Deadlines:
Research Grant Program: November 2, 2009
Faculty Enrichment (Course Development) Program: December 1, 2009

The Canadian Government, through its Embassy and Consulates in the United States, supports research, conferences, teaching, and program activity related to Canada and/or Canada-U.S. relations. The Canadian Studies grant program seeks to encourage comparative research and teaching, faculty exchanges, student mobility, and collaboration between American and Canadian researchers. The program also seeks to build stronger ties between American and Canadian universities and colleges.

• Research Grant Program assists individual scholars or teams of scholars in writing an article-length manuscript of publishable quality with a focus on Canada or Canada-U.S. relations.
• Faculty Enrichment (Course Development) Program provides faculty members an opportunity to develop or update a course with substantial Canadian content that will be offered as part of their regular teaching load.

DEADLINES: June 30, October 31, March 31

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.

ELIGIBILITY: 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.

FUNDING: 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.

WRITE:
Center for the History of Business,Technology, and Society
Hagley Museum and Library
P.O. Box 3630
Wilmington, DE 19807-0630

WEB: http://www.hagley.org/library/center/grantsinaid.html
E-MAIL: clockman@hagley.org
PHONE: (302) 658-2400, ext. 243
FAX: (302) 655-3188

Application guidelines for the next round of Grants for Arts Projects are now available on the National Endowment for the Arts' website. Organizations may apply under the following categories:

Access to Artistic Excellence
To encourage and support artistic excellence, preserve our cultural heritage, and provide access to the arts for all Americans. An organization may request a grant amount from $5,000 to $150,000.
DEADLINES: March 12 and August 13, 2009

Challenge America: Reaching Every Community Fast-Track Review Grants
To support projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations. Grants are for $10,000.
DEADLINE: May 28, 2009

Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To advance arts education for children and youth in school-based or community-based settings. An organization may request a grant amount from $5,000 to $150,000.
DEADLINE: June 11, 2009

To view the guidelines, go to www.arts.gov/grants/apply, select the field or discipline most relevant to your project, and Grants for Arts Projects will be the first funding opportunity listed.

Electronic application through Grants.gov is MANDATORY.

Deadline: January 12, 2009

The Newberry's fellowships support humanities research in their collections. These wide-ranging and rich collections document the civilizations of Western Europe and the Americas.

Long-Term Fellowship awards support research and writing by scholars with a doctorate. Their purpose is to help fellows develop or complete larger scale studies that draw on their collections, and to foster intellectual exchange among fellows and the Library community. Fellowship terms range from six to eleven months with stipends ranging from $25,000 to $70,000.

Deadline: March 2, 2009

The Newberry's fellowships support humanities research in their collections. These wide-ranging and rich collections document the civilizations of Western Europe and the Americas.

Ph.D. candidates and scholars with a doctorate are eligible for short-term fellowships. These help researchers study specific materials at the Newberry that are not readily available to them elsewhere. Most short-term fellowships are for one month, and most are restricted to scholars who live and work outside the Chicago area. Stipends start at $1,600 per month.

Each year the NEH's Division of Education Programs offers teachers opportunities to study humanities topics in a variety of Summer Seminars and Institutes.
All teachers selected to participate in a seminar or institute will be awarded a fixed stipend based on the length of the seminar or institute to help cover travel costs, books and other research expenses, and living expenses: $2,000 (2 weeks), $2,600 (3 weeks), $3,200 (4 weeks), $3,800 (5 weeks), or $4,400 (6 weeks). The application deadline is March 2, 2009 (postmark). More...

With generous funding from the Lynette S. Autrey Endowment and the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Humanities Research Center at Rice University hosts four visiting professors for one semester each academic year. The fellows teach a course affiliated with a humanities department and take part in the intellectual life of the Center. The HRC sponsors special symposia or conferences centered on their research. These programs give Rice faculty and students significant exposure to eminent scholars from around the world.

SCHOLARLY EDITIONS GRANTS
DEADLINE: November 5, 2008 (for projects beginning as early as July 1, 2009)

Scholarly Editions Grants support the preparation of editions of pre-existing texts and documents that are currently inaccessible or available in inadequate editions. Projects must be undertaken by a team of at least one editor and one other staff member. Grants typically support editions of significant literary, philosophical, and historical materials, but other types of work, such as musical notation, are also eligible.

TEACHING DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIPS
DEADLINE: October 1, 2008 (online application)

Teaching Development Fellowships support college and university teachers pursuing research aimed specifically at deepening their core knowledge in the humanities to improve their undergraduate teaching. The program has three broad goals: 1) to improve the depth and quality of humanities education in the United States; 2) to strengthen the link between research and teaching in the humanities; and 3) to foster excellence in undergraduate instruction.

DEADLINE: August 1, January 1

Yaddo, the artists’ community established in 1900 by Spencer and Katrina Trask, has a simple mission: to offer creative artists uninterrupted time to work, good working conditions, and a supportive environment. Yaddo encourages artists from all nations and of all backgrounds to apply for admission.

DEADLINE: August 27, 2008 (for projects beginning April 2009)

Implementation grants offered through America's Historical and Cultural Organizations program at the National Endowment for the Humanities allow institutions to provide the public with opportunities to explore the humanities through activities such as exhibitions, reading and film discussion series, catalogs, lectures, symposia and websites.

DEADLINE: August 11, 2008 (June 1, 2009 earliest beginning date for Arts Endowment period of support)

The Access to Artistic Excellence grant program through the National Endowment for the Arts encourages and supports artistic creativity, preserves our diverse cultural heritage and makes the arts more widely available in communities throughout the country. While projects in this category may focus on just one of these areas, the Arts Endowment recognizes that many of the most effective projects encompass both artistic excellence and enhanced access. The Arts Endowment is particularly interested in projects that extend the arts to underserved populations -- those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics or disability.

DEADLINE: August 31, 2008 (for Spring 2009)

AICGS is now accepting applications for the next round of DAAD fellowships. The application deadline for Spring 2009 (January 2009 - June 2009) is August 31, 2008. The DAAD/AICGS Research Fellowship Program, funded by a generous grant from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), is designed to bring scholars and specialists working on Germany, Europe, and/or transatlantic relations to AICGS for research stays of two months each.

DEADLINE: June 12, 2008

Each year, The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation presents Lindbergh Grants to individuals whose proposed research or education projects will make important contributions toward improving the quality of life by balancing technological advancements and the preservation of our environment. The awards are up to $10,580 each (a symbolic figure representing the cost of the "Spirit of St. Louis" in 1927).

DEADLINE: July 1, 2008

The American Institute of Indian Studies is a cooperative, non-profit organization of fifty-nine American colleges and universities that supports the advancement of knowledge and understanding of India, its people, and culture. Applications to conduct research in India may be made in the following categories:

DEADLINE: June 2, 2008

The NEA Challenge America Fast-Track Review program offers $10,000 grants to small and mid-sized organizations for projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations -- those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics or disability.

DEADLINE: May 15, 2008 (for Fall residence)

The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts offers residential fellowships in Mt. San Angelo, Virginia, to support writing, visual arts and composition.

DEADLINE: May 1, 2008

NEH Challenge Grants support institutions that are interested in developing new sources of long-term support for educational, scholarly and public programs in the humanities.

DEADLINE: April 15, 2008

The Hambidge Residency Program provides setting, solitude and time for creative individuals working in a wide variety of creative disciplines. Fellowships are offered for two to eight week residencies, year round, except for the month of January.

DEADLINE: April 25, 2008 (September through December)

The MacDowell Colony is the nation’s leading artist colony located in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Nurturing the arts, The Colony offers residencies to artists of the highest talent for up to eight weeks, providing time and space in an inspiring environment where they can produce enduring works of the imagination.

DEADLINE: April 8, 2008

As part of the Endowment-wide Digital Humanities Initiative, these grants support national or regional (multi-state) research and training programs on approaches in humanities computing. Through these programs, the NEH seeks to increase the number of humanities scholars using digital technology in their research and broadly disseminate knowledge about advanced technology applications relevant to the humanities. The projects may be a single opportunity or offered multiple times to different audiences, although the duration of a program should allow for full and thorough treatment of the topic.

DEADLINE: April 2, 2008

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) invite applications to the Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants program. This program is designed to encourage innovations in the digital humanities. By awarding relatively low-dollar grants during the planning stages, the goal is to identify projects that are particularly innovative and have the potential to make a positive impact on the humanities.

DEADLINE: April 1, 2008

Advanced Seminars:
Advanced seminars at the School of American Research (SAR) promote in-depth communication among scholars who are at a critical stage of research on a shared topic and whose interaction has the potential to move the discipline of anthropology forward with new insights into human evolution, behavior, culture, or society, including critical contemporary issues. SAR generally funds two or three traditional advanced seminars per year.

DEADLINES: March 31, 2008, June 30 and October 31

Grants-in-aid:
Short-term grants-in-aid support visits to the Hagley Museum and Library 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.

DEADLINE: March 1, 2008

The Library Company of Philadelphia and The Historical Society of Pennsylvania will jointly award approximately thirty one-month fellowships for research in residence in either or both collections during the academic year 2008-2009.

DEADLINE: March 1, 2008

The Edward F. Albee Foundation maintains the William Flanagan Memorial Creative Persons Center (better known as "The Barn") in Montauk, on Long Island in New York. Month-long residencies for painters, sculptors, playwrights, poets, writers, and composers are offered from June 1st through September 30.

DEADLINE: March 1, 2008

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New York City has generously renewed funding of postdoctoral Fellowships at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies for the academic years 2006–2009. The grant provides for up to four Fellowships each year, to be used for research at the Institute in the medieval field of the holder’s choice. Mellon Fellows will also participate in the interdisciplinary Research Seminar.

DEADLINE: March 3, 2008

The NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes grants support national faculty development programs in the humanities for school teachers and for college and university teachers. Seminars and institutes may be as short as two weeks or as long as six weeks.

DEADLINE: March 1, 2008

The Newberry Library offers short-term fellowships (varying from one week to two months) to support research at the Library (located in Chicago) for those who live beyond commuting distance.

DEADLINE: March 1, 2008

The Folger Shakespeare Library offers short-term research fellowships to encourage access to its exceptional collections and to encourage ongoing cross-disciplinary dialogue among scholars of the early modern period.

DEADLINE: March 1

The American Philosophical Society Library offers short-term residential fellowships for conducting research in its collections. The Society's library, located near Independence Hall in Philadelphia, is a leading international center for research in the history of American science and technology and its European roots, as well as early American history and culture.

DEADLINE: January 1, 2008 (for residencies beginning mid-May going through February of the following year)

Yaddo offers residencies to professional creative artists from all nations and backgrounds working in one or more of the following media: choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance art, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video. Residencies last from two weeks to two months and include room, board, and studio.

DEADLINE: February 1, 2008

Congressional Research Awards are offered by the Dirksen Congressional Center to fund the study of the leadership in the Congress, both House and Senate, and congressional procedures, such as committee operation or mechanisms for institutional change, and Congress and the electoral process. Awards range from a few hundred dollars to $3,500 and normally extend for one year.

DEADLINE: February 15, 2008

The Djerassi Residency Program is designed as a retreat experience to pursue personal creative work and share in collegial interaction within a small community of artists. In this spirit residents are expected to commit themselves for the entire residency session awarded to them.

DEADLINE: February 1, 2008

The Center for 17th and 18th Century Studies offers theme-based resident fellowships which were established with the support of the Ahmanson Foundation and the J. Paul Getty Trust to encourage the participation of scholars who have received a Ph.D. in the last six years and who are engaged in research pertaining to the announced theme. Stipends are in the amount of $35,000 for the academic year.

DEADLINE: January 15, 2008

The American Antiquarian Society offers short-term visiting academic research fellowships tenable for one to three months each year. These fellowships support research in all fields of American history and culture through 1876.

DEADLINE: January 15, 2008

The Smithsonian Institution offers residential fellowships to support research and study in fields including the natural sciences, anthropology, archaeology, space sciences, earth sciences, history of science and technology, history of art, American social and cultural history, and folklife.

DEADLINE: January 31, 2008

The Seminars in Christian Scholarship program promotes a strong Christian voice in the academy by addressing important issues within various fields of study from the perspective of deep Christian commitment, and by supporting first-order scholarship.

DEADLINE: January 15, 2008

The Institute Francais de Washington offers Gilbert Chinard Scholarships to support research in France. Areas of interest are art, economics, history, history of science, linguistics, literature and social sciences.

DEADLINES: January 1, August 1

Yaddo, the artists’ community established in 1900 by Spencer and Katrina Trask, has a simple mission: to offer creative artists uninterrupted time to work, good working conditions, and a supportive environment. Yaddo encourages artists from all nations and of all backgrounds to apply for admission.

DEADLINE: January 11, 2008

The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) awards approximately ten fellowships of up to $9,000 to scholars who wish to carry out research on broad issues of multinational significance in the fields of humanities, social sciences, and related natural sciences.

DEADLINE: January 15, 2008 (for Summer residence)

The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) is an international working retreat for writers, visual artists and composers located at Mount San Angelo, a 12-acre hilltop in Amherst County, Virginia., approximately 160 miles southwest of Washington, DC. In this bucolic rural setting, the VCCA provides residential fellowships of two weeks to two months where artists may work, free from the distractions and responsibilities of day-to-day life.

DEADLINE: January 15, 2008

The Phi Beta Kappa Society is now accepting applications for the 2008 Sibley Fellowship in French Studies. The annual Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship is awarded alternately in the fields of Greek and French. The award may be used for the study of Greek language, literature, history or archaeology, or the study of French language or literature.

DEADLINE: January 15, 2008

The Winterhur Museum, Garden, and Library offers residential fellowships in Winterthur, Delaware to support research in anthropology, archaeology, architectural history, art history, cultural history, decorative arts, African-American material folklore, historic preservation, history of technology, material culture, social history, urban studies, and women's history.

DEADLINE: January 12, 2008

The Camargo Foundation, located in Cassis, France, is an interdisciplinary and multicultural residential center for scholars pursuing studies in the humanities and social sciences related to French and francophone cultures as well as for composers, writers, and visual artists (painters, sculptors, photographers, filmmakers, video artists, and new media artists) pursuing creative projects.

DEADLINE: January 10, 2008

The Newberry Library offers long-term fellowships to support six to eleven months of study using the Library's collections; special programs focus on late medieval and Renaissance history and literature and American history.

DEADLINE: December 31, 2007

The Wilbur Foundation concentrates its funding in the field of humanities, especially history, literature, religion, and philosophy, for projects that are calculated to enhance or preserve the "permanent things" of society.

DEADLINE: December 15, 2007

The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University's principal repository for literary papers and for rare books and early manuscripts, offers fellowships for visiting scholars pursuing research in its collections. The Library also offers the long-term James M. Osborn Post-doctoral Fellowship in British Literature.

DEADLINE: December 15, 2007

The Huntington offers residential fellowships in San Marino, California to support studies in British and American history, liberature, art history, the history of science, and photography; areas of specialization include the Middle Ages, the photography; areas of specialization include the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, 19th and 20th century literature, British drama, colonial America, the American Civil Way, Western America, and California.

DEADLINE: December 1, 2007

The Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies supports residencies at Princeton that focus on the processes by which individuals or groups come to accept beliefs, ideas, rituals or practices that are radically different from those with which they began. For 2007-08, the Center will focus on the study of "Fear."

DEADLINE: December 1 Annually

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) administers the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship Program for ABDs and recent Ph.D.s.

DEADLINE: December 1, 2007

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Scholars-in-Residence residency program in New York, New York, assists those scholars and professionals whose research in black history and culture can benefit from extended access to the Center's resources.

DEADLINE: December 1, 2007

The American Philosophical Society (APS) is offering Franklin Research Grants in the amount of $1,000 to $6,000 to support the cost of scholarly research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge except those in which support by government or corporations is more appropriate.