Research Opportunities
Grants and Fellowships offered by other institutions
Postdoctoral Fellow (CAEPR 4980) (A043-08AV)Sponsor: Australian National University (ANU)
College of Arts and Social Sciences
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Amount: $65,467
Closing date: Sep 03, 2008
The Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research seeks to appointment a Postdoctoral Fellow, Level A, to participate in a new component of its 'People on Country' research project. The focus will be on assessing the social, economic, and environmental benefits that may be generated by Aboriginal involvement in the joint management of national parks and protected areas in NSW. This work is sponsored by the New South Wales Department of Environment and Climate Change, and provides an exciting opportunity to undertake evidence-based research in NSW on the links between Aboriginal involvement in the sustainable management of country, especially in joint-management of national parks and protected areas, and community resilience.
More details: http://jobs.anu.edu.au/PositionDetail.aspx?p=159
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Australia Indonesia Governance Research Partnership (AIGRP)
Sponsor: Australian National University (ANU)
Crawford School of Economics and Government
Closing date: Sep 29, 2008
Amount: $100,000
Applications are invited for research funding under the Australia Indonesia Governance Research Partnership (AIGRP). Proposals are welcome on any issue pertaining to governance in Indonesia. Core themes for the AIGRP include
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economic policy, reform strategy and business government relations;
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political institutions, public administration, representation of civil society and sectoral interests in policy processes;
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law, legal institutions and contracting; and
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corruption and anticorruption responses.
Details: http://www.aigrp.anu.edu.au/funding/
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Postdoctoral Fellowships
Sponsor: Cornell University
Society for the Humanities
Closing date: 1 October 2008
Amount: $45,000
Applicants must have received the Ph.D. degree before January 1, 2008. Applicants must also have one or more years of teaching experience which may include teaching as a graduate student.
Fellows should be working on topics related to the year's theme. Their approach to the humanities should be broad enough to appeal to students and scholars in several humanistic disciplines.
See details at: http://www.arts.cornell.edu/sochum/fellowships.html
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Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships
University of Pennsylvania
School of Arts and Sciences
Penn Humanities Forum (PHF)
Closing Date: 15 October 2008
Amount: $42,000
The Penn Humanities Forum (PHF) awards Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships to untenured scholars in the humanities.
The programs of the Penn Humanities Forum are conceived through yearly topics that invite broad interdisciplinary collaboration. For the 2008-2009 academic year, PHF has set ''Change'' as the theme. Humanists and those in related fields are invited to submit research proposals on any aspect of this topic, except educational curriculum-building and the performing arts. Fellows teach one undergraduate course each of two terms in addition to conducting their research.
Fellows are required to be in residence during their fellowship year. more.. Eligibility> The Penn Humanities Forum awards fellowships to untenured scholars who received or will receive their Ph.D. between December 1999 and December 2007. (Applicants must have the degree in hand no later than December 2007 to be eligible. The application will not be considered unless this condition is met.) The fellowship is open to all scholars, national and international, who meet application criteria.
Details: http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu/melloncfa10.shtml
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American Philosophical Society (APS)
Sabbatical Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Closing Date: 15 October 2008
Amount: $40,000
The Sabbatical Fellowships program is open to mid-career faculty of universities and 4-year colleges in the United States who have been granted a sabbatical/research leave, but for whom financial support from the home institution is available for only part of the year. Candidates must not have had financially supported leave at any time subsequent to September 1, 2006. The total of institutional and external support should not exceed the academic year salary for the year in which the fellowship is held. There is no restriction on where the fellow resides; indicate the appropriateness of available resources. The candidate's doctoral degree must have been conferred no later than 2001, and no earlier than 1988.
Details: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/sabbatical.htm
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Visiting Fellowships
University of Cambridge
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH)
Closing Date: 31 October 2008
Amount: Support for periods of nine weeks during term time; successful applicants will be expected to reside in Cambridge for the duration of their fellowships.
CRASSH offers an office or work-space for each Visiting Fellow in the centre building, with full access to its facilities, and provides a congenial social environment in which visitors, staff, and scholars can interact on an informal and regular basis. CRASSH will facilitate access to further university resources (libraries, museums, etc.) and provides introductions to other senior members of the university to encourage the flow of ideas.
The Visiting Fellowship scheme is designed to dovetail with the centre's theme, which for 2007-09 is Cultural Transmission and Disciplinary Change. Visiting Fellows take regular part in and contribute to the centre's programme of events, which consists of weekly work-in-progress seminars and a reading group.
Details: http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/page/4/fellowships-at-crassh.htm
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Henry Belin Du Pont Fellowship
Sponsor: Hagley Museum and Library
Closing Date: Oct 31, 2008
Amount: $9,600
This fellowship honors the memory of Henry Belin du Pont, a founding trustee and long-time supporter of Hagley. The H. B. du Pont Memorial Fund supports access to and use of the Hagley Museum and Library's research collections. The fellowship enables individual out-of-state scholars to pursue their own research and to participate in the interchange of ideas among the center's scholars.
This is a residential fellowship and recipients are required to spend their time in residence at the Hagley. Low-cost rental accommodations may be available on the museum grounds. Fellows must devote full time to their studies and may not accept teaching assignments or undertake any other major activities during the tenure of their fellowships. At the end of their tenure, fellows must submit a final report on their activities and accomplishments.
As a center for advanced study in the humanities, Hagley is a focal point of a community of scholars. Fellows are expected to participate in seminars that meet periodically, as well as attend noontime colloquia, lectures, concerts, exhibits, and other public programs offered during their tenure. more
Details: http://www.hagley.lib.de.us/grants.html
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Fowler Hamilton Visiting Research Fellowships
Sponsor: University of Oxford, Christ Church
Amount: negotiable according to period of fellowship
Christ Church proposes to elect Fowler Hamilton Visiting Fellows in the humanities and the social sciences. The fellowships are intended to enable distinguished senior scholars to pursue their own study and research as members of the college community, and they will be expected to reside in Oxford during the period of tenure.
Details: http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=638&Itemid=297
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Research Grants for Postdoctoral Fellowships
Sponsor: Getty Trust, J. Paul, Getty Foundation
Amount: $55,000
Closing date: 1 Nov 2008
Postdoctoral fellowships provide support for emerging scholars to complete work on projects related to the institute's annual theme. The theme for 2009-2010 is The Display of Art. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute, where they pursue research to complete their dissertations or to expand them for publication. Fellows make use of the Getty collections, join in a weekly meeting devoted to the theme, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty Center.
Details: http://www.getty.edu/grants/research/scholars/research_pre_post_fellows.html
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Research Grants for Getty Scholars
Sponsor: Getty Trust, J. Paul
Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities
Getty Research Institute
Amount: $75,000
Closing date: 1 November 2008
Getty scholar grants provide a unique research experience. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute or the Getty Villa in Malibu where they pursue their own projects free from academic obligations, make use of Getty collections, join their colleagues in a weekly meeting devoted to the 2009-2010 theme, The Display of Art.
Details: http://www.getty.edu/grants/research/scholars/research_grischolars.html
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Research Grants for Visiting Scholars
Sponsor: Getty Trust, J. Paul
Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities
Getty Research Institute
Amount: $10,500
Closing date: 1 November 2008
Visiting Scholar grants provide a unique research experience. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute or the Getty Villa in Malibu where they pursue their own projects free from academic obligations, make use of Getty collections, join their colleagues in a weekly meeting devoted to the theme of Religion and Ritual, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty.
Details: http://www.getty.edu/grants/research/scholars/research_grischolars.html
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Short-Term Visits
Sponsor: University of Edinburgh
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH)
The IASH wishes to encourage short-term visits to the University of Edinburgh by distinguished scholars. The institute would particularly like to see visitors running seminars or workshops, perhaps in conjunction with conferences or public lectures.
Details: http://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/short.term.html
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World Habitat Awards
Sponsor: Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF)
Closing date: 1 June 2009
The World Habitat Awards were established in 1985 by the Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF) as part of its contribution to the United Nations International Year of Shelter for the Homeless. Awards are given annually to projects from the global north as well as the south that provide practical and innovative solutions to current housing needs and problems. Projects are sought that
Details: http://www.worldhabitatawards.org/enter/?lang=00
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Aileen D. Ross Fellowship
Sponsor: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)Fellowships
Amount: $10,000
Closing date: Varies
The SSHRC's Postdoctoral Fellowships program supports the most promising new scholars in the social sciences and humanities and assists them in establishing a research base. The Aileen D. Ross Fellowship may be be awarded each year to a successful candidate in either the doctoral or postdoctoral fellowships competitions administered by SSHRC, with preference given to a postdoctoral fellow.
Consideration is given to proposals in sociology and specifically for studies on poverty, e.g., urban or rural poverty, homelessness, violence, and race and ethnicity.