These research grants and fellowships are designed to assist students performing dissertation research. They vary widely in eligibility conditions, application requirements and types of research sponsored. Applicants are strongly encouraged to carefully read program details and to work closely with their advisors throughout the proposal writing phase of their application.
Fulbright Scholarships
website: http://icenter.stanford.edu/orc/fulbright.html
Deadline: September
Source: External
Ford Foundation
website: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047959
Deadline: November
Source: External
Social Science Research Council (SSRC) International Dissertation Research Fellowship
website: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/idrf-fellowship/
Deadline: November
Source: External
Vice Provost for Graduate Education (VPGE) Diversity Dissertation Research opportunity
Fund (DDRO)
website: http://vpge.stanford.edu/programs/ddro.html
Deadline: November and April
Source: Stanford
Graduate Research Opportunities (GRO)
website: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/humsci/cgi-bin/gus/content/current-funding#GRO
Deadline: November and April
Source: Stanford
The Wenner-Gren Foundation, Dissertation Fieldwork Grants
website: http://www.wennergren.org/programs/dissertation-fieldwork-grants
Deadline: November and May
Source: External
Chateaubriand Fellowship - Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS)
Website: http://humanities.chateaubriand-fellowship.org/
Deadline: January
Source: External
Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program
Website: https://www.smithsonianofi.com/fellowship-opportunities/smithsonian-institution-fellowship-program/
Deadline: January
Source: External
National Sciences Foundation - Law and Social Sciences program
website: https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504727
Deadline: January
Source: External
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Joseph-Armand Bombardier
Canada
Graduate Scholarships Program Doctoral Scholarships, and SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
website: http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/fell...
Deadline: January
Source: External
Vice Provost for Graduate Education (VPGE) Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship
(SIGF)
website: http://vpge.stanford.edu/SIGF/SIGF_apply.html
Deadline: January and March
Source: Stanford
National Science Foundation - Cultural Anthropology program
website: https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505513
Deadline: January and August
Source: External
National Science Foundation - Biological Anthropology
website: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5407
Deadline: January and August
Source: External
Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship
website: https://www.cies.org/program/fulbright-public-policy-fellowship
Deadline: February
Source: External
Susan Ford Dorsey Fellowship for Field Research in Africa
website: https://africanstudies.stanford.edu/study/fellowships/susan-ford-dorsey-field-research-fellowship
Deadline: May
Source: Stanford
Fulbright Hays
website: https://eca.state.gov/fulbright/fulbright-programs/program-summaries/fulbright-hays-program
Deadline: June
Source: External
American Institute of Indian Studies Junior Research Fellowship
website: http://www.indiastudies.org/research-fellowship-programs/categories-of-f...
Deadline: July
Source: External
National Science Foundation - Archaeology program
website: https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11690
Deadline: No deadline
Source: External
Freeman Spogli Institute
website: http://fsi.stanford.edu/fellowships/cddrl_fellowships/
Deadline: Various
Source: Stanford
Leakey Foundation
Website: http://leakeyfoundation.org/grants/overview
Deadline: January and July
Source: External
Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation Fellowship Program
Website: https://www.switzernetwork.org/grant-programs-overview
Deadline: January
Source: External
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Website: http://nsfgrfp.org/
Deadline: November
Source: External
Diversity Dissertation Research Opportunity Fund (VPGE)
Website: http://vpge.stanford.edu/programs/ddro.html
Deadline: November and April
Source: Internal
Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence Doctoral Fellowships Opportunity Fund
(VPGE)
Website: http://vpge.stanford.edu/programs/dare.html
Deadline: April
Source: Internal
Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship (VPGE)
Website: http://vpge.stanford.edu/SIGF/index.html
Deadline: March
Source: Internal
Asian Studies Fellowships & Grant Programs
Website: http://www.asian-studies.org/Grants-and-Awards/Other-Grant-Programs
Deadline: February
Source: Internal