NEH Summer Stipends

The National Endowment for the Humanities is offering Summer Stipends to support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to scholars and general audiences in the humanities. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly tools. Summer Stipends support projects at any stage of development and are awarded to individual scholars. Organizations are not eligible to apply. Applications may address the holdings or activities of a single institution or may involve collaboration. In all cases, projects should be designed to facilitate sharing, exchange, and interoperability of humanities information and products. Summer Stipends provide $6,000 for two consecutive months of full-time research and writing.

Due October 1, 2009

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Foreign Policy-related Junior Faculty and Doctoral Student Fellowships

The International Security and Foreign Policy Program of the Smith Richardson Foundation will award grants through its annual competitions for junior faculty and Ph.D. students at U.S. institutions. The Junior Faculty Research Grant Program is an annual competition that awards at least three research grants of $60,000 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. The World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship is an annual competition to support Ph.D. dissertation research on American foreign policy, international relations, international security, strategic studies, area studies, and diplomatic and military history. The Foundation will award at least twenty grants of $7,500 each.

Junior Faculty Due June 30, 2009
World Politics Due October 15, 2009

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Advice for Applicants to Upcoming NEH Grant Competitions

Some applicants for NEH grants report that they have recently had difficulty submitting their applications through Grants.gov; they found that the system has periodically been slow and unresponsive. NEH offers the following advice to prospective applicants. They strongly urge applicants not to submit applications on the day of the deadline, but instead to submit applications early. If applications are submitted over a period of time, the load of applications should be more manageable for Grants.gov. Applying early will also give applicants a margin for error, should they need help from Grants.gov to resolve a technical problem when they attempt to submit their application. If possible, applicants should also plan to submit applications outside of normal business hours on the East Coast. Grants.gov tends to work more smoothly in the early morning, in the evening, and especially on weekends.

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Humanities Collections and Resources

The Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program supports projects that provide an essential foundation for scholarship, education, and public programming in the humanities. Thousands of libraries, archives, museums, and historical organizations across the country maintain important collections of books and manuscripts, photographs, and various other materials. Funding from this program strengthens efforts to extend the life of such materials and make their intellectual content widely accessible, often through the use of digital technology. Applicants should define a specific problem, devise procedures and potential solutions, and explain how they would evaluate their projects and disseminate their findings. Projects should be designed to facilitate sharing, exchange, and interoperability of humanities information and products.

Due July 15, 2009

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors - Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health -- Request for Proposals

The Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors has issued a Request for Proposals for the Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health. This is a collaborative grant making fund supporting community, state and regional efforts that engage, empower and benefit displaced and returning residents, and that promote the sustainable and just rebuilding of neighborhoods, cities and ecosystems throughout the Gulf Coast. The Fund supports projects that strengthen and amplify local organizing, social justice concerns and movement-building, and that address the underlying causes that contributed to the severity of the disasters in the Gulf Coast. The Fund considers only those proposals that are developed by or in collaboration with residents and advocacy organizations affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and that demonstrate how they will address one or more of the following issues: Right of Return and Right to Stay, Ecological Health, Environmental Justice and Health, Just and Sustainable Rebuilding, Worker Rights, Cultural Arts, Youth and Education.

Due June 4, 2009

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National Endowment for the Humanities - Fellowships and Faculty Research Awards

The National Endowment for the Humanities will accept applications for Fellowships and Faculty Research Awards.
The Fellowships support individuals pursuing advanced research in the humanities that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the general public's understanding of the humanities. Recipients usually produce scholarly articles, monographs on specialized subjects, books on broad topics, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly tools.
Faculty Research Awards support advanced research in the humanities by teachers at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Institutions with High Hispanic Enrollment, and Tribal Colleges and Universities. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, and other scholarly tools. The awards support the equivalent of six to twelve months of full-time work.

Due May 5, 2009

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Canadian Studies Grant Program -- North American Research Linkages Program

Foreign Affairs Canada and International Trade Canada, through the Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C., will offer grants of up to $20,000 CDN to assist in the establishment or the development of North American research networks in support of projects that have policy relevance for the North American agenda. North American Research Linkages Program topics that are highly relevant to Canada - United States - Mexico relations include: sustainable development (including energy and the environment), human capital (e.g. people-to-people linkages), security and public safety, economic competitiveness and innovation, cross-border cooperation, and culture and identity.

Due May 1, 2009

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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - Internships (Academic Year and Summer)

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum offers a variety of internships for undergraduates, recent graduates, and graduate students in art history, administration, conservation, education, and related fields. The following stipends and awards are available:
Summer Internships for Diversity in the Museum Profession -- The museum offers summer internship funding for two outstanding candidates who have demonstrated a commitment to museum careers. Stipends are $2500 for nine weeks.
Hilla von Rebay Graduate Interns -- The Hilla von Rebay Foundation offers funding for up to 12 summer interns who are currently enrolled graduate students. Stipends are $1000 for nine weeks.
Hilla von Rebay Foundation Research Award -- Awards two Guggenheim Museum graduate level summer interns a grant in the amount of $500 for travel, research, and scholarship related to Hilla von Rebay, her circle, and the movement of Abstraction.

Fall applications due May 1, 2009

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American Society for Theatre Research

The American Society for Theatre Research sponsors or coordinates several awards, grants, fellowships, and prizes to support and recognize outstanding scholarship in theatre and performance studies. Upcoming deadlines below.
· Selma Jeanne Cohen Conference Presentation Award. Deadline: Jun. 15, 2009 (application).
· Co-sponsored Events Awards. Deadlines: Oct. 1, 2009 (application).
· Barnard Hewitt Award. Deadline: Apr. 15, 2009 (nomination).
· Errol Hill Award. Deadline: May 15, 2009 (nomination)
· David Keller Travel Grants. Deadline: Jun. 15, 2009 (application).
· Thomas Marshall Graduate Student Awards. Deadline: Jun. 15, 2009 (application).

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