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/cl7l8cs).
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, WILLIAM ANDREWS
CLARK MEMORIAL LIBRARY: The principal collection
is broadly representative of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century
English culture, with particular concentration on the
period 1640 to 1800; other major collections include
Oscar Wilde and his circle, Montana history, and modern
fine printing. The library is affiliated with the UCLA
Center for Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies.
Write or call the Fellowship Coordinator, UCLA Center
for Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies, 310
Royce Hall, 405 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90095-1404
(fax: 310 206-8577; http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/ humnet/0718cs/).
Short-Term Resident
Fellowships for Individual Research: Post-doctoral
fellowships for research on any subject appropriate
to the Clark's collections. Awards are made for periods
of up to three months during the academic year or the
summer, with a stipend of $2,000 per month.
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies-Clark
Library Fellowships: One-month fellowships of $2,000
for research in the library's extensive collection of
Restoration and eighteenth-century works. Members of
ASECS in good standing who are postdoctoral scholars
or ABD graduate students.
Clark-Huntington Joint Bibliographical Fellowships:
Two-month fellowships of $4,000 for bibliographical
research in early modern British literature and history.
Predoctoral Resident Fellowships: Three-month fellowships
to advanced University of California doctoral candidates
whose dissertation projects require research in the
library's holdings. The stipend is $6,000.
For all the above,
the deadline is 1 February.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, FELLOWSHIP
PROGRAM IN ETHNIC STUDIES: Postdoctoral fellowships
for work in African American, Asian American, Chicana
or Chicano, or American Indian studies. Award amounts
range from $23,000 to $28,000 plus up to $3,000 in research
funds. The deadline is 31
December. Write or call UCLA Inst. of American
Cultures, 1237 Murphy Hall, Box 951419, Univ. of California,
Los Angeles 90095-1419 (310 206-2557; http://www.gdnet.ucia.edu/iacweb/iachome.htm).
CAMARGO FOUNDATION: The Camargo Foundation welcomes
applications from scholars pursuing studies in the humanities
and social sciences relating to French and francophone
cultures and from composers, writers, and visual artists
pursuing specific projects. The interdisciplinary residency
program is intended to give fellows the time and space
they need to realise their projects. The Foundations
hillside campus overlooks the Mediterranean Sea in Cassis,
France; it includes thirteen furnished apartments, a reference
library, and three art/music studios. Fellows are provided
with accommodation on campus and a stipend of $2,500.
Residencies are one semester (either early-September to
mid-December or mid-January to the end of May). Qualified
candidates from all countries and nationalities are encouraged
to apply. The application deadline
is January 12 for either semester of the following
academic year. The Camargo Foundation, 1 ave Jermini,
13260 Cassis, France. For more information and to apply,
please consult our web site at www.camargofoundation.org
or write to apply@camargofoundation.org.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY: The Munby Fellowship
supports bibliographical research based on the collections
of the libraries of Cambridge and likely to benefit
scholars using those collections in the future. The
fellowship is normally tenable for one academic year
(1 October-30 September). The stipend is E20,540. A
nonstipendiary research or visiting fellowship at Darwin
College is normally avail-able to the Munby fellow.
For further particulars, write to the Deputy Librarian,
Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3
9DR, England (an286@cam.ac.uk). The
deadline for applications for the 2006-07 fellowship
is 9 September 2005.
CANADIAN STUDIES GRANT PROGRAMS: To promote
teaching and re-search in Canadian studies. Further
information is available from university offices of
grants and sponsored research, the nearest Canadian
consulate general, or the Academic Relations Office,
Canadian Embassy, 501 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington,
DC 20001 (202 682-7727; http://www.canadianembassy.org/education/canadianstudies-en
.asp). The embassy also offers grants to encourage the
expansion of university-level Canadian studies programs,
to assist institutions of higher learning in providing
instructional and curricular support to teachers and
schools involved in learning about Canada, and to sup-port
major conferences addressing Canadian or Canadian-US
issues and the subsequent publication of papers and
proceedings.
Faculty Enrichment
Program: Provides faculty members with the opportunity
to develop courses that will be offered as part of their
regular teaching loads. The
deadline is 1 November.
Graduate Student Fellowship Program: Offers graduate
students an opportunity to conduct part of their doctoral
research in Canada. The deadline
is 1 November.
Research Program: To assist researchers in writing
and publishing article-length manuscripts about Canadian
or Canadian-US issues. The
deadline is 30 September.
CENTER FOR ADVANCED HOLOCAUST STUDIES: Offers
fellowships for
scholarly research and writing on the Holocaust and
on genocide studies, especially projects that utilize
archival and other collections at the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum. The center welcomes scholars
from a variety of disciplines, including history, literature,
religion, and political science. The
application deadline for 2006 fellowships is 30 November
2005. Fellowships are open to PhD candidates,
postdoctoral researchers, and senior scholars. For more
information, consult the center's Web site (http:/Iwww.ushmm.org/research/
center) or contact Wendy Lower, Center for Advanced
Holocaust Studies, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100
Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126
(202 488-6585; wlower@ushmm.org).
CENTER FOR THE CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY
CULTURE, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY: Rutgers University
fellowships in the humanities, social sciences, and
natural sciences for the academic year 2005-06. The
stipend is $40,000. The deadline
is 6 January. Write or call the center, Rutgers
Univ., 8 Bishop Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08903 (732
932-8426; fax: 732 932-8683; theccacc@aol.com).
CENTER FOR ADVANCED JUDAIC STUDIES, UNIVERSITY
OF PENNSYLVANIA: Postdoctoral fellowships of up
to $32,000, plus travel reimbursement, for scholars
interested in approaching the topic The Jewish Book:
Material Texts and Comparative Contexts. The center
invites applications from postdoctoral scholars at all
stages of their careers. Graduate students in the last
stages of the dissertation may also apply. Further information
and applications are available at http:// www.cis.upenn.edu
or by contacting Sheila Allen (allenshe@sas.upenn .edu).
The deadline is 15 November 2005.
CENTER FOR LESBIAN AND GAY STUDIES OF THE CITY
UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK: Offers three fellowships.
The Martin Duberman
Fellowship, open to applicants from any country,
awards $7,500 for re-search on the lesbian-gay-bisexual
or transgender experience; the
deadline is 15 November.
The Joan Heller-Diane Bernard Fellowship awards
$5,000 to researchers inside and outside the academy
to sup-port research into the impact of lesbians and
gay men on US society and culture; the
deadline is 15 November.
The Sylvia Rivera Award in Transgender Studies gives
$1,000 to the best book or article on transgender studies;
the deadline is 1 June. For further information,
contact CLAGS, Graduate Center, City Univ. of New York,
365 5th Ave., New York, NY 10016 (http://www.clags.org)
CHATEAUBRIAND FELLOWSHIPS: Fellowships in the
social sciences for doctoral candidates enrolled in
an American university whose dissertations treat economic,
social, or political aspects of contemporary France.
Also eligible are literary subjects, historical studies,
and social sciences research that would benefit from
association with a French research institution or the
use of French archival resources. For more information,
visit http://www.frenchculture. org/education or contact
Meghan Merwin at SCULE, 4101 Reservoir Road, Washington,
DC 20007 (meghan.merwin@diplomatie.fr).
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE ASSOCIATION: Research
grants awarded each year. The
deadline is 1 February. Write to the Children's
Literature Association, PO Box 138, Battle Creek, MI
49016-0138 (kkiessling@ childlitassn.org), or visit
the association's Web site (http://www .childlitassn.org).<p
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ChLA Research Grants:
Grants for proposals dealing with criticism or original
scholarship in the field of children's literature.
Beiter Graduate Student Research Grants: Grants
for proposals of original scholarship intended for publication
and to assist graduate students with research-related
expenses.
GILBERT CHINARD, HARMON CHADBOURN RORISON, AND
EDOUARD MOROT-SIR FELLOWSHIPS: Four $1,500 awards
for dissertation-level students and assistant professors
in French history, literature, art, economics, linguistics,
social sciences, and music for maintenance (not travel)
during research in France for a period of at least two
months. The deadline is 15
January. Write to Catherine A. Maley, President,
Institut Francais de Washington, Dept. of Romance Languages,
238 Dey Hall, CB 3170, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill 27599 (http://www.unc.edu/depts/institut).
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SOCIETY OF FELLOWS IN THE HUMANITIES:
Postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities. The
stipend is $52,000, one half for research and one half
for teaching in the undergraduate program in general
education. An additional $3,000 is available to support
research. Write to the Director, Society of Fellows
in the Humanities, Columbia Univ., Mail Code 5700, 2960
Broadway, New York, NY 10027 (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/societyoffellows).
The deadline is 1 October.
CORNELL UNIVERSITY SOCIETY FOR THE HUMANITIES:
Six to eight postdoctoral fellowships of $40,000 for
scholars working on topics related to the theme Historicizing
the Global Postmodern. Application
materials, including letters of recommendation, must
be postmarked on or before 1 October. Write
to Program Administrator, Society for the Humanities,
A. D. White House, Cornell Univ., 27 East Ave., Ithaca,
NY 14853-1101 (humctr-mailbox@cornell.edu; http://www.arts.cornell
.edu/sochum/).
CUSHWA CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF AMERICAN CATHOLICISM:
Write or call the Director, Cushwa Center, 1135 Flanner
Hall, Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 (574
631-5441; fax: 574 631-8471).
Hibernian Research Award: An annual research award
in Irish American studies to scholars in any discipline.
The deadline is 31 December.
Research Travel Grant Program: Travel grants to
scholars who wish to use the library and archives of
the University of Notre Dame for research on American
Catholicism. The deadline is 31
December.
SHELBY CULLOM DAVIS CENTER FOR HISTORICAL STUDIES,
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: Fellowships or proposals for
papers for the 2006 seminar on the center's theme. Address
inquiries to the Manager, Shelby Cullom Davis Center
for Historical Studies, 129 Dickinson Hall, Princeton
Univ., Princeton, NJ 08544-1017. The
deadline for academic year 2006-07 is 1 December 2005.
Scholars who wish to offer papers should write to the
Center Manager. Applications are available at http://davisctr.princeton.edu.
GLADYS KRIEBLE DELMAS FOUNDATION GRANTS FOR VENETIAN
RESEARCH: Predoctoral and postdoctoral grants for
historical re-search on Venice and the former Venetian
empire and for study of contemporary Venetian society
and culture. Disciplines of the humanities and social
sciences are eligible areas of study, including (but
not limited to) archaeology, architecture, art, bibliography,
economics, history, history of science, law, literature,
music, political science, religion, and theater. The
deadline is 15 December. Write or call the
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, 521 5th Ave., Suite
1612, New York, NY 10175-1699 (212 687-0011; fax: 212
687-8877; info@delmas .org; http://www.delmas.org).
EMILY DICKINSON INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY SCHOLAR IN
AMHERST PROGRAM: Designed to support research on
Emily Dickinson at institutions such as the Frost Library
of Amherst College, the Jones Public Library, the Mount
Holyoke College Archives, the Dickinson Home-stead,
the Evergreens, and the Amherst Historical Society.
Provides a $2,000 fellowship for travel, accommodations,
rental car, and expenses related to research. A minimum
stay of a week in Amherst is required; recipients may
use the fellowship to initiate a lengthier stay in the
area. Preference will be given to persons with completed
PhDs in the early stages of their careers who demonstrate
a need to do re-search in Amherst. To apply to the Scholar
in Amherst Program, send three copies of a curriculum
vitae, a letter of introduction (written by the applicant),
a two-page project proposal, and a brief bibliography
by 15 October 2005 to Marianne
Noble, Literature Dept., American Univ., Washington,
DC 20016 (mnoble@american.edu). Inquiries may also be
addressed to Jane Eberwein, Dept. of English, Oakland
Univ., Rochester, MI 48309-4401 (jeberwei@oakland.edu).
Letters of recommendation are not accepted as part of
the application packet.
DICTIONARY SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA: Offers
the Laurence Urdang-DSNA Award to support lexicographical
study and research. Awards range from $500 to $2,500.
The deadline is 1 December.
Write to Luanne von Schneidemesser, DSNA, 6129 H. C.
White, Univ. of Wisconsin, 600 North Park St., Madison
53706 (Ivonschn@wisc.edu).
ERASMUS INSTITUTE: Offers postdoctoral residential
fellowships for the academic year 2006-07 at its center
on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. Stipendiary
and nonstipendiary appointments are available for one
or two semesters. Applications
are due 27 January 2006. Write Erasmus Inst.,
Univ. of Notre Dame, 1124 Flanner Hall, Notre Dame,
IN 46556-5611, or see the institute's Web site for application
instructions (http://www.nd.edu/-erasmus/).
FIVE COLLEGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR MINORITY SCHOLARS:
Located in Western Massachusetts, the five schools-Amherst,
Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the
University of Massachusetts-associate as members of
a consortium, Five Colleges, Incorporated. The Five
College Fellowship Program provides a year in residence
at one of the campuses for minority graduate students
in the final phase of the doctoral degree. The purposes
of the program are to enable fellows to complete their
dissertation, to encourage their interest in college
teaching, and to acquaint them with the schools. Each
fellow is hosted within an appropriate department or
program at one of the five colleges. (At Smith, recipients
hold a Mendenhall Fellowship.) The fellowship includes
a stipend of $30,000, office space, housing or housing
assistance, research funds, and library privileges at
the five colleges. While the award places primary emphasis
on completion of the dissertation, most fellows teach
at the hosting institution (but no more than a single
one-semester course). The dates of the fellowship are
1 September 2006 to 31 May 2007 (nonrenewable). For
further information about the deadline and application
materials, contact neckert@fivecolleges.edu or call
413 256-8316.
FOLGER INSTITUTE: Graduate students and faculty
members from affiliated institutions are eligible to
apply for grants-in-aid funded in large part by those
universities' membership fees. Support is avail-able
to fund travel to seminars and some lodging expenses.
Applicants for financial aid should see their campus
representatives to the institute's Central Executive
Committee. In collaboration with the American Society
for Eighteenth-Century Studies, the institute also awards
one ASECS-Folger Institute fellowship a year to a scholar
researching the period 1660 to 1815. For more information
and a list of affiliated institutions, write or call
Kathleen Lynch, Folger Inst., 201 East Capitol St.,
SE, Washington, DC 20003-1094 (202 675-0333; fax: 202
544-4623; institute@folger.edu; http://www.folger.edu).
FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY: Postdoctoral fellowships
for any project that will draw significantly on the
library's holdings: Shakespeare; English, American,
and European literature and drama (1500-1800); English,
American, and Continental history (1500-1715); political,
economic, and legal history (1500-1715); history of
philosophy, art, music, religion, science and medicine,
and exploration (1500-1715). Short-Term Fellowships
and a limited number of Senior Long-Term and NEH Fellowships
and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowships are available.
Write or call Carol Brobeck, Committee on Re-search
Fellowships, Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol
St., SE, Washington, DC 20003 (202 675-0348; http://www.folger.edu).
FORD FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS FOR MINORITIES:
Predoctoral, dissertation, and postdoctoral fellowships
in humanities, biological sciences, physical sciences,
mathematics, engineering, and behavioral and social
sciences. Applicants must be Native American Indian,
Alaskan Native (Eskimo or Aleut), African American,
Mexican American / Chicano, Native Pacific Islander
(Micronesian and Polynesian), Filipino American, or
Puerto Rican and be citizens or nationals of the US.
Write or call the Fellowship Office, National Research
Council, 500 5th St., NW, GR 346A, Washington, DC 20001
(202 334-2872; fax: 202 334-3419; http://national-academies.org/fellowships).
FORDHAM MEDIEVAL FELLOWS PROGRAM: Supports
one or two semesters of research at Fordham's Center
for Medieval Studies. The award includes faculty status
at university facilities, library access, a carrel,
a research-oriented e-mail account, and photocopy privileges
but no stipend. For more information, write to Director,
Center for Medieval Studies, Fordham Univ., Bronx, NY
10458 (718 817-4655; fax: 718 817-3987; medievals@fordham.edu).
The deadline is 15 June.
FRIENDS OF THE LONGFELLOW HOUSE: The collections
of the Long-fellow National Historic Site (Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow
House) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, include a significant
archive of materials (letters, photographs, material
objects) on a variety of subjects from the seventeenth
to early twentieth century. To encourage the use of
these archives and collections, the Friends of the Longfellow
House have established two annual fellowships with stipends
of $1,000: the Diana Korzenik Fellowship and the Stanley
Paterson Fellowship. Both stipends are intended to help
defray the living or travel expenses of researchers
who wish to come to the Cambridge/Boston area to use
the Longfellow House archives/collections as well as
related archives such as those in the Houghton Library
at Harvard or at the Massachusetts Historical Society
in Boston. Recipients are requested to be in residence
in the Cambridge/ Boston area for at least a two-week
period at any time from November through September while
con-ducting their research. At some later time the recipient
is requested to send the Friends a copy of the results
in a published or unpublished form or, possibly, present
the results in a talk to the Friends and the public.
The application deadline is
30 September. To be considered for either
fellowship, applicants should submit a single completed
Korzenik/Paterson application form, a brief (1-3 pp.)
project description, and a curriculum vitae. These materials
are available online at http://Iongfellowfriends.org.
The project proposal should include an account of how
the applicant intends to use archival materials located
in the Longfellow House and Cambridge/Boston area and
the other sources of funding the applicant has or expects
to receive to support this project. All requests for
further information should be sent by e-mail to Rebecca
Blevins Faery (faery@mit.edu). Mail requests and completed
applications should be sent to Faery, 23 William St.,
Cambridge, MA 02139.
FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON,
LIBRARIES GRANTS-IN-AID: A minimum of four grants-in-aid
annually, each of one month's duration, for research
in the humanities in any field appropriate to the library's
collections. Each grantee receives $1,500 and is expected
to be in residence during the term of the award, which
may be taken up at any time during the year. An additional
sum of $500 is available for those traveling from outside
continental North America. Applications
are due 1 February. For application forms
or more information, see http://giving.library.wisc
.edu/friends/grant-in-aid.shtml or write to Friends
of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Libraries,
976 Memorial Library, 728 State St., Univ. of Wisconsin,
Madison 53706, or contact Thomas H. Garver (608 265-2505;
fax: 608 265-2754; friends@library.wisc.edu).
FULBRIGHT-HAYS SECTION 102(B)(6):
(1) Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad: Individual
fellowships to advanced graduate students for full-time
dissertation research overseas in modern foreign languages
and area studies for periods of six to twelve months.
These awards will be available to doctoral candidates
who plan to teach in US educational institutions. Anticipated
deadline: early to mid-September (final deadline
will be announced in the Federal Register). Individuals
must apply through their universities, not to the US
Department of Education.
(2) Faculty Research Abroad: Individual fellowships
in modern foreign languages and area studies for faculty
members at US universities and four-year and two-year
accredited institutions of higher education, for periods
of three to twelve months. Anticipated
dead-line: mid to late October (final deadline will
be announced in the Federal Register). Faculty members
should apply through their employing institutions, not
to the US Department of Education.
(3) Group Projects Abroad: Universities; four-year
colleges; community and junior colleges; state departments
of education; private, not-for-profit educational organizations;
and various consortia of such institutions are eligible.
Eligible activities include summer seminars for faculty
members, curriculum-development projects, research,
and intensive advanced language programs. Anticipated
deadline: early October (final deadline will be
announced in the Federal Register). All applicants must
carefully read the published closing-date notice in
the Federal Register and adhere to the federal guidelines
for submission of applications. Proposal is made by
the eligible institution and must be endorsed by responsible
administrative personnel.
FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR PROGRAM: Write or call the
Council for Intl. Exchange of Scholars (CIES), 3007
Tilden St., NW, Suite 5L, Washing-ton, DC 20008-3009
(202 686-4000; http://www.cies.org/). About 800 awards
are available for Americans to lecture or conduct research
in 140 countries. Awards are open to all disciplines
and range in du-ration from two to ten months. For lecturing
and research awards worldwide, the deadline is 1 August.
For some special programs other deadlines apply. Application
materials and award information are available online.
Print copies may also be requested from CIES. Approximately
800 awards are also given to foreign scholars to come
to US colleges and universities for research and lecturing.
Scholars should obtain application and deadline information
through Fulbright binational commissions or through
US embassies in their home countries. The Scholar-in-Residence
Program allows American colleges and universities to
invite scholars from abroad as visiting lecturers for
a semester or an academic year. The
deadline is 30 November. CIES publishes a
Directory of Visiting Fulbright Scholars and Occasional
Lecturers, which is available on request as well as
online.
FULBRIGHT TEACHER EXCHANGE PROGRAM: Sponsored
by the US Department of State, the Fulbright Teacher
Exchange Program arranges direct one-to-one classroom
exchanges to over thirty countries for educators at
the elementary, secondary, two-year college, and four-year
college levels. The length of exchange ranges from six
weeks to one year. The program also offers two eight-week
classics seminars for teachers of Latin, Greek, and
the classics. The application
deadline is 15 October for the following year's program.
For more information, please write or call Fulbright
Teacher Ex-change, Attn: MLA, 600 Maryland Ave., SW,
Suite 320, Washington, DC 20024 (800 726-0479; fulbright@grad.usda.gov;
http://www .fulbrightexchanges.org).
GERMAN ACADEMIC EXCHANGE SERVICE (DAAD): Scholarships
to American students in all fields for undergraduate,
graduate, doctoral, or postdoctoral studies and research
in Germany. Address requests for brochures and application
forms to the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD),
871 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Information
and application forms can also be obtained from the
DAAD Web site (daadny@daad.org; http://www.daad.org).
GETTY RESEARCH GRANTS: Residential and nonresidential
research fellowships and grants for projects that advance
the understanding of art and its history. The
application deadline is 1 November. Additional
information is available online (http://www.getty.edu/grants/
research/scholars) or from the Getty Foundation, 1200
Getty Center Dr., Suite 800, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1685
(310 440-7320; fax: 310 440-7703; researchgrants@getty.edu).
JOHN SIMON GUGGENHEIM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS:
For research in any field of knowledge or creative
work in any of the arts. Write to John Simon Guggenheim
Memorial Foundation, 90 Park Ave., New York, NY 10016
(fellowships@gf.org; http://www.gf.org). Applications
for US and Canada due 1 October; for Latin America and
the Caribbean, 1 December.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY'S KATHRYN W. AND SHELBY CULLOM
DAVIS CENTER FOR RUSSIAN AND EURASIAN STUDIES: Fellowships
support research in the humanities and social sciences
on Russia and the Soviet successor states. Awards are
granted to postdoctoral scholars who have completed
a PhD in the past five years and to more advanced scholars
who have been teaching or conducting research at American
or foreign institutions. Postdoctoral stipends are $34,000,
stipends for senior scholars are $22,000, and regional
fellowships carry a $42,000 stipend. Approximately five
awards will be made. Awards usually support residency
for the academic year, but shorter appointments can
be arranged. Write the Fellowship Program, Kathryn W.
and Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian
Studies, Harvard Univ., 625 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge,
MA 02139; or visit the Web page http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard
.edu/ for application and deadline information.
HEMINGWAY RESEARCH GRANTS: The John F. Kennedy
Library Foundation offers the grants in amounts ranging
from $200 to $1,000 for scholars to help defray living,
travel, and related costs incurred while doing research
in the Hemingway Collection. Grants are awarded on the
basis of expected utilization of the Hemingway Collection.
The deadline is 15 March.
Write or call Hemingway Research Grants, John F. Kennedy
Library, Columbia Point, Boston, MA 02125 (617 514-1633
or 617 514-1637; http://www.jfklibrary.org).
HEMINGWAY SOCIETY AND FOUNDATION, SMITH-REYNOLDS
FOUNDERS FELLOWSHIPS: The Hemingway Society has
established a memorial fund to honor the memories of
past presidents Paul Smith and Michael Reynolds. The
fund disburses $2,000 each year to sup-port research
on Ernest Hemingway by younger scholars. For information
on applying for a Smith-Reynolds grant, see the Hemingway
Society Web site (http://www.hemingwaysociety.org/fellowships.htm)
or write to Carl P. Eby, Dept. of English, Univ. of
South Carolina, 801 Carteret St., Beaufort 29902 (carlpeby@gwm.sc.edu).
The deadline for submissions
is 1 April.
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS: For
highly qualified scholars (under forty years of age)
from any country to carry out long-term (6 to 12 months)
research projects in Germany. All academic disciplines
are sponsored; the PhD is required. Monthly stipends
range from €2,100 to €3,000. Also available
are the German Chancellor Scholarships and the TransCoop
Program for Transatlantic Research Collaboration. Information
and applications can be downloaded from the foundation's
Web site at http://www.humboldt-foundation.de and are
also available from the US Liaison Office, Alexander
von Humboldt Foundation, 101214th St., NW, Suite 1015,
Washington, DC 20005 (202 783-1907; avh@verizon.net).
HUNTINGTON LIBRARY: Approximately one hundred
research fellowships for research, in English or American
literature, history, art history, and history of science,
using the materials at the library. Huntington Research
Awards are awarded for one to five months and carry
monthly stipends of $2,000. W. M. Keck Foundation Fellowships
for Young Scholars, intended to support the completion
of a dissertation or the beginning of a new project,
may be held for one to five months and carry monthly
stipends of $2,300. An in-residence fellowship designed
to support a nontenured faculty member who is revising
a manuscript for publication, the Barbara Thom Postdoctoral
Fellowship is for nine to twelve months and carries
a stipend of $40,000. NEH Fellowships offer stipends
of up to $40,000 for four to twelve months in residence.
Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellowships are for nine
to twelve months with a stipend of $40,000. Applications
will be accepted between 1 October and 15 December.
Write or call the Chair, Committee on Fellowships,
Huntington Library and Art Gallery, 1151 Oxford Road,
San Marino, CA 91108 (626 405-2194; cpowell@huntington.org).
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN THE HUMANITIES:
Approximately fifteen postdoctoral visiting research
fellowships of between two and six months, tenable in
the period from May 2006 to September 2008. No limitation
will be placed on the area of research within the humanities,
broadly conceived. The deadline
is 1 December. Write the Director, Inst. for
Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Univ. of Edinburgh,
Hope Park Sq., Edinburgh EH8 9NW, Scotland (fax: 0131
668-2252; iash@ed.ac.uk; http://www.ed.ac.uk/iash/index.htmi).
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY, SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL
STUDIES: A community of scholars where intellectual
inquiry, research and writing is carried out in the
best of circumstances, the institute offers members
libraries, offices, seminar and lecture rooms, subsidized
housing, stipends and other services. Open to all fields
of historical research, the School of Historical Studies'
principal interests are history of Western, Near Eastern,
and Far Eastern civilizations; with particular emphasis
on Greek and Roman civilization; the history of Europe
(medieval, early modern, and modern); the Islamic world;
East Asian studies; history of art; music studies; and
modern international relations. Candidates of any nationality
may apply for one or two terms. Residence in Princeton
during term time is required. The only other obligation
of members is to pursue their research. The PhD (or
equivalent) and substantial publications are required.
Information and application forms for this and other
programs may be found on the Web site (http://www.hs.ias.edu/
hsannoun.htm) and are available by writing to the School
of Historical Studies, Inst. for Advanced Study, Einstein
Dr., Princeton, NJ 08540 (mzelazny@ias.edu). The
deadline is 15 November 2005.
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN THE HUMANITIES OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON: Several postdoctoral
fellowships in literary and historical studies with
a European focus, antiquity through the seventeenth
century, with a stipend of about $40,000. The
application deadline is 15 October. Write
or call Loretta Freiling, Inst. for Research in the
Humanities, Washburn Observatory, 1401 Observatory Dr.,
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison 53706 (608 262-3855).
INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES-MELLON FELLOWSHIPS
AT THE NATIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER: Residential
fellowships for scholars conducting doctoral and postdoctoral
research that has the potential for impact on teaching
and learning foreign languages. The
deadline is 31 January. Write or call the
program assistant, Inst. of Advanced Studies, Natl.
Foreign Language Center, 5201 Paint Branch Pkwy.; Patapsco
Bldg., Suite 2132, College Park, MD 20742 (301405-9828;
fax: 301405-9829; mellon@nflc.org; http:// www.nflc.org).
INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH MELLON FELLOWSHIPS
FOR DISSERTATION RESEARCH IN THE HUMANITIES: The
Predissertation Fellow-ship Programme offers five predissertation
fellowships in the humanities to candidates who wish
to spend time in the United Kingdom examining archival
material to draw up a dissertation proposal. Candidates
for these awards must have completed their coursework
and oral examinations by the time the research visit
is undertaken. These fellowships are open to candidates
registered for a doctoral degree in a graduate school
in the United States or Canada. Visits will be for a
maximum of two months and must be made between the beginning
of June and the end of September 2006. The stipend is
$3,000. The Dissertation Fellow-ships Programme offers
five dissertation fellowships in the humanities to candidates
who wish to spend time in the United Kingdom carrying
out archival research for their dissertations. These
fellowships are open to candidates registered for a
doctoral degree in a graduate school in the United States
or Canada. Candidates for these awards must be working
on a dissertation that has already been formally approved.
These fellowships will last for one year and will run
concurrently with the academic year (i.e., from 1 October
2006 to 30 September 2007). The stipend is $20,000.
The deadline for both programs
is 13 January 2006. For further information
and an application form, please contact Nicola Cowee,
Fellowship Assistant, Inst. of Historical Research,
Senate House, Malet St., London WC1E 7HU, England (nicola.cowee@sas.ac.uk).
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES AT NEW
YORK UNIVERSITY: Fellowships for the center's project
on the authority of social knowledge in a global age.
The project, which welcomes applications from scholars
with PhDs at all career stages in any social science
or humanities discipline from the United States and
abroad, seeks to examine the production, circulation,
and practical import of knowledge generated in the various
disciplines of social inquiry. What are the costs of
the growing divide between social science inquiry and
humanistic scholar-ship? What are the implications of
the growing dominance of US-based models of social inquiry
for the understanding of other cultures and for the
fundamental concepts of political experience and inquiry.
The stipend is $35,000 for nine months and includes
eligibility for NYU housing. See http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/
icas for more information and application forms or write
to the center (fax: 212 995-4546; icas@nyu.edu). Deadline:6
January.
IREX (INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EXCHANGES BOARD):
For further information on all programs, contact IREX,
2121 K St., NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20037 (202
628-8188; fax: 202 628-8189; irex@ irex.org; http://www.irex.org).
Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program:
Grants for US predoctoral scholars, postdoctoral
scholars, and professionals with terminal degrees of
up to nine months for research in the social sciences
in Europe and Eurasia. Limited funding is available
for projects in the humanities. Grants of one to three
months are available to master's students for research
on policy-relevant theses or equivalent projects. Application
deadline: 1 November for participation the following
academic year.
Short-Term Travel Grants Program: Grants of up to
$3,500 for up to two months of independent research
in Europe and Eurasia for postdoctoral scholars and
professionals with terminal degrees. Successful projects
must make a substantive contribution to knowledge of
the contemporary political, economic, historical, or
cultural developments in the region and must demonstrate
how such knowledge is relevant to US foreign policy.
Application deadline: 1 February.
John J. and Nancy Lee Roberts Fellowship Program:
A single grant of up to $30,000 for research projects
lasting up to twelve months. Each year applications
will be accepted for specific fields and countries.
Contact IREX for more information. Application
deadline: 15 March.
KEATS-SHELLEY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: The association
awards two Carl H. Pforzheimer Jr. Research Grants of
$2,500 each to advanced graduate students, independent
scholars, and untenured faculty members pursuing research
on British Romanticism and literary culture between
1789 and 1832, with preference given to projects involving
authors and subjects featured in the Keats-Shelley Journal
bibliography. The deadline
is 1 November. Further information and application
forms may be obtained at http://www.rc.umd.edu/ksaa/
pfzgrant.html, or applicants may write to Grants Committee,
Keats-Shelley Assocation of America, Inc., New York
Public Library, Room 226, 476 5th Ave., New York, NY
10018-2788.
KOREA FOUNDATION PROGRAM: The Korea Foundation,
a public nonprofit organization based in Seoul, Korea,
carries out various academic and cultural exchange programs
to improve awareness and understanding of Korea. In
particular, the foundation promotes research and teaching
on Korea in major university centers and research institutes
of the world. To expand academic interest in the field
of Korean studies, the foundation extends support to
encourage and aid professors, researchers, and graduate
students in the humanities and social sciences for their
research work on Korea. Detailed information about fellowship
programs is available at http://www.kf.or.kr.
KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION: Tuition scholarships
for graduate study in the United States, and for exchange
programs to Poland are avail-able to US citizens of
Polish descent, Polish citizens who have permanent-resident
status in the United States, and persons of non-Polish
background who are majoring in Polish subjects. Undergraduate
sophomores through MA and PhD students (but not at the
dissertation level) may apply for a scholarship to spend
a year at the Institute of Polish Diaspora and Ethnic
Studies, Jagiellonian University in Krakow; candidates
for doctoral degrees and university faculty members
may apply for academic-year grants to pursue studies
and research at accredited institutions of higher learning
in Poland. The deadline for
tuition scholarships is 15 January. The deadline for
year-abroad and studies and research in Poland scholarships
is 15 December. Applications for exchange
to Poland scholarships must be accompanied by a nonrefundable
processing fee of $50; the application fee for tuition
scholarships is $25. Various other scholarships and
grants are also available to Americans of Polish heritage.
Write or call Grants Office, Kosciuszko Foundation,
15 East 65th St., New York, NY 10021-6595 (212 734-2130,
ext. 210). Most applications are available from September
to December on the Internet (http://www.kosciuszkofoundation
.org). Most scholarship awards are announced in May.
Funding is for the Fall 2006-Spring 2007 academic year.
LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA, HISTORICAL SOCIETY
OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND BALCH INSTITUTE FOR ETHNIC STUDIES:
Jointly-sponsored doctoral and postdoctoral research
fellowships in American history and culture in residence
at these libraries. Stipends are $1,800 for one month.
Long-term fellowships carry stipends of $17,500 to $40,000.
The deadline is 1 March (except
for long-term postdoctoral fellowships, which have a
1 November deadline). Write or call James
Green, Librarian, Library Co. of Philadelphia, 1314
Locust St., Philadelphia, PA 19107 (215 546-3181; fax:
215 546-5167; jgreen@librarycompany .org; http://www.librarycompany.org
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