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This database, developed by the CLA grants team, lists over 400 funding opportunities in fields across the College of Liberal Arts. Please note that the Categories listed below are neither mutually exclusive nor comprehensive. Use a variety of subject matter and funding type keywords to search for opportunities in your area.

Warning: Deadline change. Be sure to check the deadlines of programs on the funders’ websites.

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  • Goucher College: Jane Austen Scholar-in-Residence Grant

    • http://www.goucher.edu/x11619.xml
    • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility.
    • Award: $1,000 stipend, travel expenses, and accomodations (for five-day residency)
    • Deadline: 4/15/2009
    • Details: Provides scholarly access to the materials in the Burke Collection in the Rare Book Room of the Julia Rogers Library at Goucher College.
    • Keywords: humanities, english literature, Jane Austen, european literature

    NB: The residency must be taken during the fall or spring semester. The scholar will offer one public lecture on Jane Austen and will meet with students and faculty to discuss research methods and scholarly interests.

    April 15th, 2009

  • National Foundation for the Arts and the Humanities; National Endowment for the Arts (NEA): Creative Writing Fellowships

    • http://www.arts.endow.gov/grants/apply/Lit/Calendar.html
    • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States. Creative writers are eligible to apply in Poetry (the FY 2009 category) if, between January 1, 2001, and March 3, 2008, they have had published (1) a volume of 48 or more pages of poetry; or (2) 20 or more different poems or pages of poetry in five or more literary journals, anthologies, or publications that regularly include poetry as a portion of their format. Up to 16 poems may be in a single volume of poetry of fewer than 48 pages. This volume, however, may count as only one of the required five places of publication. Applicants may use online publications to establish up to 50 percent of their eligibility, provided that such publications have competitive selection processes and stated editorial policies..
    • Award: $25,000
    • Deadline: 3/3/2009
    • Details: Through Literature Fellowships to published creative writers and translators of exceptional talent in the areas of prose and poetry, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) advances its goal of encouraging and supporting artistic creativity and preserving the United States' diverse cultural heritage. Creative Writing Fellowships in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) or poetry are available to exceptionally talented, published creative writers. These fellowships enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement. This program operates on a two-year cycle with fellowships in prose and poetry available in alternating years. Fellowships in poetry will be available in FY 2009.
    • Keywords: creative writing, literature, artistic pursuit, the arts
     March 3rd, 2009

  • Cotton Foundation, Dr. M. Aylwin: Fellowship Awards

    • http://www.cotton-foundation.org/fellowshipawards.html
    • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; These will be awarded to persons engaged in personal academic research, normally showing a level of achievement comparable to a British or an American Ph.D. (although no formal academic qualifications will be necessary). Fellowships will not be granted for the furtherance of doctoral research.

      Fellowships, grants, and other awards are open to men and women of all nationalities..


    • Award: £10,000

    • Deadline: 2/28/2009

    • Details: The Dr. M. Aylwin Cotton Foundation invites applications for Fellowship Awards for studies in the archaeology, architecture, history, language, and art of the Mediterranean. In this context the word "Mediterranean" is used without geographical limitations. The award will be expected to cover the costs of accommodation, travel, photography, photocopying, and all other expenses relating to the work for which the fellowship is awarded.

    • Keywords: Archaeology; Architecture; Architecture History; European Architecture; European History; European Languages or Literature; European Studies
      History; History and Appreciation of Art
      Mediterranean

    February 28th, 2009

  • American Numismatic Society: Fellowships/ Grants

    • http://www.numismatics.org/about/study.html
    • Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility.
    • Award: $4,000
    • Deadline: 2/13/2009
    • Details: The American Numismatic Society provides three forms of financial aid for study and research: 6 stipends of $4,000 for attendance at the Society's annual Eric P. Newman Graduate Summer Seminar in Numismatics to qualifying students; the Frances M. Schwartz Fellowship; and awards from the Donald Groves Fund.
    • Keywords: numismatics
     February 13th, 2009