The following grants have been selected from the The Graduate Guide to Grants, an annual publication of the Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, in order to assist grantees who may need additional funding for research or thesis preparation. Click on the grant name to visit the organization's website for more information.
The Brookings Institution
The Institution offers the Resident Fellowships for policy-oriented pre-doctoral
research in economics, foreign policy studies, and governmental studies.
John Carter Brown Library Research Fellowships
Fellowships are offered to students who are engaged in research requiring
the resources of the library. The John Carter Brown Library is a collection
of primary materials relating to virtually all aspects of the discovery, exploration,
and settlement of the New World.
Center
for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts
The Center awards a number of one-, two-, and three-year fellowships to
Ph.D. candidates for dissertation research work in the history, theory, and
criticism of art, architecture, and urbanism. The various fellowships provide
for research, travel, and in-residence research projects at the center.
Center for U.S.–Mexican
Studies
Each year the Researchers-in-Residence Program brings together about 25
researchers from institutions in various countries representing all of the
social science disciplines, history, and various interdisciplinary fields.
Fellowships in the predoctoral category support the write-up stage of research
on any aspect of contemporary Mexico (except literature and the arts), Mexican
history, and U.S.-Mexican relations.
Dumbarton
Oaks Fellowships
Residential Fellowships are designed for Byzantine Bodies (including related
aspects of late Roman, early Christian, western medieval, Slavic, and Near
Eastern studies), pre-Columbian studies, and studies in the history of landscape
architecture.
Charles A.
and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation
The Lindbergh Foundation program sponsors approximately nine grants annually
to researchers whose projects attempt to create a better balance between the
advance of technology and the preservation of the natural/human environment.
Preference is given to those researchers in the following areas: agriculture;
aviation/aerospace; conservation of natural resources; education; exploration;
health; and waste minimization and management.
The Link Foundation
The Energy Fellowship Program is designed to foster energy research by
doctoral students, and to enhance and apply both theoretical and practical
knowledge on energy issues. Doctoral students enrolled in an academic institution
are awarded a $20,000 stipend for one year to help defray living, research,
and publication costs.
The Margaret
McNamara Memorial Fund for Women from Developing Countries
Women from developing countries are eligible to apply for this fund if: 1) they are enrolled in
an accredited educational institution in the U.S. and are residing in the
U.S. at the time the application is submitted and will be enrolled during
the period the grant covers; 2) they have demonstrated their commitment to
the problems and needs of women and/or children in their countries; 3) they
plan to return to their countries approximately two years after using the
grant; and 4) they need financial assistance to complete their course of study.
National
Geographic Society
The society sponsors grants to support basic research in the sciences pertinent
to geography as broadly interpreted, including projects that depend on exploration.
Awards are normally made for field research. Particular emphasis is currently
being placed on multidisciplinary projects of an environmental nature. These
funds are usually awarded to postdoctoral researchers who possess a Ph.D.
National
Science Foundation (Dissertation Research Awards)
Students from a variety of fields in the sciences, humanities, social sciences,
and engineering are eligible for support, as long as their dissertation research
addresses science and ethics or science and decision making. Applicants must
be doctoral students enrolled at a U.S. institution and entering the dissertation
stage of their degree.
National Science
Foundation (Grants for Improving Doctoral Dissertation Research)
Grants are awarded for support of doctoral dissertation research in the
social, behavioral, biological and economic sciences. Grants are intended
to provide funds for items not normally available from the student's university
or other sources, e.g. travel to specialized facilities or field research
locations, sample survey costs, specialized research equipment, supplies,
microfilms, or other forms of unique data.
Organization for Tropical
Studies
Post Course Awards, Pilot Awards, and Thesis Research Awards are provided
for tropical biology research in Costa Rica and the Amazon region. Eligible
students are those who have participated in an OTS course in tropical biology,
and graduate students who are enrolled in degree programs at member institutions.
Population
Council
The Policy Research Division (PRD) of the Population Council offers a few
residential post-doctoral fellowships to persons who wish to pursue advanced
training and research in population studies under the mentorship of a member
of its research staff. Population Council fellowships are designed to provide
support for significant population studies in combination with a social science
discipline, such as economics, sociology, and public health.
Rainforest
Alliance
Kleinhans Fellowship for Research in Tropical Non-Timber Forest Products
aims to promote research into the practical means of managing and using tropical
forest resources without destroying the integrity of the forest ecosystem.
Anyone with a master's degree in forestry, ecology, environmental science,
or appropriate related fields may apply; doctoral candidates or postdoctoral
researchers preferred.
Resources for the Future
(RFF)
The RFF awards several fellowships and internships for support of doctoral
dissertation research in economics and other social sciences, on issues related
to the environment, natural resources, or energy.
School of American Research
The School of American Research is a center for advanced study that supports
resident scholars engaged in original research in anthropology and related
fields. Preference is given to applicants whose fieldwork is complete and
need time to write.
Sigma Delta Epsilon
Sigma Delta Epsilon/Graduate Women in Science, Inc., a national organization,
administers three awards to increase knowledge in the fundamental sciences
and encourage research in sciences by women. Candidates must show evidence
of outstanding ability and promise in research and hold a degree in science
from a recognized institution of higher learning. Fellowships are open to
graduate students as well as postdoctoral students.
Smithsonian
Institution National Air and Space Museum
The Institution offers in-residence appointments for research and study
using its facilities, and the advice and guidance of its staff members. Programs
include 1) Graduate Student Fellowships, 2) Predoctoral Fellowships, and 3)
Postdoctoral Fellowships Senior Fellowships.
Social Science
Research Council (International Dissertation Field Research Fellowships)
The program is open to full-time graduate students in the social sciences
and humanities—regardless of citizenship—enrolled in doctoral programs
in the United States. The program invites proposals for field research on
all areas or regions of the world, as well as for research that is comparative,
cross-regional, and/or cross-cultural.
Social
Science Research Council (Predissertation Fellowship in Applied Economics)
The fellowship is designed to prepare students to undertake innovative
empirical and/or theoretical research that addresses vital and complex economic
and social issues. Applicants must have completed their required course work
and qualifying exams by the time that they take up the fellowship award but
do not need to have an approved dissertation topic.
The Spencer Foundation
The Spencer Dissertation Fellowships for Research Related to Education
are intended to support the final analysis of the research topic and the writing
of the dissertation. Although the dissertation topic must concern education,
graduate study may be in any academic discipline, including psychology, sociology,
history, philosophy, economics, or anthropology, as well as in departments
or schools of education. Applicants must be candidates for a Ph.D. or Ed.D.
degree at a graduate school in the United States.
Wenner-Gren Foundation
for Anthropological Research, Inc.
The Foundation has a variety of grant programs for anthropological research and scholarship that are open to applicants irrespective of nationality or country of residence.
Woodrow Wilson National
Fellowship Foundation
The Foundation offers several dissertation grants in women's studies and the humanities. Students are eligible to
apply if they are in doctoral programs and have completed all predissertation
requirements, including approval of the dissertation prospectus, in an appropriate
field of study at graduate schools in the United States.
