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 2026-2027

 

September 9

• Princeton Arts Fellowship
• Hodder Fellowship (Princeton University)

September 10

• NEH: Public Humanities Projects

September 15

• Guggenheim Fellowships

September 16

• NEH: Scholarly Editions and Translations
• NEH: Collaborative Research Grants

September 17

• ACLS: Fellowships

September 22

• American Academy in Berlin Fellowships
• Society for the Humanities Fellowships (Cornell)

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 12

• 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 22

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

October 28

• ACLS: Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art
• ACLS: Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowships
• 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
• ACLS: Summer Institute for the Study of East Central and Southeastern Europe

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
• Library of Congress: Asian Division Florence Tan Moeson Research Fellowships

November 3

• • ACLS Digital Justice Development Grant
  • ACLS Digital Justice Seed Grants

November 5

• Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellowships in China Studies – Long-term
• Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellowships in China Studies – Flexible
• Luce/ACLS Travel Grants in China Studies

November 15

• Loeb Classical Library Foundation Fellowship (Harvard University)

November 20

• The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Public Impact Grants in Buddhist Studies

November 30

• American Philological Association: Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Fellowship

December 1

• American Philosophical Society: Franklin Research Grants (also October 1)

December 9

• NEH: Landmarks of American History and Culture and Summer Institutes for Higher Education Faculty
• NEH: Public Humanities Projects

December 15

• NEH: Collections Stewardship

January (anticipated)

• Smithsonian Libraries Fellowships (Applications temporarily suspended):
  • Baird Society Resident Scholar Program
  • Dibner Library Resident Scholar Program

January 10

• American Society for Aesthetics: Dissertation Fellowships

January 13

• ACLS Graduate Internships on the Spiritual Infrastructure of the Future

February 1 (anticipated)

• The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation New Professorships in Buddhist Studies

March 10

• ACLS: Leading Edge Fellowships

March 31

• U. of New Mexico: Greenleaf Visiting Library Scholar Funding

April (anticipated)

• Harpo Foundation: Impact Award for Native American Art
• Creative Capital Awards
• ACLS: Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Buddhism Public Scholars
• Omohundro Institute: The Historian’s Writerly Craft Workshop
• Harpo Foundation: Grants for Visual Artists
• SEC Faculty Travel Program

April 14

• NEH: Fellowships

May 5

• NEH: Media Projects
• NEH: Curriculum Development: Western Civilization

June (anticipated)

• Bellagio Center Convening Program

July (Anticipated)

• MLA: Edward Guiliano Global Fellowships
• NEA: Our Town (limited submissions through SPA)

 

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