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ACLS Fellowships 2025: How to Get Up to $60,000 for a Year of Humanities or Interpretive Social Science Research

If you work in the humanities or interpretive social sciences and your writing time lives in the margins of an already overfull schedule, this fellowship is the rare thing that hands you both money and months.

Amount: Up to $60,000 (prorated $5,000/month; minimum $30,000) Deadline: Sep 25, 2025 Location: United States

Kroc Institute Visiting Research Fellows: $30,000 to Study Peace

A prestigious residential fellowship at the University of Notre Dame for scholars researching peace, conflict, and justice. Includes a $30,000 stipend per semester.

Type: Fellowship Amount: $30,000 per semester (plus housing) Deadline: Jan 31, 2026 Location: United States and Notre Dame, Indiana

NEH Fellowships

Individual fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities supporting advanced research in the humanities.

Type: Scholarship Amount: $5,000 per month for 6 to 12 months Deadline: Apr 9, 2025 Location: United States

Secure $500–$2,500 for Your Summer Dissertation Work: THI Summer Research Fellowships 2025 (UCSC Humanities PhD)

For a humanities PhD student, summer is often the island where real progress happens.

Amount: $500 – $2,500 Deadline: Mar 12, 2025 Location: California and United States

UK AHRC “Design Generators” Grants: Up to £200,000 for Green Transition Design Projects (2026 Guide)

AHRC research grant of up to £200,000 for 9-12 month design-led projects tackling the green transition through arts and humanities methodologies, as part of the Future Observatory programme.

Amount: Up to £200,000 full economic cost (FEC), with AHRC funding 80% Deadline: Apr 9, 2026 Location: United Kingdom

Win Up to 55K Per Year for College: A Real Talk Guide to the Jack Kent Cooke College Scholarship

If you are a high-achieving high school senior staring down the cost of college and thinking, “How on earth am I supposed to pay for this?” — keep reading.

Amount: Up to $55,000 annually for up to four years Deadline: Nov 13, 2025 Location: United States