Journal of Women’s History Scholars Research Grant
Funding Amount
Up to US $4,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
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Eligible organizations
- All historians in the field, individual grants can reach up to $4000
- All historians of women and gender are eligible, including those employed at universities, secondary schools, archives, libraries, museums, and parks.
Overview
The Journal of Women’s History offers a Scholars Research Grant to support travel, research, or writing significant scholarly contributions in women’s and gender history, especially transnational topics. Open to all historians in the field, individual grants can reach up to $4000. Priority is given to unaffiliated, adjunct, or early career scholars who may lack access to other funding. This initiative aims to empower researchers to advance the understanding of women's history.
The Journal of Women’s History welcomes applications for its Scholars Research Grant. Funds are available to support travel, research, or writing of a significant scholarly contribution in the fields of women’s and gender history, with a preference for transnational topics. All historians of women and gender are eligible. Individual grants will not exceed $4000.
Eligibility
All historians of women and gender are eligible, including those employed at universities, secondary schools, archives, libraries, museums, and parks.
What University of Chicago actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 201
- Total given
- $90.86M
- Median grant
- $161K
- Range
- $5,182–$8.85M
- By dollars: Illinois 36%, New York 8%, Pennsylvania 8%. Top recipient cities: Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Boston, MA.
- <1% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 27% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL
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$8.85M
American College of Radiology · Reston, VA
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$4.78M
University of Illinois-Chicago · Chicago, IL
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$4.72M
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA
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$4.39M
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL
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$4.34M
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Humanities
- Women
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