Outside Funding Opportunities

American Fellowships support women scholars completing doctoral dissertations, conducting postdoctoral research, or finishing research for publication. To apply, see the American Fellowships program website.

The funds for this program come from the earnings of a bequest from Bernadotte E. Schmitt, president of the American Historical Association in 1960. Only members of the association are eligible to apply. The grants are intended to further research in progress and may be used for travel to a library or archive, for microfilms, photographs, or photocopying—a list of purposes that is meant to be merely illustrative, not exhaustive (other expenses, such as child care, can be included).

The American Historical Association's Michael Kraus Research Grant in American Colonial History recognizes the most deserving proposal relating to work in progress on a research project in American colonial history, with particular reference to the intercultural aspects of American and European relations. Only members of the Association are eligible.

The Dan David Prize laureates annually donate twenty scholarships of $15,000 each to outstanding doctoral and postdoctoral students of exceptional promise in the chosen fields. Ten scholarships are awarded to doctoral and postdoctoral students at universities throughout the world and ten scholarships at Tel Aviv University. For eligibility requirements and deadlines please visit the Dan David Prize website.

The Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships seek to increase the diversity of the nation's college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, maximizing the educational benefits of diversity, and increasing the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History invites applications for short-term fellowships in several categories: Research Fellowships for postdoctoral scholars at every faculty rank; Dissertation Fellowships for doctoral candidates who have completed exams and begun dissertation reading and writing; and Research Fellowships for journalists and independent scholars. The Gilder Lehrman Fellowships support work in one of their five archives.

Harvard's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies offers grants to support graduate research during the summer in or relating to China and Taiwan. The competition is open to graduate students from all Schools at Harvard at all stages of their academic careers. Grants will not exceed $3,000. Recipients are required to submit, upon their return, a brief report on their work over the summer.

Support of graduate and undergraduate students is an important priority for the Weatherhead Center. Generous grants from the Weatherhead Foundation and from the Hartley R. Rogers family allow the Center to provide extensive research opportunities for students. These funds complement our student programs funds from the Weatherhead Foundation and the Maurice and Sarah Samuels family, allowing us to offer exciting programs for both undergraduate and graduate students.

The Julius B. Richmond Fellowship at Harvard's Center on the Developing Child supports the dissertation research of all Harvard University doctoral students. Established in 2006, the Center is dedicated to creating a new generation of leaders who have a broad perspective on the promotion of healthy child development and who recognize the need to bring strong scientific knowledge to bear on policies and programs that support the well-being of children.

The Newberry Library Fellowships are available to graduate, doctoral, and postdoctoral students in the humanities whose research would benefit from time spent in the library's collections. Newberry's collections concern the civilizations of Western Europe and the Americas from the late middle ages to the early twentieth century. A number of long- and short-term fellowships are available at stipends of $1,800 to $35,000.