The following list of sabbatical funding, though not exhaustive, covers many of the major awards both in the U.S. and abroad. For a more complete search, visit the Pivot funding opportunities database.
Non-residential Opportunities
These opportunities do not require research to be performed at a specific location.
- American Council of Learned Societies: ACLS Fellowships (humanities)
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: New Directions Fellowships* (humanities, retraining grants)
- Carnegie Corporation: Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program (early-career and mid-career, specific topics)*
- George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation: Fellowships (early-career, humanities)
- John Simon Guggenheim Foundation: Guggenheim Fellowships (mid-career, all disciplines)
- National Endowment for the Arts: Creative Writing Fellowships & Translation Projects
- National Endowment for the Humanities: Research Awards
- Simons Foundation: Simons Fellows Program in Mathematics and Physics
Non-sabbatical opportunities of note:
- American Philosophical Society: Franklin Research Grants ($6,000 for research support; all disciplines)
- National Endowment for the Humanities: Summer Stipends*
* Indicates a limited submission opportunity.
Residential Opportunities
These opportunities require that your research be performed at a specific location.
United States
- American Antiquarian Society: Various Fellowships (Worcester, MA)
- American Philosophical Society: APS-NEH Sabbatical Fellowships (Philadelphia, PA)
- Center for Jewish History: Various Fellowships (New York, NY)
- Consortium for History of Science, Technology, and Medicine: Fellowship (Philadelphia, PA)
- Folger Shakespeare Library: Fellowship (Washington, DC)
- Ford Foundation/National Academies: Postdoctoral Fellowship (any institution globally, early-career)
- Getty Foundation: Getty Scholar Grants (Los Angeles, CA)
- Hagley Museum and Library: NEH-Hagley Fellowship on Business, Culture, & Society (Wilmington, DE)
- Harry Ransom Center: Fellowship (Austin, TX)
- Huntington Library: Fellowship (San Marino, CA)
- Institute for Advanced Studies: Scholar (Princeton, NJ) (History Only)
- Library Company of Philadelphia: Various Fellowships (Philadelphia, PA)
- Massachusetts Historical Society: Various Fellowships (Boston, MA)
- National Humanities Center: Fellowship (Triangle Park, NC)
- Newberry Library: Short- and Long-Term Fellowships (Chicago, IL)
- New York Historical Society: Various Fellowships (New York, NY)
- New York Public Library: Various Fellowships (New York, NY)
- Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture: Various Fellowships (Williamsburg, VA)
- Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study: Fellowship (Cambridge, MA)
- School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe: Resident Scholars (Sante Fe, New Mexico)
- Stanford Humanities Center: Fellowships (Stanford, CA)
- Winterthur Museum and Garden: Research Fellowship Program (Winterthur, DE)
Worldwide
- Albright Institute of Archaeological Research: Various Fellowships (Jerusalem, Israel)
- Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation: Research Awards (Germany)
- American Academy in Berlin: Berlin Prize (Germany)
- American Academy in Rome: Rome Prize (Italy)
- American Center of Oriental Research: Various Fellowships (Aman, Jordan)
- American Council of Learned Societies: Luce/ACLS Program in China Studies (Various Locations, China)
- American Institute of Indian Studies: Various Fellowships (Various Locations, India)
- American Research Center in Egypt: ARCE Fellowships (Cairo, Egypt)
- American Research Institute in Turkey: ARIT Research Fellowships (Ankara or Istanbul, Turkey)
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens: Various Fellowships (Athens, Greece)
- Australian National University: Humanities Research Center Visiting Fellowships (Canberra, Australia)
- Council of American Overseas Research Centers: Fellowships (26 locations)
- Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation International Scholarly Exchange: Research and Scholar Grants (Taiwan)
- European Institutes for Advanced Study: Fellowships (16 locations around the world)
- Ford Foundation/National Academies: Postdoctoral Fellowships (any institution globally, early-career)
- Fulbright Scholars (Various Locations): US Scholar Award, Flex Awards, Global Scholar Award
- Japan Foundation: Japanese Studies Fellowship Program (Japan)
- Korea Foundation: Fellowships for Field Research (Korea)
- National Endowment for the Humanities: Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research in Japan (Japan)
- Palestinian Research Center: NEH/FPIRI Fellowships (West Bank, Palestine)
- Rockefeller Foundation: Bellagio Center Residency Program (Bellagio, Italy)
- Society for Classical Studies: Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Fellowship (Munich, Germany)
* Indicates a limited submission opportunity.