Archive for the 'December 2013' Category

Kennan Institute Short-Term Grants

Deadline: December 1, March 1, June 1, September 1 Length: up to one month Comments: To support those “whose research in the social sciences or humanities focuses on the former Soviet Union (excluding the Baltic States), and who demonstrate a particular need to utilize the library, archival, and other specialized resources of the Washington, D.C., [...]

United States-Indonesia Society Travel Grants

Deadline: March 1, June 1, September 1, December 1 Length: Short-term Comments: Grants are “open to any person seeking to travel to Indonesia to conduct field research or other professional projects, including conferences”; must be citizen of U.S. or Indonesia URL: http://www.usindso.org/grants-fellowships/travel-grant

Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern Art Studies Doctoral Grant

Deadline: December 31 Length: 1 year with possible renewal Comments: “Applicants must certify that they have completed doctoral examinations by March first prior to the grant period”; grants “generally cover overseas travel and living expenses of graduate students” URL: http://www.metcenter-grants.net/doctoral.html

Joseph R. Dunlap Memorial Fellowship

Deadline: December 15 Length: Varies (award up to $1000) Comments: For work on “any subject–biographical, literary, historical, social, artistic, political, typographical–relating to [William] Morris” URL: http://www.morrissociety.org/about/fellowship.html

University Film and Video Association Fielding Student Grants

Deadline: December 15 Length: Varies Comments: Awards made for production proposals and research projects; “applicant must be a student (undergraduate/graduate) at the time the application is made.  A faculty member who is an active member of the University Film & Video Association or staff at a UFVA member institution must sponsor the applicant” URL: http://www.ufva.org/grants/fielding

Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies

Deadline: December 1 Length: up to 1 year Comments: For work on Germany and Europe since mid-19th century; graduate applicants must be ABD by the beginning of the fellowship period; postdoc applicants must have received PhD within past 2 calendar years; must be US or Canadian national or permanent resident URL: http://www.fu-berlin.de/en/sites/bprogram/

American Musicological Society Howard Mayer Brown Fellowship

Deadline: December 17, 2013 Length: 1 year Comments: To support study in musicology by “a student at a North American University who is a member of a group historically underrepresented in the discipline, including, in the U.S., African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans, and, in Canada, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities”; preference given [...]

Wolfsonian-Florida International University Research Fellowship

Deadline: December 31 Length: 3-4 weeks Comments: Fellowship is open to “holders of master’s or doctoral degrees, Ph.D. candidates, and to others who have a significant record of professional achievement in relevant fields”; for research in the Wolfsonian’s collections, which is focused upon “North American and European decorative arts, propaganda, architecture, and industrial and graphic [...]

Woodrow Wilson Center Eastern European Studies Short Term Grant

Deadlines: December 1 Length: 2-4 months Comments: Grants for those “in the early stages of their academic careers (generally before tenure but after Ph.D.) or to scholars whose careers have been interrupted or delayed”; for work on “policy relevant projects on East Europe”; must be US citizen or permanent resident URL: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/opportunity/east-european-studies-research-grants  

American Musicological Society Alvin H. Johnson Dissertation Fellowships

Deadline: December 17, 2013 Length: 1 year Comments: For students working on a doctorate with an “emphasis…on musical scholarship”; must be ABD at time of application, and expect to complete dissertation “within the fellowship year” URL: http://www.ams-net.org/fellowships/ams50.php 2007-08 Johnson Fellow: Michael Anderson, Music