External Fellowship Grants
The following organizations provide dissertation fellowships and small support grants that may be of interest to students in rhetoric and composition. Institutions and foundations change their priorities and programs regularly. Always verify that you are looking at the current year's program:
- Spencer Foundation
awards dissertation and pre-dissertation fellowships related to education as well as small and large research grants. - AERA
offers grants and fellowships related to education. A special minority fellowship is also available. - Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
offers dissertation fellowships that have ethical or religious values as a central concern; small grants related to women's issues; others. - American Association of University Women
provides dissertation fellowships related to women's issues. - Social Science Research Council
provides dissertation fellowships for students in humanities and social sciences conducting fieldwork on international topics. - Society for Technical Communication
awards $1,000 scholarships to support training in technical communication. The society also offers research grants and other opportunities. - The Council of Writing Program Administrators
awards research grants up to $2,000 for research on Writing Program Administration.
- National Science Foundation
offers fellowships and grants of up to $12,000 for dissertation-related research on science and technology studies. - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
offers dissertation completion fellowships and fellowships for recent doctoral
recipients - Duke University's list of research funding opportunities in
Humanities and Social Sciences
for more opportunities. Be aware that programs change regularly.