Law Faculty Research Funding: Nonresidential
Descriptions and links to sources for funding of law faculty research projects
Last Updated: Oct 18, 2023 2:21 PM
SOCIAL SCIENCES
National Institute of Justice
- W.E.B. DuBois FellowshipsDescription: Research “regarding the confluence of crime, justice, and culture in various societal contexts.” Descriptions of representative grant topics available at home page.
Availability: “Scholars who are advanced in their careers and seek to conduct research which advances the study of race and crime, as well as fellows who are early in their careers and seek the opportunity to elevate their research ideas to the level of national discussion.”
Duration: Not indicated
Amount: Varies. Recent recipients received between $45,000 and $144,000.
Deadline: No funding opportunity for 2019
National Science Foundation
- Law & Science (LS)Description: "The Law & Science Program considers proposals that address social scientific studies of law and law-like systems of rules, as well as studies of how science and technology are applied in legal contexts. The Program is inherently interdisciplinary and multi-methodological. Successful proposals describe research that advances scientific theory and understanding of the connections between human behavior and law, legal institutions, or legal processes; or the interactions of law and basic sciences, including biology, computer and information sciences, STEM education, engineering, geosciences, and math and physical sciences. Scientific studies of law often approach law as dynamic, interacting with multiple arenas, and with the participation of multiple actors. Fields of study include many disciplines."
Availability: Depends on type of grant
Duration: Depends on type of grant
Amount: Depends on type of grant
Deadline: August 3, 2020; January 15, 2021 & August 2, 2021 - Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE)Directory of programs under the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences. Includes funding opportunities in interdisciplinary areas, social sciences, economics, anthropology, and more.
- Find Funding Search ToolSearch tool for finding active funding opportunities at the NSF.
HUMANITIES
American Council of Learned Societies
- ACLS FellowshipDescription: "ACLS invites applications from scholars pursuing research in any discipline of the humanities and related social science on topics grounded in any time period, world region, or humanistic methodology. ACLS continues to welcome applications from scholars proposing disciplinary or interdisciplinary work in international and area studies, as it has since, in the years after World War II, ACLS worked with the Social Science Research Council to develop and sustain scholarly expertise focused on particular areas or cultural regions of the world."
Availability: Untenured U.S. citizen or permanent resident with Ph.D. conferred after October 1, 2012
Duration: "six to twelve consecutive months devoted to full-time research"
Amount: Maximum of $60,000 Deadline: September 30, 2020
National Endowment for the Humanities
- FellowshipsDescription: "Fellowships support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources in the humanities."
Availability: academic faculty/staff as well as independent scholars
Duration: Six to twelve months
Amount: $5,000 per month
Deadline: April 14, 2021 for Projects Beginning January 2022 - Summer StipendsDescription: " Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Eligible projects usually result in articles, monographs, books, digital materials and publications, archaeological site reports, translations, or editions. Projects must incorporate analysis and not result solely in the collection of data."
Availability: academic faculty/staff as well as independent scholars
Duration: Two months
Amount: $6,000 per month
Deadline: September 23, 2020 for Projects Beginning May 1, 2020 - N.E.H. Grant SearchSearch for available N.E.H. funding opportunities.
ALL DISCIPLINES
Guggenheim Foundation
- Guggenheim FellowshipsDescription: Fellowships “to further the development of scholars and artists by assisting them to engage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible conditions and irrespective of race, color, or creed.”
Availability: “Often characterized as ‘midcareer’ awards, Guggenheim Fellowships are intended for men and women who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.”
Duration: One time grant
Amount: varies
Deadline: September 17, 2020
Open Society Foundations
- Open Society FellowshipDescription: Supports “individuals pursuing innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges.” “Fellows produce work outputs of their own choosing, such as a book, journalistic or academic articles.”
Availability: “Ideal fellows are specialists who can see beyond the parochialisms of their field and possess the tenacity to complete a project of exceptional merit.”
Duration: not specified
Amount: not specified
Deadline: Currently closed
SPIN (Sponsored Programs Information Network)
- SPIN DatabaseDescription: "SPIN (Sponsored Programs Information Network) is an extensive database that allows you to search for research funding. It contains more than 40,000 funding opportunities from at least 10,000 sponsors worldwide. UB faculty and staff can access it at no charge."
Availability: varies by program
Duration: varies by program
Amount: varies by program
Deadline: varies by program