Research and fellowship programs
National Endowment for the Humanities
Archival and interpretive scholarship, including the history of social welfare institutions, casework, and the profession itself — the federal home for the SSWR History cluster.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (stipend)Fellowships pay a stipend for a defined period of full-time research rather than project costs.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Apr, Sep, NovNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Annual deadlines that differ by programme.
- Who can apply
- Postdoctoral, Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- Most fellowships are for individuals rather than institutions, with US citizenship or residency requirements. Secure archival access before applying.
- SSWR clusters
- Special Interest Groups
- Topics
- archives · historical methods · institutional history · monograph
- Apply at
- https://www.neh.gov/grants
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
Also on the History shelf
- Research grants on educationSpencer Foundation$50k–$500k · Several times a year
- Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation FellowshipCharlotte W. Newcombe Foundation$34k stipend · Annual cycle · Nov
- Radcliffe Institute FellowshipHarvard Radcliffe Institute$78k–$83k stipend · Annual cycle · Sep
- Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian ProgramInstitute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)$25k–$1M · Annual cycle · Nov
- Museum Grants for African American History and CultureInstitute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)$5k–$500k · Annual cycle · Mar, Nov
- Public Humanities ProjectsNational Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Division of Public Programsup to $750k · Annual cycle · Dec