Other Funding Sources

Application Deadline: November 1-15
Description: Fellowships are offered in the fine arts and humanities in a number of disciplines, including archaeology, history of art, and classical studies. Rome Prize winners are provided with a stipend, room and board, and a workspace.

American Academy in Rome (Rome Prize)

Telephone: (212) 517-7200
American Academy in Rome, Fellowship Coordinator / 7 East 60th / New York, N.Y. 10021

Application Deadline: January 29 for letters of support / February 1 for application
The Lewis and Clark Fund awards grants in a wide range of disciplines, including but not limited to archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, and paleontology. Applicants who have previously received a Lewis and Clark Fund grant may reapply after an interval of two years. Amounts will depend on travel costs but will ordinarily be in the range of several hundred dollars up to about $5,000.

American Philosophical Society

Linda Musumeci, Director of Grants and Fellowships / Email: LMusumeci@amphilsoc.org / Telephone: 215-440-3429

American Philosophical Society / Executive Offices & Museum Gallery / 104 South Fifth Street / Philadelphia, PA 19106-3387 

Application Deadline: January 15, 2016
Description: Fellowships for research in Egypt for Egyptian Ph.D. students who have successfully completed the preliminary exams, who are currently enrolled in a graduate program of an American or Canadian university, and who have J1 student visas. Eligible fields of study: Archeology, Architecture, Art, Egyptology, History, Humanities, Islamic Studies, and Social Sciences. Awardees receive monthly stipend commensurate with academic status and round trip air transportation.

American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)

E-mail: arce@emory.edu / Telephone: (404) 712-9854
ARCE / Emory University West Campus / Bldg A, Suite 423W / 1256 Briarcliff Rd NE / Atlanta, GA 30306

Application Deadline: see website
Description: The American School of Classical Studies offers a number of pre-doctoral fellowships, including full support for one year as a “regular member” at the school in Athens and several more advanced fellowships in classical and Greek art history, the history of architecture, and pottery. For detailed information see the school’s website:

American School of Classical Studies in Athens

Email: ascsa@ascsa,edu,gr Telephone: (+30) 210-72-36-313; fax: (+30) 210-72-50-584

ASCSA / 054 Souidias Street / GR-106 76 Athens / Greece

Application Deadline: see website
Description: The American Research Institute in Turkey awards fellowships to graduate students who wish to do research in Turkey as well as summer fellowships to students who want to attend Intensive Advanced Turkish Language programs at the Bosphorus University in Istanbul. For further information visit:

American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT)

Email: leinwand@sas.upenn.edu
Telephone: (215) 898-3474 / Fax: (215) 898-0657
University of Pennsylvania Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6324

Application Deadline: early February (see website)
Description: The ANS provides stipends of $4,000 for attendance at the Society’s annual Graduate Seminar in Numismatics, and one award yearly of the Frances M. Schwartz Fellowship to support work and study of numismatic and museum methodology at the ANS. Additional information and application forms will be provided upon request. The forms can be printed from the website and submitted by mail (electronic applications are not accepted).

American Numismatic Society (ANS)

Telephone: (212) 571-4470

Application Deadline: various
Description: ACOR supports various kinds of pre-doctoral fellowships for students, including work on a dissertation or an ACOR-approved archaeological research project. Research must focus on the Near East. For a full description of the range of grants see:

American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR)

Email: acor@bu.edu

Telephone: (617) 353-6571
ACOR Fellowship Committee / 656 Beacon Street, Fifth Floor / Boston, MA 02215

Application Deadline: late October 
Description: This orgnization offers Dissertation Completion Fellowships for graduate students in the humanities and related social sciences in the last year of their dissertation writing. Award is for one year beginning in summer and comes with a $35,000 stipend, plus funds for research costs of up to $3,000 and for university fees of up to $5,000. Awardees can hold this Fellowship no later than their sixth year.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Early Career Fellowships

Telephone: (212) 697-1505 / Fax (212) 949-8058
American Council of Learned Societies / 633 3rd Avenue, 8th Floor / New York, NY 10017-6795

Application Deadline: November thru April (see website) 
Description: The Archaeological Institute of America awards several fellowships each year, with the exception of the Anna C. and Oliver C. Colburn Fellowship, which is awarded every other year. These fellowships are generally awarded to students in doctoral programs or to recent recipients of the Ph.D whose focus is Classical Archaeology. For more information visit:

Archaeological Institute of America

Email: lsparks@aia.bu.edu Telephone: (617) 353-6550

Fellowships / AIA / 656 Beacon Street, 6th Floor / Boston, MA 02215

Application Deadline: mid-early November
Description: nine fellowships for research in the history, theory, and criticism of art, architecture, urbanism, and photographic media. Each has specific requirements and intents. Application made only through nomination by chair of graduate department. Must have completed all departmental requirements, including course work, residency, and general and preliminary examinations, before mid-November. Certification in two languages other than English is required.

CASVA Predoctoral Dissertation Fellowships

Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts
National Gallery of Art
2000B South Club Drive
Landover, Maryland 20785
Telephone: (202) 842-6482Call: (202) 842-6482
E-mail: casva@nga.gov

Application Deadline: mid-late March
The Lemmermann Foundation awards scholarships to University students, who need to study in Rome to carry out research and prepare their theses concerning Rome and the Roman culture from the Pre-Roman period to the present day time in the classical studies.
Applicants should: 1) be attending a recognized University course; 2) have a basic knowledge of the Italian language. The monthly scholarship amount is established at 750 Euros. Application forms and further information are available from the website.

Fondazione Lemmermann Foundation

E-mail: lemmermann@mail.nexus.it
Tel. (+39-06) 324.30.23 - fax. (+39-06) 322.17.88
Fondazione Lemmermann / c/o Studio Associato Romanelli / via Cosseria, 5 / 00192 Roma / Italy

Application Deadline: December 10 and December 17
Description: The Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. 

Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs

Email: FordApplications@nas.edu

The Fellowships Office/Attn: Ford Foundation/Fellowship Programs/500 Fifth Street, NW/Washington, DC 20001
 

Application Deadline: see website
Description: For U.S. citizens and permanent residents planning doctoral dissertation research abroad, for the study of a world area outside of Western Europe, using a modern foreign language, by advanced graduate students who are enrolled in a UM PhD program where they specialize in a modern foreign language or area studies. Awards provide round-trip air fare, local travel, supplies, tuition, insurance, cost-of-living allowance and dependents' allowance.

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship (US/ED)

E-mail: iimichigan@umich.edu.Telephone: (734) 764-0441 / Fax: (734) 763-9154
Contact: Beni G.A. Benadom / U-M International Institute / 2660 SSWB / Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106

Application Deadline: dates vary (see website)
Description: Programs offered include full grants for research/study, travel grants for selected countries, and various opportunities for teaching assistantships in English. Must be senior or graduate student, and a U.S. citizen. Local interview by faculty committee is required. Grants vary; most provide round-trip transportation, tuition, books, and one year of maintenance. Program operates worldwide.

Fulbright Grants for Graduate Study Abroad

Email: akehoe@umich.edu Telephone: (734) 763-3297 Fax: (734) 763-9154
Amy Kehoe / International Institute / University of Michigan / 2660 International Institute /
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106

Application Deadline: early October 
Description: Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships provide support for emerging scholars to complete work on projects related to the Getty Research Institute's annual theme. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute, where they pursue research to complete their dissertations or to expand them for publication. Fellows make use of the Getty collections, join in a weekly meeting devoted to the annual theme, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty Center.

Getty Research Institute

Email: researchgrants@getty.edu Telephone: (310) 440-7374

Attn: Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships/ The Getty Grant Program
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 800 / Los Angeles, CA 90049-1685

Application Deadline: mid November
Description: The foundation supports dissertation candidates with research focusing on architecture and other arts that are immediately contributive to architecture, including architectural history and theory. Awards vary, with a maximum limit of $15,000. The foundation also requires the submission of annual progress reports until the dissertation is completed.

Graham Foundation, Carter Manny Award

Email: info@grahamfoundation.org Telephone: (312) 787-4071
4 West Burton Place / Chicago, Illinois 60610-1416

Application Deadline: early September
Description: The Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program is designed to assist students of superior abilities to pursue graduate study leading to the doctorate in selected fields within the arts, humanities and social sciences. Fellows will be chosen on the basis of demonstrated achievements and exceptional promise. Stipend is determined wholly by the fellow's financial need as determined by the institution the fellow attends and cannot exceed student's demonstrated level of need.

Jacob K. Javits Fellowship: U.S. Dept. of Education

Telephone: (202) 502-7700.

Higher Education Programs / US Dept of Education / 1990 K St. NW, Floor 6 /
Washington, DC 20006-8521

Application Deadline: January 15
Description: For unmarried women between 25 and 35 who are studying French language and literature or Greek language and literature, history or archaeology. The fellowship carries a stipend of $20,000. Greek and French awards usually alternate every other year.

Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship

Telephone: (202) 265-3803
The Phi Beta Kappa Society
1785 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Fourth Floor / Washington, DC 20036

Application Deadline: see website 
The National Science Foundation funds research and education in most fields of science and engineering. It does this through grants, and cooperative agreements to more than 2,000 colleges, universities, K-12 school systems, businesses, informal science organizations and other research organizations throughout the United States. The Foundation accounts for about one-fourth of federal support to academic institutions for basic research. The agency operates no laboratories itself but does support National Research Centers, user facilities, certain oceanographic vessels and Antarctic research stations. The Foundation also supports cooperative research between universities and industry, US participation in international scientific and engineering efforts, and educational activities at every academic level.

National Science Foundation Fellowships

Tel. (703) 292-5111
The National Science Foundation / 4201 Wilson Boulevard / Arlington, Virginia 22230

Application Deadline: November 1
Description: Each fellowship is for a period of two years. A fellow may pursue a graduate degree in any professional field (engineering, medicine, law, social work, etc.) or scholarly discipline in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences. Fine/Performing Arts are included. The grant is for $20,000 and a tuition grant of one-half the tuition cost of the US graduate program attended by the fellow. By "New Americans" we include Green Card holders, naturalized citizens, and children of parents where both parents are naturalized citizens.

Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

Email: Pdsoros_Fellow@sorosny.org / Telephone: (212) 547-6926 / Fax: (212) 548-4623
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans / 400 W. 59th Street / New York, NY 10019

Application Deadline: dates vary (see website)
Description: The Kress Foundation offers two-year fellowships for research and study-abroad in association with specific foreign institutions in Florence, Jerusalem, Leiden, London, Munich, Nicosia, Paris, Rome, and Zurich. The stipends total $22,500 per year. In addition, the Kress Foundation also offers travel fellowships of $3,500 to $10,000 for disseration travel. Eligible applicants: candidates with projects focusing on European art before 1900. Candidates must be nominated by their department.

Samuel H. Kress Foundation Fellowships

Telephone: (212) 861-4993/Fax: (212) 628-3146
Samuel H. Kress Foundation / 174th East 80th Street / New York, NY 10021

Application Deadline: see website
Description: Dissertation Fieldwork Grants are awarded to individuals to aid doctoral dissertation or thesis research. Applicants must be enrolled for a doctoral degree. Application must be made jointly with a thesis advisor or other scholar who will undertake responsibility for supervising the project. Awards are contigent upon the applicant's successful completion of all requirements for the degree other than the dissertation/thesis. Applications may be submitted before such requirements have been met; however, should an award be approved, the foundation will at that time request evidence of that the applicant is "all-but-dissertation/ advanced-to-candidacy". Qualified students of all nationalities are eligible.

Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research

Telephone: (212) 683-5000
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research / 220 Fifth Avenue, 16th Floor / New York, N.Y. 10001

Application Deadline: see website
Description: Students in doctoral programs in any field of study at graduate schools in the U.S. who have completed all pre-dissertation requirements. To encourage original and significant research about women on such topics as the evolution of women's role in society and particularly in contemporary America, women in history, the psychology of women, and women as seen in literature. Award is $2,000 for dissertation related expenses.

Woodrow Wilson Women's Studies Grant

Email: charlotte@woodrow.org

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation / Women's Studies Program CN 5281 / Princeton, NJ 08543-5281