Arts & Humanities

106 scholarships

American Academy in Berlin Fellowships — Stipend, room, board, and round-trip airfare — Deadline: September 29
American Academy in Berlin American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Fellowships — $2,000 - $10,000 — Deadline: January 15
American Antiquarian Society American Association of University Women (AAUW) Fellowships and Grants — $2,000 - $30,000 — Deadline: Varies by program (e.g., November 1 for American Fellowships)
American Association of University Women American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowships — Up to $50,000 - $75,000 — Deadline: September 28
American Council of Learned Societies American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) Fellowships — Up to $18,000 — Deadline: November 1
American Research Institute in Turkey American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) Fellowships — Varies by program (full stipend, room, board) — Deadline: January 15
American School of Classical Studies at Athens Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship — Up to $7,500/year — Deadline: Last Friday in January
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Beinecke Scholarship Program — $34,000 ($4,000 upon entrance to graduate school, $30,000 while in graduate school) — Deadline: Early February (campus deadline)
S.H. and Helen R. Scheuer Family Foundation Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA) Fellowships — Varies (e.g., $40,000 for predoc, $55,000 for postdoc) — Deadline: October 15 (Predoctoral), September 15 (Postdoctoral)
National Gallery of Art Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Summer Enrichment Program — Tuition, room, board, and travel — Deadline: February 1
U.S. Department of State Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) Fellowships — Up to $1,500/week (plus travel) — Deadline: January 19
Council of American Overseas Research Centers Dumbarton Oaks Fellowships — Stipend + housing + medical insurance — Deadline: November 1
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection Emerging Voices Fellowship — $1,500/month stipend + mentorship — Deadline: June 1
PEN America Folger Shakespeare Library Fellowships — Varies (up to $5,000/month for short-term; specific stipends for long-term) — Deadline: September 15
Folger Shakespeare Library Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs — $27,000 - $50,000 — Deadline: December 14
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Fulbright U.S. Student Program — Varies (full grant for tuition, living, travel) — Deadline: October 10
U.S. Department of State Gates Cambridge Scholarship — Full cost of studying at Cambridge — Deadline: Varies by program (usually October for US, December for international)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Humanity in Action Fellowship — Full program costs (housing, travel, food) for summer program — Deadline: January 8
Humanity in Action Huntington Library Fellowships — Varies ($3,500/month for long-term; specific stipends for short-term) — Deadline: November 15
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program — Tuition + stipend — Deadline: Typically mid-October every other year (check website for current cycle)
U.S. Department of Education Josephine de Karman Fellowship Trust — $22,000 (graduate), $10,000 (undergraduate) — Deadline: January 31
Josephine de Karman Fellowship Trust Marshall Scholarship — Full tuition + stipend — Deadline: September 26
British Government NEH Summer Stipends — $6,000 — Deadline: September 20
National Endowment for the Humanities National Merit Scholarship Program — $2,500 (single payment) or varying amounts from colleges/corporations — Deadline: October (PSAT test date)
National Merit Scholarship Corporation Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans — $25,000/year + 50% tuition — Deadline: October 26
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans Payne International Development Fellowship Program — Up to $42,000/year — Deadline: November 3
USAID Point Foundation Scholarship — Varies (up to full tuition) — Deadline: January 14
Point Foundation Rangel Graduate Fellowship Program — Up to $42,000/year — Deadline: September 29
U.S. Department of State Regeneron Science Talent Search — $2,000 - $250,000 — Deadline: November 8
Society for Science Rhodes Scholarship — Full tuition + stipend — Deadline: October 2
Rhodes Trust Rome Prize Fellowship — Stipend, room, board, and workspace for 6 or 11 months — Deadline: November 1
American Academy in Rome Scholarship for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) — Varies (up to cost of attendance) — Deadline: Varies by institution
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Schomburg Center Scholars-in-Residence Program — $35,000 (for six months) — Deadline: December 1
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (New York Public Library) Smithsonian Institution Fellowships — Varies by program (e.g., $37,000/year for predoctoral, $55,000/year for postdoctoral) — Deadline: November 1
Smithsonian Institution The American Academy of Arts & Sciences Visiting Scholars Program — Stipend + benefits — Deadline: October 16
American Academy of Arts & Sciences The American Classical League (ACL) Scholarships — $500 - $2,500 — Deadline: Varies by scholarship (e.g., January 1, March 1)
American Classical League The American Craft Council (ACC) Fellowships — $10,000 — Deadline: October 1
American Craft Council The American Folklore Society (AFS) Fellowships and Awards — Varies ($500 - $2,500) — Deadline: Varies by program (e.g., April 1, July 1)
American Folklore Society The American Historical Association (AHA) Research Grants — $1,000 - $2,000 — Deadline: October 16
American Historical Association The American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS) Fellowships — Stipend + travel — Deadline: December 31
American Institute for Yemeni Studies The American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS) Fellowships — Stipend + travel — Deadline: October 1
American Institute of Pakistan Studies The American Musicological Society (AMS) Fellowships — Varies by program ($2,000 - $22,000) — Deadline: January 15
American Musicological Society The American Philosophical Society Library & Museum Fellowships — $3,000 - $6,000/month — Deadline: January 14
American Philosophical Society The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) Digital Humanities Fellowships — $1,000 - $2,000 — Deadline: February 1
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) Fellowships — $1,000 - $4,000 — Deadline: February 1
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) Grants and Fellowships — $500 - $10,000 — Deadline: November 1
Archaeological Institute of America The Atlantic Writing Fellowship — Paid fellowship (salary and benefits) — Deadline: Typically in Fall (check website annually)
The Atlantic The Bogliasco Foundation Fellowships — Stipend, room, and board for one month — Deadline: January 15 (Spring/Summer), May 1 (Fall/Winter)
The Bogliasco Foundation The Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) Fellowships — Stipend + housing + medical insurance — Deadline: October 1
Center for Hellenic Studies (Harvard University) The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens - Dibner Fellowships in the History of Science and Technology — $3,500/month — Deadline: November 15
The Huntington Library The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens - Fellowships for Roman Studies — $3,500/month — Deadline: November 15
The Huntington Library The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens - NEH Fellowships — $5,000/month — Deadline: November 15
The Huntington Library / NEH The John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage Fellowships — Varies ($5,000 - $20,000) — Deadline: March 15
Brown University The Library Company of Philadelphia Fellowships — $2,500/month — Deadline: December 1
The Library Company of Philadelphia The National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) Fund for the Arts — $5,000 - $10,000 — Deadline: Varies by program (check website)
National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Research Foundation Grants — $3,000 - $10,000 — Deadline: February 15
National Council of Teachers of English The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans - Arts & Humanities Focus — $25,000/year + 50% tuition — Deadline: October 26
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans The Renaissance Society of America (RSA) Research Fellowships — $1,000 - $5,000 — Deadline: November 1
Renaissance Society of America The Society for Classical Studies (SCS) Fellowships — $4,000 - $14,000 — Deadline: December 15
Society for Classical Studies The W. E. B. Du Bois Fellowship Program — Up to $100,000 — Deadline: October 24
National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Udall Scholarship — Up to $7,000 — Deadline: March 2
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Union Plus Scholarship Program — $500 - $4,000 — Deadline: January 31
Union Plus Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library Fellowships — Varies ($1,500/month - $50,000/year) — Deadline: January 15
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) Fellowships — Stipend + travel + housing — Deadline: January 15
American Research Center in Egypt The American Society for Environmental History (ASEH) Faculty Research Grants — $1,000 - $2,500 — Deadline: January 15
American Society for Environmental History The American Society for Environmental History (ASEH) Pelto Prize and Grants — $500 - $1,000 — Deadline: January 15
American Society for Environmental History The Center for Digital Humanities at Princeton (CDH) Fellowship — Stipend + benefits — Deadline: November 1
Princeton University Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Spark for High School Students — Full cost of participation (travel, tuition, housing, etc.) — Deadline: November 14 (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
U.S. Department of State American Indian College Fund (AICF) Full Circle Scholarship — $1,000 - $5,000 — Deadline: May 31 (Fall), September 30 (Spring)
American Indian College Fund The American Society for Ethnohistory (ASEH) Grants — $500 - $1,000 — Deadline: October 1
American Society for Ethnohistory The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Research Fellowships — $10,000 — Deadline: November 1
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Eugene Cota-Robles Awards Program — Full tuition + stipend — Deadline: Varies by UC campus (often December 1) (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
University of California (system-wide) The National Council on Public History (NCPH) New Professional Award — $500 — Deadline: December 1 (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
National Council on Public History The Center for the Study of the Novel at Stanford University - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship — $70,000 + benefits — Deadline: November 1 (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
Stanford University American Numismatic Society (ANS) Fellowship Programs — Varies ($4,500 - $7,000/month) — Deadline: November 1 (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
American Numismatic Society Princeton in Asia (PiA) Fellowship — Stipend + health insurance + travel grant — Deadline: November 1 (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
Princeton in Asia The Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender (SSEMWG) Awards and Grants — $500 - $2,000 — Deadline: April 1
Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender The American Academy in Rome - Affiliated Fellowships — Varies by supporting institution — Deadline: Varies by nominating institution (check AAR website for partners) (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
American Academy in Rome The American Institute for Iranian Studies (AIIS) Fellowships — Stipend + travel — Deadline: February 1
American Institute for Iranian Studies The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) Fellowships — Stipend + travel + housing — Deadline: July 1
American Institute of Indian Studies The American Library Association (ALA) Spectrum Scholarship Program — $5,000 — Deadline: March 1
American Library Association American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) Postdoctoral Fellowships — Stipend + travel + housing — Deadline: October 15
ACTR / American Councils for International Education American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) Research Fellowships — $4,000 - $6,000/month — Deadline: January 15 (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
American Museum of Natural History American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA) Research Fellowships — $1,000 — Deadline: November 1
American Museum of Ceramic Art The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) Fellowships and Grants — Up to $23,000 (fellowship), up to $5,000 (grant) — Deadline: November 1 (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
The American-Scandinavian Foundation The American Musicological Society (AMS) Philip Brett Award — $500 — Deadline: May 1
American Musicological Society The Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) Research Grants — $500 - $2,000 — Deadline: December 31 (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
Association for Recorded Sound Collections The College Art Association (CAA) Professional Development Fellowships — $10,000 — Deadline: November 16
College Art Association DAAD Study Scholarship for Graduate Students — Monthly stipend + travel allowance + health insurance — Deadline: November 1
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Dumbarton Oaks Mellon Fellowships in Urban Landscape Studies — Stipend + housing + medical insurance — Deadline: November 1 (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection Getty Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships — $35,000 (predoctoral), $65,000 (postdoctoral) — Deadline: October 1 (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
Getty Foundation The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Fellowships — $3,000/month — Deadline: December 1
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History The Hagley Museum and Library Fellowships — Varies ($1,700/month - $4,200/month) — Deadline: November 1
Hagley Museum and Library James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation Fellowship — Up to $24,000 — Deadline: March 1 (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation The Medieval Academy of America (MAA) Grants and Fellowships — $500 - $6,000 — Deadline: November 15 (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
Medieval Academy of America The Modern Language Association (MLA) Prizes and Fellowships — $1,000 - $5,000 — Deadline: Varies by prize/fellowship (e.g., May 1, July 1) (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
Modern Language Association The Paul Cuffe Memorial Fellowship for Research in New England Maritime History — $2,500 — Deadline: November 1 (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
Mystic Seaport Museum The North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS) Grants and Fellowships — $500 - $2,500 — Deadline: March 15 (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
North American Conference on British Studies Newberry Library Fellowships — Varies (up to $4,000/month for short-term; specific stipends for long-term) — Deadline: October 16 (long-term), January 15 (short-term) (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
Newberry Library National Public Radio (NPR) Kroc Fellowship — $47,000 stipend + benefits — Deadline: November 29 (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
NPR The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Junior Fellowships — Stipend + accommodation + travel — Deadline: January 31 (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (Yale University) Peabody Essex Museum Fellowships — Up to $3,500/month — Deadline: February 1
Peabody Essex Museum The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) Fellowships — Varies by program ($2,000 - $5,000) — Deadline: February 1 (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
Society of Architectural Historians Schwarzman Scholars — Full tuition + living expenses + travel — Deadline: September 12 (US/Global), May 21 (China) (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
Schwarzman Scholars Foundation Spencer Dissertation Fellowship for Research Related to Education — $27,500 — Deadline: October 24 (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
Spencer Foundation Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Dissertation Fellowships — $22,000 - $40,000 — Deadline: November 1 (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
Social Science Research Council