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
- Awaiting Next Cycle: Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art
- Awaiting Next Cycle: Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowships
- Awaiting Next Cycle: Summer Institute for the Study of East Central and Southeastern Europe (SISECSE)
- 11/14/2024: Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellowships in China Studies – Long-Term
- 11/14/2024: Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellowships in China Studies – Flexible
- 12/03/2024: The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellowships in Buddhist Studies
- 12/03/2024: The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Early Career Research Fellowships in Buddhist Studies
- 12/03/2024: The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Translation Grants in Buddhist Studies
- Rolling Applications for Topics in: Higher Learning, Public Knowledge, Arts & Culture, and Humanities in Place
- 10/15/2025: Academic Research Grants
- 12/01/2024: Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award
- 02/01/2025: Higher Ed Media Fellowship
- 11/01/2025: Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellowship
- 11/15/2024: Museums for America
- 11/15/2024: Museums Empowered: Professional Development Opportunities for Museum Staff
- 11/15/2024: National Leadership Grants for Museums
- Rolling Applications for Topics in: Journalism, Arts, Communities, Learning and Impact
- 12/15/2024 (Letter of Inquiry): Conservation Grants
- 12/15/2024 (Letter of Inquiry): History of Art Grants
- 12/15/2024 (Letter of Inquiry): Digital Art History Grants
- Rolling (05/11/2024 – 11/10/2024): Spring Award Round
- Rolling (11/11/2024 – 05/10/2025): Fall Award Round
- Next Cycle Anticipated 09/2025: Fall Cycle for Presenters and Music Service Organizations
Federal funding deadlines
- Rolling: Mini Grants
- 05/01/2025: Summer Major Grant
- 10/01/2025: Fall Major Grant
- 06/30/2025: Partnership Grant
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- Next Cycle Anticipated 12/2024: Grants for Arts Projects
- Next Cycle Anticipated 01/2025: Research Awards
- Next Cycle Anticipated 01/2025: Creative Writing Fellowships
- Next Cycle Anticipated 05/2025: Our Town Program
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- Awaiting Next Cycle: Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research
- Awaiting Next Cycle: Dynamic Language Infrastructure - Documenting Endangered Languages Fellowships
- 11/13/2024: Fellowships Open Book Program
- 11/20/2024: Collaborative Research Program
- 12/04/2024: Scholarly Editions and Translations
- 12/11/2024: Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence (Limited Submission Deadline 11/4/2024)
- 01/08/2025: Media Projects
- 01/09/2025: Digital Humanities Advancement Grants
- 01/10/2025: NEH: National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) (Limited Submission Deadline 11/14/2024)
- 10/07/2025: Spotlight on Humanities in Higher Education