In order to help students best prepare their applications, Trisha Craig and Brendan Karch gave a graduate student workshop on writing/revising grant proposals for external funding on Oct. 13 at CES. If you missed the workshop, you can download the power point presentation and an easy-reference chart of upcoming external fellowship deadlines and requirements.
Pre-Dissertation Research Grants
Council for European Studies Pre-Dissertation Fellowship
http://tiny.cc/Ane8x
Deadline: February 1, 2010
The Council for European Studies, of which Harvard is a member, awards pre-dissertation fellowships to doctoral candidates of outstanding intellectual and scholarly promise, selected by an independent committee composed of leading academics in the field of European studies. In 2010 there will be 22 grants available, and each fellowship award is worth $4,000. The roster of the 2009 Fellowship winners may be viewed on the Council's website; clicking on the individual names will link the reader to abstracts of the winning proposals. Application materials and FAQ's can be found here.
Dissertation Research Grants
Fulbright Program, Institute of International Education (IIE) Cultural Exchange Awards
For over 50 years, the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) has helped administer the Fulbright Scholar Program, the U.S. government's flagship academic exchange effort. The U.S. Student Program offers grants for one academic year of study, research, or teaching assistantship experience. Projects may include university course work, independent library or field research, or professional training in the arts. Preference will be given to candidates who have not had extensive recent experience abroad, especially in the country of application. Grant lengths and dates vary depending on country. Visit the Program's website for detailed information on these opportunities. All registered GSAS students must apply for an IIE Fulbright through the GSAS Fellowships Office Director, Dr. Cynthia Verba. Harvard's internal GSAS application deadline was October, 1, 2009.
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program (DDRA)
http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html
http://gsas.harvard.edu/images/stories/pdfs/ddra.pdf
Deadline for electronic submission to GSAS Fellowships Office: November 12, 2009
The DDRA is for U.S. citizens or permanent residents and is designed to contribute to the development and improvement of the study of modern languages and area studies in the US by providing opportunities for scholars to conduct research abroad. The concept of area studies is defined as a comprehensive or multi-2 disciplinary approach focused on a specific world area or country. It may include all major world areas with the exception of Western Europe. The program is for those who intend a career in teaching and research. In contrast to the Cultural Exchange Fulbright, which is limited to a stay in a single country, the DDRA program is designed for stays in one or more countries. A Western European country may be included as one of the stays, if archival work or other research needs related to the non-Western project warrant such a stay.
Note: If your dissertation research topic focuses on Eastern Europe, you may apply for both the Fulbright US Student Program Grant (Harvard internal deadline was Oct. 1) AND the Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Grant described above, but if awarded both, you must choose one.
SSRC International Dissertation Research Fellowships
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/idrf-fellowship/
Deadline: Nov 3, 2009
The SSRC's The International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) program supports distinguished graduate students in the humanities and social sciences conducting dissertation research outside the United States. Seventy-five fellowships will be awarded with funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The IDRF program is committed to scholarship that advances knowledge about non-U.S. cultures and societies grounded in empirical and site-specific research (involving fieldwork, research in archival or manuscript collections, or quantitative data collection). The program promotes research that is situated in a specific discipline and geographical region and is engaged with interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives.
Fellowships will provide support for 9 to 12 months of dissertation research. Individual awards will be approximately $20,000. No awards will be made for proposals requiring less than nine months of on-site research. The 2010 IDRF fellowship must be held for a single continuous period within the eighteen months between July 2010 and December 2011. CES assumes that eligible students who will be applying for our dissertation research grant to conduct research abroad will also have applied for this grant.
Mellon Fellowship for Dissertation Research in Original Sources
http://www.clir.org/fellowships/mellon/mellon.html
Deadline: Nov 13, 2009
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) offers fellowships funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for dissertation research in the humanities in original sources. The program offers about fifteen competitively awarded fellowships a year. Each provides a stipend of $2,000 per month for periods ranging from 9-12 months. In addition, each fellow will receive an additional $1,000 upon participating in a symposium on research in original sources and submitting a report acceptable to CLIR on the research experience. Thus the maximum award will be $25,000.
Traditional proposals for original source research in such fields as history are welcome, but the committee gives preference to sound non-traditional projects in all eligible fields such as those that use newly available or little studied sources; make interdisciplinary use of sources; use sources in innovative, creative ways; or use sources in repositories that cannot, themselves, provide financial assistance to researchers.
Chateaubriand Fellowship
http://france-science.org/chateaubriand3/chateaubriand_/culturel/fellow-intro.php
Deadline: Dec 15, 2009
The Education Office of the French Embassy administers the highly competitive Chateaubriand Fellowship. Every year, this program enables 15 doctorate students enrolled in American universities to conduct research in France for nine months. Chateaubriand recipients receive a stipend, a round trip ticket to France, health insurance, and approximately 30 days per diem for travelling in France for research purposes.
Candidates do not have to be U.S. citizens, but they must be enrolled in a PhD program at an American university and they cannot be a French citizen. Candidates must obtain a letter of recommendation from their advisors in the US and a letter of invitation from a French professor employed in a French university or a research institution. The fellowship begins between September 15 and October 15 of the fellowship year and lasts nine months.
American Association of University Women
http://www.aauw.org/education/fga/fellows_directory/index.cfm
Deadline: Dec 1, 2009
One of the world's largest sources of funding exclusively for graduate women, the AAUW Educational Foundation supports aspiring scholars around the globe, teachers and activists in local communities, women at critical stages of their careers, and those pursuing professions where women are underrepresented. American Fellowships support women doctoral candidates completing dissertations and scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave or for preparing completed research for publication. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. International Fellowships currently offer awards of $20,000 for one academic year to women doctoral candidates, who are not United States citizens or permanent residents, for study within the United States.
Dissertation Completion grants
Mellon/ACLS Early Career Fellowship Program
http://www.acls.org/ecfguide.htm
Deadline: Nov 11, 2009
This program is designed to assist graduate students in the humanities and related social sciences in the last year of PhD dissertation writing. The fellowship offers a stipend of $25,000, plus funds for research costs of up to $3,000 and for university fees of up to $5,000. Furthermore, the program not only awards a year of dissertation write up funds, but also allows those holding the grant to apply for post-doctoral funding. Applicants must be prepared to complete their dissertations within the period of their fellowship tenure or shortly thereafter. This is a tremendous opportunity for students and CES assumes that eligible students who apply for our dissertation completion grant will also have applied for this external award. This fellowship can not be held beyond the 7th year of graduate study.
Fellowships for Recent Doctoral Recipients
Mellon/ACLS Recent Doctoral Recipients Fellowships
http://www.acls.org/ecfguide.htm
Deadline: Dec 9, 2009
These fellowships are designed to assist young scholars in the humanities and related social sciences in the first or second year following completion of the PhD. The program aims to assist recent doctoral recipients to position themselves for further scholarly advancement and is available to young scholars whether or not they hold academic positions. Eligibility for these Fellowships will be limited to scholars awarded Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships in the prior year's competition, the Alternates selected in the prior year's Mellon/ACLS competition, and those awarded other dissertation fellowships of national stature (such as the Whiting Fellowship) that require applicants to complete their dissertations within a specified period. The stipend is $30,000 for one year beginning between June and September (for either the 2010-2011 or 2011-2012 academic year).