Grants and Other Funding Sources

    The Humanities have become more like the sciences in at least one respect: scholars are increasingly expected to secure grants from public or private granting agencies to supplement, or in some cases cover entirely, the costs of salary and benefits during leaves. Historians and archaeologists also often require funding for foreign travel or residence. I have collected below a selection of granting agencies that support research in Classics and Greek and Roman history. Some focus almost exclusively on these fields, others include them generally among the Humanities (meaning that applicants must compete against proposal from a wide array of disciplines). Some require residence at a particular place; some do not. You'll have to explore around to find possibilities that might suit your needs.

• Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship. Open to scholars under 40, the Humboldt Fellowship supports a year's research in Germany.
• American Center for Oriential Research. ACOR offers residential fellowship opportunities in various countries in the Middle East, especially Jordan.
• American Council of Learned Societies. The ACLS offers a wide variety of grant programs for scholars at all stages of their careers, and has a good record of supporting scholarship in Classics and Greek and Roman history.
• American Philosophical Society offers a variety of grants for pure research, including a large sabbatical supplement grant.
• American Research Institute in Turkey. ARIT offers support for scholars working on topics related to the territory of modern Turkey in all time periods, with libraries and research facilities in Istanbul and Ankara.
• Council of American Overseas Research Centers. The Council provides fellowships for research overseas; participating centers include the American School for Classical Studies at Athens, the American Academy in Rome, the American Institute of Maghrib Studies (Tunisia and Morocco), the American Research Center in Egypt, the W.F Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, the American Center of Oriental Research in Amman, the American Research Institute in Turkey, and the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Insitute, among others.
• Dr. M. Aylwin Cotton Foundation. The Foundation supports research in all fields and time periods related to the Mediterranean with fellowships and publication grants. Write to: The Dr. M. Aylwin Cotton Foundation, c/o Albany Trustee Company Limited, P.O. Box 232, Pollet House, The Pollet, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, England. Telephone: 481-724136; fax: 481-710478 or 481-711486.
• The Friends of the Princeton University Library anticipate awarding up to ten short-term fellowships for 2000-2001 to promote scholarly use of the research collections. The fellowships, which have a value of up to $2,000 each, are meant to help defray expenses in traveling to and residing in Princeton during the tenure of the fellowship. The length of the fellowship will depend on the applicant's research proposal, but is ordinarily one month. This round's fellowships are tenable from May 2000 to April 2001. The deadline is 15 January 2000. Applicants are asked to submit a completed application form and budget form, and a research proposal not exceeding three pages in length. Applicants must also arrange for two confidential letters of recommendation to be sent directly to the
  Fellowship Committee at the Library address.
• Fulbright Program. Founded by former Arkansas Senator William J. Fulbright, the federally funded Fulbright Program offers fellowships to US scholars for research or teaching abroad for periods of a few months up to a full year. Competitiveness varies dramatically depending on the country which the applicant wants to work in. Fulbright also funds foreign scholars researching or teaching in the United States.
• John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The Guggenheim foundation is one of the most prestigious -- and most competitive -- of all the private granting agencies.
• Institute for Advanced Study. School of Historical Studies. The Institute provides a variety of residential fellowships, with a strong tradition of support for study of the Greco-Roman world.
• National Endowment for the Humanities. Your tax dollars at work. The NEH is the primary federally funded agency for supporting research in the Humanities.