Liberal Arts, Humanities and Social Science Fellowships
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
o Math, physical, biological behavioral and social sciences; engineering; history and philosophy of science; education, due Nov
o 30 awarded annually
Woodrow Wilson Foundation Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
o Ethical or religious values in humanities and social sciences
o 29 awarded annually, due Nov.
o http://www.woodrow.org/fellowships/religion_ethics/index.php
Josephin de Karman Fellowship (Dissertation Grant)
o Special consideration for applicants in the Humanities
o ~12 fellowships awarded annually, due Jan.
Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowships
o Dissertations must concern education but may be in any academic discipline.
o ~30 fellowships annually, due Nov.
o http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/dissertation-fellowship-program#dfap
Social Science Research Council (SSRC) International Dissertation Research Fellowship
o Grad students in humanities and social sciences enrolled in US but conducting dissertation research outside the US
o 78 awarded last year, Due Nov.
o http://programs.ssrc.org/idrf/
SSCRC Dissertation Proposal Development Proposal
o Helps grad students in humanities a social sciences formulate doctoral dissertation proposals – organized around 2 workshops (5 fields selected annually)
o 60 awarded last year, due Oct.
o http://programs.ssrc.org/dpdf/
Jacob Javits Graduate Fellowships
o Selected fields in the arts, humanities and social sciences
o ~ 48 awarded annually, due Oct.
o http://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships
o For grad students in the humanities and related social sciences in their last year of dissertation writing
o 65 annually, due Sept.
o http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=512
NSEP Boren Fellowships
o Boren Fellowships provide up to $30,000 to U.S. graduate students to add an important international and language component to their graduate education through specialization in area study, language study, or increased language proficiency, to contribute toward national security.
o Application due January 29, 2009
o http://www.borenawards.org/boren_fellowship
TCALL Barbara Bush Fellowships for Literacy
o For Ph.D. students at Texas A&M in various disciplines, but research must be relevant to family literacy
o $25,000 or $33,333 per academic year, up to $100,000 total funds
o Due by February 20, 2009
