Research funding
Humanities
700+ open programsCatalog updated
The humanities have the deepest network of small private funders of any area in this catalog, and this hub is one of the largest as a result. Fellowships are the biggest named category, ahead of research projects, the reverse of most science hubs, and it reflects how the field works: the scarce resource is time, not equipment.
The sponsors are almost entirely learned societies and subject associations. The Archaeological Institute of America runs the largest block. The Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, the American Folklore Society, the Society for Ethnomusicology, the American Musicological Society and the Design History Society all run multiple programs. Membership requirements are the norm.
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The median award is $3,000, weighted toward travel, archival research and publication subvention rather than salary replacement. Publication and editorial support is a category in its own right, with around forty open programs, and it is the least contested money in the field because most people do not think to look for it.
Open programs 700+
AIA Society Outreach Grant Program
The Archaeological Institute of America offers Society Outreach Grants to support innovative local programs that promote archaeology, public education, the AIA’s mission, and Society membership; eligible expenses include materials, travel, honoraria, advertising, and publicity.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $500
Archaeological Field Research in the Development of Early Civilizations
The Curtiss T. & Mary G. Brennan Foundation provides seed funding for archaeological field research on the origins and development of early complex cultures and civilizations, with priority given to active fieldwork and excavation.
- Deadline
- Amount
- Not listed
Art History Travel Fund
The College Art Association’s Art History Travel Fund awards instructors up to $10,000 for student and instructor travel, lodging, and admission fees to exhibitions in the United States or abroad that directly support qualifying undergraduate or graduate art history courses.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $10,000
These are the soonest deadlines of 700+ open programs. FundFit holds every one, screens it against the researchers at your institution, and names who should apply.
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