Every year, CHAT advertises and helps faculty apply for grants to support innovative research in the Humanities. CHAT is a member of several state, regional, and national institutions which offer funding opportunities.
National Humanities Center Fellowship Program, due October 3
The National Humanities Center invites applications for year-long or semester-long residential fellowships. Mid-career, senior, and emerging scholars from all areas of the humanities with a strong record of peer-reviewed work are encouraged to apply.
Scholars from all parts of the globe are eligible; stipends and travel expenses are provided. Fellowship applicants must have a PhD or equivalent scholarly credentials. Fellowships are supported by the Center’s own endowment, private foundation grants, contributions from alumni and friends, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Located in the vibrant Research Triangle region of North Carolina, the Center affords access to the rich cultural and intellectual communities supported by the area’s research institutes, universities, and dynamic arts scene. Fellows enjoy private studies, in-house dining, and superb library services that deliver all types of research materials.
Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. ET, October 3, 2024.
Graham Foundation Individual Grants, due September 15
Deadline: Inquiry Form due September 15, 2024 at 5pm Central Time. Invitations for full proposal issued December 2024-January 2025. Full Proposal due in February 2025
Budget/Amount: Research and Development Grants (1 year, up to $10,000); Production and Presentation Grant (2 years, up to $20,000)
Purpose: Supports innovative, thought-provoking investigations in architecture; architectural history, theory, and criticism; design; engineering; landscape architecture; urban planning; urban studies; visual arts; and related fields of inquiry. Interest also extends to work being done in the fine arts, humanities, and sciences that expands the boundaries of thinking about architecture and space. Research and Development Grants assist individuals with seed money for research-related expenses such as travel, documentation, materials, supplies, and other development costs. Production and Presentation Grants fund expenses that are necessary to take a project from conceptualization to realization and public presentation; example projects include publications, exhibitions, installations, films, and new media projects.
Eligibility: Individuals may only apply for one grant per year. Collaborative projects are allowed. University may serve as fiscal agent for individual.
ACLS Fellowship Program, due September 25
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) today announced an expansion of the eligibility requirements for the ACLS Fellowship Program. ALCS will continue to devote significant resources—at least half of all fellowships offered in the coming 2024-25 competition—to early-career scholars. This complements efforts across ACLS initiatives, including the ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship, The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies, and the Luce/ACLS Program in China Studies, which offer fellowships for recent PhDs. ACLS will also continue its commitment to supporting scholars working in every sector of the academy and beyond, and to advancing inclusive excellence in its review and award processes.
Deadline: September 25, 2024 at 9pm EDT
Budget/Amount: $30,000 for 6-month fellowship; $60,000 for 12-month fellowship; intermediate terms will be prorated. Supplementary funds may be available for scholars with teaching-intensive roles. Indirect costs not allowed.
Purpose: Supports full-time research and writing (teaching/service release) in all disciplines of the humanities and interpretive social sciences. Research can be on topics grounded in any time period, world region, or humanistic methodology. Project should culminate in a major piece of scholarly work, which can take the form of a monograph, articles, publicly engaged humanities project, digital research project, critical edition, or other scholarly resources. Fellowship supports projects at any stage of development – beginning, middle, or end. This program does not fund works of fiction (e.g., novels or films), textbooks, straightforward translation (without significant scholarly interpretation and apparatus), or projects that are primarily pedagogical in focus.
Eligibility: Open to scholars at all postdoctoral career stages, working on or off the tenure track, who have earned a PhD in the humanities or interpretive social sciences by the application deadline. (or demonstrate commensurate qualifications—see FAQ). Broad range of eligibility; however, foreign nationals must have lived in US for 3 years at time of application and not establish permanent residence outside US during fellowship period. All applicants must have an ORCID iD.
NEHC Seed Grants, Due October 1
The New England Humanities Consortium (NEHC) is offering competitive seed grants for research initiatives in the humanities that seek to capitalize on the collaborative network and potential of the consortium. Applications seeking to sustain, and build on, previously funded NEHC initiatives that demonstrated success are also welcome. Awards of up to $5000 will be made. (For projects whose total budgets exceed $5000 applicants must list additional committed funding sources and amounts.)
Kress Foundation Grants in the Arts, due October 1
Samuel H. Kress Grants:
History of Art Grants | Digital Art History Grant | Conservation Grant
Deadline: LOI due September 1, 2024 at 5pm EST (Fall Cycle). Notification of invitation is within 7 business days. If invited, Full Application due October 1 at 5pm EST.
LOIs also accepted December 15 (for Winter Cycle) and March 1 (for Spring Cycle)
Budget/Amount: No stated funding limit. Most grants in $5k-$25k range, though some larger. Indirect costs not allowed.
Purpose: Supports scholarly projects that will enhance the appreciation and understanding of European works of art and architecture from antiquity to the early 19th century. Grants are awarded to projects that create and disseminate specialized knowledge, including archival projects, development and dissemination of scholarly databases, documentation projects, museum exhibitions and publications, photographic campaigns, scholarly catalogues and publications, and technical and scientific studies.
Eligibility: Awards given to non-profit institutions that have 501(c)3 status in the United States. Project can be directed by single individual or a team affiliated with the organization.
Webinar/Resources: Both LOI and Full application to be submitted through online portal. Also Digital Art History Grant with Fall and Spring Cycles (https://www.kressfoundation.org/Programs/Grants/Digital-Art-History) and Conservation Grant with Fall, Winter, and Spring Cycles (https://www.kressfoundation.org/Programs/Grants/Conservation)
Institute for Citizens & Scholars-Career Enhancement Fellowship, due October 18
Purpose: Supports outstanding junior faculty (for 4th year of tenure-track position) committed to campus diversity and innovative research in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. Fellowship provides each Fellow with a six-month or one-year sabbatical grant; a stipend for research and travel or publication; and participation in an annual conference/retreat. The following groups are encouraged to apply (1) Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Programs alumni; (2) Minority junior faculty: African Americans, Latinos and Latinas, Native Americans, and Native Alaskans, and (3) Junior faculty with a demonstrated commitment to eradicating racial disparities, breaking down stereotypes, and promoting cross-racial understanding in their university communities.
Eligibility: At time of application, must be in 3rd year of tenure-track teaching appointment in one of the listed fields within Humanities and Social Sciences. PhD recipients only. US Citizens or permanent residents only. See additional Eligibility guidelines. Note that the two letters of recommendation must be submitted directly by referees prior to application submission. Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows alumni (only) in the Physical Sciences may be eligible (see FAQ section for more information.)
Webinar/Resources: 2025 Application will open August 19. Please direct any questions to Mellon Program Associate, Ritu Mukherjee at mukherjee@citizensandscholars.org.
Russell Sage Foundation-Core Research Grants, Due October 29
Deadline: LOI due October 29
Budget/Amount: Up to $200,000.
Purpose: RSF will accept letters of inquiry (LOIs) under all of its core programs and special initiatives: Behavioral Science and Decision Making in Context; Future of Work; Immigration and Immigrant Integration; Promoting Educational Attainment and Economic Mobility among Racially, Ethnically, and Economically Diverse Groups after the 2023 Supreme Court Decision to Ban Race-Conscious Admissions at Colleges and Universities; Race, Ethnicity and Immigration; Social, Political, and Economic Inequality. It will also accept LOIs relevant to its core programs that address the effects of social movements, such as drives for unionization and mass social protests, and the effects of racial/ethnic/gender bias and discrimination on a range of outcomes related to social and living conditions in the U.S.
Eligibility: All applicants (both PIs and Co-PIs) must have a doctorate.
RFP: https://www.russellsage.org/research/funding/social-inequality
Resources: https://www.russellsage.org/grant-writing-guidelines
Smithsonian Research Fellowships, due October 15
Two Fellowships availabile: Senior Fellowship, Postdoctoral Fellowship
Budget/Amount: 3-12 month fellowship offering prorated stipend and up to $5,000 research allowance.
Purpose: Supports independent research and study related to Smithsonian collections, facilities, and/or research interests of the Institution and its staff. List of fields of research, museums, research facilities, and archives.
Eligibility: Applicants must have held a Ph.D. or equivalent for at least 7 years.
Webinar/Resources: InternsAndFellows@si.edu
American Association of University Women- Research Grant, due November 13
Deadline: November 13, 2024 at 11:59pm PST. Notification April 15, 2025
Budget/Amount: $8,000. Indirect/overhead costs allowed. Stipend paid directly to recipient; may incur tax obligation.
Purpose: Provides support to scholars to prepare research manuscripts for publication, with ultimate goal of assisting the scholar in obtaining tenure and other promotions. Must have time for eight consecutive weeks of final writing and editing in response to issues raised in critical reviews. Applicants must demonstrate that the support will result in a reduction of their ongoing work-related activities during the eight-week period. Activities undertaken during the grant period can include drafting, editing, or modifying manuscripts; replicating research components (research verification); responding to issues raised through critical review; and other initiatives to increase the likelihood of publication.
Eligibility: Open to women, including people who identify as women, in all fields of study at an accredited institution of higher education. Tenure-track, part-time, and temporary faculty, and both new and established researchers. Tenured professors not eligible. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
RFP: https://www.aauw.org/resources/programs/fellowships-grants/current-opportunities/american/
Institute for Citizens & Scholars-Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award, due December 1
Budget/Amount: Maximum $20,000 stipend ($12,000 for summer; $8,000 for academic year) can cover travel, books/supplies, manuscript preparation, research assistance. No indirect costs allowed.
Purpose: Pre-tenure support to emerging faculty leaders working in any field of the humanities and social sciences. Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award will recognize junior faculty candidates who not only balance research, teaching, and service but in fact give great weight to the creation of an inclusive campus community for underrepresented students and scholars. The selectors will focus on and privilege service and leadership activities that address and ameliorate underrepresentation on campus, and give preference to candidates who embody a high standard of excellence.
Eligibility: Assistant professors in tenure-track appointments who have passed the standard third-year/midpoint review (or equivalent), typically in fourth or fifth year of tenure-track appointment. Cannot have already submitted tenure review dossier or be up for tenure during award year. Cannot have been recipient of Career Enhancement Fellowship. Must be US Citizen or Permanent Resident. Note: Two letters of recommendation from senior colleagues must be submitted directly before full application can be submitted.
Webinar/Resources: Applications open August 5.
Request for Proposals: Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation- Humanities Program, rolling deadline
Deadline: Rolling throughout year. Allow 3-4 months for decision.
Budget: Generally, single-year projects. Do not fund capital campaigns or building projects. Do not fund overhead or indirect costs. Past awards in the $5K-$25k range.
Purpose: This grant supports projects which address the concerns of the historical studia humanitatis: a humanistic education rooted in the great traditions of the past; the formation of human beings according to cultural, moral, and aesthetic ideals derived from that past; and the ongoing debate over how these ideals may best be conceived and realized. Programs in the following areas are eligible: history; archaeology; literature; languages, classical and modern; philosophy; ethics; comparative religion; history, criticism, and theory of the arts; humanistic social sciences. The Foundation welcomes projects that cross the boundaries between humanistic disciplines and explore the connection between the humanities and other areas of scholarship. Primarily but not exclusively directed toward European and American history and letters, broadly defined.
RFP: Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation-Humanities Program and Application Instructions
Webinars/Resources: past grantees: https://www.delmas.org/grantees-humanities
