One fellowship is awarded annually for 36 months. The fellowship is intended for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation in Western art and to enable a candidate to reside abroad for two years to develop expertise in a specific city. The third year is to complete the dissertation.
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Samuel H. Kress Fellowship
One fellowship is awarded annually for 24 months. This fellowship is intended for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation in European art on a topic before the early nineteenth century. The Kress Fellow is expected to spend one year of the fellowship period on dissertation research abroad and one year at the Center […]
Wyeth Fellowship
One fellowship is awarded annually for 24 months. The fellowship is intended for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation that concerns aspects of art of the United States, including native and pre-Revolutionary America. The Wyeth Fellow is expected to spend one year of the fellowship period on dissertation research in the United States […]
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship
One fellowship is awarded annually for 24 months. The fellowship is intended for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation in cross-cultural studies or in a field other than Western art through the 20th century. Cross-cultural proposals should represent at least one culture outside the Western tradition. The Andrew W. Mellon Fellow is expected […]
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Graduate Student Fellowship
This fellowship is awarded to a graduate student completing a dissertation in a history department. The award is intended to support either a crucial stage of research or the final year of writing. Applicants may specialize in any field of history.
20th Century Japan Research Awards
$1,500 grants are offered for research in the library’s Prange Collection and East Asia Collection on topics related to the period of the Allied Occupation of Japan and its aftermath, 1945-1960.
Southeastern Europe Research Program
Provides support for independent research for at least three months in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia. Scholars may conduct research in more than one country during a single trip. Research scholar fellowships typically provide academic affiliations, international roundtrip airfare, living and housing stipends, health insurance, and visa support. Scholars may […]
Grants for Independent Research on Venetian History and Culture
Grants (predoctoral and postdoctoral) for travel to and residence in Venice and the Veneto. Grants will be awarded for historical research specifically on Venice and the former Venetian empire, and for study of contemporary Venetian society and culture. Disciplines of the humanities and social sciences are eligible areas of study, including (but not limited to) […]
The W. Stull Holt Dissertation Fellowship
This $4,000 fellowship is intended to defray the costs of travel necessary to conduct research on a significant dissertation project. Applicants must be working on dissertations dealing with some aspect of U.S. foreign relations history. Membership in SHAFR is required.
Junior Fellowship
Available to doctoral candidates at U.S. colleges and universities in all fields of study. Junior Research Fellowships are specifically designed to enable doctoral candidates to pursue dissertation research in India for up to 11 months. The deadline to apply is July 1.