Fellowships, Grants, and Awards
Below is a list of opportunities of special interest to linguists as well as scholars in the social sciences, humanities, and related fields. For funding options related to international experiences, see our Abroad Options for Study, Work & Volunteering.
You can also send the LSA listings you wish to publicize to the linguistics community.
Also refer to these webinars for more information:
- LSA Webinar on Applying for NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
- LSA Webinar on NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Grants DDRIG
- Learn How to Apply for NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Grant Agency Addresses
ALBERTA HERITAGE SCHOLARSHIP FUND, Students Finance Board, 10th Floor, Baker Center, 10025 106th Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5J 4P9; (403) 427-8640; fax: (403) 422-4516 l
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION, Jean-Paul-Strasse 12, W-5300 Bonn 2, Federal Republic of Germany; (0228) 833-0; facsimile: (0228) 833 199; North American Office, 1350 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 903, Washington, DC 20036; (202) 296-2990; fax: (202) 833-8514
AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME, 41 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10021; (212) 517-4200
AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01609-1634; (508) 755-5221; fax: (508) 753-3311
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION for the ADVANCEMENT of SCIENCE, 1200 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005; (202) 326-6400
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN, Educational Foundation, 1111 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-4873; (202) 728-7603
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES, Office of Fellowships & Grants, 633 3rd Avenue, New York, NY 10017-6795; (212) 697-1505; fax: (212) 949-8058
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION, One Dupont Circle, Washington, DC 20036; (202) 939-9420; fax: (202) 833-4760
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INDIAN STUDIES, 1130 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637; (773) 702-8638
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PAKISTAN STUDIES, PO Box 7568, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109; (919) 759-5453; fax: (919) 759-6104.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR YEMENI STUDIES, PO Box 311, Ardmore, PA 19003-0311; (610) 896-5412; fax: (610) 896-9049
AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 104 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386; (215) 440-3400
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242; (202) 336-6127; fax: (202) 336-6012
AMERICAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN TURKEY, c/o University of Pennsylvania Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6324; (215) 898-3474; fax: (215) 898-0657
AMERICAN-SCANDINAVIAN FOUNDATION, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016; (212) 879-9779; fax: (212) 249-3444
BELGIAN AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC, 195 Church Street, New Haven, CT 06510; (203) 777-5765
CAMARGO FOUNDATION, 64 Main Street, PO Box 32, East Haddam, CT 06423
CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF UKRAINIAN STUDIES, 352 Athabasca Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E8; (403) 492-2972; fax: (403) 492-4967
CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDY IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, 202 Junipero Serra Boulevard, Stanford, CA 94305; (415) 321-2052
CENTER FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES, 4115 Helen C. White, 600 North Park, Madison, WI 53706; (608) 263-1755; fax: (608) 263-7125
COLUMBIA SOCIETY OF FELLOWS IN THE HUMANITIES, Heyman Center, Mail Code 5700, Columbia University, 2960 Broadway, New York, NY 10027; (212) 854-4631; fax: (212) 662-7289
CORNELL UNIVERSITY MELLON POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, Andrew D. White House, 27 East Avenue, Ithaca, NY 14853; (607) 255-9274
COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OF SCHOLARS, 3007 Tilden Street, NW, Suite 5L, Washington, DC 20008-3009; (202) 686-7877; fax: (202) 362-3442
EAST-WEST CENTER, 1777 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96848; (808) 944-7777; fax: (808) 944-7490
EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE, 660 Rosedale Road, Princeton, NJ 0854; (609) 921-9000
ENDANGERED LANGUAGES DOCUMENTATION PROGRAMME, Department of Linguistics, SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, LONDON, WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom; +44 (0)20 7637 2388.
THE FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY, 201 East Capitol Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003; (202) 544-4600.
GERMAN ACADEMIC EXCHANGE SERVICE (DAAD), 950 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022; (212) 758-3223; fax: (212) 755-5780
HUNTINGTON LIBRARY & ART GALLERY, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN THE HUMANITIES, The University of Edinburgh, Hope Park Square, Edinburgh EH8 9NW, Scotland; 131-650-4671; fax: 131-668-2252
THE INSTITUTE FOR BROADING PARTICIPATION (IBP), P.O. Box 607, Damariscotta, ME 04543; 207-424-1185
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY, Olden Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540; (609) 734-8000
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN THE HUMANITIES, Old Observatory, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706; (608) 262-3855
INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, 809 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017-3580; (212) 984-5330
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH & EXCHANGES BOARD, 1616 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006; (202) 628-8188; fax: (202) 628-8189
JACOBS RESEARCH FUNDS, Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect Street, Bellingham, WA 98225; (206) 676-6981
JOHN SIMON GUGGENHEIM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, 90 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016; (212) 687-4470
THE LADY DAVIS FELLOWSHIP TRUST, PO Box 1255, Jerusalem, Israel 91904; 972-2-663848
LINGUISTIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 522 21st St. NW, Suite 120, Washington, DC 20006-5012; (202) 835-1714; Contact David Robinson, Director of Membership and Meetings
MARY INGRAHAM BUNTING INSTITUTE OF RADCLIFFE COLLEGE, 34 Concord Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138; (617) 495-8212
MICHIGAN SOCIETY OF FELLOWS, University of Michigan, 3030 Rackham Building, 915 East Washington Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1070; (734) 763-1259
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SOVIET & EAST EUROPEAN RESEARCH, 1755 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 304, Washington, DC 20036; (202) 387-0168
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MODERN LANGUAGE TEACHERS ASSOCIATIONS, 1809 Saint Andrews Place, Lincoln, NE 68512
THE NATIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER, 7100 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 300, College Park, MD 20740; (301) 403-1750; fax: (301) 403-1754
NATIONAL HUMANITIES CENTER, Fellowship Program, PO Box 12256, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2256; (919) 549-0661; fax: (919) 990-8535
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, Fellowship Office, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20418; (202) 334-2872; fax: (202) 334-3419; [email protected]
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, Linguistics Program, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. Phone: (703) 292-8962; Fax: (703) 292-9068
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, Division of Graduate Education (DGE), 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230; (703) 292-8630; fax: (703) 292-9048
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL), 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. Phone (703) 292-4381; Fax: (703) 292-9068
NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY IN THE HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES, Meijboomlaan 1, 2242 PR Wassenaar, The Netherlands; 01751-19302; fax: 01751-17162
THE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY, 1606 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20009; (202) 265-3808; fax: (202) 986-1601
SCHOOL OF AMERICAN RESEARCH, PO Box 2188, Santa Fe, NM 87504-2188; (505) 954-7201
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL, 810 Seventh Avenue, 31st Floor, New York, NY 10019; (212) 377-2700; fax: (212) 377-2727
SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA, 255 Albert Street, PO Box 1610, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1P 6G4; (613) 992-0682
SOCIETY FOR APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY, P.O. Box 2436, Oklahoma City, OK 73101; (405) 843-5113
THE SOCIETY FOR THE HUMANITIES, Cornell University, 27 East Avenue, Ithaca, NY 14853; (607) 255-9274
SOCIOLOGICAL INITIATIVES FOUNDATION, c/o GMA Foundations, 2 Liberty Square Suite 500, Boston, MA 02109; (617) 391-3091
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Office of Fellowships & Grants, Suite 7000, 955 L'Enfant Plaza, Washington, DC 20560; (202) 287-3271
THE SPENCER FOUNDATION, 900 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 2800, Chicago, IL 60611-1542; (312) 337-7000; fax: (312) 337-0282
STANFORD HUMANITIES CENTER, Mariposa House, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-8630; (650) 723-3052; fax: (650) 723-1895
U.S. INFORMATION AGENCY, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Room 142, Washington, DC 20024; (800) 726-0479
WENNER-GREN FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH, INC, 220 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10001-7708; (212) 683-5000
WISCONSIN HUMANITIES COMMITTEE, 716 Langdon Street, Madison, WI 53706; (608) 262-0706
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS, 1000 Jefferson Drive, SW, Washington, DC 20560 SI MRC 022; (202) 357-2841; fax: (202) 357-4439.
WOODROW WILSON NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION, CN 5281, Princeton, NJ 08543; (609) 452-7007; fax: (609) 452-0066
U.S. Government Agencies
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW (FO 2014), Washington, DC 20418; (202) 334-3680; fax: (202) 334-2614
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES, 400 7th Street Southwest, Washington, DC 20506; (202) 606-8438
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH, 5600 Fischers Lane, Room 18C-26, Rockville, MD 20857.
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, Bethesda, MD 20892
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, Division of Graduate Education, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230; (703) 292-8630; fax: (703) 292-9048
U.S. INFORMATION AGENCY, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Room 142, Washington, DC 20024; (800) 726-0479
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20202