Dissertation Research Funding
The following is a list of major dissertation research funding opportunities. This list is not meant to be exhaustive; it is heavily geared towards humanities and social science graduate students, and is meant as a general purpose resource. It is not our intention to replace or replicate the opportunities made available to you through the fellowships offices of your home institutions; it is, rather, an additional resource at your disposal. Please be sure to regularly consult your fellowships offices at your home institutions for dissertation research funding opportunities.
FULL-YEAR GRANTS
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Post-Doctoral Curatorial Fellowship
- The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American & African Studies at the University of Virginia
- Charlotte Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
- The Chateaubriand Doctoral Fellowship for Humanities and Social Sciences
- Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources
- De Karman Fellowships
- Dibner History of Science (Huntington Library)
- Earl Modern Studies Institute Fellowships (Huntington Library)
- Ford Foundation Fellowship Program
- The Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies at the University of Rochester
- Fulbright Grants
- Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research
- Getty Center Predoctoral Fellowships
- Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art
- Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London
- Japan Foundation
- John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship at the American Philosophical Society
- The John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, Los Angeles
- Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- National Gallery of Art, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA)
- Smithsonian Fellowships
- Social Science Research Council International Dissertation Research Fellowship (SSRC IDRF)
- Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
- Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
SHORT-TERM GRANTS
NON-GEOGRAPHICAL
- American Historical Association Research Grants
- Marcus Garvey Foundation Research Fellowships
- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Joan and Stanford Alexander Dissertation award in the history of photography
- Social Science Research Council Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (SSRC DPDF)
- Western Association of Women Historians, Founders’ Dissertation Fellowship
- The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies
GEOGRAPHICAL
UNITED STATES
West
California
- Autry Institute Research Fellowships
- Early Modern Studies Institute Fellowships
- Dibner History of Science
Oregon
East
Delaware
Massachusetts
- American Antiquarian Society
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
- Massachusetts Historical Society
New England
New York
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, Grants-In-Aid
- The Gilder Lerhman Institute of American History
- New York Public Library Fellowships
- New York State Archives
Pennsylvania
- The American Philosophical Society
- The David Library of the American Revolution
- The Library Company of Philadelphia
Rhode Island
Washington, D.C.
Midwest
Illinois
Kansas
Michigan
Missouri
South
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
North Carolina
- Southern Historical Collection at The Wilson Library, UNC Chapel Hill
- David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
South Carolina
Texas
- Clements Center-DeGolyer Library at Southern Methodist University
- Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin
- LBJ Presidential Library
FRANCE