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

Website:Smithsonian Office of Internship Programs

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