Grant of the Week: Dissertation Year Fellowships from the Truman Library - November 20, 2009
The Harry S. Truman Library & Museum offers up to two Dissertation Year Fellowship grants of $16,000 annually to support graduate students working on some aspect of the life and career of Harry S. Truman or of the public and foreign policy issues which were prominent during the Truman years.
Roy Rosenzweig Fellowship Endowment Still Needs Support - November 17, 2009
The first recipient of the Roy Rosenzweig Fellowship for Innovation in Digital History will be announced at the annual meeting in January, but the endowment for the award still needs your support.
Grant of the Week: Holocaust Museum Summer Research Workshops - November 13, 2009
The Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies (CAHS) of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) invites proposals from workshop coordinator(s) to conduct two-week research workshops at the museum during June-August 2010.
Grant of the Week: NEH Challenge Grants in United States History and Culture - November 06, 2009
NEH invites applications for Challenge Grants in United States History and Culture.
Grant of the Week: Rachel Carson Prize for Best Dissertation in Environmental History - October 30, 2009
The American Society for Environmental History offers the Rachel Carson Prize for Best Dissertation in Environmental History.
Grant of the Week: Olivia James Traveling Fellowship from the Archaeological Institute of America - October 23, 2009
The Olivia James Traveling Fellowship, from the Archaeological Institute of America, provides $25,000 for travel and study in Greece, Cyprus, the Aegean Islands, Sicily, southern Italy, Asia Minor, or Mesopotamia, conducted between July 1 of the award year and the following June 30.
Grant of the Week: Academic and Artistic Fellowships from the Camargo Foundation - October 16, 2009
The Camargo Foundation welcomes applications from scholars pursuing studies relating to French and francophone cultures and from composers, writers, and visual artists pursuing specific projects.
Grant of the Week : Bancroft Prizes from Columbia University - October 09, 2009
The Bancroft Prizes are awarded annually by Columbia University in New York. Two annual prizes of equal rank and of the value of $10,000 each are awarded to the authors of distinguished works in either or both of the following categories: American history (including biography) and diplomacy.
Grant of the Week: Lincoln Prize from Gettysburg College - October 02, 2009
The Lincoln Prize at Gettysburg College shall be awarded annually by the Lincoln and Soldiers Institute for the finest scholarly work in English on Abraham Lincoln, or the American Civil War soldier, or a subject relating to their era.
Grant of the Week: Ernest Hemingway Research Grants - September 25, 2009
The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation provides Ernest Hemingway Research Grants for scholars and students in the range of $200 to $1,000 to help defray living, travel, and related costs incurred while doing research in the Ernest Hemingway Collection.
Grant of the Week: Hugh Davis Graham Award - September 18, 2009
The Institute for Political History’s Hugh Davis Graham Award provides research stipends for doctoral students, junior scholars, and senior scholars doing archival research in the fields of 20th-century American political/policy history and American political development.
Grant of the Week: Sabbatical Fellowships from the American Philosophical Society - September 11, 2009
The American Philosophical Society is offering Sabbatical Fellowships in the humanities and social sciences to mid-career faculty of universities and 4-year colleges in the United States…
Grant of the Week: Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowship - September 04, 2009
The American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts is offering the Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowship, which provides a year-long residential fellowship at the society for recipients to revise their dissertation for publication.
Announcing the Martin A. Klein Prize in African History - September 01, 2009
We are pleased to announce the establishment of the Martin A. Klein Prize in African History, which will be conferred annually starting at the January 2011 annual meeting. The prize will recognize the most distinguished work of scholarship on the history of continental African history published in English during the previous calendar year.
New Prizes and Awards from the AHA - August 26, 2009
The AHA recognizes a wide variety of distinguished historical work by awarding prizes, fellowships, and awards to authors of exceptional books in the field, distinguished teachers and mentors in the classroom, and even film makers. Recently, two new awards have been established to acknowledge an even wider base of good work in the profession. These awards include: The Raymond J. Cunningham Prize for the Best Article by an Undergraduate and Equity Awards.
Grant of the Week: ACLS Fellowships - August 21, 2009
The American Council of Learned Societies invites research applications in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences.
Grant of the Week: University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Grants-in-Aid - August 07, 2009
The Friends of the University of Wisconsin—Madison Libraries are pleased to offer a minimum of four grants-in-aid annually, each one month in duration, for research in the humanities in any field appropriate to the library’s collections.
Grant of the Week: Heineken Prize for History - July 31, 2009
Established in 1990, the Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for History rewards outstanding scholarly achievement in the field of history.
Grant of the Week: Teaching Development Fellowships - July 24, 2009
The National Endowment for the Humanities will award Teaching Development Fellowships to support college and university teachers pursuing research aimed specifically at improving an existing undergraduate course that the applicant has taught already in three different terms and will continue to teach.
Grant of the Week: Innovative Strategies in Community Colleges - July 17, 2009
The Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, of the U.S. Department of Education, supports innovative grants and cooperative agreements to improve postsecondary education. Grants are being offered for projects that propose innovative strategies to benefit working adults and displaced workers who are pursuing degrees or credentials in community colleges.
Grant of the Week: Chemical Heritage Foundation Travel Grants - July 10, 2009
The Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry at the Chemical Heritage Foundation offers travel grants to cover travel and lodging expenses for researchers who wish to use CHF’s wealth of resources in the history of the chemical and molecular sciences for short-term research (1 to 4 weeks) at CHF in Philadelphia, PA.
Grant of the Week: Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program - July 03, 2009
The Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural (URR) Program is meant to help preserve the Underground Railroad’s legacy and to help demonstrate how the Underground Railroad’s widespread operations network transformed the United States.
Grant of the Week: ASECS/Folger Institute Fellowship - June 26, 2009
In collaboration with the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS), the Folger Institute awards an annual ASECS/Folger Institute Fellowship of $2,000 to an ABD graduate student or a postdoctoral scholar conducting research in the period 1660 to 1815.
Grant of the Week: Hodson Trust-John Carter Brown Fellowship - June 19, 2009
The C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience and the John Carter Brown Library offers the Hodson Trust-John Carter Brown Fellowship to support work by academics, independent scholars, and writers working on significant projects relating to the literature, history, culture, or art of the Americas before 1830.
Grant of the Week: National Humanities Center Residential Fellowships - June 12, 2009
The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities during the academic year, September 2010 through May 2011.
Grant of the Week: Postdoctoral Bursaries from the University of Edinburgh - June 05, 2009
The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh is offering postdoctoral bursaries (residential fellowships) of up to £10,000 for candidates in any area of the humanities and social sciences, whose work falls within the scope of one of the Institute for Advanced Studies’ current research themes or across disciplinary boundaries in the humanities.
Grant of the Week: OAH Huggins-Quarles Award - May 29, 2009
The Huggins-Quarles Award is given annually, by the Organization of American Historians, to one or two graduate students of color at the dissertation research stage of their PhD program.
Grant of the Week: Essay Contest - Association for the Study of African American Life and History - May 22, 2009
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) proudly announces its 19th annual essay contest for undergraduate and graduate students.
Grant of the Week: NHPRC Professional Development Grants for Archives and Historical Publishing - May 15, 2009
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals for Professional Development Grants for Archives and Historical Publishing, which are meant to improve the training and education of professionals in the archival and historical publishing communities.
Grant of the Week: National Trust for Historic Preservation Partnership-in-Scholarship Grants - May 08, 2009
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is launching Partnership-in-Scholarship Grants to support collaborative projects between African American Historic Places and college/university scholars.
Grant of the Week: NHPRC Grant for Archives and Historical Publishing Projects - May 01, 2009
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) is seeking proposals to develop new strategies and tools that can improve the preservation, public discovery, or use of historical records.
2009 Prizes, Awards, and Fellowships from the AHA - April 24, 2009
The AHA invites submissions for its 2009 awards and prizes, including 18 book prizes, the Herbert Feis Award for distinguished contributions to public history, and the John E. O’Connor Award for outstanding interpretations of history though the medium of film or video.
Grant of the Week: LGBTQ Local Histories Contest - April 17, 2009
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, OutHistory.org will award five prizes for the best online exhibits on the local LGBTQ histories of villages, towns, counties, and cities in the U.S. since June 1969.
Grant of the Week: John Phillip Reid Book Award in Legal History - April 10, 2009
The John Phillip Reid Book Award, from the American Society for Legal History, is an annual award for the best book published in English in any of the fields broadly defined as Anglo-American legal history.
Grant of the Week: Roy Rosenzweig Fellowship for Innovation in Digital History - April 03, 2009
The Roy Rosenzweig Fellowship for Innovation in Digital History will be awarded annually to honor and support work on an innovative and freely available new media project…
African History Book Prize - March 31, 2009
In 2006 the American Historical Association authorized the establishment of an African History Book Prize to be awarded annually to the best book in African history as selected by a jury of scholars in the field. African history is one of the last major fields in history that lacks the recognition of a prize by the AHA.
Grant of the Week: Henry Belin du Pont Fellowships - March 27, 2009
Henry Belin du Pont Fellowships enable scholars to pursue advanced research and study in the library, archival, and artifact collections of the Hagley Museum and Library, which collects, preserves, and interprets the unfolding history of American enterprise.
Grant of the Week: Frederick Douglass Book Prize - March 20, 2009
Each year the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition presents the Frederick Douglass Book Prize, a $25,000 award for the most outstanding nonfiction book published in English on the subject of slavery and/or abolition and antislavery movements.
Grant of the Week: Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition - March 13, 2009
The Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition encourages scholarship in the areas of legal history, rare law books, and legal archives, and exposes students to the American Association of Law Libraries and law librarianship.
Grant of the Week: J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship in American History - March 06, 2009
The J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship in American History is offered annually by the Library of Congress and the American Historical Association to support significant scholarly research for one semester in the collections of the Library of Congress by scholars at an early stage in their careers in history.
Grant of the Week: Save Our History Grants - February 27, 2009
The History Channel is offering its annual Save Our History grants and inviting museums, historic sites, historical societies, preservation organizations, libraries, and archives to partner with a local school or youth group and apply for funding to help preserve the history of their communities.
The American Historical Association Announces the Roy Rosenzweig Fellowship for Innovation in Digital History - February 24, 2009
In 2009, George Mason University and the American Historical Association will offer the first Roy Rosenzweig Fellowship for Innovation in Digital History. This award was developed by friends and colleagues of Roy Rosenzweig (1950–2007), Mark and Barbara Fried Professor of History and New Media at George Mason University, to honor his life and work as a pioneer in the field of digital history.
Grant of the Week: Emerging Crises Oral History Research Fund - February 20, 2009
The Oral History Association is offering a grant of up to $3,000 to undertake oral history research in situations of crisis research in the United States and internationally.
Grant of the Week: Research Fellowships from the Massachusetts Historical Society - February 13, 2009
The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) is offering approximately 20 short-term research fellowships in 2009…
Grant of the Week: Research Grants from the AHA - February 06, 2009
Applications for the Bernadotte E. Schmitt Grants, the Albert J. Beveridge Grant, the Michael Kraus Research Grants, and the Littleton-Griswold Grants are due by midnight PST, February 15, 2009.
Grant of the Week: Advertising Educational Foundation Visiting Professor Program - January 30, 2009
The Advertising Educational Foundation’s Visiting Professor Program is a two-week fellowship for professors of advertising, marketing, communications and the liberal arts (e.g. anthropology, English, history, psychology, and sociology).
Grant of the Week: 2009 National Preservation Awards—Call for Nominations - January 23, 2009
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is accepting nominations for the 2009 National Preservation Awards. These awards recognize individuals and organizations whose contributions demonstrate excellence in historic preservation.
Grant of the Week: Congressional Research Awards - January 16, 2009
The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for Congressional Research Awards to fund research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress…
Grant of the Week: Institute for Historical Studies at UT-Austin Fellowships - December 26, 2008
The Institute for Historical Studies at the University of Texas at Austin welcomes applications for one semester and full year residential fellowships from junior, mid-career, and senior faculty.
Grant of the Week: Jerome Hall Postdoctoral Fellowship - December 19, 2008
The Center for Law, Society, and Culture at the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington is offering three Jerome Hall Postdoctoral Fellowships to scholars of law, the humanities, or social sciences working in the field of socio-legal studies.
Grant of the Week: Grants in Printing History - December 12, 2008
The Printing Historical Society is offering a limited number of small grants for historical research in printing technology, the printing and related industries, printed materials and artifacts, type and typefounding, print culture, and printing processes and design.
Grant of the Week: History of Nursing Fellowship - December 05, 2008
The Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing offers a fellowship of $2,500 to support two weeks in residence at the Center and ongoing collaboration with nurse historians here…
Grant of the Week: Pre-Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship in American Indian Studies - November 28, 2008
Michigan State University invites applications for its Pre-Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Award in American Indian Studies.
Grant of the Week: Newberry Library Fellowships in the Humanities - November 21, 2008
The Newberry Library, an independent research library in Chicago, Illinois, invites applications for its 2009-10 Fellowships in the Humanities.
Grant of the Week: Summer Seminars for Teachers - November 14, 2008
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is accepting applications for its Summer Seminars for Teachers. These seminars are designed to strengthen participants’ commitment to high quality history teaching.
Grant of the Week: Humane Studies Fellowship from GMU - November 07, 2008
The Institute for Humane Studies, based at George Mason University, is currently soliciting applications for the 2009-10 Humane Studies Fellowship.
Grant of the Week: Picturing America from the NEH - October 31, 2008
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is accepting applications from K-12 schools and libraries for “Picturing America” grants.
Grant of the Week: Fellowships at the Lewis Walpole Library - October 24, 2008
The Lewis Walpole Library, a department of Yale University library, invites applications to its 2009-2010 fellowship program. Located in Farmington, Connecticut, the library offers short-term residential fellowships and travel grants to support research in the library’s rich collections of 18th-century-mainly British-materials.
Grant of the Week: High School Essay Contest - October 17, 2008
The American Planning Association (APA) is holding its annual high school essay contest, in which two $5,000 college scholarships will be awarded.
Grant of the Week: SSRC International Dissertation Research Fellowships - October 10, 2008
The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is offering 75 International Dissertation Research Fellowships (IDRF) for 2009.
Grant of the Week: Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship in Academic Librarianship - October 03, 2008
The Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), with generous support from Thomson Reuters, makes an annual award of $1,500 to support dissertation research in the field of academic librarianship.
Grant of the Week: History Preservation Technology Grants - September 26, 2008
The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) is offering grants up to $25,000 for “projects that advance the application of science and technology to historic preservation.”
Grant of the Week: Collaborative Research Grants from NEH - September 19, 2008
Collaborative Research Grants, from the National Endowment for the Humanities, support original research in the humanities undertaken by a team of two or more scholars; or research coordinated by an individual scholar that, because of its scope or complexity, requires additional staff and resources beyond the individual’s salary.
Grant of the Week: NEH Wants Answers to “Enduring Questions” - September 12, 2008
The National Endowment for the Humanities has launched the new “Enduring Questions” grant program “to encourage faculty and students at the undergraduate level to grapple with the most fundamental concerns of the humanities.”
Grant of the Week: Rockefeller Archive Center’s 2009 Grants-in-Aid - September 05, 2008
The Rockefeller Archive Center’s competitive grant-in-aid program provides awards for reimbursement of up to $5,000 for research conducted at the RAC.
Grant of the Week: Fellowships for Creative and Performing Artists and Writers - August 29, 2008
The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) is calling for applications for visiting fellowships for historical research by creative and performing artists, writers, filmmakers, journalists, and other persons whose goals are to produce imaginative, non-formulaic works dealing with pre-20th-century American history.
Grant of the Week: Awards for Study in Scandinavia - August 22, 2008
The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) is offering fellowships (up to $23,000) and grants (normally $5,000) to individuals to pursue research or study in one or more Scandinavian country for up to one year.
Grant of the Week: America: History and Life Award from OAH and EBSCOhost - August 15, 2008
The OAH EBSCOhost America: History and Life Award is a biennial award given to recognize and encourage scholarship in American history in the journal literature advancing new perspectives on accepted interpretations or previously unconsidered topics.
Grant of the Week: Teaching Development Fellowships - August 08, 2008
The National Endowment for the Humanities’ new Teaching Development Fellowships support college and university teachers pursuing significant research aimed specifically at deepening their core knowledge in the humanities to improve their undergraduate teaching…
Grant of the Week: Fellowship for French Language, Literature, and Culture - August 01, 2008
The Phi Beta Kappa Society is seeking applicants for its Walter J. Jensen Fellowship for French Language, Literature, and Culture.
Grant of the Week: Potential Fellowship at CHNM - July 25, 2008
George Mason’s Center for History and New Media seeks those interested in joining the center in applying to the National Endowment for the Humanities for one of NEH’s Fellowships at Digital Humanities Centers.
Grant of the Week: Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships - July 18, 2008
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation offers fellowships to further the development of scholars and artists by allowing them to engage in research in any field of knowledge or creation in the arts and sciences.
Grant of the Week: Fellowship in Naval History - July 11, 2008
The Naval War College Foundation annually awards one grant of $1,000 to a researcher who can make the optimum use of research materials for naval history located in the Naval War College’s Archives, Naval Historical Collection, Naval War College Museum collection, and the Henry E. Eccles Library.
Grant of the Week: Foundation Grants for Preservation in Libraries, Archives, and Museums - July 04, 2008
Foundation Grants for Preservation in Libraries, Archives, and Museums is a publication (available online as a PDF) that was created by the Library of Congress and the Foundation Center. It lists 1,725 grants of $5,000 or more…
Grant of the Week: American Institute of Indian Studies Research Fellowships - June 27, 2008
The American Institute of Indian Studies announces its 2008 fellowship competition and invites applications from scholars who wish to conduct their research in India.
Grant of the Week: OUTHistory Fellowship from CLAGS - June 20, 2008
The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies offers two fellowship awards for OutHistory, their LGBTQ history web site in development. Winners will be awarded $2,500 in order to fund the research and development of a historical exhibit for the web site that will uploaded onto the site at the end of fellowship period.
Grant of the Week: Fellowship on Women and Public Policy - June 06, 2008
The Fellowship on Women and Public Policy, offered by the Center for Women in Government & Civil Society, is a unique opportunity for graduate students who want to improve the status of women.
Grant of the Week: NEH Humanities Collections and Resources Grants - May 30, 2008
The National Endowment for the Humanities offers Humanities Collections and Resources grants to support projects that preserve and create intellectual access to such collections as books, journals, manuscript and archival materials, maps, still and moving images, sound recordings, art, and objects of material culture.
Grant of the Week: Pre-doctoral Fellowship in Contemporary History - May 23, 2008
The George Washington University’s Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (IERES) offers a new Mellon Pre-doctoral Fellowship in Contemporary History…
Grant of the Week: Outreach Grants from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - May 16, 2008
The Outreach Grant program, from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, supports small projects and is meant to familiarize new applicants with the procedures involved in running humanities programs.
Grant of the Week: Fellowship for the Study of American Popular Culture - May 09, 2008
The University Libraries, Northern Illinois University, invite applications for the Horatio Alger Fellowship for the Study of American Popular Culture.
Grant of the Week: Award for Best Article in Urban History - May 02, 2008
The Urban History Association is offering an Award for Best Article in Urban History published in a scholarly journal in 2007…
Grant of the Week: Master’s Thesis Fellowship from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation - April 25, 2008
The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation offers a number of Lieutenant Colonel Lily H. Gridley Memorial Master’s Thesis Fellowships each year to memorialize the Marine Corps’ first woman judge advocate.
Grant of the Week: Stella Blum Research Grant from the Costume Society of America - April 18, 2008
The Costume Society of America awards the Stella Blum Research Grant to an undergraduate or graduate student to support a single project focusing on any aspect of North American costume…
Grant of the Week: Mongolian Studies Research Fellowship - April 11, 2008
The American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS) announces its new American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS) Research Fellowship Program. This program will support three fellows to conduct up to 12-months of doctoral dissertation or post-doctoral research in Mongolia on topics in the social sciences or humanities.
Grant of the Week: World History Association Teaching Prize - April 04, 2008
The WHA offers an annual prize of $750 to a teacher who submits the finest world history lesson, successfully incorporating recent research and content ideas…
Grant of the Week: U.S. Professors of the Year Award - March 28, 2008
The U.S. Professors of the Year program recognizes the most outstanding undergraduate instructors in the country—those who excel in teaching and in positively influencing the lives and careers of students.
Grant of the Week: Research Grants from the State Historical Society of Iowa - March 21, 2008
The State Historical Society of Iowa (SHSI) will award up to eight research stipends of $1,000 each to support original research and interpretive writing related to the history of Iowa or Iowa and the Midwest.
Grant of the Week: Junior Fellows Summer Internships at the Library of Congress - March 14, 2008
The Library of Congress is offering 10-week Junior Fellows Summer Internships to college students this summer…
2008 Prizes, Awards, and Fellowships from the AHA - March 11, 2008
By Debbie Ann Doyle
The AHA invites submissions for its 2008 awards and prizes, including 18 book prizes…
Grant of the Week: Patrick Henry Fellowship from the C.V. Starr Center - March 07, 2008
The C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College is accepting applications for its Patrick Henry Fellowship. This full-time residential fellowship program supports outstanding writing on American history and culture by scholars and nonacademic writers alike.
Grant of the Week: SHAFR Dissertation Completion Fellowship - February 29, 2008
The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) offers two year-long Dissertation Completion Fellowships in the amount of $20,000 each, to support the writing and completion of the doctoral dissertation.
Grant of the Week: Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences - February 22, 2008
The Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences is bestowed upon a person, group of people, or institution whose work or research in the fields of anthropology, law, economics, geography, history, psychology, sociology, or other social sciences constitutes a significant contribution to the progress of these sciences to the benefit of mankind.
Grant of the Week: Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of Technology - February 15, 2008
The Brooke Hindle Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of Technology, awarded by the Society for the History of Technology, is for $10,000 and may be used for any purpose connected with research or writing in the history of technology for a period of not less than four months during the year following the award.
Grant of the Week: PEAES Dissertation Fellowships from the Library Company of Philadelphia - February 08, 2008
The Library Company of Philadelphia Program in Early American Economy and Society (PEAES) Fellowships are designed to promote scholarship in early American economy and society, broadly defined, from its colonial beginnings to roughly the 1850s. One dissertation-level fellowship is available, carries a stipend of $20,000, and is tenable for nine consecutive months of residency…
Grant of the Week: History of Space Science Fellowship - February 01, 2008
The History of Science Society Fellowship in the History of Space Science, funds a nine-month research project that is related to any aspect of the history of space science, from the earliest human interest in space to the present.
Grant of the Week: Research Grants for AHA Members - January 25, 2008
AHA members are eligible for four different research grants offered by the Association. All grants are offered annually and are intended to further research in progress. Preference is given to advanced doctoral students, non-tenured faculty, and unaffiliated scholars. They may be used for travel to a library or archive; microfilming, photography, or photocopying; borrowing or access fees; and similar research expenses. The grants are as follows…
2007 Prizes and Awards - January 18, 2008
The 2007 prizes and awards granted by the AHA were presented at the 2008 General Meeting on January 4, 2008. The following day we posted a list of the award winners, and the titles of their award winning works (for book prizes). Now, an expanded version of this list, containing book citations and biographies, is available on the AHA web site.
Grant of the Week: Morris D. Forkosch Prize from the Journal of the History of Ideas - January 18, 2008
Each year the Journal of the History of Ideas awards the Morris D. Forkosch Prize ($2,000) in intellectual history.
Grant of the Week: Save Our History Grant Program from The History Channel - January 11, 2008
The Save Our History Grant Program, from The History Channel, provides funding to history organizations that partner with schools on a local community preservation project.
Grant of the Week: African American History Grant Program from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities - December 28, 2007
The African American History Grant Program from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH) are given with the goals of increasing public understanding of African American history and culture, supporting research and documentation of African American historic sites, strengthening institutions that interpret Virginia’s African American history, and providing a solid intellectual foundation for African American heritage tourism in every region of Virginia.
Grant of the Week: Dissertation Fellowships from the U.S. Army Center of Military History - December 21, 2007
Dissertation Fellowships from the United States Army Center of Military History support scholarly research and writing among qualified civilian graduate students preparing dissertations in the history of warfare.
Grant of the Week: Long-Term Fellowships from the John Carter Brown Library - December 14, 2007
The John Carter Brown Library provides a number of Long-Term Fellowships.
Grant of the Week: Air and Space Museum Fellowship in U.S. Naval Flight History - December 07, 2007
The Ramsey Fellowship, offered by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, is a competitive twelve-month, in-residence fellowship in “U.S. Naval Flight History.” A stipend of $45,000 will be awarded for a 12-month fellowship.
Grant of the Week: Bernard Choseed Memorial Fellowship from the YIVO Institute - November 30, 2007
The Professor Bernard Choseed Memorial Fellowship supports original doctoral or post-doctoral research in the field of East European Jewish studies.
Early Deadline for the Albert B. Corey Prize in Canadian-American Relations - November 26, 2007
By Debbie Ann Doyle
Submissions for the 2008 Albert B. Corey Prize are due to the prize committee by January 15, 2008. The biennial prize will be awarded at the June 2008 annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association.
Grant of the Week: Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for History - November 23, 2007
The Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for History is offered biennially by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences to reward outstanding scholarly achievements in the field of history. Recipents are awarded a silver water clock which symbolizes Clio and $150,000 to be spent at the discretion of the recipient.
Grant of the Week: Study Invention and Innovation with a Lemelson Center Fellowship - November 16, 2007
The Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center is seeking proposals for its 2008 Fellows Program, supporting projects that present creative approaches to the study of invention and innovation in American society.
Grant of the Week: Fellowships from the White House Historical Association - November 09, 2007
The White House Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians seek proposals for research projects focusing on the roles of the White House as home, workplace, museum, structure, and symbol. Three fellowships are available in the areas of K-12 education; graduate, post-doctoral, and advanced work; and public history.
Grant of the Week: Fellowships for Research in China from ACLS - November 02, 2007
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is offering fellowships through its American Research in the Humanities in China program…
Grant of the Week: Postdoctoral Fellowships from the National Academy of Education - October 26, 2007
The National Academy of Education invites applications for the NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowships, which support early-career scholars working in critical areas of educational scholarship.
Grant of the Week: Mellon Fellowships for Assistant Professors - October 19, 2007
The School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, with the support of the Andrew Mellon Foundation, offers one-year fellowships for assistant professors at universities and colleges in the United States and Canada…
Grant of the Week: Doctoral Fellowships from the Japan Foundation - October 12, 2007
The Japan Foundation is a nonprofit organization that promotes international cultural exchange and mutual understanding between Japan and other countries. The foundation offers research fellowships and doctoral fellowships.
2008 Teaching American History Grants - October 11, 2007
The U.S. Department of Education is now accepting applications for the 2008 Teaching American History grant program…
Grant of the Week: Junior Fellowships from Dumbarton Oaks - October 05, 2007
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection offers Junior Fellowships in three areas of study: Byzantine Studies (including related aspects of late Roman, early Christian, Western medieval, Slavic, and Near Eastern studies), Pre-Columbian Studies (of Mexico, Central America, and Andean South America), and Garden and Landscape Studies.
Grant of the Week: NEH Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants - September 28, 2007
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) invite applications to the Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants program.
Grant of the Week: Summer Stipends for the Study of American Christianity from the Louisville Institute - September 21, 2007
The Louisville Institute offers summer stipends to academics and pastors who have earned the terminal degree in their chosen vocation (e.g. M.Div., Ph.D., Th.D.) and are engaged in summer research projects pertaining to American Christianity.
Grant of the Week: Grants from the International Research & Exchanges Board - September 14, 2007
The International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) offers grants to master’s students, predoctoral students, professionals, and postdoctoral scholars through its Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) program. The grants support in-depth field research in policy-relevant subject areas related to Southeast Europe and Eurasia or equivalent projects.
Grant of the Week: Digital Humanities Fellowship from Stanford - September 07, 2007
The Stanford Humanities Center will award one Digital Humanities Fellowship for the academic year 2008-09 to a junior or senior scholar.
Grant of the Week: Senior Fellowships from the National Gallery of Art - August 31, 2007
The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art is offering up to seven senior fellowships: one Paul Mellon Fellowship as well as four to six Ailsa Mellon Bruce and Samuel H. Kress Senior Fellowships.
Grant of the Week: Over $2 Million up for Grabs in the Digital Media and Learning Competition - August 24, 2007
HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Sciences, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory) and the MacArthur Foundation have teamed up to create the Digital Media and Learning Competition, which will award $2 million in funds to “to support pioneers who use new technologies to envision the future of learning.”
Grant of the Week: Pursue “Change” with a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities from PHF - August 17, 2007
The Penn Humanities Forum (PHF) awards five one-year Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships each academic year to junior scholars (received doctorate between December 1999 and December 2007) in the humanities who are not yet tenured.
Grant of the Week: Postdoctoral Fellowships from Columbia University - August 10, 2007
The Columbia University Society of Fellows in the Humanities will appoint a number of post-doctoral fellows in the humanities for the 2008-09 academic year. The annual stipend is $52,000.
Grant of the Week: John H. Daniels Fellowship from the National Sporting Library - August 03, 2007
The John. H. Daniels Fellowship supports researchers at the National Sporting Library, a research center for horse and fields sports, for periods of up to one year. Eligible applicants include university faculty, graduate students, museum curators, librarians, writers, and journalists from the following disciplines: history, literature, art history, anthropology, area studies, and history of sport. Recipients of the fellowship will receive a monthly stipend (max. of $2,000/month), free housing near the Library, workspace, and other resources.
Grant of the Week: Postdoctoral Fellowships from the Institute for Research in the Humanities - July 27, 2007
Through a generous bequest from Friedrich and Lieselotte Solmsen, the Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, offers three one-year Solmsen Postdoctoral Fellowships to scholars from other universities working on literary and historical studies of the European Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance periods up to about the year 1700, awarded through an annual competition.
Grant of the Week: New Guggenheim Fellowship for Constitutional Studies - July 20, 2007
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation provides fellowships for advanced professionals in numerous fields (including natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, creative arts). For the 2008 competition the foundation will be offering a new fellowship in the field of Constitutional Studies.
Grant of the Week: Hiett Prize in the Humanities - July 13, 2007
The Hiett Prize in the Humanities, given by The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, is an annual award presented to a person whose work in the humanities shows extraordinary promise and has a significant public component related to contemporary culture. Its purpose is to encourage future leaders in the humanities by 1) recognizing their achievement and their potential and 2) assisting their work through a cash award of $50,000.
Grant of the Week: Jacob K. Javits Fellowships - July 06, 2007
The Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program assists students who undertake graduate study in selected fields of the arts, humanities, and social sciences leading to a doctoral degree, or to a master’s degree where the master’s degree is the terminal degree awarded in the selected field of study. History and non-American history are both eligible fields of study for this fellowship.
Dept. of Education Seeks Panel Reviewers for Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program - July 05, 2007
The Department of Education is seeking panel reviewers to evaluate applications from students applying for Jacob K. Javits Fellowships for the 2008 fiscal year.
Grant of the Week: Canada-U.S. Fulbright Visiting Research Chairs - June 29, 2007
The Canada-U.S. Fulbright Visiting Research Chairs Program enables promising and prominent Canadian and American scholars, as well as experienced professionals to conduct research, develop collaborations, guest lecture and/or teach at select American and Canadian universities.
Grant of the Week: Fellowship from the Historic New Orleans Collection - June 22, 2007
The Historic New Orleans Collection invites entries for the Dianne Woest Fellowship in the Arts and Humanities.
Grant of the Week: World History Paper Prize - June 15, 2007
Phi Alpha Theta and the World History Association are co-sponsoring a student paper prize in world history.
Grant of the Week: NEH Humanities Collections and Resources Grants - June 08, 2007
The National Endowment for the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access offers Humanities Collections and Resources grants to U.S. nonprofit organizations or institutions, as well as to state and local government agencies. These grants range from $50,000 to $350,000 and are meant to support projects that preserve and create intellectual access to such collections as books, journals, newspapers, manuscript and archival materials, maps, still and moving images, sound recordings, art, and objects of material culture.
Grant of the Week: Postdoctoral Bursaries from the University of Edinburgh’s Institute for Advanced Studies - June 01, 2007
The University of Edinburgh’s Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) invites applications for postdoctoral bursaries (grants) from candidates in any area of the humanities and social sciences. Applicants’ work should fall within the scope of one of the Institute for Advanced Studies’ current research themes or across disciplinary boundaries in the humanities. The bursaries are for three to nine months, within the period of September 1, 2007 through August 31, 2008. Awards will be given up to a maximum of £10,000. No teaching is required, but successful applicants may be able to supplement the bursary by contributing to undergraduate teaching programs. The institute provides office accommodations and research facilities for recipients. Applicants must have been awarded a doctorate, normally within the last three years, and should not have held a permanent position at a university. Deadline: July 13. Visit the award web page for application forms, contacts, and more information.
Grant of the Week: ECHO Digital History Grants - May 25, 2007
George Mason’s Center for History and New Media is offering a number of $1,000 grants, through its ECHO project, to support online digital history collections on the recent history of science, technology, and industry. To apply, submit a grant proposal of no more than 500 words and a c.v. to chnm@gmu.edu with the subject line, “ECHO grant proposal,” by July 1, 2007.
Grant of the Week: American Society for Legal History Dissertation Prize - May 18, 2007
The American Society for Legal History announces the Cromwell Dissertation Prize for 2007, offered by the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation. The prize is awarded for dissertations accepted or student articles written in the previous year (2006) in the general field of American legal history (broadly conceived), with some preference for those in the area of early America or the colonial period. Deadline: June 15, 2007.
Grant of the Week: Economic History Association Dissertation Awards - May 11, 2007
The Economic History Association offers two dissertation prizes to recognize excellence in the economic history field. The Allan Nevins Prize is awarded for the best dissertation in U.S. or Canadian economic history, while the Alexander Gerschenkron Prize recognizes the best dissertation in non-U.S. or Canadian economic history. Entries must be submitted by June 1, 2007, and recipients will be presented their awards at the Economic History Association’s annual meeting in Austin, Texas in September 2007. See the web site for contact information and other details.
Grant of the Week: American Studies Association Dissertation Prize - May 04, 2007
The American Studies Association offers the Ralph Henry Gabriel Prize, given annually to the best doctoral dissertation in American Studies, American Ethnic Studies or American Women’s Studies. Applicants who completed their dissertations between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007, and who are members of ASA, are eligible for the $500 prize.
Grant of the Week: Baylor University Oral History Research Fellowship - April 27, 2007
The Baylor University Institute for Oral History is offering one Oral History Research Fellowship for the 2007-08 academic year. This fellowship is designed to bring scholars to Waco, Texas, to work with oral history materials housed in The Texas Collection special library. The oral history collection has many aspects but is strongest in the areas of Central Texas history and religion in the Southwest. The fellowship carries a stipend of $3,000, as well as office space, computer support, and access to the holdings of the oral history collection. Application deadline is May 31, 2007. See the Baylor University Institute for Oral History web site for more information.
Grant of the Week: Fellowships from The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - April 20, 2007
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History invites applications for short-term fellowships in several categories.
Grant of the Week: Marine Corps Heritage Foundation Dissertation Fellowship - April 13, 2007
The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation offers one $10,000 General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr. Memorial Dissertation Fellowship per academic year to a qualified graduate student working on a doctoral dissertation pertinent to Marine Corps history. Topics in U.S. military and naval history, as well as history and history-based studies in the social and behavioral sciences, with a direct relationship to the history of the United States Marine Corps will be considered. The deadline for applications is May 1. See web site for details.
Grant of the Week: Research Seminar on Constitutionalism - April 06, 2007
The Institute for Constitutional Studies at George Washington University is hosting a residential research seminar on “Constitutionalism” in Washington, DC, June 11-17, 2007. Advanced graduate students and junior faculty are invited to apply by April 22nd. Instructors at the seminar will include Aviam Soifer (dean of the University of Hawaii law school) and Mary Sarah Bilder (Boston College). Participants will receive free lodging, a travel allowance, and a modest per diem to cover food and additional expenses. Lodging will be available from June 6 for participants who want to conduct additional research in the D.C. area and consult independently with Professor Soifer. See this pdf announcement for more information, or visit the institute’s web site.
Grant of the Week: American Institute of Physics - March 30, 2007
The American Institute of Physics’ Center for History of Physics offers grants-in-aid of up to $2,000 for research in the history of modern physics and allied sciences (astronomy, geophysics). Grants can be used only for work done in the center’s Neils Bohr Library in College Park, MD, or for work that adds to the library’s oral history collection. Applicants should either be working toward a graduate degree in the history of science or show a record of publication in the field. Application deadlines are April 15 and November 15 of each year. Visit the institute’s web site for more information.
Grant of the Week: Library of Congress Summer Interns - March 23, 2007
This summer the Library of Congress, home of the U.S. Copyright Office, is once again offering special 10-week, paid internships to college students (undergraduate and graduate). For a stipend of $3,000, Junior Fellows Summer Interns will work full-time, starting on June 4 and ending on Aug. 10, to help locate and itemize uncataloged materials submitted to the office as part of the copyright registration process. In the past, summer interns have identified hundreds of literary, artistic, film and musical gems among the Library’s copyright deposits. The deadline for applications is April 9th; see the LOC press release for full details. Text taken from the Library of Congress press release.
Grant of the Week: Jeanne Humphrey Block Dissertation Award - March 16, 2007
The Henry A. Murray Research Archive is pleased to offer the Jeanne Humphrey Block Dissertation Award to a qualified scholar during calendar year 2007. The award will be given in the amount of $2,500 to a PhD candidate in the social sciences, with an application deadline of April 1, 2007. Interested parties should send a letter of application, an academic vita, a summary of your proposed dissertation work, and two letters of recommendation to hmdc_directors@hmdc.harvard.edu. This text was taken from the Henry A. Murray Research Archive’s web site, for more information on this award see the announcement online.
Grant of the Week: Jameson Fellowship - March 09, 2007
By Andrew Bell
Scholars hoping to snag $5,000 for research at the Library of Congress have until March 15 to submit applications for the J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship in American History.
Grant of the Week: Craig Hugh Smyth Visiting Fellowship - March 02, 2007
Villa I Tatti, the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, in Florence offers up to three Craig Hugh Smyth Visiting Fellowships each academic year. This fellowship is aimed at scholars engaged in some aspect of Italian Renaissance studies who hold demanding positions that permit little time for research.
Grant of the Week: German Studies Research Grant - February 23, 2007
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is offering up to five German Studies Research Grants to highly qualified undergraduate and graduate students who are nominated by their department/program chairs. The grant may be used for short-term research (one to two months) in either North America or Germany. Undergraduates must have at least junior standing and must be pursuing a German Studies track or minor. The grant provides support ranging from $1,500 to $2,500. Application deadline is May 1st. Find more information on these German Studies Research Grants online here.
Grant of the Week: $250K from the Save Our History Grant Program - February 16, 2007
This year, the History Channel will award $250,000 in grants of up to $10,000 to historical organizations to fund hands-on, experiential educational projects that teach students about their local history and actively engage them in its preservation. History museums, historical societies, preservation organizations, historic sites, libraries, archives, government agencies, and other historical organizations are eligible to apply. The deadline for applications is June 1, 2007. For guidelines and criteria, important dates, and to apply, visit www.saveourhistory.com.
Grant of the Week: National Museum of the American Indian Fellowship - February 09, 2007
The Conservation Department of the National Museum of the American Indian is accepting applications for 1-2 year fellowships, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, for post-graduates interested in experience in the care, preservation, and conservation of the museum’s collections. Deadline for applications is March 15th. Contact Marian Kaminitz (kaminitzm@si.edu) for more information, or see the Smithsonian’s web site on fellowship and internship programs.
Grant of the Week: Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship - February 02, 2007
The James M. Osborn Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, offered by the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University, is open to scholars of British history, literature, society or culture in any period from the Middle Ages through the end of the Twentieth Century. Fellowship recipients will receive a stipend of $40,000 and a residential apartment during their 10-months of research at the Beinecke Library, which contains a collection of “books, manuscripts, prints, and original art concerning the literature, history, and culture of the British Isles.” The application deadline is February 15, 2007. For more information see the fellowship announcement on the Beinecke web site.
Grant of the Week: Fellowship from the Chemical Heritage Foundation - January 26, 2007
The Chemical Heritage Foundation invites applications for its Societe de Chimie Industrielle (American Section) Fellowship. This fellowship “is designed to stimulate public understanding of the chemical industries. Applications are encouraged from writers, journalists, educators, and historians of science, technology, or business.”
Introducing: Grant of the Week - January 19, 2007
Beginning today, AHA Today will feature a “Grant of the Week” on the blog every Friday from here on out. Today’s Grant of the Week is: The National Council for Eurasian and East European Research’s National Research Competition.