Each year, the American Historical Association awards several research grants with the aim of advancing the study and exploration of history in a diverse number of subject areas. All grants are awarded in June and may be used anytime in the subsequent 15 months for expenses related to furthering research in progress.
Grants may be used for travel to a library or archive; microfilming, photography, or photocopying; borrowing or access fees; and similar research expenses—a list of purposes that is meant to be merely illustrative, not exhaustive (other expenses, such as child care, can be included).
The American Historical Association offers:
- Bernadotte E. Schmitt Research Grants in European, African, or Asian History. Individual grants up to $1,500 will be awarded.
- Beveridge Family Research Grants in Western Hemisphere History (United States, Canada, and Latin America). Individual grants up to $1,500 will be awarded.
- LGBTQ History Research Grants, available to scholars working in all temporal and geographic fields. Individual grants up to $500 will be awarded.
- Littleton-Griswold Research Grants in US Legal History. Individual grants up to $1,000 will be awarded.
- Michael Kraus Research Grants in American Colonial History. Individual grants up to $800 will be awarded.
Eligibility
Only AHA members are eligible to apply for AHA research grants. Preference will be given to advanced doctoral students, nontenured faculty, and unaffiliated scholars and to those with specific research needs such as the completion of a project or discrete segment thereof. Please note: Within a five-year period, no individual is eligible to receive more than a combined total of $1,500 from all AHA research grants.
Annual Deadline
February 15
Fellowship Website:
https://www.historians.org/awards-and-grants/grants-and-fellowships