Additional Sources of Funding

The Department encourages students in all stages of the program to apply for funding from outside sources. In addition to the fellowship and grant opportunities administered by the School of Humanities and Sciences, there are numerous awards offered by area studies programs within Stanford, private foundations, and the federal government. Such awards can provide important funding for students to undertake fieldwork or language study, or to complete dissertation writing after departmental funding is no longer available. 

Awards range from one-time grants of a few thousand dollars to multi-year fellowships that provide tuition and stipend. In cases where a student in years 1-5 wins such a comprehensive award (such as the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship), the Department may “top-up” the award with funds already allocated to that student, thereby providing the student with even more funding. Regardless of the size of the award, fellowships and grants are always notable additions to one’s CV. Students interested in applying for outside awards should discuss their plans with the Graduate Administrator.

Click on an award below to learn more about the application requirements.

Within Stanford


African Studies

Center for East Asian Studies

Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Center for International Security and Cooperation

Stanford Humanities Dissertation Fellowships
Deadline: January 7, 2011

O'Bie Shultz Dissertation Completion Grant
Deadline: April 22, 2011

Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
Deadline:  January 31, 2011

Clayman Institute for Gender Studies 
Deadline: February 15, 2011

Graduate Research Opportunities Fund
Deadline: November 9, 2010 and April 5, 2011

Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence
Deadline: April 6, 2011

Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship
Deadline: TBA

Federal Government


Jacob Javits
Deadline: September 30, 2010

Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships Program (FLAS)
Deadline: March 23, 2010

Foundations


Note:  Applicants to NSF grants must apply through Stanford’s Office of Sponsored Research

American Association of University Women, American Dissertation Fellowship
Deadline: November 15, 2010

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Early Career Fellowships
Deadline: November 10, 2010

Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships

Morris Abrams Award in International Relations
Deadline: TBA

National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Deadline: November 15, 2010 - November 19, 2010

National Science Foundation (NSF) Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
Deadline: September 16, 2010 and January 15, 2011

Phi Beta Kappa Northern California Association

Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Abe Fellowship
Deadline: September 1, 2010

Social Science Research Council-Mellon Mays Predoctoral Research Grants
Deadline: November 01, 2010

Social Science Research Council International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF)
Deadline: November 03, 2010

Smith Richardson Foundation
Deadline: October 15, 2010

U.S. Institute of Peace Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship
Deadline: January 5, 2011