Postgraduate/Post-Doc
1. Herzog August Bibliothek, Doctoral Fellowship
http://www.hab.de/forschung/stipendien/doktora-e.htm
- Closing date: 01 Apr 12
- Deadline information:
- Award type: Access to libraries, Predoctoral fellowships
- Award amount max: €4,200
These programmes are open to applicants from Germany and abroad to conduct research at the library on all historical disciplines. Funding is worth €700 per month for a stay of three or six months. Accommodation fees are covered, but not travel expenses.
2. Energy, Engineering, Arts and other subjects: North/South Postgraduate Scholarships
http://www.universitiesireland.ie/news/scholarship2012.php
- Closing date: 25 May 12 (5pm)
- Award type: Scholarship
- Award amount max: €15,000
Universities Ireland, which promotes collaboration between universities in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), are offering five scholarships to students undertaking a recognised Master’s or the first year of a PhD programme (taught or research) in the other Irish jurisdiction. This year three of the scholarships will be in the areas of energy and engineering, and will be co-sponsored by Universities Ireland and ESB. Two more will be in another area – arts, business, science and social science – and will be funded by Universities Ireland alone.
3. Field research fellowships: Korea Foundation, Kr
http://www.kf.or.kr/eng/01_sks/sks_fel_sfd01.asp
- Closing date: 30 Apr 12 (Forecast)
- Deadline information: Call has not yet been announced by sponsor but this is the approximate deadline we expect. This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Predoctoral fellowships
- Award amount max:
The program is designed to facilitate in-depth research on Korean topics by supporting on-site study and research by scholars and Korea specialists. Fellowship awards may last one to 12 months and support Korea-related research in the humanities, social sciences, culture and arts, and comparative research related to Korea. Candidates may not currently reside in Korea.
4. Study Fellowships: Society for Renaissance Studies, GB
http://www.rensoc.org.uk/funding/fellowships/study
- Closing date: 31 May 12
- Deadline information: This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Thesis/Dissertation funding, Travel for research purposes, Financial aid for postgraduate students, Pre doctoral fellowships
- Award amount max: £1,500
These support travel or, in exceptional circumstances, other research expenses for projects undertaken in connection with doctoral theses in the field of Renaissance studies. Although the maximum amount awarded for a single fellowship is £1,500, the society welcomes applications for projects requiring smaller or larger sums.
5. Postdoctoral/Mid-career research fellowships, Hebrew University, IL
http://ldft.huji.ac.il/upload/info/infoHU.html
- Closing date: 31 Dec 12 (Forecast)
- Deadline information: Call has not yet been announced by sponsor but this is the
approximate deadline we expect.
This call is repeated once a year. - Award type: Mid-Career fellowships
Fellowships last nine to 12 months and are funded at ILS5,404 per month for fellows who have held their doctorates for less than two years before the beginning of the fellowship, and at ILS5,971 per month for those who have held their doctorates for over two years.
6. Essay Prize: British Society of Aesthetics, GB
http://british-aesthetics.org/prize.aspx
• Closing date: 30 Jun 12
• Deadline information: This call is repeated every 2 years.
• Award type: Young investigator awards, Prizes, Financial aid for postgraduate students
• Award amount max: £750
The British Society of Aesthetics is running an essay prize competition; open to early-career researchers in aesthetics. The aim of the prize is to encourage and reward new talent in the field of aesthetics. The prize is worth £750.
7. Research fellowships in ethics and society: Wellcome Trust, GB
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Ethics-and-society/funding-schemes/Research-fellowships/index.htm
- Closing date: 20 Jun 12
- Deadline information: Deadline: preliminary applications 20 June and 2 December annually; full applications will be due six weeks after the preliminary applications deadline.
- Award type: Mid-Career fellowships, Postdoctoral training fellowships
This scheme is for individuals not yet in established academic posts, who wish to undertake a period of postdoctoral research. Fellowships provide a salary and research expenses, including travel and fieldwork, for a period of up to three years.
8. Graduate Awards: Klassik Stiftung Weimar, DE
http://www.klassik-stiftung.de/index.php?id=451
• Closing date: 31 Jul 12
• Deadline information: Deadlines on: 31 July 2012, 31 January 2013, and repeated annually.
• Award type: Access to libraries, Publish, edit, translate, disseminate, Directed grants for individual investigators, Financial aid for postgraduate students
• Award amount max: €6,000
These are addressed to scientists who have obtained above-average results in their degree studies and wish to carry out a research project in Weimar that may culminate in a dissertation or equivalent scientific work. Funding is worth €1,000 per month for a maximum of six months.
9. Postdoctoral awards: Klassik Stiftung Weimar, DE
http://www.klassik-stiftung.de/index.php?id=451
• Closing date: 31 Jul 12
• Deadline information: Deadlines on: 31 July 2012, 31 January 2013, and repeated annually.
• Award type: Access to libraries, Publish, edit, translate, disseminate, Directed grants for individual investigators, Financial aid for postgraduate students
• Award amount max: €6,000
These are addressed to scientists who have obtained above-average results in their degree studies and wish to carry out a research project in Weimar that may culminate in a dissertation or equivalent scientific work. Funding is worth €1,000 per month for a maximum of six months.
10. Uses and Abuses of Biology Essay Competition: University of Cambridge, GB
http://www.klassik-stiftung.de/index.php?id=451
- Closing date: 01 Sep 12
- Deadline information: Deadline time: midnight GMT. This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Prizes
- Award amount max: £1,000
- Award amount min: £250
- Award budget total: £1,750
Essays should address the following topic: ‘explore the ways in which contemporary genetics both challenges and underpins notions of human freedom, value and identity’. The Essay Competitions are open to undergraduate, Master’s and Doctoral students or recent graduates aged 30 or younger. Up to three prizes for first, second and third place, worth £1,000, £500 and £250, respectively, will be awarded.
11. Junior Summit Awards: European Science Foundation
http://www.esf.org/research-areas/humanities/strategic-activities/esf-junior-summit.html
- Closing date: 01 Sep 12
- Deadline information: Deadline time: midnight GMT. This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Prizes
- Award amount max: £1,000
- Award amount min: £250
- Award budget total: £1,750
These enable early career researchers to participate in the ESF junior summit on water - unite and divide; interdisciplinary approaches for a sustainable future, to be held in Lago Maggiore, Italy from 27 to 30 August 2012. The award will cover travel costs worth up to €500, meals and accommodation for five nights. On this occasion, the next generation of leading scientists (‘early career researchers’) across the academic spectrum – from Humanities and Social Sciences to Life, Environmental, Natural and Mathematical Sciences - are invited to participate in a four-day, in-depth discussion of the challenges and opportunities posed by inter (multi, trans) disciplinary research.
12. Rockefeller prize, APA – USA
http://www.apaonline.org/APAOnline/Profession/Prizes_and_Awards/Rockefeller_Prize.aspx
- Closing date: 01 Nov 12 (Forecast)
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Award amount max: $1,000
The purpose is to recognize the best unpublished article-length work in philosophy by a non-academically affiliated philosopher. This prize began as a 5-year series of annual awards, funded by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation (1984-1988). The award is worth $1,000.
13. Calihan academic fellowship: Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty , US
http://www.acton.org/program/student_awards/calihan-academic-fellowship
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Closing date: 15 Jul 12 (Forecast)
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Deadline information: Call has not yet been announced by sponsor but this is the approximate deadline we expect.
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Award type: Predoctoral fellowships, Directed grants for individual investigators
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Award amount max: $3,000
The purpose is to provide scholarships and research grants to future scholars and religious leaders whose academic work shows outstanding potential. Applicants studying theology, philosophy, economics, or related fields must demonstrate the potential to advance understanding in the relationship between theology and the principles of the free and virtuous society. Fellowships are worth up to $3,000.
14. Sacks Prize: Association for Symbolic Logic, US
http://www.aslonline.org/info-prizes.html
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Closing date: 29 Sep 12 (Forecast)
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Deadline information: Call has not yet been announced by sponsor but this is the approximate deadline we expect. This call is repeated once a year.
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Award type: Prizes
This prize is awarded for the most outstanding doctoral dissertation in mathematical logic. The prize consists of a cash award and five years membership in the association.
15. Vivien Law prize for an essay on the history of linguistic ideas: Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas, GB
- Closing date: 30 Sep 12
- Deadline information: This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Prizes, Student awards
- Award amount max: £200
The prize is awarded for the best essay submitted on any topic within the history of linguistics. The Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas was founded in February 1984. Its fields of interest include the history both of the major subject areas of linguistics and also of more specialised topics, such as writing systems, literacy, rhetoric, and the application of linguistic ideas within professional and technical fields. The prize is worth £200.
16. Graduate Student Essay Prize: British Society for the History of Philosophy, GB
http://www.york.ac.uk/philosophy/bshp/news/essayprize.htm
- Closing date: 31 Oct 12
- Deadline information: This call is repeated every 2 years.
- Award type: Student awards, Prizes
- Award amount max: £500
This is awarded to an essay which makes a significant contribution to the history of philosophy. The prize is worth £500. Where the winning entry or entries are deemed of sufficient quality and significance, they may also be published in the British Journal for the History of Philosophy.
17. Fellowships: National Humanities Center, US
http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/fellowships/fellshipapinfo.htm
- Closing date: 14 Oct 12 (Forecast)
- Deadline information: Call has not yet been announced by sponsor but this is the approximate deadline we expect. This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Directed grants for individual investigators, Financial aid for postgraduate students, Travel for research purposes
A total of 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities are available during the academic year. The center seeks to provide at least half salary and also covers travel expenses to and from North Carolina for fellows and dependents. Most of the Center's fellowships are unrestricted. Several, however, are designated for particular areas of research. These include one fellowship for a young woman in philosophy and fellowships for Scandinavian studies, environmental studies, English literature, art history, Asian Studies, and theology.
18. Scholarships: Gladstone’s Library, GB
http://www.st-deiniols.com/courses/scholarships/
- Closing date: 01 Nov 12
- Deadline information: This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Directed grants for individual investigators, Access to libraries,
Financial aid for postgraduate students
The Library is indebted to the generosity of many benefactors who have endowed its scholarship programme. These are for periods of residential research using the library’s resources. Awards cover the use of the library and the cost of residence for a period from one week to several months.
19. Short-term/ Long-term fellowships: University of London, GB
http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/fellowships/short-term/
http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/fellowships/long-term/
- Closing date: 03 Dec 12 (Forecast for long-term); 16 Dec 12 (Forecast for short-term)
- Deadline information: Call has not yet been announced by sponsor but this is the approximate deadline we expect.
- Award type: Predoctoral fellowships
- Award amount max: £27,011 (long-term); £2,100-4,000 (short-term)
Long-term: The fellow may pursue their studies in any aspect of cultural and intellectual history. The fellowship will provide an expected salary of £27,011 per annum including London allowance.
Short-term: Fellowships are tenable for two, three or four months in the academic year 2012-2013 and enable fellows to conduct research into cultural and intellectual history. Fellowships are worth £2,100 for two months, £3,050 for three months and £4,000 for four months.
20. Postdoctoral research fellowships: Lady Davis Fellowship Trust, IL
http://ldft.huji.ac.il/upload/info/infoHU.html
- Closing date: 31 Dec 12 (Forecast)
- Deadline information: Call has not yet been announced by sponsor but this is the approximate deadline we expect. This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Mid-Career fellowships
Fellowships last nine to 12 months and are funded at ILS5,404 per month for fellows who have held their doctorates for less than two years before the beginning of the fellowship, and at ILS5,971 per month for those who have held their doctorates for over two years. As a general rule, Visiting Professorships are awarded to candidates who apply from Universities outside of Israel. Visiting Professors are typically expected to teach. The Academic Committee will favourably view an application that includes an intention to teach courses or participate in or lead seminars. Visiting Professors also engage in research with their hosts, or interact with other Faculty members. The precise mix of activities will be mutually decided upon by the Visitor and his/her academic sponsor.
21. Postdoctoral Fellowships: Society for Renaissance Studies, GB
http://www.rensoc.org.uk/funding/fellowships
• Closing date: 31 May 12
• Deadline information: This call is repeated once a year.
• Award type: Mid-Career fellowships, Directed grants for individual investigator.
• Award amount max: £6,000
These support research into all aspects of Renaissance studies. The fellowships are worth £6,000 each for a period of 12 months. Applicants for Fellowships must be graduates of British or Irish universities, with PhDs awarded in the last five years, and currently engaged in full-time research, part-time teaching or independent scholarship.
22. NUI Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities
http://www.nui.ie/awards/research.asp
- Closing Date: Friday 27 April 2012
- Award Type: Fellowship
- Award Budget Total: €80,000
For the purpose of the Fellowship, the Humanities are defined as including subjects in all branches of Humanities and the Social Sciences. Two Post-Doctoral Fellowships in the Humanities are offered for competition in 2012. Of these, the University is pleased to introduce the Dr Garret FitzGerald Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Humanities. This new Fellowship is to honour the memory of the late Chancellor of the National University of Ireland who died in 2011. Each Fellowship valued at €80,000, i.e. €40,000 per annum, to be paid in instalments over a two-year period. Open to NUI graduates of doctoral status. Full-time members of academic staff not eligible.
23. Postgraduate Bursaries: Society for Italian Studies, GB
http://www.nui.ie/awards/research.asp
- Closing date: 15 Jun 12
- Deadline information: 15 June 2012, 15 December 2012, and repeated annually.
- Award type: Travel to conferences, meetings etc., Financial aid for postgraduate students
- Award amount max: £100
These enable postgraduate students to attend UK and Ireland conferences which are not funded by the society. Bursaries are worth up to £100.
Travel
1. New Frontiers of infinity exchange and short visit grants
http://www.inftynet.net/visits.html
- Closing date: 01 Apr 12
- Deadline information: This call is repeated 3 times a year.
- Award type: Travel to conferences, meetings etc., Travel for research purposes, Networking/collaboration
- Award amount max: €5,300
The programme aims to stimulate the exchange of ideas between researchers on mathematical, philosophical and computation approaches to infinity. Short visit grants include a per diem of €85 over a maximum of 15 days. Exchange grants include €57 per day over 15 days to three months. Grants also include actual travel costs, worth a maximum of €500.
2. Early-Stage researcher travel grants, Euroscience FR
http://www.euroscience.org/esof-2012,44889,en.html
- Closing date: 10 May 12
- Deadline information: This call is repeated every 2 years.
- Award type: Travel to conferences, meetings etc.
- Award amount max: €800
These enable researchers in their first four full-time equivalent years of research activity to attend the Euroscience open forum. Travel and accommodation costs worth up to €800 will be reimbursed. Created by Euroscience, ESOF – Euroscience Open Forum – is the biennial pan-European meeting dedicated to scientific research and innovation. The event will bring together over 5,000 scientists; business leaders; senior EU and government officials; and international scientific media to discuss the best of European science and to address all of the current major global scientific challenges, including Energy, Climate Change, Food and Health. Our themes span “Food Security” to “The Life and Death of the Universe”.
3. Study Fellowships: Society for Renaissance Studies, GB
http://www.rensoc.org.uk/funding/fellowships/study
- Closing date: 31 May 12
- Deadline information: This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Thesis/Dissertation funding, Travel for research purposes, Financial aid for postgraduate students, Pre doctoral fellowships
- Award amount max: £1,500
These support travel or, in exceptional circumstances, other research expenses for projects undertaken in connection with doctoral theses in the field of Renaissance studies. Although the maximum amount awarded for a single fellowship is £1,500, the society welcomes applications for projects requiring smaller or larger sums.
4. Junior Summit Awards: European Science Foundation
http://www.esf.org/research-areas/humanities/strategic-activities/esf-junior-summit.html
- Closing date: 30 Apr 12
- Deadline information: Deadline time: 12 noon CET.
- Award type: Personal development, Travel to conferences, meetings etc., Networking/collaboration
These enable early career researchers to participate in the ESF junior summit on water - unite and divide; interdisciplinary approaches for a sustainable future, to be held in Lago Maggiore, Italy from 27 to 30 August 2012. The award will cover travel costs worth up to €500, meals and accommodation for five nights. On this occasion, the next generation of leading scientists (‘early career researchers’) across the academic spectrum – from Humanities and Social Sciences to Life, Environmental, Natural and Mathematical Sciences - are invited to participate in a four-day, in-depth discussion of the challenges and opportunities posed by inter (multi, trans) disciplinary research.
5. Fellowships: National Humanities Center, US
http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/fellowships/fellshipapinfo.htm
- Closing date: 14 Oct 12 (Forecast)
- Deadline information: Call has not yet been announced by sponsor but this is the approximate deadline we expect. This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Directed grants for individual investigators, Financial aid for postgraduate students, Travel for research purposes
A total of 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities are available during the academic year. The center seeks to provide at least half salary and also covers travel expenses to and from North Carolina for fellows and dependents. Most of the Center's fellowships are unrestricted. Several, however, are designated for particular areas of research. These include one fellowship for a young woman in philosophy and fellowships for Scandinavian studies, environmental studies, English literature, art history, Asian Studies, and theology.
6. Scholarships: Gladstone’s Library, GB
http://www.st-deiniols.com/courses/scholarships/
- Closing date: 01 Nov 12
- Deadline information: This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Directed grants for individual investigators, Access to libraries, Financial aid for postgraduate students
The Library is indebted to the generosity of many benefactors who have endowed its scholarship programme. These are for periods of residential research using the library’s resources. Awards cover the use of the library and the cost of residence for a period from one week to several months.
7. Postgraduate Bursaries: Society for Italian Studies, GB
http://www.sis.ac.uk/cgi-bin/safeperl/sisinfo/sistine.pl?postgraduate
- Closing date: 15 Jun 12
- Deadline information: 15 June 2012, 15 December 2012, and repeated annually.
- Award type: Travel to conferences, meetings etc., Financial aid for postgraduate students
- Award amount max: £100
These enable postgraduate students to attend UK and Ireland conferences which are not funded by the society. Bursaries are worth up to £100.
8. Snorri Sturluson Icelandic fellowships: Haskoli Islands- University of Iceland, IS
http://www.arnastofnun.is/page/a_inter_snorri_sturluson_fellowships
- Closing date: 31 Oct 12 (Forecast)
- Deadline information: Call has not yet been announced by sponsor but this is the approximate deadline we expect. This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Mid-Career fellowships
These are granted to scholars in the field of humanities, from outside Iceland, to enable them to stay in Iceland for a period of at least three months, in order to improve their knowledge of the Icelandic language, culture and society. The amount of the Fellowships is based in principle on travel expenses to and from Iceland, plus living expenses while in the country. Should two equally-qualified candidates be under consideration, preference will, as a rule, be given to a candidate from Eastern or Southern Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America or Oceania.
9. Research collaboration fund: Society for Italian Studies, GB
http://www.sis.ac.uk/cgi-bin/safeperl/sisinfo/sistine.pl?collaboration
- Closing date: 15 Jun 12
- Deadline information: 15 June 2010, 15 December 2010, and repeated annually.
- Award type: Networking/collaboration, Travel to conferences, meetings etc., Directed grants for individual investigators, Hosting conferences, Directed grants to institutions, research groups etc
- Award amount max: £500
The fund aims to promote and support collaboration between researchers in Italian studies in different institutions, predominately in the UK and RoI, and to support collaboration between Italianists and researchers from other disciplines and with international researchers, where appropriate. Up to £500 is available.
10. Harold White Fellowships: National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au/awards-and-grants/harold-white-fellowships
- Closing date: 30 Apr 12
- Deadline information: This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Access to libraries, Directed grants for individual investigators, Travel for research purposes, Senior fellowships
- Award amount max: $20,400
- Award amount min: $10,200
These give scholars and writers the means and the uninterrupted time to work with the library’s collections. Fellowships include return economy airfare to Canberra and an honorarium of $850 per week for three to six months. This award is in Australian research income Category 2. Four to seven fellowships, of periods from three to six months, are awarded annually.
11. New frontiers of infinity workshops and summer schools grants: European Science Foundation, EU
http://www.inftynet.net/meetings.html
- Closing date: 01 Jul 12
- Deadline information: This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Travel to conferences, meetings etc., Hosting conferences
The programme aims to stimulate the exchange of ideas between researchers on mathematical, philosophical and computation approaches to infinity. Funding will support travel costs for attendees and priority is given to countries supporting the programme.
12. Small Conference Grants, Society for Renaissance Studies, GB
http://www.rensoc.org.uk/conferencegrants
- Closing date: 21 Apr 12
- Deadline information: application should be submitted no later than two weeks before one of the council’s regular meetings - usually the first or second Friday in October, January and May - and at least three months before the conference date.
- Award type: Hosting conferences, Hosting visits, Travel to conferences, meetings etc.
- Award amount max: £1,000
- Award amount min: £350
These are intended to encourage the participation of undergraduate or postgraduate students in conferences, as well as their involvement in the organisation process. Grants are worth between £350 and £1,000.
13. Games for design and verification exchange grants
- Closing date: 31 Mar 2012
- Deadline information: 31 March 2012, 30 June 2012, 30 September 2012, 31 December 2012, and repeated annually.
- Award type: Networking/collaboration, Travel for research purposes
- Award amount max: €10,100
These support visits lasting between 15 days and six months by researchers travelling from a European country to another European country. Travel and research should further the goals of the GAMES (artificial intelligence, game theory) research goals of ESF. Grants include a monthly allowance of approximately €1,600, or €57 per day, plus actual travel expenses worth up to €500.
14. Foreigners fellowship programme, Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, Greece
http://www.onassis.gr/en/scholarships-foreigners.php
- Closing date: 29 Feb 12
- Deadline information: This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Travel for research purposes, Directed grants for individual investigators, Mid-Career fellowships, Networking/collaboration
The programme aims to promote Greek language, history and culture abroad, thereby creating and encouraging ties of friendship and co-operation between members of the foreign academic community and their Greek counterparts. Grants include a return trip air ticket and a monthly allowance of a maximum of €1,000 for a maximum of 10 months depending on the seniority of the candidate.
15. Fellowships: New York Public Library, US
http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/36/node/29202
- Closing date: 29 Sep 12 (Forecast)
- Deadline information: Call has not yet been announced by sponsor but this is the approximate deadline we expect. This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Access to libraries, Grants - undirected
The program is designed for people whose work will benefit directly from access to the collections at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (formerly the Humanities and Social Sciences Library). The Cullman Center’s Selection Committee awards up to 15 fellowships a year to outstanding scholars and writers – academics, independent scholars, journalists, and creative writers. Each fellow receives a stipend of $65,000.
16. Conference Subventions: Society for Italian Studies, GB
http://www.sis.ac.uk/cgi-bin/safeperl/sisinfo/sistine.pl?forms
- Closing date: 15 Jun 2012
- Deadline information: 15 June 2012, 15 December 2012, and repeated annually.
- Award type: Travel to conferences, meetings etc., Hosting conferences
- Award amount max: £300
These support conferences and other events in the field of Italian studies, organised by society members. Grants are worth up to £300.
Fellowships/ Research
1. Foreigners fellowship programme, Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, Greece
http://www.onassis.gr/en/scholarships-foreigners.php
- Closing date: 29 Feb 12
- Deadline information: This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Travel for research purposes, Directed grants for individual investigators, Mid-Career fellowships, Networking/collaboration
The programme aims to promote Greek language, history and culture abroad, thereby creating and encouraging ties of friendship and co-operation between members of the foreign academic community and their Greek counterparts. Grants include a return trip air ticket and a monthly allowance of a maximum of €1,000 for a maximum of 10 months depending on the seniority of the candidate.
2. Rockefeller prize, APA – USA
http://www.apaonline.org/APAOnline/Profession/Prizes_and_Awards/Rockefeller_Prize.aspx
- Closing date: 01 Nov 12 (Forecast)
- Award amount max: $1,000
The purpose is to recognize the best unpublished article-length work in philosophy by a non-academically affiliated philosopher. This prize began as a 5-year series of annual awards, funded by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation (1984-1988). The award is worth $1,000.
3. ESRC/DFID joint scheme for research on international development evidence synthesis research awards, Economic and Social Research Council, GB and other sponsors
- Closing date: 20 Apr 12
- Deadline information: Deadline time: 4pm.
- Award type: Directed grants to institutions, research groups etc, Directed grants for individual investigators
- Award amount max: £20,000
This aims to review and synthesise the research that has been funded under the programme on the themes of social protection and food security. Applicants may undertake one synthesis up to a maximum of £10,000, or both up to a maximum of £20,000. The aim of the scheme is to enhance the quality and impact of social science research addressing the key international development goal of reducing poverty amongst the poorest countries and peoples of the world. It funds world class scientific research on issues relating to economic development and quality of life in less developed countries with the potential for impact on policy and practice for poverty reduction.
4. Postdoctoral/Mid-career research fellowships, Hebrew University, IL
http://ldft.huji.ac.il/upload/info/infoHU.html
- Closing date: 31 Dec 12 (Forecast)
- Deadline information: Call has not yet been announced by sponsor but this is the approximate deadline we expect. This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Mid-Career fellowships
Fellowships last nine to 12 months and are funded at ILS5,404 per month for fellows who have held their doctorates for less than two years before the beginning of the fellowship, and at ILS5,971 per month for those who have held their doctorates for over two years.
5. Scholarships: Gladstone’s Library, GB
http://www.st-deiniols.com/courses/scholarships/
- Closing date: 01 Nov 12
- Deadline information: This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Directed grants for individual investigators, Access to libraries, Financial aid for postgraduate students
The Library is indebted to the generosity of many benefactors who have endowed its scholarship programme. These are for periods of residential research using the library’s resources. Awards cover the use of the library and the cost of residence for a period from one week to several months.
6. Snorri Sturluson Icelandic fellowships: Haskoli Islands- University of Iceland, IS
http://www.arnastofnun.is/page/a_inter_snorri_sturluson_fellowships
- Closing date: 31 Oct 12 (Forecast)
- Deadline information: Call has not yet been announced by sponsor but this is the approximate deadline we expect. This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Mid-Career fellowships
These are granted to scholars in the field of humanities, from outside Iceland, to enable them to stay in Iceland for a period of at least three months, in order to improve their knowledge of the Icelandic language, culture and society. The amount of the Fellowships is based in principle on travel expenses to and from Iceland, plus living expenses while in the country. Should two equally-qualified candidates be under consideration, preference will, as a rule, be given to a candidate from Eastern or Southern Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America or Oceania.
7. Fellowships: New York Public Library, US
http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/36/node/29202
- Closing date: 29 Sep 12 (Forecast)
- Deadline information: Call has not yet been announced by sponsor but this is the approximate deadline we expect. This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Access to libraries, Grants - undirected
The program is designed for people whose work will benefit directly from access to the collections at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (formerly the Humanities and Social Sciences Library). The Cullman Center’s Selection Committee awards up to 15 fellowships a year to outstanding scholars and writers – academics, independent scholars, journalists, and creative writers. Each fellow receives a stipend of $65,000
8. Balzan prizes
http://www.balzan.org/en/prize-subject-areas_9.html
- Closing date: 15 Mar 12
- Deadline information: This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Directed grants for individual investigators, Prizes
- Award amount max: SFr.750,000
- Award budget total: SFr.3,000,000
These recognise individual achievements in the broad areas of literature, the moral sciences and the arts and medicine and the physical, mathematical and natural sciences. Each of the four prizes is worth CHF750,000, half of which should be used for research projects, preferably involving young scholars or scientists.
9. Edward Goodwin Ballard book prize in phenomenology
http://phenomenologycenter.org/about-carp/honors-awards/ballard/
- Closing date: 15 Apr 12 (Forecast)
- Deadline information: Call has not yet been announced by sponsor but this is the approximate deadline we expect. This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Prizes
- Award amount max: $1,000
The prize of $1,000 is awarded annually for the best book in phenomenology from the previous three years nominated in an area of interest to Ballard. Books that are phenomenological and published in English, French, German, or Spanish focusing on art, ancient philosophy, the philosophy of the liberal arts, or the philosophies of mathematics, natural science, or technology will be preferred.
10. Field research fellowships: Korea Foundation, Kr
http://www.kf.or.kr/eng/01_sks/sks_fel_sfd01.asp
- Closing date: 30 Apr 12 (Forecast)
- Deadline information: Call has not yet been announced by sponsor but this is the approximate deadline we expect. This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Predoctoral fellowships
- Award amount max : ---
The program is designed to facilitate in-depth research on Korean topics by supporting on-site study and research by scholars and Korea specialists. Fellowship awards may last one to 12 months and support Korea-related research in the humanities, social sciences, culture and arts, and comparative research related to Korea. Candidates may not currently reside in Korea.
11. Harold White Fellowships: National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au/awards-and-grants/harold-white-fellowships
- Closing date: 30 Apr 12
- Deadline information: This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Access to libraries, Directed grants for individual investigators, Travel for research purposes, Senior fellowships
- Award amount max: $20,400
- Award amount min: $10,200
These give scholars and writers the means and the uninterrupted time to work with the library’s collections. Fellowships include return economy airfare to Canberra and an honorarium of $850 per week for three to six months. This award is in Australian research income Category 2. Four to seven fellowships, of periods from three to six months, are awarded annually.
12. Novak Award: Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, US
http://www.acton.org/program/student_awards/novak-award
- Closing date: 31 Oct 12 (Forecast)
- Deadline information: Call has not yet been announced by sponsor but this is the approximate deadline we expect. This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Prizes
- Award amount max: $10,000
The award rewards new outstanding scholarly research into the relationship between religion, economic freedom, and the free and virtuous society. A cash prize of $10,000 as well as travel expenses to the Calihan lecture will be granted.
13. Core funding area grants: John Templeton Foundation, USA
http://www.templeton.org/what-we-fund/our-grantmaking-process
- Closing date: 16 Apr 12
- Deadline information: 14 October 2011, 16 April 2012, and 15 October 2012.
- Award type: Directed grants for individual investigators, Directed grants to institutions, research groups etc
- Award amount max ---
These aim to find world-class researchers and project leaders to join the pursuit of Sir John Templeton’s vision. The funding areas are: science and the big questions, incorporating mathematical and physical sciences, life sciences, human sciences, philosophy and theology, and science in dialogue; character development; freedom and free enterprise; exceptional cognitive talent and genius; genetics.
14. Cosmology Prize, Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation, USA
http://www.gruberprizes.org/Nominations/Cosmology.php
- Closing date: 15 Dec 12 (Forecast)
- Deadline information: Call has not yet been announced by sponsor but this is the approximate deadline we expect. This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Prizes
- Award amount max: $500,000
The prize is awarded annually to a leading cosmologist, astronomer, astrophysicist, or scientific philosopher for theoretical, analytical, conceptual or observational discoveries leading to fundamental advances in our understanding of the universe. The prize includes a gold medal and $500,000.
15. Residential Awards: Klassik Stiftung Weimar, DE
http://www.klassik-stiftung.de/index.php?id=451
- Closing date: 31 Jul 12
- Deadline information: Deadlines on: 31 July 2012, 31 January 2013, and repeated annually.
- Award type: Access to libraries, Directed grants for individual investigators
- Award amount max: €3,000
These offer graduates, postgraduates and working scientists and humanists the opportunity of conducting research in Weimar. Funding is worth €500 per month for a maximum of six months. The award winners will also benefit from a generous book allowance and a variety of concessions.
16. People Awards: Wellcome trust, GB
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Public-engagement/Funding-schemes/people-awards/
- Deadline information Deadlines on: 27 January 2012, 27 April 2012, 27 July 2012, 26 October 2012.
- Award type: Directed grants for individual investigators, Hosting conferences, Directed grants to institutions, research groups etc, Networking/collaboration
- Award amount max: £30,000
These enable individuals to explore the impact of biomedical science on society, its historical roots, effects on different cultures, or the ethical questions that it brings, by supporting activities such as events, debates, exhibitions, art projects and drama productions related to biomedical science. Up to £30,000 is available for projects lasting a maximum of three years.
Networking
1. Small Conference Grants, Society for Renaissance Studies, GB
http://www.rensoc.org.uk/conferencegrants
- Closing date: 21 Apr 12
- Deadline information: application should be submitted no later than two weeks before one of the council’s regular meetings - usually the first or second Friday in October, January and May - and at least three months before the conference date.
- Award type: Hosting conferences, Hosting visits, Travel to conferences, meetings etc.
- Award amount max: £1,000
- Award amount min: £350
These are intended to encourage the participation of undergraduate or postgraduate students in conferences, as well as their involvement in the organisation process. Grants are worth between £350 and £1,000.
2. People Awards: Wellcome trust, GB
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Public-engagement/Funding-schemes/people-awards/
- Closing Date: 27 January 2012, 27 April 2012, 27 July 2012, 26 October 2012.
- Award type: Directed grants for individual investigators, Hosting conferences, Directed grants to institutions, research groups etc, Networking/collaboration
- Award amount max: £30,000
These enable individuals to explore the impact of biomedical science on society, its historical roots, effects on different cultures, or the ethical questions that it brings, by supporting activities such as events, debates, exhibitions, art projects and drama productions related to biomedical science. Up to £30,000 is available for projects lasting a maximum of three years.
3. Conferences and seminar Grants: Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange, TW
http://www.cckf.org.tw/e-europeCS.htm
- Closing date: 15 Sep 2012
- Deadline information: Deadlines on: 15 September 2012, 15 February 2013, and repeated annually.
- Award type: Hosting conferences
- Award amount max: €25,000
These support conferences or seminars on Chinese studies in the humanities and social sciences. Budgets for conferences should not exceed 25,000 euros and applicants are urged to seek matching funds.
4. APA Grant Fund, USA
- Closing Date: June 30th of each year.
- Award Type: Grant fund
- Award amount max: up to $25,000
The APA Board of Officers will consider members' requests to fund projects that benefit the profession. The APA Eastern Division has given the APA a $25,000 grant for the APA to allocate among approved projects. Proposals will be reviewed at the annual APA Board Meeting in November.
5. New Frontiers of infinity exchange and short visit grants
http://www.inftynet.net/visits.html
- Closing date: 01 Apr 12
- Deadline information: This call is repeated 3 times a year.
- Award type: Travel to conferences, meetings etc., Travel for research purposes,Networking/collaboration
- Award amount max: €5,300
The programme aims to stimulate the exchange of ideas between researchers on mathematical, philosophical and computation approaches to infinity. Short visit grants include a per diem of €85 over a maximum of 15 days. Exchange grants include €57 per day over 15 days to three months. Grants also include actual travel costs, worth a maximum of €500.
Teaching
1. New frontiers of infinity workshops and summer schools grants: European Science Foundation, EU
http://www.inftynet.net/meetings.html
- Closing date: 01 Jul 12
- Deadline information: This call is repeated once a year.
- Award type: Travel to conferences, meetings etc., Hosting conferences
The programme aims to stimulate the exchange of ideas between researchers on mathematical, philosophical and computation approaches to infinity. Funding will support travel costs for attendees and priority is given to countries supporting the programme.
Big Projects
1. Joint Research Programme Call: Era-Net Hera, EU and other sponsors
http://www.heranet.info/hera-joint-research-programme-2
- Closing date: 04 May 12
- Deadline information: 2pm CET.
- Award type: Networking/collaboration, Directed grants to institutions, research groups etc
- Award amount max: €1,000,000
- Award budget total: €18,500,000
Projects may address: cultural encounters over time and space; social and political dimensions of cultural encounters; practices of translation, interpretation and mediatisation, in relation to cultural encounters; knowledge exchange and transfer. The budget for this call is €18.5 million and for each project, funding will not exceed €1m across all partners over 36 months.
2. IRCHSS Government of Ireland Collaborative Research Projects in the Humanities and Social Sciences (Co-funded by the Crisis Pregnancy Programme)
- Closing date: Friday 20th April 2012 by 4pm
- Award Type: Awards
- Awards Budget Total: €100,000
This scheme is replacing the Fellowship Projects Scheme from last year and IRCHSS state that there have been no major changes in terms of eligibility or in terms of the purpose of the Scheme. The Government of Ireland Collaborative Research Projects Scheme has been established to facilitate established researchers working within a small team to bring existing research activities or short term projects to successful completion by way of teaching buy-out, postdoctoral support and limited project funding. Thus this scheme will also support research-based teaching and knowledge transfer initiatives. Awards will be made through a competitive process administered by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS).
3. Study on area J of the Beijing platform for action - women and media in the European Union
http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:85579-2012:TEXT:EN:HTML
- Closing date: 23 Apr 2012
- Deadline information: ---
- Award type: Tenders, Directed grants to institutions, research groups etc
- Award amount max: €400,000
The tenderer will conduct a study on women’s participation and access to expression and decision-making in media, with an emphasis on women’s presence in the decision-making bodies within media companies, the extent to which media companies have developed codes of conduct and other forms of self-regulation to obviate discrimination on the grounds of sex, as well as the monitoring of women’s and men’s presence in media content, excluding films and commercials. Funding is worth approximately €400,000 over 11 months.
