Deadline: 1 October 2024
The American Philosophical Society’s Franklin Research Grant is designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; purchasing microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses.
Funding Information
- Funding is offered up to a maximum of $6,500. Grants are not retroactive.
- Grants are payable to the individual applicant. Franklin grants are taxable income, but the Society is not required to report payments. It is recommended that grant recipients discuss their reporting obligations with their tax advisors.
Special Programs within the Franklin Research Grants
- APS/British Academy Fellowship for Research in London
- In collaboration with the British Academy, the APS offers an exchange postdoctoral fellowship for a minimum of one and a maximum of two months’ research in the archives and libraries of London during 2025.
- This award includes travel expenses between the United States and the United Kingdom and a monthly subsistence paid by the APS.
- Applicants not selected for the British Academy Fellowship will be considered for a Franklin Research Grant.
- American Trust for the British Library (ATBL) Fellowship
- The ATBL Research Fellowship is a $2,500 opportunity for candidates to conduct research at the British Library “added-on” to already awarded short-term research grants offered by American research collections across the country.
- APS/Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Fellowship for Research in Edinburgh
- In collaboration with the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh, the APS offers a visiting fellowship of between two and four months for research in Edinburgh in the calendar year 2025 in any aspect of the humanities and social sciences.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants are expected to have a doctorate or to have published work of doctoral character and quality. Ph.D. candidates are not eligible to apply, but the Society is particularly interested in supporting the work of young scholars who have recently received the doctorate.
- Independent scholars and faculty members at all four-year and two-year research and non-research institutions are welcome to apply provided that all eligibility guidelines are met.
- American citizens and residents of the United States may use their Franklin awards at home or abroad.
- Foreign nationals not affiliated with a U.S. institution must use their Franklin awards for research in the United States. Applicants who have previously received a Franklin grant may reapply after an interval of two years.
Deadlines
- Franklin Research Grants: 1 October 2024;
- APS/British Academy Fellowship for Research in London: 1 October 2024;
- American Trust for the British Library (ATBL) Fellowship: 1 October 2024;
- APS/Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Fellowship for Research in Edinburgh: February 28, 2025.
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