Postgraduate training costs a lot of money. That is why a lot of students seek a fellowship opportunity to help with their studies. Fellowships are basically monetary awards given to intellectuals for academic purposes. Here we have mentioned some of the fellowship programs for Humanities and Social Science majors.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships in Women’s History
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship is offered to candidates with interest in women’s history and public history. It is open to any citizen. The candidates need to enroll in a Ph.D. program in the social science field at the time of application. They will be given part-time residency for one year at the New-York Historical Society. The stipend for the residency is $15,000 for that year. Since it is not a full-time position, they will not receive all the benefits.
Deadline: January 15, 2022
Required Work Experience: Any; There are no fixed years mentioned.
Location: North America
NEH Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research
NEH Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research is a fellowship program offered jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission. This is for advanced social science research. The fellows work on modern Japanese society, their international relations, and political economy. This is a 6 to 12-month program with fellows receiving $5,000 every month upon selection.
Deadline: April 27, 2022
Required Work Experience: Any; There are no fixed years mentioned.
Location: Asia, North America
Short-Term Research Fellowships
This is a short-term research opportunity for scholars in graduate-level or post-doctoral research. It is offered by the New York Public Library. The research is for 4 weeks. The researchers receive $1,000 each week as stipends. They must be the residence of the New York Public Library in this duration. The research must be in art, cultural studies, art history, performing arts, photography, and literature. This is open to any citizen. This fellowship gives opportunities to a lot of visiting scholars.
Deadline: January 24, 2022
Required Work Experience: Any; There are no fixed years mentioned.
Location: U.S
Predoctoral Fellowship in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
The doctoral fellowship is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. This fellowship supports practitioners in behavioral health services. Students who are studying counseling and school psychology, or clinical psychology can prepare for this fellowship. However, at the time of application students must be enrolled in a full-time doctoral program. The fellows will receive financial support for 3 years along with travel and dissertation support. This is open to both U.S citizens and non-citizen nationals.
Deadline: January 15, 2022
Required Work Experience: Any; There are no fixed years mentioned.
Location: U.S
History of Science Fellowship
The History of Science Fellowship offers applications for both short-term and long-term research. The topics for research are- the history of technology, science, industry, and medicine. They take 20 fellows every year. The fellow’s work needs to be in the field of history of materials, chemistry, and related sciences. The stipend for short-term fellows is $3,000, dissertation fellows are $26,000 and postdoctoral fellows is $45,000.
Deadline: January 24, 2022
Required Work Experience: For a short-term fellowship, it’s 0 to 5 years.
For the dissertation, it is 5 to 10 years.
For a Postdoctoral fellowship, it is 10+ years.
Location: U.S
There are many other fellowship opportunities available. These fellowship opportunities will give you the necessary knowledge and expertise in your field of study. Do check them out.
