2026 Research Grant Program - Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa
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2026 Research Grant Program - Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa supports scholars conducting original regional research to bring greater attention to understudied topics.
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Funder: Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa
Due Dates (Anticipated): May 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $2,500 per research grant
Summary: Supports new, original research on the Middle East and Africa, emphasizing topics deserving greater scholarly attention.
Key Information: Applicants must be current ASMEA members meeting the program’s doctoral, postdoctoral, or faculty eligibility requirements.
Description
The Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) Research Grants Program supports new and diverse lines of scholarly discourse about the Middle East and Africa. It seeks to bring greater attention to topics that deserve more consideration, rather than limiting proposals to prescribed themes. Applicants may work in any academic discipline, provided their proposed research is new, original, unpublished, and relevant to the regions.
The program connects research support with scholarly presentation and potential publication. Under the published 2026 guidelines, recipients must present their work in person at the Nineteenth Annual ASMEA Conference in Washington, D.C., and give ASMEA the right of first refusal for potential publication in its peer-reviewed Journal of the Middle East and Africa.
