Funder: Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
Due Dates (Anticipated): October 2027 (Annual application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to $4,000 for Bernath, Holt, and Gelfand–Rappaport–LaFeber awards; generally up to $2,000 for Bemis grants
Summary: Annual grants support graduate students’ dissertation research, writing, and research travel in U.S. foreign relations history.
Key Information: SHAFR membership is required; one application automatically receives consideration for all four awards.
Description
The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) awards Graduate Dissertation Research Grants annually to help graduate students defray the costs of work on U.S. foreign relations history. The program brings together the Stuart L. Bernath Dissertation Research Grant, W. Stull Holt Dissertation Fellowship, Lawrence Gelfand–Armin Rappaport–Walter LaFeber Dissertation Fellowship, and Samuel Flagg Bemis Dissertation Research Grants.
The awards support different aspects of dissertation work: Bernath funds expenses encountered in writing, while Holt and Gelfand–Rappaport–LaFeber support research travel. Bemis grants help cover domestic or international travel necessary for significant scholarly projects. Applicants must be actively working on a dissertation dealing with some aspect of U.S. foreign relations history.
