External Grants and Fellowships

The Willson Center encourages faculty to take advantage of external funding opportunities, including the grants and fellowships listed below. Further details are available at the links. Please verify deadlines and application details as some deadlines and program guidelines are updated or revised during the year.

The Willson Center Research Fellowship guidelines (and deadline) align with those of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) and National Humanities Center (NHC) fellowship programs. Applicants are encouraged to submit applications to the ACLS and the NHC, which have deadlines in September and October, respectively. Faculty are also encouraged to apply for the NEH Fellowship in the spring.

We offer a guide to funding and other resources for post-doctoral and graduate students in the humanities and arts, here.

The Willson Center will also provide support in reviewing external proposal drafts. If you would like your proposal reviewed, please submit your draft to wcha@uga.edu at least four weeks in advance of the deadline. If you have questions about a specific fellowship that you would like to discuss, please contact the Willson Center.

Some agencies also offer review of proposal drafts. Check with individual agencies for further details and draft review deadlines if offered.

External Grant and Fellowship Deadlines for 2025-2026

August 6

NEH: Public Scholars

August 12

NEH: Summer Stipends (Internal limited submission deadline)

September (Anticipated)

Kress Foundation: History of Art Institutional Fellowships (UGA Limited Submissions deadline; grant information here)

September 9

Princeton Arts Fellowship
Hodder Fellowship (Princeton University)

September 10

NEH: Public Humanities Projects

September 16

Guggenheim Fellowships

September 22

September 25

ACLS: Fellowships

September 30

Society of Architectural Historians: Edilia and Francois-Auguste de Montequin Fellowship

October 1

Getty Scholars Program
Association for Asian Studies
- Japan Studies Grants
- Korean Studies Grants

American Philosophical Society: Franklin Research Grants (also December 1)

October 2

National Humanities Center: Fellowships

October 6

Society of Fellows in the Humanities (Columbia University): Postdoctoral Fellowships

October 15

Center for the Advanced Study in the Visual Arts: Senior Fellowships
Stanford University: Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities

October 23

UW-Madison: Solmsen Fellowships
UW-Madison: Kingdon Fellowships

October 29

November (anticipated)

NEA: Grants for Arts Projects (November and April deadlines for limited submission through SPA; NEA deadlines in February and July)

November 1

American-Scandinavian Foundation: Fellowships
American Research Institute in Turkey: ARIT Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences in Turkey
American Academy in Rome: Rome Prize Fellowship Program

November 5

ACLS: Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Program in China Studies

November 14

Loeb Classical Library Foundation Fellowship (Harvard University)

November 17

Mahindra Humanities Center (Harvard University): Postdoctoral Fellowships

November 19

NEH: Collaborative Research Grants

November 20

December 1

American Philosophical Society: Franklin Research Grants (also October 1)
(Anticipated) American Philological Association: Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Fellowship

December 3