Humanities, Fine Arts, Social Sciences, & Education (HASSE) Funding Opportunities

Academic Personnel

Hellman Family Faculty Fellows Program
Awards will be limited to Assistant Professors who have served two or more years but have not yet begun tenure review.
Deadline: spring
Amount: $50,000
URL: https://ap.ucsb.edu/%7Eawards/

Career Development Awards and Fellowships

• Faculty Career Development Award (for Assistant Professors and Lecturers PSOE)
• Regents’ Junior Faculty Fellowship (for Assistant Professors and Lecturers PSOE)
• Regents’ Humanities Faculty Fellowship (for Assistant Professors, Associate Professors, Lecturers PSOE and Lecturers SOE)

Deadline: winter
Amount: up to $7,500 in summer salary or $5,000 in replacement funds for course release
URL: https://ap.ucsb.edu/%7Eawards/

Academic Senate Grants

Faculty Research Grants Program
Deadline: winter
Amount: up to $20,000
URL: https://senate.ucsb.edu/grants/faculty-research/

Faculty Travel Grants for Conference Presentation of Research Results
Deadline: at least 21 days in advance of travel
Amount: varies
URL: https://senate.ucsb.edu/grants/faculty-travel/

Pearl Chase Funds for Local Community Development, Conservation, or Historic Preservation Research Projects
Deadline: winter
Amount: up to $10,000
URL: https://senate.ucsb.edu/grants/pearl-chase-research/

Center for Black Studies Research (CBSR)

Faculty Fellowship Program
Deadline: spring
Amount: $5,000
URL: https://cbsr.ucsb.edu/description-fellowship-program

Chicano Studies Institute (CSI)

Research Cluster Awards, Faculty Fellowships and Dissertation Research Awards
Deadline: varies
Amount: varies
URL: https://www.csi.ucsb.edu/resources/funding

The Interdisciplinary Humanities Center (IHC)

Faculty Fellowships
Deadline: fall
Amount: course release
URL: https://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/research-support/funding-for-faculty/#fellowships

Faculty Collaborative Awards
Deadline: fall
Amount: Up to $2,000.
URL: https://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/research-support/funding-for-faculty/#collaborative

Visual, Performing, and Media Arts Awards
Deadline: winter
Amount: Up to $1,000.
URL: https://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/research-support/funding-for-faculty/#visual

Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research (ISBER)

Social Science Research Grant Program (SSRGP)
Deadline: spring
Amount: Up to $8,000.
URL: https://isber.ucsb.edu/development/seed-grant/ssrgp

Collaborative Research Initiative Grant (C-RIG)
Deadline: spring
Amount: Up to $8,000.
URL: https://isber.ucsb.edu/development/seed-grant/c-rig

UC Humanities Research Institute

UCHRI primarily funds UC faculty who participate in innovative research and projects that engage a variety of disciplines and stakeholders. UCHRI offers multiple grant opportunities each year. The most recent information can be found here: https://uchri.org/grants/

UC Office of the President Research Initiatives

UC Office of the President funds research initiatives and serves as a portal for other state funding for UC researchers. The most recent information can be found here: https://www.ucop.edu/research-initiatives/programs/index.html

• UC Laboratory Fees Research Program: https://www.ucop.edu/researchinitiatives/programs/lab-fees/index.html
• Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives: https://www.ucop.edu/researchinitiatives/programs/mrpi/index.html
• UC Cancer Research Coordinating Committee: https://www.ucop.edu/researchinitiatives/programs/crcc/index.html

California Grants Portal

The California Grants Portal (a project by the California State Library) is your one
destination to find all grants and loans offered on a competitive or first-come basis by
California state agencies. You can subscribe to email updates about all new grant
opportunities and new grant opportunities in a specific category.
URL: https://www.grants.ca.gov

Search Topics:

• Agriculture
• Consumer Protection
• Disadvantaged Communities
• Disaster Prevention and Relief
• Education
• Employment, Labor, and Training
• Energy
• Environment and Water
• Food and Nutrition
• Health and Human Services
• Housing, Community, and Economic Development
• Law, Justice, and Legal Services
• Libraries, Parks & Recreation, and Arts
• Science, Technology, and Research & Development
• Transportation
• Veterans and Military

Institute of Education Sciences (IES)

IES funding opportunities (RFAs) are posted on a rolling basis. 

• Education Research
• Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences
• Education Research and Development Centers
• Statistical and Research Methodology in Education
• Research Grants Focused on Systematic Replication
• Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Policymaking

Deadline: summer
Amount: varies
URL: https://ies.ed.gov/funding/

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

The most common grants to individual scholars at research institutions are under the Division of Research Programs: https://www.neh.gov/divisions/research

Fellowships
Deadline: spring
Amount: up to $60,000
URL: https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/fellowships

Awards for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Deadline: spring
Amount: up to $5,000 per month, up to 12 months
URL: https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/awards-faculty-hispanic-serving-institutions

Summer Stipends
Deadline: fall (this is a limited submission program in which only 2 proposals may be submitted from each institution. The UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center (IHC) conducts a campus review process to select the proposals that move forward to the NEH competition. The deadline for campus review is typically in summer.)
Amount: $6,000
URL: https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/summer-stipends

Collaborative Research
Deadline: fall
Amount: up to $250,000
URL: https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/collaborative-research-grants

Humanities Initiatives at Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Deadline: spring
Amount: up to $150,000
URL: https://www.neh.gov/grants/education/humanities-initiatives-hispanic-servinginstitutions

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Applying to the NIH requires that you identify the appropriate Institute or Center to apply to: https://www.nih.gov/institutes-nih/list-nih-institutes-centers-offices
Deadline: varies
Amount: varies
URL: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/about_grants.htm

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Social science and education research is funded largely through two NSF Directorates. NSF does not fund humanities research. Each directorate encompasses several programs, listed here:

• Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE): 
  https://www.nsf.gov/funding/programs.jsp?org=SBE
• Education and Human Resources (EHR):
  https://www.nsf.gov/funding/programs.jsp?org=HER

Regular Grants - standard NSF grant for an individual or collaborative team
Deadline: varies by program
Amount: varies; SBE average funding is $138,600 over 2.6 years; EHR average funding is
$332,000 over 2.9 years.

Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program - provides support over five years
to enable awardees to develop careers not only as outstanding researchers but also as
educators demonstrating commitment to teaching, learning, and dissemination of
knowledge.
Deadline: summer
Amount: minimum $400,000
URL: https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503214

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

ACLS Fellowships (the fellowship is open to untenured scholars who have earned a PhD in the humanities or humanistic social sciences within the last 8 years).
Deadline: fall
Amount: $60,000
URL: https://www.acls.org/Competitions-and-Deadlines/ACLS-Fellowships

Other opportunities specific to China Studies, History of Art, American Art, Religion,
Journalism & International Affairs, and Buddhist Studies
URL: https://www.acls.org/Fellowship-and-Grant-Programs/Competitions-and-Deadlines

The Huntington Library

Long-Term Awards
Deadline: fall
Amount: $50,000
URL: https://www.huntington.org/available-fellowships

Travel Grants for Study Abroad
Deadline: fall
Amount: economy round-trip airfare and $4,000
URL: https://www.huntington.org/available-fellowships

John Templeton Foundation

The John Templeton Foundation focuses much of its funding towards strategic priorities, that hold great promise for advancing the frontiers of knowledge and understanding: https://www.templeton.org/funding-areas

Small Grants
Deadline: summer
Amount: $234,800 or less
URL: https://www.templeton.org/grants/grant-calendar

Large Grants
Deadline: summer
Amount: more than $234,800
URL: https://www.templeton.org/grants/grant-calendar

The Mellon Foundation

Mellon has four core programs. Grantmaking across all areas supports ideas and organizations that contribute to a more connected, creative, and just society.

• Arts and Culture
• Higher Learning
• Humanities in Place
• Public Knowledge. 

Deadline: varies
Amount: varies
URL: https://mellon.org/programs/

Sawyer Seminars (UCSB is invited to apply on a semi-annual basis)
Deadline: summer
Amount: $225,000
URL: https://mellon.org/programs/higher-learning/sawyer-seminars/

New Directions Fellowships (UCSB is invited to apply on a semi-annual basis)
Deadline: fall
Amount: up to $300,000
URL: https://mellon.org/programs/higher-learning/new-directions-fellowships/

Emerging Faculty Leaders Award
Deadline: winter
Amount: $17,500
URL: https://citizensandscholars.org/fellowships/for-scholars-education-leaders/mellon-emerging-faculty-leaders-award/

Russell Sage Foundation

The Russell Sage Foundation currently pursues four principal programs: Behavioral Science and Decision Making in Context; the Future of Work; Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration; and Social, Political and Economic Inequality.

• Research Grants
• Fellowships (Visiting Scholars, Visiting Journalists, Visiting Researchers)
• Special Initiatives
• Summer Institutes
• Pipeline Grants Competition

Deadline: varies
Amount: varies
URL: https://www.russellsage.org/rsf-research

Social Science Research Council

The SSRC’s varied fellowships and prizes share a core commitment to improving conditions for social science knowledge production worldwide. Programs engage themes ranging from global issues facing the United States and Japan to security in Africa and Latin America.
Deadline: varies
Amount: varies
URL: https://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/

Spencer Foundation

Research Grants on Education - Large
Deadline: winter and summer
Amount: between $125,000 and $500,000 for up to five years
URL: https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/large-research-grant

Research Grants on Education - Small
Deadline: summer and fall
Amount: $50,000 for up to five years
URL: https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/small-research-grant

Racial Equity Research Grants
Deadline: spring
Amount: $75,000 for up to five years
URL: https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/racial-equity-special-research-grants

Research-Practice Partnerships: Collaborative research for educational change
Deadline: winter
Amount: $400,000 for up to 3 years
URL: https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/research-practice-partnerships

Spencer/National Academy of Education Postdoctoral Fellowship
Deadline: fall
Amount: $70,000
URL: https://naeducation.org/naedspencer-postdoctoral-fellowship-program/

Conference Grants
Deadline: spring and fall
Amount: $50,000
URL: https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/conference-grants

Wenner Gren

Grants for Post-Ph.D. Scholars
Deadline: varies
Amount: $5,000 - $40,000
URL: https://wennergren.org/program/post-phd-research-grant/

Conferences and Workshops
Deadline: June 1 and December 1
Amount: $20,000
URL: https://www.wennergren.org/programs/conference-and-workshop-grants

William T. Grant Foundation

Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
Deadline: summer
Amount: $100,000 to $600,000 over 2-3 years
URL: https://wtgrantfoundation.org/grants/research-grants-reducing-inequality

Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence
Deadline: summer
Amount: $100,000 to $1,000,000 over 2-4 years
URL: https://wtgrantfoundation.org/grants/research-grants-improving-use-research-evidence

William T. Grant Scholars Program
Deadline: summer
(This is a limited submission program in which only 1 proposal may be submitted from each institution.) UCSB conducts a campus review process to select the proposal that move forwards in the competition. The deadline for campus review is typically in spring.)
Amount: Up to $350,000 over 5 years
URL: https://wtgrantfoundation.org/grants/william-t-grant-scholars-program

Institutional Challenge Grant
Deadline: fall
Amount: $650,000 over 3 years
URL: https://wtgrantfoundation.org/grants/institutional-challenge-grant