Featured Opportunities

November 11, 2026

• Florida International University, Wolfsonian Library offers Research Fellowships that engage scholars and artists from around the world with the museum's collection and the interpretive possibilities contained in dedicated study of the modern age. Fellows work onsite full-time for the duration of their residency. The program supports projects in a variety of fields to promote independent scholarship on subjects and items found in Wolfsonian holdings. The program is open to holders of master's or doctoral degrees, Ph.D. candidates, and others with a significant record of professional achievement in relevant fields. The Wolfsonian's holdings—including one of the largest university art collections in the U.S.—enhance understanding of the modern age, 1850 to 1950. Ranging from fine, decorative, and propaganda arts to graphic design, artifacts reflect the social, political, and technological changes that transformed the world during these pivotal 100 years and demonstrate the vital role that design plays in shaping perception. The United States, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands are the countries most extensively represented, with a smaller but significant number of materials from Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Japan, the former Soviet Union, Hungary, and beyond. Our more than 200,000 items include rare and reference books, ephemera, and archives from The Wolfsonian Library; works on paper such as posters, prints, and design drawings; furniture; paintings and sculpture; glass, textiles, ceramics, and lighting; and appliances.
• Anthropologists have important stories to tell about human lives, histories, societies, and futures. Yet many scholars lack the time and resources needed to translate their research into books that reach readers beyond the academy. The Wenner-Gren Foundations Hunt Fellowship in Public Writing supports anthropologists who are writing serious nonfiction books for general audiences. This program is designed to encourage public writing that brings anthropological knowledge into wider conversations. The Foundation welcomes book projects that are intellectually ambitious, grounded in substantial research, and written in ways that invite nonacademic readers to explore anthropological questions, evidence, and insight. We are interested in projects that demonstrate how anthropological writing can shape public understanding, contribute to urgent debates, and expand the audiences for anthropological work.
• The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) invites proposals for Endowments for Advancing the Humanities to build capacity in research and teaching in the following areas: Western civilization and America’s place in it; great works of literature, history, philosophy, and theology and their relevance to contemporary questions; the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence; civic education; civil discourse; cultural literacy, and the practice of close reading. Endowments for Advancing the Humanities awards provide funds for 20-year term endowments to support long-term work in the humanities. Humanities organizations benefit from consistent funding over an extended period to maintain stability, to flourish, and to continue to offer valuable programs and preserve resources. Endowment projects will focus first on fundraising. Applicants may propose up to three years to raise and certify non-federal gifts that will be matched one-to-one with NEH federal matching funds. Once award recipients have certified the required amount of non-federal gifts, they will establish a term endowment and spend its income to advance the work of the humanities at their organizations. This is a limited submission program and will be handled centrally. If you are interested in the program, contact the Office of Research Development via ord@ksu.edu.
• The Princeton University’s Program in Law and Normative Thinking (PLANT) at the University Center for Human Values invites faculty members of any discipline, legal practitioners, and independent scholars to apply for visiting residential fellowships for 2027-28 devoted to the study of law, broadly conceived. Scholars are expected to reside in or around Princeton or demonstrate to the program’s satisfaction the ability to be on campus daily. The fellowship is a full-time commitment that typically extends from September 1 to June 1. Law and Normative Thinking Fellows will devote the full academic year to research, discussion, and scholarly collaboration on topics related to law and normative inquiry. Under exceptional circumstances, fellowship for one semester may be considered. Scholars will participate in the weekly seminar of the Program in Law and Normative Thinking and mentor JD/PhD students who attend that seminar.
• The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum’s Guggenheim Fellowship allows investigators to research aviation and space history for publication or a doctoral dissertation through these prestigious fellowships at the Museum. They are open to both pre- and postdoctoral candidates. Candidates are encouraged to pursue programs of research and writing that are scholarly in tone and substance and intended for publication as articles in peer-reviewed journals, in book form from a reputable publisher, or in a doctoral dissertation. Predocs should have completed preliminary course work and examinations and be engaged in dissertation research. Postdocs should have received their Ph.D. within the past seven years.
• The Department of Defense, US Air Force-Taiwan Nanoscience Program is one of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research’s (AFOSR) International Research Initiatives. This international program is focused on shaping the direction and advancing the state-of-the-art in nanoscience research. The AFRL/AFOSR-Taiwan NSTC Frontiers in Materials and Nanostructures: AI-Driven Discovery, Quantum Geometry, and Energy-Efficient Information Technologies 2027-2030 opportunity is an open call with open competition; therefore, all applications are welcome. Initial applications (pre-proposals) must have two investigators - one from a US institution or DoD Lab, and one from a Taiwan institution. Teams consisting of a US investigator and his/her counterpart from Taiwan are invited to submit a joint pre-proposal (white paper) indicating what their collaboration could accomplish with three years of funding. Each US-Taiwan pair is to submit only one pre-proposal. The same pre-proposal is to be submitted to both AFOSR and NSTC. Expected outcomes are that basic scientific research funded under this program will have results published in the open literature, will complement existing basic and applied research efforts at AFRL and NSTC, and will foster greater scientific collaborations between the US and Taiwan at the investigator level. The scientific focus will be on frontiers in materials and nanostructures that can advance science in the following concentration areas: AI-driven materials discovery; Materials and nanostructures for energy-efficient electronic, photonic, and quantum information technologies; and Quantum geometry in solids.
• The purpose of the Department of Health and Human Services, NIH’s Systems Biology of Infection and Inflammation in Chronic Diseases (U19) NOFO is to support the advancement of systems-level understanding of the link between infectious pathogens and inflammatory pathways that result in predisposition, onset and progression of chronic diseases. The NOFO will stimulate integration of clinical and patient data, large-scale omics datasets, advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) and computational modeling to prevent, treat, and mitigate the combined impact of chronic diseases, inflammation, and infections.
• The Department of Health and Human Services, ARPA-H’s TIGAR Exploratory Topic is an initiative to accelerate research and overcome the current barriers to preserving complex human tissues. TIGAR aims to rapidly evaluate early-stage, high-risk preservation technologies and explore what is possible to stabilize tissues across different temperature ranges, store them for longer periods, and rapidly restore them to a functional state after storage. TIGAR will test bold ideas and generate proof-of-concept results that can lay the foundation for future breakthroughs in tissue preservation and regenerative medicine. Mission Offices and provide foundational proof of concept for future research. The initiative anticipates progress to be made within 18 months of award and will include two 9-month phases. TIGAR will prioritize non-cryogenic and temperature-flexible preservation approaches and budgets for proposals are not to exceed $2M.
• The Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) is launching a new competition, the Margaret Olivia Sage (MOS) Grants, to support research by multi- or inter-disciplinary teams on social, economic, and political challenges with generational consequences for social and living conditions in the United States. Such challenges are typically national in scope, involve both systemic and individual factors, and the questions they raise are as urgent for policymakers and communities as they are for researchers. Exemplifying the scope and ambition of MOS projects, they have identified four current priority areas for support: (1) democracy, (2) the societal impacts of artificial intelligence, (3) inequality and affordability, and (4) data infrastructure for social science research.
• The Leon Levy Center for Biography offers four annual Fellowships to support the research and writing of outstanding biographies. These include special fellowships for CUNY dissertation students and the Sloan Fellowship for biographies of scientists. The fellowships are residential, run from September to May, and the Fellows receive: 1) A $72,000 stipend; 2) Private writing space at the CUNY Graduate Center; 3) Full access to research facilities; and 4) Research assistance. Fellows focus on their biography projects, take part in monthly seminars, and participate in public events, including the annual lecture and conference. They are also encouraged to engage with the CUNY Graduate Center’s vibrant intellectual community.