These short grants support a variety of specific topics for scholars who wish to visit the AAS. Applicants must be engaged in dissertation research or already have a PhD in hand.
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Dissertation Research & Writing
The Stuart L. Bernath Research Fellowship
The Bernath Dissertation Grant of $4,000 is intended to help doctoral candidates defray expenses encountered in the writing of their dissertations. The grant is awarded annually at the SHAFR luncheon held during the annual meeting of the American Historical Association. Applicants must be actively working on dissertations dealing with some aspect of U.S. foreign relations […]
Predoctoral Fellowship in Pharmaceutics
For the purposes of this program, pharmaceutics includes basic pharmaceutics, biopharmaceutics and pharmaceutical technology. The program assumes that the fellows will devote full-time (including summers) to their research.
ACUNS Dissertation Fellowship Award
This $1,500 award recognizes emerging students of extraordinary potential who have reached the stage of writing an advanced graduate-level dissertation on a topic of direct and demonstrable relevance to the United Nations and/or the UN system.
Research Grants
This award supports research in risk and insurance economics. Suggested themes for research include Economic Theory (uncertainty, risk management, credibility, theories of risk, etc.) and Economic Practice. The 10,000 CHF (around $10,000) award supports research for a doctoral dissertation.
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows Dissertation Grants
Applicants must be former Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellows (MMUF) and candidates for the Ph.D. degree in fields recognized under the terms of the Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellowship Program. Completion of all pre-dissertation requirements means that the applicant has passed all comprehensive examinations, has completed all course work for the degree, has received approval of the […]
Art History Fellowships
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in art history support PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and senior museum professionals whose research projects relate to the Museum’s collections. Applicants should have received their doctorate or have completed substantial work toward it.
Health Services Research Dissertation Awards (R36)
This program supports dissertation research for doctoral students studying health-related topics. The fellowship both provides a stipend and covers research costs for projects that intersect with AHRQ research goals: safety/quality, efficiency, and effectiveness.
Ittleson Fellowship
One fellowship is awarded annually for 24 months. The fellowship is intended for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation in the visual arts in a field other than Western art. The Ittleson Fellow is expected to spend one year of the fellowship period on dissertation research abroad, and one year at the Center […]
Small Grants for Doctoral Research in Second or Foreign Language Assessment
These small grants help promising doctoral students working in the area of foreign or second language assessment to finish their dissertations in a timely manner. Up to $2,000 is offered to doctoral candidates with approved dissertation proposals.