Social Science & Humanities Grants

Last updated August 24, 2026

There are currently 1,103 active humanities grants in Grantable's free grants database, drawn from foundation sources and updated daily.

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Type	Grant	Funder	Deadline ▲	Amount
Foundation	I Tatti/Dumbarton Oaks Joint Fellowship Grant	Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies	Rolling	$62K
Foundation	ASECS/Folger Short Term Fellowships Grant	Amherst College Trustees	Rolling	$4K – $5K
Foundation	NACBS Annual Meeting Travel Awards Grant	The North American Conference On British Studies Inc	Rolling	Up to $500
Foundation	NCIS Research Grant	National Coalition of Independent Scholars	Rolling	Up to $599
Foundation	United States Studies Centre Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant	American Australian Association	Rolling	Up to $40K
Foundation	GLCA-Library of Congress Faculty-Student Research Initiative	Great Lakes Colleges Association Inc	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	UMN Graduate School: MAGS Distinguished Master's Thesis Competition Grant	University of Minnesota	Rolling	$500
Foundation	AIAR: Sean W. Dever Memorial Prize Grant	Ttee W F Albright Institute -art 8	Rolling	$750
Foundation	Let's Talk About It	Oklahoma Humanities Council Inc	Rolling	Up to $2K
Foundation	AHC Other Media Mini-Grant	Arkansas Humanities Council	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	Carl H. Pforzheimer, Jr., Research Grants	Keats-Shelley Association of America	Rolling	$3K
Foundation	The Arthur and Janet Holzheimer Fellowship in the History of Cartography Grant	The Newberry Library	Rolling	$3K
Foundation	ELDP: Individual Graduate Scholarship (IGS) Grant	Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELDP)	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	WW Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies	Institute for Citizens and Scholars	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	CCWC Cultural Coalition Grant	Oregon Cultural Trust	Rolling	$1K – $3K
Foundation	Berlin Program Dissertation Fellowships Grant	Freie Universität Berlin	Rolling	Up to €2,750
Foundation	Walter Gerboth Award Grant	The Music Library Association	Rolling	Up to $2K
Foundation	Florida Talks Grants	Florida Humanities Council Inc	Rolling	$250 – $300
Foundation	African and African Diasporic Music Section (AADMS) Kwabena Nketia Book Prize Grant	Society for Ethnomusicology	Rolling	$200
Foundation	The INA Discovery Fund Grant	Institute of Nautical Archaeology	Rolling	Up to $25K
Foundation	Sunburst Community Foundation Grant	Sunburst Community Foundation (SCF)	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	APA: Essay Prize in Latin American Thought Grant	American Philosophical Association Inc	Rolling	$500
Foundation	Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation Grant	Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation	Rolling	$5K – $150K
Foundation	DAAD: German Studies Research Grant	German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst - DAAD)	Rolling	$2K – $3K

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About humanities grants

Humanities grants support scholarship, public programs, education, preservation, and digital projects in fields like history, literature, philosophy, and cultural studies. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is the primary federal funder, supporting research, public programming, and infrastructure through its divisions and the Office of Digital Humanities. The Mellon Foundation is a leading private funder of the humanities, and state humanities councils distribute funds to local organizations.

Frequently Asked Questions

What grants are available in the humanities?

Humanities funding supports scholarly research, public programs, curriculum and teaching, preservation and access, and digital humanities projects. The NEH offers many grant programs spanning fellowships, public programming, preservation, and digital infrastructure, while the Mellon Foundation and state humanities councils support research, institutions, and community-based humanities work.

Who funds the humanities?

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is the leading federal funder, and the Mellon Foundation is among the largest private sources of arts, culture, and humanities funding in the country. State humanities councils re-grant federal funds to local organizations, and universities, libraries, and private foundations provide additional research and programming support.

Do humanities grants go to individuals or institutions?

Both. The NEH and other funders award fellowships and stipends directly to individual scholars, writers, and educators, while many larger grants support nonprofit institutions such as universities, libraries, museums, and humanities councils. Individuals pursuing organizational grants often partner with an eligible nonprofit or use a fiscal sponsor.

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