Faculty Residential Fellowships
Humanities Institute, University of Connecticut

• UCHI offers one or two residential fellowships to visiting scholars each academic year. Faculty Residential Fellowships are opportunities for individuals to pursue advanced work in the humanities. Applicants may be faculty or staff members of colleges or universities, or scholars and independent writers.
• Faculty Residential Fellowships support projects that can be completed during the tenure of an award or those that are part of a long-term endeavor. Applicants should have held the Ph.D. for five years or more or possess a record of professional accomplishment. External fellows receive a stipend of $40,000 (the present NEH stipend), faculty library privileges, and assistance in locating housing.
• Deadline: January

For more information, contact:
University of Connecticut Humanities Institute
University of Connecticut
CLAS Building, Suite 300-312
215 Glenbrook Road
Storrs, CT 06269-4234
Tel: (860) 486-9057
Fax: (860) 486-9136
Email: UCHI@uconn.edu
Website:
http://web.uconn.edu/uchi/opportunities.php?page=custom&site=Fellowships%20and%20Grants&id=5

The Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities
Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University

• Beginning January 2, 2008, the Whitney Humanities Center will accept applications for up to three Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities for a two-year period, to begin July 2008. The Mellon Fellow will be located at the Whitney Humanities Center, a hub of interdisciplinary activity on campus, and will be affiliated with the teaching programs in the humanities. The Fellow will teach one course each semester.

For more information, contact:
Whitney Humanities Center
Yale University
P. O. Box 208298
New Haven, CT 06520-8298
Tel: (203) 432-0673
Fax: (203) 432-1087
Email: manana.sikic@yale.edu
Website:
http://www.yale.edu/whc/mellon.html

Grants-in-aid and the Henry Belin du Pont Fellowship
Center for the History of Business, Technology and Society, Hagley Museum and Library

• Grants-in-aid:
  Short-term grants-in-aid support visits to Hagley for scholarly research in the imprint, manuscript, pictorial, and artifact collections. They are designed to assist researchers with travel and living expenses while using the research collections. Scholars receive a stipend, make use of the research holdings, and participate in the programs of the Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society. These grants are to support serious scholarly work. They are available to both degree candidates and senior scholars and writers working independently as well as college and university teachers, librarians, archivists, museum curators, and scholars from fields other than humanities.
• Scholars are expected to participate in seminars which meet periodically, as well as attend noontime colloquia, lectures, and other public programs offered during their tenure. Low cost housing may be available on the museum grounds. Stipends are for a minimum of two weeks, maximum of two months at no more than $1,600 per month.
  
  
• Henry Belin du Pont Fellowship:
  These fellowships honor the memory of Henry Belin du Pont, a founding trustee and long-time supporter of Hagley. The Henry Belin du Pont Memorial Fund supports access to and use of Hagley's research collections. These fellowships are intended to support serious scholarly work. They enable scholars to pursue advanced research and study in the library, archival, and artifact collections of the Hagley Museum & Library. Applicants must be from out of state and preference will be given to those whose travel costs to Hagley will be higher. Fellows are expected to participate in seminars which meet periodically, as well as attend noontime colloquia, lectures, and other public programs offered during their tenure. Low cost accommodations may be available on the museum grounds. Stipends are for a minimum of two months and a maximum of six months at no more that $1,600 per month.
• Deadlines for 2008: March 31, June 30 and October 31

For more information, contact:
Center for the History of Business Technology and Society
Hagley Museum and Library
P.O. Box 3630
Wilmington, DE 19807
Tel: (302) 658-2400
Fax: (302) 655-3188
Email: clockman@hagley.org
Website:
http://www.hagley.org/grants.html

The Henry Belin du Pont Dissertation Fellowship
Center for the History of Business, Technology and Society, Hagley Museum and Library

• This fellowship is designed for graduate students who have completed all course work for the doctoral degree and are conducting research on their dissertation. We invite applications from Ph.D. candidates whose research on important historical questions would benefit from use of Hagley's research collections. Applications should demonstrate superior intellectual quality, present a persuasive methodology for the project, and show that there are significant research materials at Hagley pertinent to the dissertation. This is a residential fellowship with a term of four months. The fellowship provides $6,000, free housing on Hagley's grounds, use of a computer, mail and internet access, and an office. Recipients are expected to have no other obligations during the term of the fellowship, to maintain continuous residence at Hagley for its duration, and to participate in events organized by Hagley's Center of the History of Business, Technology, and Society. At the end of residency the recipient will make a presentation at Hagley based on research conducted during the fellowship. Hagley will also receive a copy of the dissertation, as well as any publications aided by the fellowship.
• Deadline: November 14, 2008

For more information, contact:
Center for the History of Business, Technology and Society
Hagley Museum and Library
P.O. Box 3630
Wilmington, DE 19807
Tel: (302) 658-2400
Fax: (302) 655-3188
Email: clockman@hagley.org
Website:
http://www.hagley.org/grants.html

Senior Fellowship Program
Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art

• The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts announces its program for senior fellowships. Fellowships are for full-time research, and scholars are expected to reside in Washington and to participate in the activities of the Center throughout the fellowship period. Lectures, colloquia, and informal discussions complement the fellowship program. Each senior fellow is provided with a study. Senior fellows have access to the notable resources represented by the collections, the library, and the photographic archives of the National Gallery of Art, as well as to the Library of Congress and other specialized research libraries and collections in the Washington area.One Paul Mellon Fellowship and four to six Ailsa Mellon Bruce and Samuel H. Kress Senior Fellowships will be awarded for the academic year, early fall to spring. Applications for a single academic term or quarter are also possible.

For more information, contact:
Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts
National Gallery of Art
2000B South Club Drive
Landover, Maryland 20785
Tel: (202) 842-6482
Fax: (202) 789-3026
Website:
http://www.nga.gov/resources/casvasen.shtm

• The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts announces its program for Paul Mellon and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Visiting Senior Fellowships. Fellowships are for full-time research, and scholars are expected to reside in Washington and to participate in the activities of the Center throughout the fellowship period. Lectures, colloquia, and informal discussions complement the fellowship program. Visiting senior fellows are provided with studies. They have access to the notable resources represented by the collections, the library, and the photographic archives of the National Gallery of Art, as well as to the Library of Congress and other specialized research libraries and collections in the Washington area.
  
• Applications will be considered for research in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts (painting, sculpture, architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, prints and drawings, film, photography, decorative arts, industrial design, and other arts) of any geographical area and of any period. Applications are also solicited from scholars in other disciplines whose work examines artifacts or has implications for the analysis and criticism of visual form.
• Visiting senior fellowships are intended for those who have held the Ph.D. for five years or more or who possess an equivalent record of professional accomplishment at the time of application.

For more information, contact:
Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts
National Gallery of Art
2000B South Club Drive
Landover, Maryland 20785
Tel: (202) 842-6482
Fax: (202) 789-3026
Website:
http://www.nga.gov/resources/casvavissen.shtm

Predoctoral Fellowship Program
Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art

• The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts announces its annual program of support for advanced graduate research in the history, theory, and criticism of art, architecture, and urbanism. Each of the following nine fellowships has specific requirements and intents, including support for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation, for residency and travel during the period of dissertation research, and for postdoctoral research. Application for a predoctoral fellowship may be made only through nomination by the chair of a graduate department of art history or other appropriate department. To be eligible, the nominee must have completed all departmental requirements, including course work, residency, and general and preliminary examinations. Candidates must be either United States citizens or enrolled in a university in the United States.

For more information, contact:
Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts
National Gallery of Art
2000B South Club Drive
Landover, Maryland 20785
Tel: (202) 842-6482
Fax: (202) 789-3026
Website:
http://www.nga.gov/resources/casvapre.shtm

Visiting Scholars Program: Postdoctoral and Junior Faculty Fellowships
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge MA

• The Academy conducts the Visiting Scholars Program in association with the Harvard Humanities Center, which provides access to the university's research facilities and works with the Academy to plan joint lectures, seminars, and informal discussions.  We offer scholars the opportunity to combine independent research with active involvement in its programs and activities. Visiting scholars are invited to participate in Academy-sponsored conferences, seminars and informal gatherings. They also benefit from institutional partnerships with local universities, libraries, and intellectual centers.
• Preference is given to untenured junior faculty but the program is also open to qualified postdocs.  Candidates must be U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or current employees of an academic or professional organization in the United States.
• Deadline: October

For more information, contact:
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Norton's Woods
136 Irving Street
Cambridge, MA 02138-1996
Tel: (617) 576-5000
Fax: (617) 576-5050
Email: membership@amacad.org
Website:
http://www.amacad.org/visiting.aspx

Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Arts and Sciences
Jeanne and Dan Valente Center for the Arts and Sciences, Bentley College

• The Center for the Arts & Sciences at Bentley College, a four-year private university in greater Boston offering B.S., B.A., M.S., M.B.A., and Ph.D. degrees, provides postdoctoral fellowship opportunities for emerging scholars to complete work on a project related to the Valente Center’s annual theme and to engage in intellectual exchange with Bentley faculty and students.  The Center encourages interdisciplinary projects and in particular work that connects the arts and sciences to business disciplines.
• Candidates must have the doctorate in hand at the time of application and may not have received their doctoral degree earlier than September 2005. The fellow must be in residence at Bentley for nine months and may not be otherwise employed during the fellowship period.
• Deadline: January

For more information, contact:
Jeanne and Dan Valente Center for the Arts and Sciences
Bentley College
245 AAC
Waltham, MA 02452
Tel: (781) 891-2827
Fax: (781) 891-3121
Email: cveeser@bentley.edu
Website:
http://www.bentley.edu/arts-sciences-center/postdoctorate-fellowship.cfm

Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Humanities Center, Harvard University

• The Humanities Center at Harvard University announces a new postdoctoral fellowship program to begin in 2008-09.
• Fellowships will be awarded to support projects that share the Center's commitment to interdisciplinarity and internationalism. The Center welcomes applications from all fields within the humanities and the allied social sciences. Despite the great diversity among humanities disciplines, they are joined in their commitment to the spirit of informed and independent interpretation for individuals and groups as a process crucial to making judgments about the relationship between facts and values.
• In addition to participating in seminars and other Humanities Center programs, fellows will teach one course per semester in a Harvard department. They will be joined in the Center by two postdoctoral fellows from Germany, who will be coming as part of a new collaboration between the Humanities Center and the Volkswagen Foundation. Fellows are expected to be in residence at Harvard for the 12-month term of the fellowship. Fellows will receive stipends of $55,000, health insurance, moving assistance of up to $1,500, and additional research support of up to $2,500.
• Deadline: January

For more information, contact:
Humanities Center in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
136 Barker Center
12 Quincy Street
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: (617) 495-0738
Fax: (617) 495-0730
Email: humcentr@fas.harvard.edu
Website:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~humcentr/fellowships/postdoctoral.shtml

Fellowship Program
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

• The Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program is a scholarly community where individuals pursue advanced work across a wide range of academic disciplines, professions, and creative arts. Radcliffe Institute fellowships are designed to support scholars, scientists, artists, and writers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment who wish to pursue work in academic and professional fields and in the creative arts. In recognition of Radcliffe's historic contributions to the education of women and to the study of issues related to women, the Radcliffe Institute sustains a continuing commitment to the study of women, gender, and society. Applicants' projects need not focus on gender, however. Women and men from across the United States and throughout the world, including developing countries, are encouraged to apply. We seek to build a community of fellows that is diverse in every way.
• Since this is a residential fellowship, we expect fellows to reside in the Boston area during that period and to have their primary office at the Institute so that they can participate fully in the life of the community.
• Deadline: January

For more information, contact:
Radcliffe Institute Fellowships Office
34 Concord Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: (617) 496-1324
Email: fellowships@radcliffe.edu
Website:
http://www.radcliffe.edu/fellowships/apply/index.php

Fellowships in Social Science
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

• The Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program is a scholarly community where individuals pursue advanced work across a wide range of academic disciplines, professions, and creative arts. Social scientists occupy an important place in the Radcliffe Fellowship Program, both as individual scholars and members of research clusters. Women and men from across the United States and throughout the world, including developing countries, are encouraged to apply. We seek to build a community of fellows that is diverse in every way.
• Proposals are accepted from applicants in any field with the receipt of a doctorate or appropriate terminal degree at least two years prior to appointment in the area of the proposed project. Radcliffe also welcomes proposals from small groups of scholars who have research interests or projects in common. Former fellows are not eligible to apply.
• Deadline: October 1, 2008

For more information, contact:
Application Office
8 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: (617) 496-1324
Fax: (617) 495-8136
Email: fellowships@radcliffe.edu
Website:
http://www.radcliffe.edu/fellowships/apply/index.php

Humanities Center Institutes
Fannie and Alan Leslie Center for the Humanities at Dartmouth College

• These annual Institutes, funded by the Leslie Humanities Center, provide an opportunity for scholars from Dartmouth and other institutions to spend a term working together on a topic of common interest. Proposals will be accepted only from full-time Dartmouth faculty members. Activities vary but usually include some public lectures and regular meetings to report on work in progress.
• Four junior fellowships of $7500 each will be awarded to applicants from outside Dartmouth. These fellowships will be advertised in venues including The Chronicle of Higher Education, and will generally be awarded to candidates with completed PhDs who may be currently employed in an academic institution or anticipating such employment. In exceptional cases, ABDs may be considered. Candidates in doubt about their eligibility should consult the Institute director.

For more information, contact:
Fannie and Alan Leslie Center for the Humanities
Dartmouth College
6240 Haldeman Center, Room 263
Hanover, NH 03755
Tel: (603) 646-0896
Fax: (603) 646-0998
Email: lhc@dartmouth.edu 
Website:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~lhc/institutes_info.html

Visiting Postdoctoral Fellowships
Center for Cultural Analysis, Rutgers University

• The Center for Cultural Analysis at Rutgers offers postdoctoral fellowships each academic year for scholars involved in work related to an annual theme.  Fellows will receive a $40,000 stipend with benefits and support for their research, with office space located in the Center. Fellows will be invited to teach one honors seminar in one semester of the year’s residence. They will also be expected to participate in all of the Center's programs on the year's subject, and in all other related activities. Fellows are encouraged to participate in the life of the university in any number of various ways – by, for example, lecturing or participating in other faculty’s scheduled classes, offering an occasional colloquium or lecture, or participating in reading groups other than those officially connected with the year's subject. At the conclusion of the year, all fellows will be asked to provide a summary report of their year's work at the Center.
• Deadline: January

For more information, contact:
Center for Cultural Analysis
Rutgers University
8 Bishop Place
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
Tel: (732) 932-8426
Fax: (732) 932-8683
Email: info@cca.rutgers.edu
Website:
http://cca.rutgers.edu/fellowships/external/

Postdoctoral Fellowships
Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies, Princeton University

• The Davis Center offers a limited number of fellowships each year to scholars whose research falls under its chosen theme. The applicants must have their doctoral degrees in hand at the time of application, and typically the selected fellows hold positions at universities.
• Fellowships at the Davis Center may run either for one semester, September-January or February-June; or for the full academic year from September-June. The Center's funds are limited and candidates should therefore apply for funds from their own universities and from other grant-giving institutions.
• Deadline: December

For more information contact:
The Manager
Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies
Department of History
129 Dickinson Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544-1017
Tel: (609) 258-4997
Fax: (609) 258-5326
Email: davisctr@princeton.edu
Website:
http://www.princeton.edu/dav/program/fellowship_information/

Society Fellowships
Society for the Humanities, Cornell University

• Each year, the Society offers postdoctoral fellowships to scholars working on topics related to an annual theme. Scholars' approach to the humanities should be broad enough to appeal to students and scholars in several humanistic disciplines. Fellows include scholars from other universities and members of the Cornell faculty released from regular duties.  The fellowships are held for one academic year.  Each Society Fellow will receive $45,000.  Applicants living outside North America are eligible for an additional $2000 to assist with travel costs.
• Fellows spend most of their time at Cornell in research and writing but are invited to offer one seminar related to their research. 
• Deadline: October

For more information, contact:
Society for the Humanities at Cornell University
Andrew D. White House
27 East Avenue
Cornell University
Ithica, NY 14853
Tel: (607) 255-9274
Fax: (607) 255-1422
Email: humctr-mailbox@cornell.edu
Website:
http://www.arts.cornell.edu/sochum/fellowships.html

PHF Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities
Penn Humanities Forum, University of Pennsylvania

• The Penn Humanities Forum awards five one-year Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships each academic year to junior scholars in the humanities who are not yet tenured (may not be tenured during the fellowship year).
• The Fellowship carries an annual stipend of $42,000 plus health insurance, requires that the scholar spend the year in residence at the University of Pennsylvania, and is open to international applicants. The next Call for Applications will be for the 2009–10 fellowship year; details will be available online in late May 2008.
• Applicants must be no more than eight years out of their doctorate (e.g., for the 2009-10 Fellowship year (Call for Applications to be announced in May 2008), you must have received or will receive your Ph.D. between December 2000 and December 2008). The Ph.D. is the only terminal degree eligible.
• The broad interdisciplinary nature of the program allows fellows to become fully integrated into the life of the university. Fellows conduct research that relates to the Forum's topic of study for the year in residence, participate in the Forum's weekly faculty research seminar where they present their research, and teach one undergraduate course each term on a subject that relates to the annual theme.
• Deadline: October 15

For more information, contact:
Penn Humanities Forum
University of Pennsylvania
School of Arts & Sciences
3619 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6213
Tel: (215) 746-5946
Fax: (215) 898-8220
Email: phf@sas.upenn.edu
Website:
http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu/mellon_description.shtml

Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships
Cogut Center for the Humanities, Brown University

• In 2005, Brown University received a $1.16 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support two year postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities, humanistically-oriented social sciences, and new fields with close ties to the humanities. The Mellon grant enables us to invite two postdoctoral fellows to Brown annually, each for a term of two (2) years. Fellowships are awarded to postdoctoral scholars who have received their degrees from institutions other than Brown within the last five (5) years.
• All Brown academic departments are eligible to submit proposals to the Cogut Center. Brown programs, centers, and institutes are also welcome to submit proposals jointly with Brown academic departments.

For more information contact:
Cogut Center for the Humanities
Brown University
Box 1983
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: (401) 863-6070
Fax: (401) 863-612
Email: Humanities_Center@brown.edu
Website:
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Humanities_Center/grants/mellon.html

Visiting Professors in the Humanities
Cogut Center for the Humanities, Brown University

• Academic year 2008-09 will see the inauguration of an exciting new program of Visiting Professors in the Humanities. The Cogut Center will select four faculty members, two for each semester, from other colleges or universities to come to Brown. These faculty members may be assistant, associate or full professors at their home institutions.
• These scholars must be committed to innovation in disciplinary and transdisciplinary studies. Visiting Professors will teach one senior seminar during their semester at the Cogut Center. They will have an office and the option of participating in various center programs.
• Deadline: February

For more information contact:
Cogut Center for the Humanities
Brown University
Box 1983
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: (401) 863-6070
Fax: (401) 863-612
Email: Humanities_Center@brown.edu
Website:
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Humanities_Center/grants/visitingfaculty.html

JNBC Public Humanities Fellows
John Nicholas Brown Center, Brown University

• These fellowships are intended to encourage writing on issues of the public humanities. Available for periods of up to three months, and open to academics, staff at cultural organizations, and independent scholars, the Public Humanities Fellows will provide a place to work, access to Brown University libraries, participation in a community of interested faculty, students, and public humanists, and a stipend of $1500 per month. JNBC Public Humanities Fellows are expected to make a presentation on their work to the JNBC Public Humanities Colloquium, and to write, for publication on the JNBC website, a short essay on the subject of their fellowship.

For more information, contact:
Fellowships
John Nicholas Brown Center
Brown University Box 1892
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: (401) 272-0357
Fa.: (401) 272-1930
Email: JNBC@brown.edu
Website:
http://www.brown.edu/Research/JNBC/Fellowships.htm

Fellowship for the Study of the Public History of Slavery
John Nicholas Brown Center, Brown University

• The John Nicholas Brown Center announces a new fellowship for students seeking an M.A. in public humanities who are interested in working in museums and other cultural institutions on issues related to the history and legacy of slavery.

For more information, contact:
John Nicholas Brown Center
Brown University Box 1892
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: (401) 272-0357
Fax: (401) 272-1930
Email: JNBC@brown.edu
Website:
http://www.brown.edu/Research/JNBC/images/jnbc_flyer.pdf

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Residence
Pembroke Center For Research and Teaching on Women, Brown University

• This is a residential fellowship. Fellows participate weekly in the Pembroke Seminar, present two public papers during the year, and pursue individual research. Brown University is an EEO/AA employer. The Center particularly encourages third world and minority scholars to apply. The term of appointment is September 1-May 31. The stipend is $40,000, plus a supplement for health and dental insurance, unless otherwise covered.
• Deadline: December

For more information contact:
Pembroke Center for Research and Teaching on Women
Brown University
Box 1958 / 194 Meeting Street
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: (401) 863-2643
Fax: (401) 863-1298
Email: Pembroke_Center@brown.edu, Donna_Goodnow@Brown.edu
Website:
http://www.pembrokecenter.org/research/

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