Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

GSAS Funding

GSAS Master's Student Research and Conference Awards

Provides master's students from any discipline up to $200 for conference presentation expenses and up to $400 to help cover research expenses associated with the thesis or capstone project. Learn more about master's student research and conference awards.

GSAS PhD Student Research and Conference Awards

 Provides PhD students from any discipline up to $400 for conference presentation expenses and up to $800 to help cover research expenses associated with the dissertation project. Learn more about PhD student research and conference awards.

Other University Funding

The Mandel Center for the Humanities

The Mandel Center for the Humanities funding page lists up-to-date funding opportunities for the Humanities and Social Sciences, both through the Mandel Center as well as outside the University. Learn more about funding opportunities through the Mandel Center for the Humanities.

GSA Travel and Research Grants

These grants provide funds to conduct research, primarily for a  thesis or the “major project” required by some graduate programs. Grants are typically in the $150-$300 range. Learn more about the GSA Travel and Research Grants.

Provost Award

An award in the $500-$1,000 range to support an ABD-doctoral candidate's dissertation-related research expenses. Note: this award is managed and sponsored by Graduate Affairs, not GSAS. Learn more about the Provost Award. 

COMPACT

The Samuels Center for Community Partnerships and Civic Transformation (COMPACT) offers up to $3500 to fund community engaged research projects. Learn more about COMPACT.

Center for German and European Studies German Studies Research and Travel Grants

Awards of up to $500 for the purchase of books, films, news and journal subscriptions, and online conferences or cultural event fees for projects related or connected to Germany, German-speaking countries, German culture, language, history, and politics. Learn more about the German Studies Research and Travel Grants. 

Crown Center for Middle Eastern Studies Research and Study Grants

Schusterman Center for Israel Studies Research and Study Grants

Awards of $500-1000 for pre-dissertation and dissertation research in Israel Studies. Schusterman Center doctoral students will be eligible for up to a total of $5000 in research support from the Schusterman Center during the course of their five-year fellowship. Learn more about the Schusterman Center Research Grants.

Tauber Center Micro-Grants for Social Justics

Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI Research Awards

Junior grants up to $2,000 awarded to graduate students enrolled in recognized PhD programs and new scholars — generally within two years of receiving a PhD. Senior grants up to $5,000 are awarded to established scholars and professionals. Learn more about the Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI Research Awards.

Department of Anthropology Departmental Grants

Funds available to support Anthropology graduate student research and other professional activities. Learn more about the Department of Anthropology Departmental Grants for Anthropology graduate students.

International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life Maurice J. and Fay B. Karpf and Ari Hahn Peace Awards

One award for a graduate student ranging from $100-$3000. Learn more about the Maurice J. and Fay B. Karpf and Ari Hahn Peace Awards.

Early Stage

Dissertation

American-Scandinavian Foundation The Foundation awards up to $5,000-23,000 to support research or study in one or more Scandinavian countries for one year.

Asian Cultural Council Humanities Fellowship The Asian Cultural Council supports cultural exchange between Asia and the United States in the performing and visual arts, primarily by providing individual fellowship grants to artists, scholars, students, and specialists from Asia for study, research, travel and creative work in the United States.

Fulbright, Institute of International Education (IIE) The Fulbright is awarded for study or research abroad, and is administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE) on behalf of the U.S. Information Agency.

Smithsonian Fellowships The Smithsonian administers a variety of in-residence fellowships at museums, research institutes, and offices of the Smithsonian Institution.

Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowships This fellowship awards of up to $25,000 for analysis and dissertation write up for research on education in a range of disciplines and professional fields.

Final Year Writing

American Research Center in Egypt ARCE administers fellowships for study in Egypt by students enrolled in doctoral programs (humanities, fine arts, social sciences) at North American universities and for postdoctoral scholars and professionals affiliated with North American universities and research institutions.

Getty Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships Getty Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships are intended for emerging scholars to complete work on projects related to the Getty Research Institute's annual theme.

Presidential Management Fellows Program The Presidential Management Fellows Program offers federal government opportunities to students from a variety of disciplines who have a clear interest in public policy.

Early Stage

American Political Science Association (APSA) The American Political Science Association is the leading professional organization for the study of political science. Funding opportunities include: Congressional Fellowship Program, Minority Fellows Program, Small Research Grant Program, APSA Centennial Center Visiting Scholars Program.

DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Autausch Dienst) This program, sponsored by the German government, provides a fellowship for research in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans The Fellowship awards grants of up to $90,000 for two years.

Dissertation

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) The mission of the ACLS is the advancement of humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the humanities and the social sciences, and the maintenance and strengthening of relations among the national societies devoted to such studies.

American Political Science Association (APSA) The American Political Science Association is the leading professional organization for the study of political science. Funding opportunities include: Congressional Fellowship Program, Minority Fellows Program, Small Research Grant Program, APSA Centennial Center Visiting Scholars Program.

American-Scandinavian Foundation The Foundation awards up to $5,000-23,000 to support research or study in one or more Scandinavian countries for one year.

Asian Cultural Council Humanities Fellowship The Asian Cultural Council supports cultural exchange between Asia and the United States in the performing and visual arts, primarily by providing individual fellowship grants to artists, scholars, students, and specialists from Asia for study, research, travel and creative work in the United States.

Association for Jewish Studies Dissertation Completion Fellowship The Dissertation Completion Fellowships encourage the timely completion of doctorates by the most promising graduate students in the field of Jewish Studies.

Boren Fellowship — National Security Education Program The National Security Education Program (NSEP) Boren Fellowships provides a unique funding opportunity for U.S. Students to study world regions critical to U.S. interests.

Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Doctoral Fellowships This foundation supports the international scholarly exchange to enhance the understanding of Chinese culture and society overseas.

Civil Society Scholar Awards Civil Society Scholar Awards support international academic mobility to enable doctoral students and university faculty to access resources essential to their professional development as a scholar, teacher, or public intellectual.

The Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship The purpose of this fellowship is to fund graduate students studying and conducting research in the U.S. who have demonstrated a need for financial assistance.

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program (DDRA) is designed to contribute to the development and improvement of the study of modern languages and area studies in the United States by providing opportunities for scholars to conduct doctoral dissertation research abroad.

Fulbright, Institute of International Education (IIE) The Fulbright is awarded for study or research abroad, and is administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE) on behalf of the U.S. Information Agency.

Huntington Library Fellowship The Huntington is a collections-based research institute, which promotes humanities scholarship on the basis of its library holdings and art collections and awards over 150 research fellowships annually.

The Inter-American Foundation Grassroots Development Fellowships AF Fellowships support dissertation research in Latin America and the Caribbean undertaken by students who have advanced to PhD candidacy in a university in the United States.

International Dissertation Field Research Fellowships The International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) program supports distinguished graduate students in the humanities and social sciences conducting dissertation research outside the United States for 75 fellows annually.

Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace Dissertation Fellowships The Jennings Randolph Program awards $20,000 for dissertation research and/or writing on international conflict and peace.

John Carter Brown Library Research Fellowships The Jennings Randolph Program awards $20,000 for dissertation research and/or writing on international conflict and peace.

Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation fellowships are for students who are enrolled in a doctoral program in a graduate school in the U.S. and will complete all doctoral requirements except the dissertation and be ready to start research as early as June 1 and no later than September 1 with approval of the dissertation proposal six months before the starting date.

Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture Doctoral Scholarships The purpose of the MFJC’s Doctoral Scholarship Program is to help train qualified individuals for careers in Jewish scholarship and research.

The Saul Kagan Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies Fellowships are awarded to outstanding PhD candidates who exhibit strong personal commitment to Holocaust memory, demonstrate excellence in academic achievement, and possess the potential to provide outstanding professional leadership that will shape the future of Shoah scholarship.

Smithsonian Fellowships. The Smithsonian administers a variety of in-residence fellowships at museums, research institutes, and offices of the Smithsonian Institution.

Social Science Research Council (SSRC) The Social Science Research Council brings necessary knowledge to public issues.

Final Year Writing

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) The mission of the ACLS is the advancement of humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the humanities and the social sciences, and the maintenance and strengthening of relations among the national societies devoted to such studies.

American Research Center in Egypt ARCE administers fellowships for study in Egypt by students enrolled in doctoral programs (humanities, fine arts, social sciences) at North American universities and for postdoctoral scholars and professionals affiliated with North American universities and research institutions.

Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies The Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies supports anthropologists, economists, political scientists, sociologists, and all scholars in germane social science and cultural studies fields, including historians researching the period after the mid-19th century.

Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships are designed to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences, and particularly to help PhD candidates in these fields complete their dissertation work in a timely manner.

Dumbarton Oaks Junior Fellowships The Dumbarton Oaks awards grants ranging from $27,000-$47,000 for residential dissertation research in Byzantine or pre-Columbian studies or studies in landscape architecture.

Graduate Research Fellowship at the Center for Jewish History The Center for Jewish History offers ten-month fellowships to doctoral candidates to support original research using the collections of the Center’s partners – American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace Dissertation Fellowships The Jennings Randolph Program awards $20,000 for dissertation research and/or writing on international conflict and peace.

John Carter Brown Library Research Fellowships The John Carter Brown Library fellowship program was created to give scholars from this country and abroad an opportunity to pursue their work in proximity to a distinguished collection of primary sources.

Mellon Foundation/American Council of Learned Societies Dissertation Completion Fellowship This program assists graduate students in the humanities or related social sciences in the last year of PhD dissertation writing.

Posen Society of Fellows This fellowship supports doctoral students who are writing their dissertations on modern Jewish history and culture and fiction writers working on a Jewish-themed novel or short story collection.

Presidential Management Fellows Program The Presidential Management Fellows Program offers federal government opportunities to students from a variety of disciplines who have a clear interest in public policy.

The Saul Kagan Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies Fellowships are awarded to outstanding PhD candidates who exhibit strong personal commitment to Holocaust memory, demonstrate excellence in academic achievement, and possess the potential to provide outstanding professional leadership that will shape the future of Shoah scholarship.

Early Stage

American Political Science Association (APSA) The American Political Science Association is the leading professional organization for the study of political science. Funding opportunities include: Congressional Fellowship Program, Minority Fellows Program, Small Research Grant Program, APSA Centennial Center Visiting Scholars Program.

The American Sociological Association Minority Fellowship Program The ASA Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) supports new or continuing graduate students of sociology who are enrolled in a program that grants the PhD.

Congressional Fellowships on Women and Public Policy (WCPI Fellowships) These fellowships are designed to train potential leaders in public policy formation to examine issues from the perspective, experiences, and needs of women.

DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Autausch Dienst) This program, sponsored by the German government, provides a fellowship for research in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans The Fellowship awards grants of up to $90,000 for two years.

Social Science Research Council (SSRC) The Social Science Research Council brings necessary knowledge to public issues.

Dissertation

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science & Technology Policy Fellowships: The AAAS provides opportunities for those in the social sciences (Anthropology and Sociology) and the sciences to learn first-hand about federal policymaking while using their knowledge and skills to address today’s most pressing societal challenges.

American Association of University Women (AAUW) fellowships Exclusively for graduate women, the AAUW Educational Foundation supports aspiring scholars around the globe, teachers and activists in local communities, women at critical stages of their careers, and those pursuing professions where women are underrepresented.

American Political Science Association (APSA) The American Political Science Association is the leading professional organization for the study of political science. Funding opportunities include: Congressional Fellowship Program, Minority Fellows Program, Small Research Grant Program, APSA Centennial Center Visiting Scholars Program.

American-Scandinavian Foundation The Foundation awards up to $5,000-23,000 to support research or study in one or more Scandinavian countries for one year.

Boren Fellowship — National Security Education Program The National Security Education Program (NSEP) Boren Fellowships provides a unique funding opportunity for U.S. Students to study world regions critical to U.S. interests. The emphasis is on language learning.

Center for Engaged Scholarship The Center for Engaged Scholarship is an organization, created by and for social scientists, who want the United States to be a more democratic, more egalitarian, and more environmentally sustainable society.

Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Doctoral Fellowships This foundation supports the international scholarly exchange to enhance the understanding of Chinese culture and society overseas.

Civil Society Scholar Awards Civil Society Scholar Awards support international academic mobility to enable doctoral students and university faculty to access resources essential to their professional development as a scholar, teacher, or public intellectual.

Council For European Studies The CES Fellowship Program serves as the leading source for pre-dissertation fellowships that fund students' first major research projects in Europe.

The Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship The purpose of this fellowship is to fund graduate students studying and conducting research in the U.S. who have demonstrated a need for financial assistance.

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program (DDRA) is designed to contribute to the development and improvement of the study of modern languages and area studies in the United States by providing opportunities for scholars to conduct doctoral dissertation research abroad.

Fulbright, Institute of International Education (IIE) The Fulbright is awarded for study or research abroad, and is administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE) on behalf of the U.S. Information Agency.

The Inter-American Foundation Grassroots Development Fellowships AF Fellowships support dissertation research in Latin America and the Caribbean undertaken by students who have advanced to PhD candidacy in a university in the United States.

International Dissertation Field Research Fellowships The International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) program supports distinguished graduate students in the humanities and social sciences conducting dissertation research outside the United States for 75 fellows annually.

Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace Dissertation Fellowships The Jennings Randolph Program awards $20,000 for dissertation research and/or writing on international conflict and peace.

Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation fellowships are for students who are enrolled in a doctoral program in a graduate school in the U.S. and will complete all doctoral requirements except the dissertation and be ready to start research as early as June 1 and no later than September 1 with approval of the dissertation proposal six months before the starting date.

Smithsonian Fellowships. The Smithsonian administers a variety of in-residence fellowships at museums, research institutes, and offices of the Smithsonian Institution.

Social Science Research Council (SSRC) The Social Science Research Council brings necessary knowledge to public issues.

Switzer Fellowship The Switzer Environmental Fellowship Program supports highly talented graduate students in New England and California whose studies are directed toward improving environmental quality and who demonstrate the potential for leadership in their field.

Final Year Writing

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) The mission of the ACLS is the advancement of humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the humanities and the social sciences, and the maintenance and strengthening of relations among the national societies devoted to such studies.

American Research Center in Egypt ARCE administers fellowships for study in Egypt by students enrolled in doctoral programs (humanities, fine arts, social sciences) at North American universities and for postdoctoral scholars and professionals affiliated with North American universities and research institutions.

Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies The Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies supports anthropologists, economists, political scientists, sociologists, and all scholars in germane social science and cultural studies fields, including historians researching the period after the mid-19th century.

Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships are designed to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences, and particularly to help PhD candidates in these fields complete their dissertation work in a timely manner.

Council For European Studies The CES Fellowship Program serves as the leading source for pre-dissertation fellowships that fund students' first major research projects in Europe.

Graduate Research Fellowship at the Center for Jewish History The Center for Jewish History offers ten-month fellowships to doctoral candidates to support original research using the collections of the Center’s partners – American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Preference is given to those candidates who draw on the library and archival resources of more than one partner institution.

Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace Dissertation Fellowships The Jennings Randolph Program awards $20,000 for dissertation research and/or writing on international conflict and peace.

Mellon Foundation/American Council of Learned Societies Dissertation Completion Fellowship This program assists graduate students in the humanities or related social sciences in the last year of PhD dissertation writing.

Posen Society of Fellows This fellowship supports doctoral students who are writing their dissertations on modern Jewish history and culture and fiction writers working on a Jewish-themed novel or short story collection.

Presidential Management Fellows Program The Presidential Management Fellows Program offers federal government opportunities to students from a variety of disciplines who have a clear interest in public policy.

Social Science Research Council (SSRC) The Social Science Research Council brings necessary knowledge to public issues.

Switzer Fellowship The Switzer Environmental Fellowship Program supports highly talented graduate students in New England and California whose studies are directed toward improving environmental quality and who demonstrate the potential for leadership in their field.

Early Stage

American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Program This fellowship is for graduate students in psychology.

The Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program This fellowship is designed to engage its Fellows in the analytical process that informs U.S. science and technology policy.

The Frannie and Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship Program supports students in the applied physical sciences and modern biology. Eligibility: first year in the PhD.

Google Research Fellowship This award is for graduate students doing research in computer science or related fields. Eligibility: all enrolled PhD students.

Individual Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity These awards provide up to five years of support for PhD students from diverse backgrounds in the biomedical, behavioral, health, or clinical sciences.

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships (NSF) The NSF Graduate Research Fellowships are for students in the fields of mathematical, physical, biological, engineering, and behavioral and social sciences, including the history and philosophy of science. Eligibility: first-year PhD students.

Porter Physiology Development Fellowship The goal of the Porter Physiology Development Fellowship is to encourage diversity among students pursuing full-time studies towards a PhD in the physiological sciences

Selected Professions Fellowships-American Association of University Women Selected Professions Fellowships are awarded to women who intend to pursue a full-time course of study at accredited U.S. institutions during the fellowship year in one of the designated degree programs where women’s participation traditionally has been low.

US Department of Energy Computational Science Fellowship The fellowship requires that graduate students plan and follow a course of study that transcends the bounds of traditional academic disciplines. Fellows also participate in a 12-week research experience at a DOE laboratory. Eligibility: First-year Ph.D. students with an M.S. degree.

Dissertation

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science & Technology Policy Fellowships The AAAS provides opportunities for those in the social sciences (Anthropology and Sociology) and the sciences to learn first-hand about federal policymaking while using their knowledge and skills to address today’s most pressing societal challenges.

American Fellowship- American Association of University Women For final year of dissertation research.

Gilliam Fellowships This award is jointly for students and their dissertation advisors; the students must be from populations which are historically underrepresented in science. Eligibility: faculty-student pairs in the life sciences.

Microsoft Research Fellowship This award is for students pursuing research aligned with Microsoft's areas of focus. Eligibility: students must be in their third year of their PhD program in the fall semester.

National Institute of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein Research Service Award This award supports doctoral students in receiving mentored research training while conducting dissertation research.

Research Publication Grants in Engineering, Medicine and Science- American Association of University Women Having a strong publication record is a key to receiving promotions and tenure in engineering, medicine and science. Yet persistent gender stereotypes and bias in these fields can make it difficult for women to find the time and institutional support needed to publish their research. These $10,000 to $35,000 grants help women overcome these barriers by funding research projects that will culminate in scholarly publications.

Switzer Fellowship The Switzer Environmental Fellowship Program supports highly talented graduate students in New England and California whose studies are directed toward improving environmental quality and who demonstrate the potential for leadership in their field.

Fall 2023 Research

• Shirah Malka Cohen (Near Eastern and Judaic Studies)
• Sarah Beth Gable (History)
• Sarah Halford (Sociology)
• Peizhao Li (Computer Science)
• Joey Low (History)
• Susann Longva Vaeth (History)

Spring 2022 Research

• Medha Asthana (Anthropology)
• Jared Berkowitz (History)
• Mina Cho (Musicology)
• Kim Craig (Anthropology)
• George Van Kollias III (Anthropology)
• Joey Low (History)
• Caleb Smith (History)
• Morgan Taylor (Psychology)

Fall 2021 Research

• Robert Cochran (History)
• Sarah Beth Gable (History)
• Susann Longva Vaeth (History)
• Alex Luu (Computer Science)
• Ali Puskulcu (Music Composition and Theory)
• Hui Wen (Anthropology)

2022-2023 Conference

• Ji Min Bang (Near Eastern and Judaic Studies)
• Jared Berkowitz (History)
• Anik Chartrand (English)
• Sungkyung Cho (English)
• Shirah Malka Cohen (Near Eastern and Judaic Studies)
• Marie Comuzzo Brückner (Musicology)
• Nida Farheen (Biochemistry and Biophysics)
• Sarah Beth Gable (History)
• Sarah Halford (Sociology)
• Alexander Herbert (History)
• Koe Inlow (Biochemistry and Biophysics)
• Hannah Jung (History)
• Samantha Leonard (Sociology)
• Ying-Ting Lin (Music Composition and Theory)
• Anthony Lipscomb (Near Eastern and Judaic Studies)
• Elizabeth Mahon (Psychology)
• Teodora Markova (Neuroscience)
• Lisandro Martin (Neuroscience)
• Mariel Mayz (Music Composition and Theory)
• Sahid Mondal (English)
• Jourdan Parent (Psychology)
• Anja Parish (Politics)
• Hannah Park (Psychology)
• Daniel Ruggles (Politics)
• Daniel Schwartz (English)
• Adrianna Shy (Chemistry)
• Víctor Manuel Suárez Casanova (Neuroscience)
• Alexandra Margit Szabo (History)
• Morgan Taylor (Psychology)
• Nathanial Walker (Politics)
• Manning Zhang (Sociology and Social Policy)

2021-2022 Conference

• Medha Asthana (Anthropology)
• Jessi Brewer (English)
• Jeremy Kingston Cynamon (Politics)
• Rachel Dale (English)
• Sarah (Sari) Fein (Near Eastern and Judaic Studies)
• Yi He (English)
• James Heazlewood-Dale (Musicology)
• Rachel Runqiu Jin (Psychology)
• Hannah Jung (History)
• George Van Kollias III (Anthropology)
• Nataliia Laas (History)
• Krystal Leger (Psychology)
• Samantha Leonard (Sociology)
• Xin Yao Lin (Psychology)
• Ying-Ting Lin (Music Composition and Theory)
• Susann Longva Vaeth (History)
• Bailey Ludwig (English)
• Elizabeth Mahon (Psychology)
• Houman Oliaei (Anthropology)
• Anja Parish (Politics)
• Ali Puskulcu (Music Composition and Theory)
• Gowthaman Ranganathan (Anthropology)
• Daniel Ruggles (Politics)
• Katherine Seavey (Psychology)

Fall 2023 Research

• Delany Berry (Genetic Counseling)
• Rebecca Clark (Genetic Counseling)
• Silvana Davila (Genetic Counseling)
• Gabriella Gondran (Genetic Counseling)
• Kaleigh Liebler (Genetic Counseling)
• Lucian Parece (Genetic Counseling)
• Jesika Smith (Genetic Counseling)
• Lily Weglarek (Genetic Counseling)

Spring 2022 Research

• Sophie Katz (Anthropology)
• Kritika Storer (Psychology)

Fall 2021 Research

• Kimberly Butland (Genetic Counseling)
• Meagan Crumley (Genetic Counseling)
• Helen Dellas (Genetic Counseling)
• Kaela Drzewiecki (Genetic Counseling)
• Bailey Kamp (Genetic Counseling)
• Alaena Lim (Genetic Counseling)
• Victoria Morris (Genetic Counseling)
• Lauren O’Sullivan (Genetic Counseling)
• Katherine Prince (Genetic Counseling)
• Davia Schioppo (Genetic Counseling)
• Thelma Wang (Joint Sociology/WGS)

2022-2023 Conference

• Abigail Beckham (Anthropology)

2021-2022 Conference

• Regina Nagan (Classical Studies)
• Kati Russ (Joint English/WGS)

Harry Fein, Samuel Pinanski and Louis Shain Memorial Fellowship A fellowship awarded to Hornstein students for academic excellence.

• Sivan Gopen, Hornstein MA/Heller MPP, 2022
• Isaac Minkoff, Hornstein MA/Heller MPP, 2022

Mandel Research Grants   An award to support research expenses of up to $2,000 for projects in the humanities, the arts, and the humanistic social sciences.

• Medha Asthana, Anthropology, 2022
• Rima Farah, Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, 2022
• Sarah Beth Gable, History, 2022
• Rachel Guaderrama, Sociology, 2022
• Sophie Katz, Anthropology, 2022
• Nayoung Kim, English, 2022
• Susann Longva Vaeth, History, 2022
• Joey Low, History, 2022
• Alaa Murad, History, 2022
• Houman Oliaei, Anthropology, 2022
• Gowthaman Ranganathan, Anthropology, 2022
• Hui Wen, Anthropology, 2022

Provost Dissertation Awards  An award in the $500-$1,000 range to support an ABD-doctoral candidate's dissertation-related research expenses.

• Sarah Beth Gable, History, 2022
• James Heazlewood-Dale, Musicology, 2022
• Jing Huang, Sociology, 2022
• Simon Huynh, Mathematics, 2022
• Hannah Jung, History, 2022
• George Van Kollias III, Anthropology, 2022
• Susann Longva Vaeth, History, 2022
• Joey Low, History, 2022
• Alaa Murad, History, 2022
• Caitlin Sackrison, History, 2022
• Morgan Taylor, Psychology, 2022
• Hui Wen, Anthropology, 2022
• Michela Zaffagni, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2022

American Prize in Composition The American Prize is awarded to composers of recorded or publicly performed works.

• Jingmian Gong (Music Composition & Theory MFA, 2022). National semi-finalist in Instrumental Chamber Group and Vocal Chamber Group categories.

Copland House Residency Awards The Copland House Residency Awards give American composers the opportunity to stay individually in Aaron Copland's former house and focus on their work.

• Ali Can Puskulcu (Music Composition & Theory PhD, 2022).

Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist  The Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist in San Francisco, California has provided an artistic residency for a Brandeis student.

• Niko Yamamoto (Music Composition & Theory PhD). June 2021 and ongoing.

Japanese American Cultural and Community Center  The Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (JACCC) in Los Angeles, California presented "The Kintsugi Spirit" 2021 grants to artists.

• Mariel Mayz (Music Composition & Theory PhD). 2021 Artist Grant for the creation of a new electro-acoustic work and accompanying video.

National Culture and Arts Foundation (Taiwan) The National Culture and Arts Foundation (Taiwan) provides grants to support Taiwanese artists in their work.

• Yu-Tung Cheng (Music Composition & Theory PhD, 2022). Regular Grants.
• Ying-Ting Lin (Music Composition & Theory PhD, 2022). Grant to write a new orchestral work, "Can I breathe?"

Yarn/Wire International Summer Institute  The Yarn/Wire International Institute provides opportunities for collaboration between musicians.

• Niko Yamamoto (Music Composition & Theory PhD, 2022). Composer Fellow.

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) The mission of the ACLS is the advancement of humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the humanities and the social sciences, and the maintenance and strengthening of relations among the national societies devoted to such studies.

• Eric Harvey (NEJS, PhD'20). Emerging Voices Fellow 2021
  
• Kemal Onur Toker (English, '19). The Poetics of the Sharing Economy: Shakespeare and Milton in the Age of the Leviathan.
  

Boren Fellowship — National Security Education Program The National Security Education Program (NSEP) Boren Fellowships provides a unique funding opportunity for U.S. Students to study world regions critical to U.S. interests.

• Michelle Heeman (MA Program in Ancient Greek and Roman Studies, ‘21). Arabic Language Study in Jordan.

Critical Language Scholarship The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a summer study abroad opportunity for American college and university students to learn languages essential to America’s engagement with the world. CLS participants are citizen ambassadors, sharing American values and promoting American influence abroad.

• Michelle Heeman (MA Program in Ancient Greek and Roman Studies, ‘21). Arabic Language Study.

Fulbright U.S. Student Award During their grants, Fulbrighters will meet, work, live with and learn from the people of the host country, sharing daily experiences.  The program facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home, and in routine tasks, allowing the grantee to gain an appreciation of others’ viewpoints and beliefs, the way they do things, and the way they think.

• Matthew Chernick (MA in Comparative Humanities, 2017). Teaching English in Romania.

Frankel Family Fellowship The Frankel Family Fellowship, awarded by the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, is a month-long fellowship that provides funding for study related to Jewish people in North America.

• Seth Winberg (NEJS PhD, 2022).

Huntington Library Fellowship The Huntington is a collections-based research institute, which promotes humanities scholarship on the basis of its library holdings and art collections and awards over 150 research fellowships annually.

• Daniella Gati (American Literature, 2019).

Joseph Wulf Fellowship  The Joseph Wulf Fellowship at the Center for Holocaust Studies at the Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History in Munich and the Memorial House of the Wannsee Conference in Berlin provides scholars with the opportunity to use library resources to advance research related to the Holocaust.

• Tamar Aizenberg (NEJS PhD, 2022).

North American Dostoevsky Society The North American Dostoevsky Society sponsors an annual essay competition for graduate students.

• Daniel Schwartz (English PhD, honorable mention 2022)

American Historical Association The American Historical Association awards several annual research grants for the study of history in various fields.

• Sarah Beth Gable (History PhD, 2022). Michael Kraus Research Grant.

ASEEES Summer Dissertation Writing Grant The Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies awards summer dissertation writing grants to PhD candidates across disciplines who are writing on Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies. These awards are aimed at students who are not conducting research in the region.

• Nataliia Laas (History, 2022). Doctoral Dissertation Research.

Center for Medicine, Holocaust and Genocide Studies The Center for Medicine, Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles focuses on the study of medical professionals before, during, and after the Holocaust and other genocides. They award the Strauss Fellowship to early career scholars.

• Alexandra M. Szabo (History PhD). 2023 Strauss Fellowship.

Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships are designed to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences, and particularly to help Ph.D. candidates in these fields complete their dissertation work in a timely manner. In addition to topics in religious studies or in ethics (philosophical or religious), dissertations appropriate to the Newcombe Fellowship competition might explore the ethical implications of foreign policy, the values influencing political decisions, the moral codes of other cultures, and religious or ethical issues reflected in history or literature.

• Amy Hanes (Anthropology, 2018). Doctoral Dissertation Research: Caring for Their Sakes: Multispecies Relationships, Race, Cuteness and Conservation in Cameroon's Chimpanzee Sanctuaries

Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for international Scholarly Exchange Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Doctoral candidates who are non-ROC citizens and who are enrolled in an accredited university in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, or South America may apply for financial support for writing dissertations in the field of Chinese Studies in the humanities and social sciences. Citizens of the ROC should apply for Dissertation Fellowships for ROC Students Abroad.

• Casey Miller (Anthropology, 2012). Doctoral Dissertation Research: Inside the Circle: Sexuality, HIV/AIDS, and Civil Society in Post-Socialist Northwest China.

Critical Languages Scholarship The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a summer study abroad opportunity for American college and university students to learn languages essential to America’s engagement with the world. CLS participants are citizen ambassadors, sharing American values and promoting American influence abroad.

• Gillian Boulay (MA Program in Teaching Chinese, 2012). Chinese Language Study in Guangzhou, China.

European Holocaust Research Infrastructure The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure Conny Kristel Fellowships fund Holocaust research and access to a partner institution, especially for PhD candidates.

• Alexandra M. Szabo (History PhD). 2022 Conny Kristel Fellowship, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem.

Fitcher Research Grant, Association for the Sociology of Religion Fichter Research Grants are awarded annually by ASR to members of the Association involved in promising sociological research on women in religion or on the intersection between religion and gender or religion and sexualities.

• Margaret Clendenen (Sociology, 2016). Dissertation research: Considering Cultural and Religious Change in Understanding of Same-Sex Marriage: An Examination of State and National Level Same-Sex Marriage Activism

Fulbright U.S. Student Award During their grants, Fulbrighters will meet, work, live with and learn from the people of the host country, sharing daily experiences.  The program facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home, and in routine tasks, allowing the grantee to gain an appreciation of others’ viewpoints and beliefs, the way they do things, and the way they think.

• Casey Golomski (Anthropology, 2010). Doctoral Research in Swaziland.
• Casey Miller (Anthropology, 2010). Doctoral Research in China.
• Emily Canning (Anthropology, 2012). Research in Kyrgyzstan.
• William Geibel (MA in Politics, 2012). Teaching English in Turkey.
• April French (History, 2014). Research in Russia.
• Patrick Brown (History, 2015). Research in Russia.
• Holly Walters (Anthropology, 2016). Research in Nepal.
• Thaviny Shaipitisiri (MA in Teaching, 2017). Teaching English in Thailand.
  

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History The Gilder Lehrman Institute provides annual short-term fellowships to scholars working in American history.

• Sarah Beth Gable (History PhD, 2021). Gilder Lehrman Short Term Fellowship.

History of Education Doctoral Summer School The History of Education Doctoral Summer School provides doctoral students working on the history of education with opportunities to both learn from other historians and share their own research.

• Susann Longva Vaeth (History PhD). Awarded place at 12th History of Education Doctoral Summer School due to be held in Madrid, June 9-12, 2022.

Institute on Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion IMTFI supports researchers working in the developing world on issues of money, technology, and financial inclusion. IMTFI continues to grow and develop a global community and network of scholarship and practice broadly focused on questions of money and technology, and welcomes academics, policymakers, development practitioners, industry designers, and other interested researchers and advocates to join the discussion.

• Mrinalini Tankha (Anthropology, 2010). Doctoral Research in Cuba.

Japan Foundation Doctoral Fellowship Program For the purpose of promoting Japanese studies overseas, this program provides support to preeminent foreign scholars in Japanese studies to give them an opportunity to conduct research in Japan.

• Ryo Morimoto (Anthropology, 2013). Doctoral Dissertation: Memorizing History: Socio-Cultural Continuity in Post 3.11 Japan.

Lucretia Mott Essay Award The Lucretia Mott Essay Award is awarded by the Quaker Studies Program Unity of the American Academy of Religion.

• Joseph Weisberg (History PhD, 2022). Essay: "A Quaker College? Isaac Sharpless and the Redefinition of Haverford's Quaker Identity."

National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (Anthropology) The primary objective of the Cultural Anthropology Program is to support basic scientific research on the causes, consequences, and complexities of human social and cultural variability. Recognizing the breadth of the field's contributions to science, the Cultural Anthropology Program welcomes proposals for empirically grounded, theoretically engaged, and methodologically sophisticated research in all sub-fields of cultural anthropology.

• Donald Slater (Anthropology, 2011). Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: At the Heart of the Turtle - Caves, Power, and Liminality in Ancient Central Yucatan, Mexico.
• Mengqi Wang (Anthropology, 2014). Doctoral Dissertation Research: Housing and Gift: Gendered Economies of Housing in Post-Socialist China, Mengqi Wang
• Douglas Bafford (Anthropology, 2019). Doctoral Dissertation Research: Conservative Evangelical Christianity and Cosmological Responses to Post-Apartheid Division in South Africa

National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (Sociology)-- The Sociology Program supports basic research on all forms of human social organization -- societies, institutions, groups and demography -- and processes of individual and institutional change. The Program encourages theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes.

• Vaneesa Munoz (Sociology, 2012). Doctoral Dissertation Research: How Families and Schools Manage Food Allergies.
• Nicole Fox (Sociology, 2012). Doctoral Dissertation Research: Moving Beyond Violence: The Role of Memory and Nationalism in Post-Genocide Rwanda.
• Amanda Gengler (Sociology, 2013). Doctoral Dissertation Research: Cultural Health Capital and the Reproduction of Inequality among Families of Seriously Ill Children - (Amanda Gengler).
• Peter Conrad (Sociology, 2014).Doctoral Dissertation Research: The RIse of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)Coaching: The Social Implications of a New Paradigm for Managing ADHD.
• Catherine Tan (Sociology, 2016). Doctoral Dissertation Research: Challenging Autism: Exploration of the Neurodiversity and Alternative Biomedical Movements.

NYU-Mellon Summer Institute on Urbanism The NYU-Mellon Summer Institute on Urbanism provides doctoral students with the opportunity to visit New York City for a ten-day interdisciplinary institute on urbanism. Students participate in workshops, engage with scholarship and research, connect with other scholars, and present on their own research plans.

• Moriah King (Anthropology, 2022).

Smith Richardson Foundation The mission of the Smith Richardson Foundation is to contribute to important public debates and to address serious public policy challenges facing the United States. The Foundation seeks to help ensure the vitality of our social, economic, and governmental institutions. It also seeks to assist with the development of effective policies to compete internationally and to advance U.S. interests and values abroad.

• Craig Smith (History, 2012). World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship Program.

Social Science Research Council The Social Science Research Council, an independent, international nonprofit, mobilizes necessary knowledge for the public good by supporting scholars worldwide, generating new research across disciplines, and linking researchers with policymakers and citizens.

• Mrinalini Tankha (Anthropology, 2010). Doctoral Research in Cuba.

Society for Visual Anthropology/Robert Lemelson Foundation Fellowships The SVA/Lemelson fellowships award research and methods training funding to graduate students working in visual and multimodal anthropology.

• Arantxa Ortiz (Anthropology PhD, 2022). 

Wenner-Gren Foundation Grant The Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grants fund research that advances anthropological knowledge. They are among the most prestigious and competitive grants for anthropology research.

• Amy Hanes (Anthropology PhD, 2015-2016). "How Do We Get Them to Care? Chimpanzees, Anglophones, and Caring in Postcolonial Cameroon."
• Hui Wen (Anthropology PhD, 2022). "Supplements of Care: Fashioning Self-eldercare in a Care Vaccuum amid Historical Discontinuity."

American Heart Association The Institute for Precision Cardiovascular Medicine funds researchers from anywhere in the world who are working in the field of data science. There are grants that range from early-, mid-, and established career timelines and training grants for pre-doctoral as well as post-doctoral applicants.

• Julian Eskin (Biochemistry, 2011). A Novel Mechanism for Actin Filament Length Control.

American Psychological Association The Science Directorate of the American Psychological Association sponsors an annual competition for dissertation research funding. The purpose of the Dissertation Research Award program is to assist science-oriented doctoral students of psychology with research costs.

• Hasmik Boshyan (Psychology, 2015) American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award.
• Carrie Robertson (Psychology, 2015). 2015 American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award

ATSA Predoctoral Research Grant  The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) predoctoral research grant provides funding for student research related to the causes, prevention, and treatment of sexual offending.

• Emily Calobrisi (Psychology PhD, 2022).

Gerontological Society of America The Gerontological Society of America is devoted to research on aging. They provide awards to students for research and travel.

• Xin Yao Lin (Psychology PhD). Mentoring and Career Development Technical Assistance Workshop Diversity Fellow Award (2021-2022), James McKenney Student Travel Award (2021-2022).

LEND Fellowships The Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) Program awards fellowships that give graduate clinicians the opportunity to learn more about health services policies and develop their leadership and advocacy skills.

• Lauren O'Sullivan (Genetic Counseling MS, 2022).
• Katherine Prince (Genetic Counseling MS, 2022).

 Link Foundation The Link Foundation Modeling, Simulation, and Training Program was put in place to foster advanced level research in modeling, simulation, and training. It also aims to enable Ph.D. students the freedom to work on their research full time and disseminate the results of that research through conferences, journals, and other publications.

• Lila Fakharzadeh (Psychology, 2018). Visual, Auditory, and Vestibular Control of Inverted Pendulum Dynamics in Spatial Orientation.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute The Howard Hughes Medical Institute believes in the power of individuals to advance science through research and science education, making discoveries that benefit humanity. As one of the world's largest philanthropies, HHMI's chartered purpose is the advancement of knowledge within the basic sciences and the effective application of that knowledge for the benefit of humanity. The HHMI also awards the Gilliam Fellowships to pairs of graduate students from groups historically underrepresented in science and their faculty mentors.

• Natasha Baas-Thomas (Psychology PhD, 2020) and advisor Donald Katz. HHMI Gilliam Fellowship.
• Andrea Guerrero (Neuroscience, 2020). Mechanism by which Autism-Associated Shank3 Mediates Homeostatic Synaptic Scaling.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research The ICPSR provides training in the use of data for researchers in the social sciences. 

• Ashley Gilliam (Psychology PhD). Diversity Scholarship for the 2021 ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research at the University of Michigan.

Masason Foundation The Masason Foundation aims to enable youth across the world to fully develop their skills and achieve their aspirations in any field. To that end, the Foundation provides facilities and opportunities for people who aspire to a specific academic major, research or business to be exposed to new values and the latest technologies while interacting with others, as well as financial aid to help them fulfill their dreams.

• Daichi Hayakawa (Physics, 2019). Dynamic Self-Assembly of DNA-grafted Colloidal Particles Using Catalytic Amplification of Mediating Linkers.

National Institute on Aging Boston Royal Center Pilot Projects The National Institute on Aging sponsors the Boston Roybal Center, which funds pilot studies focused on behavior that promotes healthy aging.

• Xin Yao Lin (Psychology PhD, 2021-2022).

National Institutes of Health The NIH provides financial support in the form of grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to support the advancement of the NIH mission to enhance health, extend healthy lives, and reduce the burdens of illness and disability.

• Brian Sadacca (Neuroscience, 2011). Dynamics of Taste Concentration Processing.
• Al Hamood (Neuroscience, 2012). Long-Term Regulation of Excitability in an Episodic Pattern Generator.
• Bethany Christmann (Neuroscience 2013). The Cellular Basis of Memory Consolidation in Drosophila.
• Marissa Stearns Kuzirian (Neuroscience 2013). Semaphorin4D and PlexinB1 Mediate GABAergic Synapse Development in Mammalian CNS.
• Caitlin Piette (Neuroscience 2013). The Role of Amygdala-Cortical Cooperation in Taste Processing and Learning.
• Yasmin Lozoya (Neuroscience, 2013). Altered Balance of Excitation and Inhibition in a Model of Infantile Spasm Epilepsy.
• Katheryn Cousins (Neuroscience, 2013). The Role of Amygdala-Cortical Cooperation in Taste Processing and Learning.
• Amy Ghiretti (Neuroscience, 2013). The Role of the Activity-Regulated GTPase Rem2 in Dendrite Development.
• Maria Genco (Neuroscience, 2014). Investigating Mechanisms of Homeostasis and Plasticity in Drosophila.
• Nathaniel Miska (Neuroscience, 2014). Experience-Dependent Homeostatic Synaptic Plasticity in Critical Microcircuits.
• Adriane Gerndt Otopalik (Neuroscience, 2015). Spatial Mapping of Receptor Distributions on Single Identified Neurons.
• Anna Hartman (Neuroscience, 2015). Neuronal and Molecular Mechanisms of Olfactory Plasticity in C. elegans.
• Zachary Knecht (Neuroscience, 2016). The Molecular Basis of Insect Hygrosensation.
• Veronica Flores (Psychology, 2017). The Experienced Palette is a Smart One: Investigating the Role of Taste Specific Brain Regions in the Impact of Experiences on Taste Learning.
• Raul Ramos (Neuroscience, 2018). From Molecules to Behavior: The Role of Homeostasis Synaptic Scaling in Associative Learning and Memory.
• Chloe Greppi (Molecular and Cell Biology, 2018). Ionotropic Receptor Function in Anopheles Gambiae.
• Zhaoqianqi Feng (Chemistry, 2018).
• Emmanuel Rivera-Rodriguez (Neuroscience, 2019). Unraveling miR-190 and its Role in Sleep in Drosophila melanogaster.
• Mara Rue (Neuroscience, 2020). The Heat Shock Response in an Identified Neuronal Circuit.
• Juliet Bottorff (Neuroscience, 2020) Behavioral state Gating of Neuroplasticity: The Role of State-Specific Neuromodulators In Firing Rate Homeostasis.
• Reynaldo Lopez Aguilar (Molecular and Cell Biology, 2020). Coordination of Multiple ADF-H Family Proteins in Controlling Actin Cytoskeleton Dynamics.
• Ben Ballintyn (Neuroscience, 2020). Decision Dynamics During a Continuous-Time Foraging Task: A Reinforcement Learning Approach
• Hillary Rodgers (Neuroscience, 2020). Characterizing Temperature Robustness in Degenerate Neural Circuits.

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program The NSF GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions.

• Brittany Cassidy (Psychology, 2010).
• Jessica Emory (Chemistry, 2013).
• Danielle Gallagher (Molecular and Cell Biology, 2017).
• Alyssa Garcia (Physics, 2018).
• Delora Gaskins (Chemistry, 2011).
• Eben Holderness (Computer Science, 2019).
  
• Nathaniel Miska (Neuroscience, 2011).
• Katie Ragosta (Mathematics, 2021).
• Emily Ziperman (Chemistry, 2022).

Neuroscience Scholars Program  The Neuroscience Scholars Program (NSP) is a two-year training program for underrepresented graduate students and postdocs. This online program provides support for professional development and research.

• Víkko Suárez Casanova (Neuroscience, 2022-2024). Fellow.