Funding Opportunities in the Humanities/Arts/Social Sciences
- Doris Duke Fellowship for the Promotion of Child Well-Being
- Getty Foundation Graduate Internships
- International Dissertation Research Fellowship – Social Science Research Council
- Jennings Randolph Peace Scholarship Dissertation Program
- Louisville Institute Dissertation Fellowship on North American Christianity
Doris Duke Fellowship for the Promotion of Child Well-Being
These fellowships are designed to identify and develop a new generation of leaders interested in and capable of creating practice and policy initiatives that will enhance child development and improve the nation's ability to prevent all forms of child maltreatment. The fellows receive an annual stipend of $30,000 for up to two years to support the completion of their dissertation and related research at their academic institution. Fellows are guided by an academic mentor whom they select; fellows also identify a policy or practice mentor to assist them in better understanding how to frame their research questions with an eye toward maximizing policy and practice relevance.
Citizenship: Unspecified
Deadline: December 1, 2016
Website: www.dorisdukefellowships.org/
Getty Foundation Graduate Internships
Getty Graduate Internships are offered in the four programs of the J. Paul Getty Trust—the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Research Institute, the Getty Conservation Institute, and the Getty Foundation, as well as in Getty Publications—to students who intend to pursue careers in fields related to the visual arts. Training and work experience placements are available in areas such as curatorial, education, conservation, research, information management, public programs, and grantmaking. Internships are located at the Getty Center in Los Angeles or the Getty Villa in Malibu. All positions are full-time beginning September 11, 2017. Most internships are for eight months, ending May 18, 2018. Conservation internships are twelve months, ending September 7, 2018.
Citizenship: Unrestricted
Deadline: December 1, 2016
Website: http://getty.edu/foundation/initiatives/current/gradinterns/
International Dissertation Research Fellowship – Social Science Research Council
The Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) offers nine to twelve months of support to graduate students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who are enrolled in PhD programs in the United States and conducting dissertation research on non-US topics. Eighty fellowships are awarded annually. Fellowship amounts vary depending on the research plan, with a per-fellowship average of $21,000. The fellowship includes participation in an SSRC-funded interdisciplinary workshop upon the completion of IDRF-funded research. The program is open to graduate students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.
Citizenship: Unrestricted
Deadline: November 1, 2016
Website: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/idrf-fellowship/
Jennings Randolph Peace Scholarship Dissertation Program
The Jennings Randolph (JR) Peace scholarship Dissertation Program awards scholarships to students at U.S. universities who are writing doctoral dissertations with clear relevance for policy and practice in the field of international peacebuilding and conflict management. The fellowships last for 10 months, starting in September. Fellowships are open to citizens of any country and dissertation projects in all disciplines are welcome.
Citizenship: Unrestricted (but must be enrolled in a recognized, accredited doctoral program in the United States)
Deadline: November 22, 2016
Website: http://www.usip.org/fellows/scholars.html
Louisville Institute Dissertation Fellowship on North American Christianity
The Dissertation Fellowship program is designed to support the final year Ph.D. or Th.D. dissertation writing for students engaged in research pertaining to North American Christianity, especially projects with the potential to strengthen the religious life of North American Christians and their institutions, including seminaries, while simultaneously advancing American religious and theological scholarship. Proposed projects may employ a variety of methodological perspectives, including, but not limited to, history, ethics, the social sciences, biblical studies, and historical, systematic, and practical theology. They may also be interdisciplinary in nature.
Citizenship: Unspecified
Deadline: February 1 (annually)
Website: http://www.louisville-institute.org/Fellowships/dfdetail.aspx
For more information, contact: ONSF at onsf@uconn.edu