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A Short List of Funding Sources for PhD Candidates in History (Not exhaustive, descriptions generally cut and pasted from fellowship websites)

The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is pleased to offer fellowships generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for dissertation research in the humanities or related social sciences in original sources. The purposes of this fellowship program are to:

• help junior scholars in the humanities and related social science fields gain skill and creativity in developing knowledge from original sources

• enable dissertation writers to do research wherever relevant sources may be, rather than just where financial support is available

• encourage more extensive and innovative uses of original sources in libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and related repositories in the U.S. and abroad, and

• provide insight from the viewpoint of doctoral candidates into how scholarly resources can be developed for access most helpfully in the future.

The program offers about fifteen competitively awarded fellowships a year. Each provides a stipend of $2,000 per month for periods ranging from 9-12 months. Each fellow will receive an additional $1,000 upon participating in a symposium on research in original sources and submitting a report acceptable to CLIR on the research experience. Thus the maximum award will be $25,000.

Social Science Research Council--Pre-Dissertation Fellowships

While eligibility requirements vary from program to program, many fellowships are open to non-US citizens. Prospective applicants should initiate correspondence well in advance of the deadline. Applications must be received at the SSRC by the deadline date. When the deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, applications should be received at the SSRC by the next business day. Applications sent by fax will not be accepted.



The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF)

The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) is a strategic fellowship program designed to help graduate students in the humanities and social sciences formulate doctoral dissertation proposals that are intellectually pointed, amenable to completion in a reasonable time frame, and competitive in fellowship competitions.  

The program is organized around distinct "research fields," subdisciplinary and interdisciplinary domains with common intellectual questions and styles of research.   Each year, an SSRC Field Selection Committee selects five fields proposed by pairs of research directors who are tenured professors at different doctoral degree-granting programs at U.S. universities. Research directors receive a stipend of $10,000.  Graduate students in the early phase of their research, generally 2nd and 3rd years, apply to one of five research fields led by the two directors; each group is made up of twelve graduate students.  Fellows participate in two workshops, one in the late spring that helps prepare them to undertake predissertation research on their topics; and one in the early fall, designed to help them synthesize their summer research and to draft proposals for dissertation funding.  Fellows are eligible to apply for up to $5000 from SSRC to support predissertation research during the summer. 



International Dissertation Research Fellowships

The IDRF program supports distinguished graduate students in the humanities and social sciences conducting dissertation research outside the United States. Seventy-five fellowships will be awarded in 2009 with funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

The IDRF program is committed to empirical and site-specific research that advances knowledge about non-U.S. cultures and societies (involving fieldwork, research in archival or manuscript collections, or quantitative data collection). The program promotes research that is situated in a specific discipline and geographical region and is engaged with interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives.

Fellowships will provide support for nine to twelve months of dissertation research. Individual awards will be approximately $20,000. No awards will be made for proposals requiring less than nine months of on-site research. The 2009 IDRF fellowship must be held for a single continuous period within the eighteen months between July 2009 and December 2010.



Fulbright IIE (for dissertation research, US Citizens ONLY—no permanent residents)

Fulbright for Language Study—note: Chinese and Korean, not Japanese—“Critical Languages”—also US Citizens ONLY)



Fulbright-Hayes (dissertation research, US Citizens and Permanent Residents)



American Council of Learned Societies Dissertation Completion Grant

Applicants must meet these criteria:

• be Ph.D. candidates in a humanities or social science department in the United States. Applicants from other departments may be eligible if their project is in the humanities or related social sciences, and their principal dissertation supervisor holds an appointment in a humanities field or related social science field. (Students completing master’s degrees are not eligible, even if they are the terminal degree in the field.)

• have all requirements for the Ph.D. except the dissertation completed before beginning fellowship tenure.

• be no more than six years in the degree program; awardees can hold this Fellowship no later than their seventh year. (2)

American Association of University Women—Dissertation fellowships for US Citizens and International Students (these fellowships support women pursuing doctoral research)





Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation

The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships are designed to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences, and particularly to help Ph.D. candidates in these fields complete their dissertation work in a timely manner. In addition to topics in religious studies or in ethics (philosophical or religious), dissertations appropriate to the Newcombe Fellowship competition might explore the ethical implications of foreign policy, the values influencing political decisions, the moral codes of other cultures, and religious or ethical issues reflected in history or literature.



Chinese Government Scholarships to study or conduct research in the PRC offered through the Chinese Embassy

National Endowment for the Humanities:

Fellowships support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources in the humanities. Projects may be at any stage of development. (Spring deadline)



The Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Grants in Chinese Studies for non ROC students studying in the Americas—they have another grant for ROC nationals.

Research Fellowships and Travel Grants in Chinese-Western Cultural History at the Ricci Institute

Doctoral Fellowships and Research Fellowships. The doctoral

fellowship is open to candidates who have completed all course work and passed their qualifying examination (ABD). The Research Fellowship is open to faculty and researchers in Chinese-Western cultural history. Proposals using the Canton Archives as a dissertation source (Doctoral Fellowship) or for other research (Research Fellowship) will receive special consideration. Within the broad category of Chinese-Western cultural history through Christianity in China, topics may include: local society and politics, education, charitable enterprises, social unrest, religious cases, local church history and

unequal treaties, church property and local society, etc. Both appointments are for two to three months with residence in San Francisco for at least half of the period. During their residence, candidates are also expected to interact with members of the Ricci Institute, and students and faculty of the University of San Francisco.

Travel Grants. USF Ricci Institute annually awards travel grants to doctoral candidates, post-doctoral researchers, and established scholars in the Americas (but from outside of northern California) to use the Ricci Institute collection for their research on topics related to Chinese-Western cultural exchange, Jesuit interaction with

China from the late Ming through early 20th century, and/or the history of Christianity in China. Grants provide reimbursement (based on actual receipts) of up to $1,000 of approved expenses related to research at the USF Ricci Institute (travel, accommodation, and photocopying expenses). Priority consideration will be given to

applicants who demonstrate how the Ricci Institutes holdings will facilitate their research. For further please visit the USF Ricci

Institute website at:



Contact: Research Fellowships and Travel Grants 2012 - 2013

c/o Dr. Xiaoxin Wu, Director

Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History

University of San Francisco, LM 280

2130 Fulton Street

San Francisco, CA 94117-1080

USA

Email: wu@usfca.edu

Website:

Center for Chinese Studies, Taipei: This grant is designed to assist foreign scholars in conducting research in Taiwan, the Republic of China. Assistance provided by CCS includes a monthly stipend, assistance with research materials, liaison with scholars and institutions in Taiwan, use of CCS facilities, and a direct round-trip economy-class ticket. Research tenure is from three months to one year.

The grant is designed for foreign professors (assistant, associate, or full), as well as doctoral candidates or researchers in the field of Chinese studies at foreign universities or academic institutes. Research projects should be within the field of Chinese or Taiwanese studies.

For doctoral candidates that are approved, our Center, in conjunction with the Humanities Research Center of the National Science Council, provides guidance from seasoned researchers on the chosen topic of research. For all other grant recipients, our Center provides exchange and lecture opportunities with major universities here.

Details are outlined more thoroughly in the information that we have included herewith. Please also feel free to visit our website () for more information. Should you have any questions concerning the grant or CCS, please feel free to contact us via email at ccsgrant@ncl.edu.tw.

The China and Inner Asia Council of the AAS (CIAC) is soliciting applications for awards of up to $2,000. Dissertation-level graduate students and scholars with special interests in China or Inner Asia are invited to submit proposals. Applicants must be current AAS members, but there are no citizenship requirements. Junior and independent scholars, adjunct faculty, and dissertation-level graduate students are especially encouraged to apply. Applicants must not have received a CIAC Small Grant within the past three years.

For French History, students will want to look at the Chateaubriand Fellowship (a French government grant, deadline in December)

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[pic] Candidates do not have to be U.S. citizens but must be enrolled in an American university*

[pic] Candidates must obtain a letter of invitation from a French university, a Grande Ecole or a research institution before applying

[pic] No particular level of French is required, though most students need a certain level in order to conduct their research

There are also smaller travel grants available through the Society for French Historical Studies. See

For Jewish History:   The Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships in Jewish Studies are made for one academic year and are given for the final stages of completing an English-language dissertation, typically in the fifth year of study. Applicants should have completed all doctoral requirements, except for the completion of their thesis, and must show evidence of being able to complete their thesis within the fellowship year. Four fellowships of $16,000 were granted in 2010.

For graduate students writing about the history of political economy:

Duke University

Center for the History of Political Economy Postdoctoral Fellowships

Website:

Each year the Center will bring together a mix of scholars working on research in the history of political economy. Research Fellowships will enable more junior scholars to advance their research careers under the umbrella of the Center. A secondary goal will be to develop their skills in teaching the history of economics. Final Year Fellowships will allow doctoral students enrolled either at Duke or at other universities to spend their final year completing their dissertations in the company of others, including more established scholars, working in the history of political economy. A secondary goal will be to develop their skills in teaching the history of economics.

For Americanists, mainly:

University of Virginia

Miller Center

Website:

The Miller Center Fellowship program is a competitive program for individuals completing their dissertations on American politics, foreign policy and world politics, or the impact of global affairs on the United States. The program provides up to eight $20,000 grants to support one year of research and writing. Along with the fellowship grant, the Miller Center assists the fellow in choosing a senior scholar from their field to serve as fellowship "mentor." This mentor will suggest relevant literature to frame the project, read the fellow's work, and give general advice on research.

For students working on Spain or the Spanish empire, there is the Program for Cultural Cooperation

“The program is designed to promote closer ties between scholarly Hispanicism in the US in the areas of humanities, social sciences and the cultural and academic developments of Spain. Projects oriented toward the dissemination of Spanish culture throughout the academic systems of the US are reviewed for subsidy. Priority is given to those proposals of high scholarly quality which will have an important impact upon the field of Hispanicism, both regionally and nationwide.

Since its conception, the program has granted a considerable amount of subsidies supporting a variety of events. Proposals encompass visiting professorships; the publication of scholarly journals, translations, and literary texts; symposia, film series, and exhibitions; and dissertation scholarships. More than 300 US academic institutions have benefited from these subsidies.”

A few additional fellowships:

Research Grants

Council for European Studies pre-Dissertation Fellowship

Funds two months travel to Europe for exploratory archival work

Chateaubriand Fellowship in Humanities & Social Sciences

Must have letter of invitation from host university in France

American Academy in Rome

6-11 months in Rome as part of the community there. Medieval, Renaissance, early-modern and modern Italian history.

Newberry Library in Chicago

Short-term individual fellowships to use their collection

New York Public Library

Short-term grants to use their collection

Write-Up Grants

AAUW Dissertation Completion Fellowships

Harry Guggenheim: writing. Violence & aggression in relation to social change (intergroup conflict, war, terrorism, crime, family relationships)

Ford Fellowships: writing, available to minorities

Camargo Foundation

Housing and membership in fellows community, available to those for whom residence in France may be beneficial as they write up. No living stipend. They have not invited anyone for tje past two years but, according to a January press release, they are working to restore Fellowship Program.

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