Graduate Funding
Comprehensive Information and Guidance
The Office of Graduate Studies offers comprehensive information and guidance on graduate funding, including KU sources, external sources, and search databases. Visit their website for detailed information.
The Hall Center for the Humanities offers dissertation fellowships, research travel grants, a Summer Fellows program, and the Applied Humanities Summer Boot Camp. Visit the Hall Center Graduate Funding webpage for detailed information.
The Hall Center for the Humanities Research & Grant Development Office offers a range of grant development assistance for applications to both KU and external agencies. Additionally, they offer post award assistance and training to help scholars enhance their competitiveness for grants and fellowships. Graduate students are encouraged to explore the many opportunities the Hall Center offers.
Below are a few highlighted funding opportunities.
Highlighted Opportunities
Deadline: Varies
Citizenship Status Requirement: N/A
Degree Status: Graduate Student
Duration: N/A
Residency/Travel: Maryland, Washington, D.C., New York City
Maximum Award: N/A
Topical or Regional Focus of Research: Museum profession and related fields
Other Eligibility Restrictions: N/A
Foreign Language and Area Studies Program U.S. Department of Education
Deadline: Varies
Citizenship Status Requirement: U.S. Citizens + others, see website for details
Degree Status: GS
Duration: Summer - 1 year
Residency/Travel: Varies
Maximum Award: $15,000
Topical or Regional Focus of Research: Varies
Other Eligibility Restrictions: Apply via sponsored university programs (East Asian and African Lanauges at KU)
Website:KU Foreign Language and Area Studies Office
Critical Language Scholarship Program U.S. Department of State
Deadline: November
Citizenship Status Requirement: U.S. Citizens Only
Degree Status: GS
Duration: N/A
Residency/Travel: Non-U.S. Only
Maximum Award: tuition + stipend
Topical or Regional Focus of Research: Azerbaijani, Bangla,Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Punjabi, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Chinese, Japanese, Russian
Other Eligibility Restrictions: Preliminary training requirements vary; no research allowed.
Website:Critical Language Scholarship Program
Language Grants, Blakemore Freeman Fellowship Blakemore Foundation
Deadline: July
Citizenship Status Requirement: U.S. Citizens + others, see website for details
Degree Status: N/A
Duration: 1 year
Residency/Travel: East or Southeast Asia
Maximum Award: Stipend
Topical or Regional Focus of Research: Southeast Asian language study (Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and others)
Other Eligibility Restrictions: See website for list of approved language programs.
Website:The Blakemore Foundation
Kathryn Davis Fellowships for Peace Middlebury College
Deadline: January
Citizenship Status Requirement: N/A
Degree Status: Graduate Student
Duration: Summer
Residency/Travel: Middlebury College
Maximum Award: N/A
Topical or Regional Focus of Research: Language training in: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian.
Other Eligibility Restrictions: N/A
Website:Davis Fellows for Peace
Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program
Deadline: November
Citizenship Status Requirement: N/A
Degree Status: Graduate Student
Duration: 10 weeks to 12 months
Residency/Travel: Washington, D.C.
Maximum Award: <$32,700
Topical or Regional Focus of Research: Use collections
Other Eligibility Restrictions: Multiple awards by stage of degree and length of residency intended
Website:Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program
Short Term Fellowships Newberry Library
Deadline: Varies
Citizenship Status Requirement: US citizens + others, see website for details
Degree Status: PhD or ABD
Duration: varies
Residency/Travel: Chicago, IL
Maximum Award: varies
Topical or Regional Focus of Research: Use collections
Other Eligibility Restrictions: Longer term available for PostDocs
Website:Newberry Fellowships
Library Research Grants & Fellowships The Getty
Deadline: October
Citizenship Status Requirement: N/A
Degree Status: Graduate Student or PhD
Duration: 9 months
Residency/Travel: Los Angeles, CA
Maximum Award: $25,000
Topical or Regional Focus of Research: Getty collections
Other Eligibility Restrictions: Multiple awards by stage of degree and length of residency intended
Website:The Getty Foundation Library Research Grants
Kennedy Research Grants John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
Deadline: August
Citizenship Status Requirement: N/A
Degree Status: ABD or PhD
Duration: N/A
Residency/Travel: Boston, MA
Maximum Award: <$5,000
Topical or Regional Focus of Research: Kennedy Library collections
Other Eligibility Restrictions: N/A
Website:The JFK Presidential Library Research Fellowships and Grants
Humboldt Research Fellowship Program Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation
Deadline: Open/Rolling
Citizenship Status Requirement: U.S. Citizens Only
Degree Status: PhD
Duration: 6-24 months
Residency/Travel: Germany
Maximum Award: N/A
Topical or Regional Focus of Research: N/A
Other Eligibility Restrictions: N/A
Website:Humboldt Research Fellowships
Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, Princeton University
Deadline: August
Citizenship Status Requirement: N/A
Degree Status: PhD or ABD
Duration: 3 years
Residency/Travel: N/A
Maximum Award: N/A
Topical or Regional Focus of Research: N/A
Other Eligibility Restrictions: Half research, half teaching.
Website:Princeton University Society of Fellows
Fellowship Program for Individual Humanists and Social Scientists Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Deadline: September
Citizenship Status Requirement: N/A
Degree Status: PhD
Duration: N/A
Residency/Travel: N/A
Maximum Award: N/A
Topical or Regional Focus of Research: N/A
Other Eligibility Restrictions: N/A
Website:Harvard University Radcliffe Fellowship
Scholars-in-Residence Program Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Deadline: November
Citizenship Status Requirement: US citizens + others, see website for details
Degree Status: PhD
Duration: long term and short term
Residency/Travel: New York City, NY
Maximum Award: $35,000
Topical or Regional Focus of Research: African, African-American, and Afro-Caribbean history and culture, especially using Center resources
Other Eligibility Restrictions: N/A
Website:Schomberg Scholars-in-Residence Program Fellowship
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in the Humanities Wesleyan University
Deadline: January
Citizenship Status Requirement: N/A
Degree Status: PhD
Duration: 2 years
Residency/Travel: Wesleyan University
Maximum Award: $55,000
Topical or Regional Focus of Research: N/A
Other Eligibility Restrictions: N/A
Website:Wesleyan University Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Postdoctoral Fellowships for Academic Diversity University of Pennsylvania
Deadline: August
Citizenship Status Requirement: US citizens + others, see website for details
Degree Status: PhD received no more than 2 years ago
Duration: N/A
Residency/Travel: N/A
Maximum Award: N/A
Topical or Regional Focus of Research: N/A
Other Eligibility Restrictions: N/A
Website:University of Pennsylvania Postdoctoral Fellowships for Academic Diversity