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Fellowship and Grant Opportunities
for Faculty

Humanities and Social Sciences
Deadlines: April 1, 2012 – August 31, 2012


AWARDS FOR JUNIOR FACULTY ONLY OR THAT GIVE PRIORITY TO JUNIOR FACULTY

by deadline

NOTE: Many deadlines are anticipated deadlines, based on prior application cycles. Please confirm deadlines with funding sources.

Hill Monastic Manuscript Library
Heckman Stipends
DEADLINE:  April 15, 2012
ELIGIBILITY:   Postdoctoral scholars (those who are within three years of completing a terminal degree) are eligible.
ABSTRACT:  The Hill Museum and Manuscript Library invites applications for research stipends, made possible by the A.A. Heckman Fund, from scholars seeking to consult materials found in the collections. The program is specifically intended to help scholars who have not yet established themselves professionally and whose research cannot progress satisfactorily without consulting materials to be found in the collections of the HMML, which houses the world's largest collection of images of manuscripts from Europe, Ethiopia, the Middle East, and India. HMML's teams have been photographing manuscripts since 1965, and the collection now consists of more than 125,000 manuscripts preserved on microfilm and in digital format.
URL:  http://www.hmml.org/research2010/heckman10.htm

American Jewish Historical Society
Lapidus Fellowship
DEADLINE:  April 27, 2012
ELIGIBILITY:  Preference will be given to researchers interested in 17th and 18th century American Jewish history and to authors seeking subsidization of a first book in the field of early American Jewish history.
ABSTRACT:  This fellowship supports one or more researcher(s) wishing to use the collections of the American Jewish Historical Society. Preference is given to research in 17th and 18th century American Jewish history. At the discretion of the awards committee, the fellowship funds may also be applied to subsidizing publication of a first book in the field of American Jewish history, again with preference given to works in early American Jewish history.
URL:  http://www.ajhs.org/scholarship/Awards.cfm

Smith Richardson Foundation
Junior Faculty Research Grant Program
DEADLINE:  June 15, 2012
ELIGIBILITY:  Applicants must have a Ph.D., preferably in Political Science, Public Policy, Policy Analysis, International Political Economy, or History. They also must hold a position as a full-time tenure-track faculty member of a college or university in the United States.
ABSTRACT:  The program supports junior faculty research on American foreign policy, international relations, international security, military policy, and diplomatic and military history. The foundation will award research grants to support tenure-track junior faculty engaged in the research and writing of a scholarly book on an issue or topic of interest to the policy community. Projects in military and diplomatic history are especially encouraged. Group or collaborative projects will not be considered.
URL:  http://www.srf.org/grants/international_junior_faculty.php

American Council on Germany
Dr. Guido Goldman Fellowship for the Study of German and European Politics, Political Economy, and International Affairs
DEADLINE:  July 1, 2012
ELIGIBILITY:  The fellowship program aims to serve academics in relatively early stages of their careers (including individuals enrolled in Ph.D. programs who are finishing their dissertation). All applicants must hold United States citizenship. While applicants should demonstrate an interest in German and European affairs, prior experience in Germany or Europe is not required, and knowledge of the German language is not a prerequisite.
ABSTRACT:  This fellowship was established to promote the study of German and European issues by American scholars in relatively early stages of their careers. The fellowship is intended to foster the study of European economic and international affairs. Topics that would fall under the rubric of the fellowship include the formulation of German economic and foreign policy and the evolution of U.S.-European relations.
URL: http://www.acgusa.org/about2.php?pagename=Fellowships&subpagename=For+Scholars&toppagename=Goldman+Fellowships&mlinkid=27

American Council on Germany
Hunt Fellowships for the Study of German History, Politics, Society, and Culture
DEADLINE:  July 1, 2012
ELIGIBILITY:  The fellowship program aims to serve academics in relatively early stages of their careers. All applicants must hold United States citizenship. Applicants should demonstrate an interest in German political, social, and cultural affairs; however, no prior experience in Germany is required. While helpful, knowledge of the German language is not a prerequisite. Fellows are required to develop research itineraries in consultation with the ACG.
ABSTRACT:  The fellowship was launched to enable promising American academics to probe issues of both historical and contemporary significance. The fellowship is intended to promote the cooperative study of Germany. This fellowship provides support for individuals interested in the political, social, and cultural history of Germany.
URL: http://www.acgusa.org/about2.php?pagename=Fellowships&subpagename=For+Scholars&toppagename=Hunt+Fellowships&mlinkid=28