Funding
Fall quarter means open season for funding opportunities! Our Graduate Funding Peer has compiled a list of over 150 different funding opportunities with upcoming deadlines, organized by stage and deadline for your convenience.
The Fall Funding Forecast is here, featuring a sampling of opportunities with deadlines within the next three months of the fall quarter. Scroll all the way through this list to see announcements for postdoctoral, doctoral, graduate, research, and other short-term awards such as leadership fellowships or professional development or travel grants. As always, go directly to the website link for the most updated information on important dates and application processes. Good luck!
NOTE: Please report any broken links to Funding Peer Kaitlyn Ugoretz.
Sep. 24 Michigan Society of Fellows Three-Year Fellowships social, physical, and life sciences, the humanities, and in the professional school
Sep. 30 The Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) Translational Research in Multi-Disciplinary Program (TRIUMPH) Postdoctoral Program
Oct. 1 Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies Postdoctoral Social Science Fellowship
Oct. 1 German Historical Institute (GHI) Postdoctoral Fellowships
Oct. 4 Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship (Short-term)
Oct. 15 The Harvard Newcomen Postdoctoral Fellowship in Business History
Oct. 15 NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships
Oct. 16 NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Nov. 1 Robert Walser and Susan McClary Fellowship - dissertation research support in music
Nov. 1 American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Fellowships
Nov. 4 School for Advanced Research Resident Scholar Fellowships
Nov. 8 Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, University of British Columbia (open to "most fields of research")
Nov. 15 American Association of University Women (AAUW) International Fellowship
Nov. 20 National Academy of Education (NAEd) Postdoctoral Fellowship
Nov. 20 African Humanities Program Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dec. 10 Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dec. 31 The Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) Translational Research in Multi-Disciplinary Program (TRIUMPH) Postdoctoral Program
Varies On-going Incorporating Benefits & Costs of Environmental Regulation in Computable General Equilibrium Models Research with the US Environmental Protection Agency
Varies Facebook Postdoctoral Positions
TBD Pasteur Foundation and Institute Pasteur Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellowship
TBD Tobacco-Related Disease Research Postdoctoral Program
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
DISSERTATION GRANTS and FELLOWSHIPS
Sep. 25 AERA Dissertation Grant (using large education data sets)
Oct. 3 National Academy of Education (NAEd) Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program
Oct. 7 World Politics and Statecraft Dissertation Fellowship Program
Oct. 7 World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship, Smith Richardson Foundation
Oct. 15 Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies
Oct. 15 Sociology Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement - grant application must be submitted with your advisor and through Office of Research
Oct. 15 The Stuart L. Bernath Dissertation Research Grant (US Foreign Relations history)
Oct. 16 Drug Abuse Dissertation Research
Oct. 23 Mellon-ACLS American Council of Learned Societies Dissertation Completion Fellowships (humanities and social sciences)
Oct. 23 ACLS American Council of Learned Societies Dissertation Fellowships in American Art
Oct. 23 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Completion and Early Career Fellowship
Nov. 1 AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research
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 American Association of University Women (AAUW) Dissertation Fellowship
Nov. 5 Social Science Research Council International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF)
Nov. 10 Ford Dissertation Diversity Fellowship
Nov. 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
Nov. 15 Charlotte Newcomb Dissertation Fellowship
Nov. 15 AAUW Graduate Fellowship for International Women
Nov. 16 Hall Rothman Dissertation Fellowship (for environmental history research)
Nov. 29 Mellon-Mays Dissertation Grant
Nov. 30 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Dissertation FellowshipPhi Kappa Phi Honor Society Dissertation Fellowship
Dec. 6 Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
Dec. 15 Center for Engaged Scholarship Dissertation Fellowship
Dec. 16 Alvin H. Johnson AMS 50 Dissertation Fellowships (musicology)
Jan. 15 Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowships in European Studies
Feb. 1 Frank Guggenheim Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (research on understanding human violence and aggression: social change, intergroup conflict, war, terrorism, crime, and family relationships, among other subjects)
Feb. 1 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation Program (R36)
Varies Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Higher Education Thesis/ Dissertation Research
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)
TBD Global Religion Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
GRADUATE, PREDOCTORAL or DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
Sep. TBD Women Techmakers Scholars Program / Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship Program
Oct. 1 German Historical Institute (GHI) Doctoral Fellowships
Oct. 1 Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies Doctoral Social Science Fellowship
Oct. 4 Facebook Doctoral Fellowships
Oct. 21-25 (varies by field) NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Grant (Pre or Early Doctoral)
Oct. 27 IBM Doctoral Fellowship Program
Oct. 30 NASP-ERT Minority Scholarship Program (psychology)
Nov. 5 NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities (NSTGRO) (apply via NSPIRE)
Nov. 12 National GEM Consortium Graduate Fellowships in Science, Engineering, and STEM fields
Nov. 15 National Gallery of Art Predoctoral Fellowships
Nov. 15 Amelia Earhart Fellowship
Nov. 15 Chester Dale Predoctoral Dissertation Fellowships (via department nomination, for research in the history, theory, and criticism of art, architecture, urbanism, and photographic media)
Nov. 26 American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Sciences Pre-Doctoral Fellowships
Dec. 4 Symantec Research Labs Graduate Fellowships
Dec. 6 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowships
Dec. 17 Ford Predoctoral Fellowship
Jan. 15 The Garden Club of America and the Royal Horticultural Society Interchange Fellowships
Jan. TBD Tobacco-Related Disease Research Predoctoral Program
TBD PEO International Peace Scholarship (IPS) (also open to international students studying in the US)
On-going Gerda Henkel Foundation Ph.D. Scholarships in the Historical Humanities
Various Deadlines Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Fellowships and Grants
RESEARCH GRANTS
Sep. 25 AERA-NSF Large Scale Data Research Grants
Sep. 25 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowships
Sep. 30 Wiedemann Research Fellowships for Enlightenment Studies
Oct. 1 Craft Fund Graduate Research Grant (creativity and design)
Oct. 1 Kentucky Historical Research General Fellowship
Oct. 1 Tinker Field Research Grants (pre-dissertation or thesis research in Latin America)
Oct. 1 American Philosophical Society Franklin Research Grants
Oct. 15 Small Grants for Doctoral Research In Second or Foreign Language Assessment
Oct. 15 Getty Library Research Grants
Oct. 18 HHMI's Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study (nomination, PhD candidate/Advisor pair)
Oct. TBD Switzer Environmental Fellowship Program
Nov. 1 The Hampsong Education Fellowship in American Song
Nov. 1 Paul Charosh Independent Scholar Fellowship (independent research in music)
Nov. 1 American Philosophical Society Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research
Nov. 1 Hemingway Research Grants
Nov. TBD Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) Research Fellowship
Dec. 1 Horowitz Foundation Social Science Policy Grants
Dec. 2 Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps Fellows
Dec. 2 American Philosophical Society Franklin Research Grants
Dec. TBD The Samuel H. Kress Foundation and AAMC Foundation Affiliated Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome (Art curation)
Jan. 3 HHMI's Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study (app submission, PhD candidate/Advisor pair)
Jan. 6 Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps Fellows
Jan. 20 Heritage Foundation Young Leaders Program
TBD Obama Foundation Fellowship
Varies American-Scandinavian Foundation Fellowship Program
On-going Facebook Research Grants
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)
Various Deadlines New York Public Library Research Fellowships
Various Deadlines Smithsonian Institute Fellowships
Various Deadlines Metropolitan Museum of Art Research Fellowships
Sep. TBD Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Fellowships
Oct. 1 Leshner Leadership Institute for Public Engagement with Science
Oct. 4 US Department of State Internships (undergrad and grad students) - unpaid
Oct. 7 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Internship (undergrad and grad students, $13.25-$18.25/hourly depending on student status)
Oct. 15 US Supreme Court Internships (undergrad and grad students, Full-time or Part-time paid)
Oct. 15 Carter Center Internships (undergrad or grad students, paid graduate assistantships)
Oct. 31 World Bank Group Internships (graduate students)
Nov. 1 Prize in Public Interest Communications Research
Nov. 1 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science & Technology Policy Fellowships
Nov. 15 AAUW Career Development Grant
Nov. TBD Presidential Management Fellows Program US Office of Personnel Management
Jan. 7 Switzer Foundation Fellowship (academics and environmental training)
Feb. 1 Psi Chi (National Honor Society in Psychology) Albert Bandura Graduate Research Award
Rolling Deadline - Veteran Research Supplement with the Center for Integrated Access Networks
TBD School for Advanced Research $7.5K Staley Prize (book prize in anthropology)
TBD Award for Best PhD Dissertation in Asian Studies (ICAS 12)