Fellowships and Grants
SISECSE will provide participating scholars with time and space to dedicate to their own research and writing in a collaborative and interdisciplinary setting. The program covers travel, accommodation, and per diem expenses. Scholars are expected to be in residence and to participate in all planned events for the duration of the institute.
In addition to conducting their own research, scholars will have the opportunity to participate in a series of immersive discussions on a broad topic of shared academic interest. In 2026, the institute’s discussions will explore “Autonomy, Institutions, and Transnational Networks.” There is no requirement that applicants’ projects connect to the theme.
Eligibility
The competition is open to scholars in any field or discipline in the humanities and social sciences pursuing postdoctoral or advanced research in East Central and Southeastern Europe, including Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine. We seek to foster conversations across generations and fields.
Scholars must be based at institutions in North America (Canada, Mexico, US) or East Central and Southeastern Europe (see the list above).
Applications must be submitted in English, but the written work produced by the grantee can be in any language. Work proposed must be in the humanities and social sciences and must employ humanistic approaches and methods.
Deadline: December 2, 2025, 9:00 PM EST
Questions? Contact us at SISECSE@acls.org
Call for Applications: Wayne Vucinich Fellowship 2026
Deadline: November 15, 2025
The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) at Stanford University invites applications for the Wayne Vucinich Fellowship.
This is a three-month residential fellowship to be offered in the period between April-June, 2026. The fellowship is open to scholars in any discipline whose research focuses on historical or contemporary topics in Russia, East Europe, the Caucasus, or Central Asia. Scholars who have received the PhD within the past five years are eligible to apply. (A PhD in hand is required at the time the residency begins.) Preference will be given to scholars who are residents of countries that fall under the direct purview of the Center: Russia, East Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.
During the fellowship period, the Vucinich Fellow is expected to pursue independent research in residence and to participate actively in the scholarly activities of the Center. The fellow will hold a lecture, seminar, or workshop on their research. The fellow will have access to Stanford University Libraries and the use of a shared workspace at the Center.
The fellowship award funds international travel, health insurance, and a visa, in addition to a $15,000 stipend for living expenses.
A complete application consists of an online application form, a letter of application (including a research project description), a Curriculum Vitae, a writing sample (book chapter or article length, in English), two letters of recommendation, and a short proposal for a public lecture and/or workshop. Applications will be accepted until November 15, 2025.
For more information and to access the application, please see the CREEES website.
Indiana Rotary clubs are accepting applications for a $40,000 All-Indiana Global Grant Scholarship that will enable a scholar to study one to four years in a graduate program at any qualified university outside North America.
The 2025-26 program is open to students who have graduated – or will graduate by May 2025 – from a four-year Indiana college -- or who maintain a legal residence in Indiana – and who plan to pursue graduate-level studies at an overseas university.
The program supports exceptional scholars dedicated to pursuing a career in an area of great humanitarian need and who demonstrate a long-term commitment to measurable, sustainable change. Scholars must present a plan of study and a career commitment that align with one of Rotary’s seven areas of focus.
More information and details on how to apply can be found here:
Rotary Global Scholar – An All Indiana effort with Districts 6540, 6560 & 6580
The Association for Women in Slavic Studies (AWSS) is pleased to be able to offer travel grants of between $200 and $1000 for scholars from Eurasia studying women’s and gender studies, who are presenting papers at the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) meetings, the AWSS meetings, or the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) meetings.
Requests to support travel to other conferences will be considered if funds are available. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. Scholars should complete the information listed below and submit a budget and a current CV with their application. All recipients of awards are required to submit a short (maximum 250 words) report on their grant activity within 30 days after the event for which travel was supported.
SRAS Study Abroad Opportunities
Deadline to apply: ROLLING
Students can study abroad in Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, or Kyrgyzstan in a range of programs covering subjects related to the location (e.g. Conflict Resolution, Security Studies, Central Asian Studies, Art, Politics, etc.). Internships are also available, with particularly wide opportunities in Warsaw and Kyiv.
Deadlines and start dates vary by program. Funding opportunities: http://sras.org/Funding.
Jewish Studies Conference Funding for Graduate Students, Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University
Deadline to apply: ROLLING
Applications should be submitted to:
Dr. Carolyn Lipson-Walker, Assistant Director
Borns Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University
Global and International Studies Building
355 N. Eagleson Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405-1105
clipsonw@indiana.edu; FAX (812) 855-4314.
You may visit the Jewish Studies Graduate Funding Opportunities website for more details.
*Priority will be given to Jewish Studies doctoral minors.
Jewish Studies Conference Funding for Undergraduate Students, Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University
Deadline to apply: ROLLING
For Jewish Studies Major, Certificate, and Hebrew Minor Students up to $500
No later than one month before the funds are needed and preferably earlier, an applicant must provide: 1) a one page statement describing the conference/program and explaining how it will contribute to the applicant’s Jewish Studies education and/or Jewish Studies career objectives; 2) a reference from a Jewish Studies faculty member (can be sent separately); and 3) a budget, explaining what the funds will be used for. Please submit statement, reference, and budget to the Jewish Studies Program (Global and International Studies Building-4E, 4023, 812-855-0453) or email to clipsonw@indiana.edu.
Funds are limited. Applications will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis. You may visit the Jewish Studies Undergraduate Funding Opportunities website for more details.
The British Library
Endangered Archives Programme
https://eap.bl.uk/grants?fbclid=IwAR0MlWhFFxlVWexrpGSwd0_1_8Qjr0CLofjp1Z8VD3IbA_tuIC4KF-GfxLo
The Endangered Archives Programme offers approximately 30 grants each year to enable researchers to identify and preserve culturally important archives through digitization. The Programme offers the following types of grant. They are awarded in May/June and normally expected to start in August/September each year.
Pilot projects can either involve investigating the potential for a major project through a survey, or they may be small digitization projects. Maximum duration: 12 months. Budget limit: £15,000. Major projects are intended for digitization and cataloguing of a collection or collections. This type of grant may involve preservation necessary for digitization, and may also relocate the material to a more secure location/institution within the country. Maximum duration: 24 months. Budget limit: £60,000. Area projects are similar to major projects, but larger in scale and ambition. Applicants must demonstrate a successful track record of archival preservation work and be associated with an institution that has the capacity to facilitate a large-scale project. We will will award a maximum of two area grants in each funding round. Potential applicants must contact the EAP office before submitting.
Deadline to apply: ROLLING
An historic Martha’s Vineyard property once owned by prolific American writer and prominent political activist Max Forrester Eastman (1883-1969) will soon be a place for Indiana University Bloomington faculty in the arts and humanities to write and create. The house was a vibrant gathering place for innovative writers, artists, and thinkers; it will return to a space for artists, creative writers, and humanists on the Bloomington campus who may apply for an Eastman Fellowship for up to one month of residency in this quiet and serene location to complete books or other projects. In addition, the renovated house may be used for small retreats and conferences in the arts and humanities.
For more detail (and application): Visit Eastman Residency in Martha’s Vineyard
The Center for Jewish History
Fellowship Programs
https://www.cjh.org/research/fellowships-at-the-center/seniorscholar#senior-scholar
The Center for Jewish History is proud to announce the creation of an expanded fellowship program. The program features four new endowed 10-month fellowships in addition to one existing 12-month fellowship and two short-term fellowships. The seven fellowships constitute the nucleus of a projected Institute for Advanced Jewish Historical Research. The fellowships will support original research using the collections of the Center’s five partners: American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute. Preference will be given to those candidates who draw on the archival and library resources of more than one partner institution. The fellowships are open to a range of senior scholars, early career scholars, and advanced graduate students who have completed all the requirements (i.e., coursework, exams, dissertation proposal) for the doctoral degree apart from the dissertation. Fellows are encouraged to spend at least three days per week in residence in the Lillian Goldman Reading Room using archival and library resources. Fellows are expected to participate in the Center for Jewish History Fellowship Seminar Program, attend all the meetings of the fellowship program cohort, present a pre-circulated paper to be discussed at one of those meetings, deliver a minimum of one lecture based on research conducted at CJH, and submit a report upon completion of the fellowship describing their experience as a Center Fellow. For a complete list of available fellowship programs, please click below to view descriptions and application guidelines. Questions about the fellowship program may be directed to fellowships@cjh.org.
The Gotha Research Centre of the University of Erfurt, the Francke Foundations in Halle and the Herzog August Library
Postdoctoral Fellowship for East-Central European Researchers
https://www.uni-erfurt.de/en/gotha-research-centre/scholarships/short-term-fellowships-gotha-halle-wolfenbuettel/profile?fbclid=IwAR0Acw5FDDW0rsn4tA6goPjOUruFFohPYEA4qEVlBCHorFRFgEFudV90GZk
The Gotha Research Centre of the University of Erfurt, the Francke Foundations in Halle and the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel are for the first time awarding a three-month scholarship for 2024 to an excellent postdoctoral researcher from the East Central European region to research their holdings. The international scholarship programme is open to all historically oriented disciplines. It supports projects that are geared towards researching the holdings of all three institutions, linking them and relating them to each other. A clearly justified reference to the collections held on site in each case is therefore indispensable. The Gotha locations of the University of Erfurt with the universally oriented collections of the former ducal house of Saxony-Gotha-Altenburg, especially in the Gotha Research Library, the Francke Foundations in Halle with the Historical Library and the famous Cabinet of Artefacts and Natural Curiosities from 1736/41, as well as the Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel as the most important early modern library in Germany, are among the outstanding collections and research institutions for the cultural history of European early modern times (temporal focus before 1800). The collection holdings are also often thematically complementary to each other. Corresponding topics and questions can therefore often be worked on equally at all three locations; at the same time, however, many research projects could benefit considerably from the simultaneous use of the holdings of all three institutions. In future, this research will be specifically supported by the joint scholarship programme.
Durham University
Funded PhD Opportunity in Russian, Soviet, Post-Soviet, Eurasian and East-European Studies
https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/modern-languages-cultures/undergraduate-study/language-areas/russian-studies/?fbclid=IwAR19RAMSHHjgJBRqwJbLtDLJcKYdkGkCt7_FC5u1jqgIcczqtsijoAe9q0o
Russian Studies at Durham University, UK invites applications for PhD studentships through the AHRC-funded Northern Bridge Doctoral Training Partnership. We welcome applications from outstanding candidates who can demonstrate evidence of academic excellence, as well as evidence of sufficient research skills to undertake the project. The Northern Bridge Consortium offers fully funded doctoral studentships to outstanding applicants across the full range of arts and humanities subjects and creative practice disciplines. International students as well as UK students are eligible to apply.
In 2025, the Working Group on Cinema and Television (WGCTV) is committed to subsidizing graduate students working in film and media studies who are attending the ASEEES convention for the first time or who have no local institutional resources for travel support. We anticipate that we will be able to fund, on a competitive basis, 3 awards of $300 each.
Eligibility
All applicants must be:
- Students working at either master’s or doctoral level in film and media studies within Slavic, East European, or Eurasian Studies departments.
- Presenting a paper on a panel at the ASEEES Annual Convention.
*Recipients of the ASEEES Graduate Student Travel Grant cannot receive the WGCTV grant for the same convention.
Deadline
October 10, 2025 (All applicants will be notified of their status by November 1st, 2025)
Applications
Complete the online grant application form https://forms.gle/SC2VrR6uom1DsAh29
If you have questions, please contact Daria Ezerova (President) de347@cam.ac.uk or Olga Kim (Bursar) ok4@williams.edu