Humanities and Social Sciences

Adult Short Story - William Faulkner Literary Competition

Recognizing the significance of being the birthplace of one of the most celebrated writers in American Literature generally and Southern Literature specifically, Union County and New Albany are proud to provide the William Faulkner Literary contest for aspiring writers.

Value of Award 1st Prize $600; 2nd  Prize $300; 3rd  Prize $200
Eligibility requirements $20 entry fee per entry. All entries must be original, unpublished, short fiction with up to 10,000 words typed on 8 1/2 X 11 inch white paper in 12 pt. font, double spaced in English. No plagiarism accepted.
Nature of submission  
Deadline July 31, 2024
Website Adult Short Story - William Faulkner Literary Competition

Alatis Prize - International Research Foundation for English Language Education

This recognizes an article or chapter dealing with some aspect of language policy or planning in educational contexts.

Value of Award $500 USD
Eligibility requirements We invite nominations of outstanding articles or chapters from peer-reviewed, edited books that were published during calendar years of 2023 or 2024. Advanced publications and/or online publications that were first released in 2022 but later published in print in 2023 may also be nominated.  No self-nominations. 
Nature of submission  
Deadline October 4, 2024
Website International Research Foundation for English Language Education - Alatis Prize

Alexandre Lamfalussy Senior Research Fellowship - Bank for International Settlements

This award promotes policy-relevant research that meets the highest academic standards, allow prominent scholars to participate in the policy-oriented research activities at the BIS and foster joint research between the fellows and BIS economists. 

Value of Award monthly honorarium; accommodation; travel costs; insurance 
Eligibility requirements Candidates that are internationally recognized experts in the fields of banking, monetary policy and financial stability with a publication record and a strong interest in policy-research may apply. Additionally, the candidates must be leading senior professionals in academia and research institutions.
Nature of submission  
Deadline Continuous
Website Bank for International Settlements

Affiliated & Junior-Senior Core Fellowships - Institute for Advanced Study CEU

These allow scholars from the social sciences and humanities to gain access to CEU facilities for 3-9 months. Fellows will be in an interdisciplinary intellectual community of their peers while pursuing their own research. 

Value of Award Fellows will have access to seminar and conference space, computer services, library resources as well as office space based on availability. Depending on the opportunity, up to €23,400EUR can be offered. 
Eligibility requirements Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent in the social sciences or humanities at the time of their application. Junior fellows must have obtained their Ph.D. by 2017. Candidates who obtained their PhD before 2016 are considered senior fellows. Only those with publications in internationally recognized scholarly outlets will be considered. 
Nature of submission  
Deadline September 2, 2024
Website Institute for Advanced Study CEU Fellowship

Achievement Awards - AVRO Foundation for Eye Research (AFER) - Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (AVRO)

The ARVO Achievement Awards are a prestigious honor, recognizing individuals for their exceptional contributions to ophthalmology and visual science.

  • Proctor Award - this award honors outstanding research in the basic or clinical sciences as applied to ophthalmology
  • Friedenwald Award - this award honors outstanding research in the basic or clinical sciences as applied to ophthalmology.
  • Mildred Weisenfeld Award for Excellence in Ophthalmology - This award is presented to an individual in recognition of distinguished scholarly contributions to the clinical practice of ophthalmology.
  • Cogan Award - This award is intended to recognize a young researcher, 45 years of age or younger at the time of application deadline, who has made important and worthwhile contributions to research in ophthalmology or visual science that are directly related to disorders of the human eye or visual system, and who shows substantial promise for future contributions.
  • Kupfer Award - The award honors those who have demonstrated distinguished public service with national or global impact, on behalf of eye and vision research.
Value of Award

Recipients for most awards receive a plaque which is presented at the ARVO Annual Meeting, complimentary registration, hotel, travel and per diem.

Eligibility requirements Open to all members of the vision research community, nominations of diverse candidates are encouraged.
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Deadline

March 1, 2024

Website https://www.arvo.org/awards-grants-and-fellowships/arvo-achievement-awards/

American Astronomical Society (AAS) - The Laboratory Astrophysics Prize

Presented to an individual who has made significant theoretical or experimental contributions to laboratory astrophysics over an extended period of time. 

Value of Award The prize will include a cash award, a framed certificate, and an invited lecture by the recipient at a meeting of the Laboratory Astrophysics Division.
Eligibility requirements Nominators, letter writers, and candidates need not be AAS or LAD members. Self-nominations are allowed.
Nature of submission
Deadline

July 1, 2024

Website The Laboratory Astrophysics Prize

American Astronomical Society (AAS) - Early Career Award

The LAD Early Career Award is presented to an individual in recognition of a significant theoretical or experimental contribution to laboratory astrophysics early in a person's professional career. Nominees must have no more than 10 years of professional experience since their PhD or equivalent degree, at the end of the year of the award.

Value of Award The award includes a cheque, a framed certificate, and an invited lecture by the recipient at a meeting of the Laboratory Astrophysics Division. 
Eligibility requirements Nominators, letter writers, and candidates need not be AAS or LAD members. Self-nominations are allowed.
Nature of submission
Deadline

July 1, 2024

Website Early Career Award

Bank of International Settlements - Research Fellowship

The program aims to: promote policy-relevant research that meets the highest academic standards; allow prominent scholars to gain an insight into the policymaking environment of the BIS; and foster joint research between academics and BIS economists.

Value of Award Successful candidates will be offered accommodation, reimbursement of travel costs, and a monthly or daily honorarium.
Eligibility requirements

The program is aimed at internationally recognized economists from academia and research institutions. Candidates should have an outstanding publication record and hold a PhD from a leading university. In considering applications, the BIS will pay regard to the relevance of the research to current problems in economics and finance.

Nature of submission  
Deadline September 30, 2024
Website Bank of International Settlement

Bavarian Pioneer Award - Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities

The prize is intended to honor established top scientists and their scientific achievements that have led to ground-breaking technological innovations and inventions or show corresponding future potential. In 2024, the prize will be awarded for information and communication technology. The focus will be on the following specialist areas: electronic communication technology, telecommunications, optical communication technology, and satellite communication.

Value of Award €150,000 EUR - €300,000 EUR
Eligibility requirements

Self-nominations are excluded. Nomination proposals in German or English should not exceed eight printed pages and can be submitted by scientists from Germany and abroad.

Nature of submission  
Deadline September 30, 2024
Website Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities - Bavarian Pioneer Award

College for Life Sciences Fellowship - Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin

This enables early-career postdoctoral scientists to live and work on the campus of the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin and attend the weekly colloquia in the area of life sciences.

Value of Award Up to 5 months of stipend, networking, and research resources
Eligibility requirements

Applications are welcome from all life scientists who have obtained their Ph.D., MD, or Dr. med. and they foster postdoctoral fellows up to the level of lecturer, junior/assistant professors, and junior principal investigators working in all life science disciplines. It is require to have at least one lead-author publication in a peer-reviewed journal. 

Nature of submission  
Deadline November 1, 2024
Website Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin - College for Life Sciences Fellowship

Foundation Fyssen International Scientific Prize

Individual Fellowships - Stellenbosch University

These enable individuals or teams to take up residencies at the institute and work on topics of relevance to South Africa and Africa as a whole.

Value of Award  
Eligibility requirements No restriction is placed on the country of origin, discipline, or academic affiliation when STIAS considers a fellowship invitation.
Nature of submission  
Deadline October 31, 2024
Website Stellenbosch University - Individual Fellowships

Ida B. Wells-Troy Duster Award - Section on Science, Knowledge and Technology - American Sociological Association (ASA)

The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section invites nominations for written scholarship that develops understanding of Black, African American, or Indigenous intersections with science, knowledge, and technology in the spirit of anti-racism. Priority will be given to work that, in the tradition of both Wells and Duster, involves pioneering investigation of neglected areas of social injustice.

Value of Award

$500 USD. The award will come with membership in ASA and the SKAT section if the selected recipient is not currently a member.

Eligibility requirements

Eligible works include work in progress and published articles and chapters of no more than 10,000 words. While this is not a book award, single chapters of a monograph or in an edited volume may be considered. The published works must have publication dates of no more than two years prior to award year (2022 for the 2024 award).

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Deadline

March 15, 2024

Website

https://www.asanet.org/communities-and-sections/sections/section-award-nomination-calls/

International Chairs Programme - INRIA

This enables experienced researchers to undertake research stays at INRIA where they will work on a research project and focus on setting up or strengthening an existing collaboration with the INRIA teams in their field. Applications from scientists in Human and Social Sciences are strongly encouraged.

Value of Award Researchers will receive a salary from INRIA for the duration of their stay.
Eligibility requirements

Applicants must carry out their main professional activity abroad. They must have a written authorization from their main employer stating that it authorizes the chairholder to spend time at INRIA and to receive a salary from INRIA during their stay at INRIA.

Nature of submission  
Deadline October 2, 2024
Website INRIA - International Chairs Programme

John von Neumann Theory Prize - The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

The John von Neumann Theory Prize is awarded annually to a scholar (or scholars in the case of joint work) who has made fundamental, sustained contributions to theory in operations research and the management sciences. The Prize is awarded for a body of work, typically published over a period of several years. Although recent work should not be excluded, the Prize typically reflects contributions that have stood the test of time.

Value of Award

$5,000 (USD), medallion, citation

Eligibility requirements

The Prize Committee is currently seeking nominations, which should be in the form of a letter (preferably email) addressed to the prize committee chair (below), highlighting the nominee's accomplishments. Although the letter need not contain a detailed account of the nominee's research, it should document the overall nature of his or her contributions and their impact on the profession, with particular emphasis on the prize's criteria. The nominee's curriculum vitae, while not mandatory, would be helpful.

Nature of submission  
Deadline June 1, 2024
Website John von Neumann Theory Prize

Junior Digital Humanism Fellowships - Vienna Institute for Human Sciences

This supports junior fellows in pursuing research on digitalization’s intersection with societal, economic, and geopolitical dimensions, as well as other relevant research foci from the humanities and social sciences.

Value of Award €7,500 EUR - €9,000 EUR for a duration of 3 months
Eligibility requirements Applicants must be currently pursuing their doctoral degree or have obtained it no longer than four years ago at the time of application.
Nature of submission  
Deadline September 22, 2024
Website Vienna Institute for Human Sciences - Junior Digital Humanism Fellowships

John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity - Library of Congress

The prize recognizes work of the highest quality and greatest impact that advances understanding of the human experience. Winners have developed, in their creative pursuits or careers, unique insights into the forces that have shaped and continue to shape humankind. 

Value of Award $1,000,000 USD
Eligibility requirements The prize is not offered to candidates whose primary work has been in economic sciences, literature, peace, chemistry, physics, or physiology or medicine, the areas covered by the Nobel Prizes. Self-nominations are not accepted.
Nature of submission  
Deadline November 1, 2024
Website Library of Congress - John W. Kluge Prize

Nineteenth Century Studies Association (NCSA) - Article Prize

This award recognizes excellence in scholarly studies from any discipline focusing on any aspect of the long nineteenth century (French Revolution to World War I).

Value of Award $500 USD
Eligibility requirements Entries can be from any discipline, must be published in English or be accompanied by an English translation, and submission of essays that are interdisciplinary is especially encouraged. Articles that appeared in print in a journal or edited collection last year or between January 1 and June 30 of this year are eligible for the Article Prize; if the date of publication does not fall within that span but the work appeared between those dates, then it is eligible.
Nature of submission
Deadline

 July 1, 2024

Website Article Prize

Nineteenth Century Studies Association (NCSA) - Emerging Scholars Award

This award recognizes an outstanding article or essay published during the author’s doctoral studies or within the six years following conferral of a doctorate.

Value of Award $500 USD
Eligibility requirements Entries can be from any discipline and may focus on any aspect of the long nineteenth century (the French Revolution to World War I), must be published in English or be accompanied by an English translation, and must be by a single author. Submission of essays that are interdisciplinary is especially encouraged. Articles that appeared in print in a journal or edited collection last year or between January 1 and June 30 of this year are eligible.
Nature of submission
Deadline

 July 1, 2024

Website Emerging Scholars Award

One Act Playwriting - William Faulkner Literary Competition

Recognizing the significance of being the birthplace of one of the most celebrated writers in American Literature generally and Southern Literature specifically, Union County and New Albany are proud to provide the William Faulkner Literary contest for aspiring writers.

Value of award 1st Prize $600; 2nd Prize $300; 3rd Prize $200
Eligibility requirements

$20 entry fee per entry. Participation is open to all ages. No plagiarism will be accepted.

Nature of submission  
Deadline July 31, 2024
Website One Act Playwriting - William Faulkner Literary Competition

Outstanding Case Writer Hot Topic Competition - Case Centre

This recognizes cases relevant to a business and management topic relevant to Generative AI, business and society

Value of Award £1,150 GBP
Eligibility requirements You must be a business or management teacher to enter this competition. Cases can be written by a team of two or more authors. Students and research assistants can be part of your writing team, but a faculty member must lead the team*. The case must have been completed after 1 January 2023 and have been tested at least twice in the classroom.
Nature of submission  
Deadline October 3, 2024
Website Outstanding Case Writer Hot Topic Competition - Case Centre

Poetry Competition - William Faulkner Literary Competition

Recognizing the significance of being the birthplace of one of the most celebrated writers in American Literature generally and Southern Literature specifically, Union County and New Albany are proud to provide the William Faulkner Literary contest for aspiring writers.

Value of award 1st Prize $600; 2nd Prize $300; 3rd Prize $200
Eligibility requirements

$20 entry fee per entry. Participation is open to all ages.The entry/entries should be an original, unpublished poem, not to exceed 2 pages, typed in 12 pt. font and double spaced in English.

Nature of submission  
Deadline July 31, 2024
Website Poetry Competition - William Faulkner Literary Competition

Sarah Sayce Award for Sustainability Research - Property Research Trust

The award is a single award for a research paper that makes a distinctive contribution to our understanding of how to make property more sustainable.

Value of Award £3,500
Eligibility requirements It is aimed at individuals, rather than companies or universities. The recipient of the Award is intended to be an academic or property industry researcher. Applications from early career researchers are especially welcome though there is no age limit.
Nature of submission  
Deadline August 31, 2024
Website Property Research Trust - Sarah Sayce Award for Sustainability

Sylvia Lane Mentor Fellowship - Agricultural & Applied Economics Association

The Sylvia Lane Mentor Fellowship provides an opportunity for early career women scholars working on food, agricultural, or resource issues to collaborate with an established expert at another university, institution, or firm. The funding is designed to cover the costs of travel and expenses for the awardee to work directly with the mentor on a specific project.

Value of Award $2,500 USD
Eligibility requirements

Preference given to new mentoring relationships as opposed to continuing an existing one.

Nature of submission  
Deadline October 14, 2024
Website Agricultural & Applied Economics Association - Sylvia Lane Mentor Fellowship

Turner Fellowship - Cambridge Conservation Initiative 

This fellowship is to address the biodiversity emergency requires a cross-sectoral, interdisciplinary approach to engage influential individuals with expertise in fields such as economics, law, finance and public policy, to address complex challenges and drive sustainable change.

Value of award This flexible Fellowship will run for 3-12 months commencing January 2025. Flexible residency periods provide an immersion in the CCI community and David Attenborough Building environment for meetings, events, talks and collaborative activities. While some Fellows will come for a single block of time, others will schedule shorter residency periods spread across the Fellowship. This flexible approach enables Fellows to balance current job responsibilities with the Fellowship. The Fellowship provides reasonable expenses for travel, accommodation and living costs during residency periods in Cambridge. Opportunities for College affiliation will be made available.
Eligibility requirements

Selection criteria include:

  • Conservation interests and how topics would be advanced through multi-disciplinary work
  • Experience leading, testing and exploring conservation themes
  • Multi-partner experience, working with a range and breadth of disciplines
  • Experience engaging influential individuals from business, policy and/or civil society
  • Ability to be solution-focused with global perspective 
  • Availability for in-person collaborative activity working with CCI partners
Nature of submission  
Deadline September 8, 2024
Website Cambridge Conservation Initiative

Visiting Researchers Programme - BOFIT

This opportunity enables academics to spend a period of time conducting research at Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economies (BOFIT) in Helsinki. 

Value of Award Salary is commensurate with the Visiting Researcher’s professional background and the Bank of Finland wage scale. We also reimburse travel cost. Office space and data resources are provided. 
Eligibility Requirements

Research that relates to macroeconomic and financial topics concerning the emerging markets, especially China, Russia, India as well as Ukraine and Turkey. Research projects dealing with institutional development in emerging economies are also welcome. In addition, BOFIT values economic research on global trade, capital flows and economic integration. Joint projects as well as other interaction with regular BOFIT staff are highly appreciated.

Nature of Submission  
Deadline September 24, 2024 (anticipated)
Website BOFIT