Internal Funding Sources

External Funding Sources

Council for International Exchange of Scholars
Howard Foundation
The Loft
Minnesota Humanities Commission
Modern Language Association of America
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Humanities Center
Newberry Library
Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement
Smithsonian Institution

Specific Programs

• Academy of American Poets--James Laughlin Award
• ALA--YALSA--Margaret A. Edwards Award
• Anhinga Press--Anhinga Prize for Poetry
• Cotton Foundation--Fellowship Awards
• Delmas Foundation--Humanities Program
• Jerome Foundation Grants Program
• Kennedy Library Foundation--Ernest Hemingway Research Grants
• Lannan Foundation Grants Program
• MacDowell Colony--Residencies for Creative Artists
• Millay Colony for the Arts--Residencies
• National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Focus Grants
• Newberry Library Fellowships in the Humanities
• NRC--Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships for Minorities
• Pforzheimer Foundation Grants Program
• Spencer Foundation Grants Program
• University of Tulsa--NIMROD Literary Awards Competition for Fiction and Poetry
• Vermont Studio Center Residencies

Sponsor:Academy of American Poets
Deadline(s):Accepted January 1 to May 1 annually

Objectives:
The award is given to honor a second book of original poetry, in English.

Eligibility:
Eligible applicants must be U.S. citizens and have published one book of poetry in a standard edition. To be eligible, a book must have come under contract with a U.S. publisher between May 1, 2005 and April 30, 2006. Submissions are welcome from small presses, university presses, and trade publishers that have previously published at least four volumes of poetry and are prepared to produce a hardbound edition.

Sponsor:American Library Association
Deadline(s):Open

Objectives:
The sponsor provides an award to honor an author's lifetime achievement for writing books that have been popular with teenagers over a period of time. The award recognizes an author's work in helping adolescents become aware of themselves and addressing questions about their role and importance in relationships, society, and the world.

Restrictions:
Eligible nominees are authors of books that have been popular with teenagers over a period of time. The author must be living at the time of nomination. In the case of co-authors, one must be living. The book or books honored must have been published in the U.S. no less than five years prior to nomination. The award includes $2,000 and a citation. Nomination forms and guidelines are available.

Sponsor:Anhinga Press
Deadline(s): May 2007 (anticipated)

Objectives:
The sponsor makes an award for a manuscript of original poetry in English.

Eligibility:
The competition is open to writers in English from all regions. The award is open to poets trying to publish a first or second book of poetry. Previous publication of self-published books and chapbooks do not make a poet ineligible. Entries must be original poetry in English; however, a few translations in a manuscript are acceptable. Authors may submit multiple manuscripts if each one is accompanied by a separate reading fee. Previously submitted manuscripts and manuscripts under consideration by other publishers are also eligible.

Sponsor:Cotton (Dr. M. Aylwin) Foundation
Deadline(s): February 28, annually

Objectives:
The sponsor invites applications for fellowship awards for studies in the archaeology, architecture, history, language and art of the Mediterranean. In this context the word "Mediterranean" has no geographical limitations.

Restrictions:
The awards will be offered to persons engaged in personal academic research normally showing a level of achievement comparable to a British or American PhD (although no formal academic qualification will be necessary)/ Awards will not be granted for the furtherance of doctoral research. Awards are open to men and women of all nationalities. The award will normally be up to one year's duration commencing on 1st September following the award, and may in special cases be renewable. The sums awarded will have a maximum value of 10,000 pounds and will be expected to cover the costs of accommodation, travel, photography, photocopying and all other expenses relating to the work for which the award is made. Fellows will be expected to arrange for the publication of their research. Further information is available at the above address.

Sponsor:Delmas (Gladys Krieble) Foundation
Deadline(s):Open

Objectives:
The sponsor intends to further the humanities along a broad front, supporting programs in the following areas: languages, both modern and classical; linguistics; literature; history; jurisprudence; philosophy; archaeology; comparative religion; ethics; the history, criticism, and theory of the arts; and those aspects of the social sciences which share the content and methods of these humanistic disciplines. The program includes institutions of the humanities such as learned societies, museums, archives, and major editorial projects.

It also sponsors projects that explore the boundaries between the humanistic disciplines and other areas of scholarship. Support is provided for programs at the postgraduate and university level, but will not exclude projects designed to strengthen preparation for the humanistic disciplines in secondary education.

Restrictions:
Research institutions and cultural or educational organizations are eligible. Awards are made for both general operating and project support. No grants will be made for building campaigns. Endowment contributions will be considered only in cases where the purpose and benefit of the grants are clearly focused. Applications are by invitation only. Letters of inquiry, within the scope of the programs outlined, should be addressed to the Secretary to the Board. Information and guidelines are available.

Sponsor:Jerome Foundation
Deadline(s): Open

Objectives:
The sponsor provides support for artists with significant potential who are underrecognized, by seeking to support artistic work which builds and expands meaning in peoples' lives. The sponsor is interested in endeavors which engage artists and their audiences in evolving dialogues. The sponsor welcomes work which transgresses boundaries and perceptions, and seeks to recognize and support artistic voices which expand thinking about the arts and American culture. Specifically, support is offered in the following categories:

CRITICISM--programs in arts criticism in order to expand upon its concern for contemporary creative artists and their place in history. The sponsor has identified three funding priorities: programs which sustain substantive critical analysis by arts critics over a period of time, with preference given to those which engage a broad community on a regular basis; new approaches which broaden participation in the practice of criticism, including projects which engage artists, critics, producers, viewers, audiences, and others in the practice of criticism as dialogue; and programs which encourage cultural pluralism in arts criticism.

LITERATURE--supports emerging literary artists through independent press publication and journals, writers-in- residence programs, mentor programs, fellowships, career initiatives, and on a very limited basis, readings.

MULTIDISCIPLINARY WORK--supports creative artists who work across disciplines through commissions, research and development subsidy, and production grants.

THEATER--for emerging playwrights in three areas: grants to producing theaters which operate comprehensive developmental programs for emerging playwrights and which evidence a substantial ongoing commitment to new writers; grants in general support of experimental performing companies led by emerging creators; and grants in support of playwrights' organizations which serve playwrights. Support includes commissions, fellowships, full productions of new works, festivals, readings, works-in-progress presentations, and literary services.

Restrictions:
Eligible applicants are tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations operating within the state of Minnesota or New York City. The sponsor is willing to consider requests from unincorporated entities. While the sponsor is willing to consider support for arts organizations of all sizes, it ordinarily supports small and mid-sized organizations, and is willing to consider requests from new entities. Under the visual arts category, the sponsor prefers to fund organizations which offer stipends to artists for their participation in a project, and organizations which will provide for adequate documentation and analysis of the work.

Support for multidisciplinary works is generally channeled to organizations developing and producing individual projects. The sponsor expects that the majority of artists funded will be New York City or Minnesota residents. On a limited basis (one to three grants), support is provided for mid-career artists with established reputations.

Sixty percent of annual grantmaking is made to Minnesota. The remaining forty percent is given to applications from New York City. It is possible for the sponsor to provide general operating support. Support for an organization presenting the work of one artist or the same group of artists will be limited to three to five years. Organizations with various emerging artists who change from year to year may receive support for as long as their program is vital. The sponsor does not support capital fund campaigns, nor does it offer travel grants through the general grant program. Indirect costs may be requested if the figure is fifteen percent or less of the project budget. Guidelines are available. All requests must be in writing.

Sponsor:Kennedy (John F.) Library Foundation
Deadline(s):March 15, annually

Objectives:
The sponsor supports research and use of the archival, manuscript and audiovisual holdings of the Kennedy Library. Grants are intended to help defray costs incurred while doing research in the Hemingway Collection. Applications are evaluated on the basis of expected utilization of the Hemingway Collection, the degree to which projects address research needs in newly opened to relatively unused portions of the Collection, and the qualifications of the applicants.

Eligibility:
Preference is given to dissertation research by Ph.D. candidates in newly opened or relatively unused portions of the Hemingway Collection. All proposals are welcome and will receive careful consideration.

Sponsor:Lannan Foundation
Deadline(s): Open

Objectives:
Areas of interest in Contemporary Visual Art include funding artists for the creation of new work, scholarly publications that foster serious discussion of contemporary art, and organizations that bring new and sometimes experimental works of art to a wide audience. Funding has been provided for exhibitions, scholarly publications, residency programs, and special projects. Literary Arts supports the creation of exceptional English-language literature and seeks to develop a wider audience for contemporary poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.

Areas of interest include funding organizations that support diverse writers through publication, presentation, and distribution. Funding for projects in indigenous communities supports the resolve of Native people to renew their communities through their own institutions and traditions. Funding priority is given to rural community projects that are consistent with traditional values in the areas of environmental protection and advocacy, legal rights, language revitalization, traditional culture, and education.

Sponsor:MacDowell Colony
Deadline(s):January 15, annually

Objectives:
Residencies at the MacDowell Colony are offered to creative artists in the following disciplines: architecture, music composition, film/video arts, visual arts, literature and drama, and interdisciplinary arts. The goal of the residencies is to provide a place where creative artists can find freedom to concentrate on their work.

Sponsor:Millay Colony for the Arts
Deadline(s):Various

Objectives:
The sponsor provides support for residencies in a setting designed to accommodate creativity. Open all year, the Millay Colony gives each artist a private studio and separate living quarters.

Restrictions:
Applications must be received by September 1 for the following February-May; by February 1 for the following June-September; and by May 1 for the following October-January. Eligible applicants are painters, collagists, sculptors, photographers, novelists, poets, nonfiction writers, biographers, playwrights, screenwriters, performance artists, and composers. The sponsor provides all food at no cost to the residents. Artists are provided with a private studio and separate living quarters. Applications and guidelines are available. Applications are never accepted by email or fax. Please contact Gail Giles, Assistant Director, with any questions at 518-392-3103, or giles@millaycolony.org.

Sponsor:National Endowment for the Humanities
Deadline: September 15, 2006 (for April 2007 projects)

Objectives:
Grants for Faculty Humanities Workshops support local and regional professional development programs for K-12 teachers and faculty at post-secondary institutions by providing such faculty with the opportunity to engage in vigorous intellectual inquiry with visiting scholars on significant topics in the humanities.

Projects for college and university faculty members should reflect and respond to institutional priorities and initiatives. These workshops enable a core group of faculty to pursue collaborative humanistic inquiry at a level that could not be accomplished with existing institutional resources. As the core group pursues its common course of study, it will draw upon expertise from within the institution(s) as well as from appropriate visiting scholars. Projects typically involve a cohesive series of meetings on a well-defined topic over a period of up to 18 months.

Eligibility:

Any U.S. nonprofit organization with 501(c)3 tax exempt status is eligible, as are state and local governmental agencies and tribal governments. Grants are not awarded to individuals.

NEH generally does not award grants to other federal entities or to applicants whose projects are so closely intertwined with a federal entity that the project takes on characteristics of the federal entity's own authorized activities. This does not preclude applicants from using grant funds from, or sites and materials controlled by, other federal entities in their projects.

Applications that do not meet the programs cost sharing requirements will not be considered.

Ineligible applications will not be reviewed.

Newberry Library Fellowships in the Humanities