This page provides information on funding for humanities research and projects. Though it is not an exhaustive list, it covers many of the major awards both in the U.S. and abroad for humanities research. For a more complete search, visit the Pivot Funding Database (available to all UO personnel and students) or review our prepopulated curated list in Pivot.
Non-residential Opportunities
These opportunities do not require research to be performed at a specific location.
- American Council of Learned Societies: ACLS Fellowships (Early Career)
- American Philosophical Society: Franklin Research Grants ($6,000 for research support; all humanities disciplines)
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: New Directions Fellowships (Limited Submission)*
- Carnegie Corporation: Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program (Early Career and Mid-career)*
- George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation: Fellowships (Early Career)
- John Simon Guggenheim Foundation: Guggenheim Fellowships (Mid-career)
- National Endowment for the Arts: Creative Writing Fellowships & Translation Projects
- National Endowment for the Humanities:
Residential Opportunities
These opportunities require that your research to be performed at a specific location.
United States
- American Antiquarian Society: Various Fellowships (Worcester, MA)
- Center for Jewish History: Various Fellowships (New York, New York)
- 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):
- 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.