CAORC is pleased to announce the 2016-2017 fellowship applications are now available online! Please find further details below. 

*NEW* National Endowment for the Humanities Senior Research Fellowship Program

The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) is pleased to announce the National Endowment for the Humanities Senior Research Fellowship Program, which supports advanced research in the humanities for U.S. postdoctoral scholars, and foreign national postdoctoral scholars who have been residents in the US for three or more years. Fellowship stipends are $4,200 per month for a total of four months.

Eligibility

Applicants must:

• carry out research in a country which hosts a participating American overseas research center. Eligible countries for 2016-2017 are: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Cyprus, Georgia, Indonesia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Senegal, Sri Lanka or Tunisia;
• be post-doctoral scholars;
• be United States citizens or foreign nationals who have been residents in the United States for the three years immediately preceding the application deadline for the grant.
  

Applications

Applications for the NEH Senior Research Fellowship Program are now available at orcfellowships.fluidreview.com.

The deadline for submissions is January 30, 2017 and announcements are expected to be made by the end of April 2017. More information can be found here. 

Andrew W. Mellon Mediterranean Regional Research Fellowship Program

The Council of American Overseas Research Centers is pleased to offer a focused regional fellowship program enabling pre- and early postdoctoral scholars to carry out research in the humanities and related social sciences in countries bordering the Mediterranean and served by American overseas research centers. Funding for this program is generously provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

 Eligibility

Applicants must:

• be a US citizen or Permanent Resident;
• be a doctoral candidate or a scholar who obtained his/her Ph.D. within the last ten years (September 2006 or later);
• propose a three to nine month humanities or related social science research project;
• propose travel to one or more Mediterranean region country, at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center:
• American Academy in Rome
• American Center of Oriental Research in Amman
• American Institute for Maghrib Studies, with centers in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia
• American Research Center in Egypt
• American Research Institute in Turkey
• American School of Classical Studies at Athens
• Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute
• Palestinian American Research Center
• W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem

Applications

Applications for the Mellon Mediterranean Regional Research Fellowship Program are now available at orcfellowships.fluidreview.com.

The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2017 and announcements are expected to be made by the end of April 2017. More information can be found here.

Multi-Country Fellowship Program  

The Council of American Overseas Research Centers Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program supports advanced regional or trans-regional research in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences for U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. Preference will be given to candidates examining comparative and/or cross-regional research. Scholars must carry out research in two or more countries outside the United States, at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center. Approximately eight awards of up to $10,500 each will be given each year.  

Eligibility

Applicants must:

• be a U.S. citizen. Proof of citizenship (photocopy of passport) must be shown upon award notification;
• have a Ph.D. or be a doctoral candidate who has completed all Ph.D. requirements with the exception of the dissertation;
• be engaged in the study of and research in the humanities, social sciences, and allied natural sciences;
• seek to conduct research of regional or trans-regional significance in two or more countries outside the United States, one of which must host a participating American overseas research center (ORC).

Applications

Applications for the Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program are now available at orcfellowships.fluidreview.com.

The deadline for submissions is January 30, 2017 and announcements are expected to be made by the end of April 2017. More information can be found here. 

CAORC Member Centers represent the following countries:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Cyprus, Egypt, Georgia, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Turkey, and Yemen