Updated: April 2020

Fellowship Opportunity List

GSAS tracks upcoming fellowships & award opportunities at the following website:

Fellowship Funding Organization Eligible Area/Short Description Web AddressInternal

Alliance Program Grants Predocs, Diss.

Supports collaboration between students at partner universities: CU, Sciences Po, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and École Polytechnique.

Columbia University Mellon Music Postdocs Postdocs

Mellon Postdoc at Columbia University. Please note: Columbia graduate students are not eligible for this fellowship.

Columbia University Society of Fellows Postdocs

CU music students are eligible to apply; an extraordinarily competitive postdoc, with around 1000 applications for about three positions.

FLAS -- Academic Year Predocs

For those who are enrolled in a full-time program that combines modern foreign-language training with international or area studies. Candidates applying for dissertation writing or research abroad must have advanced language proficiency.

FLAS -- Summer Predocs

For those who are enrolled in a full-time program that combines modern foreign-language training with international or area studies.

GSAS Conference Matching Travel Fund Predocs For travel to conferences to give a paper.

GSAS International Travel Awards PredocsCU international travel fellowship for dissertation completion.

GSAS Summer Funding Predocs Opportunities for summer funding.GSAS Summer Language Fellowships for International Students Predocs

Supports international students who need to study a foreign language abroad.

Institute for Research on Women and Gender Graduate Fellowships Predocs

For PhD students who have completed or are planning to complete the IRWGS graduate certificate.

ExternalAaron Copland Fund Composers Only Music recording, performers, organizations.

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation PostdocsSupports post-doctoral scholars to carry out long-term research projects in Germany.

Alice M. Ditson Fund Composers OnlyThe Ditson Fund supports contemporary American classical concert music.

Updated: April 2020

American Academy in Berlin PostdocsFor established & emerging scholars, writers & professionals to engage in independent study.

American Academy in RomePredocs & Postdocs

Residence in Rome; stipend, meals, bedroom with pvt bath; study/studio

American Anthropological Association PostdocsOpportunity for early career anthropologists to learn leadership.

American Antiquarian Society PostdocsAmerican history: Residencies for scholars and performing artists.

American Association of University WomenPredocs & Postdocs

Various fellowships for women completing diss. research or Postdocs.

American Composers Forum Composers OnlyVarious opportunities; updated often; residencies, assistance.

American Composers Orchestra: Opportunities for Reading and Commissions Composers Only

EarShot, Women Composers Reading and Commission Program, Underwood New Music Reading and Commission, Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute.

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)Predocs & Postdocs

Supports scholars in humanities & related social sciences.

ACLS Fellowships Postdocs

To fund a major piece of scholarly work by an applicant from any discipline of the humaninites and related social sciences. Eligibility for the "regular" pool of ACLS Fellowships begins two years after completion of the PhD

Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships Final Year Diss.

Supports graduate students in the humanities and related social sciences in the last year of PhD dissertation writing

Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows Competition for Recent PhDs Postdocs

Offers 21 two-year term positions at organizations in government and nonprofit sectors for recent PhDs from the humanities and humanistic social sciences

American Philosophical Society Library & Museum in Philadelphia (APS): Short-Term Resident Research Fellowships

Predocs & Postdocs

Open to scholars in all fields who show a demonstrated need to use the Library & Museum’s collections for their project.

Amphion Foundation Composers Only Music recording, performers, organizations.

AMS: Alvin H. Johnson AMS 50 Final Year Diss.Musicology, ethno, theory. The most prestigious fellowship for dissertation-level students.

AMS: Elliott Antokoletz Fund for Research in Twentieth-Century Music

Predocs & Postdocs

Music-centered approaches to creativity in twentieth-century music (composition, improvisation, performance)

AMS: H. Robert Cohen/RIPM Fund for Research Based on the Musical Press

Predocs & Postdocs

Supports research and travel related to the goals of Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals.

AMS: Harold Powers World Travel Fund Diss. & Postdocs Global-oriented research; disciplinarily open.

Updated: April 2020

AMS: Holmes / D'Accone FellowshipDissertation Research

The fellowship recognizes academic achievement and future promise in the study of opera.

AMS: Howard Mayer Brown Fellowship Predocs, Diss.

For a student who is a member of a group historically underrepresented in the discipline, including, in the U.S., African, Native, Hispanic & Asian Americans, and, in Canada, visible minorities.

AMS: Jan LaRue Travel Fund for Research Travel to Europe Predocs & Postdocs

For research in Europe.

AMS: M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet FundPredocs & Postdocs For research in France.

AMS: Ora Frishberg Saloman Fund for Musicological Research

Predocs & Postdocs

For research oriented to music criticism and reception history.

AMS: Philip Brett AwardPredocs & Postdocs

Award honors exceptional musicological work in the field of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender/ transsexual studies.

AMS: Pisk Prize PredocsFor a graduate music student for a scholarly paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the AMS.

AMS: Various awards, prizes, and fellowshipsPredocs & Postdocs Various awards, prizes and fellowships by AMS.

AMS: Virginia and George Bozarth Travel Fund for Musicological Research in Austria

Predocs & Postdocs For research in Austria.

AMS: Wolf Travel Fund for European Research Final Year Diss.Any field of musical scholarship; research to be undertaken in Europe.

APS: Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowships Postdocs

For recent humanities Ph.D.’s interested in exploring career paths in libraries, museums, and cultural heritage institutions.

APS: Franklin Research GrantsPredocs & Postdocs

For the costs of travel to libraries & archives for research purposes, purchase of microfilm, photocopies or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork or laboratory research expenses.

ASCAP Foundation Awards Composers Only Foundation grant and award program.

ASECS: Graduate Student Research Essay Prize Predocs

To support the pioneering research contributions of the next generation of scholars of eighteenth-century studies, this prize recognizes an outstanding unpublished research essay of 15-30 pages.

ASECS: Other AwardsPredocs & Postdocs

18th-century Studies: Various awards for papers, research, etc.

ASECS: Traveling Jam-Pot Fund for Graduate Students Diss., Postdocs Free conference registration; travel funding.Barlow Endowment Composers Only Barlow Prize: $12,000 commission.

Beebe Fund for Musicians Composers OnlyStudy abroad funding for performers and composers.

Updated: April 2020

Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies Diss., PostdocsUp to 1 year of dissertation or postdoctoral research support at the Freie Universität Berlin

BMI Foundation Composers Only Awards, scholarships, internships, funds.Brahms Society: The Karl Geiringer Fund in Brahms Studies Final Year Diss. Music History: Brahms Research.

British Acadeny Postdoctoral Fellowship Postdocs

3-year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early career researchers in the humanities or social sciences

British Library Visiting Edison Scholarship Predocs

Music History: Proposals will be considered which treat any aspect of the history of recording and the performance of western art music.

Brown University Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships Postdocs Two 1-year postdocs appointed every year.

CAORC: Multi-Country Research FellowshipDissertation Research

For research in two or more countries outside the United States, at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center.

Chamber Music America Composers OnlyInformation on jazz, classical, and contemporary music grants.

Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Final Year Diss.

To encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences.

CLAGS (Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, CUNY Graduate Center)

Predocs & Postdocs

Open to intellectuals contributing to the field of LGBTQ studies.

CLIR Mellon FellowshipsDissertation Research

Supports dissertation research in the humanities or related social sciences using original sources.

Composers Now: Creative Residencies Composers Only

Provides composers with protected time for composing. Affilated Residencies with Civitella Ranieri Center.

Composers, Inc. Composers OnlyVarious Commissions; celebrates living American composers.

Cornell University Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Postdocs2-year postdoc in Classics and Performing & Media Arts.

Cornell University Society for the Humanities Fellowships Postdocs 1-year fellowships which reflect a yearly theme.

Council for European Studies: Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowships Final Year Diss.

Must be working on a topic within or substantially overlapping European Studies. Stipend provided.

Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC): NEH Senior Research Fellowship Postdocs

4 consecutive months of research in an American overseas research center in one of the following countries: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Cyprus, Georgia, Indonesia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Senegal, Sri Lanka or Tunisia.

Updated: April 2020

Creative Capital Foundation Composers Only

Supports artists with up to $50,000 in project funding, advisory services, career advancement resources, and national networking.

Cullman Center for Writers and Scholars Fellowship Postdocs

For people whose work will benefit directly from access to the research collections at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue & 42nd St.

DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)Predocs & Postdocs

Short-Term and Long-Term Research Grants for research in Germany (up to 1 year).

Dartmouth College Mellon Postdocs Postdocs 2-year postdoc at Leslie Center for the Humanities.

Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship Predocs

Publications focusing on Armenian studies, history or literature of the nineteenth century or earlier; research takes place in America.

Five College Fellowship for Minority Students Final Year Diss.

Provides a year in residence at one of the campuses for minority graduate students in the final phase of the doctoral degree.

Five College Women's Studies Research CenterPredocs & Postdocs

For projects in all disciplines that focus centrally on women or gender. Applications are accepted for either a semester or an academic year.

Folger Shakespeare Library Research Fellowships PostdocsResearch fellowships for four continuous weeks of writing and research.

Ford Foundation Diversity FellowshipsPredocs & Postdocs

For those planning a career in teaching & research at the college or university level. Awarded in the categories of Predoctoral (3 years of support); Dissertation (1 year), & Postdoc (1 year).

Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry PostdocsBased at Emory University. 1 and 2-year postdocs available.

Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard Composers Only Commissions of $12,000.Fulbright | Creative & Performing Arts Composers Only For research, study, and composition abroad.

Fulbright Hayes Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Predocs

Grants to colleges and universities to fund individual doctoral students who conduct research in other countries, in modern foreign languages and area studies for periods of six to 12 months.

Fulbright IIE FellowshipsPredocs & Postdocs Study and research awards around the world.

Getty Foundation Pre- and Postdoctoral FellowshipsPredocs & Postdocs

For emerging scholars to complete work on projects related to the Getty Research Institute's annual research theme.

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History FellowshipPredocs & Postdocs American History: $3000 short-term fellowship.

Handel Society: J. Merrill Knapp Research FellowshipPredocs & Postdocs Research funding for projects related to Handel

Updated: April 2020

Harvard U Center for Italian Renaissance Study (Villa I Tatti) Postdocs

Fifteen I Tatti Residential Fellowships for 1 year for post-doctoral research in any aspect of the Italian Renaissance.

Harvard U Mahindra Humanities Center Postdoctoral Fellowship Postdocs

1-year postdoctoral fellowships in connection with the Center’s Andrew W. Mellon Foundation seminar on the topic of migration & the humanities.

Harvard U Society of Fellows Postdocs

By nomination only, "generally by those under whom they have studied." Three-year term; no teaching; includes composers.

Haverford College Mellon Postdocs Postdocs2 year Mellon Postdoc supporting interdisciplinary exchange and innovative pedagogy.

Hewlett FoundationPredocs & Postdocs Grants database.

Huntington Library FellowshipsPredocs & Postdocs

Long & short-term fellowships on projects in any area where the Huntington’s collections are strong.

IHR Fellowships -- LondonPredocs & Postdocs History Fellowships - between 6 and 24 months.

Japan Foundation, Japanese Studies FellowshipPredocs & Postdocs Fellowship to conduct research in Japan

Jerome Foundation Grants Program Composers Only Non-profit arts organizations; grants for musicians.

Josephine de Karman Fellowship Trust Final Year Diss.

Fellowship program to recognize and assist students whose scholastic achievements reflect Professor von Karman’s high standards.

Kurt Weill Foundation for Music: Kurt Weill PrizePredocs & Postdocs

Encourages distinguished scholarship in the disciplines of music, theater, dance, literary criticism and history addressing music theater since 1900 (including opera)

Library of Congress - Kluge FellowshipsPredocs & Postdocs

Humanistic and Social Science research; from 4-11 months.

MAP Fund Composers OnlyThe grant supports original live performance projects.

Music Library AssociationPredocs & Postdocs

Various awards for graduate students and early-career professionals

Music Performance Fund Composers Only Sponsors free concerts.Mustard Seed Foundation; Harvey Fellowships Program Postdocs Fellowships available for Christian students.National Endowment for the Arts Composers Only Grants for performers, organizations.

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships PostdocsFellowships cover periods lasting from six to twelve months

National Humanities Center: Residential Fellowships Postdocs

Fellows are given the freedom to work on their projects while benefiting from the exceptional services of the Center.

Updated: April 2020

New York Foundation for the Arts Composers Only Opportunities for artists.NYFA Source Composers Only National directory of funding sources.

Opera America Composers OnlySupports the work of opera creators, companies and administrators; travel grants.

Oxford (various schools) Junior Research Fellowships PostdocsThis website occasionally has fellowships posted -- check often.

Princeton Society of Fellows Postdocs

Three to five postdoctoral fellows are appointed each year for three-year terms in residence to pursue research and teach half-time in their academic host department, the Program in Humanistic Studies, or other university programs.

Princeton University Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellowships Postdocs

Fellows devote an academic year in residence at Princeton to research and writing about topics involving human values in public and private life.

Radcliffe Institute Fellows Postdocs

50 fellowships each academic year. The program is based in Radcliffe Yard--in the heart of Harvard University.

SAM: Mark Tucker Award for best paper by a grad student delivered at SAM Predocs

Award for best paper by grad student delivered at SAM.

SAM: Wiley Housewright Dissertation Award PostdocsRecognizes a single dissertation on American Music.

Schomberg Center for the Study of Black Culture, Scholar-in-Residence Postdocs

Long & short-term fellowships to support scholars & writers working on projects that would benefit from access to the Center's extensive resources for the study of African diasporic history, politics, literature & culture.

Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress Composers Only

The Foundation considers applications from performing organizations from any country for the joint commissioning of composers of all nationalities.

Sinfonia Educational Foundation Scholarships PredocsMust be an initiated member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity

Smithsonian Institution Graduate Student & Postdoctoral Fellowships

Predocs & Postdocs

Fellowships available for Graduate students, Predocs, & Postdocs, for research in many fields.

Smithsonian Institution Native American Award Program Predocs

Native American Studies: Graduate students who are affiliated with a Native American community or tribe can come conduct independent research. Also includes Internship Program and Community Scholars Program.

SOCAN Foundation GrantsPredocs & Postdocs

SOCAN Foundation provides grants for Canadian music creators and publishers working to promote appreciation for Canadian music in today’s society.

Updated: April 2020

Social Science Research Council (SSRC): Mellon Mays Predoctoral Research Grants Predocs

Graduate Studies Enhancement Grant (GSE), the Predoctoral Research Development Grant (PRD), and the Dissertation Completion Grant (DCG).

Society for American MusicPredocs & Postdocs Various awards and fellowships by SAM.

Society for EthnomusicologyPredocs & Postdocs Various awards and fellowships by SEM.

Society for Music TheoryPredocs & Postdocs Various awards and grants by SMT.

SSRC: Dissertation Proposal Development (DPD) Program Predocs

Supporting the development of innovative dissertation proposals in the humanities and social sciences

SSRC: International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) Program Predocs

Provides PhD candidates with support for international research. Supports the next generation of scholars in the humanities and humanistic social sciences pursuing research that advances knowledge about non-US cultures and societies.

SSRC: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship ABD & Postdocs

Support for dissertation and postdoctoral research in Japan in the humanities and social sciences for up to 2 years.

Stanford University External Faculty Junior Fellowship Postdocs

Intended primarily for individuals currently teaching in or affiliated with an academic institution, but independent scholars may apply.

Stanford University Mellon Postdocs PostdocsFour 2-year fellowships (possibly extended to 3 years).

U. of Cambridge, Churchill College, Early Career Research Fellowship Postdocs

3-year postdocs at various colleges within Cambridge.

Uchicago Provost's Postdoctoral Fellowships Postdocs

2-years of funding for the highest caliber junior scholars from diverse backgrounds with the intent that they will be promoted to Assistant Professor at the end of the fellowship period.

UChicago Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts. PostdocsFour-year postdoctoral teaching appointment; 2 courses in each of three quarters.

UCLA Center for 17th-and-18th-Century studies -- various fellowships

Predocs & Postdocs Various fellowships for long and short stays.

University of Michigan Society of Fellows Postdocs

For appointment to three-year fellowships in the humanities, the arts, the social, physical, and life sciences, and in the professional schools.

UPenn Wolf Humanities Center Mellon Postdoc Fellowships Postdocs

(5) one-year Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships each academic year to junior scholars in the humanities who are no more than five years out of their doctorate.

Updated: April 2020

Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation Composers Only

The Special Awards in the Arts Program supports the creation of new works in dance, theater production, and music composition.

Washington University in St. Louis -- Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry Postdocs

Three 1-year fellowships in the humanities and social sciences.

Wesleyan University Mellon Postdocs PostdocsOne Mellon postdoctoral fellow appointed for one year.

Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies Final Year Diss.

Encourages original and significant research about women that crosses disciplinary, regional, or cultural boundaries.

See Also:GSAS Website for External Grants

Johns Hopkins Website for Grants

Provides descriptions of grant makers, including private grant-making foundations, community foundations, operating foundations & corporate grant makers.

Obviously there's a theme of institutions providing lists of internal and external grants. Make sure to be on the lookout for those!