Political Science
National Science Foundation
Social, Behavioral, & Economics Sciences: Political Science Program
NSF's POLITICAL SCIENCE PROGRAM supports scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics. Research proposals are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Substantive areas include, but are not limited to, American government and politics, comparative government and politics, international relations, political behavior, political economy, and political institutions.
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=SES
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
(ACLS) Fellowships
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship Program invites research applications in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences. Appropriate fields of specialization include, but are not limited to, anthropology, archaeology, art and architectural history, economic history, film, geography, history, languages and literatures, legal studies, linguistics, musicology, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, rhetoric and communication, sociology, and theater studies. Proposals in the social science fields listed above are eligible only if they employ predominantly humanistic approaches (e.g., economic history, law and literature, political philosophy). Proposals in interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary studies are welcome, as are proposals focused on any geographic region or on any cultural or linguistic group.
http://www.acls.org/felguide.htm
American Political Science Association (APSA)
Small Research Grant Program
The American Political Science Association (APSA) Small Research Grant Program supports research in all fields of political science. The intent of these grants is to support the research of political scientists who are not employed at Ph.D.-granting departments in the field and to help further the careers of these scholars.
http://www.apsanet.org/section_509.cfm
Richardson Foundation, Inc.
Smith International Security and Foreign Policy Program
Junior Faculty Research Grant Program
The Smith Richardson Foundation's International Security and Foreign Policy Program is pleased to announce its annual grant competition to support junior faculty research on American foreign policy, international relations, international security, military policy, and diplomatic and military history. The Foundation will award research grants to support tenure-track junior faculty engaged in the research and writing of a scholarly book on an issue or topic of interest to the policy community. Projects in military and diplomatic history are especially encouraged. Group or collaborative projects will not be considered.
http://www.srf.org/grants/JF_Domestic_Description.php
American Philosophical Society
Franklin Research Grants
Since 1933 the American Philosophical Society has awarded small grants to scholars in order to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. The FRANKLIN PROGRAM is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the cost associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses.
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/
John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Faculty Fellowships
The John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, established in 1926, is the oldest private foundation and a leading supporter of social science research in Los Angeles. Priority is given to those whose proposals are imaginative and break new ground on economic, social, and political problems. The Foundation’s interest is in social science research which has the ability to influence policy and action in Los Angeles or research concerning the history of Southern California.
http://www.haynesfoundation.org/program/index.cfm
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
East European Studies Short-Term Grants
Founded in 1968, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars aim to unite the world of ideas to the world of policy by supporting pre-eminent scholarship and linking it to issues of concern to officials in Washington. SHORT-TERM grants are offered to scholars working on policy relevant projects on East Europe. Projects should focus on fields in the social sciences and humanities including, but not limited to: Anthropology, History, Political Science, Slavic Languages and Literatures, and Sociology.
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1422&fuseaction=topics.item&news_id=5989
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Fellowships @ the Wilson Center
Founded in 1968, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars aim to unite the world of ideas to the world of policy by supporting pre-eminent scholarship and linking it to issues of concern to officials in Washington. The Center awards approximately 20-25 residential fellowships annually to individuals with outstanding project proposals in a broad range of the social sciences and humanities on national and/or international issues. Projects should involve fresh research in terms of both the over all field and the author’s previous work. It is essential that projects have relevance to the world of public policy.
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=fellowships
The Contemplative Mind in Society
The Contemplative Practice Fellowships
These fellowships seek to restore and renew the critical contribution that contemplative practices can make to the life of teaching, learning, and scholarship. At the heart of the program is the belief that pedagogical and intellectual benefits can be discovered by bringing contemplative practice into the academy, and that contemplative awareness can help to create a more just, compassionate, and reflective society.
http://www.contemplativemind.org/programs/academic/fellowships.html#apply
Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program
The most prestigious award in the Fulbright Scholar Program, the DISTINGUISHED CHAIR provides opportunities to senior faculty with a prominent record of scholarly accomplishment
http://www.cies.org/
Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
Fulbright Traditional Scholar Program
The traditional FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields.
http://www.cies.org/
Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
Fulbright Senior Specialists Program
The FULBRIGHT SENIOR SPECIALISTS PROGRAM is designed to provide short-term academic opportunities (two to six weeks) for U.S. faculty and professionals to promote academic exchanges that will broaden your cultural perspective in your academic field. Shorter grant lengths give Specialists greater flexibility to pursue a grant that works best with their current academic or professional commitments.
http://www.cies.org/