The WWNFF offers the following fellowship and grant opportunities for graduate students and recent post docs:

Graduate Student Opportunities

• Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies:  support exceptionally promising students as they pursue advanced study in the disciplines of the humanities.  The Mellon Fellowship is a competitive award for first-year doctoral students only and cannot be deferred.  Mellon Fellows are expected to carry a full course load during the nine-month academic year of the fellowship. Summer study is not included.  Fellows may not accept supplementary awards or employment, including teaching assistantships. Fellows may take their awards to any accredited graduate program in the United States or Canada.  Each year, approximately 85 fellowships are available. The fellowship covers full graduate tuition and required fees for the first year of graduate study and includes a one-year stipend of $17,500.
  
  
• Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships:  designed to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences. In addition to topics in religious studies or in ethics (philosophical or religious), dissertations might consider the ethical implications of foreign policy, the values influencing political decisions, the moral codes of other cultures, and religious or ethical issues reflected in history or literature.
  Fellows will receive $18,000 for 12 months of full-time dissertation writing. Approximately 28 non-renewable fellowships will be awarded from among more than 400 applications. Graduate schools will be asked to waive tuition for Newcombe Fellows.
  
  
• The Humanities at Work:  endeavors to increase awareness of the value of humanities training and education to society at large, and in so doing, to expand career opportunities for PhDs both inside and outside the academy.  The Humanities at Work initiative encourages talented humanities PhDs to take their knowledge of human history, society, and culture, along with their skills in languages, communication, project management and critical thinking, and to put them to the service of the larger community. At the same time, the program encourages companies, non-profit organizations, schools, and government agencies, to mine this rich seam of talent both for the understanding of the values that bind our society and for proven abilities. In short, we are unleashing the humanities. 
  
   
• Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Grants in Women's Studies:   encourage original and significant research about women that crosses disciplinary, regional, or cultural boundaries.  Previous Fellows have explored such topics as sterilization and reproductive rights; women’s political presence worldwide; gender, culture, and prospects for girl’s education and women’s literacy; and Middle East feminists.  Students in doctoral programs who have completed all pre-dissertation requirements in any field of study at graduate schools in the U.S. are eligible to apply.  Candidates must have completed all pre-dissertation requirements, including approval of the dissertation proposal and expect to complete their dissertations by the summer of 2006; those who are within a few months of completing their work should not apply.  Fellows will receive $3,000 to be used for expenses connected with the dissertation.  These may include, but are not limited to, travel, books, microfilming, taping, and computer services.  

Post Doc Opportunities

• The Humanities at Work:  endeavors to increase awareness of the value of humanities training and education to society at large, and in so doing, to expand career opportunities for PhDs both inside and outside the academy.  The Humanities at Work initiative encourages talented humanities PhDs to take their knowledge of human history, society, and culture, along with their skills in languages, communication, project management and critical thinking, and to put them to the service of the larger community. At the same time, the program encourages companies, non-profit organizations, schools, and government agencies, to mine this rich seam of talent both for the understanding of the values that bind our society and for proven abilities. In short, we are unleashing the humanities.
  
• The Millicent C. McIntosh Fellowship for Recently Tenured Faculty:  supports especially promising faculty who demonstrate a deep commitment to excellent teaching and scholarship in the humanities, and who are exceptional citizens of their academic community.  The Fellowship is specifically intended for recently tenured faculty who would benefit from additional time and resources to continue their scholarly work, but whose family and other obligations make it difficult for them to be away from their homes for extended periods of time.

Additional information regarding the Foundation's Fellowship offerings may be found on its web site.  Please refer to each individual award announcement for application instructions and submission deadlines.