External Funding Resources
For Graduate Students
This list is not exhaustive; many other sources of funding are also available. The first section, therefore, provides links to other databases and lists of funding sources. Also, please be aware that eligibility, timelines, and award amounts vary; please check the information provided by the funding source for details.
- Grants and Fellowships Databases and Lists
- Grants Offered by Government, Foundations, and Institutes
- Grants and Fellowships at Libraries, Archives, or Research Centers
- Grants Offered by Professional Groups or Scholarly Associations
Grants and Fellowships Databases and Lists
- Loyola University Chicago Office of Research Services External Funding page
http://www.luc.edu/ors/funding.shtml - American Philosophical Society - Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research
www.amphilsoc.org - Cornell University Graduate Fellowship Notebook
http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Student/GRFN/ - Council for European Studies Fellowship Program
http://www.councilforeuropeanstudies.org - Higher Education for Development
http://www.aascu.org/ALO/RFPs/RFPMain.htm - Michigan State University Graduate Funding Page
http://www.lib.msu.edu/ - Northwestern University Office for Sponsored Research Page
http://www.northwestern.edu/ors/ - Northwestern University Office of Fellowships
http://www.northwestern.edu/fellowships/ - University of Chicago Research Administration Page
http://researchadmin.uchicago.edu/funding/ - Federal money.org guide to U.S. government grants
http://www.fedmoney.org/grants/0-fellowships.htm - Community of Scholars
http://scholars.cos.com/ - Post-Docs.Com Fellowships Page
http://www.postdocjobs.com/jobseekers/fellowships.shtml - IRIS
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/iris/
Note: this is a subscription-based service; Loyola does not have a subscription.
Grants offered by Government, Foundations, and Institutes
- Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children
http://www.clocc.net/partners/index.html - Forecast of funding for Dept. of Ed
http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edlite-forecast.html - Jacob K. Javits Fellowships (Dept. of Ed)
http://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html - Ford Foundation Fellowships
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fordfellowships/ - Fulbright Scholar Program
http://www.cies.org/
http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html - Henry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
http://www.hfg.org/rg/guidelines.htm - Hispanic Theological Initiative
http://www.ptsem.edu/ - James Madison Graduate Fellowships
http://www.jamesmadison.com/ - Andrew Mellon Foundation Fellowships
http://www.mellon.org/ - National Academies Graduate Fellowship Program
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/policyfellows/ - National Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.neh.gov/grants/grantsbydivision.html - National Science Foundation Graduate Student Funding
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/ - William E. Simon Fellowship
http://www.isi.org/programs/fellowships/simon.html - Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
http://www.pdsoros.org/ - Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowships
http://www.spencer.org/programs/index.htm - TIAA-CREF Ruth Simms Hamilton Research Fellowship
http://www.tiaa-crefinstitute.org/ - Morris K. Udall Fellowships for Environmental Policy and Conflict Resolution
http://www.udall.gov/ - The Woodrow Wilson Foundation Fellowships
http://www.woodrow.org/
Grants and Fellowships at Libraries, Archives, or Research Centers
- National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/grants/ - Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois
http://www.newberry.org/research/ - Getty Library and Research Institute, Los Angeles, California
http://www.getty.edu/grants/research/scholars/
http://www.getty.edu/grants/education/ - Huntington Library, San Marino, California
http://www.huntington.org/ - Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware
http://www.hagley.lib.de.us/grants.html - Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, Winterthur, Delaware
http://www.winterthur.org/research/fellowship.asp?sub=fellowships_avail - Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts
http://masshist.org/fellowships/ - American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts
http://www.americanantiquarian.org/fellowships.htm - New York Public Library, New York, New York
http://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/fellowships-institutes - New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York
http://www.nyam.org/grants/ - Library Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
http://www.librarycompany.org/fellowships/american.htm - Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
http://www.hsp.org/default.aspx?id=37 - Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia
http://www.vahistorical.org/research/fellowships.htm - Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=298 - Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
http://www.si.edu/ofg/fell.htm - National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/getinvolved/fellow/ - Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Washington, D.C
http://www.serc.si.edu/pro_training/fellowships/fellowships.aspx
Grants Offered by Professional Groups or Scholarly Associations
- American Academy of Religion
http://www.aarweb.org/ - American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, Inc.
http://www.aahhe.org/gradStudent.aspx - American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
http://www.aatsp.org/ - American Association of University Women
http://www.aauw.org/fga/index.cfm - American Catholic Historical Association
http://research.cua.edu/acha/prizes.cfm - American Council of Learned Societies
http://www.acls.org/ - American Dietetic Association
http://www.eatright.org/ - American Historical Association
http://www.historians.org/prizes/index.cfm - American Institute of Indian Studies
http://www.indiastudies.org/ - American Library Association
www.ala.org/ala/awardsgrants/ - American Philosophical Assocation
www.apaonline.org/opportunities/ - Asian Cultural Council
http://www.asianculturalcouncil.org/ - Association for Symbolic Logic
http://www.aslonline.org/info-prizes.html - Bishop Frank Murphy Scholarship for Women in Ministry
www.smu.edu/ - Center for Hellenic Studies (post-doctoral fellowship)
http://www.chs.harvard.edu/fellowships.sec/ - Children’s Literature Association
http://chla.wikispaces.com/Awards - College Art Association
http://www.collegeart.org/fellowships/ - Fund for Theological Education
http://www.fteleaders.org/ - International Research and Exchanges Board
http://www.irex.org/programs/grants.asp - Institute of Museum and Library Services
http://www.imls.gov/applicants/name.shtm - Labor and Working Class History Association
http://www.lawcha.org/grants.php?type=Ggrants - Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society
mrds.eserver.org/awards - Modern Greek Studies Association
http://MGSA.org - Modern Language Association
http://www.mla.org/awards - The National Academies
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/rap/ - Phi Beta Kappa Society
http://www.pbk.org/ - Project on Civil Reflection
http://civicreflection.org/ - Renaissance Society of America
http://www.rsa.org/ - Social Sciences Research Council
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/ - Society for the Study of Narrative Literature
http://narrative.georgetown.edu/ - Weaver Fellowship Program
http://www.isi.org/programs/fellowships/richard_weaver.html - Women in German
http://www.womeningerman.org