Research Universities and Humanistic Scholarship

Overview Current Programs Program Contact Information

Program Staff and Senior Advisors

Philip E. Lewis, Vice President
Mariët Westermann, Vice President
Harriet Zuckerman, Senior Fellow
Joseph S. Meisel, Program Officer
Martha Sullivan, Program Associate
Nora Lambert, Program Assistant
Ekaterina Luchanskaya, Program Assistant
Bernard Bailyn, Senior Advisor
Phillip A. Griffiths, Senior Advisor
J. Paul Hunter, Senior Advisor

 

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Overview

The Foundation supports a wide range of initiatives to strengthen the institutions that sustain scholarship in the humanities and "humanistic" social sciences, primarily research universities but also a small number of centers for advanced study and independent research libraries.  Particular emphases in this area include (but are not limited to) doctoral education, postdoctoral fellowships, faculty research, and discipline-related projects.  On occasion the Foundation has underwritten research on higher education.

 

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Current Programs

In addition to funding postdoctoral fellowships and doctoral training at selected universities (by invitation), the Foundation has initiated a number of programs overseen by institutions that receive individual applications. These programs, and links to their Web sites, are listed below:

Programs Supporting Graduate Students

• Andrew W. Mellon/ACLS Early Career Fellowships (American Council of Learned Societies)
• Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (Social Science Research Council)
• IHR Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in the Humanities (Institute of Historical Research, University of London)
• International Dissertation Field Research Fellowships (Social Science Research Council in partnership with the American Council of Learned Societies)
• Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources (Council on Library and Information Resources)

 
Programs Supporting Scholars

• Andrew W. Mellon East-Central European Research Fellows (Council of American Overseas Research Centers)
• Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships (American Council of Learned Societies)
• Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars (American Council of Learned Societies)
• Sabbatical Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences (American Philosophical Society)

 
Foundation-Administered Fellowships and Awards

Please note: only institutions and individuals that are invited to submit nominations for these programs may do so.

• New Directions Fellowships

• Program Description
• Recipients

• Emeritus Fellowships

• Program Description
• Recipients

•   Distinguished Achievement Awards

• Program Description
• Recipients
• Press Releases

John E. Sawyer Seminars on the Comparative Study of Cultures

The Sawyer Seminars support comparative research on the historical and cultural sources of contemporary developments. Please note: only institutions that are invited may submit proposals to the program.

• Program Description
• Funded Seminars

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Program Contact Information

Please direct initial inquiries by email to:

Martha Sullivan


Before writing, please review the Foundation's general requirements for grant proposals in the Grant Inquiries section of this Web site.