NEH/FPIRI Fellowships

2021-2022 NEH/FPIRI Fellowships for Scholars Conducting Field-Based Humanities Research in Palestine

Extended deadline: Applications due January 22, 2021

Awards announced April 2, 2021

Fellowship awards $4,200 per month for a minimum of four and maximum of eight months of research

(Given the COVID-19 pandemic, awarded fellows will likely have until December 31, 2022 to complete their research.)

The Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) announces its 9th National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions (FPIRI) competition for research in the humanities or research that embraces a humanistic approach and methods. Applicants must be scholars who have earned their PhD or completed their professional training. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or have lived in the United States for the last three years.

Information about the fellowship competition:

• Fields of study include, but are not limited to, history, philosophy, religious studies, literature, languages and linguistics, archaeology, and jurisprudence. In addition, research that embraces a humanistic approach and methods will be considered.
• Applicants must be scholars who have earned their PhD or completed their professional training.
• Applicants must propose a minimum of four and a maximum of eight consecutive months of research that takes place in the West Bank.
• Selected fellows must work on their research full-time during their period of funding.
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals who have lived in the United States for a minimum of three years immediately preceding the application deadline.
• Minority scholars and scholars from Minority Serving Institutions are especially encouraged to apply.

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Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions (FPIRI).