American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Digital Extension Grants – Designed to advance humanistic scholarship by enhancing established digital projects, extending their reach to new communities of users, and supporting teams of scholars at all career stages as they participate in digital research. ($150k/12-18 months)

Harvard Theatre Collection Grant – Scholars at all stages of their careers are invited to apply to pursue projects that require in-depth research on Houghton Library’s holdings, draw on staff expertise, and participate in intellectual life at Harvard. ($4.5k stipend/1 year; required to be in residence at Houghton for four weeks within the fellowship year, which is July through June)

Kaplan Institute Faculty Fellowship – Enables Northwestern faculty to pursue independent projects of significance to the humanities while immersed in an interdisciplinary community of scholars. (Faculty may apply for a 50% teaching reduction, which does not count against the leave clock, or, funds permitting, a full year of supported leave.)

The Les Paul Foundation works to inspire innovative and creative thinking by sharing the legacy of Les Paul through music education, recording, innovation, and medical research related to hearing. ($1.5-$2k/1 year)

McKnight Foundation Neuroscience Scholar Awards  – Encourages neuroscientists in the early stages of their careers to focus on disorders of learning and memory. ($225k/3 years)

National Endowment for the Humanities Media Projects – Supports the development, production, and distribution of radio programs, podcasts, documentary films, and documentary film series that engage general audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. Media Projects offers two levels of funding: Development and Production. ($75k for Development, $700k for Production/Development is 6-12 months; Production is 1-3 years)

UConn Humanities Institute – Offers residential fellowship opportunities to pursue advanced work in the humanities. Visiting Humanities Scholars, UConn Humanities Scholars, and UConn Graduate Humanities Fellowships are year-long and allow for time and space to research, write, and collaborate on work that extends and celebrates humanities scholarship. ($2k/1 year)

William T. Grant Foundation (LOI due) – Offers grants that support high-quality research studies in several focus areas, career-development awards for promising early-career faculty, grants that encourage research institutions to make structural changes that encourage engaged research, and programs of good-neighbor grants that support nonprofit youth service providers in New York City. ($100k to $1M/2-4 years).

Graham Foundation – Supports innovative, thought-provoking investigations in architecture; architectural history, theory, and criticism; design; engineering; landscape architecture; urban planning; urban studies; visual arts; and related fields of inquiry. Graham Foundation’s interest also extends to work being done in the fine arts, humanities, and sciences that expands the boundaries of thinking about architecture and space. (Up to $30k/2 years)

Hearing Health Foundation – Emerging Research Grants support projects across the spectrum of hearing research and balance research. ($50k/1 year)

Retirement Research Foundation (LOI due) – Funds research that seeks to identify interventions, policies and practices to improve the well-being of older adults and/or their caregivers. (No specific amount – past grants range between $100k-$200k/1-2 years)

Liguria Study Center for the Arts and Humanities – Bogliasco Fellowships support the Arts and Humanities by providing residential Fellowships at its study center in Italy’s most vibrant, historic crossroads, where gifted artists and scholars of all cultures come together to connect, create and disseminate significant new work. (Room and board but no travel or living stipend/31 days)

New York Public Library (NYPL) Short Term Research Fellowship – supports scholars based outside the New York metropolitan area engaged in graduate-level, post-doctoral, and independent research in the arts and humanities. ($1k per week/minimum one week; maximum four weeks)

American Speech-Language-Hearing (ASH) Foundation – Supports innovative studies that foster new research ideas and directions for investigators, and that will advance knowledge, tools, and techniques in communication sciences and disorders. (Up to $75k/1-2 years)

Creative Capital Awards – A pioneering venture philanthropy that helps artists working in all creative disciplines realize their visions and build sustainable practices. It provides unrestricted project grants which can be drawn down over a multi-year period, bespoke professional development services, and community-building opportunities. ($15k-$50k/multi-year potential)

James S. McDonnell Opportunity Awards – Seed funds that help design and carry out new studies motivated by questioning, revisiting, or re-examining the current state of academic knowledge of human cognition and behavior using a dynamic, context-sensitive lens. (up to $250k/2-4 years)

National Endowment for the Humanities – Offers fellowships to individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing. Applications must clearly articulate a project’s value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. ($60k/6-12 months)

Retirement Research Foundation (LOI due) – Funds research that seeks to identify interventions, policies and practices to improve the well-being of older adults and/or their caregivers. (No specific amt – past grants between $100K-$200K for 1-2yrs)

Russell Sage Foundation – Research Grants for social scientists working in designated thematic areas on social and living conditions in the United States (up to $50k or $175k/ 2 yrs)

William T. Grant Foundation (LOI due)– Research Grants on Reducing Inequality and Research Grants for Improving the Use of Research Evidence to improve the lives of young people ages 5-25 in the United States ($25k-$50k or $100k-$1M/2-4 yrs) (Note: LOIs for officer research grants in these areas (which have a lower ask amount up to $50K and a single-stage process) are NOT accepted in the May cycle.

Autism Speaks CAPD Pilot and CAPD Fellowship (LOI due) – Anticipates funding two pilot research awards on understanding, evaluating and/or treating individuals with central auditory processing disorder (CAPD), particularly as it relates to autism spectrum disorder (ASD).  ($60k/1 year)

Autism Speaks Postdoctoral Fellowship (LOI due) – Supports well-qualified postdoctoral scientists pursuing training in central auditory processing disorder (CAPD). (Avg. $70k/1 yr)

Capita Foundation Auditory Research Grant – Any scientist pursuing independent research can apply for a Capita Foundation Auditory Research grant. Thinking outside the box is most welcome, and priority is often given to projects with promising clinical applications. ($20k/yr up to 2 yrs)

Hartwell Foundation: Individual Biomedical Research Award-This award seeks to stimulate discovery in early-stage, transformative biomedical research that is strategic or translational in nature with the potential to benefit children in the U.S.  ($300k)

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowships – fellowships for scholars in all disciplines of the humanities and related social sciences to complete a major piece of scholarly work ($60k/1 year)

American Society for Theatre (ASTR) Grant – underwrites some of the research expenses of scholars undertaking projects significant to the field of theatre and/or performance studies. (Up to $3000, which may be divided among multiple winners/1 year)

George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation – fellowships for early mid-career scholars in a rotation of fields in the humanities, history, and the arts ($35k/1 year)

Russell Sage Foundation will accept letters of inquiry (LOIs) under all of its core programs and special initiatives: Behavioral Science and Decision Making in Context; Future of Work; Immigration and Immigrant Integration; Race, Ethnicity and Immigration; Social, Political, and Economic Inequality. In addition, RSF will also accept LOIs relevant to any of its core programs that address the effects of social movements, such as drives for unionization and mass social protests, and the effects of racial/ethnic/gender bias and discrimination on a range of outcomes related to social and living conditions in the United States. (Up to $200k/no more than 2 years)

The Beinecke Library – offers short-term fellowships to support research in the Yale Library special collections. This application is open to academic and independent scholars, locally and globally, who would like to apply for funding to pursue research projects that require up to two months of onsite research with the collections. ($5k/2 months)

American Hearing Research Foundation – Research grants for basic or clinical studies of the hearing or balance functions of the ear, sudden hearing loss, or Meniere’s disease ($20k-$75k/ 1 year)

Fulbright Scholar Award – allows U.S. academics and professionals to engage in multi-country, trans-regional projects. These awards provide lecturing and research opportunities that open doors to collaboration and foster long-lasting connections. (Monthly rate of $3.5k/3-6 months total, with a minimum of one month spent in each host country, each visit.) 

Sundance Institute Documentary Fund – for development, production, or post-production of feature-length nonfiction film projects (up to $40k/1 year)

William T. Grant Foundation (LOI due)– Research Grants on Reducing Inequality and Research Grants for Improving the Use of Research Evidence to improve the lives of young people ages 5-25 in the United States ($25k-$50k or $100k-$1M/2-4 years)

American Academy in Berlin – a nonprofit institute for advanced study in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and public policy. The Academy awards roughly two dozen semester-long fellowships to outstanding US-based scholars, writers, visual artists, composers, and policy experts.

American Council for Learned Societies – invites research proposals from scholars in all disciplines of the humanities and interpretive social sciences. Approximately half of this year’s awards will support early-career scholars. ($60k maximum/6-12 months)

CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars – for early-career researchers to collaborate with colleagues from diverse disciplines working in thematic programs addressing important questions facing science and humanity. ($100k CAD/2 years)

John Simon Guggenheim – offers Fellowships to further the development of scholars and artists by assisting them to engage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible conditions and irrespective of race, color, or creed. (No defined amount/6 months-one year)

Les Paul Foundation – works to inspire innovative and creative thinking by sharing the legacy of Les Paul through music education, recording, innovation, and medical research related to hearing. ($1.5k to $2k/1 year)

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend – invites scholars at all stages of their careers to apply to pursue projects that require in-depth research on Houghton Library’s holdings, draw on staff expertise, and participate in intellectual life at Harvard. ($8k/2 months)

Radcliffe Fellowship – awards 50 research fellowships for its 2025-2026 program, including 10 dissertation fellowships. The fellowship projects must require on-site use of the Center’s collections, which support exploration of all areas of the humanities, including literature, photography, film, art, the performing arts, music, and cultural history. (Ranges between $2k-$3.5k/1-2 months)

American Councils Research Fellowships – Supports collaborative education with some of the world’s most strategically important nations and regions (Amount/time varies by program)

American Philosophical Society’s Franklin Research Grants – This program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses. ($60k/6-12 months)

Beinicke at Yale – Offers short-term fellowships to support research in the Yale Library special collections. This application is open to academic and independent scholars, locally and globally, who would like to apply for funding to pursue research projects that require up to two months of onsite research with the collections.  

Brain Research Foundation Seed Grant Program (LOI) – Provides start-up monies for new research projects in the field of neuroscience that will likely lead to extramural funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or other outside funding sources. ($80k/ 2 yrs)

Mellon/ACLS Scholars and Society Fellowships – For doctoral faculty to pursue publicly engaged humanities scholarship ($81k+/1 yr)

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend – Scholars at all stages of their careers are invited to apply to pursue projects that require in-depth research on Houghton Library’s holdings, draw on staff expertise, and participate in intellectual life at Harvard. ($8k/2 months)

National Humanities Center – Provides scholars with an environment and resources conducive to generating new knowledge and furthering understanding of the human experience. (Half salary/1 academic year)

The Stanford Humanities Center offers residential fellowships to scholars from Stanford and elsewhere at all career stages, giving them the opportunity to pursue their work in a supportive intellectual community. (Up to $70,000 plus a housing and moving allowance of up to $40,000/1 year)

Eugene O’Neill House -Tao House fellowships are given to persons focused on the performing arts for whom a space of time to work without distraction would be beneficial (off-site housing and meals/1-3 weeks) 

Graham Foundation – Grants for Individuals for production and presentation, or for research and development of projects related to architecture or the designed environment, including publications, exhibitions, installations, films, and new media projects (up to $20k/2 yrs)

Harry Ransom Center – The Ransom Center’s internationally renowned collections encourage and support research in all areas of the humanities including literature, photography, film, art, performing arts, music, cultural history, and interdisciplinary studies (up to $3,500 a month/1-2 months)

Jacobs Foundation – Research Fellowships for early and mid-career researchers dedicated to improving the development, learning, and living conditions of children and youth globally ($165k/3 yrs)

The McKnight Neurobiology of Brain Disorders Award (NBD Award) – Assists scientists working to apply the knowledge achieved through basic research to human brain disorders, and who demonstrate a commitment to equitable and inclusive lab environments. ($100k/3 yrs)

Newberry Library – These long term residential fellowships offer the opportunity to spend four to nine months immersed in the Newberry collection and community of learning while pursuing significant works of scholarship ($5k monthly/4-9 months)

Retirement Research Foundation (LOI due) – Funds research that seeks to identify interventions, policies and practices to improve the well-being of older adults and/or their caregivers. (No specific amt – past grants between $100K-$200k/1-2yrs)

Russell Sage Foundation – Research Grants for social scientists working in designated thematic areas on social and living conditions in the United States (up to $50k or $175k/2 yrs)

American Philosophical Society’s Franklin Research Grants – This program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses. ($60k/6-12 months)

Autism Science Foundation-Invites applications for its Pre- and Postdoctoral Training Awards from graduate students, medical students and postdoctoral fellows interested in pursuing careers in basic and clinical research relevant to autism spectrum disorders.

Newhouse Center at Wellesley College – The Suzy Newhouse Center fellows’ community consists of Wellesley faculty on sabbatical, Wellesley summer fellows, the undergraduate fellows of the Mellon Mays program, and normally three or four scholars and artists from outside the college. (up to $50k/2 semesters)