Arts and Humanities

 

American Academy of Religion (AAR) - awards collaborative and individual research grants to AAR members.

American Association of University Women  

 

American Council of Learned Societies - a private non-profit federation of sixty-seven national scholarly organizations. The mission of the ACLS, as set forth in its Constitution, is "the advancement of humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the humanities and the social sciences and the maintenance and strengthening of relations among the national societies devoted to such studies."

 

American Philosophical Society - the Society promote useful knowledge by maintaining five major grant or fellowship programs in a wide range of fields. The Franklin, Phillips, and Library Fellowship programs award small grants for modest research purposes while the Sabbatical Fellowship programs award much larger grants in highly selective competitions.  Awards are made for research only.  The Society makes no grants for academic study or classroom presentation; for travel to conferences or workshops; for non-scholarly projects; for assistance with translation or the preparation of materials for use by students.

ArtsLink - supports exchange between artists and arts organizations in the United States and in Central/Eastern Europe, Russia and Eurasia through a competitive annual selection process.

Asian Cultural Council - The Asian Cultural Council supports cultural exchange between Asia and the United States in the performing and visual arts, primarily by providing individual fellowship grants to artists, scholars, students, and specialists from Asia for study, research, travel and creative work in the United States. Some grants are also awarded to Americans engaged in similar activities in Asia and to arts organizations and educational institutions for specific projects of particular significance to Asian-American cultural exchange. In addition, the Council awards a small number of grants in support of regional exchange activities within Asia.

Association for the Sociology of Religion - In honor of Joseph H. Fichter, the ASR offers grants for research on women and religion as well as other topics that also figured prominetly in his research.  Awards are made annually on the basis of competitive proposals submitted to a rotating committee of Association members. ASR membership is required for consideration.

Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts

Council of the Humanities  

 

Humanities Centers  

 

Huntington Library, Art Collections, & Botanical Gardens  

 

Institute of Museum and Library Services  

 

J. Paul Getty Trust  

 

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation  

 

National Endowment for the Arts (ACLS) - mission is "the advancement of humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the humanities and the social sciences and the maintenance and strengthening of relations among the national societies devoted to such studies."  

 

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) - an independent grant-making agency of the U.S. government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.  

 

National Humanities Center Fellowships Program  

RGK Foundation  

 

Smithsonian Institute Office of Fellowships and Grants  

UPS Foundation  

Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

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