Funding
Spring quarter usually marks the end of the academic year, but finding funding is a continuous process! Check out this sample of upcoming deadlines of funding opportunities for postdoctoral, dissertation, research, and other funding. Various deadlines listed. Consult websites for current details and application information.
Spring quarter usually marks the end of the academic year, but finding funding is a continuous process! So if you are looking for financial support for the coming year or next, remember to routinely look at funding postings so you get an idea of what topics or issues are getting funded. And spring and summer are great times to be ready preparing your fellowship application materials - personal statement, research statement, and academic CV.
Below is a sample list of upcoming deadlines. Regularly inform your faculty advisor about your current research ideas and progress because this is very important when requesting letters of recommendation. Also, be sure to check the program websites regularly for the most updated information on important dates and submission details. Good luck!
NOTE: Please report any broken links to Funding Peer Noreen Balos
- Apr 1 German Historical Institute Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Apr 1 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Aerospace History
- Apr 1 The Hindle Postdoctoral Fellowship (history of technology)
- Apr 1 SHOT- NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship (history of space technology)
- Apr 1 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) International Program INVEST Drug Abuse Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
- Apr. 1 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) International Program INVEST Drug Abuse Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
- Apr 2 American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Apr 11 Israel Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Apr 17 David B. Larson Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health and Spirituality
- Apr 20 Post-doctoral Fellowship from Otis Williams Fund at the Santa Barbara Foundation (biology and engineering)
- Apr 23 Subir Chowdhury Postdoctoral Fellowship on Quality and Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
- May 1 Wenner-Gren Foundation Post-PhD Research Grants (anthropology)
- May 31 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Postdoctoral Research Award
- Jun 1 International IGB Fellowship Programme for Research in Freshwater Science, Germany
- Jul 1 NASA Postdoctoral Program
- Oct 10 NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Oct 17 NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
- Nov TBD Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, University of British Columbia (open to "most fields of research")
- On-going Incorporating Benefits & Costs of Environmental Regulation in Computable General Equilibrium Models Research with the US Environmental Protection Agency
- TBD Wenner-Gren Foundation Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships
- TBD American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Various deadlines Funding Opportunities for Postdoctoral Scholars - list via Harvard website
- Various deadlines Postdoctoral opportunities in medical research - via Stanford website
- Various deadlines Minority Postdoctoral Opportunities List
- Various deadlines Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Various deadlines Special Programs for Postdoctoral Fellows - via National Science Foundation
- Various deadlines Post-doctoral Opportunities List - from the National Institute of Health
- Apr 1 North American Conference on British Studies Dissertation Research Fellowship
- Apr 15 Melvin Kranzberg Dissertation Fellowship (history of technology)
- Apr 30 Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) Dissertation Research Grants
- May 1 Grants for Health Services Dissertation Program (R36)
- May 1 Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grants
- May 27 Kodak Student Scholarship Program (filmmaking and cinematography)
- Jun 1 Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Higher Education Thesis/ Dissertation Research
- Jun 15 Dissertation Research Fellowships, Divisions of International Finance, Monetary Affairs, Research and Statistics, and the Office of Financial Stability Policy and Research, Federal Reserve Board
- Jun 15 Political Science Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement - grant application must be submitted with your advisor and through Office of Research
- Jul 16 Linguistics Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement - grant application must be submitted with your advisor and through Office of Research
- Jul 20 Biological Anthropology Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants - grant application must be submitted with your advisor and through Office of Research
- Aug 15 Cultural Anthropology Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement - grant application must be submitted with your advisor and through Office of Research
- Sep 10 Science of Science and Innovation Policy Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants - grant application must be submitted with your advisor and through Office of Research
- Oct 15 Sociology Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement - grant application must be submitted with your advisor and through Office of Research
- Nov 30 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Dissertation Fellowship
- On-going Research Opportunities at the US Forest Service Research and Development (R&D)
- On-going Archaeology Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards (Arch-DDRI) - grant application must be submitted with your advisor and through Office of Research
- On-going Documenting Endangered Languages Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants - grant application must be submitted with your advisor and through Office of Research
- On-going Geography and Spatial Sciences Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (GSS-DDRI), National Science Foundation (NSF) - grant application must be submitted with your advisor and through Office of Research
GRADUATE, PRE-DOCTORAL or DOCTORAL
- Apr 1 German Historical Institute Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Apr 1 SHOT- NASA Predoctoral Fellowship (history of space technology)
- Apr 6 Department of Labor (DOL) and Avar Consulting Scholars Program (labor research)
- Apr 11 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowships
- Apr 16 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Graduate Fellowship
- Apr 30 HENAAC Scholars Program - Henaac Scholars Program, Great Minds in STEM, Cummins, Raytheon, NASA Space Flight Center, Southern California Edison
- May 1 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation Program (R36)
- May 8 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Graduate Scholar Program
- May 9 American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation) New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship
- May 15 BHW Group Women in STEM Scholarship
- May 15 American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Fellowship for Minority Doctoral Students
- May 23 American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation) Graduate Student Scholarship
- May TBD Society for Neuroscience Scholars Fellowship
- TBD PEO International Peace Scholarship (IPS) - also open to international students studying in the US
- Various Deadlines Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Fellowships and Grants
- On-going Gerda Henkel Foundation Ph.D. Scholarships in the Historical Humanities
- Apr 1 Dirksen Congressional Research Grant
- Apr 1 Research Fellowships in Aerospace History
- Apr 8 UCHRI Residential Research Group Fellowships
- Apr 11 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships
- Apr 13 Center for Disease Control (CDC) Evaluation Fellowship Program
- Apr 15 Horton Hydrology Research Grant from American Geophysical Union
- Apr 15 Emerging Crises Oral History Research Fund
- Apr 21 Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program
- Apr 30 International Foundation for Ethical Research (IFER) - Graduate Fellowship Program
- Apr TBD Graduate Fellowship for Research in Japan
- May 1 Deutsches Akademisches Austauschdienst (DAAD) Research Grants (for research in Germany)
- May 1 NRC Research Associateship Programs (RAP)
- May 1 Wenner-Gren Foundation Post-PhD Research Grants (anthropology)
- May 6 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Internship Program (GRIP) at NOAA (NOAA) National Ocenaic and Atmospheric Administration (for NSF GRFP Fellows)
- May 15 The Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation Research Fellowship (research on history of women in medicine or women's health)
- May 15 US Dept of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program
- May 15 The Leakey Foundation Grants for Research Related to Human Origins
- May 16 US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (SC) Science Graduate Student Research Program
- May 23 American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Student Research Grant in Early Childhood Language Development
- May 23 American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Student Research Grant in Audiology
- Jun 1 Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Higher Education Research Experiences for Graduate Students
- Jul 1 American Institute of Indian Studies Research Fellowships
- Jul 9 Dena Epstein Award for Archival and Library Research in American Music
- Aug 15 Merck KGaA Research Grant Competition
- Various âDeadlines New York Public Library Research Fellowships
- Various Deadlines Smithsonian Institute Fellowships
- Various Deadlines Metropolitan Museum of Art Research Fellowships
- On-going The Spalding Trust Grants for the Comparative Study of Religions
- On-going Statistics Fellowship with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- On-going OCS ORISE Fellowship with the Food and Drug Administration
- On-going Digital/New Media Fellowships with Dept of Health and Human Services
- On-going Dept of Energy Opportunity in Fuel Cell Research
- On-going National Institute of Health Individual Graduate Partnerships Program
- On-going Title VIII Research Scholar Program American Councils - in-country, independent research for three consecutive months to nine consecutive months in Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe
OTHER (Travel, Short-Term, Award, Summer etc.)
- Apr 1 Humanist @Work Berkeley Travel Grant for April 29-30, 2018
- Apr 1 PSA/Journal of Postcolonial Writing Postgraduate Essay Competition
- Apr 9 - Lupus Foundation of America Summer Fellowships
- Apr 13 CGS Gustave O Arlt Book Award in the Humanities from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS)
- Apr 15 - NSF and PoSci.com Vizzies Challenge (best science visualizations)
- Apr 17 - International Center for the Integration of Health and Spirituality (ICIHS) (6-12 month Research Fellowship)
- Apr 18 Academy Nicholl Fellowships for Screenwriting
- Apr 20 - LGBT Studies One-Month Research Fellowship at Yale University
- Apr TBD - Gerald A. Soffen Memorial Fund Travel Grant (to attend professional meetings to present their STEM research)
- Apr TBD - Interfaces Graduate Training Program at UCSD (in biological, engineering, physical and health sciences)
- May 1 Lawrence Memorial Award (for research in botany and horticulture)
- May 1 James P. Danky Fellowship in Print and Digital Culture
- May 15 American Heritage Center Short-Term Research Fellowship
- May 31 Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize on German History
- May TBD Fredric M. Jablin Doctoral Dissertation Award
- Aug 15 Merck KGaA 350 Challenges Competition
- Nov TBD Presidential Management Fellows Program US Office of Personnel Management
- Rolling Deadline - Veteran Research Supplement with the Center for Integrated Access Networks