CAORC NEH Senior Research Fellowship

Scholarship Description

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Senior Research Fellowship supports advanced research in the humanities. Fellowship awards are for four to six consecutive months (i.e. you can hold the fellowship for four, five, or six consecutive months). Selected fellows are awarded $5,000 per month of the award.

Important information about the fellowship competition:

• Fields of study include, but are not limited to, history, philosophy, religious studies, literature, literary criticism, and visual and performing arts. In addition, research that embraces a humanistic approach and methods will be considered.

• Applicants must propose four to six 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

• Fellows may travel and carry out research for four to six consecutive months between the period of May to November.

• Note that due to the current COVID-19 crisis, fellowship travel will resume when travel restrictions are lifted. Please list a tentative travel plan and dates in your application. CAORC will continue to monitor the situation and will work with fellows to confirm travel plans when the fellowships are awarded in April.

• Selected fellows must work on their research full-time during their period of funding.

• Fellowship awards will not exceed $5,000 per month.

Eligibility:

• Applicants must be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals who have resided in the U.S. for three years prior to the application deadline. If you are a U.S. citizen living outside of the U.S., you are still eligible to apply.

• Applicants must hold a PhD.

• Funding is not available for research conducted in the U.S.

• It is not required that you be affiliated with a U.S. academic institution to apply.

• Minority scholars and scholars from Minority Serving Institutions are strongly encouraged to apply.

Eligibility Requirements

• Award is available to U.S. citizens
• Award is available to Canadian citizens
• Award is available to citizens of countries other than the U.S. and Canada.

Application Requirements

• Application form required
• Recommendations or references required
• Special requirements exist (These are specified in text.)
• Project Description, Project Bibliography/Literature Review, Curriculum Vitae.

How To Apply