Funding for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Faculty Proposal Writing Workshop -- University of California, Davis
Dr. Suad Joseph
Shaady Salehi
February 2004

 

Agency/Foundation Program Website Program Description
Academy of American Poets Greenwall Fund http://www.poets.org Provides grants to support the publication of first books of original poetry at noncommercial US presses.
Academy of American Poets Walt Whitman Award http://www.poets.org The award is given annually for a 40-page or longer manuscript of original poetry written in English by a poet who has never had a book of poems published.
Thomas C Ackerman Foundation Ackerman Foundation Grants http://www.ackermanfoundation.org The foundation awards grants to California non-profits in its areas of interest, including arts and culture, community development, education, and health and human services.
Administration for Native Americans Native American Language Projects Grants http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/grants.html Grants are awarded for projects that promote the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages, which are in decline because of past US policy.
African American Heritage in Virginia Mini-Grants Program http://www.virginia.edu/vfh/aahv Supports research on African American history and culture in Virginia.
Agway Foundation Agway Foundation Grants http://www.agway.com Primary goal of the foundation is to support organizations dedicated to serving the interests of farmers and rural communities in the Northeast, including healthcare, children and youth services, rural youth organizations, and agriculture.
Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center Visiting Scholars Program http://www.ou.edu/special/albertctr Primary emphasis will be placed on research proposals centered on the U. S. Congress and its members, but given the wide-ranging subject matter of the archival holdings, proposals of a more regional or local nature will be considered. Congressional organization, policy development, member-constituent relations, campaign studies, and biographical projects are expected.
W.F. Albright Institute AIAR Annual Professorships http://www.aiar.org/deadlines.html Open to postdoctoral scholars in Near Eastern archaeology, geography, history, and Biblical studies. Residence at Institute is required.
W.F. Albright Institute George A. Barton Fellowships http://www.aiar.org/deadlines.html Open to seminarians, predoctoral students, and recent PhD recipients specializing in Near Eastern archaeology, geography, history, and Biblical studies.
George A. Alden Trust Alden Trust Grants http://www.aldrentrust.org The trust has education as its primary interest and makes grants to higher and secondary institutions for scholarship funds, endowments, and capital repairs or renovations.
Alexander and Baldwin Foundation A & B Foundation Grants http://www.alexanderbaldwin.com/abf The A&B Foundation works to improve its communities through a responsive, broad-based program of giving in the following categories: health & human services, education, community, culture and arts, maritime and the environment. 
Alleyway Theater Maxim Muzumdar New Play Competition http://www.alleyway.com/mmcomp The annual competition offers a cash prize, production with royalty, and travel and housing to attend rehearsals for an unproduced full-length play with a cast limit of 10 and a simple set.
Maurice Amado Foundation Foundation Grants http://www.mauriceamadofdn.org Supports Sephardic Studies.
American Academy in Berlin AAB Berlin Prize Fellowship http://www.americanacademy.de The prize is offered for advanced study in the arts, culture, or public affairs.
American Academy in Rome Rome Prize in the Arts http://www.aarome.org/prize.htm Awards postdoctoral grants for projects in architecture, landscape architecture, and other design fields.
American Academy in Rome Rome Prize in the Humanities http://www.aarome.org/prize.htm Awards postdoctoral grants for projects in ancient studies, medieval studies, renaissance studies, and modern Italian studies.
American Academy of Religion Collaborative Research Grants http://www.aarweb.org/grants These grants are intended to stimulate cooperative research among scholars in different institutions, with a focus on a clearly identified research project. Interdisciplinary work is also encouraged.
American Academy of Religion Individual Research Grants http://www.aarweb.org/grants These grants provide support for important aspects of research such as travel to archives and libraries, research assistance, field work, and released time. Restricted to AAR members.
American Antiquarian Society Fellowships for Creative and Performing Artists and Writers http://www.americanantiquarian.org Visiting fellowships for historical research by creative and performing artists, writers, film makers, journalists, and other persons whose goals are to produce imaginative, non-formulaic works dealing with pre-twentieth-century American history.
American Antiquarian Society Mellon Post-Dissertation Fellowship http://www.americanantiquarian.org The purpose of the fellowship is to provide the recipient with time and resources to extend research and/or to revise the dissertation for publication.
American Antiquarian Society Visiting Academic Research Fellowships http://www.americanantiquarian.org Offers short-term and long-term fellowships for a period of residence to use the AAS                              library's resources for research and writing.
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Ruth O'Brien Project Grant http://www.aafcs.org Available to individuals concerned with research and development in family and consumer sciences.
American Association of University Women Educational Foundation AAUW American Fellowships http://www.aauw.org Fellowships are available for women in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, and one designated specifically for a woman of color.
American Council of Learned Societies ACLS Fellowships http://www.acls.org Fellowships available for full-tome post-doctoral research in the humanities and social                           sciences lasting 6-12 consecutive months.
American Council of Learned Societies Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars http://www.acls.org Supports long-term, unusually ambitious projects in the humanities and related social                               sciences.
American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Scholarly Communication with China Programs http://www.acls.org Fellowships to Chinese scholars in the social sciences and humanities.
American Council of Learned Societies Library of Congress Fellowships in International Studies http://www.acls.org Supports post-doctoral research in the humanities and social sciences using foreign language collections at the Library of Congress.
American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship for Postdoctoral Research in East European Studies http://www.acls.org Funds research in the social sciences and humanities relating to Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and successor states of the former Yugoslavia.
American Council of Learned Societies Ryskamp Research Fellowships http://www.acls.org Supports advanced assistant professors and untenured associate professors in the humanities and related social sciences whose scholarly contributions have advanced their fields and who have well designed and carefully developed plans for new research.
American Councils for International Education New Independent States Research Scholars Program Fellowships http://www.americancouncils.org Fellowships offered for the pursuit of 3- to 9-month projects at universities and research institutions in any of the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union.
American Historical Association Albert J. Beveridge Grant http://www.theaha.org/prizes Supports research in the history of the Western hemisphere.
American Historical Association Michael Kraus Grant http://www.theaha.org/prizes Offers grants for research in colonial American history, with particular reference to the intercultural aspects of American and European relations.
American Historical Association Littleton-Griswold Grant http://www.theaha.org/prizes Offers grants for research on U.S. legal history and in the field of law an society.
American Historical Association Bernadotte Schmitt Grant http://www.theaha.org/prizes Supports research in the history of Asia, Africa, and Europe.
American Institute of Indian Studies Performing and Creative Arts Fellowships http://www.indiastudies.org A limited number of fellowships are available each year to accomplished practitioners of the performing and creative arts of India who demonstrate that studying in India will enhance their skills, develop their capabilities to teach or perform in the US, etc.
American Institute of Indian Studies Professional Development Fellowships http://www.indiastudies.org Fellowships awarded to established scholars who have not previously specialized in Indian studies, and have not previously worked or studied in India.
American Institute of Indian Studies Senior Research Fellowships http://www.indiastudies.org Fellowships are awarded to academic specialists in Indian studies possessing the PhD or its equivalent.
American Institute of Indian Studies Short-Term Senior Fellowships http://www.indiastudies.org Fellowships are awarded to academic specialists in Indian studies possessing the PhD or its equivalent.
American Jewish Archives Lowenstein-Wiener Summer Fellowship Awards in American Jewish Studies http://www.americanjewisharchives.org Fellowships are available to ABDs or postdoctoral candidates for one month of research or writing at the American Jewish Archives at the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati.
American Jewish Archives Ethel Marcus Memorial Fellowship in American Jewish Studies http://www.americanjewisharchives.org Fellowships are available to ABDs or postdoctoral candidates for one month of research or writing at the American Jewish Archives at the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati.
American Jewish Archives Rabbi Levi A. Olan Memorial Fellowship http://www.americanjewisharchives.org Fellowships are available to ABDs or postdoctoral candidates for one month of research or writing at the American Jewish Archives at the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati.
American Jewish Archives Bernard and Audre Rapoport Fellowships http://www.americanjewisharchives.org Fellowships are available to ABDs or postdoctoral candidates for one month of research or writing at the American Jewish Archives at the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati.
American Jewish Historical Society Society Awards and Prizes http://www.ajhs.org The society grants awards and prizes to assist researchers to carry on projects in the area of American Jewish history, including immigration, economic, social, political, and religious history.
American Philological Association Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Fellowship http://www.apaclassics.org This one-year fellowship will enable an American scholar to participate in the work of the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae in Munich.
American Philosophical Society Franklin Research Grants http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants Proposals may be in all areas of scholarly knowledge except those in which support by government or corporate enterprise is more appropriate.
American Philosophical Society Library Resident Research Fellowship http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants Supports research in the Society's library collection.
American Philosophical Society Phillips Fund Grants http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants For research in Native American linguistics and ethnohistory in the US and Canada.
American Philosophical Society Sabbatical Fellowships  http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants The Sabbatical Fellowships program is open to mid-career faculty of universities and 4-year colleges in the United States who have been granted a sabbatical/research leave, but for whom financial support from the parent institution is available for only part of the year.
American Psychological Foundation (APF) Research Grants and Fellowships http://www.apa.org/apf Awards grants for research in many fields relevant to psychological inquiry.
American Schools of Oriental Research Mesopotamian Fellowships http://www.asor.org/bagdam.html Intended to support field research in ancient Mesopotamian civilization carried out in the Middle East, but other research projects such as museum or archival research, related to ancient Mesopotamian studies may be considered.
American Society of Journalists and Authors Charitable Trust Llewellyn Miller Fund Grants http://www.asja.org/miller.php This fund provides grants to professional freelance writers in financial need who are 60 or older, or who are disabled.
Amy Foundation Writing Awards http://www.amyfound.org The awards program is designed to recognize creative, skillful writing that presents the biblical position on issues affecting the world today.
A. Gary Anderson Family Foundation Foundation Grants 300 S. Harbor Blvd., Ste. 920                                   Anaheim, CA 92805 Supports nonprofits in its areas of interest, including arts and culture, higher education, and social services. Requests for California receive priority.
Annenberg Foundation Foundation Grants http://www.annenbergfoundation.org Support communication and education. "The foundation's focus is not on chips and wiresbut rather on education, particularly public school restrucuring and reform in the US. The foundation generally limits grants to those likely to produce benificent change on a large scale.
Archaeological Institute of America Archaeology of Portugal Fellowship http://www.archaeological.org/ Supports projects associated with the archaeology of Portugal.
Archaeological Institute of America Anna C. and Oliver C. Colburn Fellowship http://www.archaeological.org/ One fellowship will be awarded for the academic year to an applicant contingent upon his or her acceptance as an incoming Associate Member or Student Associate Member of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
Archaeological Institute of America Olivia James Traveling Fellowship http://www.archaeological.org/ The award is to be used for travel and study in Greece, the Aegean Islands, Sicily, Southern Italy, Asia Minor, or Mesopotamia. The award does not support field excavation projects.
Archaeological Institute of America Harriet and Leon Pomerance Fellowship http://www.archaeological.org/ One fellowship will be awarded for the academic year to enable a person to work on an individual project of a scholarly nature related to Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology.
Archaeological Institute of America Publications Grant http://www.archaeological.org/ Offers an annual stipend to assist scholars in preparing, completing, and publishing results of their field research.
Archaeological Institute of America Helen M. Woodruff Fellowship  http://www.archaeological.org/ A pre- or post-doctoral fellowship for study of archaeology and classical studies has been established by the Institute at the American Academy in Rome.
Arts International Fund for US Artists at International Performing Arts Festivals and Exhibitions http://www.artsinternational.org/programs/the_fund/index.htm The fund makes grants to individual performing artists and to organizations that have been invited to participate in international festivals outside the United States.
Asian Cultural Council ACC Fellowships and Projects http://www.asianculturalcouncil.org Supports artists and specialists from Asia pursuing research, training, and creative                               programs in the U.S.
Asian Cultural Council ACC Residency Program in Asia http://www.asianculturalcouncil.org Supports U.S. artists, scholars, and professionals undertaking research, teaching, and creative residencies at cultural and educational institutions in East and Southeast Asia.
Asian Cultural Council Asian Art and Religion Fellowships http://www.asianculturalcouncil.org Research fellowships, visiting professorships, and travel grants awarded to American scholars, specialists, and artists wishing to conduct research in South, Southeast, and East Asia.
Asian Cultural Council Humanities Fellowships http://www.asianculturalcouncil.org Supports research and study in South, Southeast, and East Asia in the following fields: archeology, art conservation, musicology, architecture, art, dance, design, film, photography, and theater.
Asian Cultural Council Japan-US Arts Program  http://www.asianculturalcouncil.org Fellowships to encourage study and understanding of the art and culture of Japan and the US.
Association for Asian Studies Grants and Fellowships http://www.aasianst.org A scholarly organization that funds a wide range of scholarly work in Asian studies.
Association for the Sociology of Religion Fichter Research Grants http://www.sociologyofreligion.com The ASR seeks to advance theory and research in the sociology of religion. Applications are invited from scholars involved in promising research on women and religion, gender issues,                                                             and feminist perspectives on religion.
Astraea National Lesbian Action Foundation ANLAF General Grants http://www.astraea.org/grants Grants are made for programs and projects that work with lesbian issues, including discrimination, violence prevention, and women's health.
Astraea National Lesbian Action Foundation Lesbian Writers Fund http://www.astraea.org/grants Grants are made to lesbian writers for writing that promotes a feminist perspective advancing the social, political, economic, educational, and cultural well-being of lesbians and all women.
Astraea National Lesbian Action Foundation Visual Arts Grants http://www.astraea.org/grants The fund aims to recognize the work of contemporary lesbian artists by providing support to those who show artistic merit and who share the foundation's commitment to lesbian visibility and social justice.
Leo Baeck Institute DAAD Fellowship for Research in Germany http://www.lbi.org/daad.html The institute awards annual fellowships to support research in German-Jewish literature, history, philosophy, and politics.
Bibliographical Society of America Society Fellowships http://www.bibsocamer.org Short-term fellowships are available in support of bibliographic inquiry as well as research in the history of the book trades and in publishing history.
Blakemore Foundation Asian Art Grants http://www.blakemorefoundation.org The foundation supports programs and activities that improve the understanding of Asian fine arts in the United States.
Blakemore Foundation Freeman Fellowships for Advanced Asian Language Study http://www.blakemorefoundation.org The fellowships are awarded for one year of advanced language study in East or Southeast Asia in structured language programs or private tutorial programs where the primary focus is on study of the modern language.
Bogliasco Foundation Liguria Study Center Residencies http://www.liguriastudycenter.org The fellowships are awarded to qualified persons doing advanced creative work or scholarly research in the following disciplines: archaeology, architecture, classics, dance, film or video, history, philosophy, and the visual arts.
The Bradley Foundation Research Grants http://www.bradleyfdn.org/programs.html At present, the foundation aims to encourage projects that focus on cultivating a renewed, healthier, and more vigorous sense of citizenship among the American people and among peoples of other nations, as well.
John Carter Brown Library (Brown University) Long-Term Research Fellowships http://www.brown.edu/Facilities Fellowships awarded for research relating to virtually all aspects of the discovery,                                exploration, settlement, and development of the New World, ranging from late 15th century to 1830.
John Carter Brown Library (Brown University) Short-Term Research Fellowships http://www.brown.edu/Facilities Fellowships awarded for research relating to virtually all aspects of the discovery,                                exploration, settlement, and development of the New World, ranging from late 15th century to 1830.
The Buell Center (Columbia University) Buell Book Fellowship in American Architecture, Urbanism, or Landscape http://www.arch.columbia.edu/Buell Offers promising writers and scholars working in the area of American architecture, urbanism, or landscape studies the opportunity to turn a completed book-length manuscript into publishable form.
Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry Foundation Grants http://bynnerfoundation.org Grants are given annually for poetry-related projects sponsored by nonprofit organizations.
California Arts Council Artist Fellowship Program http://www.cac.ca.gov Each year a number of fellowships are awarded to exemplary California artists.
California Arts Council Individual Artists Residency Grants http://www.cac.ca.gov This program provides funding for projects that emphasize long-term, in-depth interaction between professional artists and an ongoing group of participants through workshops and classes.
California Arts Council Multicultural Entry Grants http://www.cac.ca.gov This program promotes cultural diversity by supporting the development, growth, and stabilization of culturally specific and multicultural artists groups/collectives and arts organizations in the state.
California Arts Council Organizational Support Program http://www.cac.ca.gov The goal is to promote the stability, institutional development, and vitality of arts organizations in all artistic disciplines.
California Arts Council Performing Arts Touring and Presenting Grants http://www.cac.ca.gov This program assists artists and presenters in bringing high-quality performing arts to communities throughout the state.
California Arts Council State-Local Partnerships http://www.cac.ca.gov Grants are awarded based on the evidence of quality arts service provided to the community.
Canada Council for the Arts Aboriginal Literature Grants: Written and Spoken http://www.canadacouncil.ca The objective of this grant is to encourage the artistic development of professional and emerging Aboriginal writers and storytellers, to encourage the development of Aboriginal publishers and collectives, and to help increase appreciation for Aboriginal literature in Canada.
Canada Council for the Arts Literary Arts Professional Creative Writers Grants http://www.canadacouncil.ca The purpose of the program is to encourage the professional development of emerging and established professional Canadian writers.
Canada Council for the Arts Literary Arts Translation Grants http://www.canadacouncil.ca The program provides assistance for the translation of literary works written by Canadian writers.
Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes http://www.canadacouncil.ca Two prizes are awarded annually for Canadian citizens or residents continuing contribution to the cultural and intellectual heritage of Canada.
Canadian Embassy Canadian Studies Conference Grants http://www.canadianembassy.org This program has as its purpose the support of major conferences addressing important Canadian or Canada-US. issues.
Canadian Embassy Canadian Studies Faculty Enrichment Program http://www.canadianembassy.org Provides faculty members an opportunity to develop or redevelop a course with substantial Canadian content.
Canadian Embassy Canadian Studies Matching Grants http://www.canadianembassy.org The Government of Canada may provide a matching grant to support Canadian Studies programs and projects which have been funded by a major foundation or other funding institution.
Canadian Embassy Canadian Studies Research Grants http://www.canadianembassy.org This program promotes research in the social sciences and humanities with a view to contributing a better knowledge and understanding of Canada and its relationship with the United States.
Canadian Embassy Canadian Studies Senior Fellowship http://www.canadianembassy.org Provides Senior scholars with an opportunity to complete and publish a major study which will significantly benefit the development of Canadian Studies in the US.
Candle Foundation Foundation Grants http://www.candle.com Funds education and cultural programs worldwide involved in community investment and redevelopment, education and information dissemination, and efforts to combat hunger and homelessness.
Capezio/Ballet Makers Inc. Grants and Awards http://www.capeziodance.com Grants awarded to dance organizations to create greater awareness and appreciation of the art form and to support efforts that increase interest in the dance field.
Carnegie Corporation Education Program http://www.carnegie.org Carnegie Corporation will dedicate a major part of its grant funds over the next few years to education reform, specifically urban high school redesign, with an emphasis on adolescent literacy and the preparation of teachers who are on the front lines of that reform
Carnegie Corporation International Peace and Security Program http://www.carnegie.org The overall goal of this program is to identify the gravest challenges to U.S. and global                           security and, within the limits of available resources, to support efforts to allay these threats.
Carnegie Corporation International Development Program http://www.carnegie.org Provides institutional support to selected universities and libraries in sub-Saharan Africa in order to improve the quality and sustainability of their services, augment women's educational opportunities and professional attainment and contribute to socioeconomic development in the countries where we work.
Carnegie Corporation Strengthening U.S. Democracy Program http://www.carnegie.org The Strengthening U.S. Democracy Program's overarching goal is to increase civic                                    participation in the United States.
CDS International Inc. Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowships http://www.cdsintl.org/rbfpintro.html The foundation annually sponsors an intensive work fellowship in Germany to provide young American professionals with a comprehensive overview of the political, economic, and cultural environment in Europe, especially Germany.
Center for 17th and 18th Century Studies (UCLA) Ahmanson and Getty Postdoctoral Fellowships http://www.humnet.ucla.edu Theme-based, residential fellowships are awarded for participation in the interdisciplinary, cross-cultural programs of the Center and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.
Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Judaic and Near Eastern Studies Postdoctoral Fellowships http://www.cjs.upenn.edu The institute invites applications from scholars engaged in advanced research in Judaic and Near Eastern Studies.
Center for Cultural Studies (UC Santa Cruz) Resident Fellowships in the Humanities http://humanities.ucsc.edu/CultStudies/PROG/RSCHOL/Rockefeller.html Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, this program will offer two or more fellowships per year to visiting scholars. The theme for the current year is Other Globalizations: Histories, Transregionalisms, and Cultural Formations.
Center for Cultural Studies (UC Santa Cruz) Resident Scholars Program Grants http://humanities.ucsc.edu/CultStudies/PROG/RSCHOL/residence.html The center invites applications from postdoctoral scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and arts.
Center for International Studies (University of Missouri) Theodore Lentz Postdoctoral Fellowship in Peace and Conflict Resolution http://www.umsl.edu/services/cis/cisworld/Research/research.html The fellowship is awarded to candidates who wish to focus research on peace and conflict resolution in the international or intercultural arenas. In addition to research, the fellow will teach one class each semester.
Center for Religion and American Life (Yale University) CRAL Fellowships http://www.yale.edu/cral/descrip.html The center focuses on history that encourages scholarship in American religious experience in all its aspects from before European settlement to the present.
Center for the Critical Analysis of Contemporary Culture (Rutgers University) Faculty Fellowships http://www.criticalanalysis.rutgers.edu The center invites applications proposing studies of all kinds-- empirical, analytical, theoretical, historical, literary, social, etc.-- on the theme of the current year's seminar.
Center for the Study of Religion Postdoctoral Fellowships for Pretenured Scholars http://www.princeton.edu/~csrelig Fellowships awarded for scholars geared toward a specific theme. Current themes are Christian Thought, Public Theology, and Women and Religion in African Diaspora.
Center for the Study of World Religions (Harvard Divinity School) Center Grants http://www.hds.harvard.edu/cswr/fellowships/fellinfo.htm The Center invites applications from scholars and practitioners to be in residence for one semester or academic year. Fellows will pursue research projects that that recognize religious beliefs and practices as important elements in the current debate about civil society and the renewal of public life.
Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange General Research Grants http://www.cckf.org/amprogram Various grants awarded in Chinese studies.
Children's Literature Association Research Fellowships http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/chla/Scholarship.html The association awards a number of fellowships and scholarships annually to support research and original scholarship associated with serious literary criticism of children's literature.
Christensen Fund Christensen Fund Grants http://www.christensenfund.org Awards grants to nonprofit and public institutions in support of programs in visual arts and conservation science and by supporting visual arts and conservation science education through grants to educational institutions.
City University of New York (CUNY); Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) Martin Duberman Fellowship http://web.gsuc.cuny.edu/clags This fellowship is open to applicants from any country doing scholarly research on the lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/queer (LGBTQ) experience. 
City University of New York (CUNY); Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) Joan Heller-Diane Bernard Fellowship in Lesbian and Gay Studies http://web.gsuc.cuny.edu/clags This fellowship supports research into the impact of lesbians and/or gay men on U.S.                society and culture.
City University of New York (CUNY); Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) The CLAGS Fellowship http://web.gsuc.cuny.edu/clags The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) promotes scholarship that examines sexualities and genders. The CLAGS Fellowship will be open to intellectuals who have demonstrated a significant contribution to the field of lesbian and gay studies.
Clements Center for Southwest Studies Research Fellowships http://www.smu.edu/swcenter The Center offers research fellowships open to individuals in any field of the humanities or social sciences doing research on Southwestern America.
The Clover Foundation Clover Fellowships http://www.cloverhumanities.org                      (under construction) Fellowships and publication grants to humanities scholars. For more information, e-mail clover@eclipse.ne.
Coca-Cola Foundation  Foundation Grants http://www2.coca-cola.com/foundation_guidelines.html The foundation has established education as its philanthropic focus and set aside most of its funds to support educational initiatives that address pressing issues. Grants are awarded to both public and private institutions at all levels of education.
College Art Association Milliard Meiss Publication Fund Grants http://www.collegeart.org/caa/resources/meiss/index.html This grant is to be used to subsidize publication costs of book-length scholarly manuscripts on any period of art history.
Comcast Foundation Foundation Grants http://www.comcast.com The foundation supports organizations and programs that use communications technology effectively to address community needs in the areas of education, literacy, arts and culture, and libraries.
The Compton Foundation Community Welfare and Social Justice http://www.comptonfoundation.org Seeks to promote social welfare, health, and services for children and youth at the community level.
The Compton Foundation Peace and Security Program http://www.comptonfoundation.org The Foundation is concerned with preventing war and violence, managing conflict, promoting civil society, and helping to build the conditions necessary for peace.
The Compton Foundation Population Program http://www.comptonfoundation.org The Foundation's population policy objectives are linked with broader social development goals, such as improving the status of women, and seek to integrate population stabilization with peace and environmental issues.
ConAgra Foundation Foundation Grants http://www.conagra.com/leadership/community_foundation.jsp The foundation supports projects of US-based nonprofits with an international focus in the areas of education, health and human services, arts and culture, and civic and community betterment in communities where the company operates.
Cotton Foundation, Dr. M. Aylwin; Awards in Mediterranean Studies Fellowship Awards http://www.cotton-foundation.org/ Dr. M. Aylwin Cotton Foundation Fellowship awards are given for studies in the archeology, architecture, history, language, and art of the Mediterranean. (In this context, "Mediterranean" is used without geographical limitations.) Fellows are expected to arrange for the publication of their research.                   
Council for International Exchange of Scholars Fulbright Scholar Programs http://www.cies.org Faculty grants for international summer seminars, distinguished chairs, and teaching abroad.
Council of American Overseas Research Centers Fellowships for Advanced Multi-Country Research http://www.caorc.org Fellowships to scholars conducting multi-country research.
Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellowship Program http://www.cfr.org/about/fellowship_iaf.php The program is designed to bridge the gap between theory and practice in international relations and to encourage better use of scholarly or reflective wisdom in decisions on international problems.
Covenant Foundation Jewish Education Grants http://www.covenantfn.org Grant provide seed funding to creative Jewish educators to develop and implement significant and cost-effective approaches to Jewish education that are potentially replicable in other settings.
Creative Capital Foundation Foundation Grants http://www.creative-capital.org/ Grants fund artists in visual arts, film/video arts, performing arts, and emerging fields.
Nathan Cummings Foundation Foundation Grants http://www.ncf.org The foundation's core programs are the arts; environment; health; Jewish life; children and youth; and interprogram, which includes two special initiatives-- democratic values and contemplative practice.
Dance USA National Choreography Initiative http://www.danceusa.org The grant program is designed to document and preserve the works of dance companies across the US. 
Delmas Foundation Humanities Program http://www.delmas.org Support is provided for projects to further the humanities along the broad front, including programs at postgraduate and university level, as well as those aimed towards humanistic disciplines in secondary education.
Department of State Cultural Exchange (Performing Arts) Grants http://www.state.gov The objective of the program is to help ensure that the excellence, diversity, and vitality of the arts in the United States are represented at international festivals.
Dirksen Congressional Center Robert M. Michel Civic Education Grants http://www.dirksencenter.org The grants program was created to help teachers, curriculum developers, and others to improve the quality of civics instruction, with priority on the role of Congress in the federal government.
Frederick Douglass Institute (University of Rochester) Institute Fellowships http://www.rochester.edu/College/AAS Postdoctoral fellowships offered for prospective research on cultural, social, and economic development in Africa and its diaspora.
The Joseph Drown Foundation Research Grants http://www.jdrown.org The foundation gives grants in the areas of education, community, health and social services, arts and humanities, and some special projects in areas defined by the board.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Foundation Grants http://www.ddcf.org The foundation awards grants to US nonprofit organizations in its areas of interest, including arts-- to support artists in the creation and public performance of their work.
Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation  Foundation Grants