Humane Studies Fellowship
Offered by Institute for Humane Studies
About this scholarship
The Institute for Humane Studies’ Humane Studies Fellowship provides project-based grants to full-time Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows whose research engages the liberal tradition and questions related to freedom and human flourishing. The live application accepts proposals on a rolling basis, and IHS says decisions are normally issued within eight weeks. Support may help complete a major research project, create focused writing time, present work at an important academic conference, cover journal-submission activity, or advance another eligible scholarly project. Rather than promising a standard amount, the current form asks each applicant to request the funds actually needed and upload a detailed line-item budget. Candidates also provide academic and career information, a CV or résumé, a project title and one-sentence summary, a 200-400 word project explanation, the work’s scholarly contribution, its relevance to human freedom, intended journals or conferences, dissemination plans, other grant support, and realistic project dates. International applicants at accredited universities are eligible, and prior IHS participation is encouraged but not required. Awardees retain independence over their research but must share completed or presented work and significant progress updates. Institutional overhead and indirect costs are not eligible. Applicants should use the direct IHS form rather than relying on commercial listings that advertise an unsupported fixed maximum.
Eligibility
- Be enrolled full time in a Ph.D. program or hold a full-time postdoctoral fellowship at an accredited university
- Propose research that engages the liberal tradition or improves understanding of human freedom
- Define a concrete scholarly project, intended output, and realistic timeline
- Upload a CV or résumé and a detailed line-item project budget
- Explain the project’s value, novelty, scholarly contribution, and dissemination plan in the official application
- Request support only for prospective eligible costs rather than institutional overhead, indirect costs, or retroactive expenses
- Agree to provide research products and progress updates if funded