External Funding
General Funding
Language-Specific Funding
Other Major Funding Sources
General Funding
British Academy Newton International Fellowships
Deadline: February 1, 2010
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The Newton International Fellowship scheme will select the very best early stage post-doctoral researchers from all over the world, and offer support for two years at UK research institutions. The long-term aim of the scheme is to build a global pool of research leaders and encourage long-term international collaboration with the UK.
The Newton International Fellowships scheme is run by The British Academy, The Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society. The Fellowships cover the broad range of natural and social sciences, engineering and the humanities. They provide grants of £24,000 per annum to cover subsistence and £8,000 to cover research expenses, plus a one-off relocation allowance of £2,000.
As part of the scheme, all Newton Fellows who remain in research will be granted a 10 year follow-up funding package worth £6,000 per annum.
National Endowment for the Humanities Interpreting America’s Historic Places grants
Deadline: January 13, 2010 (for projects beginning Sept. 2010)
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Interpreting America’s Historic Places grants support public humanities projects that exploit the evocative power of historic places to explore stories, ideas, and beliefs that deepen our understanding of our lives and our world. The Division of Public Programs supports the development of humanities content and interactivity that excite, inform, and stir thoughtful reflection upon culture, identity, and history in creative and new ways. Interpreting America’s Historic Places projects may interpret a single historic site or house, a series of sites, an entire neighborhood, a town or community, or a larger geographical region. Grants for Interpreting America’s Historic Places should encourage dialogue, discussion, and civic engagement, and they should foster learning among people of all ages. To that end, the Division of Public Programs urges applicants to consider more than one format for presenting humanities ideas to the public.
***Note to DFL faculty: You may ask, why is a grant for Interpreting America’s Historic Places being posted here? Great possibilities exist for linking American history to Mexico, Spain and France in particular (i.e. the Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty or the Louisiana Purchase, and so many more). A fantastic opportunity for DFL faculty. Great opportunities for collaboration with folks in the history department as well.
Spencer Foundation Grants Program
Deadline: Open
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Objectives: The sponsor's mission is to fund activities, anywhere in the world, which foster new ideas in education and encourage creativity. The sponsor prefers to fund specific initiatives that conform to the mission statement.
Eligibility: The sponsor funds activities from anywhere in the world.
American Literary Translators Association Grants
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Grants include the following programs:
ALTA Endowment Scholarships (annual), from the American Literary Translators Association, to subsidize the participation of beginning translators of extraordinary merit at future ALTA conferences.
Dino Campana Translation Prize (annual), from the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, in collaboration with the Department of Italian and Casa Italiana Center for Italian Studies, Columbia University, for a book of contemporary Italian poetry.
Canada Council Translation Prize (annual), from the Canada Council, for a book of French-Canadian literature.
Crossing Boundaries Writing Awards (annual), from International Quarterly, four awards for translations of fiction, essays, poetry, and "crossing boundaries" in any genre.
John Florio Prize (biennial), from The Translators Association (United Kingdom), for a book of 20th-century Italian literature.
French-American Foundation Translation Prize (annual), from the French-American Foundation, for a book of French literature.
Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature (annual), from the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture, Columbia University, for a book or book manuscript of Japanese literature.
Fulbright Grants (annual), from Institute of International Education
John Glassco Translation Prize (annual), from the Literary Translators Association (Canada), for a book-length publication in Canada of a French work in English translation.
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (annual) for research, or exceptional creative ability in the arts.
Japan Foundation Fellowships (annual), to pursue creative projects in Japan.
Latin American Writers Institute Translation Prize (biennial), from the Latin American Writers Institute, New York City, for an unpublished translation of Spanish poetry or fiction written by an Ibero-American writer living in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut.
Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation (annual), from Princeton University Press, for translations of either classic or modern works from many languages.
Carl-Bertil Nathhorst Translation Prize (triennial), from the International Federation of Translators, for "promoting translation, improving the quality thereof, and drawing attention to the role of the translator in bringing the peoples of the world together."
NEA Fellowship for Translators (annual), from the National Endowment for the Arts, "to enable published translators of creative literatures to set aside time for specific translation projects (fiction, poetry, drama, and creative nonfiction) from other languages into English."
NEH Translation Grant (annual), from the National Endowment for the Humanities, for scholarly translations into English of works providing insight into the literature of other cultures from ancient times to the present.
Renato Poggioli Award (biennial), from PEN American Center, for "a promising translator from Italian whose recognition as a translator has not yet been widely acknowledged."
Quarterly Review of Literature Awards (annual), from The Quarterly Review of Literature Poetry Series, for poetry translation.
U.S. Translator’s Prize (annual), from the Goethe-Institut Chicago, for translations of poetry, prose, plays, children’s and young adult literature from German.
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Literary Translation (annual), from the Modern Language Association (MLA), awarded in even-numbered years for an outstanding translation into English of a book-length literary work and in odd-numbered years for a book-length work of literary history, literary criticism, philology, or literary theory.
Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowships (annual), from Phi Beta Kappa, for advanced study or writing projects dealing with Greek Literature (odd-numbered years) and French literature (even-numbered years).
Language Learning: A Journal of Research in Language Studies
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Language Learning supports scholarship and research in language studies by means of a variety of grant programs including the Dissertation Grant Program; Roundtable Conference Program; Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence Program; Small Grants Research Program; Visiting Research Assistant Professorship.
The Council for International Exchange of Scholars
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The following programs offer U.S. faculty, administrators and professionals grants to lecture, conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields, or to participate in seminars.
TRADITIONAL FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR PROGRAM
The traditional Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields.
Deadline: If you are interested in a Fulbright Scholar grant during the 2011-2012 academic year, you may submit your qualifications beginning in February 2010.
NCS SCHOLAR PROGRAM
Each year the NCS Scholar Program brings together approximately thirty outstanding research scholars and professionals from the U.S. and abroad. Under the guidance of an appointed Distinguished Scholar Leader, NCS Scholars engage in collaborative, multidisciplinary examination of a topic of universal concern and together seek solutions to critical issues affecting all humankind.
Deadline: 2010-2011 application deadline is to be determined. Please check back or contact the NCS staff.
FULBRIGHT SPECIALISTS PROGRAM
The Fulbright Specialists Program is designed to provide short-term (two to six weeks) academic opportunitie for U.S. faculty and professionals.
Deadlines: Rolling; visit Web site for details.
FULBRIGHT DISTINGUISHED CHAIRS PROGRAM
Awards in the Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program are viewed as among the most prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholar Program. Candidates should be senior scholars and have a significant publication and teaching record.
Deadline: If you are interested in a Fulbright Scholar grant during the 2011-2012 academic year, you may submit your qualifications beginning in February 2010.
The Institute of Current World Affairs Fellowships
Deadline: To be considered, initial letters should be sent to the Institute before Feb. 1, 2010. Candidates selected for the next phase should submit their full applications on or before March 1, 2010.
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The Institute of Current World Affairs provides promising individuals with an opportunity to develop a deep understanding of an issue, country, or region outside the United States and to share that understanding with a wider public. It does this by awarding fellowships of at least two years in length to young women and men who demonstrate initiative, integrity, good communication skills, seriousness of purpose, and enthusiasm for their chosen fields. The Institute invests in individuals who have great expectations and shares with them the risk of uncertain results. The Institute hopes that its fellow will not only grow personally but make significant contributions to public life in the United States and beyond. The Institute frees the fellows from the demands and routine of their professional lives and gives them the time and resources to explore and to fulfill their intellectual promise through a self-designed program of study.
The Institute is currently funding seven fellows and will appoint a new fellow in June 2010.
Candidates who meet the eligibility requirements (MUST BE UNDER 36!) are encouraged to propose fellowships in areas that interest them. They must present a strong rationale for the topic of their proposed fellowship. Areas of particular interest to the Institute include Burma, India, North Africa, Venezuela, and Southeast Asia, but candidates may seek fellowships in any country.
Fulbright-Hayes Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program
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This program funds fellowships through institutions of higher education (IHEs) to faculty members who propose to conduct research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies to improve their skill in languages and their knowledge of the culture of the people of these countries. Funds support: travel expenses to and from the residence of the fellow and the country or countries of research, a maintenance stipend for the fellow related to his or her academic year salary, and an allowance for research-related expenses overseas such as books and photocopying, tuition, affiliation fees, local travel, and other incidental expenses.
This program provides grants to institutions of higher education to fund faculty to maintain and improve their area studies and language skills by conducting research abroad for periods of 3 to 12 months. Proposals focusing on Western Europe are not eligible.
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Language-Specific Funding
British Academy Visiting Scholars
Deadline: December 3, 2009
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The Academy's Visiting Scholars scheme, launched in 2005, enables early-career scholars from overseas to apply directly to the Academy, in conjunction with their UK hosts, for research visits to the UK of two to six months. The main purpose of the visit should be to enable the visitor to pursue research.
The UK host must be resident in the UK, and must undertake to make all the necessary practical and administrative arrangements for the visit. The Academy grants the title of British Academy Visiting Scholar and awards funding for the visit.
BA/AHRC/ESRC earmarked funding for South Asia and the Middle East: Funds have been earmarked under the existing scheme to support applicants from South Asia and the Middle East. Scholars granted awards from this funding will be given the title British Academy-AHRC-ESRC Visiting Scholar. This year the scheme is being administered by the ESRC. Candidates from the following countries: Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen should apply.
Financial basis of the scheme: Grants are provided to a maximum of £7,500 and are intended to cover travel and subsistence costs for the Visiting Scholar for the duration of their stay.
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British Academy Visiting Scholars
Deadline: December 3, 2009
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The Academy's Visiting Scholars scheme, launched in 2005, enables early-career scholars from overseas to apply directly to the Academy, in conjunction with their UK hosts, for research visits to the UK of two to six months. The main purpose of the visit should be to enable the visitor to pursue research.
The UK host must be resident in the UK, and must undertake to make all the necessary practical and administrative arrangements for the visit. The Academy grants the title of British Academy Visiting Scholar and awards funding for the visit.
BA/ESRC Chinese Visiting Scholars: Funds from the Academy and the ESRC have been earmarked to support applicants from China. See granting site for links to application forms and further details for both the UK Host and the Visiting Scholar.
AAS Council of Conferences (COC) Outreach Grants
Deadline: February 15, 2010
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AAS Council of Conferences (COC) Outreach Grants are made available to encourage education in Asian Studies.
Previously successful projects have included the organization of workshops and panels in conjunction with AAS Regional Conferences, the preparation of teaching materials, the compilation of source books, etc. All worthy proposals are welcome, with the stipulation that they must be connected with and of benefit to the regional conference’s outreach endeavors. To ensure this, each proposal must be approved by the regional conference’s appointed outreach coordinator, regional conference chair, or regional president. His/her signature must be included on the cover sheet of the proposal. The use of grant money for registration waivers as a means of attracting annual meeting attendance in not a high priority. Receipt of grant money does not preclude regional conferences from using other resources for this purpose.
For questions or further information, please contact Johan Elverskog, Southern Methodist University, johan@smu.edu.
The Association for Asian Studies
Deadline: Feb. 1, 2010
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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.
Applications are specifically encouraged in the following areas: curriculum development at the college or secondary level; conferences and seminars — organization of small conferences and seminars away from major centers of Chinese studies; short research trips for dissertation-level graduate students, and for scholars at non-research institutions, to travel to major libraries and collections in North America and Taiwan; specialist or regional newsletters or websites disseminating important information to their respective fields; translations of scholarly books and articles; collaborative projects in which the grant will facilitate communication and limited travel by scholars working on a common project in Taiwan and North America.
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Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship
Deadline: January 15, 2010
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Objectives:?The sponsor supports women scholars doing advanced research in Greek and French studies. In even-numbered years, the award is given for work in French language and literature; in odd-numbered years, the award is given for work in Greek language, literature, history, or archaeology.
Eligibility:?Eligible applicants are unmarried women who are between the ages of twenty-five and thirty-five. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or have completed all of the requirements for the doctorate except the dissertation. Eligibility is not restricted to members of Phi Beta Kappa.
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Programs offered by the cultural services of the French Embassy
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CINEMA
The Tournées Festival, a French American Cultural Exchange (FACE) program, is designed to help bring contemporary French cinema to your college or university campus.
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LE BUREAU DU DOCUMENTAIRE
More than 3000 documentary films are available for non-commercial viewing. Visit this Web site for more information. Use the following click path: France-Diplomatie > France priorities > Documentary > Non-commercial distribution > Documentaries.
SERIES AND COLLECTIONS
The MAE provides more than 300 fiction titles from the classical style to the contemporary for free screenings (festivals, universities, museums, etc.). Visit this Web site for more information. Use the following click path: "Action de la France" > Audiovisuel Extérieur > then "Cinéma."
UNIVERSCINE
More than 100 French films with English subtitles. They can be downloaded over the Internet for non-commercial public screenings (the rights have been paid by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs). You will need :a computer, a DSL/High-Speed connection and a projector. Visit this Web site for more information.
AUTHORS ON TOUR
With the support of the French Cultural Services, fiction and non-fiction authors from France tour the U.S. for talks, lectures and master classes. Contact us to receive a list of the Authors on Tour in the next few months.
Cultural Services of the French Embassy IMEC Residency Program
Deadline: March 15 annually
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The Book Department of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the USA encourages research projects through residency programs.
IMEC (Institut pour la Mémoire de l’Edition Contemporaine) is a growing collection of contemporary French writing – including the archives of Michel Foucault and Marguerite Duras – housed in the Abbey d’Ardenne, near Caen in Normandy. Each year beginning in 2006, IMEC and the Book Department will host two one-month residencies for American researchers.
Cultural Services of the French Embassy Saint-John Perse Foundation Residency Program
Deadline: March 15 annually
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In 2006, the Book Office, in partnership with the Saint-John Perse Foundation, co sponsor the first annual residency to conduct research on the literary and diplomatic archives of the Nobel Prize winning author Saint-John Perse at the Aix-en-Provence Cité du Livre.
Cultural Services of the French Embassy: French Authors on Tour
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The Book Department of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy offers financial aid to American institutions wishing to invite and host French authors for readings, signings, and symposia. See grant provider’s site for a list of authors currently available and on tour in the US through this program.
Institut Francais d’Amérique: Gilbert Chinard Fellowships and Edouard Morot-Sir Fellowship in Literature
Deadline: January 15, 2010 (anticipated)
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Objectives: Three awards for maintenance during research in France will be given. French study in the areas of: art, economics, history, history of science, linguistics, literature, and social sciences are appropriate fields of study for these fellowships.
Eligibility: Candidates must be in the final stage of the Ph.D. dissertation, or have held the Ph.D. no more than three years prior to the application deadline. Funds NOT for travel.
Camargo Fellowship Grant
Deadline(s): January 12 annually
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Objectives: The foundation welcomes applications from composers, writers and visual artists pursuing specific projects and from scholars pursuing studies in the humanities and social sciences relating to French and francophone cultures. The interdisciplinary residency program is intended to give fellows the time and space they need to realise their projects. The Foundation's hillside campus overlooks the Mediterranean Sea in Cassis, France; it includes thirteen furnished apartments, a reference library, and three art/music studios. Fellows are provided with accommodation on campus and a stipend of $2,500. Residencies are one semester (either early-September to mid-December or mid-January to the end of May).
Eligibility: Applicants may be members of a university faculty working on a project while on leave from their institution, teachers, graduate students writing a thesis dissertation, writers, photographers, visual artists, and composers. There is no French language requirement, but it is highly recommended that fellows be as familiar with the language as possible. Repeat applications are not considered sooner than three years after the previous residence.
Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
Western Hemisphere (El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, and Jamaica)
Deadline: August 1 annually
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Objectives: Areas of interest are as follows:
Haiti: Up to three lecturing/research awards in any field.
Eligibility: College or university level teaching experience is expected for most awards. Foreign language proficiency is required as specified in the award description or as required for the completion of the proposed lecturing or research project. Professionals and artists outside academe must have recognized professional standing and substantial professional accomplishments. Previous grantees are eligible if three years will have elapsed between the ending date of one scholar award and the beginning date of the new scholar award (unless the previous grant was for less than two months).
Persons residing abroad for five or more consecutive years in the six-year period preceding the date of application are ineligible. Distinguished lecturing awards are targeted at those with outstanding reputations in their fields, and a national standing is normally required. Junior lecturing awards are targeted at recent Ph.D. recipients and scholars at an early stage in their careers, or, in some cases, where the doctorate is not required.
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Transatlantic Program/ERP Grant
Deadline: Applications, submitted in German language, must be received at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology by Feb. 1 or Aug. 1 of each year.
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The German Program for Transatlantic Encounters supports exchange programs, projects, seminars, and conferences in the cultural, educational, academic, and economic spheres which have a clear transatlantic connection. The aim is to promote work on transatlantic programs, including one-time projects or startup aid for new innovative ideas and longer-term programs. The program focuses on people-to-people contacts across the Atlantic and beyond, while placing special emphasis on conveying a modern and candid picture of Germany as well as on promoting the German language and culture.
Fulbright International Education Administrators Program
Deadline: Feb. 1, 2010
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These IEA seminars are designed to introduce participants to the society, culture and higher education systems in Germany, Japan or Korea through campus visits, meetings with foreign colleagues and government officials, attendance at cultural events and briefings on education.
Participate in a group seminar on German higher education and society designed for U.S. university, college and community college administrators whose current responsibilities have a direct relation to international exchanges, career services, alumni affairs or development and fundraising in higher education. The program includes briefings, selected government appointments, campus visits and cultural events. The itinerary includes meetings in Berlin and other cities in eastern and western Germany. The program consists of two parts: a general introduction to Germany and its system of higher education, which takes place in Berlin, and a program portion in which participants split up in small subgroups enabling them to focus on their individual professional interests as they relate to the seminar.
Faculty Research Visit Grant from DAAD (Deutscher Akaddemischer Austausch Dienst)
Deadline: November 15, 2009
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DAAD offers grants for one to three months in all academic disciplines to scholars at US and Canadian institutions of higher education to pursue research at universities, libraries, archives, institutes or laboratories in Germany. Grants are awarded for specific research projects and cannot be used for travel only, attendance at conferences or conventions, editorial meetings, lecture tours or extended guest professorships.
DAAD/AICGS Research Fellowship Program
Deadline: For fall 2010 (July - December 2010) is February 28, 2010.
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The DAAD/AICGS Research Fellowship Program, funded by a generous grant from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), is designed to bring scholars and specialists working on Germany, Europe, and/or transatlantic relations to AICGS for research stays of two months each. Fellowships include a monthly stipend of up to $4,725, depending on the seniority of the applicant, transportation to and from Washington, and office space at the Institute.
Please note that the DAAD/AICGS Research Fellowship supports fellows conducting research at AICGS in Washington, D.C. We are unable to support research in Germany/Europe.
DAAD/AICGS Research Fellows will be expected to produce a short analytical essay that will be published on the AICGS website and distributed via the Institute's bimonthly email newsletter, The AICGS Advisor. For fellows producing research output of exceptional quality and interest, AICGS will provide opportunities for public presentations to the broader Washington policy community.
Project proposals should address a topic closely related to one or more of the Institute's three research and programming areas: 1. Business and Economics 2. Foreign and Domestic Policy 3. Society, Culture and Politics.
Special consideration will be given to research projects addressing the Institute's current and future project emphases within these areas. Projects should also be compatible with and supportive of the AICGS Mission, which is to strengthen the German-American relationship in an evolving Europe and changing world. The Institute produces objective and original analyses of developments and trends in Germany, Europe, and the United States; creates new transatlantic networks; and facilitates dialogue among the business, political, and academic communities to manage differences and define and promote common interests.
AICGS Visiting Fellows Program
Deadline: Open
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The AICGS Visiting Fellows Program is designed to provide scholars and specialists with a base while conducting their research in Washington, D.C. Visiting Fellows should be working on issues related to the AICGS mission, which is to strengthen the German-American relationship in an evolving Europe and changing world. Visiting Fellows must be self-financed and can be in-residence at AICGS for anywhere between one month to one year. Applications are accepted year round.
Visiting Fellows' research projects should fit under one or more of the Institute's three research and programming areas: 1. Business and Economics 2. Foreign and Domestic Policy 3. Society, Culture and Politics.
German Academic Exchange Service Study Visits by Foreign Academics
Deadline: Deadline dates for applications will vary dependent on the country of origin. Applicants should contact the sponsor for further details.
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Objectives: The sponsor offers this award to foreign academics for a study or research stay in Germany. Visits can last between one and three months and can be made at any time. The award covers a monthly allowance based on the academic status of the applicant (EUR 1,840 or EUR 1,990 or in exceptional cases EUR 2,240). Travel expenses will be reimbursed for some countries or lump sum payments will be made. Additional funding is not available for accompanying family members.
Eligibility: Invitations for study can be extended for academics working at higher education institutions or research institutes. Artists and musicians working at the HEI's are also eligible for invitation. Applications may be placed either by the foreign academics of by German higher education or research institutions, or by German foreign diplomatic representations or by the sponsor.
Leo Baeck Institute: Career Development Fellowship
Deadline: March 1, 2010
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The Leo Baeck Institute is offering a Career Development Award as a personal grant to a scholar or professional in an early career stage, e.g. before gaining tenure in an academic institution or its equivalent, whose proposed work would deal with topics within the Leo Baeck Institute’s mission, namely historical or cultural issues of the Jewish experience in German-speaking lands. The award of up to $20,000 will cover the period July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011 and, at the discretion of the reviewing board, may be renewed for a second year.?The grant is intended to provide for the cost of obtaining scholarly material (e.g. publications), temporary help in research and production needs, membership in scholarly organizations, travel, computer, copying and communication charges and summer stipend for non-tenured academics.
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National Italian American Foundation Grants
Deadline: November 27, 2009
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Culture and Heritage Grant Awards: Available to organizations pursuing projects to promote, research, educate, or preserve Italian American culture, history, or heritage. Examples include: documentaries, doctoral research, exhibits, conferences, books, media stereotyping/anti-defamation surveys, campaigns, etc., plays, and course syllabi. Grants range from $2,000 to $15,000 per year.
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The Association for Asian Studies Grants
Deadline: Must arrive (not postmarked) by Feb. 1 for spring/summer awards; Oct. 1 for fall/winter awards (exception: conference panels and speakers category)
The Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) of the Association for Asian Studies, in conjunction with the Japan-US Friendship Commission, supports a variety of grant programs in Japanese studiesdesigned to facilitate the research of individual scholars, to improve the quality of teaching about Japan on both the college and precollege levels, and to integrate the study of Japan into the major academic disciplines.
Individual applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and institutional applicants must be located within the USA. Only one application per individual will be accepted in any one grant period. Multiple applications for different categories will not be entertained.
Grants are available in the following categories:
- Research travel within the USA (Applicants in this category must be current AAS members)
- Short-term research travel to Japan (Applicants in this category must be current AAS members)
- Seminars on teaching about Japan
- Instructional materials
- Conference panels and speakers at disciplinary meetings
- Small scholarly conferences on Japanese studies.
AAS Council of Conferences (COC) Outreach Grants
Deadline: February 15, 2010
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AAS Council of Conferences (COC) Outreach Grants are made available to encourage education in Asian Studies.
Previously successful projects have included the organization of workshops and panels in conjunction with AAS Regional Conferences, the preparation of teaching materials, the compilation of source books, etc. All worthy proposals are welcome, with the stipulation that they must be connected with and of benefit to the regional conference’s outreach endeavors. To ensure this, each proposal must be approved by the regional conference’s appointed outreach coordinator, regional conference chair, or regional president. His/her signature must be included on the cover sheet of the proposal. The use of grant money for registration waivers as a means of attracting annual meeting attendance in not a high priority. Receipt of grant money does not preclude regional conferences from using other resources for this purpose.
For questions or further information, please contact Johan Elverskog, Southern Methodist University, johan@smu.edu.
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Program for Cultural Cooperation
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In the spring of 1983, the Spanish Government's Minister of Culture and a distinguished group of Hispanists from US academic institutions decided to create a Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain's Ministry of Culture and US universities. The program was officially inaugurated in October of that year.
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.
Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES): Europe (Spain)
Deadline: August 1 annually
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Objectives: Opportunities are available as follows:Spain--up to eight awards in the following fields: American studies/American literature and culture, Computer Science and Engineering, Education, Engineering, Greek Studies, and Human Geography. There is an additional category for "All Disciplines."
Eligibility: College or university level teaching experience is expected for most awards. Foreign language proficiency is required as specified in the award description or as required for the completion of the proposed lecturing or research project. Professionals and artists outside academe must have recognized professional standing and substantial professional accomplishments. Previous grantees are eligible if three years will have elapsed between the ending date of one scholar award and the beginning date of the new scholar award (unless the previous grant was for less than two months).
Persons residing abroad for five or more consecutive years in the six-year period preceding the date of application are ineligible. Distinguished lecturing awards are targeted at those with outstanding reputations in their fields, and a national standing is normally required. Junior lecturing awards are targeted at recent Ph.D. recipients and scholars at an early stage in their careers, or, in some cases, where the doctorate is not required
Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
Uruguay: University of Montevideo Lectureship
Deadline: August 1 annually
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Objectives: The scholar will collaborate with Uruguayan colleagues on research/program development, and strengthen links between U.S. institutions and the host university. The university seeks lecturers in the following subfields within the subject areas of law, business administration, engineering, and education. In law, lecture on U.S. legal methods, introduction to U.S. law, contracts and torts, trade contracts, international business transactions in Latin America, litigation and ADR, corporations, securities, and capital markets. In economics/business administration, lecture on management, arts administration, non-profit management, organizational behavior, and finance. In industrial engineering, lecture on logistics and production. In education, lecture on educational administration.
Eligibility: Professional as well as academic candidates will be considered. Candidates should have at least four years of professional experience. Eligible applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent professional/terminal degree at the time of application. Professionals and artists outside academe must have recognized professional standing and substantial professional accomplishments. Previous grantees are eligible if three years will have elapsed between the ending date of one scholar award and the beginning date of the new scholar award (unless the previous grant was for less than two months). Persons residing abroad for five or more consecutive years in the six-year period preceding the date of application are ineligible. Language of instruction is English, but conversational to fluent Spanish is preferred. The award is tenable at the University of Montevideo in Uruguay.
Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
Western Hemisphere (Peru, Trinidad/Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela)
Deadline: August 1 annually
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Objectives: Areas of interest are as follows:
Peru: Up to eight lecturing/research awards in any field (preference for proposals includes but is not limited to: American studies (history, literature, politics, economics, education, philosophy), public administration, political science, natural resource conservation, education, evaluation of social projects, business, journalism, and agriculture and tourism.
Trinidad/Tobago: Up to three lecturing and lecturing/research awards in any field; business administration (specializations sought are marketing, e-commerce, tourism and eco-tourism, management information systems or entrepreneurship); gender studies; linguistics; and sociology/anthropology.
Uruguay: Up to five lecturing, lecturing/research or research awards in agriculture (any specialization will be considered, but there is special interest in irrigation applied to grain crops and biotechnology/plant breeding); and any field (preference for projects in alternative dispute resolution, architecture, business administration, computer science, economics, economic development, education, engineering, environmental studies, globalization, information technology, international studies, law (including judicial training), medicine, mining, political science, public administration, sociology and telecommunications).
Venezuela: Lecturing/research awards in any field (projects in any discipline will be considered, but preference will be given to proposals in the following priority areas: political science (civic education, government, international relations, public policy, public administration, women's studies); administration of justice (including general law, court procedures, oral argument, constitutional law, labor law, taxation, criminal law and procedure, law of evidence, human rights and intellectual property rights); sustainable development (including economics, international trade and investment, environment and conservation of natural resources, environmental impact and disaster recovery); U.S. studies (politics, foreign relations, history, law, culture and society); education (curriculum development, planning at primary and secondary levels, distance education). Areas of particular interest include disaster recovery/hazard mitigation, distance education and U.S. studies.
Eligibility: College or university level teaching experience is expected for most awards. Foreign language proficiency is required as specified in the award description or as required for the completion of the proposed lecturing or research project. Professionals and artists outside academe must have recognized professional standing and substantial professional accomplishments. Previous grantees are eligible if three years will have elapsed between the ending date of one scholar award and the beginning date of the new scholar award (unless the previous grant was for less than two months).
Persons residing abroad for five or more consecutive years in the six-year period preceding the date of application are ineligible. Distinguished lecturing awards are targeted at those with outstanding reputations in their fields, and a national standing is normally required. Junior lecturing awards are targeted at recent Ph.D. recipients and scholars at an early stage in their careers, or, in some cases, where the doctorate is not required.
Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
Western Hemisphere (Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Paraguay)
Deadline: August 1 annually
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Objectives: Areas of interest are as follows:
Mexico: Up to twelve awards in any field, three TEFL awards and up to four awards to be distributed among the remaining field-specific announcements. Areas of interest are as follows: Any field (specializations sought are social sciences, applied fields and the humanities with preference in the following fields: bi-national business, international trade/NAFTA, international relations, border studies, demography/migration studies, environmental sciences, communication, comparative law, criminology in an international context, economics, education, heritage studies, library science, public administration, public policy, political science, public health and urban planning. In the arts and related fields: arts administration, art and architectural restoration and conservation, art education, crafts, dance, music and theater, film and television, graphics (computer-aided and industrial design), history of art or visual arts, computer science and telecommunications, engineering, (manufacturing, metallurgical, electronic and thermal engineering), agriculture (biological pest control and plant physiology) and international management and economics; communications; education; higher education issues; international business (specializations sought are international marketing, economic globalization, foreign investment and related areas; international relations; law; teaching English as a foreign language; and urban planning and design.
Nicaragua: Up to three lecturing/research awards in any field, economics (specializations sought are finance and monetary policy); law (specializations sought are alternative dispute resolution and/or corporate law and finance); and teaching English as a foreign language (specialization sought is English for tourism).
Panama--up to three lecturing/research awards in any field; ecology; educational planning and methodology; and environmental studies and radionuclide technology (specializations sought are environmental engineering with experience in soil and water pollution).
Paraguay: Up to two lecturing/research awards in any field (preference for projects in American literature, applied linguistics/TEFL, business administration/management, journalism, political science); applied linguistics (specializations sought are applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, bilingual education, methodology/pedagogy, American cultural studies); economics; journalism and communications (specializations sought are investigative journalism, civic journalism, communication sciences); and public policy.
Eligibility: College or university level teaching experience is expected for most awards. Foreign language proficiency is required as specified in the award description or as required for the completion of the proposed lecturing or research project. Professionals and artists outside academe must have recognized professional standing and substantial professional accomplishments. Previous grantees are eligible if three years will have elapsed between the ending date of one scholar award and the beginning date of the new scholar award (unless the previous grant was for less than two months).
Persons residing abroad for five or more consecutive years in the six-year period preceding the date of application are ineligible. Distinguished lecturing awards are targeted at those with outstanding reputations in their fields, and a national standing is normally required. Junior lecturing awards are targeted at recent Ph.D. recipients and scholars at an early stage in their careers, or, in some cases, where the doctorate is not required.
Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
Western Hemisphere (El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, and Jamaica)
Deadline: August 1 annually
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Objectives: Areas of interest are as follows:
El Salvador: Up to six lecturing and lecturing/research awards, in the following fields: any field; education (specialization sought is educational technology); human resources (specializations sought are personnel recruitment and selection); legal education (topics of special interest include public law, ethics, consumer protection, mediation/conciliation techniques, jurisprudence and human rights); political science; and special education.
Guatemala: Up to three lecturing or lecturing/research awards in any field (special interest in anthropology, archaeology, communications and journalism, history, law, linguistics, literature, Native American studies, peace studies and conflict resolution, political science, sociology and biology); art history (one or more of the following is preferred: Latin American art history, European art history (especially Spain), U.S. art history, research and teaching methods in the fine arts); literature (specializations sought are Latin American literature, cultural studies, gender studies); North American studies (specializations sought are political science, international relations, U.S. government and politics, history of diplomacy); sociolinguistics and education (specializations sought are bilingual/multicultural education, sociolinguistics, linguistic and educational policy and planning, research methods.
Honduras: Up to three lecturing or lecturing/research awards in any field; geography; law (specializations sought are criminal law, oral procedure); music; urban and settlement planning in post-Mitch Honduras (specializations sought are architecture, community planning, housing, structural design (concrete), construction engineering).
Jamaica: Up to three lecturing and lecturing/research awards in any field; archaeology and heritage studies; and institutional development/technology education (specializations sought are pharmacy, geography, electrical engineering, research methods in education and technical/vocational education).
Eligibility:?College or university level teaching experience is expected for most awards. Foreign language proficiency is required as specified in the award description or as required for the completion of the proposed lecturing or research project. Professionals and artists outside academe must have recognized professional standing and substantial professional accomplishments. Previous grantees are eligible if three years will have elapsed between the ending date of one scholar award and the beginning date of the new scholar award (unless the previous grant was for less than two months).
Persons residing abroad for five or more consecutive years in the six-year period preceding the date of application are ineligible. Distinguished lecturing awards are targeted at those with outstanding reputations in their fields, and a national standing is normally required. Junior lecturing awards are targeted at recent Ph.D. recipients and scholars at an early stage in their careers, or, in some cases, where the doctorate is not required.
Tinker Foundation-Institutional Grants
Deadline: March 1 and September 15 annually
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Program Description: To be considered for a Tinker Institutional Grant, a proposal must be submitted by an institutional entity and be geographically focused on Latin America, Iberia or Antarctica. Topically, the projects should deal with environmental policy, governance or economic policy. Support may be sought for, but is not limited to, research projects, conferences and workshops. The Foundation encourages collaboration between and among organizations in the United States, Latin America, Spain and Portugal.
Prior to developing a full proposal, and well before the deadline, you may wish to submit a brief description of the project to ascertain the Foundation's interest.
For questions concerning an institutional grant application or a printed version of the application instructions, please contact the Foundation at tinker@tinker.org or (212) 421-6858.
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National Endowment for the Humanities
The NEH is an independent federal agency created in 1965. It is the largest funder of humanities programs in the United States.
Fulbright Scholar Program
Grants made to U.S. citizens and nationals of other countries for a variety of educational activities.
American Council of Learned Societies
Invites research applications in all disciplines of the humanities. Scholars devote 6 to 12 months of fulltime research and writing.
National Humanities Center Fellowships
For advanced study in the humanities during the academic year. Applicants must hold doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials. Young scholars as well as senior scholars.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Residential fellowships to individuals with outstanding project proposals in a broad range of the social sciences and humanities on national and/or international issues.
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Provides fellowships for advanced professionals in all fields (natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, creative arts) except the performing arts. Fellowships are not available for students.
Townsend Center for the Humanities
Funding opportunities for dissertation-stage graduate students, recent Ph.D. recipients, and faculty in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
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