Category: Dissertation Research/ ABD

These fellowships are available to scholars who are actively working on their Ph.D dissertation. An “ABD” title may or may not need to be proven.

Fulbright- Japan Research

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PhD dissertation research candidates, graduate students enrolled in professional schools such as law, business, journalism, international relations, public administration, and fine arts or graduates from the above-mentioned professional schools within 3 years of the time of application, are eligible to apply. Non-Japanese studies specialists or first-timers to Japan must show the feasibility of their proposals and indicate how a Japanese experience will relate to their career plans.

DEADLINE: August 1st every year

ELIGIBILITY:

  • U.S. citizenship – permanent residence is not sufficient.
  • Recipients of a Fulbright Scholar grant are eligible to apply for another Fulbright Scholar grant two years after the date of completion of the previous grant. (For serial or Flex grants, the two-year period begins at the end of the final grant in the series.)
  • Candidates who have resided abroad for five or more consecutive years in the six-year period preceding the date of application are ineligible. In this case, a period of nine months or more during a calendar year is considered to constitute a full year abroad.
  • Recent college graduates with limited professional experience are ineligible for consideration under the Fulbright Scholar Program. Instead, such applicants can visit the Fulbright Student Program.
  • Graduate or doctoral students seeking funding to complete their degrees are ineligible for consideration under the Fulbright Scholar Program. Instead, such applicants can visit the Fulbright Student Program.
  • Sound physical and mental health: selected candidates are required to submit a Medical History and Examination Report before their grants can be finalized.
  • Grants shall not authorize engagement in pastoral, missionary, or other professional religious activities.
  • Grants shall not authorize engagement in activities for which a license to practice medicine or nursing is required.
  • Applicants are required to disclose any prior convictions of a felony or a misdemeanor, including Driving Under the Influence (DUI) or Driving While Intoxicated (DWI), but excluding minor traffic violations.  FFSB regulations can be found here (Chapter 600/Section 626 Ineligibility Factors.)
  • Employees and their immediate families (i.e. spouses and dependent children) of the U.S. Department of State and of public or private organizations under contract to the U.S. Department of State are ineligible to apply for a Fulbright grant until one year after termination of such employment.

Social science and humanities applications will be considered in the following six areas:

1) Japan Studies: Projects on Japan’s society and culture in the social sciences or humanities

2) Pacific Rim Relations: Studies of the political and economic relations between Japan, the U.S., and a third country or region such as Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, the South Pacific island nations, North America, Australia, or New Zealand. Grantees may spend up to two months, typically toward the end of their grants, in a third country if the research justifies it and the Fulbright Commission in Japan approves.

3) Critical Issues of Contemporary Society: The study of contemporary social issues in Japan and the U.S. Subjects of particular interest include the impact of rapid technological development, risk or crisis management, ethical and other issues related to the exploding information technology, environmental issues, urbanization, the family, issues relating to an aging society, public law, criminology and journalism.

4) Issues of Global Society: Subjects of particular interest include public health and health policy, security, international trade, labor and mobility, migration, environmental policy, energy and demographic issues.

5) Education: Studies related to educational systems of Japan and the United States with particular focus on contemporary issues. A comparative perspective is strongly encouraged.

6) Applications will also be accepted in the fields of architecture, creative writing, design, painting, and sculpture.

AWARD: 12 Month-Grants may begin at any date from July 2019 through March 2020. Awards for PhD dissertation grantees may be extended for a maximum of six months in two three-month iterations, depending on availability of funds and subject to satisfactory justification and progress. Applicants who think their work will require more than one year should include justification in their research proposals.

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Big Ten Academic Alliance Smithsonian Fellowship

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The Big Ten Academic Alliance universities share the Smithsonian’s goals and commitments.  Through collaboration, member universities build upon the strengths, assets and expertise of each member university, connecting scholars with resources and opportunities and exploring ways to promote greater strategic engagement across the spectrum of the research enterprise. The goal of the program is to identify current students from Big Ten Academic Alliance universities who have been admitted into doctoral candidacy and satisfied all requirements except completion of dissertation. These doctoral candidates find appropriate advisers at the Smithsonian to conduct research and scholarship that will further the development of their respective theses.

DEADLINE: Rolling applications

ELIGIBILITY: Only students currently enrolled in one of the Big Ten Academic Alliance member universities are eligible. Students must have completed all course work for their programs, and must have been admitted into doctoral candidacy and satisfied all requirements except completion of the dissertation by the time their appointment begins in order to qualify. The program is open to US citizens and Non-US citizens. Applicants whose native language is not English are expected to have the ability to write and converse fluently in English. All application materials must be presented in English. Applicants must propose research that is conducted at the Smithsonian in an area of research outlined in the publication, Smithsonian Opportunities for Research and Study (SORS).

AWARD: Varies, up to $36,000

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Smithsonian Institute Fellowship Program (SIFP)

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The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP) is the Smithsonian Institution’s centrally-funded flagship in-residence fellowship program. SI Fellowships are awarded annually to graduate students, predoctoral students, postdoctoral, and senior investigators to conduct independent study or research at one or more of the Smithsonian’s 19 units and research centers. These fellowships are offered through the Smithsonian’s Office of Fellowships and Internships, and are administered under the charter of the Institution, 20 U.S. Code section 41 et seq.

DEADLINE:

  • Applications must be received no later than 11:59 pm EST on November 1, 2018 via SOLAA
  • You should correspond with your proposed Smithsonian advisor(s) as you prepare your proposal (being sure to discuss potential research costs) with your proposed advisor(s) before submitting your application
  • All application materials must be presented in English (foreign transcripts may be translated)

 

ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must propose to conduct research at the Smithsonian in one of its areas of research as outlined in the Smithsonian Opportunities for Research and Study (SORS), for a period of three to twelve months, or ten weeks for the Graduate Student Fellowship. Past or current SIFP fellowship recipients are eligible to apply for another SIFP award.

Graduate Student Fellowships: Graduate Student Fellowships: When they apply students must be formally enrolled in a graduate program of study at a degree granting institution. In order to start a graduate student fellowship, one must 1) have completed at least one full semester of a graduate program or its equivalent and 2) currently be enrolled in a graduate program. Graduate Student Fellowships are usually intended for students who have not yet been advanced to candidacy if in a doctoral program. Graduate student fellowships are offered for 10 weeks and are not available for periods of less or more than 10 weeks.

Predoctoral Student Fellowships*: Predoctoral Student Fellowships are typically 3 to 12 months in length (please see below for exceptions). Students must be enrolled at a university as a candidate for the Ph.D. or equivalent. By the time the appointment begins the university must approve the undertaking of dissertation research at the Smithsonian Institution and certify that requirements for the doctorate, other than the dissertation, have been met.

Postdoctoral Researcher Fellowships**: Postdoctoral Student Fellowships are typically 3 to 12 months in length (please see below for exceptions). The doctorate degree must be completed by the time the fellowship begins.

AWARD:The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship award amounts are as follows:

Graduate Student Fellowship**: $7,500.00 for 10 weeks.

Predoctoral Fellowship: $36,000 annually; research allowance up to $4,000.

Postdoctoral Fellowship: $50,400 annually; research allowance up to $4,000.

 

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Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery

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The Lapidus residency program is designed to (1) encourage research and writing on the slave trade, slavery, and anti-slavery in the Atlantic world, (2) to promote and facilitate interaction among the participants including fellows funded by other sources, and (3) to facilitate the dissemination of the researchers’ findings through lectures, publications, and the ongoing Schomburg Center Colloquium and Seminar Series. Applicants must indicate in their proposal how they propose to use the resources of the Schomburg Center.

DEADLINE: December 2018 for 2020-2021 Fellowships

ELIGIBILITY: (Long Term)The Fellowship Program is open to post-doctoral scholars studying the slave trade, slavery, and anti-slavery in the Atlantic World. Only U.S. citizens, permanent residents and foreign nationals who have been resident in the United States for the three years immediately preceding the application deadline may apply. (Short term) The Fellowship Program is open to doctoral students, post-doctoral scholars, independent researchers, and artists studying the slave trade, slavery, abolition, and anti-slavery in the Atlantic World. Only US citizens, permanent residents and foreign nationals who have been resident in the United States for the three years immediately preceding the application deadline may apply. Applicants must reside outside of the New York metropolitan area.

AWARD: Varies based on term length of fellowship.

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

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The Schomburg Center’s Scholars-in-Residence Program by The New York Public Library  provides a limited number of long-term and short-term research fellowships to scholars and writers pursuing projects in African diasporic studies in fields including history, politics, literature, and culture.

DEADLINE: Yearly deadlines on December 1st

ELIGIBILITY:The Scholars-in-Residence Program is intended for scholars and writers requiring extensive, on-site research with collections at the Schomburg Center, the pre-eminent repository for documentation on the history and cultures of peoples of African descent around the globe. Fellows are expected to be in full-time residency at the Center during the award period and to participate in scheduled seminars and colloquia. The Program is intended to support research in African diasporic studies undertaken from a humanistic perspective.Only U.S. citizens, permanent residents and foreign nationals who have been resident in the United States for the three years immediately preceding the application deadline may apply.

AWARD: Varies depending on length of fellowship

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NeMLA Summer Fellowships

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The NeMLA Summer Fellowship Program is designed to support the research of NeMLA members, especially untenured junior faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars. This does not preclude senior faculty from applying.

DEADLINE: February 6

ELIGIBILITY: NeMLA Members

AWARD: Fellowships up to $1,500 are intended to defray the cost of traveling incurred by researchers in pursuing their work-in-progress over the summer. This program does not provide funding for conference travel, equipment, food, or general office expenses.

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Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship

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This year the program will award approximately 36 dissertation fellowships. The dissertation fellowships provide one year of support for individuals working to complete a dissertation leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree. The Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship is intended to support the final year of writing and defense of the dissertation.
Dissertation fellowships will be awarded in a national competition administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on behalf of the Ford Foundation. The awards will be made to individuals who, in the judgment of the review panels, have demonstrated superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, show promise of future achievement as scholars and teachers, and are well prepared to use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students

2019 Dissertation application deadline: December 6, 2018 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST)

ELIGIBILITY:  All U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents, as well as individuals granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program. Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree candidates studying in an eligible research-based discipline in a dissertation-required program at a non-proprietary (not for profit) U.S. institution of higher education who will complete the dissertation in a period of 9-12 months during the 2019-2020 academic year Membership in one or more of the following groups whose under representation in the American professoriate has been severe and longstanding:

  • Alaska Natives (Aleut, Eskimo, or other Indigenous People of Alaska)
  • Black/African Americans
  • Mexican Americans/Chicanas/Chicanos
  • Native American Indians
  • Native Pacific Islanders (Hawaiian/Polynesian/Micronesian)
  • Puerto Ricans

AWARD: One-year stipend: $25,000, Conference of Ford Fellows, Access to Ford Fellow Regional Liaisons, a network of former Ford Fellows who have volunteered to provide mentoring and support to current Fellows, and access to other networking resources.

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How to Apply

AAUW-American Dissertation Fellowships

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American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Fellowships support women scholars who are completing dissertations, planning research leave from accredited institutions, or preparing research for publication.

Dissertation Fellowships offset a scholar’s living expenses while she completes her dissertation. The fellowship must be used for the final year of writing the dissertation.

DEADLINE:Applications are open August 1–November 15 at 11:59 PM.

ELIGIBILITY:American Fellowships are open to women scholars in all fields of study .Applicants must have completed all course work, passed all preliminary examinations, and received approval for their research proposals or plans by the preceding November. Students holding fellowships for writing a dissertation in the year prior to the AAUW fellowships year are not eligible. Open to applicants in all fields of study. Scholars engaged in science, technology, engineering, and math fields or researching gender issues are especially encouraged to apply.

AWARD: $20,000

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Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Program in China Studies

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The Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Program in China Studies in its sixth year seeks to maintain the vitality of China Studies in North America through fellowships and grants designed primarily for scholars early in their careers. Studies on and in China have developed over the last 30 years in the United States and Canada into a robust field, but current conditions pose daunting problems, especially for scholars just before and just after the dissertation. To address this situation, the program offers three competitions:

1. Predissertation-Summer Travel Grants

2.Postdoctoral Fellowships

3.Collaborative Reading-Workshop Grants

DEADLINE: Completed applications must be submitted through the ACLS Online Fellowship Application system no later than 9 pm Eastern Standard Time, November 8, 2017.

ELIGIBILITY: Applications in all disciplines of the humanities and related social sciences are welcome. The program supports the study of Chinese culture and society in all periods. Research in Hong Kong, Tibet and Taiwan is eligible. Individual eligibility depends on program category student solicits.

AWARD: Varies between each program category

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NEH- Summer Stipends

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The National Endowment of the Humanities(NEH) Division of Research Programs Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities
scholars, general audiences, or both.

DEADLINE:Receipt Deadline September 26, 2018 for Projects Beginning May 2019

ELIGIBILITY:Eligible projects usually result in articles, monographs, books, digital materials and publications, archaeological site reports, translations, or editions. Projects must not result solely in the collection of data; instead they must also incorporate analysis and interpretation.

AWARD: Summer Stipends support continuous full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two consecutive months.Summer Stipends support projects at any stage of development.
Summer Stipends are awarded to individual scholars.

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https://www.neh.gov/files/grants/summer-stipends-sep-27-2017.pdf