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Arts & Humanities Opportunities, by Funding Program

Please confirm all deadlines with the funder prior to beginning work on an application, as they are subject to change. Explore more Humanities opportunities in the Pivot database.

Funding Program Deadline
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Fellowships
Promote academic cooperation between excellent scientists and scholars from abroad and in Germany
Rolling
American Academy in Berlin
Berlin Prize
Supports transatlantic dialogue in the arts, humanities, and public policy through the development and communication of projects of the highest scholarly merit
September
American Academy in Rome
Rome Prize
Supports innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities
November
American Association of University Women
American Fellowships
Postdoctoral research leave and short-term publication grants for pre-tenure women scholars in all fields
November
American Council of Learned Societies
ACLS Fellowships
Invites research applications in all disciplines of the humanities and related social sciences. The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant.
September
American Council of Learned Societies
Leading Edge Fellowships
Places recent humanities PhDs with nonprofit organizations committed to promoting social justice in their communities
March
American Philosophical Society
Library Fellowships
Fellowships to support research at the APS Library & Museum; the collection's strengths include early American history, Native American and Indigenous Research, and history of science
Various
American Philosophical Society
Franklin Research Grants
Grants to support travel costs of research in libraries and archives, leading to publication in all areas of knowledge
October & December
Asian Cultural Council
Fellowships and grants
Long-term, immersive fellowships and shorter-term grants for artists, scholars, and arts professionals who wish to pursue specialized training, creative projects, or targeted research projects aligned with ACC's mission of advancing international understanding
November
Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes
Humanities fellowships and other opportunities at CHCI member organizations
Various
Cornell Society for the Humanities
Society Fellowships
Residential fellowships for scholars and artists whose project reflect an annual theme
September
Council of American Overseas Research Centers
Fellowships for Advanced Multi-Country Research
Awards for research overseas in the Near and Middle East and South Asia, on issues of multinational significance in the social sciences, humanities, and related natural sciences
January
Council for International Exchange of Scholars
Traditional Fulbright Scholar Program
Grants for U.S. faculty and professionals to lecture and conduct research abroad in a wide variety of academic and professional fields
August
Five College Women's Studies Research Center
Research Associateships
Open to feminist scholars, teachers, artists, writers, and activists
February
Ford Foundation (via the National Research Council)
Ford Postdoctoral Fellowships
Fellowships to increase the diversity of the nation's college and university faculties and to maximize the educational benefits of diversity
November
George A. & Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation
Howard Fellowships
For mid-career faculty for independent projects in fields selected on a rotational basis. Fellowships will be awarded for 2024-2025 in Emerging Arts and Science & Technology Studies.
November
Graham Foundation
Research grants for architecture; architectural history, theory, and criticism; design; engineering; landscape architecture; urban planning; urban studies; visual arts; and work being done in the fine arts, humanities, and sciences that expands the boundaries of thinking about architecture and space.
September
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
Project Stream grants
Grants for innovative, community-based arts projects. Projects can include performances, exhibitions, readings or other arts projects in any genre, and must be open to the public.
June
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
One- to two-year awards for research in the natural and social sciences and the humanities to increase understanding of violence and aggression
August
Huntington Library
Short-Term and Long-Term Awards
Fellowships for research on British and American history, literature, art history, and the history of science and medicine
November
Imagining America
Leading and Learning Initiatives
Swarthmore is an institutional member of this consortium for publicly engaged scholarship that offers periodic calls for fellowships and public scholarship funding
Various
Institute for Advanced Study
School of Historical Studies, Membership
Year-long residential memberships in Princeton, NJ support research throughout the humanistic disciplines, from socioeconomic developments, political theory, and modern international relations, to the history of art, science, philosophy, music, and literature.
October
Institute for Citizens & Scholars
Career Enhancement Fellowships for Junior Faculty
Program seeks to increase the presence of minority junior faculty and other junior faculty committed to eradicating racial disparities in core fields in the arts and sciences.
October
Institute of Classical Studies 
Fellowships awarded to established scholars based outside the UK who are able to take leave from their positions to spend a short time in London.
Various
Institute for Humane Studies
Flexible Research Grants for Scholars
Supports research expenses, events, and course buyouts/salary support for faculty. Project must address ISH themes.
Rolling
International Documentary Association
Grants Directory
Funding sources for documentary films on a broad range of topics
Various
Japan-United States Friendship Commission 
U.S.-Japan Creative Artists Fellowship Program
Fellowships for professional contemporary and traditional artists from the United States to spend three to five months in Japan.
March
J. M. Kaplan Fund
Furthermore publishing grants
Furthermore grants assist nonfiction books having to do with art, architecture, and design; cultural history, the city, and related public issues; and conservation and preservation.
March & September
J. Paul Getty Grant Program
Getty Scholar Grants
Support for established scholars, or writers who have attained distinction in their fields. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute. Applications are welcome from researchers of all nationalities who are working in the arts, humanities, or social sciences.
November
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Fellowships in all fields for "advanced professionals"
September
Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Grant Programs
Supports scholarly projects that promote the appreciation, interpretation, preservation, study and teaching of European art from antiquity to the early 19th century.
Various
Library of Congress
John W. Kluge Center Chairs & Fellowships
The Kluge Center welcomes scholars and practitioners at the height of their fields for residencies as chair holders or as distinguished visiting scholars. Fellowships are awarded to promising post-graduate scholars for research in an array of subjects that can be supported by the Library’s collections and digital resources.
Various
Max van Berchem Foundation
Research grants in the areas of Islamic and Arabic archaeology, history, geography, art history, epigraphy, religion, and literature
March
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Senior Fellowship
Fellowships for research illuminating the Museum's collection of artworks in the fields of history of art and architecture, critical theory, media studies, anthropology and archaeology, linguistics and philology, English literature, linguistics, religious studies, and musicology.
November
National Endowment for the Arts
Literature Fellowships: Translation Projects
Supports projects for the translation of specific works of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English
December
National Endowment for the Arts
Literature Fellowships
Fellowships in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement. Poetry and prose fellowships are offered in alternate years.
February
National Endowment for the Humanities
Fellowships
Support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both
April
National Endowment for the Humanities
Humanities Connection Grants
Planning and Implementation grants to support innovative curricular approaches that foster productive partnerships among humanities faculty and their counterparts in the social and natural sciences
September
National Endowment for the Humanities
NEH Fellowships at Independent Research Institutions
Grants for Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions (FPIRI) support fellowships at institutions devoted to advanced study and research in the humanities. FPIRI-funded fellowships provide scholars with research time and access to resources that might otherwise not be available to them.
August
National Endowment for the Humanities
Summer Stipends
Support individuals pursuing advanced research that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the public's understanding of the humanities (by nomination only)
September
National Gallery of Art
Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts
Various senior fellowships in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts; residential senior fellowships (in Washington, D.C. limited to 60 days)
Various
National Humanities Center
Residential Fellowships
40 Fellowships in Research Triangle Park, NC, for scholars in the humanities and scholars in the arts and the natural and social sciences who are engaged in humanistic projects. A few of the fellowships are designated for particular recipients and/or areas, including one for a young woman in philosophy; and others in environmental studies, English literature, art history, Asian Studies, and theology. Stipends of up to half a year's salary, plus travel expenses
October
Newberry Library
Long-Term Fellowships
Residential fellowships in the humanities
December
Newberry Library
Short-Term Fellowships
Residential fellowships in the humanities
January
Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study
Faculty Fellowships
Awards 10-15 residential fellowships annually to researchers whose work addresses the Institute’s yearly Research Theme.
October
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Fellowships
Fellowships for creative artists, humanists, and social scientists, in residence in Cambridge, MA
October
Smithsonian Institution.
Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program
Residential fellowships for independent research projects in association with Smithsonian staff
January
John Templeton Foundation
John Templeton Foundation supports bold ideas that engage the "big questions" and draw in multiple disciplines, including natural and human sciences, philosophy, and theology. The foundation’s core funding areas are: Science and the Big Questions; Character Virtue Development; Freedom and Free Enterprise; Exceptional Cognitive Talent and Genius; and Genetics.
October & April
U. S. Department of Education
Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program 
Provides funds to plan, develop, and carry out programs to strengthen and improve undergraduate instruction in international studies and foreign languages.
March
W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological  Research
Fellowships in Near Eastern studies from prehistory through the Islamic period, including the fields of archaeology, anthropology, art history, biblical studies, epigraphy, historical geography, history, language, literature, philology, religion, and related disciplines.
October