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Funding for Medieval and Renaissance Study


directories


Name
GIGS: Grants in Graduate Studies
URL
Organization
New York U
Eligible
Grad
Description
GIGS is a database of grants for graduate and post-graduate students, provided by U.S. government, international, corporate and private funding agencies, in addition to grants from departments within New York University."

Name
OSU College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program Directory of Funding Sources for Graduate Students
URL
Organization
OSU College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program
Eligible
Grad

Name
OSU College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program Directory of Funding Sources for Undergraduates
URL
Organization
OSU College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program
Eligible
Undergrad

Name
Dept of Linguistics Financial Aid Directory
URL
Organization
OSU Dept of Linguistics
Eligible
Grad

Name
OSU English Dept. Internal Fellowships and Grants
URL
Organization
OSU English Dept
Eligible
Grad
Description
This is a list of both internal and external fellowships. The external fellowships listed below are by no means an exhaustive list. For further information, you might consult the “Fellowships and Grants” section of the MLA’s annual Directory or on-line at http://www.mla.org. Here you’ll find information about fellowships for students writing dissertations on gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered experience (The Martin Duberman Fellowship and the CLAGS fellowship, both given by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies of the City University of New York), for minority graduate students (e.g., the Five College Fellowship Program for Minority Scholars and the Ford Foundation Fellowships for Minorities), for dissertating students who want to spend time in the United Kingdom carrying out archival work (Institute of Historical Research Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in the Humanities), and for advanced graduate students working on dissertations on British Romanticism (given by the Keats-Shelley Association of America), among others. There is also a fellowship folder available in the Graduate Studies Office."

Name
FTAD Directory of OSU Teaching Awards
URL
Organization
OSU Faculty and Teaching Asst. Development
Eligible
Grad, Faculty
Description
There are many ways to officially recognize outstanding teachers at number of levels. Selection procedures vary but many awards allow students and colleagues to submit nominations. This is a list of teaching award resources on the web organized by categories and alphabet. Departments, Faculty, & Tas are invited to help us make this list more complete by submitting additional information to ftad@osu.edu."

Name
OSU Graduate School Directory of External Fellowships
URL
Organization
OSU Graduate School
Eligible
Grad
Description
The Graduate School is involved in the administration of a number of fellowships funded by federal, institutional, and industrial grants, including the following. The Graduate School does not award these funds. For more information, please visit the indicated websites and contact Fellowship Services if you have questions."

Name
OSU Graduate School: Grants, Awards and Other Funds
URL
Organization
OSU Graduate School
Eligible
Grad
Description
Links to various pages about specific sources of funding.

Name
Directory of Fellowships and Financial Aid
URL
Organization
OSU Graduate School
Eligible
Grad
Description
A directory of funding opportunities available to prospective and current graduate students at OSU.

Name
Dept of History Directory of Prizes and Fellowships
URL
Organization
OSU History Dept

Name
Institute for Japanese Study's Directory of P-12 Fellowship and Funding Opportunities
URL
Organization
OSU Institute for Japanese Studies
Eligible
P-12
Description
A large list of funding opportunities for P-12 students and educators.

Name
Institute for Japanese Study's Directory of Undergraduate Fellowship and Funding Opportunities
URL
Organization
OSU Institute for Japanese Studies
Eligible
Undergrad
Description
A large list of funding opportunities for undergraduates.

Name
Institute for Japanese Study's Directory of Faculty Fellowship and Funding Opportunities
URL
Organization
OSU Institute for Japanese Studies
Eligible
Faculty
Description
A large list of funding opportunities for faculty.

Name
Institute for Japanese Study's Directory of Graduate Fellowship and Funding Opportunities
URL
Organization
OSU Institute for Japanese Studies
Eligible
Grad
Description
A large list of funding opportunities for graduate students.

Name
NELC Resources
URL
Organization
OSU NELC
Eligible
All
Description
Links to many funding resources for graduate study and research, with special emphasis on work relatin to Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.

Name
Seed Money/Matching Funds for International Program Grant Proposals
URL
Organization
OSU Office of International Affairs
Eligible
Faculty
Description
Funds are currently available to support the preparation and submission of grant proposals to external agencies for the development of new university programs with substantial international content. OIA will provide matching funds (if required by the external funding agency), and financial support for secretarial and infrastructural needs, and, on occasion, release time or supplemental compensation for the principal investigator of the grant. Qualified proposals must seek a minimum of $5,000 in external funding. Eligible projects must be designed to further the internationalization of OSU."

Name
OSU Study Abroad Programs
URL
Organization
OSU Office of International Education
Description
Mini-site providing listings and information about opportunities for international education available through OSU.

Name
OSU Research Foundation PI Portal
URL
Organization
OSU Research Foundation
Eligible
Grad, Faculty

Name
e-GRANTS: Dept. of Education Portal
URL
Organization
US Dept of Education
Description
From e-GRANTS you may access all of the Department's web-based grant systems."


fellowships


Name
Council for European Studies-CES Fellowship Program
URL
Organization
Council for European Studies (CES)
Due Date
02/01/2009
Eligible
Grad
Description
The CES Fellowship Program has granted more than 500 awards over the last thirty-five years, providing doctoral students with the opportunity to travel to Europe to test the feasibility of their dissertation topics."

Name
Guggenheim Fellowships
URL
Organization
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Description
Fellowships are awarded through two annual competitions: one open to citizens and permanent residents of the United States and Canada, and the other open to citizens and permanent residents of Latin America and the Caribbean. The Fellowships will be awarded by the Trustees upon nominations made by a Committee of Selection.

Name
Corbett Dissertation Research Award
URL
Organization
OSU English Dept
Eligible
Grad (English dept.)

Name
2-chapter dissertation/thesis fellowships
URL
Organization
OSU English Dept
Eligible
Grad (English dept.)

Name
Presidential Fellowship
URL
Organization
OSU Graduate School
Eligible
Grad
Description
The Presidential Fellowship recognizes the outstanding scholarly accomplishments and potential of graduate students entering the final phase of their dissertation research or terminal degree project. This fellowship provides financial support so that the student may devote one year of full-time study to the completion of the dissertation or degree project unimpeded by other duties. Recipients of this award embody the highest standards of scholarship in our graduate programs."

Name
The Samuel M. Melton Graduate Fellowship
URL
Organization
OSU Melton Center
Eligible
Grad
Description
Provides a $14,400 stipend, $600 research stipend, and a full fee remission for one academic year. The fellowship may be used for graduate research in a core area of Jewish Studies."

Name
The George M. & Renee K. Levine Graduate Fellowship
URL
Organization
OSU Melton Center
Eligible
Grad
Description
Provides a $14,400 stipend, $600 research stipend, and a full fee remission for one academic year. The fellowship may be used for graduate research in a core area of Jewish Studies."

Name
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship -Title VI
URL
Organization
OSU Office of International Affairs
Eligible
Grad
Description
Ohio State University annually offers FLAS Fellowships to graduate students and professional school students who enroll in foreign language instruction at OSU or abroad. As the purpose of these fellowships is to promote the creation of world area specialists, students for whom international area specialization is an integral part of their course of study and/or their career aspirations are especially encouraged to apply. FLAS Fellowships are available for both the academic year and summer quarter."

Name
LeFevre Fellowships
URL
Organization
OSU-Newark Honors Society
Eligible
Undergrad
Description
The LeFevre Fellowship is a prestigious award which carries a $1,000 scholarship. Fourteen Fellowships were awarded for 2004-05."

Name
Scholar Award from the Philanthropic Educational Opportunities (PEO) Foundation
URL
Organization
Philanthropic Educational Opportunities (PEO) Foundation
Description
acknowledges excellence in higher education and provides monetary support to women whose research is anticipated to make valuable contributions to their field"

Name
Christopher Isherwood Foundation
URL
Organization
The Huntington
Due Date
12/15/2008
Eligible
PhD or Doctoral
Description
A short term fellowship. Amount awarded: 2,500 per month for 1 to 5 months.

Name
Reese Fellowship
URL
Organization
The Huntington
Due Date
12/15/2008
Eligible
PhD or Doctoral
Description
A short term fellowship for the study of American Bibliography and the History of the Book in the Americas. Amount awarded: 2,500 per month for 1 to 5 months.

Name
Haynes Foundation Fellowship
URL
Organization
The Huntington
Due Date
12/15/2008
Eligible
PhD or Doctoral
Description
A short term fellowship for the study of Los Angeles history. Amount awarded: 2,500 per month for 1 to 5 months.

Name
Francis Bacon Foundation Fellowship
URL
Organization
The Huntington
Due Date
12/15/2008
Eligible
PhD or Doctoral at disseration stage
Description
A short term fellowship for the study of Renaissance England. Amount awarded: 2,500 per month for 1 to 5 months.

Name
Trent R. Dames Fellowshp
URL
Organization
The Huntington
Due Date
12/15/2008
Eligible
PhD or Doctoral
Description
A short term fellowship for the study of Civil Engineering history. Amount awarded: 2,500 per month for 1 to 5 months.

Name
Huntington-British Academy Fellowship
URL
Organization
The Huntington Library
Due Date
12/15/2008
Eligible
PhD or equivalent
Description
One month Fellowship for study in Great Britain. In cooperation with the British Academy in any of fields in which the Huntington is strong.

Name
Barbara Thom Postdoctoral Fellowship
URL
Organization
The Huntington Library
Due Date
12/15/2008
Eligible
Non-tenured Faculty
Description
Intended to support non-tenured faculty who are revising a manuscript for publication. Applicants must be pursuing a field appropriate to the Hungtington's collections and must have received their PhD between 2004 and 2006. Award of 45,000 for a tenure of 9-12 months

Name
Mellon Fellowship
URL
Organization
The Huntington Library
Due Date
12/15/2008
Eligible
PhD or Equivalent.
Description
Award of 45,000 for a tenure of 9 to 12 months. Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to the Huntington's collections. Applicant must have received PhD by June of 2008.

Name
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
URL
Organization
The Huntington Library
Due Date
12/15/2008
Eligible
PhD or Equivalent
Description
Award of 50,000 for a tenure of 4 to 12 months. Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to the Huntington's collections. Must be a United States Citizen or foreign national with a minimum of 3 years US residence. Must have received PhD by June of 2008.

Name
Huntington Fellowships
URL
Organization
The Huntington Library
Due Date
12/15/2008
Eligible
PhD or equivalent, or doctoral candidates at dissertation stage
Description
Award of 2,500 per month for up to 5 months.

Name
Diber History of Science Fellowship
URL
Organization
The Huntington Library
Due Date
12/15/2008
Eligible
PhD or equivalent
Description
short-term awards of 2,500 per month for up to 5 months and long-term awards of 45,000 for 9-12 months. These are designed to further study in the Burndy Library and other history of science and technology in the Huntington. Short-term awards available to PhD and doctoral candidates, Applicants for the long-term award must have received PhD by June 2008.

Name
Visiting Research Fellowships 2009-2011
URL
Organization
The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities - University of Edinburgh
Due Date
02/27/2009
Description
A short term fellowship (two to six Months duration) to support research in the fields:
  • Dialogues of Enlightenment
  • The Humanities in the Twenty-First Century University
  • Translations, Adaptations and Modalities
  • Theory in Practice, Practice in Theory

Name
The John Carter Brown Library
URL
Organization
The John Carter Brown Library
Due Date
01/10/2009
Eligible
pre and post Doctoral
Description
Short-Term: Pre- and post-doctoral research (At dissertation stage) awarded stipend of $2000 per month for two to four months. Long-Term: stipend of $4000 per month awarder for five to ten months. Must relocate to Providence and be in continuous residence during the term of the award.

Name
Newhouse Resident Fellowships
URL
Organization
The Susan and Donald Newhouse Center for the Humanities, Wellesley College
Due Date
12/12/2008
Eligible
Faculty, Post-doc
Description
Newhouse Fellowships are open to both junior and senior faculty members at institutions other than Wellesley College. In addition to salary-replacement stipends of $50,000, Newhouse faculty fellows will receive up to $5,000 in research support. It is expected that external faculty fellows will combine their Newhouse Center Stipends with support from other granting agencies or their home institutions.

The Susan and Donald Newhouse Center for the Humanities at Wellesley College was established by a generous gift from Susan and Donald Newhouse in 2004. The Newhouse Center aims to promote excellence and innovation in humanistic studies. When renovations are completed in the spring of 2006, the Newhouse Center will occupy a central space in the Wellesley campus and will host eight to twelve resident fellows each year ­ post doctoral fellows, Wellesley faculty members on sabbatical, and visiting scholars from other institutions.

Resident fellows will devote themselves primarily to their own research, but will also participate actively in the intellectual life of the institution, meeting with one another at weekly lunch meetings, sharing their work in progress with one another and with the Wellesley community at large, and serving, if they choose, as mentors to student research assistants. Resident fellows will be expected to live within reasonable commuting distance of Wellesley College and to make the Newhouse Center their primary workplace for the term of the residency.

Applicants should submit by February 15, 2006 1) a research proposal of no more than 1250 words describing the project and plan of research for the proposed residency. A brief bibliography may be appended. Applications should also include 2) a curriculum vitae, 3) the names and contact information of three references, and 4) a cover letter that makes clear the applicant’s reason for wishing to work at the Newhouse Center. Applications may be submitted by mail to The Newhouse Center for the Humanities, attn: Debra Carbarnes, Wellesley College, 106 Central St., Wellesley MA 02481-8203 or as email attachments to nch@wellesley.edu"


Name
The University at Buffalo Libraries Special Collections Fellowships
URL
Organization
The University at Buffalo Humanities Institute
Eligible
Grad, Post-doc, Faculty
Description
The University at Buffalo Humanities Institute, in collaboration with the University at Buffalo Libraries, is offering three fellowships for visiting scholars and graduate students working on their dissertations to use the University at Buffalo Libraries' outstanding Special Collections, which include, among others, The Poetry Collection, The University Archives and The University's 20,000 volume Rare Book Collection.

The fellowships provide stipends of up to $4000 to cover the cost of fellows' travel to Buffalo and accommodation and expenses during the time of their stay. In addition to the stipend, fellows will receive library and parking privileges at UB and are invited to participate in any Humanities Institute events that occur during the time of their visit. Fellows are expected to give one public lecture on their research. The timing and duration of the fellows' residence in Buffalo are flexible, though we would anticipate a minimum stay of 2 weeks. Both graduate students at an advanced stage of dissertation research and more senior scholars are invited to apply."


Name
The University of Leeds
URL
Organization
University of Leeds
Due Date
01/31/2009
Eligible
PhD
Description
the University of Leeds is providing a number of Fully-funded University "International Research Scholarships, which are available for high quality international students who will be commencing PhD research study from October 2009 for study in any Faculty at the University of Leeds. Awards provide full international fees together with a maintenance grant of 13,290 pounds and will be made for one year in the first instance, renewable for a further two years, subject to satisfactory academic progress...As applicants will only be considered if theyhave received an offer of an academic place for PhD research study from the University of Leeds, applicants are advised to submit their application for an academic place as soon as possible and well before 31 January 2009.


grants


Name
Heckman Research Stipends
URL
Organization
Hill Monastic Manuscript Library (Collegeville, Minnesota)
Eligible
Grad or post-docs
Description
Up to 2,000 available for two weeks to six months. Deadlines are April 15 for research from July 1-December 31 and November 15 for research from January 1-June 30. "The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library houses extensive resources for the study of manuscripts and archives. More than 90,000 manuscripts are available on microfilm and in digital format. HMML has microfilmed extensively in Austria, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Malta, and Ethiopia, and is currently digitizing manuscripts in Lebanon and elsewhere in the Eastern Mediterranean."

Name
Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship
URL
Organization
OSU Graduate School
Eligible
Grad
Description
The Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship (AGGRS) provides up to $2000 for dissertation research support to doctoral candidates without any other research support from their department or advisor due to lack of funds. Other eligible candidates include those pursuing a comparable graduate degree requiring a thesis. Although eligibility is based on financial need, awards are based on merit.

All doctoral candidates who have passed the Candidacy Exam and whose dissertation project has been approved by their advisor are eligible to apply. MFA students are also eligible to apply for funds to support their MFA project. Previous AGGRS or GSARA awardees are not eligible for a second award. The competition is held twice each year, during Autumn and Spring Quarters. Faculty members of the University Research Committee, representing all ten academic areas, will review applications and make final recommendations to the Dean of the Graduate School."


Name
Graduate Student Dissertation/MA Thesis Research Travel Grant
URL
Organization
OSU Office of International Affairs
Eligible
Grad
Description
The Office of International Affairs makes available funding to support international travel for: (1) pre-dissertation preliminary research; (2) doctoral dissertation research; and (3) research necessary to complete a Masters thesis (for students in those units where the Masters is typically the terminal degree). The competition is open to all OSU students who are currently enrolled in a graduate degree program. Grants average between $1,500 and $2,000, with a maximum award of $3,000.

Name
Faculty International Travel Grant
URL
Organization
OSU Office of International Affairs
Eligible
Faculty
Description
The Office of International Affairs accepts applications from faculty in all departments, schools, and colleges throughout the university for its Faculty International Travel Grant competition. Support is provided for international travel for the following purposes: Collaboration with foreign scholars on preparation of research grant proposals; Participation in faculty-exchange programs between The Ohio State University and foreign educational or research institutions; Development of new agreements linking OSU to major foreign institutions; Completion of a manuscript for publication based upon collaborative research which is in its final stages. On average, grants range between $1,500 and $2,000, with a maximum ceiling of $3,000."

Name
Grants for Interdisciplinary Lectures, Seminars, and Conferences on International Themes
URL
Organization
OSU Office of International Affairs
Description
The Office of International Affairs makes available grants of up to $5,000 to support interdisciplinary lectures, seminar series, or conferences on topics relevant to areas of the world outside the United States (but by no means excluding the U.S. as a case for comparative study)."


post-docs


Name
The Arthur and Joyce Gordon Fellowship
URL
Organization
OSU Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies
Eligible
non-0SU phd
Description
A short-term fellowship (one to four months duration) to support visitors pursuing post-doctoral research in Latin epigraphy.

Name
The Sterling and Elizabeth Dow Fellowship
URL
Organization
OSU Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies
Eligible
non-0SU phd
Description
A short-term fellowship (one to four months duration) to support visitors pursuing post-doctoral research in Greek epigraphy.

Name
The Paul E. and Sandra J. Watkins Fellowship
URL
Organization
OSU Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies
Eligible
non-0SU phd
Description
A short-term fellowship (one to four months duration) to support visitors pursuing post-doctoral research in Greek and Latin history and epigraphy.

Name
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
URL
Organization
Rice University; Center for the Study of Cultures
Due Date
10/08/2009
Eligible
Ph.D. received 2002 or after
Description
Rice University and the Center for the Study of Cultures announce the continuation of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Up to three postdoctoral fellows will be selected for a two-year appointment beginning July 1, 2006 at a stipend of $40,000 per year plus a moving and research allowance. Fellows will teach two courses per academic year, will be expected to make significant progress in their research, and will also participate in the intellectual life of relevant departments, programs, and Center research groups. While candidates will hold department affiliation, we seek candidates who take interdisciplinary approaches to any area of humanistic study, broadly construed.


prizes


Name
Melton Center Graduate Funding Support
URL
Organization
OSU Melton Center
Eligible
Grad
Description
Funds are available for travel to an academic conference in which the student delivers a paper on a topic related to Jewish Studies; research funds are available for research that is clearly related to a major project in Jewish Studies and that forms part of the student's academic program. Advanced Study Scholarships for qualified students pursuing advance studies in Judaica either in the United States or in another country are available. These advanced studies funds are for tuition purposes only. The Morris and Fannie Skilken Family Foundation provides scholarships and funding support for students of Yiddish and Ashkenazic Studies. Another source of funding is the Roth Memorial Essay Contest. "

Name
Phyllis Krumm Memorial International Scholarship
URL
Organization
OSU Office of International Affairs
Eligible
Grad
Description
Up to three awards of $1,000 each will be given to deserving graduate students for research or study in a European country or in China. Applicants must be enrolled as a post-baccalaureate student at OSU in an academic program of study in any field. Students must demonstrate excellence in scholarship and an appropriate background for research or study in Europe or China (including the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, and/or Taiwan). They must be of good character and intend to conduct research or study requiring independent international travel (i.e., unassociated with an organized study abroad group)."

Name
Phi Kappa Phi Undergraduate Enrichment Awards
URL
Organization
OSU Phi Kappa Phi
Eligible
Undergrad
Description
The Ohio State chapter of Phi Kappa Phi awards three $750 Undergraduate Enrichment Awards each year. These awards are provided to encourage and enable recipients to undertake projects and activities designed to enrich their undergraduate programs, and include such pursuits as a research experience, study abroad, an internship, a visual or performing arts project, or other such endeavor."

Name
Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship
URL
Organization
OSU Phi Kappa Phi
Eligible
Grad
Description
Students who will begin their first year of graduate or professional study in any academic field may apply for one of the sixty Phi Kappa Phi National Fellowships of up to $5,000 and 40 Awards of Excellence of $2,000. The OSU Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi may nominate one individual for the national award, and the OSU nominee will receive a $500 chapter award upon entering graduate or professional school, regardless of the outcome of the national competition."