Graduate Student Fellowships and awards

Fellowships and awards for graduate students vary widely: they range from small internal awards that help defray costs for travel, to fellowships that cover costs for a full year of study or research. Although IPCAA students are encouraged to apply for fellowships throughout their career, fellowship application becomes particularly critical after the student has achieved Candidacy and is embarking on dissertation research.

Many of the major funding resources available to IPCAA students are listed below (both internal and external sources). For more complete details students should consult the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies web page.

**Click HERE for a list of commonly used U of M travel awards**

I: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SOURCES

"LSA Funding Portal" Website

This system acts as an on-line gateway for you to submit a one-time/single funding request to multiple funding opportunities at University of Michigan. Based on your eligibility and need, this system will help you find and request funding for research, fellowship, subvention, or conference related projects. After you enter your information and, if appropriate, your department approves and forwards your application, the request will be matched to opportunities in the system. U of M institutions currently registered with this system are Institute for the Humanities, International Institute, LSA Dean's Office, Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), and Rackham Graduate School. For opportunites that are not supported by this system, please refer to the appropriate source's funding web site.https://www-a1.lsa.umich.edu/eGif/

Rackham Pre-Doctoral Fellowships

These fellowships are intended for final year writing of dissertations. They pay all tuition costs, stipend, Grad Care, and dissertation filing fees. Each department or program may nominate up to 5 graduate students for this award. However, the awards are extremely competitive and the department or program usually nominates only 1 or 2 students (which improves the chances of the students who are nominated). The deadline for the submission of departmental nominations for Pre-doctoral Fellowship awards is Jan. 9, 2009.

Institute for the Humanities

Application Deadline: January 9, 2009
Rackham graduate students who have attained candidacy at the University of Michigan are eligible to apply for a ten-month residential fellowship. Each year, an interdisciplinary faculty committee chaired by a member of the Executive Committee selects approximately six Graduate Student Fellows (out of an applicant pool of about 40) based on the strength and humanities content of their proposals, their academic records, the strength of their recommendations, and their interest in interdisciplinary conversation. Graduate Student Fellows receive a stipend, two terms of candidacy tuition, GradCare insurance, and a modest travel/research allowance. http://www.lsa.umich.edu/humin/fellowshipsgrants/

Email: humin@umich.edu / Telephone: (734) 936-3518 / (Fax): 734-998-6171
The Institute for the Humanities at the University of Michigan
350 South Thayer / Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1608

Lipschutz, Susan/Margaret Ayers Host/Anna Olcott Smith Awards

Application Deadline: January 23, 2009
Description: Women graduate students actively pursuing a doctoral degree in any Rackham program, and who have achieved candidacy are eligible to be nominated. Nominees must have a cumulative GPA of 7.6 or higher. Each Rackham department or program may submit only one nomination.
E-mail: flwships@umich.edu / Telephone: (734) 764-8119

Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS)

Application Deadline: End of January, 2009
Description: These fellowships are available to highly qualified graduate students in Rackham or professional schools at the University of Michigan who are studying modern Arabic, Armenian, Hebrew, Persian, or Turkish. Awards are for the academic year and/or for summer language study. For more detailed information, consult the FLAS website. To apply for this fellowship, contact the:

Director of CMENAS, SSWB Room 4640 / Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106.
Phone: 734/ 764-0350.
FLAS Fellowships are a major source of funding for both beginning and advanced graduate students.

Rackham International Research Awards

Application Deadline: February 1, 2009
Description: This fellowship was established to support doctoral and terminal master's students conducting degree-related research outside North America. Graduate students in any Rackham program are eligible. Preference will be given to doctoral students who will have reached candidacy by September 2007 and have an approved dissertation topic, and students in terminal master's programs who have a non-course related research project for their degree. Students of any citizenship may apply. Students may not apply exclusively for language training, but may submit proposals that combine language study with research. The grant may not be used for the purchase of equipment or software. Students with external research fellowship support may apply, but must demonstrate need for additional funding. Students may receive only one RIRA award. Up to fifteen awards of up to $7,500 will be made.
http://www.rackham.umich.edu/Fellowships/guideln/rira.html

E-mail: flwships@umich.edu
Telephone: (734) 764-8119

Rackham Merit Fellowship

Application Deadline: February 12 and March 12, 2009
Description: This multi-year program was established for U-M graduate students entering Rackham terminal masters and doctoral programs who have outstanding academic qualifications, show exceptional potential for scholarly success in their graduate program, and demonstrate promise for contributing to wider academic, professional, or civic communities. Nominees are encouraged to provide their graduate program with relevant information regarding their personal background and life experiences, including educational, cultural, familial, socioeconomic, or other opportunities or challenges in their Personal Statement on the application for admission to the Rackham Graduate School. Award consists of $7,800 per term plus paid tuition and insurance coverage. Open to United States citizens and permanent residents only. Applicants must be nominated by the department. http://www.rackham.umich.edu/Fellowships/guideln/2180.html

E-mail: flwships@umich.edu
Telephone: (734) 764-8119

Rackham Graduate Student Emergency Funds

Application Deadline: Ongoing
Description: These awards are intended to help meet the financial needs of Rackham graduate students who encounter an emergency situation or one-time, unusual, or unforeseen expenses during their degree program. Normal living expenses such as rent, car repairs, child care, and utilities are generally not considered emergency situations. Exceptions may be made for extraordinary circumstances. Students must be in good academic standing in a Rackham degree program. Awards may be up to $2,500. Rackham graduate students will be limited to two emergency awards. http://www.rackham.umich.edu/Fellowships/

E-mail: flwships@umich.edu
Telephone: (734) 764-8119

International Institute

a. Conference Travel

Application Deadline: Date Varies
Description: The International Institute provides supplemental travel support for graduate and professional school students invited to present papers at conferences in the U.S. and its territories and in Canada. Papers must be on area or international topics, and must have been selected by a jury process. Grants are available for travel to area studies meetings, annual disciplinary meetings and similar conferences and workshops. Students may apply for up to $250 for travel support each year.

E-mail: kbakke@umich.edu / Telephone: (734) 763-3297
U-M International Institute / 2660 SSWB / Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106

b. Predissertation Research Awards

Application Deadline: February 20, 2007
Description: These awards support preliminary visits to prospective overseas research sites for graduate students in area and international studies who are planning doctoral research and will not have achieved candidacy until after the award has been used. Student must be associated with the Institute through one of its constituent centers or programs and must demonstrate additional support from departments and other outside funding sources. Awards will not exceed 150% of the lowest-cost round-trip airfare from the University to the research site.

E-mail: kbakke@umich.edu / Telephone: (734) 763-3297
U-M International Institute / 2660 SSWB / Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106

Mary Malcomson Raphael Fellowships

This fellowship was established in 1985 for women graduate students in a humanities or social science field in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts. It is intended as an award of high distinction and is presented to women held in the highest esteem by their faculty. Fellowship recipients are selected on the basis of their academic excellence and their potential to make a contribution of exceptional usefulness to society. The Fellowship is provided through an endowment established by the late Margaret Earhart Smith in recognition of her friend Mary Malcomson Raphael, a singularly resourceful and creative woman, who "had a gift for evoking power in people above and beyond their ordinary capacity." For more information contact:

The Center for the Education of Women / 330 E. Liberty / Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Telephone: (734) 764-6005 / Fax: (734) 998-6203

Institute for Research on Women and Gender: "Community of Scholars" Fellowships

Application Deadline: January 17, 2007
Description: This institute supports graduate students who are conducting or planning research, scholarship, and creative activites that focus on women and gender. Fellowships are either for eight months during Summer and Fall (candidates) or for four months during Summer ( pre-candidates). All fellowships come with monthly stipends of $1,600. Awardees are required to participate in a weekly seminar for May and June and and to publicly present their work during the academic year. No department nomination is required.
http://www.umich.edu/~irwg/funding/umgrads/comscholcall.html

E-mail: society.of.fellows@umich.edu / Telephone: (734) 76-9537
Institute for Research on Women and Gender/ University of Michigan / 1136 Lane Hall
204 South State Street / Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1290

Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies

Thanks to the support of many generous individual and organizational donors, the Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies maintains a number of fellowship funds for graduate level Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. Funds are available for ongoing graduate studies and summer research activities.
For more information about these funds and application deadlines, please contact:

grennedm@umich.edu
Website: http://www.umich.edu/~judstud/grad.htm

II: NATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS AND INTERNATIONAL STUDY

Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in the Humanities

Application Deadline: January 5, 2004
Description: For persons who have not yet begun graduate study. Must be a U.S. or Canadian citizen of outstanding academic promise in humanistic studies, and planning a career in college teaching. Award is $14,750 plus tuition and fees, and is non-renewable. http://www.woodrow.org/mellon/

Email: mellon@woodrow.org / Telephone: (609) 452-7007 or 1 (800) 899-9963
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation / Mellon Fellowships / CN 5329
Princeton, NJ 08543-5329

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Early Career Fellowships

Application Deadline: November 12, 2008
Description: This orgnization offers Dissertation Completion Fellowships for graduate students in the humanities and related social sciences in the last year of their dissertation writing. Award is for one year beginning in summer and comes with a $25,000 stipend, plus funds for research costs of up to $3,000 and for university fees of up to $5,000. Awardees can hold this Fellowship no later than their seventh year. http://www.acls.org/ecfguide.htm

Telephone: (212) 697-1505/Fax (212) 949-8058
American Council of Learned Societies / 633 3rd Avenue /
New York, NY 10017-6795

Samuel H. Kress Foundation Fellowships

Application Deadline: November 30, 2008
Description: The Kress Foundation offers two-year fellowships for research and study-abroad in association with specific foreign institutions in Florence, Jerusalem, Leiden, London, Munich, Nicosia, Paris, Rome, and Zurich. The stipends total $22,500 per year. In addition, the Kress Foundation also offers travel fellowships of $3,500 to $10,000 for disseration travel. Eligible applicants: candidates with projects focusing on European art before 1900. Candidates must be nominated by their department. http://www.kressfoundation.org/index.html

Telephone: (212) 861-4993/Fax: (212) 628-3146
Samuel H. Kress Foundation/174th East 80th Street/ New York, NY 10021

Jacob K. Javits Fellowship: U.S. Dept. of Education

Application Deadline: October 3, 2008
Description: The Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program is designed to assist students of superior abilities to pursue graduate study leading to the doctorate in selected fields within the arts, humanities and social sciences. Fellows will be chosen on the basis of demonstrated achievements and exceptional promise. Stipend is determined wholly by the fellow's financial need as determined by the institution the fellow attends and cannot exceed student's demonstrated level of need.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html

Telephone: (202) 502-7700.
Higher Education Programs / US Dept of Education / 1990 K St. NW, Floor 6 /
Washington, DC 20006-8521

Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship

Application Deadline: January 15, 2009
Description: For unmarried women between 25 and 35 who are studying French language and literature or Greek language and literature, history or archaeology. The fellowship carries a stipend of $20,000. Greek and French awards usually alternate every other year. http://www.pbk.org/

Telephone: (202) 265-3803
The Phi Beta Kappa Society
1785 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Fourth Floor / Washington, DC 20036

American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)

Application Deadline: January 5, 2008
Description: Fellowships for research in Egypt for Egyptian Ph.D. students who have successfully completed the preliminary exams, who are currently enrolled in a graduate program of an American or Canadian university, and who have J1 student visas. Eligible fields of study: Archeology, Architecture, Art, Egyptology, History, Humanities, Islamic Studies, and Social Sciences. Awardees receive monthly stipend commensurate with academic status and round trip air transportation. http://www.arce.org/

E-mail: arce@emory.edu / Telephone: (404) 712-9854
ARCE / Emory University West Campus / Bldg A, Suite 423W / 1256 Briarcliff Rd NE / Atlanta, GA 30306

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship (US/ED)

Application Deadline: October 2008 (dates vary)
Description: For U.S. citizens and permanent residents planning doctoral dissertation research abroad, for the study of a world area outside of Western Europe, using a modern foreign language, by advanced graduate students who are enrolled in a UM PhD program where they specialize in a modern foreign language or area studies. Awards provide round-trip air fare, local travel, supplies, tuition, insurance, cost-of-living allowance and dependents' allowance. http://www.ii.umich.edu/ii/funding

E-mail: unlisted@umich.edu / Telephone: (734) 764-0441 / Fax: (734) 763-9154
Contact: Beni G.A. Benadom / U-M International Institute / 2660 SSWB / Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106

Graham Foundation, Carter Manny Award

Application Deadline: March 15, 2008
Description: The foundation supports dissertation candidates with research focusing on architecture and other arts that are immediately contributive to architecture, including architectural history and theory. Awards vary, with a maximum limit of $15,000. The foundation also requires the submission of annual progress reports until the dissertation is completed.
http://www.grahamfoundation.org/grants/carter-desc.asp?pageID=31&parentID=21

Email: info@grahamfoundation.org Telephone: (312) 787-4071
4 West Burton Place/ Chicago, Illinois 60610-1416

Pre-Registration Deadline: August 1, 2007
Application Deadline: September 17, 2007
Description: Programs offered include full grants for research/study, travel grants for selected countries, and various opportunities for teaching assistantships in English. Must be senior or graduate student, and a U.S. citizen. Local interview by faculty committee is required. Grants vary; most provide round-trip transportation, tuition, books, and one year of maintenance. Program operates worldwide.
http://www.ii.umich.edu/ii/funding

Email: akehoe@umich.edu Telephone: (734) 763-3297 Fax: (734) 763-9154
Amy Kehoe / International Institute / University of Michigan / 2660 International Institute /
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106

The American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT)

Application Deadline: See website
Description: The American Research Institute in Turkey awards fellowships to graduate students who wish to do research in Turkey as well as summer fellowships to students who want to attend Intensive Advanced Turkish Language programs at the Bosphorus University in Istanbul. For further information visit:
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ARIT/FellowshipPrograms.htm

Email: leinwand@sas.upenn.edu
Telephone: (215) 898-3474 / Fax: (215) 898-0657
University of Pennsylvania Museum, 33rd and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6324 /

Getty Research Institute

Application Deadline: November 1, 2007
Description: Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships provide support for emerging scholars to complete work on projects related to the Getty Research Institute's annual theme. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute, where they pursue research to complete their dissertations or to expand them for publication. Fellows make use of the Getty collections, join in a weekly meeting devoted to the annual theme, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty Center.
http://www.getty.edu/grants/research/index.html

Email: researchgrants@getty.edu Telephone: (310) 440-7374
Attn: Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships/ The Getty Grant Program
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1685

American Academy in Rome (Rome Prize)

Application Deadline: November 1, 2007
Description: Fellowships are offered in the fine arts and humanities in a number of disciplines, including archaeology, history of art, and classical studies. Rome Prize winners are provided with a stipend, room and board, and a workspace. http://www.aarome.org

Telephone: (212) 517-7200
American Academy in Rome, Fellowship Coordinator
7 East 60th
New York, N.Y. 10021

Archaeological Institute of America

Application Deadline: November 1, 2007 and January 15, 2008 (see website)
Description: The Archaeological Institute of America awards several fellowships each year, with the exception of the Anna C. and Oliver C. Colburn Fellowship, which is awarded every other year. These fellowships are generally awarded to students in doctoral programs or to recent recipients of the Ph.D whose focus is Classical Archaeology. For more information visit: http://www.archaeological.org/

Telephone: (617) 353-9361
Archaeological Institute of America/Located at Boston University
656 Beacon Street / Boston, MA 02215-2006

America School of Classical Studies in Athens

Application Deadline: Check Website
Description: The American School of Classical Studies offers a number of pre-doctoral fellowships, including full support for one year as a “regular member” at the school in Athens and several more advanced fellowships in classical and Greek art history, the history of architecture, and pottery. For detailed information see the school’s website: http://ascsa.edu.gr/

Email: ascsa@ascsa,edu,gr Telephone: (+30) 210-72-36-313; fax: (+30) 210-72-50-584
ASCSA, 54 Souidias Street, GR-106 76 Athens, Greece

Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research

Application Deadline: May 1 and November 1
Description: Dissertation Fieldwork Grants are awarded to individuals to aid doctoral dissertation or thesis research. Applicants must be enrolled for a doctoral degree. Application must be made jointly with a thesis advisor or other scholar who will undertake responsibility for supervising the project. Awards are contigent upon the applicant's successful completion of all requirements for the degree other than the dissertation/thesis. Applications may be submitted before such requirements have been met; however, should an award be approved, the foundation will at that time request evidence of that the applicant is "all-but-dissertation/ advanced-to-candidacy". Qualified students of all nationalities are eligible. http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_list.htm?attrib_id=13232

Telephone: (212) 683-5000
220 Fifth Avenue, 16th Floor
New York, N.Y. 10001

American Numismatic Society (ANS)

Application Deadline: February 15, 2008
Description: The ANS provides 6 stipends of $3,000 for attendance at the Society’s annual Graduate Seminar in Numismatics, and one award yearly of the Frances M. Schwartz Fellowship to support work and study of numismatic and museum methodology at the ANS. Additional information and application forms will be provided upon request. The forms can be printed from the website and submitted by mail (electronic applications are not accepted). http://www.amnumsoc.org

Telephone: (212) 571-4470

American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR)

Application Deadline: February 1, 2008
Description: ACOR supports various kinds of pre-doctoral fellowships for students, including work on a dissertation or an ACOR-approved archaeological research project. Research must focus on the Near East. For a full description of the range of grants see: http://www.bu.edu/acor/

Email: acor@bu.edu
Telephone: (617) 353-6571
ACOR Fellowship Committee / 656 Beacon Street, Fifth Floor / Boston, MA 02215

Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

Application Deadline: November 1
Description: Each fellowship is for a period of two years. A fellow may pursue a graduate degree in any professional field (engineering, medicine, law, social work, etc.) or scholarly discipline in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences. Fine/Performing Arts are included. The grant is for $20,000 and a tuition grant of one-half the tuition cost of the US graduate program attended by the fellow. By "New Americans" we include Green Card holders, naturalized citizens, and children of parents where both parents are naturalized citizens. http://www.pdsoros.org/

Email: Pdsoros_Fellow@sorosny.org / Telephone: (212) 547-6926 / Fax: (212) 548-4623
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans / 400 W. 59th Street / New York, NY 10019

Woodrow Wilson Women's Studies Grant

Application Deadline: Early October, 2006
Description: Students in doctoral programs in any field of study at graduate schools in the U.S. who have completed all pre-dissertation requirements. To encourage original and significant research about women on such topics as the evolution of women's role in society and particularly in contemporary America, women in history, the psychology of women, and women as seen in literature. Award is $2,000 for dissertation related expenses. http://www.woodrow.org/womens-studies/

Email: charlotte@woodrow.org
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation / Women's Studies Program CN 5281 /
Princeton, NJ 08543-5281

Fondazione Lemmermann

Application Deadline: March 15, 2008
The Lemmermann Foundation awards scholarships to University students, who need to study in Rome to carry out research and prepare their theses concerning Rome and the Roman culture from the Pre-Roman period to the present day time in the classical studies.
Applicants should: 1) be attending a recognized University course; 2) have a basic knowledge of the Italian language. The monthly scholarship amount is established at 750 Euros. Application forms and further information are available from the website. http://www.nexus.it/lemmermann/

E-mail: lemmermann@mail.nexus.it
Tel. (+39-06) 324.30.23 - fax. (+39-06) 322.17.88
Fondazione Lemmermann, c/o Studio Associato Romanelli, via Cosseria, 5, 00192 Roma, Italy