Archive for the 'Location' Category

The Wenner-Gren Foundation

Website

Deadline: November 1 and May 1

Submission Method: Electronic

Current Fellows

Recent Chicago Fellows: None

Competition Level: A maximum of 8 fellowships are awarded annually; the number of applications submitted is not available

Eligibility: Applicants must have received a PhD or equivalent within ten years of the application deadline; preference [...]

Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship

Website
Deadline: ~ November 9
Submission Method: Electronic

Current Fellows

Recent Chicago Fellows: Raul Coronado, English (09/10)

Competition Level: Approximately 20 fellowships are awarded annually; the number of applications submitted is not available

Eligibility: U.S. citizenship or U.S national; individuals enrolled in the following practice-oriented programs are not supported: business, management, administration, occupational health, [...]

NEA Literature Fellowships

Website

Deadline: ~ March 1 (The next deadline[2010] is for poets)

Submission Method: Electronic

Current Fellows: Poetry; Prose

Recent Chicago Fellows: None in 2008 or 2009

Competition Level: 42 fellowships were awarded each year in 2008 and 2009; the number of applications submitted is not available

Eligibility: Applicants must be citizens [...]

American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships Program

Website
Deadline: ~October 1
Submission Method: Electronic
Current Fellows
Recent Chicago Fellows: Justin Steinberg, Romance (09/10); Donald Harper, East Asian (08/09); Jennifer Cole, Anthropology (07/08); Patchen Markell, Political Science (07/08); Josef Stern, Philosophy (07/08); Martha Feldman, Music (05/06); Kesha Fikes, Anthropology (05/06)

Competition Level: Approximately 20 fellowships will be available at the assistant and associate professor levels, and [...]

The Huntington Library

Website

Deadline: December 15 (postmark)

Submission Method: Mail

Current Fellows: Not available

Recent Chicago Fellows: Not available

Competition Level: Over 100 long- and short-term fellowships are awarded annually; the number of applications submitted is not available

Eligibility:

Short-term: PhD or equivalent, or doctoral candidate at dissertation stage
Long-term: PhD or [...]

American Association of University Women

Website
Deadline: November 15

Submission Method: Electronic

Current Fellows

Recent Chicago Fellows: Kelly Austin, Romance (07/08)

Competition Level: 10 fellowships were awarded in 2009/10 (down from 20 in 2008/09); the number of applications submitted is not available

Eligibility: Must be a citizen or a permanent resident of the United States
American Postdoctoral Research [...]

Franke Institute for the Humanities Fellowship

Website

Deadline: Early February

Submission Method: Electronic

Current Fellows: David Finkelstein, Philosophy; Michael Kremer, Philosophy; David Martinez, Classics; Joshua Scodel, English; Ryan Giles, Romance; Verity Platt, Art History; Francois Richard, Anthropology
Competition Level: 7 fellowships are awarded annually; typically 6 fellowships are awarded to Humanities faculty and 1 fellowship is awarded to SSD faculty

Eligibility: [...]

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Website
The Humboldt Foundation offers support for scholars seeking to work in Germany. It offers multiple opportunities based on one’s experience, field, and proposed research. Please visit the Website to determine which is a good fit for you.
Deadline: Open
Submission Method: Mail
Current Fellows: Not available
Recent Chicago Fellows: Kenneth Dam, Law (07/08); Michael Geyer, History [...]

Fulbright Scholar Program

Website
Deadline: August 1 (receipt)
Submission Method: Electronic or Mail
Current Fellows
Recent Chicago Fellows: Jack Friedman, Anthropology (06/07); Austan Goolsbee, Economics, (06/07); Colleen Grogan, Political Science (06/07); Mark B. N Hansen, Film Studies (06/07); Stephanie M. Latkovski, Linguistics (06/07)
Competition Level: 800 U.S. faculty and professionals are sent abroad annually; the number of applications submitted is [...]

La Napoule Art Foundation

Website
Deadline: July 1 (receipt)
Submission Method: Mail
Current Fellows
Recent Chicago Fellows: None
Competition Level: 8 residencies are awarded annually; the number of applications submitted is not available
Eligibility: No particular requirement
La Napoule Art Foundation offers Artists-In-Residence a unique environment of interdisciplinary collaboration and creativity at the Château de La Napoule in the South of France. Each session, [...]