Research Opportunities and Grants

Prizes and awards

Felix Martín Best Thesis in American Studies Award

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Aim of the Prize This award is intended to recognize excellent doctoral theses by SAAS members. The endowment of this award is 500 Euros. Selection process The...

Javier Coy Biennial Research Awards

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Aim of the Prize SAAS wishes to recognize the research achievements of its members through the Javier Coy Biennial Research Awards. The goal of these awards is to...

Theodore Roosevelt American History Award (TRAHA)

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Every year the RIAS presents the Theodore Roosevelt American History Award (TRAHA) for the best Master’s thesis written by a graduate student at a Dutch university on...

The Emory Elliott Award

by | Jul 1, 2024 | Prizes and awards,Research | 0 Comments

Since 2011, IASA has been granting a special award to the author of an outstanding paper presented at an IASA World Congress to honor the memory of Professor Emory...

RAI-Gilder Lehrman Fellows’ Awards

by | Mar 4, 2024 | Prizes and awards | 0 Comments

In partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (GLI), the leading non-profit organisation for history education for schools and the general...

James W.C. Pennington Award

by | Jan 17, 2024 | Prizes and awards,Research | 0 Comments

In 2011, the Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) and the Faculty of Theology of Heidelberg University established the James W.C. Pennington Award. Aim of the...

Rolf Kentner Dissertation Prize

by | Nov 7, 2023 | Prizes and awards,Research | 0 Comments

The Rolf Kentner Dissertation Prize awards outstanding work in the field of American studies. It is sponsored by one of the HCA’s most active benefactors, Rolf Kentner,...

Grants and scholarships

John F. Kennedy Institute Research Grant

by | May 21, 2025 | Grants and schoolarships | 0 Comments

The Library of the John F. Kennedy Institute is considered one of the most comprehensive of its kind outside North America. Each year its impressive collection is used...

BAAS Postgraduate Rep (two-year term) – Call for Nominations

by | May 21, 2025 | Grants and schoolarships | 0 Comments

The British Association for American Studies (BAAS) is calling a special election for the following post on the BAAS Executive Committee as a Postgraduate Rep (two-year...

Four-Year Postdoc Position on Contemporary US/Anglophone Science Fictions at the University of Basel

by | May 21, 2025 | Grants and schoolarships | 0 Comments

Starting Date: October 1st, 2025 Funded by the Claudine und Hans-Heiner Zaeslin-Bustany Foundation, the four-year project “Anglo Genres for Atlantic Futures:...

SAAS-Fulbright Grant

by | Jul 2, 2024 | Grants and schoolarships | 0 Comments

The Spanish Association for American Studies, S.A.A.S. and The Commission for Cultural, Educational and Scientific Exchange between the United States of America and...

Washington Irving Scholarship

by | Jul 2, 2024 | Grants and schoolarships | 0 Comments

The Instituto Franklin of the Universidad de Alcalá, within the framework of its annual research plan, collaborates with the Spanish Association for American Studies...

EAAS Postgraduate Travel Grants

by | Jul 1, 2024 | Grants and schoolarships | 0 Comments

NOTE: Please use the address aleksandra.izgarjan@ff.uns.ac.rs for all your questions regarding the Travel grant. Send your applications ONLY to this email address....

ESSE Collaborative Project Workshop Scheme

by | Mar 13, 2024 | Grants and schoolarships | 0 Comments

The ESSE Collaborative Project Workshop Scheme offers seed funding of up to €10,000 to support preliminary meetings of European researchers working towards...

The Paul Auster Research Library Visiting Fellowship 2025 and 2026

by | Mar 13, 2024 | Grants and schoolarships | 0 Comments

The Department of English, German and Romance Studies calls for applications for the one-month annual Paul Auster Research Library Visiting Fellowship at University of...

The Karen Jones Year Abroad Scholarship

by | Mar 11, 2024 | Grants and schoolarships | 0 Comments

The Karen Jones Scholarship, launched by UEA, will gift £5,000 to undergraduate American Studies students due to take a Year Abroad. An Application form is required....