NAEd/Spencer Foundation’s Postdoctoral Fellowship program supports early career faculty working in critical areas of education research. This non-residential postdoctoral fellowship funds proposals that make significant scholarly contributions to the field of education. OFR Contact: Mike McMahon. Amount: $70,000. Deadline: 11/15/2025.

George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation supports fellowships in selected fields for early mid-career individuals who have achieved recognition for at least one major project. Applicants should have completed their formal studies in the past 5 to 15 years. Support is particularly intended to augment paid sabbatical leave. Fellowships in the following areas will

Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) is accepting LOIs under these core programs and special initiatives: 1) Behavioral Science and Decision Making in Context; 2)Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration; 3) Immigration and Immigrant Integration; 4) Implications of the 2023 Supreme Court Decision. OFR Contact: Chloe Taft Kang. Amount: Up to $200,000.  Deadline: 10/29/2025 (LOI).

Russell Sage Foundation (RSF)’s Sheldon Danziger Pipeline Grant program supports early-career faculty researching economic mobility and access to opportunity in the United States. This program is interested in novel uses of new or under-utilized data, and creative uses of administrative data. Proposals might also include exploratory fieldwork, a pilot study, field or survey experiments, in-depth

Council on Library and Information Resources’ Digitizing Hidden Collections (“Amplifying Unheard Voices”) supports the digitization of rare and unique content stewarded by collecting organizations in the U.S. and Canada. Launched in 2021, the program is designed to support efforts to digitize materials that deepen public understanding. OFR Contact: Chloe Taft Kang. Amount: $50,000 – $200,000.

Grammy Foundation’s Scientific Research Grants are awarded to organizations and individuals to support research on the impact of music on the human condition. Priority is given to projects with strong methodological design and innovative research questions. OFR Contact: Chloe Taft Kang. Amount: $20,000. Deadline: 9/26/2025 (LOI).

The Childrens Theatre Foundation of America (CTFA) challenges and supports theatre artists to achieve excellence and equity in service to young people. A major priority of CTFA is supporting theatre for youth which clearly recognizes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are important to the future of theatre for young audiences and to society in general.

This year’s Chapman Prize will be awarded to a charitable individual or organization who has contributed most significantly to the improvement of economic prosperity in the United States. Contributions may include creating safe and affordable housing, effective workforce development, social entrepreneurship programs, and/or financial literacy programs to build thriving, sustainable communities. Amount: $10,000. Deadline: 9/30/25.

The mission of the Adolf Busch Award is to recognize and honor organizations that use music to address social injustice, inequity and lack of opportunity. Amount: $10,000. Deadline: 10/1/25.

The Society for the Humanities at Cornell University is offering fellowships for their 2026-27 Year of Survival. They are designed for those conducting interdisciplinary research projects exploring the literary, historical, ethical, and political registers of survival. Survival can be individual or collective, shaped by cultural imperatives, ideological commitments, or existential negotiations in the face of