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Jewish Studies Funding Sources
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Source |
Funding Interest |
Phone |
Additional Info |
| American Academy of Religion | Religion | (404) 727-4707 |
Collaborative grants to stimulate research in religion. |
| American Jewish Archives | Jewish Studies | (513) 221-7444 |
Month-long fellowships for research and writing at the Center. Applicants must be conducting research relating to the history of North American Jewry. |
| American Jewish Committee | Israel/Politics/Advocacy | (212) 751-4000 |
Various fellowships, internships. See website for details. |
| American Jewish Historical Society | Jewish History | (212) 294-6160 |
Fellowship for researchers interested in using the collections of the society with preference to those doing research in 17th and 18th Century American Jewish History. |
| American Sephardi Federation | Sephardic Studies | (212) 294-8350 |
Provides grants to undergraduate and graduate students of Sephardic heritage and students concentrating in Sephardic Studies. |
| Association of Jewish Libraries | Judaica Librarianship | (215) 576-0800 |
Scholarships and awards to encourage students to train for and enter the field of Judaica librarianship. |
| Ben-Gurion Research Center | Jewish Studies | 972-7-6596936 |
Offers support
to external researchers who are studying or wish to study a topic that
is within the center's mandate. |
| Center for Jewish History | Jewish Studies | (212) 294-8301 |
Dissertation
awards support original research in the field of Jewish Studies, as it
pertains to one or more of the constituent organizations' missions, in
which preference may be given to those candidates who will draw on the
resources of more than one collection. |
| Church and Synagogue Library Association | Congregational Librarianship | (503) 244-6919 |
Several awards offered. See website. |
| Covenant Foundation | Jewish Education | (212) 245-3500 |
Support for creative Jewish educators to develop and implement significant and cost-effective approaches to Jewish education that are potentially replicable in other settings. Grants may also be awarded for projects whose purpose is disseminating existing programs that are especially effective. |
| Endowment for Biblical Research | Religion | (978) 546-5284 |
Support is provided for scholarly research on the Bible. Types of research sponsored has included translation projects, publication of periodicals and books, preservation of documents and public lectures by scholars on biblical topics. Prefers one-time projects rather than long-term or large-scale endeavors. |
| Fishman Family Foundation | Jewish Studies |
Support is provided for research, education and cultural development of and for the Jewish community. Currently the focus is on Jewish culture, education, and the arts. |
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| Foundation for Jewish Culture | Jewish Culture | (212) 629-0500 |
Provides a grant for a first book pertaining to Jewish studies by a recent Ph.D. |
| Hadassah Foundation | Jewish Women/Various | (800) 664-5646 |
Funds projects that serve women and girls from diverse cultural groups within Israel and the Jewish community in the United States. Promotes fundamental change by addressing the underlying obstacles that impede the full participation of women and girls in society. |
| Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society | Jewish Scholarship | (212) 967-4100 |
Scholarship open to refugees and asylees who were assisted by HIAS to come to the United States. |
| Holocaust Educational Foundation | Holocaust Studies | (847) 676-3700 |
All academic disciplines are eligible. Proposals may request support for any stage of a research project. |
| Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation | Jewish Life |
Goal is to keep Judaism meaningful, compelling and responsive to contemporary concerns. Supports policy research, advocacy, education, community organizing, innovative service provision, professional training and dialogue. |
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| Jewish Foundation for the Education of Women | Education |
Various grant opportunities: dissertation awards, scholarships, teacher education. |
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| Jewish Women's Foundation | Jewish Women and Girls |
Specific focus changes annually. See website for details. |
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| Kopelman Foundation | Jewish Studies |
Grants may be awarded to further Jewish education or religious values in society or to support organizations that harness faith to address society's problems. |
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| Leo Baeck Institute | Jewish Studies | (212) 744-6400 |
Fellowships for research on social, communal and intellectual history of German-speaking Jewry using the extensive resources of the Institute. |
| Library of Congress (John W. Kluge Center, David B. Larson Fellowship) | Health and Spirituality | (202) 707-3302 |
In-residence fellowships promoting meaningful, scholarly study of these two important and increasingly interrelated fields. |
| Lucius N. Littauer Foundation | Medical Ethics/Jewish Studies | (212) 697-2677 | |
| Max and Anna Levinson Foundation | Jewish Studies | (505) 995-8802 |
Interested in Jewish culture and spirituality, Yiddish, building Jewish community in the Diaspora, social change, peace and environmental issues in Israel. |
| Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture | Jewish Studies | (212) 425-6606 |
Fellowships and institutional grants for Jewish education and culture. |
| National Foundation for Jewish Culture | The Arts/Jewish Studies | (212) 629-0500 |
Offers various grants for the performing arts, media arts, visual arts, and literary arts (including publishing grants). In addition, dissertation grants for Jewish studies and grants for the preservation of Jewish culture are available. |
| Orion Center | Jewish Studies | 972-2-588-1966 |
Grants for research on the Dead Sea Scrolls and associated literature, in all relevant disciplines. Preference is given to integrative studies involving the Scrolls and other aspects of Second Temple period research, and to scholars whose research can only be carried out in Israel. |
| Religious Research Association | Religion | (309) 932-2727 |
Grants for basic and applied research on religion. |
| Righteous Persons Foundation | Jewish Studies | (310) 314-8393 |
Priority is given to projects which: create meaningful and compelling experiences for Jewish youth and those who influence them; promote Jewish learning (formal and informal); train leadership that is grounded in Jewish tradition; use the arts and media to explore what it has meant and can mean to be a Jew today; promote tolerance and understanding between Jews and non-Jews; and/or encourage Jews to participate in the work of tikkun olam (social justice). |
| Southern Jewish Historical Society | Jewish History | (417) 328-1742 |
Grants intended to facilitate the completion of projects relevant to Jewish history in the Southern United States. Such projects might include the publication of books, exhibit catalogs or the preparation of exhibit modules. |
| Temple University | Jewish History | (215) 204-9552 |
The Feinstein Center provides an annual summer fellowship to support research in American Jewish History. |
| UCLA Center for Jewish Studies/Maurice Amado Foundation Research Fellowships | Sephardic Studies | (310) 825-5387 |
Supports innovative and important research in the many diverse areas of Sephardic studies, including religion, philosophy, history, language, literature, anthropology, sociology, and musicology. Grants made to exceptionally promising graduate students, junior faculty (pre-tenure), or senior faculty . |
| US Holocaust Museum-Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies | Holocaust Studies | (202) 314-7829 |
Fellowships for dissertation candidates, postdocs and senior scholars. |
| Yivo Institute for Jewish Research | Jewish Studies | (212)
246-6080 |
Offers fellowships, research collaborations and projects that make use of their libraries and archives. See website for details. |