Individual projects

Early Career Research Fellowships offer support for research and writing in Buddhist Studies for pre-tenure scholars holding a PhD degree. These fellowships provide scholars time free from teaching and other responsibilities to concentrate on research and writing for the project proposed. 

We strongly encourage applications from:

• unemployed or underemployed scholars
• scholars with high teaching loads
• scholars working on their first books

Tenured faculty, those who have submitted tenure materials, and emeriti are not eligible.

There are seventeen different one to two month fellowships administered by AAS. While some are for postdoctoral scholars, most of the fellowships are open to doctoral candidates engaged in dissertation research. Some fellowships are also open to independent researchers working on a scholarly project served by AAS collections.

All awards are for a period of residence to use the AAS library’s resources in Worcester, Massachusetts, for research and writing. 

Length of Term

One to two months during the period June 1 to May 31.

The Allan Martin Award is a research fellowship intended to assist early-career historians further their research in Australian history.

For more than 60 years, the American Institute of Indian Studies has provided funding for scholars to pursue knowledge about India.

AIIS fellows contribute to scholarship about and understanding of India through publications, teaching, presentations, exhibitions, educational programs, and service to the field of Indian studies.

Junior Research Fellowships