Sabbatical Fellowships

American Council of Learned Societies - ACLS Fellowship
American Council of Learned Societies - Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars
American Philosophical Society - Sabbatical Fellowship in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) - Traditional Fulbright Scholar Program
George A. and Eliza Howard Foundation - Howard Fellowships
Institute for Advance Study - Visiting Member Awards for 2010-2011
James McKeen Cattell Fund - Cattell Fellowship
Loeb Classical Library Foundation - Classical Studies Research and Publication Grants
National Endowment for the Humanities - Fellowship
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study - Fellowship Program
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute - Clark Fellowship Program
The U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education - Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program

American Council of Learned Societies - ACLS Fellowship

The ACLS Fellowship Program invites research applications in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences. The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant. ACLS does not fund creative work (e.g., novels or films), textbooks, straightforward translation, or pedagogical projects.
Award Amount: $40000
Disciplines: Humanities, Social Sciences
Deadline: September 30, 2009 - Completed applications must be submitted through the ACLS Online Fellowship Application system (ofa.acls.org) no later than 9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, September 30, 2009. (CLOSED)
For More Information: http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=380

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American Council of Learned Societies - Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars

These fellowships support long-term, unusually ambitious projects in the humanities and related social sciences. The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant. ACLS does not fund creative work (e.g., novels or films), textbooks, straightforward translation, or pedagogical projects. Burkhardt Fellowships are intended to support an academic year (normally nine months) of residence at any one of the national residential research centers participating in the program.
Award Amount: $75000
Disciplines: Humanities, Social Sciences
Deadline: September 30, 2009 - Completed applications must be submitted through the ACLS Online Fellowship Application system (ofa.acls.org) no later than 9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, September 30, 2009. (CLOSED)
For More Information: http://www.acls.org/programs/burkhardt/

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American Philosophical Society - Sabbatical Fellowship in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Since 1998 the American Philosophical Society has conducted a program of fellowships in the humanities and social sciences, generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which is designed to supplement an awarded sabbatical/research leave. The Sabbatical Fellowships program is open to mid-career faculty of universities and 4-year colleges in the United States who have been granted a sabbatical/research leave, but for whom financial support from the home institution is available for only part of the year.
Award Amount: $40000
Disciplines: Humanities, Social Sciences
Deadline: October 15, 2009 - This is the last deadline for the Society’s program of sabbatical fellowships. (CLOSED)
For More Information: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/sabbatical.htm

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Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) - Traditional Fulbright Scholar Program

The traditional Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields.
Disciplines: Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences, Education
Deadline: February 1, 2010 - Online system opens for application for 2011-2012 academic year
For More Information: http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/us_awards/

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George A. and Eliza Howard Foundation - Howard Fellowships

The Howard Foundation awards a limited number of fellowships each year for independent projects in selected fields. The Foundation targets its support specifically to early mid-career individuals, those who have achieved recognition for at least one major project. Approximately ten fellowships will be awarded in April 2010 for 2010-2011 in the fields of Creative Writing in English: Fiction and Poetry.
Award Amount: $25000
Discipline: Humanities
Deadline: November 9, 2009 - Deadline for receipt of materials (CLOSED)
For More Information: http://www.brown.edu/Divisions/Graduate_School/Howard_Foundation/

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Institute for Advance Study - Visiting Member Awards for 2010-2011

The School of Social Science each year invites as Members up to twenty scholars from a large applicant pool. Visiting Members are expected to pursue their own research, but the School organizes a seminar on the year’s focus and a weekly lunch at which Members as well as invited guests present their on-going work. The School is not wedded to any particular intellectual or disciplinary approach. It welcomes applications in economics, political science, law, psychology, sociology, and anthropology. It encourages social scientific work with an historical and humanistic bent and also entertains applications in history, philosophy, literary criticism, literature, and linguistics. The theme for 2010-11 is Secularism.
Disciplines: Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences
Deadline: November 1, 2009 - Applications must be submitted throught the Institute's online application system (https://applications.ias.edu) (CLOSED)
For More Information: http://www.sss.ias.edu/applications/announcement.html

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James McKeen Cattell Fund - Cattell Fellowship

James McKeen Cattell Fund awards are available to psychologists who are faculty members at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, and are eligible, according to the regulations of their own institutions, for a sabbatical leave or its equivalent. Eligible candidates must be either tenured faculty members or nontenured associate professors in a tenure-track position. Ordinarily awards are made to persons who have been continuously employed in an academic teaching or administrative position for the previous five years and have not had a leave with outside support during that period.
Award Amount: $35000
Discipline: Social Sciences
Deadline: December 1, 2009 - Receipt deadline
For More Information: http://www.cattell.duke.edu/index.html

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Loeb Classical Library Foundation - Classical Studies Research and Publication Grants

The Loeb Classical Library Foundation will award grants to qualified scholars to support research, publication, and other projects in the area of classical studies during the academic year 2010-2011. Grants will normally range from $1,000 to $35,000 and may occasionally exceed that limit in the case of unusually interesting and promising projects. Grants may be used for a wide variety of purposes. Examples include publication of research, enhancement of sabbaticals, travel to libraries or collections, dramatic productions, excavation expenses, or cost of research materials. Individual grant requests may be only partially funded.
Award Amount: $35000
Disciplines: Arts, Humanities
Deadline: November 2, 2009 - (CLOSED)
For More Information: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~lclf/

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National Endowment for the Humanities - Fellowship

Fellowships support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to scholars and general audiences in the humanities. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, and other scholarly tools. Fellowships support continuous full-time work for a period of six to twelve months.
Award Amount: $50400
Discipline: Humanities
Deadline: May 3, 2010 - Tentative deadline
For More Information: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fellowships.html

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Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study - Fellowship Program

The Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program is a scholarly community where individuals pursue advanced work across a wide range of academic disciplines, professions, and creative arts. Radcliffe Institute fellowships are designed to support scholars, scientists, artists, and writers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment who wish to pursue work in academic and professional fields and in the creative arts. Award Amount: $65000 Disciplines: Arts, Humanities Deadline: October 1, 2009 -
Award Amount: $65000
Disciplines: Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences
Deadlines

October 1, 2009 - For applications in the creative arts, humanities, and social sciences (CLOSED)
November 15, 2009 - For applications in the natural sciences and mathematics (CLOSED)

For More Information: http://www.radcliffe.edu/fellowships/apply.aspx

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The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute - Clark Fellowship Program

The Clark offers between fifteen and twenty Clark Fellowships each year, ranging in duration from six weeks to ten months. National and international scholars, critics, and museum professionals are welcome to propose projects that extend and enhance the understanding of the visual arts and their role in culture. Scholars may propose topics that relate to the visual arts, their history, practice, theory, or interpretation. Any proposal that contributes to understanding the nature of artistic activity and the intellectual, social, and cultural worlds with which it is connected will be welcome.
Award Amount: $65000
Disciplines: Arts, Humanities
Deadline: November 2, 2009 - Receipt deadline (CLOSED)
For More Information: http://www.clarkart.edu/research/content.cfm?ID=42

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The U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education - Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program

This program funds fellowships through institutions of higher education (IHEs) to faculty members who propose to conduct research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies to improve their skill in languages and their knowledge of the culture of the people of these countries. Funds support: travel expenses to and from the residence of the fellow and the country or countries of research, a maintenance stipend for the fellow related to his or her academic year salary, and an allowance for research-related expenses overseas such as books and photocopying, tuition, affiliation fees, local travel, and other incidental expenses.
Disciplines: Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences, Education
Deadline: December 3, 2009 - Deadline for transmittal of applications
For More Information: http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsfra/index.html

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