Creative Writing

American Association of University Women Fellowships

Deadline: 
November 15, 2013
PROJECTED DEADLINE; will be updated when new date is posted. Only women are eligible to apply.

American Fellowships support women scholars who are completing dissertations, planning research leave from accredited institutions, or preparing research for publication. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Candidates are evaluated on the basis of scholarly excellence; quality and originality of project design; and active commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions, or fields of research.

Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowships offer funding for women in tenure-track faculty positions in support of their earning tenure and further promotions by enabling them to spend a year pursuing independent research.

Please note that any additional funds received in additon to the AAUW award must be less than the amount of the AAUW award, per the terms of their acceptance agreement for fellows.

University of Chicago Women's Board Grants

Deadline: 
February 16, 2015
Proposals require decanal endorsement before they can be submitted. Above deadline is for submission to Dean; the Women's Board deadline is 3/2/15. Funding contingent upon presentation to WB on 4/29 or 4/30, 2015.

The Women’s Board invites your proposals for projects to be funded in the 2015–2016 academic year. Below please find information on the format and content of submissions, deadlines, and other pertinent information. This information may also be found online at http://womensboard.uchicago.edu/page/information-grant-applicants.

Association of Asian Studies First Book Subventions

Deadline: 
September 1, 2013
Only those who have been AAS members for at least two years may apply. Applications are due on March 1st and September 1st of each year.

The AAS administers a program for AAS-member authors who require subventions to ensure publication of their first books. The AAS will award up to $15,000 in subventions each year with individual awards in the range of $1,000 to $3,000. Funded through the AAS Development Fund, these subventions will be awarded on a competitive basis to first-time book authors who have already secured provisional contracts from established academic presses. Subventions will be paid directly to the press.

There are two annual deadlines, MARCH 1 and SEPTEMBER 1.

Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Grants

Deadline: 
August 1, 2013
Above deadline is for Dramatic Arts grants; the deadline is 2/1/14 for Museum/Literary Arts grants and 4/1/14 for Music grants. (Applications for Dance grants are due 10/1/14.)

The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation is a private independent foundation. Its principal focus is to support the arts and cultural organizations. Organizations supported include, but are not limited to, musical performance organizations, theatre and dance companies, historical societies and museums. The overall grant making focus of the foundation is on artistic achievement in presentation or performance rather than educational enrichment or outreach.

Grants are not typically given to help meet operating budgets, and the Foundation does not generally make unrestricted grants. Rather, grants are project-oriented with the goal of funding worthwhile projects which otherwise might not receive necessary funding.

Unsolicited grant requests will be considered only for organizations in the Chicago Metropolitan area.

The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation accepts both letters of inquiry (via post or email) and phone inquiries. This communication should include a brief description of the proposed project, a project budget and other projected sources of support. Grants are made only to tax-exempt organizations.

Virgina Foundation for the Humanities Residential Fellowship

Deadline: 
December 1, 2016
They strongly suggest projects that are not dissertation revisions.

About the Program

The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities offers residential fellowships to scholars and writers in the humanities. We seek applications that are intellectually stimulating, imaginative, and accessible to the public. There are no restrictions on topic, and applications are invited from across the broad spectrum of the humanities.

Bogliasco Fellowship at Liguria Study Center

Deadline: 
January 15, 2014
Application deadlines are as follows: January 15, 2014, for the fall-winter semester beginning in September 2014, and April 15, 2014, for the winter-spring semester beginning in February 2015.

Bogliasco Fellowships are awarded, without regard to nationality, to qualified persons doing advanced creative work or scholarly research in the following disciplines:

American Philosophical Society Franklin Research Grants

Deadline: 
October 1, 2014
PROJECTED DEADLINE; will be updated when new date is posted. A second round of applications is due December 1st. Preference given to junior scholars; application includes two letters of support.

Since 1933, the American Philosophical Society has awarded small grants to scholars in order to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. In 2012–2013 the Franklin Research Grants program awarded $435,000 to 85 scholars, and the Society expects to make a similar number of awards in this year’s competition.

AAAS Visiting Scholar Program

Deadline: 
October 24, 2014
Must have completed PhD within past 10 years. Three letters of recommendation required.

American Academy of Arts & Sciences Visiting Scholar Program

Please see the AAAS Guidelines for full details.

OVERVIEW
The Visiting Scholars Program (VSP) is an interdisciplinary research fellowship housed at the headquarters of the Academy in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its purpose is to stimulate and support scholarly work by promising scholars and practitioners in the early stages of their careers and to foster exchange between an emerging generation of scholars and Academy members with shared interests.

To accomplish these goals, the Academy offers scholars the opportunity to combine independent research and writing with active involvement in its programs and activities. Visiting scholars are invited to participate in Academy-sponsored conferences, seminars and informal gatherings. They also benefit from institutional partnerships with local universities, libraries, and research institutes in the Boston area. The Academy conducts the Visiting Scholars Program in association with the Harvard Humanities Center, which provides access to the university’s research facilities and works with the Academy to plan joint lectures, seminars, and informal discussions.

Illinois Arts Council Individual Artist Support Program

Deadline: 
September 15, 2013
PROJECTED DEADLINE; will be updated when new date is posted. Application is electronic with possible hard-copy components

Please see the IAC website for additional details.

Artistic Disciplines

Artists who work in the following artistic disciplines are eligible to apply for funding. 

  • Dance
  • Music
  • Theatre
  • Visual Arts
  • Design Arts
  • Crafts
  • Photography
  • Media Arts (include film, video, audio, and computer art)
  • Literature (include creative non-fiction, fiction, and poetry)
  • Interdisciplinary
  • New Performance Forms
  • Ethnic & Folk Arts

Note: Applications for the IA - Project Track will be accepted from creative/originating artists only (i.e. choreographers, composers, playwrights, visual artists, etc.).  

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