
Graduate Research (Humanities)

International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF)
The Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) offers graduate students in the humanities support in conducting research for their dissertation on topics not related to the Unites States.
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November 2, 2021

Humane Studies Fellowships
The Humane Studies Fellowship is a non-residency, renewable award of up to $15,000 per year to assist students enrolled or planning to enroll in full-time PhD programs. The Institute for Humane Studies will also offer one $30,000 fellowship this year, but this award is contingent on the needs and caliber of the applicant pool.
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December 1, 2021

Cultural Anthropoly Program
Contemporary cultural anthropology is an area in which diverse research traditons and methodologies are encouraged. It is encouraged that students' research increases understanding in socio-cultural drivers of critical anthropogenic processes, resilience and robustness of socio-cultural systems, and etc.
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January 15, 2022

Linguistics Program
The Linguistics Program supports basic science in the domain of human language, encompassing investigations of the grammatical properties of individual human languages, and of natural language in general. Research areas include syntax, linguistic semantics and pragmatics, morphology, phonetics, and phonology.
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January 15, 2022

Economics
The Economics program supports research designed to improve the understanding of the processes and institutions of the U.S. economy and of the world system of which it is a part. This program also strengthens both empirical and theoretical economic analysis as well as the methods for rigorous research on economic behavior. It supports research in almost every area of economics, including econometrics, economic history, environmental economics, finance, industrial organization, international economics, labor economics, macroeconomics, mathematical economics, and public finance.
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January 18, 2022

McNair Scholar
McNair offers support for graduate students in their studies ranging from STEM to Humanities. Some of their support opportunities are full ride scholarships, others are limited duration research internships, while some others provide a set amount of funds for a specific scholarly work.
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Arch
Arch-DDRI is an Archaelogy Program for graduare students interested in anthropologically relevant archaeological research. The program also supports methodological projects which develop analytic techniques of potential archaeological value.
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American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society Library & Museum in Philadelphia invites applications for short-term residential research fellowships. These funding opportunities provide 1- to 3- months of support for researchers in residence and are open to scholars in all fields who show a demonstrated need to use the Library & Museum’s collections for their project.
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American Educational Research Association
The AERA Grants Program provides advanced graduate students with research funding and professional development and training. The aim of the program is to advance fundamental knowledge of relevance to STEM policy, foster significant science using education data, and build research capacity in education and learning.
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The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowships in Women's Studies
The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies encourages original and significant research about women that crosses disciplinary, regional, or cultural boundaries. Previous Fellows have explored such topics as transnational religious education for Muslim women, the complex gender dynamics of transidentity management, women's electoral success across racial and institutional contexts, women's sports, militarism and the education of American women, and the relationship between family commitments and women's work mobility.
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