Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities supports recent humanities PhDs through residential research and teaching at Stanford to develop their scholarship within an academic community.
Applications for 2027–2028 are now closed; the previously listed deadline of October 15, 2026, at 11:59 PM has been removed. The funder says to check back in August for information on the next application cycle.
Fellowships for External Faculty support academic and independent scholars in a year of residential humanities and interpretive social science research, fostering intellectual exchange at Stanford.
Fellowships for Stanford Faculty support Stanford scholars’ residential research in the humanities and interpretive social sciences to advance scholarly projects and interdisciplinary exchange.
Mellon Foundation Dissertation Fellowships support advanced Stanford doctoral students' humanities dissertation research to advance distinguished scholarship and timely degree completion.
Stanford Humanities Center Dissertation Prize Fellowships support Stanford doctoral students’ humanities and interpretive social science research to complete dissertations of exceptional distinction.
Medical Humanities Fellows supports Stanford Medicine physicians with interdisciplinary residencies for nonfiction and scholarly projects in the medical humanities that benefit from humanistic collaboration.