Archive for the 'Short-term Research' Category

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

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 […]

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

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