Scholarships

Work placement and language training in Germany.

support for the use of Athenæum collections for research, publication, curriculum and program development, or other creative projects. The Library’s collections comprise over half a million volumes, with particular strengths in Boston history, New England state and local history, biography, English and American literature, and the fine and decorative arts. The fellowships offer support for four weeks.Scholars, graduate students, independent scholars, teaching faculty and professionals in the humanities are eligible. Variety of named fellowships with subjects ranging from 18th century to religious history to the US Civil War.

residential dissertation fellowships to scholars working in any discipline in the social sciences or humanities, with projects focusing on any topic within African and/or African Diaspora Studies. The Program seeks applicants pursuing innovative, preferably interdisciplinary, projects in dialogue with critical issues and trends within the field. The fellow will have full access to BC’s seven libraries as well as several rare book and manuscript collections. Of particular interest is the Nicholas M. Williams Caribbeana Collection, consisting of materials from and about Africa, Jamaica, and the British West Indies. The fellow must remain in residence and maintain an active presence on Boston College’s campus during the term of the fellowship.  The fellowship offers support for one academic year.

  The program is funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration and provides funding opportunities for doctoral candidates to pursue cutting-edge research on retirement or disability issues.

Fellowships support graduate research on the culture, arts, geography, history, and sociology of West Africa and the diaspora. The fellowships offer support for 2-3 months.

8-week remote fellowship for projects aligned with Breakthrough’s interest areas (The Breakthrough Institute exists in part to change the way society approaches major environmental and development challenges through ecomodern understanding of society and the environment)

Grants support graduate student travel to Austin, TX to conduct research in the holdings of the Briscoe Center. Research collection strengths include: American South; Civil Rights and Social Justice; Congressional and Political; Energy and Natural Resources; Archives of American Mathematics; Military History; Music; News Media History; Photography; Texas History; Professional Touring Entertainment; University of Texas; and Western Americana. The grant offers support for one year.

The Brooke Owens Fellowship provides paid internships (in engineering, policy, business, journalism, communications, and more) and executive mentorship to undergraduate women and non-binary students in the aerospace industry.

for female graduate students from any accredited university performing research at Brookhaven National Laboratory in the STEM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics),

A $5,000 Minority Scholarship to support students who identify as minorities and are interested in pursuing a career in the environmental profession.