The following is a crowdsourced list of possible resources for research funding and graduate studies. All information should be confirmed on the institution website.
Entries are listed underneath the country of the funding institution. This may or may not indicate restrictions of eligibility to students or residents of that country or region.
USA
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship – typically first week in November
- http://www.nsfgrfp.org/
- Three years of funding plus tuition and some expenses
- Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship – mid December
- https://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_171962
- Three years of funding intended for under-represented minority student groups, enrolled in PhD program
- Fulbright Program – mid-October
- https://us.fulbrightonline.org/
- A range of programs, including research and language training
- Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship
- https://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsflasf/index.html
- Awarded to institutions – you can search for an institution for a particular program (FIU and UF have one for Haiti)
- Boren Fellowship – varies
- https://www.borenawards.org/
- Designed to study foreign languages
- U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) – mid November
- https://clscholarship.org/
- Designed to study foreign languages
- Council of American Overseas Research Centers – mid November
Private Funding
- American Association of University Women – December 1
- https://www.aauw.org/resources/programs/fellowships-grants/
- Women in underrepresented fields such as STEM
- Philanthropic Educational Organization
- https://www.peointernational.org/about-peo-scholar-awards (for PhDs)
- https://www.peointernational.org/about-peo-program-continuing-education-pce (for professional degrees)
- Rotary
- https://www.rotary.org/en/our-programs/scholarships
- American Anthropological Association – Minority Dissertation Fellowship – March
- https://www.americananthro.org/ConnectWithAAA/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=1621
Databases
- http://www.grants.gov/
- A list of all federal grant programs
- https://academicresearchgrants.com/newsletter
- Private firm – NIU has a subscription
- Foundation Center – Directory of Private Foundations
- https://fconline.foundationcenter.org/
- Gradschools.com
- http://www.gradschools.com/article-detail/-1676
- This seems the most organized, complete and helpful. I do NOT officially endorse it, as it is for-profit
- UCSC
- http://graddiv.ucsc.edu/financial-aid/minority-fellowships.html
- This is a good compilation for minority students, by a university
- http://graddiv.ucsc.edu/financial-aid/minority-fellowships.html
- Eckerd College
- https://libguides.eckerd.edu/c.php?g=527992&p=3852403
- Compilation of AAA-specific travel awards and student paper awards across all subfields, by a university
- https://libguides.eckerd.edu/c.php?g=527992&p=3852403
- Institute of International Education
- Men lyen pou IAF pou bous pou sitwayen ameriken: https://www.iie.org/programs/IAF-Grassroots-Development-fellowship-program
- Gen lòt finansman ak IAF, men fòk fouye anndan sit web la.
Post-Doctoral & Research Fellowships (US-based, mostly not citizenship based)
| Organization | Support | Duration / Award | Dates | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard Society of Fellows | Junior Research Fellow | 80,000 USD/year for 3 years | September | Cambridge, MA |
| Dartmouth Society of Fellows | Junior Research Fellow | September | New Hampshire | |
| Weatherhead Center – Harvard | Harvard Academy | 2 years | October | Cambridge, MA |
| NYU – Abu Dhabi | NYU-AD Humanities Research Fellowship | 1 year | October | Abu Dhabi, UAE |
| Columbia Society of Fellows | Columbia Society of Fellows | October | NYC | |
| University of Pennsylvania | UPenn Humanities Post Doc | 1 year | October | |
| Crown Center for Middle East Studies – Brandeis University | Post-Doctoral Fellowship | 2 years | October | Waltham, MA |
| Mahindra Center – Harvard | Mahindra Center for Humanities | 1 year | November | Cambridge, MA |
| Yale University | Agrarian Studies Fellow | 1 year | January | New Haven, CT |
| Weatherhead Center – Harvard | Post-Doctoral Fellow (Thematic) | January | Cambridge, MA | |
| Migration Post-Doc Cornell | 1 year | January | Ithaca, NY | |
| University of Pennsylvania | Humanities Urbanism Design Fellowship | 1 year | January | |
| Princeton Architecture | Princeton-Mellon Fellowship | 1 year | January | Princeton, NJ |
| Tufts University | Post Doctoral Fellowship | 1 year with possibility of 2nd year renewal | March | Medford, MA |
| University of Michigan | Taubman Fellowships | 1 year | December | Ann Arbor, MI |
| University of Michigan | Collegiate Postdoctoral Fellowship | 2 years + possibility of TT appointmen | October | Ann Arbor, MI |
| University of Michigan | Society of Fellows | 3 years | September | |
| University of California (system) | UC Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowships | 2 years + possible 3rd | November | California |
| School for Advanced Research | Weatherhead Fellowship | 1 year | November | Santa Fe, NM |
| Stanford University | Fellows in the Humanities | 2 years + possible 3rd | Palo Alto, CA | |
| University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity | 2 years | November | Chapel Hill, NC |
Canada
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
- https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/search_tool-outil_de_recherche-eng.aspx
