Grants and Resources

American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships and Grants Programs (ACLS)
The mission of the ACLS, as set forth in its constitution, is to "advance humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the humanities and the social sciences and to maintain and strengthen relations among the national societies devoted to such studies." As the pre-eminent representative of humanities scholarship in America, the ACLS carries out its mission in a variety of programs across many fields of learning. Awarding peer-reviewed fellowships is at the core of ACLS activity.

APSA Centennial Center for Political Science & Public Affairs Visiting Scholars Program
Assists scholars from the United States and abroad who would benefit from a stay in and access to the resources available in Washington, DC, providing infrastructure including furnished work space with computer, phone, fax, conference space, and library access.

Newberry 2006 - 2007 Fellowships in the Humanities
Provides access to Newberry Library resources.
Deadline forACM/GLCA Faculty Fellowships and most short-term fellowships: March 1,

Fulbright Scholar Program
The Fulbright Scholar Program is offering lecturing/research awards in some 140 countries for the 2006-2007 academic year. Opportunities are available not only for college and university faculty and administrators, but also for professionals from business and government, as well as journalists, lawyers, scientists, artists, independent scholars and many others.

While foreign language skills are needed in some countries, most Fulbright lecturing assignments are in English. Some 80 percent of the awards are for lecturing.

Application deadlines include:

Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program: The Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program awards are among the most prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholar Program. Most awards are in Western Europe, although a few are available in Canada and Russia. Deadline: May 1, 2006

Fulbright Senior Specialists Program: The Fulbright Senior Specialists Program provides short-term Fulbright grants of two to six weeks. Activities offer U.S. faculty and professionals opportunities to collaborate on curriculum and faculty development, institutional planning and a variety of other activities. Rolling Deadline

Fulbright (Non-U.S.) Visiting Scholar Programs
Fulbright Visiting Non-U.S. Scholar Program: This program is for non-U.S. scholars interested in applying for research/lecturing grants in the United States.

Fulbright Visiting Specialists Program: Direct Access to the Muslim World: This new program will support 20-25 grants for visits of between two and six weeks by scholars and professionals from abroad who are former Fulbrighters to American institutions that desire to enrich understanding and knowledge of Islamic, Middle Eastern and South Asian societies and cultures. Deadline: April 1, 2006

Visiting Scholar Occasional Lecturer Program (OLP): Provides support for scholars and professionals who are already in the United States on Fulbright grants to visit other campuses for the purpose of guest lecturing. Individual faculty, departments, and institutions are encouraged to contact scholars directly; scholars apply to CIES for reimbursement of their round-trip transportation costs.

For information, contact the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) at 3007 Tilden Street, NW, Suite 5L, Washington, DC 20008-3009. Telephone: 202-686-7877; E-mail. Information and an online application are also available on the Web.

National Association of Broadcasters Research Grants
Funds research on economic, business, social, and policy issues important to station managers and other decision-makers in the U.S. commercial broadcast industry
Deadline: January 31

Johnson Foundation Wingspread Conferences Program
Co-sponsors conferences on public interest issues.
Contact: Barbara J. Schmidt, Program Secretary
P.O. Box 547
Racine, WI 53401-0547
Phone: (262) 681-3343
Fax (262) 681-3325
Web forms available.

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Civil Society Program
Supports efforts to assist in democratic institution building, strengthen communities, promote equitable access to resources, and ensure respect of rights and diversity.
Web forms available

National Endowment for the Humanities
Supports research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
Deadlines: Vary with programs

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (HFG) welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance. Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world.
Deadline: February 1, 2006.

William T. Grant Foundation Funding Opportunities
The goal of the William T. Grant Foundation is to help create a society that values young people and enables them to reach their full potential. It pursues this goal by investing in research and in people and projects that use evidence-based approaches. We support research on how contexts such as families, programs, and policies affect youth, how these contexts can be improved, and how scientific evidence affects influential adults.
Deadlines: Applications are reviewed at Board meetings in March, June and October of each year.

The National Science Foundation's Social and Economic Sciences Division supports research to develop and advance scientific knowledge focusing on economic, legal, political and social systems, organizations and institutions. In addition, SES supports research on the intellectual and social contexts that govern the development and use of science and technology. SES programs consider proposals that fall squarely within disciplines, but they also encourage and support interdisciplinary projects, which are evaluated through joint review among Programs in SES, as well as joint review with programs in other Divisions, and NSF-wide multi-disciplinary panels, as appropriate.
Deadlines: Vary with programs.

Pew Charitable Trusts
Six program areas of culture, education, environment, health and human services, public policy, and religion, as well as the interdisciplinary Venture Fund.
Web forms available

APSA lists numerous other funding opportunities.