Humane Studies Fellowship Grant

The Humane Studies Fellowship, offered by the Institute for Humane Studies, provides up to $10,000 to support PhD students and postdoctoral fellows in major research projects. This competitive funding opportunity promotes academic excellence and significant contributions to the field of liberal studies. Awardees gain access to valuable resources, including job market support and networking events, while also committing to share progress on their research during the fellowship period.

NOTE: Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Applicants will be notified of their award within eight weeks of submission. Applications might be subject to consideration under a different IHS funding opportunity. Should that happen and your application gets accepted, you will receive an acceptance email from the appropriate funding opportunity.
Institute for Humane Studies
For over six decades, IHS has supported the thinkers and doers driving progress toward a freer, more tolerant, and more prosperous world.
The Humane Studies Fellowship provides up to $10,000 to support PhD students completing major research projects, presenting their work at top conferences, and publishing their work in major journals. This award is intended to foster those key projects which maximize a recipient’s research impact and career prospects. These awards give you access to other IHS opportunities including job market support, in-person and online events, and much more.
Awardees are expected to submit copies of research completed, presented, submitted for review, or published during the fellowship period when and as available. Awardees will also provide updates on significant progress made during the fellowship period.
Areas of Focus
The IHS network advances practical, groundbreaking research to address those problems through the following initiatives:
Liberalism, Pluralism, DemocracyConstitutionally constrained liberal democracy fosters peace, freedom, and widespread prosperity. Today, however, the rise of illiberal ideologies threatens democratic institutions, the free exchange of ideas, religious toleration, and the prospects for peaceful pluralism.Our Liberalism, Pluralism, and Democracy Initiative advances ideas and solutions to counteract the erosion of economic, political, intellectual, and civic freedoms and to uphold and fortify the norms and institutions that underlie the liberal project and promote widespread human flourishing.Equality, Peace, and ProsperityIndividual liberty, equality before the law, free enterprise, and voluntary cooperation are essential for enabling each of us to pursue our full potential.The Equality, Peace, and Prosperity Initiative investigates the barriers that keep people from realizing that potential, including violent conflict, regulatory capture, inhumane immigration policies, and barriers to international trade.Business and the Good SocietyIn addition to driving material prosperity, businesses and entrepreneurs can foster trust, cooperation, and growth for their employees, communities and stakeholders.The Business and the Good Society Initiative explores the factors that promote commerce’s role in contributing to individual and widespread human development.Technology and FreedomEmerging technologies can enhance human flourishing if grounded in the traditional liberal principles of openness, human dignity, and personal freedom.The Technology and Freedom Initiative foregrounds the economic, social, and existential human consequences of new technologies and advances our understanding of how technological innovation can lead to a better future for us all.

Eligibility

Applicants must be full-time students enrolled in a PhD program or a postdoctoral fellowshipThis award is available to students at any university, and international students are eligible.Previous applicants and winners are welcome to apply.

Ineligibility

IHS grants cannot support institutional overhead or indirect costs