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Humanities Funding Sources
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Source |
Funding Interest |
Phone |
Additional Info |
| Academy of American Poets | Poetry | (212) 274-0343 |
See website for funding opportunities. |
| Academy of Television Arts and Sciences | Telecommunications | (818) 754-2800 |
Internships, awards for student-produced films and videos, and faculty stipends to attend Academy seminars. |
| Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation | Art | (212) 226-0581 |
Supports the serious, fully-committed and mature artist (applicants should be able to demonstrate that they have been working on their art for at least 20 years). |
| Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation | Greek Studies | 0030 210 3713 000 |
Research grants for faculty who teach Greek as a foreign language and/or Greek literature, history or culture. Study is to be done in Greece. |
| Alexia Foundation for World Peace | Photography | (315) 443-2304 |
Enables a photographer to have the financial ability to produce a substantial picture story that furthers the foundation's goals of promoting world peace and cultural understanding. |
| Amateur Chamber Music Players Foundation | Chamber Music | (212) 645-7424 |
Small grants for programs that encourage and create opportunities for chamber music activities. |
| American Antiquarian Society | History | (508) 755-5221 |
Fellowships, from one to twelve months, on pre-20th century American history. |
| American Council of Learned Societies | Humanities | (212) 697-1505 |
Sabbatical grants for independent research in any humanities discipline. |
| American Educational Research Association | Education | (202) 223-9485 |
Dissertation, postdoctoral fellowships and research grants. |
| American Historical Society | History | (202) 544-2422 |
Small grants used for research expenses. |
| American Institute for Contemporary German Studies | German Studies | (202) 332-9312 |
Short-term, in-residence fellowships designed to encourage research and promote study of modern German affairs from an inter-and multidisciplinary perspective. |
| American Musicological Society | Music |
Dissertation grants. |
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| American Philosophical Society | Humanities/Social Sciences | (215) 440-3429 |
Sabbatical fellowships of up to $40,000 to supplement a sabbatical/research leave. |
| American Printing History Association | Printing History |
Support for research in any area of the history of printing in all its forms, including all the arts and technologies relevant to printing, the book arts, and letter forms. |
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| American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Foundation | Music | (212) 621-6219 |
To encourage developing music creators during the earliest stages of their careers. |
| American Society for 18th Century Studies | 18th Century Studies | (336) 727-4694 |
Small awards ranging from scholarship to curriculum development. |
| Annenberg Foundation | Various | (610) 341-9066 |
Provides support in: education and youth, arts and culture, civic and community, and health. |
| A Room of Her Own | Art, Writing |
Grants for women who have a commitment to their art and are making a substantial effort to be self-sufficient. |
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| Arthur Vining Davis Foundation | Education, Patient Care | (904) 359-0670 |
Accepts proposals for a variety of categories and projects. |
| 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. |
| Axe-Houghton Foundation | English Language | (212) 909-8304 |
Priority is given to projects for the improvement of speech and its uses in public affairs, education, theater, poetry, debate, and the oral interpretation of literature. |
| Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation | Architecture | (212) 577-1200 |
Supports innovative projects that advance the study and expand the recognition of women in architecture and related professions. |
| Bibliographical Society of America | Publishing |
Short (1-2 mos) fellowship for research in publishing history and the history of the book trades. Research topics should focus on the the book as historical evidence. |
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| Bradley Foundation | Citizenship |
Aims to encourage projects that focus on cultivating a renewed, healthier, and more vigorous sense of citizenship among the American people and among peoples of other nations. |
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| Carthage Foundation | Public Policy Research | (412) 392-2900 |
Supports public policy research on questions concerning national and international issues. |
| Center for Contemplative Mind in Society's Academic Program | Contemplative Practices in Academics | (413) 582-0071 |
Supports the study of contemplation, not just as a category of religious and cultural practice, but as a method for developing concentration and deeper understanding - in particular, as a means of intellectual and pedagogic revitalization and change. |
| Center for Craft, Creativity and Design | Craft Research | (828) 890-2050 |
Grants for research on American studio craft that address the sponsor's goals: monographs on individual craft artists org themes; historical research; or cross-disciplinary research involving craft. |
| Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University | Documentary Studies | (919) 660-3663 |
Two awards for documentary filmmaking and one publishing award for a book on photography. |
| Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation | Various | (763) 576-1596 |
Grants that further the vision of balance between technology and nature in the following disciplines: agriculture; aviation/aerospace; conservation of natural resources; education; the arts; exploration; health; and waste minimization and management. |
| Children's Literature Association | Children's Literature | (269) 965-8180 |
Grants for criticism or original scholarship that will make a significant contribution to the field. |
| Church and Synagogue Library Association | Congregational Librarianship | (503) 244-6919 |
Several awards offered. See website. |
| Coordinating Council for Women in History | History | (818) 240-1000 |
Award given to a scholar who has not followed a traditional, uninterrupted path to a tenured faculty position. Work should be a study of women in history (either women in the profession in the present, or in the study of women in the past). |
| Council of American Overseas Research Centers | Various | (202) 633-1599 |
Fellowships (in humanities, social sciences or a related natural science) of regional or trans-regional significance that require study in at two countries (at least one of which has an American Overseas Research Center). |
| Earhart Foundation | Social Science, Humanities | (734) 761-8592 |
Effort supported should lead to advancement of knowledge through teaching, lecturing and publication. |
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Early American Industries |
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Grants for research projects for the study of early American industries in homes, shops, farms or at sea. |
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| Elizabeth Foundation | Visual Arts | (212) 956-6633 |
Grants open to working professional visual artists who demonstrate professional achievement and commitment to career; work primarily in painting, sculpture, drawing and printmaking; and are 30 years or older. |
| Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation | Art | (505) 898-5600 |
Funding available for: publications related to exhibitions, exhibitions and installations, visiting art programs and other special events. |
| Endangered Language Fund | Linguistics | (203) 865-6163 |
Provides grants for language maintenance and linguistic field work. |
| Engineering Information Foundation | Engineering | (212) 579-7596 |
Supports developmental, instructional and training programs in engineering and research. |
| Foundation for Endangered Languages | Linguistics |
Small grants for projects that support, enable or assist the documentation, protection and promotion of one or more endangered language. |
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| Foundation for the Future | Future of Humanity | (425) 451-1333 |
Conducts and funds a Research Grants Program to provide financial support to scholars undertaking research at a macro level that is directly related to better understanding the factors affecting the long-term future of humanity. |
| Friends of Princeton University Library | Hellenic Studies | (609)
258-3184 |
Library Research Grants to help defray expenses incurred in traveling to and residing in Princeton during the tenure of the grant. Length of grant will depend on the applicant’s research proposal, but is ordinarily one month. |
| Furthermore | Various | (518) 828-8900 |
Publishing grants for nonfiction books about the city; natural and historic resources; art, architecture and design; cultural history, civil liberties and other public issues of the day. Grants are provided for writing, research, editing, design, indexing, photography, illustration, printing and binding. |
| General Semantics Foundation | Semantics | (203) 226-1394 |
Support specifically in, or explicitly related, to the field of semantics. |
| George A. and Eliza Howard Foundation | Arts,
Social Sciences (2006-2007 focus: Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science) |
(701) 863-2640 |
Sabbatical support awards offered yearly for mid-career individuals. Future awards are anticipated in different fields of study. |
| George and Helen Segal Foundation | Art | (732) 951-0950 |
Awards grants to young artists in order to enable them to pursue their artistic endeavors. |
| Georgetown University: American Studies Association | American Studies | (202) 467-4783 |
Grants for collaborative projects involving community-based organizations to enhance the use of American Studies research, teaching, and publications in local programs and activities. |
| Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation | Humanities, Performing Arts, Research Library | (212) 687-0011 |
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| Golden Foundation for the Arts | Art | (607) 847-8158 |
Offers support to individual artists working in paint and to non-profit cultural organizations which directly support visual artists working in paint. |
| Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in Fine Arts | Architecture | (312) 787-4071 |
Provides support for activities focused on architecture and the built environment which lead to the public dissemination of ideas through publication, exhibition, or educational programs. Grants for new curricula, enrichment projects and special projects have also been funded. |
| Grammy Foundation | Music Research |
Supports
original research projects related to music such as teaching methodology
in early childhood; the impact of music study on human development; and
the medical and occupational well-being of music professionals.
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| Graphic Arts Education and Research Foundation | Graphic Arts | (703) 264-7200 |
Supports educational and research projects designed to enhance the future of the graphic communications industry. |
| Greenwall Foundation | Arts & Humanities | (212) 679-7266 |
Particularly interested in
emerging artists and the development of new artistic work. |
| Hadassah Foundation | 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. |
| Horace Goldsmith Foundation | Higher Education | (212) 319-8700 |
Grants given for curriculum development, endowments, research and scholarship. |
| Institute for Humane Studies | Individual Liberty | (703) 993-4880 |
Strategic awards to graduate students and untenured faculty for presentations, travel to interviews/archives/libraries, participation in career enhancing seminars, distribution of published articles, submission of unpublished manuscripts to publishers. |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | Humanities | (202) 606-8536 |
Supports all types of museums, libraries and archives. |
| Institute of Turkish Studies | Turkish Studies | (202) 687-0295 |
Offers a variety of awards to individual scholars, colleges, and universities to support research in Turkish studies. |
| International Foundation for Music Research | Music Research |
Seeks proposals in the fields of music, music education, neuroscience, psychology, education and/or health to explore the benefits of hands-on music making in various education, health-wellness or therapeutic settings. |
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| International Reading Association | Reading Research | (800) 336-7323 |
Various small grants from dissertation to "teacher as researcher" awards. |
| J. Paul Getty Trust | Art/Art History | (310) 440-7374 |
Non-residential collaborative grants for teams of scholars to pursue interpretive research projects that offer new explanations of art and its history. |
| James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation | Historic Preservation | (212) 252-6809 |
For mid-career professionals who have experience in historic preservation or related fields, including architecture, environmental planning, archaeology, urban design, architectural history and the decorative arts. |
| Jerome Foundation | Art | (800) 995-3766 |
Seeks to encourage the potential for innovation and excellence. Welcomes work that embodies a celebration of and respect for diverse cultural perspectives. |
| Jewish Foundation for the Education of Women | Education |
Various grant opportunities: dissertation awards, scholarships, teacher education. |
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| John F. Kennedy Library Foundation | Various | (617) 514-1600 |
See website for grant/fellowship opportunities. |
| Keats-Shelley Association of America | British Romanticism | (212) 764-0655 |
Grants to support research by advanced graduate students, independent scholars and untenured faculty. |
| Koret Foundation | Writing | (415) 882-7740 |
Annually awards one emerging writer (40 and younger) whose work contains Jewish themes a grant and the opportunity to spend three months as writer-in-residence at Stanford University. |
| 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 Company of Philadelphia | Colonial and US History | (215) 546-3181 |
One month, in-residence fellowships. |
| Max Kade Center for Contemporary German Literature-Washington University | German Literature | (314) 935-4784 |
Short-term summer research grants to faculty members planning to work in the field of contemporary German literature. |
| Medieval Academy of America | Medieval Studies | (617) 491-1622 |
Dissertation and small grants for studies of late-Medieval Britain. |
| Music Library Association | Music Library/Archiving | (970) 351-2281 | Grants to support research in archives or libraries on any aspect of American music. |
| National Art Education Foundation | Art Education | (703) 860-8000 |
Various small grants for teaching, curriculum development, scholarship and research in art education. |
| National Council of Teachers of English | Teaching/ English | (217) 328-3870 |
Meeting, scholarship and Teacher/Researcher grants are offered in an effort to increase the opportunities for professional development. |
| National Endowment for the Arts | The Arts | (202) 682-5400 |
See website for grant opportunities. |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | Humanities | (800) NEH-1121 |
See website for grant opportunities. |
| National Humanities Center | Humanities | (919) 549-0661 |
In-residence fellowships. Most are unrestricted but for the upcoming year, designated fellowships have been offered in the following areas: religion, literary studies, art history, French history, Asian studies, theology, and American Art History. |
| Newberry Library | Humanities | (312) 255-3506 |
Assistance to researchers who wish to use the collections. Fellowships for scholars outside of Chicago are generally long-term (6-11 months). |
| New York Council for the Humanities | Humanities | (212) 233-1131 |
Grants offered for projects that bring the humanities to the general public (through lectures, walking tours, conferences, etc). |
| New York Foundation for the Arts | Arts | (212) 366-6900 |
Cash awards in 16 artistic disciplines for use in career development. |
| New York Public Library/Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers | Humanities |
Fellowships for outstanding scholars whose projects require access to the collections at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library. |
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| New York State Archives | Archiving | (518) 474-6926 |
Grants and awards to support, promote and recognize sound archival and records management practices, as well as to encourage creative and valuable uses of archival records. |
| Open Meadows Foundation | Music | (718) 768-2249 |
The Patsy Lu Music Fund will consider projects from women who are composers, music educators, musicologists, or performers. |
| Patrina Foundation | Women and Girls | (516) 627-0172 |
Promotes academic, artistic, athletic and/or life skills and leadership abilities of girls and women. |
| Poets and Writers | Poetry/Writing | (212) 226-3586 |
Matching grants for writer's fee payments to present poetry or fiction readings, workshops, or performance pieces. |
| Puffin Foundation | The Arts | (201) 836-8923 |
Makes grants that encourage emerging artists in the fields of art, music, theater, dance, photography and literature whose works due to their genre and/or social philosophy might have difficulty being funded. |
| Reading Recovery Council of North America | Reading Research | (614) 310-7323 |
Grants are given to support new research on the impact of Reading Recovery (one-on-one tutoring of children in early grades who fall behind their classmates), and well-designed pilot studies to assess impact on children's learning, teaching, implementation, cost-effectiveness, innovation and re-design, and professional development. |
| Romance Writers of America | Romance | (832) 717-5200 |
Supports academic research devoted to genre romance novels, writers, and readers. Appropriate fields of study include but are not limited to: anthropology, communications, cultural studies, education, English language and literature, gender studies, linguistics, literacy studies, psychology, rhetoric, and sociology. |
| Samuel H. Kress Foundation | Art History | (212) 861-4993 |
Fellowships and grants with an emphasis on European Art History. |
| Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation | Art | (212) 780-2035 |
Primarily interested in supporting the inclusion of art from non-Western European cultures into the mainstream of scholarship and display, and study of the relationship between art, culture and humanity. |
| Six Points Fellowship | Art |
The Six Points Fellowship supports individual artists in the New York area who want to develop new projects with a Jewish focus, theme or element. We believe that creative expression is essential to Jewish community, identity, and meaning and the Six Points Fellowship was created to support the artists who contribute to that process |
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| Speculative Literature Foundation | Speculative Literature |
Current awards are for travel to aid in research, and a grant for older writers (50 and up) starting in speculative literature (science fiction, fantasy, myth). |
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| Spencer Foundation | Education | (312) 337-7000 |
Grants for educational research. |
| Thomas Jefferson Foundation | American History | (434) 984-9822 |
Various fellowships and travel grants. See website for details. |
| Tremaine Foundation | Art/Architecture | (203) 639-5544 |
Funds strong, thematic exhibitions that put the work of contemporary art or architecture in a new or unconventional framework. |
| US Department of Education | Education | see specific programs for contact info |
See website for grant opportunities. |
| US National Archives and Records Administration | Historical Archiving | (866) 272-6272 |
See website for grant opportunities. |
| University of Pennsylvania: McNeil Center for Early American Studies | American Studies | (215) 898-9251 |
Offers several pre-doctoral dissertation fellowships for projects focusing on North America and the Caribbean before 1850 and relying on research in Philadelphia-area archives and libraries. |
| University of Texas-Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center | Humanities |
Approximately 40 fellowships (dissertation, travel, short term fellowships) are awarded annually to support scholarly research projects in all areas of the humanities. Priority, however, will be given to those proposals that concentrate on the Center's collections. This year's special topic will be "The Post-War Cultures of Twentieth-Century America." |
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| Wilbur Foundation | Humanities |
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. |
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| Winterthur | Early American Art/Crafts | (800) 448-3883 |
Residential research fellowships for scholars pursuing independent work in their library or museum collections. |
| Wittner Bynner Foundation for Poetry | Poetry | (505) 988-3251 |
Categories: individual poets, translation and the process of translation, developing the poetry audience and uses of poetry. |
| Women's Studio Workshop | Art | (845) 658-9133 |
Grants of up to $1000 to artists working in their own studios with the publication of smaller scale literary projects. |
| Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation | Humanities | (609) 452-7007 |
See website for all fellowships offered. |