The Martin Duberman Visiting Scholar program at The New York Public Library fosters excellence in LGBT studies by providing funds for scholars to do research in the Library’s preeminent LGBT historical collections. The fellowship is open to both academic faculty and independent scholars who have made a significant contribution to the field. The recipient of the award will receive $20,000 to fund their research at the Library.
The Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB) awards a number of fellowships-in-residence normally lasting 10 months and beginning on 1 September 2026 or shortly thereafter, specifically designed for postdoctoral candidates engaged in outstanding research projects in the humanities and social sciences. We invite applications across disciplines, time periods, and geographic coverage outlined in our mission statement .
• Each year, approximately 20 scholars are invited to the Institute for residential fellowships.
• About half of those invited are working in the year's designated theme, half on other projects.
• The School welcomes applications from junior and senior scholars across a wide range of fields in the social sciences and related disciplines.
• Members (as Institute fellows are known) have access to campus resources and facilities, including offices, libraries, subsidized dining services, and housing.
Application Period: September 1, 2025-December 1, 2025
The IIAS invites scholars from Israel and abroad to submit Research Group (RG) proposals for the 2027-2028 academic year. Research proposals may be submitted by initiator(s) affiliated with any academic institution in Israel or abroad. Proposals may cover any research topic from all disciplines including interdisciplinary research, and must seek to be innovative with potential impact on their research field.
The Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) program recognizes and supports the next generation of outstanding innovators, knowledge workers, creative thinkers and researchers at a pivotal time in their careers. The program provides funding and flexibility, empowering Canadian and international leaders in innovation and scholarship of tomorrow to develop the skills to build world-class research and drive Canadian prosperity and competitiveness.
The Waseda Institute for Advanced Study is committed to promoting the university-wide acceptance of leading researchers from other countries as well as to facilitating the production of research results, scholarly exchange with researchers at Waseda, and other such outcomes. For this purpose, the Institute invites researchers doing work at the cutting edge of their fields as a Visiting Researcher.
Fields corresponding to Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Interdisciplinary Research
Several positions
The International Consortium for Research in the Humanities (IKGF) "Fate, Freedom, and Prognostication. Strategies for Coping with the Future in East Asia and Europe" at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg invites applications for fellowships.
We invite scholars from the broader field of Sinology who are working on issues related to our research focus "Fate, Freedom and Prognostication" and preferably those who are open to a comparative approach with an Asian-European perspective.
Le prix scientifique franco-néerlandais Descartes-Huygens est ouvert à l'ensemble des domaines scientifiques. La date limite de réception des dossiers de candidature est le 15 juillet 2022.
Le prix scientifique franco-néerlandais Descartes-Huygens est décerné depuis 1995, pour la France, par le ministère des Affaires étrangères et européennes et le ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation, et pour les Pays-Bas, par l'Académie royale des lettres et des sciences.
In the context of our current strategy debate, the call for the Sofja Kovalevskaja Award is under discussion. We are, therefore, unable to accept applications for a Sofja Kovalevskaja Award at present.
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s Sofja Kovalevskaja Award, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, is granted to young exceptionally promising researchers from abroad in recognition of outstanding academic achievements.
This call is open to researchers who have a doctoral degree or at least four years’ full-time research experience by the time of the call deadline.