TITLE: Dissertation Completion Fellowships
SPONSOR_LIST: American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS); Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Early Career Fellowship Program
SPONSOR_TYPE: Other Nonprofit
DEADLINE: November 11, 2009
DEADLINENOTE: Completed applications must be submitted through the ACLS Online Fellowship Application (OFA) system no later than 9:00 P.M. EST on the deadline.
UPPER_AMOUNT: $33,000
AMOUNT_NOTE: ACLS will award 65 Dissertation Completion Fellowships in this competition for a one-year term beginning between June and September. The fellowship tenure may be carried out in residence at the fellow's home institution, abroad, or at another appropriate site for the research. The total award of up to $33,000 includes a stipend of $25,000, plus funds for research costs of up to $3,000 and for university fees of up to $5,000. These fellowships may not be held concurrently with any other major fellowship or grant.
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be Ph.D. candidates in a humanities or social science department in the United States. Applicants from other departments may be eligible if their project is in the humanities or related social sciences, and their principal dissertation supervisor holds an appointment in a humanities field or related social science field. (Students completing master's degrees are not eligible, even if they are the terminal degree in the field.) Applicants must have all requirements for the Ph.D. except the dissertation completed before beginning fellowship tenure. Also, applicants must be no more than six years in the degree program - awardees can hold this fellowship no later than their seventh year. In special circumstances an applicant and his or her advisor may petition to have an application for an eighth-year fellowship considered; such applications must present a compelling case for eligibility. Applicants must be prepared to complete their dissertations within the period of their fellowship tenure or shortly thereafter.
The fellowship tenure may be carried out in residence at the fellow's home institution, abroad, or at another appropriate site for the research. A letter must be submitted from the applicant's institution (preferably from the applicant's chair or dean), including (1) a statement attesting to the viability of the proposed timeline for completion; (2) stipulation that, in the event of an award, the university will not charge the student tuition or fees beyond a limit of $5,000 and will provide for any additional costs, such as health insurance; and (3) a pledge that if an ACLS award is made, the university will not provide the applicant with any subsequent aid.
CITIZENSHIP: United States
ACTIVITY LOCATION: Unrestricted
REQUIREMENTS: Graduate Student
ABSTRACT: The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) offers the Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships, the first stage of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Early Career Fellowship Program, to assist graduate students in the humanities and related social sciences in the last year of Ph.D. dissertation writing. This program aims to encourage timely completion of the Ph.D. Appropriate fields of specialization include but are not limited to: American studies; anthropology; archaeology; art and architectural history; classics; economics; film; geography; history; languages and literatures; legal studies; linguistics; musicology; philosophy; political science; psychology; religious studies; rhetoric, communication, and media studies; science, technology, and medicine studies; sociology; and theater, dance, and performance studies. Proposals in the social science fields listed above are eligible only if they employ predominantly humanistic approaches (e.g., economic history, law and literature, political philosophy). Proposals in interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary studies are welcome, as are proposals focused on any geographic region or on any cultural or linguistic group.
URL: http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=512
KEYWORDS: Anthropology; Archaeology; Architecture History; Arts and Humanities; Communications; Dramatic or Theatre Arts; Economic History; Film or Cinema or Video; Geography; History; History and Appreciation of Art; Language or Literature; Law; Linguistics or Philology; Musicology or Music Theory; Philosophy; Political Science; Psychology; Religious Studies; Rhetoric; Social Sciences; Sociology
FUNDING_TYPE: Dissertation or Thesis

TITLE: Dissertation Grants for Graduate Students
SPONSOR_LIST: Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS)
SPONSOR_TYPE: Professional Society or Association
DEADLINE: TBD
UPPER_AMOUNT: $1,000
AMOUNT_NOTE: Funds may be used for travel to research site, equipment, duplication, or other needs as specified.
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must currently be enrolled in a Ph.D. program and have completed all requirements for a Ph.D. except the dissertation.
CITIZENSHIP: Unrestricted
ACTIVITY LOCATION: Unrestricted
REQUIREMENTS: Graduate Student
ABSTRACT: The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS) invites applications for grants to support doctoral dissertation research and write-up in any field of Baltic Studies. Proposals will be evaluated according to (1) the scholarly potential of the applicant and (2) the quality and scholarly importance of the proposed work, especially to the development of Baltic Studies.
URL: http://www.balticstudies-aabs.org/grants-dissertation.html
KEYWORDS: Arts and Humanities; Baltic States; General Humanities Topics; Social Science - Humanistic Emphasis; Social Sciences
FUNDING_TYPE: Dissertation or Thesis

TITLE: Dissertation Fellowships for Republic of China Students Abroad
SPONSOR_LIST: Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (CCKF); American Region
SPONSOR_TYPE: Private Foundation
DEADLINE: October 15, 2009
DEADLINENOTE: Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been confirmed. Applications may not be sent by fax or e-mail.
UPPER_AMOUNT: $15,000
AMOUNT_NOTE: The maximum amount of each award is $15,000, which is given for a period extending one year.
ELIGIBILITY: Doctoral candidates who are ROC citizens and who are completing the last stage of their Ph.D. research at an accredited university in the American Region (the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, or South America) may apply. Only students who have graduated from an accredited university or college in the ROC, and who do not have foreign permanent residence status or citizenship, are eligible to apply.
Grants are available only to doctoral candidates who are neither employed nor receiving grants from other sources.
CITIZENSHIP: China
ACTIVITY LOCATION: Canada; Central America; Mexico; South America; United States
REQUIREMENTS: Graduate Student
ABSTRACT: The Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange provides grants for Republic of China (ROC) students abroad to help finance the completion of dissertations in the humanities and social sciences.
URL: http://www.cckf.org/e-americaDG.htm
KEYWORDS: Arts and Humanities; Social Sciences
FUNDING_TYPE: Dissertation or Thesis

TITLE: Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources
SPONSOR_LIST: Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
SPONSOR_TYPE: Professional Society or Association
DEADLINE: November 13, 2009
DEADLINENOTE: Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been confirmed.
Complete applications must be postmarked by the deadline date.
UPPER_AMOUNT: $20,000
AMOUNT_NOTE: The program offers ten competitively awarded fellowships. Each fellowship provides a stipend of $1,600 per month for 9 to 12 months. Each fellow will receive an additional $800 upon participating in a symposium on research in original sources and submitting an acceptable report to CLIR on the research experience. Thus the maximum award will be $20,000.
ELIGIBILITY: To be eligible, an applicant will
- be enrolled in a doctoral program in a graduate school in the United States (master's thesis research is not eligible); 
- complete all doctoral requirements except the dissertation and be ready to start research for it as early as June 1st and no later than September 1st with approval of the dissertation proposal six months before the starting date; 
- plan to do dissertation research primarily in original source material in the holdings of archives, libraries, historical societies, museums, related repositories, or a combination; and
- write the dissertation and receive the Ph.D. degree in a field of the humanities or in a related element of the social sciences (candidates for the Ed.D, J.D., or D.D. degrees are not eligible).
CITIZENSHIP: Unrestricted
ACTIVITY LOCATION: United States
REQUIREMENTS: Graduate Student
ABSTRACT: The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is pleased to offer fellowships funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for dissertation research in the humanities in original sources. The purposes of this fellowship program are to \- help junior scholars in the humanities and related social-science fields gain skill and creativity in developing knowledge from original sources; \- enable dissertation writers to do research wherever relevant sources may be, rather than just where financial support is available; \- encourage more extensive and innovative uses of original sources in libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and related repositories in the United States and abroad; and \- provide insight from the viewpoint of doctoral candidates into how scholarly resources can be developed for access most helpfully in the future.  For purposes of this program, eligible fields of the humanities will include \- area studies, \- art history, \- classics, \- comparative literature, \- critical theory, \- cultural anthropology, \- cultural studies, \- economic history, \- ethnic studies, \- ethnomusicology, \- history, \- history and philosophy of mathematics, \- history and philosophy of science and medicine, \- language and cultural linguistics, \- literature in any language, \- music history, \- philosophy, \- political theory, \- religion (exclusive of theological training for the ministry), \- rhetoric, \- women's studies, and \- interdisciplinary studies involving fields above.
URL: http://www.clir.org/fellowships/mellon/mellon.html
KEYWORDS: Ancient or Classical History; Area Studies; Arts and Humanities; Classical or Ancient Language or Literature; Comparative Literature; Critical Theory; Cultural or Population Studies; Cultural or Social Anthropology; Culture; Economic History; Ethnic Studies; General Humanities Topics; History; History and Appreciation of Art; History and Appreciation of Music; History of Medicine; History of Science and Technology; Language or Literature; Linguistics or Philology; Musicology or Music Theory; Philosophy; Philosophy of Mathematics; Philosophy of Science; Political Theory; Religious Studies; Rhetoric; Women's Studies
FUNDING_TYPE: Training, Scholarship, or Fellowship; Dissertation or Thesis

TITLE: Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program
SPONSOR_LIST: United States Department of Education (ED); Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE); Higher Education Programs (HEP)
SPONSOR_TYPE: Federal, U.S.
DEADLINE: October 5, 2009
AMOUNT: $42,106
AMOUNT_NOTE: The estimated average award size is $42,652.  An estimated 64 grants will be awarded under this competition.
ELIGIBILITY: Eligibility is limited to students who at the time of application have not yet completed their first year of graduate study or will be entering graduate school in academic year 2009-2010. Eligibility is also limited to students pursuing a doctoral degree or MFA degree in fields selected by the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Board at accredited institutions of higher education.
Students must be U.S. citizens or nationals, permanent residents of the United States, or citizens of one of the Freely Associated States.
CITIZENSHIP: United States
ACTIVITY LOCATION: United States
REQUIREMENTS: Graduate Student
ABSTRACT: This program is funded in order to award fellowships to eligible students of superior ability, selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise to undertake graduate study leading to a doctoral degree or a master of fine arts (MFA) at accredited institutions of higher education in selected fields of the arts, humanities, or social sciences.CFDA 84.170A
URL: http://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/applicant.html
KEYWORDS: Arts and Culture; Arts and Humanities; General Humanities Topics; Social Sciences
FUNDING_TYPE: Training, Scholarship, or Fellowship

TITLE: Charlotte Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
SPONSOR_LIST: Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
SPONSOR_TYPE: Private Foundation
DEADLINE: November 15, 2009
DEADLINENOTE: The 2009 Newcombe Dissertation Fellowship application will be available online beginning September 1, 2008.
AMOUNT_NOTE: In the 2008 Newcombe competition, 28 fellows received $23,000 for 12 months of full-time dissertation writing; in addition, their graduate schools will be asked to waive tuition or remit some portion of their fees.
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants for the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship must
- be candidates for Ph.D. or Th.D. degrees in doctoral programs at graduate schools in the United States: Candidates working on D.Min., law, and other professional degrees are not eligible;
- be able to fulfill all pre-dissertation requirements by November 15, 2009, including approval of the dissertation proposal, and expect to submit completed dissertations by Summer 2011;
- be in the writing stage of the dissertation: Usually, this means that fieldwork or other research is complete and writing has begun by the time of the award;
- have never held a similar national award for the final year of dissertation writing: Applicants who have won such awards as the ACLS, AAUW, Ford, MacArthur, Mellon, Pew, Spencer, or Whiting fellowship are not eligible;
- plan to write on topics where ethical or religious values are a central concern; and
- have never applied for the fellowship before. Previous applicants may not apply.
The Newcombe Fellowship selection process is highly competitive, and reapplications are not allowed. If applicants have not completed enough work on their dissertations to present a compelling case for it, or to convince the selection committees that they will be able to finish within the 12-month tenure of the award, they should postpone their applications for another year.
CITIZENSHIP: United States
ACTIVITY LOCATION: United State
REQUIREMENTS: Graduate Student
ABSTRACT: The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships are designed to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences, and particularly to help Ph.D. candidates in these fields complete their dissertation work in a timely manner. In addition to topics in religious studies or in ethics (philosophical or religious), dissertations appropriate to the Newcombe Fellowship competition might explore the ethical implications of foreign policy, the values influencing political decisions, the moral codes of other cultures, and religious or ethical issues reflected in history or literature.
URL: http://www.woodrow.org/fellowships/religion_ethics/index.php
KEYWORDS: Arts and Humanities; Ethics; General Humanities Topics; History of Philosophy; International Planning or Policy; Political Philosophy; Religious Literature; Religious Studies; Social Sciences
FUNDING_TYPE: Dissertation or Thesis

TITLE: Graduate Fellowships for Ethnic Minorities
SPONSOR_LIST: American Society of Criminology (ASC)
SPONSOR_TYPE: Private Foundation
DEADLINE: Mar 01 (annually thereafter)
DEADLINENOTE: Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been confirmed.
AMOUNT: $6,000
AMOUNT_NOTE: Generally, three $6,000 fellowships are awarded each year.
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be African American, Asian-American, Latino, or Native American. Applicants need not be members of the ASC. Individuals studying criminology or criminal justice issues are encouraged to apply.
CITIZENSHIP: United States
ACTIVITY LOCATION: United States
REQUIREMENTS: Graduate Student; Minority
ABSTRACT: The American Society of Criminology's (ASC's) Graduate Fellowships for Ethnic Minorities are designed to encourage African American, Asian American, Latino, and Native American students to enter the field of criminology and criminal justice. The recipients of the fellowships must be accepted into a program of doctoral studies.
URL: http://www.asc41.com/minorfel.htm
KEYWORDS: Criminal Justice; Criminology
FUNDING_TYPE: Training, Scholarship, or Fellowship

TITLE: Dissertation Fellowships
SPONSOR_LIST: Guggenheim Foundation, Harry Frank; Research for Understanding and Reducing Violence, Aggression and Dominance
SPONSOR_TYPE: Private Foundation
DEADLINE: February 1, 2010 (annually thereafter)
DEADLINENOTE: Anticipated deadline.
AMOUNT: $15,000
AMOUNT_NOTE: Ten or more dissertation fellowships are awarded each year.
ELIGIBILITY: Grants are made to Ph.D. candidates who are in the writing stage of the dissertation. Usually, this means that fieldwork or other research is complete and writing has begun. Both the applicant and the applicant's advisor are asked to assure the foundation that the thesis will be complete within the grant year.
Applicants may be citizens of any country and studying at colleges or universities in any country.
CITIZENSHIP: Unrestricted
ACTIVITY LOCATION: Unrestricted
REQUIREMENTS: Graduate Student
ABSTRACT: Dissertation fellowships are awarded each year to individuals who will complete the writing of the dissertation within the award year. These fellowships are designed to contribute to the support of the doctoral candidate to enable him or her to complete the thesis in a timely manner. Applications are evaluated in comparison with each other and not in competition with the postdoctoral research proposals. //Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world. Particular questions that interest the foundation concern violence, aggression, and dominance in relation to social change, the socialization of children, intergroup conflict, drug trafficking and use, family relationships, and investigations of the control of aggression and violence. Research with no useful relevance to understanding and attempting to cope with problems of human violence and aggression will not be supported, nor will proposals to investigate urgent social problems where the foundation cannot be assured that useful, sound research can be done. Priority will also be given to areas and methodologies not receiving adequate attention and support from other funding sources.
URL: http://www.hfg.org/df/guidelines.htm
KEYWORDS: Aggression; Child Abuse or Neglect; Conflict Theory; Disputing and Conflict Resolution; Family; Social Change; Substance Abuse; Violence; Violent Behavior
FUNDING_TYPE: Training, Scholarship, or Fellowship; Dissertation or Thesis

TITLE: Dissertation Grants
SPONSOR_LIST: Medieval Academy of America
SPONSOR_TYPE: Professional Society or Association
DEADLINE: February 15, 2010 (annually)
DEADLINENOTE: Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been confirmed.
AMOUNT: $2,000
AMOUNT_NOTE: The $2,000 grants help defray research expenses such as the cost of travel to research collections and the cost of photographs, photocopies, microfilms, and other research materials. The cost of books or equipment (e.g., computers) is not included.
ELIGIBILITY: All graduate students whose primary research focuses on an aspect of medieval studies are eligible. Applicants must have received approval from their dissertation committee for their projects and must be members of the Medieval Academy. Applicants must be members of the Medieval Academy as of January 15 of the year in which they apply.
CITIZENSHIP: Unrestricted
ACTIVITY LOCATION: Unrestricted
REQUIREMENTS: Graduate Student
ABSTRACT: Medieval Academy Dissertation Grants support advanced graduate students who are writing Ph.D. dissertations on medieval topics.
URL: http://www.medievalacademy.org/grants/gradstudent_grants_madis.htm
KEYWORDS: Medieval History; Medieval Language or Literature; Medieval Studies
FUNDING_TYPE: Dissertation or Thesis

TITLE: Dissertation Fellowships
SPONSOR_LIST: American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS); Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Grants to Individuals in East and Southeast Asian Archaeology and Early History; Grants for Applicants From the United States and Canada
SPONSOR_TYPE: Other Nonprofit
DEADLINE: November 13, 2009
DEADLINENOTE: Fully completed applications must be received by the deadline. Applications must be sent to ACLS in New York by mail or courier service. Applicants should send an e-mail to grants.gov on the day they send their application materials to ACLS.
UPPER_AMOUNT: $28,000
AMOUNT_NOTE: Dissertation fellowships are for the 2009-2010 academic year only. The award is up to $28,000 for 10 months, intended to cover research costs and living expenses. A travel allowance will also be provided for travel to East or Southeast Asia, if the award is to conduct research. ACLS will assist individual grantees, as appropriate, in obtaining air tickets, visas, and health insurance, and will pay any institutional fees required for affiliation or residence. The remainder of the award will be paid directly to the grantee.
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be residents of the United States or Canada and have their primary professional affiliation at an institution in this region. Applicants must be nearing completion of an advanced graduate degree in a relevant discipline such as archaeology, anthropology, art history, literature, or history. Linguistic ability sufficient to conduct the work proposed is required. Research must be conducted in East or Southeast Asia (Brunei, Burma [Myanmar], Cambodia, China [including Hong Kong and Macau], Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, or Vietnam). Writing the dissertation must take place in North America (Canada or the United States).
CITIZENSHIP: Canada; United States
ACTIVITY LOCATION: Brunei; Burma (Myanmar); Cambodia; Canada; China; Hong Kong; Indonesia; Japan; Laos; Malaysia; Mongolia; North Korea; Philippines; Singapore; South Korea; Taiwan; Thailand; United States; Vietnam
REQUIREMENTS: Graduate Student
ABSTRACT: The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce the third annual competition for grants to individuals in the archaeology and early history of East and Southeast Asia. This program is undertaken in cooperation with the Henry Luce Foundation. Comparative projects and those that build scholarly networks are especially encouraged. Proposals may cover prehistoric or historical periods, but must focus on work that involves excavations or excavated materials, or both. For the purposes of this program, "East and Southeast Asia" refers to Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.\\Dissertation fellowships will be awarded to graduate students at U.S. or Canadian institutions for research in East or Southeast Asia or, if research is complete, for writing the dissertation in North America. 
URL: http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=522
KEYWORDS: Archaeology; Asian History; Asian Studies
FUNDING_TYPE: Dissertation or Thesis

TITLE: Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Fund for Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships in Jewish Studies
SPONSOR_LIST: Foundation for Jewish Culture
SPONSOR_TYPE: Other Nonprofit
DEADLINE: TBD
DEADLINENOTE: A deadline for the next cycle has not been confirmed.
Materials hand delivered to the foundation must be received by 5:00 P.M. on the deadline.
AMOUNT: $16,000
UPPER_AMOUNT: $20,000
AMOUNT_NOTE: In 2008, the Foundation for Jewish Culture will grant up to five fellowships, ranging from $16,000 to $20,000.
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants for the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships must
- be citizens or permanent residents of the United States and must have completed all academic requirements for the doctoral degree, except the dissertation, by the date of submission;
- demonstrate significant course work in Jewish studies at the graduate level;
- provide evidence of proficiency in a Jewish language adequate for pursuing an academic career in their chosen field; and
- have a proposal or prospectus that has been approved by a thesis committee.
Preference is given to individuals preparing for academic careers in Jewish studies, although occasional grants are awarded to students in other fields of the humanities or social sciences who demonstrate a career commitment to Jewish scholarship. A strong preference will be given to individuals who indicate that they will pursue their careers in Jewish studies in the United States.
Previous grantees of the Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Fund for Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships in Jewish Studies may not reapply.
CITIZENSHIP: United States
ACTIVITY LOCATION: United States
REQUIREMENTS: Graduate Student
ABSTRACT: The Foundation for Jewish Culture (formerly the National Foundation for Jewish Culture) invests in creative individuals and ideas in order to nurture a vibrant and enduring American Jewish identity, culture, and community. The Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships in Jewish Studies are made for one academic year, to support the final stages of completing a dissertation, typically in the fifth year of study.
URL: http://stage.jewishculture.org/?pid=film
KEYWORDS: Jewish Studies
FUNDING_TYPE: Dissertation or Thesis

TITLE: 2009 Annual Grant Competition
SPONSOR_LIST: United States Institute of Peace (USIP); Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace
SPONSOR_TYPE: Federal, U.S.
DEADLINE: October 1, 2009.
AMOUNT: $17,000
ELIGIBILITY: Doctoral students applying for support must be enrolled in universities in the United States.
CITIZENSHIP: Unrestricted
ACTIVITY LOCATION: United States
REQUIREMENTS: Graduate Student
ABSTRACT: The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) invites applications for Peace Scholar Awards offered by its Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace. These fellowships are intended to support the research and writing of dissertations addressing the sources and nature of international conflict and the full range of ways to prevent or end conflict and to sustain peace. Dissertation projects from all disciplines are welcome. Priority will be given to projects that contribute knowledge relevant to the formulation of policy on international peace and conflict issues.
URL: http://www.usip.org/fellows/scholars.html
KEYWORDS: Conflict Theory; Disputing and Conflict Resolution; Intergovernmental Relations; International Affairs; International Planning or Policy; International Relations or Diplomacy; International Security; Peace, Disarmament, or Amnesty
FUNDING_TYPE: Dissertation or Thesis