Internal Funding Sources

External Funding Sources

Fulbright Scholar Program
German Academic Exchange Service
Minnesota Humanities Commission
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Humanities Center

Specific Programs

• CIES-Europe:(Denmark, Finland, Germany)
• DOS-OGEP- Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program
• German Academic Exchange Program (DAAD)-Information Visits
• Interdisciplinary German Studies
• James Bryant Conant Fellowships in German and European Studies
• Newberry Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbuttel Fellowship
• Spencer Foundation Grants Program
• Study Visits by Foreign Academics

Sponsor: Council for International Exchange of Scholars
Deadline(s): August 2007 (anticipated)

Objectives:
Opportunities are available in the following fields:

Denmark--up to four awards for lecturing, combined lecturing/research or research in the following: American Business, Politics, and Communications (specializations sought are comparative U.S. and U.K. politics and economics, American business history, consumer culture, American politics and society, among others); American history (specializations sought are 19th- and 20th-century American cultural history, preferably with a focus on popular music, such as rock, jazz, blues, folk, country and soul) any field; and human rights and humanitarian law.

Finland--up to sixteen awards in the following fields:

• adult and continuing education (specializations sought are adult and continuing education, philosophy of adult education, qualitative research in education)
• American studies (specializations sought are cultural, urban, social studies, North American studies, early modern and modern American History)
• American studies
• literature or cultural studies (specializations sought are American literature, cultural studies, American English)
• any field
• art education (specializations sought are art criticism, contemporary art and the artistic learning process)
• police studies (specializations sought are police organization, leadership and management, police training, crime prevention strategies or community policing, other fields of law enforcement)
• public management of science and technology
• health policy (specializations sought are science, technology and health information policy
• technology transfer
• program and policy evaluation
• health policy management
• science and technology privatization in the health care and information industries)
• small business marketing, international and e-business (specializations sought are small business marketing, internationalization and networking, e-business)
• veterinary science (specializations sought are veterinary anesthesiology and intensive care (small animal and equine))

Germany--approximately forty-nine lecturing/research awards in the following fields:

• American literature and American studies
• any field (preference for social sciences and humanities, economics, environmental sciences, law, communications and media science)
• any field (preference for scholars in social sciences and humanities, especially American and African American studies, economics, environmental sciences, law, communications and media science)
• beginning professional journalism (specializations sought are print and broadcast journalism).

Eligibility:
College or university level teaching experience is expected for most awards. Foreign language proficiency is required as specified in the award description or as required for the completion of the proposed lecturing or research project. Professionals and artists outside academe must have recognized professional standing and substantial professional accomplishments. Previous grantees are eligible if three years will have elapsed between the ending date of one scholar award and the beginning date of the new scholar award (unless the previous grant was for less than two months).

Persons residing abroad for five or more consecutive years in the six-year period preceding the date of application are ineligible. Distinguished lecturing awards are targeted at those with outstanding reputations in their fields, and a national standing is normally required. Junior lecturing awards are targeted at recent Ph.D. recipients and scholars at an early stage in their careers, or, in some cases, where the doctorate is not required.

Sponsor: Department of State
Deadline(s): October 16, 2006

Objectives:
The sponsor provides support for U.S. teachers and school administrators at elementary and secondary levels, community colleges and four-year institutions to exchange positions with foreign educators. Participating countries include: Argentina; Benin; Brazil; Bulgaria; Canada; Chile; Colombia; Czech Republic; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Hungary; Republic of Ireland; Israel; Italy; Latvia; Mexico; Morocco; Norway; Peru; Poland; Romania; Senegal; Slovakia; South Africa; Spain; Thailand; Turkey; the United Kingdom; and Zimbabwe.

Eligibility:
Teachers and school administrators at elementary and secondary levels, two-year colleges and four-year institutions are eligible to apply. Applicants must: be U.S. citizens; speak fluent English; hold at least a Bachelor's degree; have a current full-time teaching or administrative assignment in the U.S. or one of its territories; be in at least the third year of full-time teaching or administration (teachers applying to the seminar only need to be in their second full year); and have not participated in a Fulbright Teacher Exchange longer than eight weeks in the last three years. In addition to these general eligibility requirements, the applicant must also meet country-specific subject and level requirements.

Sponsor: German Academic Exchange Service
Deadline(s):Short-term: February 2007; Long-term: January 2007 (anticipated)

Objectives:
The "Informationsaufenthalt" is intended to increase knowledge of and familiarity with specific academic, scientific or cultural subjects and/or institutions in Germany.

Eligibility:
The following requirements apply: the group should consist of between ten to fifteen students who must be affiliated with an accredited Canadian or US university (participants may be drawn from more than one institution); Canadian or United States citizenship is a prerequisite; and while fluency in German is not a requirement, some knowledge of German on the part of most participants is highly desirable. Preference will be given to groups with a homogeneous academic background. Information visits should not be planned for the July/August interval, when no classes are held on German campuses, or the end-of-year holiday period.

Sponsor:American Institute for Contemporary German Studies
Deadline: April 2007 (anticipated)

Objectives:
The program is designed to encourage research and promote study of cultural, political, historical, economic and social aspects of modern and contemporary German affairs from and inter- and multidisciplinary perspective. Grants are restricted to the German Studies field. Funds may be used for research in connection with doctoral dissertations and postdoctoral studies expected to yield a scholarly essay or book.

Eligibility:
Ph.D. candidates, recent Ph.D.s and junior faculty members currently affiliated with an accredited institution of higher education are invited to apply. Applicants must be citizens of the U.S. or Canada, or they must have been permanent residents of these countries for at least five years.

Sponsor:Newberry Library
Deadline(s): January 10, 2007 and March 1, 2007

Objectives:
The Newberry's collections concern the civilizations of western Europe and the Americas from the late middle ages to the twentieth century. Included are materials on the history of cartography, history and the theory of music, history of printing and early philology and linguistics. Other focuses include European discovery, exploration, and the settlement of the Americas, the American West, local history, family history and genealogy, literature and history of the Midwestm especially the Chicago Renaissance, Native American histories and literatures, the Renaissance, the French Revolutionary Era and Portugese and Brazillian history.

Eligibility:
Eligible Applicants are those holding a Ph.D. or equivalent, doctoral candidates at the dissertation stage, and established scholars.

Sponsor:Spencer Foundation
Deadline:Open

Objectives:
The sponsor's mission is to fund activities, anywhere in the world, which foster new ideas in education and encourage creativity. The sponsor prefers to fund specific initiatives that conform to the mission statement.

Eligibility:
The sponsor funds activities from anywhere in the world.

Sponsor:German Academic Exchange Service
Deadline:Deadline dates for applications will vary dependent on the country of origin. Applicants should contact the sponser for further details.

Objectives:
The sponser offers this award to foreign academics for a study or research stay in Germany. Visits can last between one and three months and can be made at any time. The award covers a monthly allowance based on the academic status of the applicant (EUR 1,840 or EUR 1,990 or in exceptional cases EUR 2,240). Travel expenses will be reimbursed for some countries or lump sum payments will be made. Additional funding is not available for accompanying family members.

Eligibility:
Invitations for study can be extended for academics working at higher education institutions or research institutes. Artists and musicians working at the HEI's are also eligible for invitation. Applications may be placed either by the foreign academics of by German higher education or research institutions, or by German foreign diplomatic representations or by the sponser.