Funding
Fall quarter means open season for funding opportunities! Our Graduate Funding Peer has compiled a list of nearly 200 different funding opportunities with upcoming deadlines, organized by stage and deadline for your convenience!
Still looking for funding and not sure what is being offered? The Fall Funding Forecast is here, featuring a sampling of opportunities with deadlines scheduled soon or during the fall quarter. Scroll all the way through this list to see announcements for postdoctoral, doctoral, graduate, research, and other short-term awards or travel grants. As always, go directly to the website link for the most updated information on important dates and application processes. Good luck!
- Sep. 1 Institute of Current World Affairs Postdoc Fellowship
- Sep. 1 Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Abe Postdoc Fellowship
- Sep. 1 Pasteur Foundation and Institut Pasteur Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Sep 1 Toshiba America Foundation Grants to Teachers (multiple deadlines)
- Sep. 2 Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (HCAS) Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Sep. 4 Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Sep. 12 Simons Foundation Origins of Life Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Sep. 15 Princeton University Society of Fellows (SF) Humanities and Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Sep 28 Simons Fellows in Mathematics
- Sep 29 American Academy in Berlin Postdoctoral Fellowships for transatlantic dialogue in the arts, humanities, and public policy
- Oct. 1 Institute of Current World Affairs (ICWA) Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Oct. 1 Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies Postdoctoral Social Science Fellowship
- Oct. 1 German Historical Institute (GHI) Doctoral Fellowships and Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Oct 2 American Philosophical Society Franklin Postdoctoral Early Research Grants
- Oct 16 American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Oct. 18 Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (MSPRF)
- Oct. 17 The Harvard Newcomen Postdoctoral Fellowship in Business History
- Oct. 24 University of Toronto Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Oct. 25 NSF Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Oct TBD Los Alamos National Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Nov. 1 UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
- Nov. 1 University of Wisconsin-Madison Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Nov 1 Library Company of Philadelphia Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Nov 1 Wenner-Gren Foundation Post-PhD Research Grants
- Nov 2 American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Dec. 1 AAUW Postdoctoral Fellowship for International Women
- Dec 1 Smithsonian Institution (SI) Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biodiversity Genomics
- Dec. 7 Ford Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Mar 1 Institute of Current World Affairs (ICWA) Two Year Postdoctoral Fellowship
- TBD Global Religion Postdoctoral Fellowships
- TBD Consortium for Faculty Diversity at Liberal Arts Colleges Dissertation & Postdoctoral Fellowships
- TBD UC Davis MIND Institute's Postdoctoral Interdisciplinary Autism Research Training Program
- TBD Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Postdoctoral Research Award
- Sep. 12 UC MEXUS Dissertation Grants
- Sep 22 Melvene D. Hardee Dissertation of the Year (Student Affairs or Services)
- Oct 1 National Academy of Education Spencer Dissertation Fellowship
- Oct 1 Annette Urso Rickel Foundation Dissertation Award for Public Policy (psychology and public policy)
- Oct. 9 NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in the Directorate for Biological Sciences
- Oct. 15 Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies
- Oct. 15 Award for Best PhD Dissertation in Asian Studies
- Oct. 17 Getty Library Research Grants
- Oct. 22 Mellon Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Dissertation Completion Fellowship
- Oct. 25 ACLS/Mellon Dissertation Completion Fellowship
- Oct. 31 Belin du Pont Exploratory and Dissertation Fellowships
- Nov 1 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation Program (R36)
- Nov. 1 AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship and Travel Grant
- Nov. 1 Doctoral Dissertation Grant Program (Fahs-Beck Scholars)
- Nov 1 Library Company of Philadelphia Dissertation Fellowships
- Nov 1 Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grants
- Nov. 3 Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF)
- Nov 7 International Dissertation Research Fellowships
- Nov. 15 American Association of University Women (AAUW) Dissertation Fellowships
- Nov 15 Charlotte Newcomb Dissertation Fellowship
- Dec. 7 Ford Dissertation Diversity Fellowship
- Dec 15 American Musicological Society Johnson Dissertation Fellowships
- Dec. TBD CLIR/Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources
- Feb 1 Guggenheim Dissertation Fellowship Award (research on social change, intergroup conflict, war, terrorism, crime)
- Feb. TBD University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Black Studies Dissertation Completion Fellowship
- Mar 2 History Dissertation Grant in Cold War history
- Apr 1 Microsoft Dissertation Grant Program
- TBD SSRC International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship
- TBD UNCF Merck Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowships
- TBD Consortium for Faculty Diversity at Liberal Arts Colleges Dissertation & Postdoctoral Fellowships
- TBD American Anthropology Association Minority Dissertation Fellowship
- Sep 1 La Unidad Latina Foundation Scholarship (Undergrad & Grad)
- Sep 14 Bush Foundation Fellowships
- Sep 14 Fellowships and Grants from the Spencer Foundation for Education
- Sep. 22 DAAD Doctoral Research Fellowship
- Sep. 22 Georges Lurcy Charitable and Educational Trust Fellowship for Doctoral Research in France
- Sep. 27 Michigan Society of Fellows Three-Year Fellowships
- Sep 29 Simon Fellows In Mathematics
- Sep. 30 Javits Fellowship Program (arts, humanities, and social sciences)
- Sep. 30 Xerox Minority Scholarship Program in Technology
- Sep TBD American Political Science Association Minority Fellowship Program
- Oct. 1 Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship
- Oct. 1 Google Student Veterans of America Scholarship
- Oct. 1 German Historical Institute (GHI) Doctoral Fellowships and Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Oct. 1 Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies Doctoral Social Science Fellowship
- Oct. 11 Gates Cambridge Graduate Fellowship for study at Cambridge University
- Oct. 15 Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange Doctoral Fellowship
- Oct. 18 Google PhD Fellowships
- Oct. 23 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Grant (Pre or Early Doctoral)
- Oct. 27 IBM Doctoral Fellowship Program
- Oct TBD Fund for Theological Education (FTE) - Fellowships for Doctoral Students of African Descent
- Oct TBD - Echoing Green Fellowship for Educators and Education Policy Leaders
- Nov 1 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Fellowships
- Nov. 1 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program
- Nov 1 National Gallery of Art Predoctoral Fellowships
- Nov 1 American Heart Association Pre-doctoral Fellowship
- Nov. 2 African Humanities Program Fellowship
- Nov. 13 National GEM Consortium Graduate Fellowships in Science, Engineering, and STEM fields
- Nov. 15 American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Fellowships
- Nov. 15 Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Student Fellowship
- Nov. 26 Knowles Science (and Math) Teaching Fellowship
- Nov TBD Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship (AEF) Program
- Nov TBD National Institute of Justice Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (GRF-STEM)
- Dec 1 NAFSA Diversity Impact Fellowship Program
- Dec. 14 Ford Predoctoral Fellowship
- Dec 15 American Musicological Society Johnson Dissertation Fellowships (minority scholars)
- Dec TBD National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
- Dec TBD AAMFT Research & Education Foundation Minority Fellowship (marriage and family therapy)
- Jan. 20 Boren Fellowship (National Deadline: Jan 20; Ask about campus deadline before Jan!)
- Jan. 30 Point Foundation Scholarship for LGBTQ Leaders
- Jan. TBD American Sociological Association Minority Fellowship
- Jan TBD Hispanic Scholarship Fund General College Scholarships (Undergrad & Grad)
- Feb 28 Society of American Archivists Josephine Forman Scholarship
- Feb. TBD Frederick Douglass Teaching Scholars Fellowship
- Mar 1 James Madison Graduate Fellowships
- Mar 1 Wenner-Gren Foundation Wadsworth International Fellowships
- Apr 20 Ralph W. Shrader Graduate Diversity Scholarship - Science Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Majors Scholarship, Graduate Diversity Students
- Jun TBD American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC) Graduate Fellowships
- TBD National Physical Science Consortium Graduate Fellowships in Science, Engineering, & Math
- TBD Humanity in Action Diplomacy and Diversity Fellowship
- TBD National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program
- Sep. 1 NASA Space Technology Research Fellowships
- Sep. 1 Kentucky Historical Research Fellowships
- Sep 1 NRC Research Associateship Programs (RAP)
- Sep 1 George F. Kennan Fellowship, Wilson Center, Washington DC
- Sep 11 Mildred E. Mathias Graduate Student Research Grant, Natural Reserve System, University of California
- Sep 15 Sloan Research Fellowships for neuroscience
- Sep. 15 AERA-NSF Large Scale Data Research Grants
- Sep. 15 Global Intellectual History Fellowships
- Sep. 15 German Chancellor Research Fellowship
- Sep. 15 Abe Fellowship in US-Japanese Studies
- Sep 15 Designing with OER - Open Educ Research (DOER) Fellows Program
- Sep 15 Negotiating Agreement in Congress Research Grants
- Sep. 17 Craft Fund Graduate Research Grant (creativity and design)
- Sep 21 Institute of Education Sciences Grants
- Sep. 27 2018 InterAsia Program Transregional Research Fellowships program
- Sep 27 ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowships
- Sep. 30 Wiedemann Research Fellowships for Enlightenment Studies
- Sep 30 Arts and Humanities Research Council Funding Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies (MEITS)
- Oct 1 Field Research Grant for research in Latin America from Tinker Foundation
- Oct 1 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Fellowships
- Oct. 1 American Philosophical Society Franklin Research Grants
- Oct 1 German Historical Institute in DC Short-Term Research Awards
- Oct 1 Higher Education Research Experiences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (HERE at ORNL)
- Oct 1 SMSNA Scholars in Sexuality Research Grants Program
- Oct 10 Clara Mayo Grant from The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
- Oct. 15 Small Grants for Doctoral Research In Second or Foreign Language Assessment
- Oct 15 Fulbright-Kennan Institute Research Fellowship
- Oct 15 Schallek Fellowship â(researching late-medieval Britain)
- Oct. 24 NSF Funding for Life STEM: Life Sciences and Biosciences
- Oct. 31 Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) Fellowships
- Oct. 31 Exploratory Research Grants at Hagley Library, Delaware
- Nov. 1 Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Projects
- Nov. 1 Folger Shakespeare Library Fellowships, Washington DC
- Nov. 2 Hemingway Research Grants
- Nov. 7 School for Advanced Research Resident Scholar Fellowships
- Nov. 15 Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies In-Residence Fellowship Awards
- Nov 15 Birgit Baldwin Fellowship in French Medieval History
- Nov 17 Weinstein JAMS International Fellowship (âstudying dispute processes)
- Dec 1 Lemelson Center for the Study of invention and Innovation Fellowships
- Dec 15 Anne van Biema Fellowship (research in Japanese visual arts)
- Dec TBD Society for Research in Child Development Fellowships
- Jan TBD University of California, San Diego US-Mexican Studies Visiting Fellows Program
- Feb 15 Sepmeyer Research Grant Program, International Education Research Foundation
- Mar 1 Institute of Education Sciences Grants
- May TBD American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Robert D. Watkins Graduate Research Fellowship
- TBD Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship Program
- Sep 1 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Grants
- Sep 1 Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps Fellows
- Sep. 1 California Sea Grant's State Fellows Program
- Sep. 6 Mirzayan Science Tech Policy Fellowship
- Sep 15 Kennan Institute Title VIII Short-Term Grants
- Sep 30 AASA's Educational Administration Scholarships
- Sep. TBD âInter-American Foundation (IAF) Grassroots Development Fellowship
- Oct. 1 School for Advanced Research $10K Staley Prize for writing in Anthropology
- Oct 1 The Bellagio Center Academic Writing Residency
- Oct 2 Franklin Research Grants - costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes
- Oct 15 National Museum of African American History and Culture Short-Term Research Fellowships Washington, DC
- Oct 18 National Humanities Center In-Residence Fellowship
- Oct 20 World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship, Smith Richardson Foundation
- Oct TBD - Education and Social Justice Project Summer Research Fellowship
- Oct TBD - Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams™ Grant Opportunity
- Nov 1 American Academy of Rome Prize for study of art and humanities in Italy
- Nov TBD US Dept of State English Language Programs
- Dec 1 JCB Fellowships, John Carter Brown Library, Brown University, Rhode Island
- Dec 1 Franklin Research Grants - costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes
- Dec 31 Kennan Institute / Wilson Center Internship
- Feb TBD Frederick Douglass Teaching Scholars Fellowship
- Mar 1 Library Company of Philadelphia Short-Term Research Grants
- Mar TBD National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowships
- Jun 2018 National Weather Association Sol Hirsch Education Fund Grants
- Various Deadlines MidAtlantic Arts Foundation USArtists International Grants
- TBD Critical Language Scholarship
- TBD Stanford Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies - Wayne Vucinich In-Residence Fellowship
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