• HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE GRANTS PROGRAM / Harry S. Truman Library Institute / 500 West U.S. Highway 24 / Independence, MO 64050-1798 / (816) 833-0425, ext. 234 / Fax: (816) 833-2715 / Website: www.trumanlibrary.org/ Email: library@truman.nara.gov
(1) Scholar's Award. Every other year, in even-numbered years, the institute offers an award of up to $30,000 to post-doctoral scholars who are engaged in work on some aspect of the life and career of Harry S. Truman or of the public and foreign policy issues which were prominent at the Truman years. The awarding of the Scholar's Award is contingent upon the recept of underwriting support and of strong proposals from applicants. Prospective applicants should contact the institute to obtain information about the status of the Scholar's Award. For more inofrmation visit the website above.
(2) Dissertation Year Fellowships. One year fellowships with a stipend of $16,000 are offered to support graduate students working on some aspect of the life and career of Harry S. Truman or the public and foreign policy issues which were prominent during the Truman years. Applicants should have substantially completed their research and be prepared to devote full time to writing their dissertation. Deadline is February 1.
(3) Research Grants. Biannual awards of up to $2,500 are to cover travel and living expenses for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to conduct research for one to three weeks in the Truman Library. Deadlines are April 1 and October 1.
•HARVARD ACADEMY FOR INTERNATIONAL AND AREA STUDIES / The Academy Scholars Program / Harvard Academy for International and Areal Studies / Weatherhead Center for International Affairs / 1033 Massachusetts Avenue / Cambridge, MA 02138 / (617) 495-2137 / Fax: (617)495-8292 / Email: bhastie@cfia.harvard.edu / Website: http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/academy/academy_scholars_program.html
Harvard provides fellowship support for first-rate young social scientists and area specialists whose work combines disciplinary excellence in the social sciences with an in-depth grounding in particular countries or regions. Academy Scholars will work for two years at Harvard conducting either dissertation or post-doctoral research in their chosen fields and areas. The competition for these awards is open only to doctoral candidates (Ph.D. or comparable professional school degree) or recent recipients of these degrees. Annual stipend is $25,000 for pre-doctoral and $40,000 for post-doctoral scholars. Applicants are welcome from any accredited university without regard to nationality. Deadline: October 15.
•HEARST MINORITY FELLOWSHIP / Indiana University Center on Philanthropy / 550 West North Street, Suite 301 / Indianapolis, IN 46202-3162 / (317)274-4200 / Fax: (317)684-8900 / Website: http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/hearst.htm
The Hearst Minority Fellowship provides members of minority groups the opportunity to engage in the study and practical application of philanthropy, while in pursuit of the M.A. in Philanthropic Studies or M.P.A. in Nonprofit Management degree. The Hearst Minority Fellowship is a 10-month appointment beginning August 15 and ending June 15 with a
stipend of $9,000 for the year to cover housing and living expenses.
Tuition is waived. Deadline is February 1.
•HEBREW UNION COLLEGE JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION / Graduate Study Admissions / 3101 Clifton Avenue / Cincinnati, OH 45220-2488 / (513) 221-1875 / Website:www.huc.edu
Graduate Fellowships and tuition scholarships (M.A. and Ph.D.) are available through the graduate school years. Also The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives Fellowships is awarded to qualified scholars conducting serious research in some area relating to the history of North American Jewry. They are typically provided to Ph.D. candidates who are completing dissertations and to senior or independent scholars. The Fellowship Program provides recipients with month-long fellowships at The Marcus Center, located on the Cincinnati campus of HUC-JIR. All inquiries should be forwarded to The Director of The Fellowship Program c/o The Marcus Center, HUC-JIR, 3101 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, 45220-2488.
•THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM / ROTHBERG INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL-OFFICE OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS / 11 East 69th Street / New York, NY 10021-4982 / (212) 472-2288 / Website:http://overseas.huji.ac.il/
Several scholarship opportunities are available at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. For more information visit the website above.
• THE HENRY A. MURRAY RESEARCH CENTER: See Murray Research Center.
• HENRY LUCE FOUNDATION, INC. / 111 West 50th Street / Suite 4601 / New York, NY 10020 / (212) 489-7700 / Website:www.hluce.org
The Henry Luce Foundation offers several programs, the most relevant ones for Ph.D. students are the following:
(1) Dissertation fellowships and research awards. For doctoral candidates working on dissertations in American art. Currently ten fellowships of $20,000 each are made through an annual, national competition. Dealine is November 3.
In addition, the foundation provides smaller dissertation research awards each year directly to six invited graduate programs with a commitment to American art. These awards of $30,000 to each graduate program are re-granted by the respective art history departments to their most promising art history graduate students working on topics of American art history. Funds are used solely to advance completion of the student's dissertation.
(2) Luce Scholars Program. Fifteen young Americans of outstanding promise are sent each year to the Far East for professional apprenticeships under the guidance of leading Asian scholars. The program is experiential rather than academic in nature. The program is open to U.S. citizens in all fields (except Asian specialists). Candidates must not be more than 29 years of age. Nominations accepted from participating institutions only. Deadline: the first Monday in December.
• HERBERT SCOVILLE JR. PEACE FELLOWSHIP /
322 4th Street, NE /
Washington, DC 20002 /
U.S.A. /
(202) 543-4100 x124 /
Website:http://www.clw.org/pub/clw/scoville/ / E-mail:scoville@clw.org
This program was established to provide college graduates with the opportunity to gain a Washington perspective on issues related to peace and security. This fellowship is designed to allow recipients to spend 6 to 9 months working full-time on arms control research, regional/ethnic conflicts, international security and UN Peacekeeping. Fellows are given the opportunity to choose their own area of specialization. Benefits include $1,800-a-month stipend, travel expenses to and from Washington D.C. and health insurance. Deadlines are October 15 for the Spring Fellowship and February 17 for the Fall Fellowship.
•HERMAN KAHN RESIDENT FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM / Hudson Institute / 5395 Emerson Way / Indianapolis, IN 46226 / (317) 545-1000 Ext 120 / Email:db@hudson.org / Website: www.hudson.org
These fellowships are offered each year to support Ph.D. candidates who have completed their course work and have only to finish writing their dissertations. Fellows work on their dissertations 50 percent of the time, with the remainder devoted to policy-oriented research projects assigned by Hudson Institute in their general area of interest.
This program is to aid students who have demonstrated interest in and capability for policy-oriented research and the use of interdisciplinary analysis. The stipend is $18,000 for the academic year. Individuals in the social sciences may apply in five areas: 1) Criminology, 2) Education, 3) Social Welfare Policy and Civil Society, 4) Economic Development and Urban Planning , and 5) International Political Economy and Security Studies. Deadline: April 1. For applications an more information click here.
•HOOVER INSTITUTE ON WAR, REVOLUTION, AND PEACE
/ National Fellows Programs / Stanford University / Stanford, CA 94305-6010 / (415) 723-0163 / Website: http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/hila/
Hoover's intellectual vitality and achievements are further enhanced by the various visiting scholars, fellows, lecturers, and foreign dignitaries who spend up to a year in residence. These visitors include distinguished scholars from other universities, U.S. and foreign government officials, and journalists, as well as young scholars who show promise of becoming leading public policy intellectuals in the future. Several competitive programs attract such visitors each year:
(1) The Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellows Program brings outstanding junior faculty from universities around the country to devote a year to advanced research and writing in their fields.
(2) The Susan Louise Dyer Peace Fellowship is awarded to a National Fellow whose research proposal focuses on some aspect of world peace or on humanitarian causes.
(3) The National Security Affairs Fellows Program allows military personnel to pursue intensive, independent research on topics relevant to their service careers.
(4) The Diplomatic Affairs Fellows Program brings career U.S. foreign service officers to the Institution for a year of research on topics related to their fields of interest.
(5) The Samuel Roberts Noble Public Affairs Fellowship provides an opportunity for those interested in public policy to work among other Hoover Fellows in their endeavors.
(6) The Robert Wesson Fellowship enables visiting scholars to examine new paradigms in science and their implications for social and public policy.
For information on each of these fellowships visit the website above.
•THE HOUGHTON LIBRARY / Harvard University / Visiting Fellowships / The Fellowship Selection Committee / Cambridge, MA 02138 / (617) 495-2441 / Website: http://hcl.harvard.edu/houghton/ / Email:houghref@fas.harvard.edu
Twelve short-term fellowships are available to assist scholars who must travel to work with the Library's collections. Each fellow is expected to be in residence at Harvard University for at least one month. Stipend is $2,500. Deadline is January 16.
Houghton Library is the principal rare book and manuscript library of Harvard College. The Library's holdings are particularly strong in the following areas: European, English, American, and South American literature, including the country's pre-eminent collection of American literary manuscripts; philosophy; religion; history of science; music; printing and graphic arts; dance; and theatre. For more information about the following fellowships click here
(1) Beatrice, Benjamin, and Richard Bader Fellowship in the Visual Arts of the Theatre.
(2) W. Jackson Bate/ Douglas W. Bryant, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) Fellowship.
(3) Rodney G. Dennis Fellowship in the Study of Manuscripts.
(4) The Ralph Waldo Emerson Memorial Association Fellowship for the Study of Emerson and his Circle.
(5) Eleanor M. Garvey Fellowship in Printing and Graphic Arts.
(6) Houghton Mifflin Fellowship in Publishing History.
(7) William Dean Howells Memorial Fellowship in American Literature. (1860-1920)
(8) Stanley J. Kahrl Fellowship in Literary Manuscripts.
(9) Stanley J. Kahrl Fellowship in Theatre History.
(10) Joan Nordell Fellowship.
(11) Howard D. Rothschild Fellowship in Dance.
(12) John M. Ward Fellowship in Dance and Music for the Theatre.
• HOWARD (GEORGE A. AND ELIZA GARDNER) FOUNDATION / FELLOWSHIP / Henry F. Majewski, Administrative Director / Box 1867 / Brown University / Providence, RI 02912 / (401) 863-2640 / Fax: (401) 863-7341 / Website: www.brown.edu/Divisions/Graduate_School/howard/
The Foundation awards a limited number of fellowships each year for independent projects in fields selected on a rotational basis. Stipends for one year are normally $20,000. There are no residency requirements. Deadline for nominations is mid October, deadline for submission of applications is beginning of December. Award calendar is as follows:
(1) 2006-2007. Sociology, Anthropology and Philosophy.
(2) 2007-2008. Painting, Sculpture and Art History.
(3) 2008-2009. Music, Playwriting and Theatre Arts.
(4) 2009-2010. History, History of Science and Political Science.
The intention of the Foundation is primarily to support people in the middle stages of their careers whose work to date is evidence of their promise and achievement. The designation mid-career refers to those who are no longer beginners in their field, and those who have not yet realized their full potential. They should, therefore, have a significant record of publication beyond the dissertation.
Nominees should generally have the rank of assistant or associate professor or their non-academic equivalents. Support is intended to augment paid sabbatical leaves, making it financially possible for grantees to have time in which to pursue their projects, free of any other professional responsibilities. Accepted nominees should be eligible for at least one semester sabbatical or other leave with guaranteed additional support.
Candidates, regardless of their country of citizenship, must be professionally based in the United States either by affiliation with an institution or by residence.
• HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE/ OFFICE OF GRANTS AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS/ 4000 Jones Bridge Road / Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815 6789 / Website: http://www.hhmi.org/grants/index.html
Research Scholar Competition. These fellowships are meant to strengthen and expand the pool of medically trained researchers. The program is designed to enable selected medical students with an interest in fundamental research to spend a year at intensive work in research laboratory. No citizenship requirement. Deadline is mid November.
• HUD-OUP (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Department-Office of University Parnertships) / University Partnerships Clearinghouse /P.O. Box 6091 / Rockville, MD 20849 / (800) 245-2691 / (301) 519-5154 / Website: www.oup.org
(1) Doctoral Dissertation Research Grants Program.
(2) Early Doctoral Student Research Grants.
(3) Historically Black Colleges.
(4) Urban Scholars Fellowship Program.
• HUGH KELLY FELLOWSHIP AT RHODES UNIVERSITY / Rhodes University / P.O. Box 94 / Grahamstown 6140 / South Africa / Telephone (0461) 2-2023 / Fax: (0461) 2-5049 / Website: http://www.ru.ac.za/research/fellowships/fellowships.html
The Fellowship is awarded in alternate years to enable senior scientists (with at least a Ph.d qualification) to devote themselves to advanced work in any of the following Science Departments of Rhodes University.
Biochemistry and Microbiology, Botany, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geography, Geology, Human Kinetics & Ergonomics, Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, Mathematical Statistics, Mathematics (Pure & Applied), Pharmaceutical Sciences, Physics & Electronics, Zoology and Entomology and the Institute for Water Research.
The tenure of the Fellowship is for up to one year, or at least four months. University accommodation is provided free of charge and some transportation expenses are also awarded. A report on the work is required at the conclusion of the fellowship term. Completed applications should be submitted by July 30.
•HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITÄT ZU BERLIN /HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN GERMANY /
Unter den Linden 6/D-10099 Berlin / Website: www.hu-berlin.de
Humboldt University offers grants for relatives of victims of the Nazi regime given by the fund "Remembrance and Future" endowed by the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future." Applicants have to be students at a university, especially in the Middle and Eastern European countries, the GUS/CIS-States and USA. Applicants have to be relatives or descendants of former forced labourers or other victims of the Nazi regime or have to have taken an active interest in questions related to forced labour and the impact of the Nazi regime in and on their own country. Deadline is April 31. For further information and application visit www2.hu-berlin.de/aia/stud_ausl/evz.htm
•HUMPHREY (HUBERT H.) FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM / Institute of International Education / 1400 K Street, NW, Suite 650
Washington, DC 20005 /
Tel: (202) 326-7701 /
Fax: (202) 326-7702 /
E-mail: hhh@iie.org / Website: http://www.iie.org/Template.cfm?&Template=/programs/hhh/default.htm
The Humphrey Program is a Fulbright exchange activity that brings accomplished professionals from designated countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Eurasia to the United States at a midpoint in their careers for a year of study and related professional experiences.
•HUNTINGTON LIBRARY / Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens / 1151 Oxford Road / San Marino, CA 91108 / Tel: (626)405-2194 / Fax: (626)449-5703 / Email: cpowell@huntington.org / Website: www.huntington.org
The Huntington is an independent research center with holdings in British and American history, literature, art history, and the history of science and medicine. Application deadline for all fellowships: December 15.
(1) Huntington Fellowships. Ph.D. or doctoral candidate at the dissertation stage are eligible. The duration of the fellowship is one to five months. Stipend is $2,000 per month. Within this catagory, the Huntington awards a number of specialized fellowships, including:
-Francis Bacon Foundation Fellowships in Renaissance England.
-Evelyn S. Nation Fellowship in the History of Medicine.
-Reese Fellowship in American Bibliography and the History of the Book in the Americas.
-Trent R. Dames Civil Engineering History Fellowship.
-Haynes Foundation Fellowships in Los Angeles Region History.
(2) W.M. Keck Foundation Fellowships for Young Scholars. Non-tenured faculty or doctoral candidate at the dissertation stage are eligible. Fellowship is tenable for up to five months. Stipend is $2,300 per month.
(3) Huntington-British Academy Fellowship for Study in Great Britain. Only scholars who hold a Ph.D. or equivalent are eligible to apply. Tenure of fellowship is for one month.In cooperation with the British Academy, the Huntington offers a limited number of exchange fellowships in any of the fields in which the Huntington collections are strong.
(4) Barbara Thom Postdoctoral Fellowships. Non-tenured faculty are eligible to apply. Tenure of fellowship is Nine to twelve months. Award amounts to $40,000. Fellowship is designed to support non-tenured faculty members who are revising a manuscript for publication. Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to the Huntington's collections.
(5) Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellowships.
Scholars who hold a Ph.D. or equivalent are eligible to apply. Applicant must have received the Ph.D. by June of 2005. Tenure of fellowship is nine to twelve months. Award is $40,000.
Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to the Huntington's collections.
(6) National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships.
Scholars who hold a Ph.D. or equivalent are eligible to apply. Applicant must have received the Ph.D. by June of 2005. Must be a United States citizen or foreign national with at least three years' U.S. residence. Tenure of fellowship is four to twelve months.
Award amounts up to $40,000. Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to the Huntington's collections.
(7) Clark=Huntington Joint Bibliographical Fellowship.
The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library at UCLA and the Huntington Library jointly sponsor a postdoctoral fellowship in descriptive bibliography and the history of the book. The Huntington and the Clark have complementary collections in the fields of British and American history and literature, the history of science, music, the history of the book, and fine printing. The recipient of the two-month fellowship is expected to work directly with both libraries’ resources on a project which supports bibliographical inquiry as well as research in the history of the book trades and in publishing history. The fellowship carries a stipend of $4,000 for two months.
For application details, please contact the Fellowship Coordinator, William Andrews Clark Library, 2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, CA 90018-2098, (323) 731-8529, whiteman@humnet.ucla.edu
(8) Frederick Burkardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars.
The American Council of Learned Societies has announced a new program supporting advanced scholarly work in the humanities. The Huntington is one of the residential sites. For information on how to apply go to www.acls.org
There is no application form. Applications consisting of items 1 through 4 should be mailed to: Committee on Fellowships, The Huntington, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108. For more information on applications click here.