Archive for the 'Less than nine months' Category

University of Washington Post-doctoral Fellowship in South Asian Studies

Deadline: Open until filled
Length: 2 quarters (Winter and Spring 2009)
Comments: Candidates “must have research and teaching experience related to contemporary issues in South Asian politics, economic development, cultural studies, or gender studies; knowledge of a South Asian language, fluency in English, and a completed PhD.”
URL: http://jsis.washington.edu/soasia/employ.shtml

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

Kluge Fellowships (Library of Congress)

Deadline: July 15
Length: Up to 11 months
Comments: For “humanistic and social science research that makes use of the Library’s large and varied collections”; must “have received a terminal advanced degree within the past seven years in the humanities, social sciences or in a professional field such as architecture or law”
URL: http://www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/fellowships/kluge.html

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 […]

American Institute of Pakistan Studies

Deadline: February 1
Length: 2 to 9 months
Comments: Must be ABD at time of application; for research on Pakistan anywhere except Pakistan and the US
URL: http://www.pakistanstudies-aips.org/English/fellowships.htm

Prehistoric Society Grants and Awards

Deadline: January 31
Length: Varies
Comments: Research grants, conference grants, student travel grants; must be a member of the Prehistoric Society to apply for research and travel funds
URL: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prehistoric/index.html

Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Grants and Fellowships

Deadline: January 15
Length: Varies
Comments: For travel and research costs at the Bingham Center (American Women’s Studies), Franklin Collection (African/African American Studies), Hartman Center (Sales, Advertising, Marketing History) ; open to “any faculty member, graduate or undergraduate student, or independent scholar”
URL: http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/services/grants/index.html

Medieval Academy of America Travel Grants

Deadline: November 1, May 1
Length: n/a
Comments: For “currently unaffiliated faculty [to] present their work at professional meetings”