Fellowships Listings in Modern Greek Studies
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Early Career Fellowships
http://www.acls.org/Fellowship Details
- Stipend: $25,000, plus funds for research costs of up to $3,000 and for university fees of up to $5,000
- Tenure: one year beginning summer 2011
- Completed applications must be submitted through the ACLS Online Fellowship Application system (ofa.acls.org) no later than 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, November 10, 2010.
- Notifications will be sent in late March 2011.
American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Fellowships
http://www.aauw.orgAmerican Fellowships support women doctoral candidates completing dissertations or scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave from accredited institutions. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Candidates are evaluated on the basis of scholarly excellence, teaching experience, and active commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions, or fields of research.
American Association of University Women (AAUW) International Fellowships
http://www.aauw.orgInternational Fellowships are awarded for full-time study or research to women who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Both graduate and postgraduate study at accredited institutions are supported.
American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) Fellowships
http://www.arce.orgARCE administers fellowships for study in Egypt by students enrolled in doctoral programs at North American universities and by post-doctoral scholars and professionals affiliated with North American universities and research institutions. Depending on the source of funding, fellowships are granted for periods of between 3 and 12 months.
American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) Fellowship Program
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ARIT/Scholars and advanced graduate students engaged in research on ancient, medieval, or modern times in Turkey, in any field of the humanities and social sciences, are eligible. Applicants must have fulfilled all preliminary requirements for the doctorate except the dissertation before accepting a fellowship. ARIT operates housing, study, and research facilities for research in Turkey at its branches in Istanbul and Ankara. ARIT Fellowship applicants are responsible for obtaining research permission from the Turkish Embassy.
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is one of America's most distinguished teaching institutions devoted to advanced study and research in the history and civilization of the Greek world. The ASCSA provides graduate students a unique opportunity to study firsthand the sites and monuments of Greece, and is also a superb resource for senior scholars pursuing research in fields ranging from antiquity to modern Greece, thanks to its two internationally renowned libraries, the Blegen, dedicated to classical antiquity, and the Gennadius, which concentrates on the Greek world after the end of antiquity.
They have an extensive number of fellowships which encompass the field of Modern Greek Studies. For membership and fellowship information visit the grants page.
AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
Information and forms for all programs are available for downloading from the society’s Fellowships and Research Grants page. This section of the Web site is updated every year in May.
Franklin Research Grants
Postdoctoral grants for basic research in all fields. The maximum grant is $6,000. The deadlines (including receipt of two referee letters) are 1 October and 1 December . Decisions are announced in February and April. Information and forms are available at the society's Web site If electronic access is denied, write to Franklin Research Grants, stating the nature of your research and proposed use of funds, at American Philosophical Soc., 104 South 5th St., Philadelphia, PA 19106-3387.
Canadian Federation Of University Women
Dr. Marion Elder Grant Fellowship
http://www.cfuw.org
The candidate must be studying full time at the Master's or doctoral level in Canada or abroad. All else being equal, preference will be given to the holder of an Acadia University degree. Fellowship awarded in the amount of $10,000.
Center for the Education of Women Visiting Scholar Program
http://www.umich.edu/~cewApplications are invited from scholars and practitioners interested in being in residence at the Center for the Education of Women (CEW) for a period of one to twelve months to pursue research projects relevant to women. Scholars will prepare a working paper and/or give a seminar or talk based on their research, to be available through CEW's series of research reports. Applicants must hold an earned PhD or equivalent degree. CEW will provide: office space, access to facilities and programs, a stipend of up to $7,500 and/or research support funds.
Brian Hewson Crawford History Fellowship
The Warburg Institute, University of London
http://www.sas.ac.uk/warburg/
The Warburg Institute offers a number of short-term fellowships (one to three months) in intellectual and cultural history. All of the fellowships are intended for younger scholars who have completed at least one year of research on their Doctorate. The Crawford Fellowship is a two month fellowship available for the study of any aspect of the classical tradition. The Fellowship is open to Europeans other than of British nationality.
Dissertation Grants in Women's Studies
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
http://www.woodrow.org
Description: Grants of $3,000 are available to support significant research concerning women and their role in society, women in history, the psychology of women, and women as seen in literature and art. Full-time graduate students in any field related to women’s studies who have completed all requirements for the Doctorate but the dissertation are eligible to apply.
Fellowship Program of the Council for European Studies
www.councilforeuropeanstudies.orgThe Council for European Studies is the leading academic organization for the study of Europe. The Council produces and recognizes outstanding, multidisciplinary research in European Studies through a range of programs, including conferences, publications, special events, and awards. For fellowship and travel grant information please consult the website.
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS)
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gsas/sub/finaid/cstudents/flas/index.htmlFellowships to study modern non-western European languages and area studies and some western European languages (French, German, Spanish, and Italian are given lowest priority) are available to US citizens or permanent residents who are not native speakers of the language of application. Applicants are expected to enroll in an eligible modern foreign language course and related area courses in preparation for future service to the US either in college teaching or in other non-profit, non-sectarian public service. FLAS provides a $15,000 stipend and tuition and fees for the academic year.
The Fulbright Foundation
The Fulbright Foundation and "Faith: An Endowment for Orthodoxy and Hellenism" (www.faithendowment.org), are pleased to announce two new scholarships for American citizens in the following specialization areas: Byzantine Music, Classical Literature, Patristic Literature, Byzantine Art and Architecture, Iconography, "Mikrotechnia" (miniatures), New Testament Studies and Theology. These scholarships are available to both American graduate students and scholars. For detailed information and requirements on the Fulbright Scholarship Program please visit www.fulbright.gr
Gottlieb Daimler -und Karl Benz-Stiftung research in Foreign Countries Grant Program for Young Researchers
http://www.daimler-benz-stiftung.de/home/en/start.htmlThe fellowships are intended to support a new generation of academics. The program therefore applies only to persons, not to projects. The program is open to all disciplines, subjects and countries. Germans wishing to pursue a research stay abroad and foreign students intending to work in Germany in connection with their PhD may apply. Candidates may complete their entire PhD thesis in the host country if they so wish. The support provided by the Foundation is for a maximum period of 2 years.
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
http://www.hfg.orgGraduate students in the final year of writing the dissertation are eligible to apply. Stipend is $15,000 for one year. The fellowship is to support research that adds to our understanding of problems related to violence and aggression, especially in relation to urgent contemporary problems. All areas of social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities will be considered.
Harvard University Modern Greek Studies Program
The Modern Greek Studies Program has been endowed by the University with the generous privilege of offering a Fellowship to at least one Ph.D candidate in Modern Greek Studies per year.
Tuition is as a rule guaranteed for all the years of graduate studies, the first two years being by far the most expensive ones. As is the usual practice at Harvard University, after the end of the second academic year the stipend covering living expenses is replaced by teaching.
The Fellowship, which covers tuitions as well as living expenses, will be awarded to applicants on the basis of academic merit. Ph.D students may be admitted primarily to the Departments of the Classics or of Comparative Literature, or to any other Department of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Harvard University after arrangements with the Director of the Program.
For further information please contact our Administrator Mrs. Teresa Wu or Mr. Panagiotis Roilos
Hellenic Times Scholarship Program
The Hellenic Times will award over $100,000 in scholarships this year to Greek American students across the country. For further information or to obtain an application, visit the organization's web site.
International Dissertation Research Fellowship (Social Science Research Council
http://programs.ssrc.org/idrf/This program provides support for social scientists and humanists conducting research in all areas and regions of the world. Fellowships will provide support for nine to twelve months of dissertation research. Individual awards will be approximately $20,000. No award will be made for proposals requiring less than nine months of on-site research.
For more details on the various grants, see http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/search/
Jacob K. Javits Graduate Fellowships
http://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.htmlThe purpose of the JKJ Fellowship program is to award fellowships to eligible students of superior ability, selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise, who wish to undertake graduate study in selected fields in the arts, humanities, and social sciences leading to a doctoral degree or a master's degree (in those fields in which the master's degree is the terminal highest degree awarded in the selected field of study).
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
http://www.neh.govVisit their very complete web site or write to the Office of Public Affairs, Room 402, Natl. Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, DC 20506, or call 202 606-8400 for complete information. (Deaf and hearing-impaired persons should call 202 606-8282.) For state humanities council deadlines, write or call NEH for the address of the state humanities council office in your state.
PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY MARY ISABEL SIBLEY FELLOWSHIP
Pre- or postdoctoral fellowships awarded alternately in Greek (language, literature, history, or archaeology) and French (language or literature). The 2011 award will be in Greek studies. Applicants must be unmarried women between the ages of twenty-five and thirty-five. The stipend is $20,000. Applications are due 15 January 2009. Write to the Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship Committee, Phi Beta Kappa Society, 1606 New Hampshire Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20009 (sbeasley@pbk.org).
Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace
http://www.usip.orgThe Peace Scholar dissertation fellowship competition of the Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace supports doctoral dissertations that explore the sources and nature of international conflict, and strategies to prevent or end conflict.
Olivia James Traveling Fellowship (Archaeological Institute of America)
http://www.archaeological.orgThe Olivia James Traveling Fellowship is to support students traveling and studying classics, sculpture, architecture, archeology, or history in the Aegean Islands, Asia Minor, Southern Italy, Sicily, Greece or the Mesopotamian Region. One year fellowships are available to US citizens or permanent residents engaged in research. Stipends are $25,000.
Dr. George N. Papanicolaou Hellenic Heritage Graduate Research (Hellenic University Club)
http://www.hucny.orgThis grant is to encourage Hellenic studies from the classical period throughout the 18th century. Grants are a minimum of $1,000. All applicants must be of Greek ancestry and be engaged in research directly related to Hellenic studies. Areas of research include, but are not limited to, archeology, history, arts and culture (theatre arts, language, anthropology, etc.).
Princeton University Program in Hellenic Studies
The Program in Hellenic Studies offers a range of fellowships and postdoctoral fellowships for scholars in classical, late antique, Byzantine, or Modern Greek Studies. Interested candidates should consult the links below for eligibility requirements, application procedures, and forms. If eligible, scholars may apply for more than one type of fellowship, in which case, they should submit separate dossiers, since each type of fellowship application is reviewed independently.
Princeton also offers a Library Research Program: see http://www.princeton.edu/~rbsc/fellowships/index.html
Radcliffe Institute Fellowships
http://www.radcliffe.edu/fellowships/Radcliffe Institute Fellowships are designed to support scholars, scientists, artists, and writers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment who wish to pursue independent work in academic and professional fields and in the creative arts. Applicants must have received their doctorate or appropriate terminal degree at least two years prior to appointment, or have achieved comparable professional achievement. Fellows are provided with office space, auditing privileges, and access to libraries and other resources at Radcliffe and Harvard. Stipends are funded up to $60,000 for one year with additional funds for project expenses.
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL:
Supports full-time graduate students in the humanities and social sciences, enrolled in doctoral programs in the United States, conducting dissertation field research in all areas and regions of the world. Fifty fellowships of up to $20,000 will be awarded with funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Further information about deadlines, application procedures, selection criteria, and recently funded projects can be found at at this link. The SSRC also provides additional funding opportunities for predissertation, postdoctoral, and advanced research. For details, visit the council's web site.
Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowships
http://www.sshrc.caThese awards are presented to Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada who are majoring in the social sciences or the humanities. The applicant must have completed one year of PhD or Master’s study. There are a number of different awards available. For more detailed information please consult the SSHRC website.
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
http://www.pdsoros.orgThirty fellowships are awarded to New Americans. New Americans either hold a green card, have been naturalized as US citizens, or are the children of two parents who are both naturalized citizens. Preference is given to students who are entering their graduate career, although consideration will be given to those completing their dissertations, though not past their second year. Students must be between the ages of 20 and 30.
Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/hellenicObservatory/Default.htm
The Hellenic Observatory welcomes applications for Visiting Fellows and Visiting Senior Fellows for a period of up to 3 months or less, for work that is relevant to the research of the Hellenic Observatory.
