The Franklin Research Grant program is open to applications in all disciplines. The program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses.
A special program within the Franklin Grant is the APS/British Academy Fellowship for Research in London. In collaboration with the British Academy, the APS offers an exchange postdoctoral fellowship for a minimum of one and a maximum of two months’ research in the archives and libraries of London during 2019. This award includes travel expenses between the United States and the United Kingdom and a monthly subsistence paid by the APS. Candidates should specify that they are asking for the British Academy Fellowship and apply by October 1; applicants not selected for the British Academy Fellowship will be considered for a Franklin Research Grant.
The deadline for applications and two letters of support is October 1, 2018, for a January 2019 decision for work in February 2019 through January 2020.
A special program within the Franklin Grant is the APS/Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Fellowship for Research in Edinburgh. In collaboration with the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh, the APS offers a visiting fellowship of between two and four months for research in Edinburgh in the calendar year 2019 in any aspect of the humanities and social sciences. Further information about the IASH, including current research themes, is available at http://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/.
Applications are submitted through the IASH. Information and forms are available at https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/american-philosophical-society-fellowship. Note that there is no need to fill out a separate Franklin application, and candidates not selected for an IASH Fellowship will be considered for a Franklin Research Grant.
The deadline for applications and two letters of support is December 3, 2018, for a January 2019 decision for work in April 2019 through January 2020.
Eligibility
Applicants are expected to have a doctorate or to have published work of doctoral character and quality. Ph.D. candidates are not eligible to apply, but the Society is particularly interested in supporting the work of young scholars who have recently received the doctorate. Independent scholars and faculty members at all four-year and two-year research and non-research institutions are welcome to apply provided that all eligibility guidelines are met. American citizens and residents of the United States may use their Franklin awards at home or abroad. Foreign nationals not affiliated with a U.S. institution must use their Franklin awards for research in the United States. Applicants who have previously received a Franklin grant may reapply after an interval of two years.
Awards
Funding is offered up to a maximum of $6,000. Grants are not retroactive.
Contact Info:
Linda Musumeci
Director of Grants and Fellowships
215-440-3429
Contact Email: lmusumeci@amphilsoc.org
URL: https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin-research-grants