Archive for the 'March' Category

University of Southern California Mellon Postdoctoral Fellows in the Humanities

Deadline: Spring
Length: One year
Comments: Specializations within the Humanities announced in early spring; interested PhDs apply to the appropriate department
URL:
http://college.usc.edu/faculty/mellon.htm
(Note: the website is very out of date but one of our English PhDs, Jonathan Berliner, has been awarded this postdoc for 2008-9)

Middlebury Languages Schools Baker Fellowship

Deadline: March 15
Length: Summer term
Comments: For projects on “adult language acquisition”; must be near-native speaker of one or more of 10 languages offered at Middlebury
URL: http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/ls/fellowships_scholarships/baker.htm

Velde Visiting Scholars Program

Deadline: March 7
Length: One month or more
Comments: For residential work in the Rare Books and Manuscript Library at UIUC; focus on such areas as “from medieval to early modern studies––with particular strengths in early printing and printing history, Elizabethan life and letters, John Milton and his age, emblem studies, economic history, works on early science […]

Helfand Fellowship in the Medical Humanities

Deadline: March 4
Length: Short term
Comments: For “work in history and the humanities as they relate to health, medicine, and the biomedical sciences”
URL: http://www.nyam.org/grants/history.shtml

American Philosophical Society Phillips Fund Grant for Native American Research

Deadline: March 3
Length: 1 year
Comments: For work on Native American linguistics, ethnohistory, and the history of Native American Studies; may apply for research for dissertation or Master’s thesis
URL: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/phillips.htm

NY Academy of Medicine Klemperer Fellowship

Deadline: March 4 (recommendation letters due March 8)
Length: Short term
Comments: For work in history and the humanities as they relate to health, medicine, and the biomedical sciences; residential
URL:
http://www.nyam.org/grants/klemperer.shtml

American Society for Theatre Research Dissertation Research Fellowships

Deadline: March 15
Length: Short-term assistance
Comments: To “assist Ph.D. candidates with the expenses of travel to national and international collections to conduct research projects connected with their dissertations”; must be finished with qualifying exams by June 2008
URL:http://www.astr.org/Default.aspx?tabid=68

American Society for Theatre Research Targeted Research Areas Grants

Deadline: March 15
Length: Short-term
Comments: Graduate students are eligible for projects not directly related to their dissertations; preference for projects in areas “under-represented in ASTR’s various activities”
URL: http://www.astr.org/Default.aspx?tabid=118

Ars Electronica [The Next Idea] Art and Technology Grant

Deadline: March 7
Length: One “term”
Comment: For artists/designers who have “developed as-yet-unproduced concepts in the fields of art, design or technology”; must be 19-27
URL: http://www.aec.at/en/prix/cat_next_idea.asp

Explorers Club Exploration Fund Award

Deadline: March 1
Length: Varies
Comments: “For graduate students and young scientists… in support of exploration and field research for those who are just beginning their research career”
URL: http://www.explorers.org/resources/funding/funding.php