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This list encompasses funding opportunities for graduate students, faculty, and independent scholars in Asian art history. Its compilation began in the summer of 1997, in the hopes of maintaining a permanent and growing database of such resources. Contributions to this list are welcome, since this list would equalize the availability of resources to the field and, in the long run, raise the quality of our research. Please check the deadlines indicated very carefully; it would be prudent to contact the provider directly for the most recent information.

Pre-doctoral The Academy of Korean Studies American Association of University Women American Center for Mongolian Studies American Council of Learned Societies American Educational Research Association   American Institute of Indian Studies Art Libraries Society of North America Internship Award Arts & Humanities Research Council, England Asia Society Museum Asian Cultural Council Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast Association for Asian Studies Association of Art Historians BDK Canada Graduate Scholarship for Buddhist Studies in Japan Bibliothèque Nationale de France Blakemore Foundation British Academy British Council British Library Helen Wallis Fellowship Business and Professional Women's Clubs of New York State Canon Foundation in Europe Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for Scholarly Exchange Chino Kaori Memorial Essay Prize for Japan Art History College Art Association College of Saint Rose Coordinating Council for Women in History Council for European Studies Council of Independent Colleges Council on Library and Information Resources Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation Dartmouth College Datatel Scholars Foundation Dedalus Foundation Deutscher Akadamischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) [German Academic Exchange Service] Dumbarton Oaks Emmanuel College Five Colleges Fondation Sino-Francaise pour l'Education et la Culture Ford Foundation Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery  Fulbright Getty Research Institute Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Hiram College Hispanic Scholarship Fund Walter Read Hovey Memorial Fund Huntington Library Institute for Historical Research, UK Institute of International Education International Institute for Asian Studies International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften, Vienna Japan Foundation Jacob K. Javits Fellowships KCC Japan Education Exchange Josephine De Kármán Fellowship Trust Kenyon College Korea Foundation Korea Society Marquette University The Massachusetts Historical Society McMaster University Mellon Minority University Fellows The Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern Art Studies Metropolitan Museum of Art musée du quai Branly National Gallery of Art National Research Council National University of Singapore New York Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS) New York State Higher Education Services Corporation Charlotte Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships Organization of American Historians Oriental Ceramic Society Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History Roothbert Fund Rotary Foundation of Rotary International Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Leopold Schepp Foundation Evalee C. Schwarz Charitable Trust for Education Smithsonian Institution Social Science Research Council Society for the History of Technology Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans Swann Foundation Fellowship Taipei Representative Office in the UK TextbookX.com Trinity College La Unidad Latina Foundation U.S. Department of Education U.S. Department of State   University of London University of Notre Dame University of Vermont Urban China Research Network Williams College Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Winterthur Museum

Post-doctoral The Academy of Korean Studies American Academy in Berlin American Association of University Women American Council of Learned Societies American Institute of Indian Studies American Philosophical Society Arts & Humanities Research Council, England Asia Society Museum Asian Cultural Council ASIANetwork Association for Asian Studies Blakemore Foundation British Academy British Council British Library Helen Wallis Fellowship Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Iris Chang Foundation for Peace and Humanity Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for Scholarly Exchange College Art Association Council for European Studies Council of American Overseas Research Centers Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture Dedalus Foundation Deutscher Akadamischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) [German Academic Exchange Service] Dumbarton Oaks European Association for Chinese Studies Fondation Sino-Francaise pour l'Education et la Culture Ford Foundation Fulbright Getty Research Institute Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation The J. B. Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Huntington Library Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies Institute for Historical Research, UK Institute of International Education International Institute for Asian Studies International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World International Research and Exchanges Board Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften, Vienna Japan Foundation Korea Society Library of Congress Henry Luce Foundation The Massachusetts Historical Society The Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern Art Studies The Henry Moore Institute musée du quai Branly National Archives of Australia National Coalition of Independent Scholars National Endowment for the Humanities National Research Council New York Foundation for Architecture New York Public Library Oriental Ceramic Society Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Republic of Korea Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History Rotary Foundation of Rotary International Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures Smithsonian Institution Social Science Research Council Taipei Representative Office in the UK U.S. Department of State University of California University of East Anglia University of New England, Australia University of Notre Dame Urban China Research Network Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

Libraries and archives American Council of Learned Societies Bibliothèque Nationale de France British Library Helen Wallis Fellowship California State University, Fresno Columbia University, Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies Cornell University Council on Library and Information Resources Duke University European Association of Chinese Studies Harvard-Yenching Institute Indiana University Library Library of Congress The Massachusetts Historical Society National Archives of Australia National University of Singapore Needham Research Institute New York Public Library Princeton University Library Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland Stanford University, East Asia Collection University of Chicago Library University of Kansas East Asian Library University of Maryland University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies University of Washington, East Asia Center Western Washington University University of Wisconsin—Madison The Wolfsonian-Florida International University Winterthur Museum Publication American Ceramic Circle Association for Asian Studies Canadian Journal of History College Art Association The Mongolia Society Essay Competition National Coalition of Independent Scholars Western Association of Women Historians Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation

Providers are listed below in alphabetical order.

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The Academy of Korean Studies

[from AKS, 5/16/06]

AKS Fellowship Program in Korean Studies

The AKS fellowship program is designed to provide foreign scholars and doctoral candidates an opportunity to carry out their research in Korea .

Individuals in the humanities and social sciences who are currently engaged in Korea-related teaching and research activities are eligible to apply for the following fellowship programs (the fellowship is not open to Korean nationals, except those with permanent resident status in foreign countries):

1. Senior Research Fellowship: Ph.D. holders at the associate professor level or above at a university or those who have more than five years of research experience.
2. Junior Research Fellowship: Ph.D. holders at the assistant professor level or below at a university or those who have less than five years of research experience.
3. Pre-doc Fellowship: Doctoral candidates who have completed all academic requirements (i.e., ABD) except their dissertation.

While at the Academy, fellows will be provided the opportunity to give lectures to graduate students and to conduct joint research with faculty members. Applicants are encouraged to submit detailed research plans. In particular, preferred are those candidates with research programs that will result in a publication (e.g., a book or dissertation).

[For more information, consult the AKS web pages or contact:]

The Academy of Korean Studies
Center for Information on Korean Culture
International Support Division
50 Unjung-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 463-791, Korea
tel +82-31-709-9843
fax +82-31-709-9945
e-mail: culture@aks.ac.kr

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American Academy in Berlin

[from CAA News, September 2007]

The American Academy in Berlin invites applications for its residential fellowships for academic year 2008–9 and beyond. The academy welcomes emerging and established scholars, writers, and professionals who wish to engage in independent study in Berlin for an academic semester or—in rare cases—for an entire academic year.Fellowship benefits include roundtrip airfare, housing at the academy, partial board, and astipend ranging from $3,500 to $5,000 per month. Fellows are expected to be in residence at the academy during the entire term of the award.For more information, contact:

American Academy in Berlin
Attn: Application for Fellowship
Am Sandwerder 17–19
14109 Berlin,
Germany
tel +49-30-804-83-0
fax: +49-30-804-83-111
e-mail applications@americanacademy.de.

Deadline: October 15, 2007.

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American Association of University Women

[from AAUW, 11/3/07]

American Fellowships suupport women doctoral candidates completing dissertations and scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave or for preparing completed research for publication. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. One-year postdoctoral research leave fellowships, dissertation fellowships, and summer/short-term research publication grants are offered. Application POSTMARK deadline: 15 November 2007.

International Fellowships are awarded for full-time graduate or postgraduate study or research to women who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Supplemental grants support community-based projects in the fellow's home country. Application POSTMARK deadline: 1 December 2007.

AAUW Recognition Award for Emerging Scholars, awarded annually be the AAUW Educational Foundation, recognizes the early professional achievements of an untenured woman scholar who has a record of exceptional early accomplishments and shows promise of future distinction. The award is open to women in all disciplines. Nomination receipt deadline: 10 February 2007.

For more information, visit the AAUW website or write to:

American Association of University Women
1111 Sixteenth Street, NW
Washington , DC 20036
tel (202) 728-7602.

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American Center for Mongolian Studies

[from H-ASIA, 1/28/06]

US-Mongolia Field Research Fellowship Program

The American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS) in conjunction with the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) and the US Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) is pleased to announce the creation of the US-Mongolia Field Research Program to support academic research projects in Mongolia by US and Mongolian students in summer or fall 2006.

The program is expected to support approximately 3 students from US universities and 6 students from Mongolian universities to conduct field research in Mongolia between May and December 2006. Applicants must be either US or Mongolian citizens or permanent residents currently enrolled full-time in a university or college in the United States or Mongolia . Undergraduate applicants must have at least third year standing in their program, while graduate applicants can be at a masters or pre-dissertation doctoral level.

The student research work for the US-Mongolia Field Research Fellowship Program must be conducted under the supervision of a Research Sponsor who plans to be on site in Mongolia in summer 2006. No independent field research projects by students will be supported under this fellowship. The Research Sponsor should have previous experience conducting academic field research, and must agree to oversee the student's research project in the field including a period of direct oversight.

The field research project should last a minimum of 6 weeks, and be conducted in Mongolia between May and December 2006. Mongolian students are expected to work with a Research Sponsor from a US-based institution, while US students may work with either US or Mongolia based Research Sponsors.

Research projects in any field, including humanities, sciences and social sciences are eligible. Final selection will be made by a selection committee, and the students selected will reflect a diversity of academic levels, fields of study, gender and other characteristics.

Funding for the program is provided by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) and the US State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Additional information on the program, an Application Package, and the General Terms and Conditions of the awards, is available from the ACMS offices or the ACMS website http://www.mongoliacenter.org/, or from the ACMS offices in Ulaanbaatar or at Western Washington University. All application materials must be received by the ACMS by February 15, 2007. All application materials must be submitted in English.

If you have questions or need additional information, please contact the ACMS offices by e-mail at info@mongoliacenter.org or through the contact information listed below.

American Center for Mongolian Studies US Office
Western Washington University
Humanities 230
Bellingham, WA 98225-9057
tel (250) 382-0256
fax (360) 650-6110

American Center for Mongolian Studies Ulaanbaatar Office
National University of Mongolia Building 5, Room 208
Mailing address: CPO Box 695, Ulaanbaatar-13, Mongolia
tel +(976-1) 9973 9869

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American Ceramic Circle

[from ACC, 5/30/07]

The ACC awards up to $5,000 for expenses associated with the preparation of scholarly papers based on the original research in the history of ceramics.  The grants provide assistance for the costs such as grant-related travel and photography. Grant recipients are required to offer completed papers for publication in the American Ceramic Circle Journal and may be invited to speak at the annual ACC symposium.  The next deadline for completed applications is April 1, 2008.

Founded in 1970, the American Ceramic Circle promotes scholarship and research in the history, use, and preservation of ceramics.  Symposia are held every November at various museums.  Future locations include the Seattle Art Museum in 2007.  A limited number of scholarships to the symposia are available for students. 

For information about research grants and/or ACC symposia scholarships please [refer to the ACC grants page or] contact:

Susan Detweiler
ACC Grant Chairman
Suite 12, 8200 Flourtown Avenue
Wyndmoor, PA 19038.

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American Council of Learned Societies

Committee on Scholarly Communication with China Programs

[From Asian Studies Newsletter, Spring 2007]

American Research in the Humanities in the People's Republic of China

This research program is for scholars in the humanities to do research in China . U.S. citizens and permanent residents who have lived in the U.S. continuously for at least three years by the application deadline are eligible to apply. This program supports a limited number of individuals, with the Ph.D. or equivalent, to do in-depth research on China or the Chinese portion of a comparative study. Applicants should demonstrate that they have fully utilized the available resources in the U.S. and are prepared by virtue of study, training, and planning to take full advantage of an opportunity to do research in China . Support will be offered for four to twelve months of continuous research in China between July 1, 2008, and December 31, 2009 .  The program has been made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Chinese Fellowships for Scholarly Development

A limited number of postdoctoral fellowships are available for Chinese scholars in the social sciences and humanities with the M.A., Ph.D., or equivalent from a Chinese institution to carry out one or two semesters of individual or collaborative research at the invitation of a U.S. host scholar. Candidates must be nominated by the U.S. host; Chinese scholars may not apply directly. Nominees must currently reside in China . Scholars who have previously visited the U.S. for five months or more, or who are enrolled in degree programs, are not eligible. The fellowships will be offered for one or two semesters between August 2008 and December 2010. They provide a living allowance, health insurance, and international airfare. Funding for this program is provided by the Li Foundation.

Postmark deadline for completed applications for the above programs: November 15, 2007.

Application forms for the above programs may be printed out (in Adobe Acrobat PDF format) or requested in hard copy at www.acls.org/ofa/register OR forms may be requested in hard copy by e-mail at grants@acls.org, or by writing:

Office of Fellowships
American Council of Learned Societies
633 Third Avenue
8th Floor
New York , NY 10017-6795 .

Application requests for the American Research in Humanities in China program should contain the following information:

• highest academic degree held
• country of citizenship or permanent residence
• academic or other position
• field of specialization
• brief descriptive title of research
• proposed date for beginning tenure of the award and duration requested
• specific award program for which application is requested.

Nomination forms for the Chinese Fellowships for Scholarly Development program may simply be requested. Application forms will be sent only by U.S. Postal Service first-class mail, or air mail to addresses abroad. Application forms will not be sent or accepted by fax or e-mail.

ACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellowship

[From ACLS, 8/19/06]

In order to encourage humanistic research in area studies, special funding by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the ACLS has been set aside for up to 10 ACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellowships to be designated among the successful applicants to the central ACLS Fellowship competition. Scholars pursuing research and writing on the societies and cultures of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union will be eligible for these special fellowships.

Application must be made to the ACLS Fellowship Program and all requirements and provisions of that program must be met, with the additions that an International and Area Studies Fellow must be either a US citizen or a permanent resident who has lived in the US continuously for at least three years by the application deadline, and must submit a final report to both NEH and ACLS. Designation of the ACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellows will be made by the ACLS.

The ACLS Fellowship Program invites research applications in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences. Appropriate fields of specialization include but are not limited to: anthropology, archaeology, art and architectural history, economic history, film, geography, history, languages and literatures, legal studies, linguistics, musicology, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, rhetoric and communication, sociology, and theater studies. Proposals in the social science fields listed above are eligible only if they employ predominantly humanistic approaches (e.g., economic history, law and literature, political philosophy). Proposals in interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary studies are welcome, as are proposals focused on any geographic region or on any cultural or linguistic group. The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant that will take the form of a monograph or other equally substantial form of scholarship. ACLS does not fund creative work (e.g., novels or films), textbooks, straightforward translation, or pedagogical projects.

The ACLS Fellowships are intended as salary replacement to help scholars devote six to twelve continuous months to full-time research and writing. An ACLS Fellowship may be held concurrently with other fellowships and grants and any sabbatical pay, up to an amount equal to the candidate's current academic year salary. Tenure of the grant may begin no earlier than July 1, 2007 and no later than February 1, 2008.

The Fellowship stipend is set at three levels based on academic rank: up to $30,000 for Assistant Professor and career equivalent; up to $40,000 for Associate Professor and career equivalent; and up to $60,000 for full Professor and career equivalent. ACLS will determine the level based on the candidate's rank or career status as of the application deadline date. Approximately 20 fellowships will be available at the Assistant and Associate Professor levels; approximately 25 fellowships will be available at the full Professor level.

Institutions and individuals contribute to the ACLS Fellowship Program and its endowment, including The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Council's college and university Associates, and former Fellows and individual friends of the ACLS.

Maximum award: $60,000 for full Professor and equivalent; $40,000 for Associate Professor and equivalent; $30,000 for Assistant Professor and equivalent.

Tenure: six to twelve consecutive months devoted to full-time research, to be initiated between July 1, 2007 and February 1, 2008. Completed applications must be submitted through the ACLS Online Fellowship Application system (ofa.acls.org) no later than 9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, September 27, 2006. Decisions will be announced in March 2007.

Eligibility

• a Ph.D. degree conferred by September 2004. (An established scholar who can demonstrate the equivalent of the Ph.D. in publications and professional experience may also qualify.)
• U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status as of the application deadline date.
• a lapse of at least two years since the last "supported research leave" and July 1, 2007, including any such leave to be taken or initiated during the 2006-2007 academic year. Therefore, to be eligible, an individual's most recent supported research leave must have concluded prior to July 1, 2005. (Supported research leave is defined as the equivalent of one semester or more of time free from teaching or other employment to pursue scholarly research or writing supported by sabbatical pay or other institutional funding, fellowships and grants, or a combination of these. This definition applies to independent scholars as well as those with institutional affiliations.)

Application

The application process is comprised of the following:

• Completed application form
• Proposal (no more than 5 pages, double spaced)
• Bibliography (no more than 2 pages)
• Publications list (no more than 2 pages)
• Two reference letters.

To begin the Online Fellowships Application process, please click on "APPLICANTS" at ofa.acls.org.

ACLS/New York Public Library Fellowships

[From ACLS, 8/19/06]

The ACLS and the New York Public Library offer a collaborative program to provide up to five residential fellowships at the Library's Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers. The Center provides opportunities for up to 15 Fellows to explore and use the collections of the NYPL Humanities and Social Sciences Library. The Center also serves as a forum for the exchange of ideas among Fellows, invited guests, the wider academic and cultural communities, and the interested public. It provides individual office space and common areas in the Library building for its Fellows. Fellows are required to be in continuous residence from September 4, 2007 through May 28, 2008, and to participate in Center activities. These may include daily lunches, readings, lectures, colloquia, symposia, and conferences. Each Fellow will also be required to offer a public presentation—a paper, a lecture—of publishable quality. More information about the Library and its online catalogs is available at http://www.nypl.org/.

The stipend for the NYPL residential fellowships will be $50,000 for Assistant and Associate Professors and $60,000 for full Professors. Application for an ACLS/NYPL residential fellowship has the same eligibility requirements, application form, and schedule as the ACLS Fellowship Program. These residential fellowships are granted to scholars whose projects will benefit from research in the collections of the NYPL Humanities and Social Sciences Library; applicants will be asked to identify the specific resources to be used and benefits to be gained.

PLEASE NOTE: Because this is a collaborative fellowship, applicants for the ACLS/NYPL residential fellowships must also apply to the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the NYPL. The application forms and eligibility guidelines for the Center for Scholars and Writers and the ACLS are different; it is the responsibility of the applicant to secure and submit the appropriate forms. An NYPL application form may be requested from:

Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman
Center for Scholars and Writers
The New York Public Library
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
New York, NY 10018-2788

or by e-mail to csw@nypl.org.

For the NYPL competition, the application form and required attachments must be received by the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers by September 29, 2006. Letters of recommendation must be received by October 6, 2006.

It is possible that an application for an ACLS/NYPL residential fellowship may have any one of the following outcomes: 1) a fellowship awarded solely by the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, 2) an ACLS Fellowship awarded solely by the ACLS, or 3) an NYPL/ACLS residential fellowship awarded jointly by the two organizations.

To begin the Online Fellowships Application (OFA) process, please click on "APPLICANTS" at ofa.acls.org.

Digital Innovation Fellowship Program

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce its new Digital Innovation Fellowship program, in support of digitally based research projects in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. These fellowships, created with the generous help of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, are intended to support an academic year dedicated to work on a major scholarly project of a digital character that advances humanistic studies and best exemplifies the integration of such research with use of computing, networking, and other information technology-based tools. The online application for the fellowship program is located at http://ofa.acls.org/; applications must be completed by November 10, 2005 (decisions to be announced in late March 2006).

Up to five Digital Innovation Fellowships will be awarded in this competition year, for tenure beginning in 2006-2007. As this program aims to provide the means for pursuing digitally-based scholarly projects, the fellowship includes a stipend of up to $55,000 to allow an academic year s leave from teaching, as well as project funds of up to $25,000 for purposes such as access to tools and personnel for digital production, collaborative work with other scholars and with humanities or computing research centers, and the dissemination and preservation of projects.

The ACLS criteria for judging applications include the project's intellectual ambitions and technological underpinnings, likely contribution as a digital scholarly work to humanistic study, satisfaction of technical requirements for a successful research project, degree and significance of preliminary work; potential for promoting teamwork and collaboration (where appropriate), and articulation with local infrastructure at the applicant's home institution.

Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States as of the application deadline date and must hold a Ph.D. degree conferred prior to the application deadline. However, established scholars who can demonstrate the equivalent of the Ph.D. in publications and professional experience may also qualify.

Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Grants to Individuals in East Asian Archaeology and Early History

The American Council of Learned Societies is pleased to announce a new program of grants to individuals in the archaeology and early history of East Asia. This program is undertaken in cooperation with the Henry Luce Foundation.

Research fellowships and training grants will be awarded for study of the peoples and cultures of early East Asia . Comparative projects and those that build scholarly networks are especially encouraged. Proposals may cover prehistoric or historical periods, but must focus on research or training that involves excavations and/or excavated materials.

For the purposes of this program, "East Asia" refers to northeast Asia ( China , Hong Kong , Japan , Korea , Macau , Mongolia , and Taiwan ) and southeast Asia ( Brunei , Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia , Indonesia , Laos , Malaysia , Philippines , Singapore , Thailand , and Vietnam ).

ACLS grants to individuals are part of the comprehensive Luce Initiative on East Asian Archaeology and Early History that also includes a competition for invited institutions—universities and museums—administered by the Luce Foundation’s Asia Program.

Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS grants to individuals seek to promote research, including the interpretation and analysis of sites, artifacts, and texts; train the next generation of specialists; foster cooperation among specialists in East Asia, the United States , and Canada ; and bring to wide public appreciation the results of recent discoveries and research.

General inquiries about the competition should be sent via e-mail to the ACLS office in New York at grants@acls.org. Information about submitting applications is also available from ACLS offices in Beijing at csccbro@public3.bta.net.cn and Hanoi at edex@ceevn.org.

Instructions for Applicants from East Asia, 2006

Instructions for Applicants from the United States and Canada, 2006

Fully completed applications must be received by February 15, 2006. Applicants may propose work for a specific period that begins at any time from June 2006 to September 2007. Awards will be announced in April 2006. Applications should be sent to:

Grants for East Asian Archaeology and Early History
American Council of Learned Societies
633 Third Avenue , 8th floor
New York , NY 10017-6795 .

Applications must arrive by mail or courier service. Applications will not be accepted by fax or e-mail. Applicants should send an e-mail to grants@acls.org on the day they send their application materials to ACLS. Each applicant will receive e-mail confirmation when their application is received at ACLS-New York.

"New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society"

[from ACLS, 8/19/06]

The American Council of Learned Societies in cooperation with the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for Scholarly Exchange announces a program of support for conferences and publications on "New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society."

The Program will award funds in support of planning meetings, workshops, and/or conferences leading to publication of scholarly volumes. This program is intended to support projects in the humanities and related social sciences that bridge disciplinary or geographic boundaries, engage new kinds of information, develop fresh approaches to traditional materials and issues, or otherwise bring innovative perspectives to the study of Chinese culture and society. Proposals are expected to be empirically grounded, theoretically informed, and methodologically explicit. The Program especially encourages proposals concerning pre-modern China.

The program will support collaborative work of three types:

Conferences
Grants up to $25,000 will be offered to support formal research conferences intended to produce significant new research published in a conference volume.

Workshops/Seminars
Grants up to $15,000 will be offered for support of workshops or seminars, designed to less formally facilitate new research on newly available or inadequately researched problems, data, or texts.

Planning Meetings
Grants of up to $6,000 will be offered for planning meetings to organizers of the above-described types of projects.

The program aims to provide opportunities for interchange among scholars who may not otherwise have chances to work with one another. Accordingly, proposals will not be supported for activities that involve scholars primarily from one institution or that fall within an institution’s normal range of colloquia, symposia, or seminar series. In addition, the program does not normally support regularly scheduled meetings, conventions, or parts thereof.

The deadline for applications for the 2006 competition is August 15, 2006.

Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships

[from ACLS, 8/19/06]

The ACLS invites applications for the sixth annual competition for the Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships, generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in honor of Charles A. Ryskamp, literary scholar, distinguished library and museum director, and long-serving trustee of the Foundation. These fellowships support advanced assistant professors and untenured associate professors in the humanities and related social sciences whose scholarly contributions have advanced their fields and who have well designed and carefully developed plans for new research. The fellowships are intended to provide time and resources to enable these faculty members to conduct their research under optimal conditions. The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant that will take the form of a monograph or other equally substantial form of scholarship. ACLS does not fund creative work (e.g., novels or films), textbooks, straightforward translation, or pedagogical projects.

The ACLS will award up to 11 Ryskamp Fellowships in the 2006-2007 competition. Each fellowship carries a stipend of $64,000, a fund of $2,500 for research and travel, and an additional 2/9 of the stipend ($14,222) for one summer's support, if justified by a persuasive case.

Amount: $64,000, plus $2,500 for research and travel, and the possibility of an additional summer's support.

Tenure: One academic year, plus one summer if justified by a persuasive case.

Completed applications must be submitted through the ACLS Online Fellowship Application system (ofa.acls.org) no later than 9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, September 27, 2006.

Decisions will be announced in February 2007.

Ryskamp Fellowships are intended to support an academic year of research (9 months), plus an additional summer's research (2 months) if justified. Fellows have three years from July 1, 2007 to use the funds awarded them, and considerable flexibility in structuring their research time: the nine-month period may be taken as one continuous leave, or divided into two single-semester leaves; the two months of summer research may be taken before, after, or between the semesters of the year's leave. Fellows are encouraged to spend substantial periods of their leaves in residential interdisciplinary centers, research libraries, or other scholarly archives in the United States or abroad. If personal circumstances preclude extended absence from their home campuses, applicants need to demonstrate that they will be released from all academic and administrative responsibilities, and that continual residence at home will successfully advance their projects in other ways—through access to particular colleagues, for example, or to valuable research collections.

Eligibility
The Ryskamp Fellowship Program is open to tenure-track assistant professors and untenured associate professors who by September 27, 2006 will have successfully completed their institution's last reappointment review before tenure review (if your institution does not have multi-year contracts, the guideline will mean having passed three annual reappointment reviews), and whose tenure review will not be complete before February 1, 2007. Applicants must hold the Ph.D. or equivalent and be employed in tenure-track positions at degree-granting academic institutions in the US , remaining so for the duration of the fellowship. US citizenship or permanent residency is not required, and previous supported research leaves do not affect eligibility for the Ryskamp Fellowship.

Application
The application process is comprised of the following (all to be submitted online):

• Completed application form
• Proposal (no more than 9 pages, double spaced)
• Bibliography (no more than 2 pages)
• Publications list (no more than 2 pages)
• Four reference letters

To begin the Online Fellowships Application (OFA) process, please click on "APPLICANTS" at ofa.acls.org.

Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars

[from ACLS, 8/19/06]

The ACLS invites applications for the eighth annual competition for the Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars, owing to the generous assistance of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The fellowships are named for Frederick Burkhardt, President Emeritus of the ACLS, whose decades of work on The Correspondence of Charles Darwin constitute a signal example of dedication to a demanding and ambitious scholarly enterprise. These fellowships support long-term, unusually ambitious projects in the humanities and related social sciences.* The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant that will take the form of a monograph or other equally substantial form of scholarship. ACLS does not fund creative work (e.g., novels or films), textbooks, straightforward translation, or pedagogical projects.

Burkhardt Fellowships are intended to support an academic year (normally nine months) of residence at any one of the national residential research centers participating in the program. Such an environment, beyond providing free time, encourages exchanges across disciplinary lines that can be especially helpful to deepening and expanding the significance of projects in the humanities and related social sciences. This year's successful applicants may take up the fellowship in 2007-2008 or in either of the succeeding two academic years, but candidates must commit themselves firmly to their preferred year and residential center on their completed applications. Candidates must also commit themselves to relocating as needed in order to be in residence for the tenure of the fellowship.

The ACLS will award up to 10 Burkhardt Fellowships, depending on the availability of funds, in this competition year. Each fellowship carries a stipend of $75,000.

Scholars are free to apply both for Burkhardt fellowships and for standard forms of support offered directly by all of the participating centers, as well as those offered by ACLS. Non-ACLS fellowships, grants, or sabbatical salary may be held concurrently with a Burkhardt fellowship, up to but not exceeding a normal academic year salary or the $75,000 award, whichever is higher. If the $75,000 stipend exceeds the Fellow's normal academic year salary and the Fellow has no other sources of support, the excess will be available for research and travel expenses. Successful applicants who accept a Burkhardt fellowship will be withdrawn from any other ACLS competitions.

Amount: $75,000

Tenure: one academic year, plus institutional support for an additional period

Completed applications must be submitted through the ACLS Online Fellowship Application system (ofa.acls.org) no later than 9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, September 27, 2006.

Decisions will be announced in February 2007.

Eligibility
The Burkhardt Fellowship Program is open to recently tenured humanists—scholars who will have begun their first tenured contracts by the application deadline but began their first tenured contracts no earlier than the fall 2002 semester or quarter. An applicant must be employed in a tenured position at a degree-granting academic institution in the US, remaining so for the duration of the fellowship. US citizenship or permanent residency is not required, and previous supported research leaves do not affect eligibility for the Burkhardt Fellowship.

Objectives
The objectives of this program are:

1. To encourage more adventurous, more wide-ranging, and longer-term patterns of research than are current in these disciplines;

2. To link a small number of outstanding scholars and their projects to one of a limited number of residential study centers with an established record of advancing multi-disciplinary scholarship;

3. To sustain the scholarly momentum of the emerging intellectual leaders in fields of the humanities and related social sciences.

Applications are invited that extend the frame within which research is planned in ways that will encourage conceptualizing and bringing to completion projects of wide scope and high significance. Such work might compare historical or literary trends across two or more cultures; might require command of two or more scholarly disciplines to advance analysis; might explore topics which require the combining of insights from two or more fields of the humanities; or might attempt a new interpretation of the work of a significant writer, artist, composer, or thinker. Long-term institutional histories and critical analyses of major cultural traditions are also examples.

Schedule
Proposals should show evidence of significant preliminary work already completed, and a plan of work, typically in the five-year range, to be carried out. Assurance will be required from the administrative leadership of the scholar's home institution (Dean, Provost, President, or other appropriate person) that the applicant is an especially promising member of its humanities faculty, and that the institution is prepared to make its own contributions—beyond providing normal fringe benefits during the fellowship year—to assist the scholar in bringing the project to completion (see below).

The overall structure of support would thus include:

1. An academic year's leave funded by ACLS under the Burkhardt Fellowship Program, with a stipend of $75,000 and residence (not including relocation or lodging costs) at one of the participating residential centers. To accommodate Fellows' personal schedules, these centers and libraries have agreed to permit successful applicants to specify one of the succeeding three years for residency and to hold a place for them; applicants will be required to adhere to that schedule.

2. A summer's support (usually estimated at 2/9 salary) and/or equivalent reduction of teaching and administrative duties at some point in the post-fellowship stage, funded by the home institution.

3. Since projects are expected to be long term, and since these fellowships provide full-salary support for a full academic year, work plans should be designed to take maximum advantage of existing leave and/or sabbatical policies at home institutions; that is, these fellowships should be viewed as incremental to institutionally approved leave policies. Such institutionally granted research support could be used for the final effort necessary to bring the project to completion.

Participating Residential Research Centers
The participating centers are the National Humanities Center (Research Triangle Park, NC); the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Palo Alto, CA); the Institute for Advanced Study, Schools of Historical Studies and Social Science (Princeton, NJ); the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (Cambridge, MA); the American Antiquarian Society (Worcester, MA), the Folger Shakespeare Library, the Newberry Library, and the Huntington Library; the American Academy in Rome; Villa I Tatti (Florence); and Collegium Budapest. In most cases, scholars may hold Burkhardt fellowships at any of the above institutions: the aim is to associate scholars with the institution best suited to advance the project. In the application form, therefore, applicants will be asked to specify the center or research library where they hope to go into residence and give reasons why. (Residence at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences may be requested only for 2008-09 or 2009-10. Applicants who request residence at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, or Villa I Tatti will be asked to name one of the other participating centers as an alternate should their first choice be unable to accommodate them.) Applicants requesting residence at Villa I Tatti must also apply separately to Villa I Tatti.

Application Requirements
The application process is comprised of the following (all to be submitted online):

• Completed application form
• Proposal (no more than 10 pages, double spaced)
• Bibliography (no more than 3 pages)
• Publications list (no more than 2 pages)
• Three reference letters
• One Institutional Statement

To begin the Online Fellowships Application (OFA) process, please click on "APPLICANTS" at ofa.acls.org.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Early Career Fellowships

[from ACLS, 8/19/06]

The American Council of Learned Societies is launching this year a significant new fellowship program providing support for young scholars to complete their dissertation and, later, to advance their research after being awarded the Ph.D. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Early Career Fellowship Program will award fellowships in two categories: Dissertation Completion Fellowships and Fellowships for Recent Doctoral Recipients. A grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supports this program.

Dissertation Completion Fellowships

Stipend: $25,000, plus funds for research costs of up to $3,000 and for university fees of up to $5,000.

Tenure: one year beginning summer 2007.

Completed applications must be submitted through the ACLS Online Fellowship Application system (ofa.acls.org) no later than 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, November 15, 2006.

Decisions will be announced in late March 2007.

The Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships are to assist graduate students in the humanities and related social sciences in the last year of Ph.D. dissertation writing. This program aims to encourage timely completion of the Ph.D. Applicants must be prepared to complete their dissertations within the period of their fellowship tenure or shortly thereafter.

ACLS will award 65 Fellowships in this competition for a one-year term beginning between June and September 2007 for the 2007-2008 academic year. The Fellowship tenure may be carried out in residence at the Fellow's home institution, abroad, or at another appropriate site for the research. The Fellowships include funds for university fees and research support (together with stipend the award may total up to $33,000) but may not be held concurrently with any other major fellowship or grant.

Eligibility

• A Ph.D. candidate in a humanities or social science department in the United States. (Students preparing theses for master’s degrees are not eligible.)
• All requirements for the Ph.D. except the dissertation completed before beginning fellowship tenure.
• No more than six years in the degree program; awardees can hold this Fellowship no later than their seventh year.**

Application Requirements
The application process is comprised of the following:

• Completed application form
• Statement of all university and external support received during graduate study: fellowships, teaching or research assistantships, tuition grants, and summer support.
• Proposal (no more than 5 pages, double spaced)
• Bibliography (no more than 2 pages)
• Completed chapter of the dissertation.
• Timeline for the expected completion of dissertation writing and defense.
• Two reference letters
• A letter from the applicant’s institution (preferably from the applicant’s chair or dean), including (1) a statement attesting to the viability of the proposed timeline for completion, (2) stipulation that, in the event of an award, the university will not charge the student tuition or fees beyond a limit of $5,000 and will provide for any additional costs, such as health insurance, and (3) a pledge that if an ACLS award is made, the university will not provide the applicant with any subsequent aid.

To begin the Online Fellowships Application (OFA) process, please click on "APPLICANTS" at ofa.acls.org.

Fellowships for Recent Doctoral Recipients

The first competition for Mellon/ACLS Fellowships for Recent Doctoral Recipients will take place in 2007-08. Eligibility for these 25 Fellowships will be limited to scholars who held Dissertation Completion Fellowships (or were ranked as Alternates in that fellowship competition) and who completed their dissertations within the period specified in their first fellowship application. Also eligible will be scholars who held other national dissertation fellowships—such as the Whiting Fellowships—and who completed their dissertations within the period specified in their first application.

These Fellowships will carry stipends of $30,000 to allow the Fellow to devote an academic year to research. Awardees will have up to two years from the date of the award to take up Fellowship tenure. We expect that some awardees may use their Fellowship to take leave from a faculty position; those without a full-time position may choose to affiliate with a humanities research center or conduct research independently.

SSRC-ACLS International Dissertation Research Fellowship

See entry under Social Science Research Council below.

Library of Congress Fellowships in International Studies

See entry under Library of Congress below.

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American Educational Research Association

[from AERA, 10/10/05]

Dissertation Grants

Description

AERA invites education policy- and practice-related dissertation proposals using NCES, NSF, and other national data bases. Dissertation Grants are available for advanced doctoral students and are intended to support the student while writing the doctoral dissertation. Applicants for Dissertation Grants may be U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, or non-U.S. citizens. Awards for Dissertation Grants are up to $15,000 for 1-year projects. In accordance with AERA's agreement with the funding agencies, institutions may not charge indirect costs on these awards. Successful grantees may consult with NCES or NSF staff regarding their proposed research projects and the handling of NCES, NSF, and other federal agency data sets pertinent to their projects. Dissertation grantees' final reports may either be an article of a quality and in a format suitable for publication in a scholarly journal, or a copy of the dissertation.

Dissertation topics may cover a wide range of policy- or practice-related issues that include but are not limited to: school persistence and career entry; teachers and teaching, including supply, quality, and demand; policies and practices related to student achievement and assessment; policies and practices that influence student and parental attitudes; contextual factors (individual, curricular, and school related) in education; education in middle schools; educational participation and persistence (kindergarten through graduate school); at-risk students; early childhood education; US education in an international context; school finance; materials (curriculum) development, research and informal science education; undergraduate science, engineering, and mathematics education; the supply (pipeline) of students taking mathematics and science courses from K-12; research career development; the quality of educational institutions; and methodological studies. Researchers must include the analysis of data from at least one NSF or NCES data set in the dissertation. Additional large-scale nationally representative data sets may be used in conjunction with the obligatory NSF or NCES data set. If international data sets are used, the study must include U.S. education.

Application Requirements

[Please consult AERA for application requirements.]

Application Submission and Deadlines

Proposals for Dissertation Grants will be reviewed three times a year, with funding decisions made within a month of the review date. Upcoming deadlines for proposals are:

September 1, 2005 to be reviewed in October
January 3, 2006 to be reviewed in February
March 1, 2006 to be reviewed in April

A total of two (2) hard copies of all required materials must be submitted and received by the deadline above. Electronic submission will not be accepted. Letters of reference should be included with the application materials and sent as a package. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Contact Jeanie Murdock [by phone or e-mail] if you have questions regarding the application or submission process. All awards are contingent upon AERA's receiving continued federal funding. Applications should be sent to:

Ms. Jeanie Murdock
AERA Grants Program
5662 Calle Real, #254
Goleta , CA 93117-2317
tel (805) 964-5264.

AERA Minority Fellowships in Education Research

In 1991, the Council of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) established the AERA Minority Fellowship Program in order to improve the quality and diversity of university faculty and to encourage outstanding minority doctorates to pursue careers in education research. This program offers doctoral fellowships to enhance the competitiveness of outstanding minority scholars for academic appointments at major research universities by supporting their conducting education research and by providing mentoring and guidance toward completion of their doctoral studies.

Awards and Tenure

AERA will award up to three doctoral fellowships every year. Each fellowship award is for one year, beginning July 1 or later, and is non-renewable.

Fellowships are awarded for doctoral thesis research conducted under faculty sponsorship in any accredited university in the United States .

2006 Application Deadline

Application deadline for all materials is March 1, 2006 (firm deadline).

Eligibility

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or native residents of a possession of the United States who have advanced to candidacy and successfully defended their PhD/EdD dissertation research proposal. Applicants must work full time on their dissertation and course requirements. This program is targeted for members of groups historically underrepresented in higher education [e.g., African Americans, American Indians, Alaskan Natives (Eskimo or Aleut), Native Pacific Islanders, Filipino Americans, Mexican Americans, and Puerto Ricans].

Stipends and Allowances

Fellows will receive a one year stipend of $12,000 and up to $1,000 in travel support to attend the AERA Annual Meeting. Fellowships may be supplemented by campus or department awards and tuition waivers. Such supplements are encouraged.

Evaluation and Selection of Fellows

Applications will be evaluated by the AERA Minority Fellowship review committee according to the following criteria: ability as evidenced by scholarly achievements and publications; letters of recommendation; quality and significance of the proposed research; and commitment of the applicant's faculty mentor to the goals of the program.

Application Procedures

Because of the number of applicants, strict adherence to the following instructions will be maintained. It is the applicant's responsibility to complete the following tasks and mail the entire application package (i.e. eight sets) by the deadline. Because of the large volume of mail the AERA Central Office receives around the time of the Annual Meeting, we can not accept application packages in separate pieces.

• Download and print the application & applicable forms (PDF).
• Obtain the sponsorship of a professor (may be the applicant's doctoral thesis advisor) who is willing to serve as mentor. (See the mentor form D for information regarding the mentor's role.)
• Distribute the mentor form and two reference forms E (one to the doctoral thesis advisor) and request that they be returned directly to you in a sealed envelope with the signature of the reference over the seal on the back of the envelope.
• Obtain a student copy of your graduate school transcript. An official transcript will be required only of applicants who received a Fellowship Award.
• Include a sample publication or unpublished research paper with the application (maximum of 25 pages).
• Mail one package of eight separate collated sets of all application materials to:
  
  AERA Minority Fellowship Program
  1230 17th Street, NW
  Washington , DC 20036-3078 .

Each collated set (under one cover) should include six sets of the following:

A) Application, Form A
B) Applicant's Statement, Form B
C) Doctoral Thesis Abstract, Form C
D) Mentor/Advisor, Form D
E) Graduate school transcript
F) Notification of advancement to candidacy
G) A sample publication (25 page max.)
H) Curriculum Vitae or Resume.

Also include the following:

H) Two references, each in a (signed sealed) envelope (one copy of each letter)
I) Two self-addressed, stamped envelopes.

If you have questions, you may contact AERA's Professional Development Office at 202-223-9485, ext. 105.

Notification

Awards will be announced in May 2006.

AERA-AIR Fellows Program

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) and The American Institutes for Research (AIR) are pleased to announce the creation of the AERA-AIR (A2) Fellows Program to build the talent pool of highly skilled education researchers. Up to three fellows will be selected annually for a two year, rotational position in Washington , DC , to acquire additional experience that will broaden training and research skills in selected areas in the scientific study of education. Only U.S. Citizens and permanent residents of the United States are eligible to apply for this fellowship program.

Read more about the AERA-AIR (A2) Fellows Program (PDF).

AERA-AIR Fellows Program Application

Download and print the application (PDF).

Application Deadline

All Application materials must be received by February 15, 2006.

Application materials should be sent to:

AERA-AIR Fellows Program
1230 17th St. NW
Washington , DC 20036 .

AERA-ETS Postdoctoral Program

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) is the national scientific society for education research. The Educational Testing Service (ETS) is the largest educational testing and measurement organization and a leader in education research. The AERA-ETS Postdoctoral Fellowship is designed to support junior scholars and early career research scientists in the fields and disciplines related to education research by providing intensive research and training opportunities in such areas as educational measurement, assessment design, psychometrics, statistical analyses, large-scale evaluations, and other studies direct to explaining student progress and achievement. Additionally, the AEPF aims to increase the number of underrepresented minority professionals conducting advanced research or technical assistance. Up to four fellows will be selected for a two-year research position at the ETS campus in Princeton , NJ . The program will enable fellows to acquire up to two years of postdoctoral work in a stimulating environment that encourages excellence in research, teamwork and collaboration, and evaluation. Only U.S. Citizens and permanent residents of the United States are eligible to apply for this fellowship program.

AERA-ETS Postdoctoral Program Application

Download and print the application (PDF).

Application Deadline

All Application materials must be received by February 15, 2006.

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