American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships and Grants Programs (ACLS)
The mission of the ACLS, as set forth in its constitution, is to "advance humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the humanities and the social sciences and to maintain and strengthen relations among the national societies devoted to such studies." As the pre-eminent representative of humanities scholarship in America, the ACLS carries out its mission in a variety of programs across many fields of learning. Awarding peer-reviewed fellowships is at the core of ACLS activity. While it is difficult to catalogue concisely the wide range of ACLS activities, the many other forms of the Council's work fall under the twin goals of its mission.

ACLS Fellowships are designed to permit scholars holding the Ph.D. or equivalent to devote a full year to research and writing in such fields as Literatures and Languages, History, Anthropology, Political Theory, Philosophy, Classics, Religion, the History of Art, Linguistics, Musicology, and the study of diverse world civilizations and cultures. Over the past 60 years more than 3,000 scholars have held ACLS Fellowships, several at early stages in their careers, including many leading figures in the humanities today. The intensive peer-review process that results in the selection of these fellows is not just an administrative mechanism: it is an opportunity for distinguished scholars to reach broad consensus on standards of quality in humanities research.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: September 30, 2004

New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: September 1, 2004

Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: September 30, 2004

Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: September 30, 2004

Contemplative Practice Fellowship Program
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 10, 2004

Fellowships for Postdoctoral Research in Southeast European Studies
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 10, 2004

Dissertation Fellowships in East European Studies
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 10, 2004

Committee on Scholarly Communication with China Programs: American Research in the Humanities in the People's Republic of China and Chinese Fellowships for Scholarly Development
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 15, 2004

The Rockefeller Center Grant Programs
The Rockefeller Archive Center's competitive programs are designed to provide assistance to scholars who need to visit the Rockefeller Archive Center in Sleepy Hollow, NY to conduct research in its collections. The Archive Center's programs do not support research at other institutions, and they do not provide general tuition support.

Grants-in-Aid for Research at the Rockefeller Archive Center
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 30, 2004

Scholar-in-Residence Program
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 30, 2004

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Sloan Research Fellowships
Selection procedures for the Sloan Research Fellowships are designed to identify those who show the most outstanding promise of making fundamental contributions to new knowledge. Sloan Research Fellows, once chosen, are free to pursue whatever lines of inquiry are of the most compelling interest to them. Their Sloan funds can be applied to a wide variety of uses for which other, more restricted funds such as research project grants cannot usually be employed. Former Fellows report that this flexibility often gives the fellowships a value well beyond their dollar amounts.
DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS: September 15, 2004

Fulbright Scholar Program
The Fulbright Scholar Program is offering lecturing/research awards in some 140 countries for the 2004-2005 academic year. Opportunities are available not only for college and university faculty and administrators, but also for professionals from business and government, as well as journalists, lawyers, scientists, artists, independent scholars and many others.

While foreign language skills are needed in some countries, most Fulbright lecturing assignments are in English. Some 80 percent of the awards are for lecturing.

Application deadlines include:

U.S. Scholar Programs
Traditional Fulbright Scholar Program: The traditional Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad to 140 countries each year for two months to an academic year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. Deadline: August 1, 2004

Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program: The Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program awards are among the most prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholar Program. Most awards are in Western Europe, although a few are available in Canada and Russia. Deadline: May 1, 2004

Fulbright Senior Specialists Program: The Fulbright Senior Specialists Program provides short-term Fulbright grants of two to six weeks. Activities offer U.S. faculty and professionals opportunities to collaborate on curriculum and faculty development, institutional planning and a variety of other activities. Rolling Deadline

Fulbright Alumni Initiatives Awards Program: The AIA program offers small institutional grants to Fulbright alumni to continue or develop projects that will link their home and host institutions. Deadline: February 16, 2004

Fulbright International Education Administrators Program: U.S international education administrators are invited to apply for two- to three-week summer seminars in Germany, Japan or Korea. Deadline: November 1, 2004

Fulbright German Studies Seminar Program: The topic for the 2005 seminar is "Current Trends in Contemporary German Literature." What was once a summer seminar for German specialists only has in recent years become an interdisciplinary experience for specialists and non-specialists alike. Deadline: November 1, 2004

Fulbright (Non-U.S.) Visiting Scholar Programs
Fulbright Visiting Non-U.S. Scholar Program: This program is for non-U.S. scholars interested in applying for research/lecturing grants in the United States.

Fulbright Visiting Specialists Program: Direct Access to the Muslim World: This new program will support 20-25 grants for visits of between two and six weeks by scholars and professionals from abroad who are former Fulbrighters to American institutions that desire to enrich understanding and knowledge of Islamic, Middle Eastern and South Asian societies and cultures. Deadline: April 15, 2004

Visiting Scholar Occasional Lecturer Program (OLP): Provides support for scholars and professionals who are already in the United States on Fulbright grants to visit other campuses for the purpose of guest lecturing. Individual faculty, departments, and institutions are encouraged to contact scholars directly; scholars apply to CIES for reimbursement of their round-trip transportation costs.

Worldwide Fulbright Scholar-In-Residence (SIR) Program: Brings visiting scholars and professionals from abroad to lecture at U.S. colleges and universities for one semester or one academic year. The program is especially appropriate for small liberal arts colleges, minority-serving institutions, and community colleges, many of which do not often have the opportunity to host visiting scholars. Deadline: November 3, 2004

European Union Scholar-In-Residence (EU SIR) Program: The purpose of the Fulbright European Union Scholar-in-Residence Program is to strengthen expertise in European Union affairs by bringing to U.S. campuses scholars from the European Union. Deadline: November 4, 2004

For information, contact the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) at 3007 Tilden Street, NW, Suite 5L, Washington, DC 20008-3009. Telephone: 202-686-7877; E-mail. Information and an online application are also available on the Web.

APSA Centennial Center for Political Science & Public Affairs Visiting Scholars Program
Assists scholars from the United States and abroad who would benefit from a stay in and access to the resources available in Washington, DC, providing infrastructure including furnished work space with computer, phone, fax, conference space, and library access.
Contact: Centennial Center or call Sean Twombly at (202) 483-2512

Johnson Foundation Wingspread Conferences Program
Co-sponsors conferences on public interest issues.
Contact: Barbara J. Schmidt, Program Secretary
P.O. Box 547
Racine, WI 53401-0547
Phone: (262) 681-3343
Fax (262) 681-3325
Web forms available.

Markle Foundation
Most projects are solicited by the Foundation.
The Markle Foundation
10 Rockefeller Plaza, 16th floor
New York, NY 10020
proposals@markle.org
Web forms available

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Civil Society Program
Supports efforts to assist in democratic institution building, strengthen communities, promote equitable access to resources, and ensure respect of rights and diversity.
Web forms available

National Endowment for the Humanities
Supports research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
Deadlines: Vary with programs

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (HFG) welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance. Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: February 1

William T. Grant Foundation Funding Opportunities
The goal of the William T. Grant Foundation is to help create a society that values young people and enables them to reach their full potential. It pursues this goal by investing in research and in people and projects that use evidence-based approaches. We support research on how contexts such as families, programs, and policies affect youth, how these contexts can be improved, and how scientific evidence affects influential adults.
Deadlines: Applications are reviewed at Board meetings in March, June and October of each year.

The National Science Foundation's Social and Economic Sciences Division supports research to develop and advance scientific knowledge focusing on economic, legal, political and social systems, organizations and institutions. In addition, SES supports research on the intellectual and social contexts that govern the development and use of science and technology. SES programs consider proposals that fall squarely within disciplines, but they also encourage and support interdisciplinary projects, which are evaluated through joint review among Programs in SES, as well as joint review with programs in other Divisions, and NSF-wide multi-disciplinary panels, as appropriate.
Deadlines: Vary with programs.

Pew Charitable Trusts
Six program areas of culture, education, environment, health and human services, public policy, and religion, as well as the interdisciplinary Venture Fund.
Web forms available

APSA lists numerous other funding opportunities.