PhD Funding Opportunities

This is a non-exhaustive list of some major fellowships and postdocs available to humanities PhD students or recent graduates.

Positions are for one year unless noted otherwise. Funding opportunities specific to a particular field will be added later. Please send any suggestions for additions or updates to Claire Waters (cmwaters@ucdavis.edu )

Charlotte W. Newcombe Dissertation Fellowship. Deadline early-mid November.
http://www.woodrow.org/newcombe/index.php

Columbia Society of Fellows in the Humanities Post-Doctoral Fellowships (some teaching). Deadline early October.
http://societyoffellows.columbia.edu/fellowship/

Cornell University Society for the Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowships (some teaching). Eligible fields vary by year. Deadline early November.
https://societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/mellon-postdoctoral-fellowships

Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Fellowships and Grants.
https://www.clir.org/fellowships/

Getty Residential Grants & Fellowhips.
http://www.getty.edu/foundation/initiatives/residential/index.html

Michigan Society of Fellows: 3-year postdoctoral positions (some teaching). Deadline September.
http://societyoffellows.umich.edu/the-fellowship/application-guidelines/

Penn Humanities Center Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships (some teaching). Deadline mid-October.
http://wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/fellowships/andrew-w-mellon-postdoctoral-fellowship-humanities

Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts: 3-year postdoctoral positions (some teaching). Deadline Early August.
https://sf.princeton.edu/application/fellowships

UC Davis Graduate Studies Travel Award Application. Spring Application Deadline: March 15th. Fall Application Deadline: October 15th.
https://grad.ucdavis.edu/current-students/financial-support/internal-fellowships/travel-awards

UC Davis Internal Fellowship Application for continuing UCD graduate students. Deadline: January 15th. Must apply on-line. 
https://grad.ucdavis.edu/financial-support/internal-fellowships/internal-fellowship-competition-current-graduate-students

UC Humanities Research Institute (at Irvine): various pre-and postdoctoral fellowships. 
https://uchri.org/grants/

UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Academic Diversity. Deadline mid-November.
http://ppfp.ucop.edu/info/

University of Chicago Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts: 4-year postdoctoral teaching appointment. Deadline mid-October.
https://fellows.uchicago.edu/

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity.
https://research.unc.edu/carolina-postdocs/

Wesleyan University Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships. Deadline early January. 
http://www.wesleyan.edu/humanities/fellowships/mellon.html

 

Updated: Sept 2019