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Jordan Schnitzer Book Awards

The Schnitzer Book Awards recognize and promote outstanding scholarship in the field of Jewish Studies and will honor scholars whose work embodies the best in the field: innovative research, excellent writing, and sophisticated methodology.

Graduate Student
Up to $10,000

AJS Conference Travel Grants

The Association for Jewish Studies remains committed to supporting wide participation in its Annual Conference. In particular, the AJS seeks to support untenured faculty, graduate students, independent scholars without full-time employment, parents/guardians of children needing care during the conference, and international scholars who receive little to no institutional support for AJS conference attendance. All accepted presenters (Speakers, Respondents, or Chairs) are eligible to apply. 

Graduate Student
Study in israel
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AJS Dissertation Completion Fellowships

This fellowship encourages the timely completion of doctorates and creates a cohort of fellows who will lead the field of Jewish Studies for decades to come. Launched in 2016, this program awards seven fellowships annually ($20,000) to PhD students entering the final year and completing a dissertation in Jewish Studies.

Graduate Student
Up to $20,000

Center for Jewish History Graduate Research Fellowship

The Center for Jewish History offers ten-month fellowships to doctoral candidates to support original research using the Center's collections. Preference is given to candidates who draw on the library and archival resources of more than one partner institution. Fellowships receive a stipend of $22,500 for one academic year.

Graduate Student
$22,500

NEH Fellowship for Senior Scholars

Applications are welcome from college and university faculty in any field who have completed a PhD and whose research will benefit from materials in our collections. Fellows receive a stipend of up to $50,400, and are expected to conduct original research at the Center and deliver at least one lecture based on the research conducted.

Graduate Student
$50,400

CJH-Fordham University Research Fellowship

Fordham University’s Center for Jewish Studies and the Center for Jewish History offer a joint short-term research fellowship in Jewish Studies for scholars whose research focuses on Jewish-Christian relations and who wish to conduct research based on materials housed at the Center for Jewish History and Fordham University.

Graduate Student
$5,000

Fritz Halbers Fellowship

The LBI offers a fellowship for students enrolled in a Ph.D. program at an accredited institution of higher education. The fellowships provide financial assistance to scholars whose research projects are connected with the culture and history of German-speaking Jewry. Applicants must be enrolled in a Ph.D. program.

Graduate Student
$3,000

David Baumgardt Memorial Fellowship

The Baumgardt Fellowship provides grants of up to $7,500 for Ph.D. candidates working on topics such as ethics, Wissenschaft des Judentums, or the modern intellectual history of German Jews. Applicants must be affiliated with an accredited institution of higher education and currently be enrolled in a Ph.D. program.

Graduate Student
$7,500

Gerald Westheimer Career Development Fellowship

The Leo Baeck Institute offers this award to a scholar or professional in an early career stage, whose proposed work would deal with historical or cultural issues of the Jewish experience in German-speaking lands. The grant is intended to provide for the cost of obtaining scholarly material and help in research and production needs.

Graduate Student
$20,000

Ismar Elbogen Scholarship

The Ismar Elbogen Scholarship is directed at doctoral students of various disciplines working on a dissertation related to the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry. This includes a 6-12 month research stay at the Center for Jewish History at LBI in New York.

Graduate Student
Amount Varies