Humanities
ACLS offers fellowships and grants in more than a dozen programs
for research across the humanities and related social sciences at the doctoral
and postdoctoral levels.
NAU Representative: Ryan Kashnipour, Assistant Professor, History
Boren Fellowships provide up to $30,000 to U.S. graduate students to add
an important international and language component to their graduate
education through specialization in area study, language study, or
increased language proficiency. The fellowships support graduate students pursuing the study of languages, cultures, and world regions that are critical to U.S. interests (including Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East). Boren Fellows represent a variety of academic and professional
disciplines, but all are interested in studying less commonly taught
languages, including but not limited to Arabic, Chinese, Korean,
Portuguese, Russian and Swahili.
NAU Representative: Ryan Kashnipour, Assistant Professor, History
The Boren Scholarships offer a unique opportunity for U.S. undergraduates to study abroad. Boren awards scholarships to American students for study of world regions critical to U.S. interests (including Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East). The scholarships promote long-term linguistic and cultural immersion. Preference will be given to undergraduate
applicants proposing a full-year academic study.
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation's Graduate Arts Award enables students
or recent alumni with exceptional artistic or creative promise and
financial need to pursue up to three years of study at an accredited
graduate institution in the US or abroad. Awards can be as much as
$50,000 annually. In 2013, the Foundation will select up to 15
recipients for this award.
The award provides funding for tuition, room and board, required
fees, and books. Scholarship amounts vary based on several factors,
including cost at the institution each recipient attends and other
grants and scholarships the student receives. Selection criteria include artistic or creative merit, academic achievement, financial need, desire to engage
in and contribute to the world, self-confidence, and resilience.
Applicants must be planning to pursue a career as a practicing artist to
be eligible for this award.
NAU Representative: Melissa Riggs, National Scholarship Coordinator
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides grants for individually designed international study/research projects or English Teaching Assistantships. The study/research grants are available to students in the arts. Applicants may be graduating seniors, recent undergraduate alumni, or master's or doctoral students.
There is also a a Fulbright mtvU Award in all countries where there is an active Fulbright U.S. Student Program: projects should center around research on an aspect of international musical culture, and should focus on contemporary or popular music as a cultural force for expression.
Phi Beta Kappa fosters continuing education through two
foreign study fellowships. The Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship is awarded
annually to young women who wish to study Greek or French language and
literature. The Walter J. Jensen Fellowship is awarded annually for six months
of study in France.
Also see opportunities underGraduate Study in the UK and International Opportunities.