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The National Endowment for the Humanities provides support to independent centers for advanced study and international research organizations for fellowship programs for humanities scholars through its Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions (FPIRI). NEH fellowships provide scholars with stipends, a collegial environment, and access to resources that might not be available at their home institutions. Fellowship programs may be administered by independent centers for advanced study, libraries, and museums in the United States, or American overseas research centers or other organizations that have expertise in promoting research on foreign cultures. The centers and organizations establish their own peer review procedures for the selection of NEH grant recipients and administer the awards. NEH provides funding to programs for humanities fellowships of four to twelve months. Fellowship tenure must be continuous. Eligibility for NEH fellowships and research awards is limited to United States citizens as well as foreign nationals who have been residents in the United States for the three years immediately preceding the application deadline for the grant. NEH research opportunities are intended for persons who have already completed their formal academic training. Consequently, persons seeking support for work in pursuit of a degree are not eligible for NEH fellowships and research grants. Some of the institutions listed below support predoctoral students with non-NEH funding; interested applicants should contact the organizations or centers directly. For further information and application materials, contact the appropriate center or organization. No application materials are available from NEH. In 2009-2010, NEH fellowships will be available at each of the following centers in the United States:
NEH fellowships and other research grants supporting international research will also be available through the following American overseas centers and international research organizations:
The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) maintains a major research library in American history, literature, and culture through 1876. The library includes some 700,000 books and pamphlets; 20,000 newspaper titles; 200,000 pieces of graphic arts materials including broadsides, political cartoons, maps, advertisements, and photographs; 60,000 pieces of sheet music; and nearly 1,600 collections of manuscripts. The society’s holdings are especially rich for projects in the history of the book, including bibliography and the history of printing and publishing; literature; the history of religion; cultural history; intellectual history; environmental history; American state and local history; and social history, including the history of reform, family history, and women’s history. The collections are strong chronologically from the early colonial period to the late nineteenth century. The AAS-NEH fellows are part of a community that includes the AAS staff, area college and university faculty, and the recipients of AAS short-term fellowships (including scholars from all over the U.S. and abroad, Ph.D. candidates, and creative artists and writers producing work for the general public) and other long-term fellows. Further opportunities for collegial interaction and scholarly exchange are provided by the society’s Program in the History of the Book in American Culture; the Center for Historic American Visual Culture; its series of seminars in American history and culture through 1876; public lectures; and more informal gatherings. Three AAS-NEH fellowships are available for 2009-10. Detailed information and a link to request an application packet may be found on the AAS website. Application deadline: January 15, 2009
Paul J. Erickson, Director of Academic Programs Known internationally for its preeminent collections of Shakespearean and Elizabethan writings, the Folger Shakespeare Library is also a center for research on virtually every aspect of social, cultural, and political life from the medieval period to the mid-eighteenth century. The Folger holds the largest collection outside Britain of early English books, with about 50,000 volumes from the period 1475-1700 and 30,000 eighteenth-century imprints. Its early Continental imprint collection of 35,000 volumes includes 450 incunables, a 2,000-volume Reformation collection, and significant holdings in French and Dutch political pamphlets. The manuscript collection, which numbers 55,000, is especially strong in early correspondence and commonplace books and is extended by such microfilm holdings as the State Papers Domestic from Edward VI through Charles I and papers from the Cecil, Loseley, Harleian, and Lansdowne collections. In secondary materials, the Library holds approximately 100,000 titles. Fellows also have easy access to the Library of Congress. Three NEH fellowships carrying stipends of up to $40,000 are available for 2009-2010. Application deadline: November 1, 2008 Gail Kern Paster, Director The Huntington is an independent research center with extensive holdings in British and American history, literature, art history, and the history of science and medicine. These collections range chronologically from the eleventh century to the present. The Library contains approximately 500,000 rare books, pamphlets, extra-illustrated books, maps, and ephemera, 500,000 reference works, nearly six million manuscripts, and 800,000 photographs. Catalogues of the Library’s book and manuscripts collections can be found on our website. Further details can be obtained from the curatorial staff. The Art Division holds 75,000 British and American paintings, drawings, watercolors, and fine prints. There are separate reference libraries in the Art and Botanical Divisions. The Art Reference Library also contains microfilm records from the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. The Research Division supports an extensive fellowship program to fund long-and short-term fellows and sponsors a number of conferences, lectures, and seminars. Up to three NEH fellowships are available for 2009-2010. Application deadline: December 15, 2008 Robert C. Ritchie, Director of Research Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies The Institute is an independent private institution founded in 1930 to create a community of scholars focused on intellectual inquiry, free from teaching and other university obligations. Scholars from around the world come to the Institute to pursue their own research. Those chosen are offered membership for a set period and a stipend. The Institute provides access to extensive resources including offices, libraries, subsidized restaurant and housing facilities, and some secretarial services. Open to all fields of historical research, the School of Historical Studies principal interests are the history of western, near eastern and Asian civilizations, with particular emphasis upon Greek and Roman civilization, the history of Europe (medieval, early modern, and modern), the Islamic world, East Asian studies, the history of art, the history of science, philosophy, modern international relations, and music studies. Candidates of any nationality may apply for a single term or a full academic year. Residence in Princeton during term time is required. The only other obligation of Members is to pursue their own research. To be eligible scholars must have the Ph.D. (or equivalent) and substantial publications. If they wish, Members may participate in seminars and meetings within the Institute. There are also ample opportunities for contacts with scholars at nearby universities. Approximately forty Members are appointed each year. Member awards are funded by the Institute for Advanced Study or by other sources, including the National Endowment for the Humanities. About three NEH fellowships are available for 2009-2010. Application deadline: November 1, 2008
Marian Zelazny, Administrative Officer The John Carter Brown Library is an independently funded center for advanced research in history and the humanities, founded in 1846 and located on the campus of Brown University since 1901. The library’s collection consists of primary printed sources (books, pamphlets, maps) and manuscripts relating to all aspects of the discovery, exploration, settlement, and development of the Americas during the colonial period (1492 - ca. 1825). The library’s principal holdings emphasize such diverse areas as European accounts of the Americas, native American languages, American revolutionary pamphlets, Braziliana and Caribbeana. Maritime history and the comparative history of the Americas--Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, English, African, Amerindian--are particular subjects of interest. The library awards approximately twenty-five short-term fellowships (two to four months) each year, which are open to citizens of every country and to both pre-and post-doctoral scholars, and five or six long-term post-doctoral fellowships (five to ten months), supported by the NEH, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and other agencies. NEH fellowships are restricted to U.S. citizens or to foreign nationals who have been legal residents of this country for the three years immediately preceding the application deadline for the grant. Candidates for long-term fellowships may not be engaged in work leading to a graduate degree. Prospective applicants should write to the John Carter Brown Library for further details and for application forms or may access the Library’s web site. Two or three NEH fellowships will be available for 2009-20010. Application deadline: January 10, 2009 Write to: The Library Company of Philadelphia Founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1731, the Library Company was the largest public library in America until the latter part of the 19th century, and it contains printed materials relating to every aspect of American culture and society in that period. The Library Company now holds over half a million rare books and graphics, including the nation's second largest collection of pre-1801 American imprints and one of the largest collections of 18th-century British books in America. The collections reflect the whole range of early American print culture, including books, pamphlets, and magazines from all parts of the country, as well as books imported from Britain and the Continent. It is especially strong in printed materials relating to the history of women and African-Americans, popular literature, business and economics, popular medicine, philanthropy and reform, education, natural sciences, technology, art, architecture, German Americana, American Judaica, and the history of printing and publishing. The Library Company also holds strong collections of local newspapers and printed ephemera, and its print and photograph collection is rich in images of the Philadelphia region and graphics by local artists. A catalog of rare books and graphics is available through the website. The Library Company's Cassatt House fellows' residence offers rooms at reasonable rates, along with a kitchen, common room, and offices with Internet access. One fellowship will be awarded, tenable from September 2009 to May 2010, or it may be divided between two applicants, each of whom would spend a semester in residence. Application deadline: November 1, 2008
James N. Green, Librarian Massachusetts Historical Society The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) was founded in 1791 for the threefold purpose of collecting, preserving, and disseminating resources for the study of American history. It was the first institution anywhere to devote its attention primarily to collecting and publishing in the field. Today the society’s manuscripts form the centerpiece of its holdings. It has more than 12,000,000 manuscript items in 3,600 collections of personal papers and institutional records. These holdings cover such diverse subjects as the history of religion, law, education, and medicine; diplomacy and international commerce; the American Revolution and the Civil War; and Native American and women’s history. Although collections in the history of New England and in the period from colonization through the late 19th century are especially strong, the society also has significant materials for the study of the West Indies, Latin America, the China trade, and the 20th century. The society’s collection of 200,000 published items complements its manuscript holdings. Printed materials include more than 20,000 broadsides, 30,000 18th- and 19th-century pamphlets, and 5,000 maps. The society also owns more than 150,000 microforms and 200,000 historic photographs as well as major collections of portraits, engravings, silhouettes, busts, and memorabilia. The staff does all it can to make the MHS a friendly, welcoming place for researchers. MHS-NEH fellows join a community that includes active scholars on the staff as well as more than thirty visiting scholars on short-term grants over the course of a typical year. A busy calendar of programs affords frequent opportunities to meet with scholars from across New England. The society hosts or co-hosts four ongoing seminar series—in early American history, immigration and urban history, the history of women and gender, and environmental history—as well as frequent brown-bag lunches at which fellows and other researchers discuss their work. Many years the MHS also holds a major conference: in June 2009, in collaboration with the Boston Public Library and Monticello, it will host a week-long conference in Boston and Charlottesville on "John Adams and Thomas Jefferson: Libraries, Leadership, and Legacy." The MHS will award at least two MHS-NEH fellowships for 2009-2010. For additional information or to apply, contact the Massachusetts Historical Society. Application deadline: January 15, 2009 Long-Term Fellowships The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities during the academic year, September 2009 through May 2010. Applicants must hold the doctorate or have equivalent scholarly credentials. Young scholars as well as senior scholars are encouraged to apply, but they must have a record of publication, and recent Ph.D.s should be aware that the Center does not support the revision of a doctoral dissertation. In addition to scholars from all fields of the humanities, the Center accepts individuals from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects. The Center is also international and gladly accepts applications from scholars outside the United States. Most of the Center’s fellowships are unrestricted. Several, however, are designated for particular areas of research. These include environmental studies; English literature; art history; French history, literature, or culture; Asian Studies; and theology. Fellowships up to $60,000 are individually determined, the amount depending upon the needs of the Fellow and the Center’s ability to meet them. The Center provides travel expenses for Fellows and their dependents to and from North Carolina. Located in the Research Triangle Park of North Carolina, near Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh, the Center provides an environment for individual research and the exchange of ideas. Its building includes private studies for Fellows, conference rooms, a central commons for dining, lounges, reading areas, a reference library, and a Fellows’ workroom. The Center’s noted library service delivers books and research materials to Fellows, and support for information technology and editorial assistance is also provided. The Center locates housing for Fellows in the neighboring communities. Application materials and information may be found on the Center’s website. Application deadline: October 15, 2008
Kent Mullikin The Newberry Library, founded in 1887, is a privately endowed independent research library dedicated primarily to study in the humanities. Its collections comprise more than 1.5 million volumes, 5 million manuscripts, and 500,000 historic maps, with a strong general collection focused on Europe and the Americas from the late Middle Ages to the twentieth century. The Newberry's internationally noted special collections include materials in the following fields: European discovery, exploration, and settlement of the Americas; American literature and history; local history, family history, and genealogy; American Indian history and literature; the Renaissance; the French Revolution; Portuguese and Brazilian history; British literature and history; the history of cartography; the history and theory of music; the history of printing; and early philology and linguistics. A variety of fellowships, conferences, and seminars enriches the Newberry's academic community. Three NEH fellowships are available for 2009-2010. Application deadline: January 10, 2009
Committee on Awards The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture supports study and publication in early American history and culture from circa 1450 to 1820. Its field of interest includes related developments in the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, and Africa—in short, any subject encompassing the Atlantic World in this period. Founded in 1943 as the Institute of Early American History and Culture by the College of William and Mary and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and still jointly sponsored by those institutions, the Institute was renamed in 1996, in recognition of a generous endowment pledged by Mr. and Mrs. Malvern H. Omohundro, Jr. The Institute publishes the William and Mary Quarterly, monographs, documentary editions, and a newsletter, regularly plans and supports scholarly conferences, and annually offers one two-year postdoctoral fellowship, a year of which is supported by the NEH, and a one-year Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. Fellows are encouraged to participate with the senior staff of working scholars in the Institute’s varied academic activities, in addition to conducting their own research. Institute/NEH fellows also have the option of spending a summer at the Huntington Library, on a full grant, within five years of their residency in Williamsburg. The potential of an applicant’s project for book publication by the Institute is a major factor in awarding both fellowships. Application deadline: November 1, 2008
Ronald Hoffman, Director Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ~ New York Public Library The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is a research unit of the New York Public Library. It is devoted to collecting, preserving, and providing access to research resources on the black experience. Established in 1926 as a reference collection, it has evolved into a comprehensive research library whose collections number more than 10 million items. They include more than 170,000 bound volumes, 9,000 serials, 84,000 microforms, over 800 manuscript collections, 20,000 works of art, 750,000 photographic images, and over 25,000 sound recordings, 5,000 hours of spoken arts, 4,500 video recordings, and 450 motion picture films. The Schomburg Center's Scholars-in-Residence Program assists scholars whose research and writing on black history and culture would benefit from extended access to the Center's resources. The program supports postdoctoral research in the humanities on African, Afro-American, and Afro-Caribbean themes. Fellowships funded by the program allow recipients to spend from six to twelve months in residence at the Schomburg Center. Although fellows devote most of their time to research and writing, they are also encouraged to take part in the center's scholarly and educational program, which includes colloquia, symposia, seminars, forums, and research conferences. Approximately three NEH fellowships are available for 2009-2010. Application deadline: December 1, 2008
Dr. Colin Palmer, Director Winterthur Museum and Country Estate Winterthur is a public museum, library, and garden that supports the advanced study of American art, culture, and history. The collections consist of American material culture with strong supporting resources in British and Continental art and culture. Winterthur offers an extensive program of short-and long-term fellowships open to academic, independent, and museum scholars, including advanced graduate students. The library holds more than 87,000 volumes and one-half million manuscripts and images. Resources for research from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries include period trade catalogs, auction and exhibition catalogs, an extensive reference photograph collection of decorative arts, printed books, and ephemera. These may be searched online, and from remote locations. Museum collections include 85,000 artifacts and works of art made or used in America to 1860, with a strong emphasis on domestic life. Winterthur supports a program of scholarly publications, including Winterthur Portfolio: A Journal of American Material Culture. Winterthur’s collections support research in architectural and art history, design history and the decorative arts, and social and cultural history. Past fellowships have focused on such topics as the history of manners, changing perceptions of the body and dress, the history of advertising, the development of consumer society, American painting, vernacular architecture, Shaker studies, travel and tourism, domestic life, cultural memory and commemoration, gendered culture, colonial culture in the Atlantic World, the history of childhood, sentimental literary culture, food and nationalism, the American arts and crafts movement, the history of argand lamps, the conservation of objects made of animal hard tissues, and the visual culture of early America. One to three NEH fellowships are available for 2009-2010. NEH Fellows must have received the Ph.D. prior to beginning the fellowship. NEH Fellows receive office space and computer support, 24-hour access to the library’s circulating collections, and circulating privileges at nearby Morris Library at the University of Delaware. Collections access is available for artifact-based research. A furnished stone farmhouse on the Winterthur grounds serves as the fellows’ residence. NEH Fellows also participate in the lively scholarly community at Winterthur, the nearby Hagley Museum and Library, the University of Delaware, and area museums. Application deadline: January 15, 2009 Coordinator, Research Fellowship Program AMERICAN OVERSEAS CENTERS FOR ADVANCED STUDY AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (Jerusalem) The W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem (AIAR) was originally established as the principal overseas center of the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR), founded in 1900. In 1970, AIAR was incorporated as an independent institution and renamed after its most distinguished director, W. F. Albright. Since then, AIAR, one of ASOR’s three affiliated centers, has continued the American Schools’ tradition of promoting and supporting resident doctoral and post-doctoral research in Near Eastern studies from pre-history through the early Islamic period in archaeology, anthropology, art history, Bible, epigraphy, historical geography, history, language, literature, philology, and religion and related disciplines. The Albright Institute, located near the Old City of Jerusalem, includes a research library, workshops, computer facilities, and a residence with a hostel and apartments. The living accommodations provide rooms for thirty people, a served dinner, self-service breakfast, and a garden area for tea and coffee, which is also used for receptions. The library, dedicated to ancient Near Eastern studies, contains more than 28,500 volumes, over 600 journal titles, and significant map and artifact collections. In addition to administrative and library computers, the fellows have access to a wide range of hardware and software programs, and the hostel rooms are wired for web access and e-mail communications. The Albright’s annual program is composed of a series of more than 85 lectures, reports, seminars, workshops, field trips, and social events organized according to its fellows’ interests. More than fifty-three fellows from the United States, Europe, and around the world—as well as those from the Israeli and Palestinian academic communities—participate mainly as long-term research appointees. AIAR also serves as a support base for numerous short-term scholars and visitors and for a large number of staff, student, and volunteer participants in the twenty-four annual excavation and publication projects affiliated with ASOR. AIAR conducts, with the Hebrew University, a joint excavation and publication project on the Philistine site of Tel Miqne-Ekron. It is also the organizing institution for an international research project, The Neo-Assyrian Empire in the 7th Century BC: A Study of the Interaction between Center and Periphery. This project, under the aegis of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC), involves 50 scholars working in Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey. The Albright annually awards up to four NEH fellowships, for periods ranging from four to twelve months, with a maximum grant of $40,000 for 12 months and $20,000 for 6 months. Application deadline: October 1, 2008 AIAR/NEH Fellowship Program The American Academy in Rome is one of the leading overseas centers for independent study and advanced research in the arts and humanities. For more than 114 years, the Academy has offered support, time, and an inspiring environment to some of America's most gifted artists and scholars. In the historic setting of Rome, Academy artists and scholars pursue their work independently and collaborate with each other and with Italian colleagues. The Academy's significant resources include a library, photographic archive, and archaeology study collection. The Library is strong in the fields of classical studies and the history of art and architecture. The Photographic Archive provides a visual record of the architecture and topography of ancient Rome and Italy and the Roman Empire, as well as collections on archaeology, art and architecture, landscape architecture, and gardens. Objects in the Archaeology Collection are available for study and educational purposes. Each year the Academy invites applications for its prestigious Rome Prize Competition. Through a nationally juried competition, the Academy offers up to thirty Rome Prize fellowships. Half of them are in the humanities in the following disciplines: Ancient Studies (through the 6th century), Medieval Studies (6th through the 14th centuries), Renaissance and Early Modern Studies (14th through the 18th centuries) and Modern Italian Studies (18th century to the present). The Academy also invites proposals in archaeology, history, the history of art and architecture, literature, and musicology. These disciplines are intended to be suggestive, and comparative projects that cut across the chronological limits listed above are welcome. Two NEH post-doctoral fellowships are available in 2009-2010. The winners of these fellowships, which are 11 months in length, receive room and board, a study, and a stipend of at least $25,000. For further information on the Academy or to apply please visit http://www.aarome.org. Application deadline: November 1, 2008 American Academy in Rome American Center of Oriental Research (Amman) Founded in 1968, the American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR) in Amman, Jordan, is a private, international, non-profit academic institution dedicated to promoting research and publication in the fields of archaeology, anthropology, ancient through modern history, art history, conservation and preservation studies, Arabic and other Near Eastern languages, Islamic studies, and many other fields related to Near Eastern studies. The center has 11 full-time employees, a six-story residential facility, and a fellowship program that grants over 20 awards annually for periods of two to six months. The library has more than 30,000 books and periodicals in a variety of disciplines. ACOR also offers offices and workrooms; equipment for field projects; computer facilities and wireless Internet access; a lecture room; and an archaeological conservation laboratory. In addition to these facilities, ACOR assists researchers by coordinating introductions and giving advice on conducting research projects in Jordan and the region. One NEH postdoctoral fellowship award of $20,400–$27,800, for tenure of 4–6 months residence at ACOR in Amman, will be available for the 2009–2010 cycle. Further information about ACOR and its NEH fellowship program, including applications, can be obtained by visiting ACOR's website or by contacting our offices in Boston or Amman. Application deadline February 1, 2009 In the U.S.: In Jordan: American Research in the Humanities in China is supported by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) and its affiliate the Committee on Scholarly Communication with China (CSCC), which administers the program inside China. The program is open to scholars in the humanities and humanities-related social sciences who have received their Ph.D. or its equivalent by the time of application. Support is offered to specialists in all fields of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences. Applicants must submit a carefully formulated research proposal that reflects an understanding of the present Chinese academic and research environment. The proposal should include a persuasive statement of the need to conduct the research in China. Those submitting a joint proposal must apply individually. Grant tenure is from four months to one year of continuous research in China. The grant period must fall between July 1, 2009, and December 31, 2010. No support is offered for summer salary. The award will be reduced if the candidate also receives full or partial salary during the grant period. There is no financial support for dependents. To be eligible, applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents with three years continuous residence in the US. The program will offer at least three fellowships for the 2009-2010 academic year. Application deadline: November 12, 2008 (Postmarked) ARHC Fellowships The ACLS is a private federation of 68 national scholarly organizations dedicated to the advancement of humanistic scholarship in all fields of learning. The SSRC is an international association devoted to the advancement of interdisciplinary research in the social sciences. Jointly they offer postdoctoral fellowships to encourage humanities research in area studies. Special funding by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the ACLS has been set aside for up to ten ACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellows, to be designated among the successful applicants to the central ACLS Fellowships competition. Scholars who have completed the Ph.D. or equivalent, conferred at least two years before the application deadline, may apply for six-to twelve-month fellowships to pursue research and writing on the societies and cultures of Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union. Completed applications must be submitted through the ACLS Online Fellowship Application system (OFA) no later than 9 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, October 2, 2008. OFA is accessible at http://ofa.acls.org/ or through the Fellowship and Grant Programs section of the ACLS website. Application deadline: October 2, 2008 (Online) American Council of Learned Societies The NEH Collaborative Research Fellowship, administered by American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS and the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER), supports research and travel for U.S. post-doctoral scholars conducting collaborative projects in the humanities with researchers in any country of Eastern Europe or Eurasia (Russia, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine). Research topics are not restricted to regional or area studies, but must involve at least one collaborator from the region. Applicants must propose to conduct at least four months of full-time research, of which two months must be spent overseas in the region. The grant does not provide for collaborators to come to the U.S., but does provide support for collaborators' time spent on projects while working with U.S. scholars. Applicants must plan to begin their NEH fellowships between June 2009 and May 2010 and complete their NEH fellowships by August 31, 2010. American Councils is an international not-for-profit organization working to advance education, research, and mutual understanding across the United States and the nations of Eurasia, Southeastern Europe, and South Asia. American Councils programs include academic exchange, professional training, distance learning, research and evaluation, and institution building. American Councils has 31 offices throughout Russia, Eurasia, Southeastern Europe, South Asia, and the Middle East and a full-time professional staff of over 375 to support its programs in the region. The National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER) has operated for over two decades to support research in the humanities and social sciences on Eastern Europe and Eurasia by providing grants to U.S. scholars and researchers and counterpart scholars in the region. Application deadline: February 15, 2009 Applicants seeking to conduct research in Belarus, Central Asia, Moldova, Russia, the South Caucasus, and Ukraine should contact American Councils for applications and information: Russian and Eurasian Outbound Programs Applicants seeking to conduct research in Eastern Europe (the Baltics, and countries outside the former Soviet Union) should contact NCEEER for applications and information:
Dana Ponte, Program Officer American Institute of Indian Studies (Calcutta, Chennai, New Delhi, and Pune) The American Institute of Indian Studies, a consortium of fifty-nine U.S. colleges and universities, was founded in 1961 by scholars committed to increasing accurate, intensive knowledge of India's culture, history, languages, and traditions. The institute's principal activity is the awarding of fellowships to support scholarly research in India on the broadest possible range of topics and disciplines in the humanities. With U.S. offices in Chicago and headquarters in New Delhi, the institute maintains regional offices in Calcutta, Chennai, and Pune. Each provides a meeting place for scholars and organized opportunities for seminars, receptions, and lectures. In addition, the institute maintains an Archives and Research Center for Ethnomusicology and a Center for Art and Archaeology, both located at the main administrative center at Gurgaon, just outside Delhi. The staffs at these regional offices and centers obtain necessary clearances for the fellows from the Indian government, secure affiliations for fellows with Indian academic and research institutions, and otherwise facilitate the fellows' scholarly research. The institute awards approximately eighteen long-term doctoral fellowships, ten long-term postdoctoral fellowships, and a few short-term postdoctoral fellowships, all payable in rupees. The fellowships are awarded to scholars of distinction or high promise in all academic disciplines. For 2009-2010, NEH will supplement up to four fellowships in the humanities with U.S. dollars. Application deadline: July 1, 2008 Ralph W. Nicholas, President American Philological Association/Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (Munich) The American Philological Association invites applications for a one-year Fellowship, tenable from July 2009 through June 2010, which will enable an American scholar to participate in the work of the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Institute in Munich. Fellows at the TLL develop a broadened perspective of the range and complexity of the Latin language and culture from the classical period through the early Middle Ages, contribute signed articles to the Thesaurus, have the opportunity to participate in a collaborative international research project, and work with senior scholars in the field of Latin lexicography. The Fellowship carries a stipend in the amount of $50,400 (please note the new, increased, amount of this stipend) and is made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The incumbent Fellow may re-apply for a second year, but all applications will be judged on an equal footing. Applicants must (i) be United States citizens or permanent residents and (ii) already have the Ph.D. or anticipate the award of the degree by July 1, 2009. The opportunity to be trained in lexicography and contribute articles to be published in the lexicon may be of special interest to scholars who are already established in tenure-track positions, as well as those who are just entering the profession. The Fellowship offers valuable experience for scholars in a variety of specialties (e.g., Latin language and literature, Roman law, Roman history, the literature of early Christianity); although it is not limited to individuals working in Latin philology, applicants should possess a thorough familiarity with and a special interest in the Latin language, as well as advanced competence in Greek. It is anticipated that applicants will already have a reading knowledge of German and will be willing to work toward proficiency in spoken German. Women and members of minority groups underrepresented in Classics are particularly encouraged to apply. Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a statement of what benefits the applicant expects to derive from the Fellowship for his/her research and teaching, and the names of three referees, whom the applicant should ask to send supporting letters to the Executive Director without further notice. It will be in the candidate’s interest if at least one letter can specifically address the candidate’s suitability for the Fellowship. Candidates will be considered by the APA’s TLL Fellowship Committee, which serves as the selection committee. The committee will choose a short-list of candidates to be invited for interview at the Annual Meeting in January 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the name of the successful candidate will be announced shortly thereafter. Applications must be received by the deadline of Monday, November 17, 2008. Applications should be sent to: Dr. Adam D. Blistein For additional information about the Fellowship, contact the Chairperson of the APA's TLL Fellowship Committee: Professor Kathleen Coleman The American Research Center in Egypt (Cairo) The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is a private, nonprofit organization supporting research and conservation programs that encompass all aspects of Egyptian history and culture, from the prehistoric to modern day. For over a century, Americans have been active and productive partners with Egypt in the recovery and preservation of Egypt’s cultural heritage. For the past half century, ARCE has filled a critical leadership function within the community of Egyptian and foreign scholars in Egypt who are active in the excavation, exploration, scholarship, and conservation of the country’s cultural heritage. Formed in 1948 by a consortium of American educational and cultural institutions and individuals, ARCE facilitates individual and American institutional research in Egypt. It provides American scholars with a permanent base in Cairo, the nexus of intellectual and cultural life in the Middle East, and facilitates their access to Egyptian and foreign institutional archives situated in the capital and other major population centers. Each year, ARCE supports more than a dozen archaeological teams, sponsored by leading U.S. and Canadian museums and universities, and awards approximately 12-16 fellowships, including 3-4 NEH fellowships. Application Deadline: January 9, 2009 Ms. Djodi Deutsch, Academic Programs Coordinator The American Research Institute in Turkey (Istanbul and Ankara) The American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT), a consortium of thirty-four North American universities and museums, was founded in 1964 to promote research and study in Turkey, and to enhance academic exchanges between the U.S. and Turkey. ARIT maintains centers in Istanbul and Ankara to support American researchers and to provide full-time representation in Turkey for American institutions of higher education. Administered by U.S. directors, each branch provides researchers with an institutional affiliation, a base of operations, orientation assistance, and introductions to host-country scholars. In Istanbul, ARIT maintains a research facility with a 12,000-volume library in Byzantine, Ottoman, and modern Turkish studies. In Ankara, scholars have access to a 13,000-volume library on archaeology and modern Turkey. ARIT’s fellowship program supports individual research projects in the fields of the humanities and social sciences. For the NEH fellowship, scholars who have completed their formal academic training may submit humanistically-oriented applications in the fields of anthropology, prehistory, history, art, archaeology, literature, and linguistics, as well as interdisciplinary aspects of cultural history. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals who have lived in the U.S. for the three years preceding the application deadline. For 2009-2010, there are two or three NEH fellowships providing support for four months to one year. The stipend amount is up to $40,000 for one year. For further information and application format, see the website or contact the ARIT office listed below. Application deadline: November 1, 2008 Nancy Leinwand, Grant Administrator American School of Classical Studies at Athens Founded in 1881, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens is the most significant resource in Greece for American scholars in the fields of ancient and post-classical studies in Greek language, literature, history, archaeology, philosophy, and art, from pre-Hellenic times to the present. It offers two major research libraries: the Blegen, with 90,000 volumes dedicated to the ancient Mediterranean world; and the Gennadius, with 113,000 volumes and archives devoted to post-classical Hellenic civilization and, more broadly, the Balkans and the eastern Mediterranean. The School also sponsors excavations and provides centers for advanced research in archaeological and related topics at its excavations in the Athenian Agora and Corinth, and it houses an archaeological laboratory at the main building complex in Athens. By agreement with the Greek government, the School is authorized to serve as liaison with the Greek Ministry of Culture on behalf of American students and scholars for the acquisition of permits to excavate and to study museum collections. The fellowships are open to postdoctoral scholars and professionals in relevant fields such as architecture or art who are U.S. citizens or foreign nationals who have lived in the U.S. for the three years immediately preceding the application deadline. Applicants must hold the Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree at the time of application. Two to four fellowships are available, for projects of five to ten months. The maximum stipend for a five-month project is $20,000; for a ten-month project, $40,000. The fellowship term must coincide with the American School's academic year, September to June. Full application information and requests for further information about the American School of Classical Studies or the Fellowship may be obtained from the address below. Application Deadline: December 1, 2008 (Postmarked) NEH Fellowships Medici Archive Project (Florence) The Medici Archive Project (MAP) will offer a three-year fellowship (15 September 2009 -15 July 2012) with 20 months of fulltime document assessment and description for the Documentary Sources database onsite in the Florentine State Archive in collaboration with the Project’s research team and 10 months of independent research on a topic related to the Medici Granducal Archive carried out in two 5-month segments in the second and third year of the fellowship period. Qualifications: completed PhD or equivalent in a humanities field relevant to 16th-18th century European history and culture; fluency in English and Italian; substantial research experience with original documentary material; the ability to master database programs and work in a computer environment; and personal commitment to a scholarly career involving archival research. Application Deadline: The application deadline is Jan 15, 2009. Please see http://www.medici.org/ in October 2008 for application details. MAP will also offer a three-year fellowship (15 September 2010 -15 July 2013). This fellowship is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and is offered to scholars who are United States citizens or have been residents of the United States for three years at the time of application. Application Deadline: The application deadline is Jan 15, 2010. Please see http://www.medici.org/ in October 2009 for application details. 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