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.

ACLS (American Council of Learned Societies). ACLS Fellowships are designed to permit scholars holding the Ph.D. or equivalent to devote a full year to research and writing in such fields as Literatures and Languages, History, Anthropology, Political Theory, Philosophy, Classics, Religion, the History of Art, Linguistics, Musicology, and the study of diverse world civilizations and cultures. Over the past 60 years more than 3,000 scholars have held ACLS Fellowships, several at early stages in their careers, including many leading figures in the humanities today. The intensive peer-review process that results in the selection of these fellows is not just an administrative mechanism: it is an opportunity for distinguished scholars to reach broad consensus on standards of quality in humanities research.

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Sloan Research Fellowships
Selection procedures for the Sloan Research Fellowships are designed to identify those who show the most outstanding promise of making fundamental contributions to new knowledge. Sloan Research Fellows, once chosen, are free to pursue whatever lines of inquiry are of the most compelling interest to them. Their Sloan funds can be applied to a wide variety of uses for which other, more restricted funds such as research project grants cannot usually be employed. Former Fellows report that this flexibility often gives the fellowships a value well beyond their dollar amounts.
DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS: September 15, 2006

Fulbright Scholar Program
The Fulbright Scholar Program is offering lecturing/research awards in some 140 countries for the 2004-2005 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:

U.S. Scholar Programs
The Traditional Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad to 140 countries each year for two months to an academic year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields.
DEADLINE: August 1, 2006

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.
DEADLINE: Rolling Deadline

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.

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.

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.
Application procedures available here.

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

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation welcomes proposals for research grants 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.
Guidelines available here.
DEADLINE: August 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.
Guidelines available here.
Deadlines: Applications are reviewed at Board meetings in March, June, October and December 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.
Deadlines: The Board meets quarterly (March, June, September and December) to award grants.
Web forms available

APSA lists other resources for funding opportunities.