Archive for the 'Dissertation Research' Category

CCWH Ida B. Wells Graduate Student Fellowship

Deadline: September 1
Length: N/A; worth $1,000
Comments: To be awarded to an “A.B.D. woman graduate student working on a historical dissertation, not necessarily in a history department. Applicants working on issues of race are particularly welcome”; must be a member of the Coordinating Council for Women in History (CCWH)
URL:http://theccwh.org/awards.htm

Huntington-WHA Martin Ridge Fellowship

Deadline: July 31
Length: 1 month
Comments: For research on Western (US) History to be carried out at the Huntington Library; PhDs and doctoral students at the dissertation stage are eligible
URL: http://www.umsl.edu/~wha/awards/huntington.html

Schepp Foundation Scholarships

Deadline: Will be announced when sufficient requests for applications have been received
Length: Academic year
Comments: For full-time graduate coursework-stage studies; must be under 40; must be US citizen or permanent resident
URL: http://www.scheppfoundation.org/applying.html

Laura W. Bush Traveling Fellowship

Deadline: August 5
Length: 4 to 6 weeks
Comments: “The fellowship is intended for American college/university students who express an interest in international collaboration but as of yet had not been afforded many opportunities to travel abroad”; “During his/her travel, the recipient should be willing to participate in public diplomacy events arranged with the pertinent U.S. State […]

Association of American Universities/Chinese Government Scholarship

Deadline: May 10
Length: up to 3 years
Comments: For doctoral students who would benefit from study at a Chinese university; may take “remedial” language courses before beginning academic program
Application and other materials: AAU-Chinese Govt. Scholarship Description
AAU-Chinese Govt. Scholarship Application
aau-chinese-physical-exam-form.pdf

Radcliffe/Schlesinger Library Dissertation Grant

Deadline: April 3
Length: Short term
Comments: For research in The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at Radcliffe; must be admitted to candidacy
URL: http://www.radcliffe.edu/schles/grants/dissertation.php

American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) Mesopotamian Fellowship

Deadline: April 1
Length: 3-6 months
Comments: for field work or archival work in the Middle East related Ancient Mesopotamian Studies
URL: http://www.asor.org/bagdam08.htm

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