Humanities and Arts External Funding

Search Menu

Home
Funding Opportunities
Humanities and Arts External Funding

Humanities and Arts External Funding

Non-Federal

Federal

Non-Federal

Federal

American Academy in Berlin	A nonprofit institute for advanced residential study in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and public policy. Its primary mission is to enhance the cultural and intellectual ties between the United States and Germany.
American Council for Learned Societies	Welcomes fellowship applications from scholars pursuing research on topics grounded in any time period, world region, or humanistic methodology.
American Council of Learned Societies Digital Extension Grants:	Supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, these grants advance the digital transformation of humanities scholarship.
American Councils Research Fellowships	Supports collaborative education with some of the world’s most strategically important nations and regions.
American Documentary	Supports bold documentaries and documentarians for the public good, nurturing generations of independent media makers with direct funding, mentorship, editorial support, national distribution, and engagement strategies.
ASTR Research Grant	Underwrites some of the research expenses of scholars undertaking projects significant to the field of theatre and/or performance studies.
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.
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars	Helps early-career researchers by facilitating dialogue between diverse disciplines, offering training opportunities on leadership, and increasing the impact of their research by interacting with leaders within and outside of academia.
Creative Capital Awards	Provides grants to support the creation of groundbreaking art by innovative and adventurous artists across the country through their open call process.
Eugene O’Neill house writing residency	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.
Format Magazine 36 Arts Grants	Helps artists determine how to apply to the many organizations offering art grants and fellowships, so that they are free to concentrate on creating.
Franklin Research Grant from the American Philosophical Society	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.
George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation	Offers fellowships in a cyclical rotation of fields, with a focus upon Music for Performance, Musicology, Ethnomusicology, and Sound Studies for the upcoming year (2023-2024).
Global Humanities Translation Prize	Northwestern Buffett brings together the brightest minds to address critical global challenges that cannot be solved from a singular disciplinary or geographical perspective.
Graham Foundation	Provides opportunities to develop a project about architecture and the designed environment.
Guggenheim	Guggenheim Fellowships are intended for mid-career individuals who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts and exhibit great promise for their future endeavors.
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.
Harvard Theatre Collection	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.
Independent Television Service, Inc	Open Call provides documentary funding and co-production support to enable the completion of nonfiction work-in-progress and have it air on public television.
Jacobs Foundation	This Research Fellowship Program is for early and mid-career researchers dedicated to improving the learning and development of children and youth worldwide.
John Simon Guggenheim	Offers fellowships to individuals in pursuit of scholarship in any field of knowledge and creation of any artform, under the freest possible conditions and irrespective of race, color, or creed.
JustFilms	Seeks projects of artistic excellence & contemporary relevance which have the potential to not only transform stereotypes & value systems, but to build cultural power & voice in marginalized communities.
Kaplan Institute Faculty Fellowship	Enable Northwestern faculty to pursue independent research projects of significance to the humanities within an interdisciplinary community of scholars.
Liguria Study Center for the Arts and Humanities	An American nonprofit with a program in Italy, the Bogliasco Foundation awards one-month Fellowships to individuals of all ages and nationalities who have made significant contributions in the arts and humanities.
National Endowment for the Humanities Media Projects	Supports the development of radio programs, podcasts, documentary films, and documentary film series that engage general audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways.
National Humanities Center	Provides scholars with an environment and resources conducive to generating new knowledge and furthering understanding of the human experience.
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.
Newberry Library Long Term Fellowship	Offers the opportunity to spend four to nine months immersed in the Newberry collection and community of learning while pursuing significant works of scholarship.
NYPL Short Term Research Fellowship	Support scholars based outside the New York metropolitan area engaged in graduate-level, post-doctoral, and independent research in the arts and humanities.
Pop Culture Collaborative	PCC seeks to advance the reach and power of pop culture for social justice goals. It aims to transform the narrative landscape in America around people of color, immigrants, refugees, Muslims, and Indigenous peoples–especially those who are women, queer, transgender and/or disabled–through partnerships between the social justice sector and the entertainment, advertising, and media industries.
Radcliffe	This Residential Fellowship Program annually selects and supports artists, scholars, and public intellectuals who bring both a record of achievement and exceptional promise to the Institute.
Russell Sage Foundation	An operating foundation dedicated to programs of social science research.
Stanford	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.
Sundance Institute Documentary Fund	Supports nonfiction filmmakers worldwide in the production of cinematic documentaries on contemporary themes.
University of Connecticut	Offers 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.
William T. Grant Foundation	Nurtures creative scientists who address broad issues and work in interdisciplinary ways to assist young people to reach their full potential.