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 2024-2025
August 12
- NEH: Summer Stipends (Internal limited submission deadline)
August 14
- NEH: Media Projects
- NEH: Public Humanities Projects
August 28
- NEH: Public Scholars
September 10
- Hodder Fellowship (Princeton University)
September 12
September 12
September 13
- Kress Foundation: History of Art Institutional Fellowships (UGA Limited Submissions deadline)
September 16 (anticipated)
September 17
September 20
- Society for the Humanities Fellowships (Cornell)
September 25
- ACLS: Fellowships
September 30
September 30
- Society of Architectural Historians: Edilia and Francois-Auguste de Montequin Fellowship
October (anticipated)
- Humanities Research Centre Visiting Fellowships (Australian National University)
October 1
- Getty Scholars Program
- Association for Asian Studies
- American Philosophical Society: Franklin Research Grants (also December 2)
October 2
- Society of Fellows in the Humanities (Columbia University): Postdoctoral Fellowships
October 2
October 3
October 15
- Center for the Advanced Study in the Visual Arts: Senior Fellowships
- Stanford University: Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities
October 24
- UW-Madison: Solmsen Fellowships
- UW-Madison: Kingdon Fellowships
October 30
- ACLS: Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art
- ACLS: Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowships
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 3
- Loeb Classical Library Foundation Fellowship (Harvard University)
November 15
November 17
- Mahindra Humanities Center (Harvard University): Postdoctoral Fellowships
November 20
November 30
- ACLS: Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellowships in Buddhist Studies
- ACLS: Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Early Career Research Fellowships in Buddhist Studies
December 1
- American Philological Association: Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Fellowship
December 2
- American Philosophical Society: Franklin Research Grants (also October 1)
December 4
January (Applications temporarily suspended to accommodate fellowships delayed due to Covid-19)
- Smithsonian Libraries Fellowships:
January 1
- American Society for Aesthetics: Dissertation Fellowships
January 9
January 10
January 23
January 12
- Library of Congress: Asian Division Florence Tan Moeson Research Fellowships
February 12
February 13
March (anticipated)
- ACLS: Leading Edge Fellowships
- U. of New Mexico: Greenleaf Visiting Library Scholar Funding
March 12
April (anticipated)
- Creative Capital Awards
- NEA: Grants for Arts Projects (Check UGA Sponsored Projects Administration for limited submission deadlines; New NEA guidelines expected mid-December 2024 with deadlines in February and July 2025)
- Harpo Foundation: Impact Award for Native American Art
April 9
- NEH: Fellowships
May 6 (anticipated)
May 20 (anticipated)
June (anticipated)
June 11 (anticipated)
July (anticipated)
August (anticipated)
- NEA: Our Town (limited submissions through SPA due in May; NEA deadline in August)