Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students

For questions about any of the opportunities below, contact Eileen Lavelle, Assistant Director at the Office of Graduate Student Assistantships and Fellowships.

Program	Disciplinary Area	Purpose	Eligibility	Award Amount	Expected Deadline
AAUW American Fellowships	Open	Dissertation Writing, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Publication Prep	Female, U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident	$8,000-$50,000	November 1, 2022
AAUW International Fellowship	Open	Predoctoral, Other Professional Degrees	Female, International	$20,000-$50,000	November 15, 2022
ACOR/CAORC Pre-Doctorate Fellowship	Humanities & Social Sciences	Predoctoral	U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident	$27,600 maximum	February 1, 2023
AHA Research Grants & Fellowships	Humanities	Dissertation Research	AHA Members	Varies	February 15, 2023 for research grants; April 1, 2023 for fellowships
AIMS Short- and Long-Term Fellowships to Tunis, Oran, and Tangiers	Humanities & Social Sciences	Dissertation Research	U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident, AIMS member	$6,000 - $15,000	January 31, 2022
American Institute for Yemeni Studies Fellowship Programs	Humanities & Social Sciences	Dissertation Research	U.S. and Yemeni Citizens	$5,000 (U.S.) $1,500 (Yemeni)	February 8, 2023 (Yemeni) 2022/2023 Winter TBA (U.S.)
American Councils Critical Language Scholarship	Humanities & Social Sciences	Predoctoral	U.S. Citizen	Varies	November 15, 2022 8PM EST
ARCE Fellowships for Egyptian Studies	Humanities & Social Sciences	Dissertation Research, Postdoctoral	U.S. Citizen	Varies	January 15, 2023
ARIT Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences in Turkey	Humanities & Social Sciences	Dissertation Research	Open	Varies	November 1, 2022
ARIT Summer Fellowships for Intensive Advanced Turkish Language Study at Bogazici University	Humanities & Social Sciences	Dissertation Research, Postdoctoral	U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident	Covers round-trip airfare, tuition, and stipend	Early Spring 2022
CAORC Fellowship Program	Humanities & Social Sciences	Dissertation Research	U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident	$5,000-$12,000	Varies by program: December 8, 2022, January 19, 2023
Center for Arabic Study Abroad CASA I Program Fellowship	Humanities & Social Sciences	Graduate Study, Predoctoral	Open; See Eligibility	Covers round-trip airfare, tuition, and stipend	Mid-January 2023
Cosmos Club Foundation Grant-in-Aid to Young Scholars	Open	Research, Travel	Open	$5,000 maximum	November 1, 2022
Council for European Studies (CES) Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship	European Studies	Research, Travel	Student of CES member school	$5,000	TBA
DAAD Study Scholarship in Germany	Humanities & Social Sciences	Independent Study, Master’s Degree	Undergraduate Senior, Recent Graduate	Monthly stipend + allowances	TBA
DAAD Research Grants in Germany	Humanities & Social Sciences	Dissertation Research, Doctoral Degree	Ph.D. Candidate, Recent Graduate, U.S. or Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident	Varies	TBA
Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Foundation Fellowship	Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences	Graduate or Professional Degree	U.S. Citizen	$18,000 stipend + tuition coverage	January 2023
Embassy of France in the U.S. HSS Chateaubriand Fellowship	Humanities & Social Sciences	Dissertation Research	Open; French Citizens Ineligible	1,500 €/month, health insurance, and roundtrip airfare	January 13, 2023 12PM EST
Fulbright U.S. Student Program	Open	Graduate Studies, Research, English Teaching Assistanship	U.S. Citizen	Varies	August 1, 2022
GW CCAS Dean’s Dissertation Completion Fellowship	CCAS	Dissertation Writing	Enrolled in graduate program at CCAS	GA salary + stipend + tuition	TBA
Josephine de Karman Fellowship Trust Dissertation Fellowship	Open	Dissertation Writing	Restricted to students at select California universities	$25,000	January 31, 2023
Marquette University Mitchem Dissertation Fellowships for Underrepresented Students	Various	Dissertation Writing, Course Instruction	U.S. Citizen, Ethnic Diversity	Stipend, fringe benefits, research/travel funds	TBA
The National Academies Ford Foundation Diversity Dissertation Fellowship	Open	Dissertation Writing	U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident, others with status; Ethnic Diversity Preferred	$28,000	January 5, 2023 5PM EST
The National Academies Ford Foundation Diversity Predoctoral Fellowship	Open	Predoctoral	U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident, others with status; Ethnic Diversity Preferred	$27,000/year for 3 years	January 5, 2023 5PM EST
The National Academies Ford Foundation Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship	Open	Postdoctoral	U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident, others with status; Ethnic Diversity Preferred	$50,000	December 8, 2022 5PM EST
The NAED / Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship	Open	Dissertation Writing; Research Question Relevant to Education	Open	$27,500	TBA
The NAED / Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship	Open	Postdoctoral; Research Question Relevant to Education	Open	$70,000	November 16, 2022 5PM EST
NSEP David L. Boren Graduate Fellowship	Humanities & Social Sciences	Language Study, Research	U.S. Citizen	$12,000 - $25,000	January 25, 2023 5PM EST
PARC Field Research Fellowships for Palestine, Israel, Jordan & Lebanon	Humanities, Humanistic Research	Postdoctoral	U.S. Citizen or 3+ year resident	5,000/month 4-10 months	January 16, 2023
SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Program (DPDF)	Humanities & Social Sciences	Early Stage, Pre-Dissertation	Citizen of sub-Saharan African country, student at eligible universities	$3,000 Maximum	February 1, 2022
SSRC International Dissertation Research Fellowship Program	Humanities & Social Sciences	Dissertation Research	Open	6-12 month support $23,000 Average	TBA
Smithsonian Institute Postdoctoral and Doctoral Graduate Fellowships	Varies	Dissertation Writing	Varies	Varies	Varies
U.S. Department of Education Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Program	Humanities & Social Sciences	Dissertation Research, non-Western European topics	Open	$15,000 - $60,000	TBA
University of London Institute of Historical Research (IHR) Junior Fellowships	Open	Dissertation Research, Postdoctoral	Varies; See Eligibility Guidelines	Varies	Varies
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships	Humanities & Social Sciences	Dissertation Writing	Open	$30,000	November 15, 2022 5PM EST
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Dissertation Grants in Women’s Studies	Humanities & Social Sciences	Dissertation Research	Open	$5,000	October 14, 2022 5PM EST