Explore arts & humanities funding
The Grant Support Office (GSO) is dedicated to helping CLAS researchers diversify their funding and discover funding opportunities that align with their research goals and interests. This page features a list of external grant funding opportunities tailored to arts and humanities research. The list is divided into two sections, the first for foundations, societies and other non-federal sponsors, and the second for federal and state sponsors.
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Learn more about setting up a funding search by emailing CLAS-GSO@uiowa.edu.
Spotlight: Internal opportunities
Check out the following internal (UI) funding opportunities.
Foundation funding deadlines
American Council of Learned Societies
American Council of Learned Societies
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Rolling Applications for Topics in: Higher Learning, Public Knowledge, Arts & Culture, and Humanities in Place
Borchard Foundation
Borchard Foundation
- 10/15/2025: Academic Research Grants
Henry Luce Foundation
Henry Luce Foundation
- Rolling Programs (Concept Notes):
Religion and Theology Programs
Luce Scholars (Fellowship to place scholars in Asia)
Asia Special Initiative Grants
Institute for Citizens & Scholars
Institute for Citizens & Scholars
- 02/01/2025: Higher Ed Media Fellowship
- 11/01/2025: Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellowship
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Knight Foundation
Knight Foundation
- Rolling Applications for Topics in: Journalism, Arts, Communities, Learning and Impact
Kress Foundation
Kress Foundation
- 03/01/2025 (Letter of Inquiry): Conservation Grants
- 03/01/2025 (Letter of Inquiry): History of Art Grants
- 03/01/2025 (Letter of Inquiry): Digital Art History Grants
Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
- Rolling (05/11/2025 – 11/10/2025): Spring Award Round
- Rolling (11/11/2025 – 05/10/2026): Fall Award Round
New England Foundation for the Arts
New England Foundation for the Arts
Spencer Foundation
Spencer Foundation
- April 2025 (Awaiting Further Details): Small Research Grants on Education
- May 2025 (Awaiting Further Details): Racial Equity Research Grants
The Amphion Foundation
The Amphion Foundation
- Next Cycle Anticipated 09/2025: Fall Cycle for Presenters and Music Service Organizations
Federal and state funding deadlines
Humanities Iowa
Humanities Iowa
- Rolling: Mini Grants
- 05/01/2025: Summer Major Grant
- 10/01/2025: Fall Major Grant
Iowa Arts & Culture
Iowa Arts & Culture
- 06/30/2025: Partnership Grant
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
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- 02/13/2025 (Part 1 Application): Grants for Arts Projects
- 03/12/2025: Creative Writing Fellowships
- 03/24/2025 (Part 1 Application): Research Awards
- Next Cycle Anticipated 05/2025: Our Town Program
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
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- 05/22/2025: Digital Humanities Advancement Grants
- 08/13/2025: Media Projects
- 09/10/2025: Dynamic Language Infrastructure - Documenting Endangered Languages Fellowships
- 09/19/2025: Collaborative Research Program
- 09/24/2025: Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research
- 10/07/2025: Spotlight on Humanities in Higher Education
- 12/03/2025: Scholarly Editions and Translations