Funding
Don't miss out! Get a quick glance at upcoming funding deadlines for the summer and a preview of important dates this fall.
The summer is a perfect time to prepare for funding opportunities announced in the fall! Also, you can be ready by updating typical fellowship application materials, such as your personal statement, research statement, and CV. Be sure to make the most of summer by occasionally reviewing funding postings, repostings, or extended deadlines. As usual, below is only a sample list for the next three months, but it may be your starting point for learning about all types of external funding!
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Postdoctoral Fellowships
Dissertation Support
Graduate and Doctoral Support
Research Grants
Other (Travel, Short-Term, Award, Summer, etc.)
Aug. 1 National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate Program
Aug. 6 Princeton University Society of Fellows (SF) Humanities and Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship
Sep. 14 Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (HCAS) Postdoctoral Fellowship
Sep. 16 Fulbright Postdoctoral and Early Career Awards
Sep. 30 The Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) Translational Research in Multi-Disciplinary Program (TRIUMPH) Postdoctoral Program
Sep. TBD Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies Postdoctoral Social Science Fellowship
Sep. TBD Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship
Oct. 1 German Historical Institute (GHI) Postdoctoral Fellowships
Oct. 15 NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships
Oct. 15 American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowships
Oct. 16 NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Nov. 1 The Harvard Newcomen Postdoctoral Fellowship in Business History
Nov. 1 Wenner-Gren Foundation Post-PhD Research Grants (anthropology)
Nov. 4 School for Advanced Research Resident Scholar Fellowships
Nov. 15 AAUW Postdoctoral Fellowship for International Women
Nov. TBD Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, University of British Columbia (open to "most fields of research")
Nov. TBD Postdoctoral Diversity and Innovation Scholars program, University of New Hampshire
Nov. TBD Tobacco-Related Disease Research Postdoctoral Program (Letter of Intent)
Various deadlines - University of Toronto Postdoctoral Fellowships various opportunities
Various deadlines - Postdoctoral Positions at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Various deadlines - Funding Opportunities for Postdoctoral Scholars - list via Harvard website
Various deadlines - Postdoctoral opportunities in Medicine - 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
Jul. TBD Alden G. Clayton Dissertation Proposal Competition, Marketing Science Institute
Jul. 15 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 - grant application must be submitted with your advisor and through Office of Research
Jul. 31 Dissertation Award in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Aug. 1 Grants for Health Services Dissertation Program (R36)
Aug. 15 Cultural Anthropology Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement - grant application must be submitted with your advisor and through Office of Research
Aug. 25 Doctoral Dissertation Fellows Award, Society for Social Work and Research
Oct. 5 National Academy of Education Spencer Dissertation Fellowship
Oct. 21 World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship, Smith Richardson Foundation
Oct. TBD Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies
Nov. 1 Grants for Health Services Dissertation Program (R36)
Nov. 1 Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grants
Nov. 1 American Association of University Women (AAUW) Dissertation Fellowships
Nov. 4 School for Advanced Research Resident Scholar Dissertation Fellowships
Nov. 30 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Dissertation Fellowship
Nov. TBD Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Dissertation Fellowship
Nov. TBD Robert Walser and Susan McClary Fellowship - two-year dissertation research support in music for underrepresented
Nov. TBD AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research
Nov. TBD Doctoral Dissertation Grant Program (Fahs-Beck Scholars)
Nov. TBD Charlotte Newcomb Dissertation Fellowship
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 Geography and Spatial Sciences Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (GSS-DDRI), National Science Foundation (NSF)
TBD Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) Herb York Dissertation Fellowship
TBD Global Religion Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
GRADUATE, PREDOCTORAL or DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
Jul. 15 The Robert J. Stevenson Scholarship for teachers pursuing an advanced degree
Jul. TBD Patsy Takemoto Mink Education Foundation for Low-Income Women and Children Education Award
Aug. TBD Florence P. Kendall Doctoral Scholarship (physical therapy)
Sep. 20 Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies Doctoral Social Science Fellowship
Sep. 30 Google North America and Europe PhD Fellowships
Sep. 4 American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowships
Oct. TBD University of California Natural Reserve System Mathias Graduate Student Research Fellowship
Oct. 1 German Historical Institute (GHI) Doctoral Fellowships
Oct. 3 National Humanities Center Fellowships
Oct. 4 Craft Research and Artist Fellowship (creativity and design)
Oct. TBD Craft Research Fund Project Grant (creativity and design)
Oct. TBD NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Grant (Pre or Early Doctoral)
Oct. TBD IBM Doctoral Fellowship Program
Nov. 8 National GEM Consortium Graduate Fellowships in Science, Engineering, and STEM fields
Nov. TBD National Gallery of Art Predoctoral Fellowships
Nov. TBD Amelia Earhart Fellowship
Dec. 8 Novus Biological Scholarships (life sciences)
On-going Gerda Henkel Foundation Ph.D. Scholarships in the Historical Humanities
TBD NASA Space Technology Research Fellowships (NSTRF)
TBD Tobacco-Related Disease Research Predoctoral Program
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
Jul. 15 Leakey Foundation Research Grants Related to Human Origins (no citizenship restrictions)
Jul. 15 Kluge Fellowships (humanities and social science research)
Jul. TBD Grants for Research Fellowship (GRF)
Jul. TBD Lung Cancer Research Grants
Aug. 1 NRC Research Associateship Programs (RAP)
Aug. 1 Statistics Fellowship with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Aug. 9 Spencer Foundation Small Research Grants on Education
Sep. 30 Wiedemann Research Fellowships for Enlightenment Studies
Sep. TBD National Association of School Psychologists Graduate Student Research Grant
Sep. TBD Mirzayan Science Tech Policy Fellowship
Oct. 1 Harry S. Truman Library Institute Research Grants Program
Oct. 1 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
Oct. 4 Craft Fund Graduate Research Grant (creativity and design)
Oct. 15 German Chancellor Research Fellowship
Oct. TBD Getty Library Research Grants
Oct. TBD American Philosophical Society Franklin Research Grants
Nov. 1 NRC Research Associateship Programs (RAP)
Nov. 1 Virgil Thompson Research Fellowship -research support in music
Nov. 1 The Hampsong Education Fellowship in American Song
Nov. 1 Paul Charosh Independent Scholar Fellowship - independent research in music
Nov. 1 Hemingway Research Grants
Nov. 15 American Institute of Indian Studies Research Fellowships
Nov. TBD Deutsches Akademisches Austaauschdienst (DAAD) Research Grants (for research in Germany)
On-going Dirksen Congressional Research Grant
On-going OCS ORISE Fellowship with the Food and Drug Administration
On-going Digital/New Media Fellowships with Dept of Health and Human Services
OTHER (AWARDS, TRAVEL, BOOK PRIZE, or TRAINING)
Sep. 1 Samuel H. Kress Foundation History of Art Grant Program
Sep. 1 Samuel H. Kress Foundation Digital Art History Grant Program
Sep. 22 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer 2020 Stipends
Oct. TBD Presidential Management Fellows Program US Office of Personnel Management
Nov. 1 Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery
Rolling Deadline - Veteran Research Supplement with the Center for Integrated Access Networks
TBD Civil Service Foreign Affairs (FA) Fellowship Program